As a society and a culture we are programmed to survive. Not to thrive. This applies to home based businesses as much as anything else. It’s all in your head.It takes great intellectual effort to thrive. And, it can be quite painful. Which is why most people don’t do it. We live in a culture of being a spectator. But successful home based businesses are run by true leaders and as a leader you’ll have to take on the source.What do I mean by this? It’s the ultimate in your own personal responsibility.Let me explain… If you bought a TV you have a right to not plug it in, and therefore, you won’t get a picture. What areas of your life have you bought the TV and not plugged it in? Or worse, not plugged it in and are blaming someone else for it not having a picture on it?People blame others for not being liked. It comes from a state of judgment when in reality they are just “asleep” consciously. Well, wake up! Don’t sell out living a transformed life (like being a home based business owner) to be liked. It’s fear that keeps people from living a transformed life. Fear never wrote a poem or cured a disease. Fear never saved a marriage or a business. It never pulled a family out of poverty. Power did that. Faith did that. Power is a choice, a choice to overcome fear.Choose to be powerful. Tell that little voice in your head to sit down and shut-up. It’s this distinction that creates leaders, that attracts people to you, respect you, and follow you. ALWAYS find a perspective that says I’m a winner.When you’re results don’t match your expectations you get frustrated, right?Frustration is a gift, it’s energy and it’s up to you to turn that energy into something. Turn it into power. If you think of yourself as a winner then that’s what you’ll create. If you think of yourself as a failure – guess what? You’re turning that energy into a bomb rather than rocket fuel.Be committed to a fearless life. Surround yourself with people who live a fearless life. Choose a fearless journey. It’s how home-based businesses thrive rather than simply survive.