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How to Stay Focused on Your Home Business Goals
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
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When you are the owner of a home business, you will find hundreds
of distractions that vie for your time, energy and focus.
Common distractions include: children, family, friends, neighbors,
pets, phone calls, mail, household chores, video games,
television, neighborhood children, visitors, and so many more.
As an owner of a home based business, you must always remember
your purpose in bringing your profession home. What was your
reason for wanting to own a home business? Was your goal to work
from home so that you can share in the lives of your children? Was
your goal to be out from under the rule of a tyrannical boss? Was
your goal to have the freedom to work when it is convenient for
you? Was your goal to make tons of money working for yourself?
Here's a few good tips that will help you stay focused on your
home business:
TIP #1:
Whatever your reason for going out on your own, you must keep your
reason in the forefront of your mind. If you forget your reason
for starting your own home business, you will not be working for
yourself for long. It is far too easy to let circumstance drive
your activities --- and when circumstance is in the driver's seat,
you are more likely to crash and burn.
TIP #2:
Remember --- your own business is a lot like a real job. Some
people go to work to play, some go to socialize, and others ---
most often those who are paid in a commission or tip environment
--- go to work to work and to make money. When you work for
yourself, your salary is directly proportional to your
productivity. Therefore, wouldn't it make sense to stay focused on
getting as much done in as short of a period as possible?
Go to work to work and to make money. Leave playtime and
recreation for when your workday has ended.
TIP #3:
When you are dealing with family in the course of your workday, it
is important to schedule your activities as much as possible. With
small children, you must take time when you must, but you should
also work hard to make sure you dedicate a specific number of
hours to your workday.
With older children, it is much easier to tell them that you will
be working between the hours of x and y. Your children and your
friends must understand that certain hours of your day are devoted
to the activities of your business.
TIP #4:
Don't permit your friends and extended family to run over you.
Many people get the blind idea that if one works from home then
they are not actually working.
Well-meaning people may try to fill your doorway to bring advice
about getting a real job. Others may simply believe that if you
are at home, then you are fair game for chitchat and
socialization.
You must stand firm. You must make certain your friends and family
understands that when you are working, then you ARE working! If
they wish to socialize with you, then they need to do it during
the hours that are not dedicated to your home business.
You are the only one who can stand up for you. Your friends and
family will seldom be able to appreciate your dedication to your
home business, unless you make the effort to make sure that they
have the same respect for your business that you do.
TIP #5:
You should allot a certain portion of your day to email and to
regular mail. For example, allot one hour in the morning and one
hour in the afternoon to handling your written communications.
Unless you dedicate certain times to the handling of these
communications, you will soon find yourself on the downward slope
of decreased productivity.
TIP #6:
When you find yourself spending too much time doing non-productive
activities, then you should seriously consider finding a
third-party service provider who will assist you in those
non-profitable business activities.
As an example, you might be in the mail-order business. You might
believe that your time is best spent writing ad copy and setting
up your advertising, but you find yourself spending far too much
time taking care of your books to take care of your advertising in
the manner that you should. In this event, it might make more
sense to hire a bookkeeper to handle your financial records for
you.
CONCLUSION:
In the end, the success of your home business is entirely and
completely reliant upon you and the decisions that you make.
You had your reasons for deciding to start your own home based
business. You must always keep your reasons in the forefront of
your mind. You must always be able to rely upon your own self and
your dedication to the success of your business.
Your friends and family might be annoyed that they cannot come
visit upon their own whim, but when success comes to you and your
business, they will better appreciate you for putting your foot
down when necessary.
Success is within your reach, if only you can stay focused on your
goals. You must decide to reach for your goals, and then, you must
have the discipline necessary to reach them.
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