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Tips To Stay On Track With Your Home Business
May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Most people seem to get distracted and quit after a few days or weeks. Yes, it’s easy to say, “stay motivated and don’t procrastinate”. But, how do we really stay focused without quitting? Hopefully I can help you out. I know a few tricks to keep you right on track.
Keeping focus of your goals is an important factor in starting any home business. But most people don’t know how to start a business, let alone keep their goals within reach. Keep in mind, the most important thing about not quitting; is dedication. You have to dedicate some time into anything you want to be a success. You dedicate your life to your 9-5 job because you know it pays the bills. If you dedicated all that time into your home business you wouldn’t need that job anymore. Here are some tips to get started and stay dedicated to your home business.
Be your own boss. Remember, you are the captain that runs the ship. You call the shots. But don’t let the shots call you. Work in your work clothes or your underwear. As long as you stay dedicated to all the decisions you make. Make any adjustments and tweaks needed along the way. If you have a partner or someone helping you; Make sure they stick to your rules and decisions or hit the road. Don’t let anything or anyone get in your way!
Start off with a place to work. You need a work desk if you want a home business. Even, if it’s just a small table in the corner of the room. Your computer desk can make a great work desk also. Your work desk doesn’t even have to be in a room you use all the time. I prefer a work desk that is away from distractions. Television and kids can distract you for hours. It can become very discouraging to start a home business if you are being interrupted all the time. I find the basement or attic make a great work area. I use my computer room (attic), because it’s away from everything else in the house and I can shut the door.
Now that you have a place to work; set some rules and hours to abide by. Don’t ever break your rules and don’t cut your hours. Make believe there is a boss there watching you. Mostly, this is all about trusting yourself. Make sure you stick with your schedule of rules and work hours. Try and set your work hours early in the morning before your 9-5 job. Or, set your hours for when you get out of work. Either way, stick with your hours, unless there is an emergency(just like a real job). Write all your work rules on a piece of paper. Your rules can be a trial and error thing for what works best for you. If you make any rule changes, make sure you write them down in a place you see all the time. Stick with them or the boss will call you in their office!
Clutter is fine, but keep organized! You all know what I mean. I am sure you have looked for that piece of paper you wrote something important on and threw it away or lost it. Clutter is the sign of a genius. But don’t misplace anything. Make a folder on your computer and put all important documents into this folder. Have a small desk-side cabinet in your work area. Put all important paper, documents, etc. into a folder and store it in your cabinet. Label everything so you know what everything is. It’s senseless to just put it in there without labeling it and spending an hour later trying to find it. Make some in and out boxes for all needed work to be done for the day. Get organized and above all, label everything! You’ll save yourself tons of time.
Take a break but don’t let your break turn in to an all day task. Distractions are the number one reason people never get anything accomplished when starting a business. That’s why I said an attic or cellar are the best places to choose as a work place. There are fewer distractions there. No T.V., no kids, nothing except work time. Try and work in a place you can shut the door and close yourself off from the outside world in your house. Don’t forget to take a much needed 15 minute break every hour and a half or so. But, don’t over do it when break time comes. Remember, there is a boss watching you.
Don’t quit! Just like that job you like a lot. You wouldn’t quit a job you really like, would you? Like I said earlier; it is so important to make some rules and follow them just like a real work place. Because in reality, if you wanted to sit on your butt and do nothing you can. Nobody will really fire you and the boss isn’t watching. But this seems to work with me. Follow the rules you set and make believe there is a boss watching you. Remember, someday your home business will bring you way more money than your 9-5 job ever will. So kiss your boss’ ass and stick to the rules!
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