Emotional Aspects of Developing Your Work From Home Business

Even when every technological piece is in place and every method is studied and every action is taken, it is still common to struggle reaching one's goals in a work from home business.

This article focuses on the emotional aspects that effect success for network marketers, affiliate marketers and others who work from home using online and offline marketing.

Moving From Ideas to Action

Everything begins with belief. In his famous book written in the 1920's, Napoleon Hill let it be known to the world that the most successful people have a very special secret. That secret is the the basis of his book Think and Grow Rich. 

In Think and Grow Rich you will learn about the power of belief in moving you towards your dreams and goals. The most important thing to take away after you read this wonderful book is that beliefs have to encompass more than just words.

Whether it's Napoleon Hill or others who have more recently written about the Law of Attraction, one  aspect becomes very clear. Your beliefs need to be something that you see, feel, taste and absorb into your soul.

People do this in all different sorts of ways.

Many use a vision board, which  I highly recommend. To be its most powerful, a vision board should be more than just a big white board with words. A vision board comes alive with pictures, photographs, poetry, even items that represent the direction that you are heading.

Be creative with your vision board and make a point of spending time with it every day. Then take those feelings that you have developed on the board and be still with them. For your beliefs to become reality, you must "trick" your brain into to "knowing" that the dreams have already come true. This is how the Law of Attraction really begins to work.

Take time in your day to sit quietly and reflect on your beliefs and on your "why". If you don't have a strong "why" written down, stop reading this and do it now. Set your goals in writing as well.  Be aware of areas wherein you tend to sabotage yourself, and be sabotaged by others.*

Stumbling Blocks

There is both fear of success and fear of failure. Both can trip you up.

Fear of failure often causes people to become paralyzed by “what if’s”. To move through this mine field you need to define what failure is for you. Then you need to play the “what if”* game with yourself and work through to the worst possible outcome in order to realize that there is nothing that can hurt you unless you let it.

Fear of success is trickier, for most people do not realize that it exists. So this is another area to sit quietly with. Spend time on your definition of self. How would that change if you were very financially successful? What about the way other’s perceive you? How about friends and family?

For instance, if you are in a bowling league with other laborers and truck drivers, what would happen to that comradery if you suddenly entered a much higher financial bracket?

There is a stumbling block called “Getting in your own way”* For now I’ll just list some of  the ways we do this: Busy work; make work; whining; excuses; not taking action; keeping it safe. Start to think about these as you move through your day. Are you really being efficient and effective?

Meaningful Progress

How do you measure your progress? What is meaningful in that realm? Why should we measure and what we should measure.

Without defining your starting point you will have no way of really knowing how far you have come. You must find a way to measure your progress based on where you begin and then utilize benchmarks that you reach along the way.

This process requires that you lay out and outline your journey; to essentially map it. You will find this to an invaluable exercise as the months and years pass, even if it seems cumbersome and annoying to do right now.

You can set motivational goals as well as measurable benchmarks of progress and thus give yourself a structure within which to operate. It is also important to define how you are going to approach your home business.

Is it a part time thing for you with the goal of a few hundred dollars per month? Or are you really heading for the big time and expecting to be a $20K per month earner or more?

Answering these questions will determine how you approach your business and your time each day.*

There is value in the journey.*

Take Action - I want you to sit quietly again with a pen and a piece of paper and answer the question: “What does success mean?” You’ll be amazed at how different people’s answers are from each others. You answer is the starting point for your journey.

3-Part Educational Series Beginning Friday, July 24 at Noon

End note: This article is a brief outline of a 3-part educational series  beginning live on Friday, July 24th. The link to the recorded version of the series will be added to this article once it is decided what we are going to do with the recording and where we are going to locate it.  Those who are on the live calls will be able to ask questions.

When: Friday, July 24 at 1 p.m. EST

Call Info: dial (712) 432-6116 then press 100148#

Deborah will be hosting a series of three conference calls titled, Emotional Aspects of Developing Your Work From Home Business: 3 Part Series focused on Network Marketers, Affiliate Marketers and Anyone Running an Internet Business.

Here is the outline for part one of the series. Join us on this call. Call information is at the bottom of this email.

1. Moving From Ideas to Action
1. Beliefs
1. Think and Grow Rich
2. Law of Attraction
3. More Than Just Words
1. Vision Board
2. Meditaion
3. Feelings
2. Why Statements
3. Goal Setting

Back to the Vision Board

1. But in Bite-Sized Steps
2. Letting go of Holding on
4. Sabtoge
1. Self
1. Being needy
2. Becoming an Alpha (Black Belt ideas vs. Beliefs)
2. Others Who Love You

When: Friday, July 24 at 1 p.m. EST

Call Info: dial (712) 432-6116 then press 100148#