When you work for yourself, you will find that not business opportunities are created equal. And I found a rather interesting post by Des Walsh on Thinking Home Business. He points out that a home business can be a lot like fishing:

• being in business for yourself can be a lot like fishing - a lot of casting and waiting, without always getting bites
• some tugs on the line turn out to be very modest proposals, not even meal-size

This struck me as quite true. After all, when one first begins working from home, one is desperate to make it work. I know I’ve accepted some pretty lame and exceptionally low paying work, just to have work. But in the end, I noticed that I put in a lot of time for a small return. That time probably could have been spent looking for better business opportunities — opportunities that would provide more in the long run.

Now, of course, I evaluate the work opportunities that come my way. And sometimes I "throw them back." Politely, of course.