You've Decided to Start a Home Business?
Read More: Good for you!
You've just joined the ranks of 79 million North Americans who are expected to start their own home based business in the next 3 to 5 years according to Forbes Magazine.
You may be juggling a full time job, a part time job and family life. You know that there are many things you need to do in order to successfully start your business and work from home.
Don't let anyone fool you into thinking its going to be easy. It can be simple but it won't be easy. If it were easy everyone would be rich working from home.
How are you going to fit your business project into your daily commitments?
It's easy to become overwhelmed and lose focus. Losing focus will cause you to take no action. Action is essential to moving on from where you are now, to where you want to go.
Here are 5 critical tips for staying focused and razor sharp when starting your home business enterprise...
1. Break It Down:
If you have a large task to tackle, it is always easier when you break it down into smaller components. You'll find it easier to focus because you won't feel as overwhelmed. For example, 'Register a business name' can be broken down into: 'Think of five business name ideas', 'Find out how to register a business name', 'Get registration form' and so on.
2. Keep A 'To Do' List:
Once you've broken down major tasks into smaller ones, make and keep a 'to do' list. Always keep a note pad and pen with you so that you can jot down any new ideas as they arise.
3. Schedule Your Time:
Every evening, decide on three to five tasks on your 'to do' list that you wish to accomplish the following day. Stay focused on these tasks and only move on to the next tasks on your list once these have been completed.
4. Set Goals:
This is critical. There is nothing that will keep you more focused than setting goals and writing out your goals. Visualize exactly where you want to be in a month, six months and a year.
In a month's time, do you want to have registered a business name and have a fully functional home office set up? In three months time, how many clients or team members do you want? How much revenue do you want to generate in a six month's time?
5. Say No:
Be assertive and carve out more time for your home business. Saying ‘no' to that extra demand by your boss every once in a while can get you home one hour earlier a couple of days a week.
How about cutting back on the amount of housework that you do? How about watching less TV? Thats a BIG time zapper. Imagine how you could channel that extra time into your home business enterprise...
If you put these 5 tips into practice, you'll definitely find it easier to focus and stay razor sharp so you can achieve your ultimate goal of working from home and putting more LifeStyle back in your life.
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Ernie Giordano
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P.S. Pay particular attention to Tip # 3 above. As a Home Business Owner and Entrepreneur, once you gain control of your time you will eventually have all the time you will ever need.
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About the Author: Ernie Giordano
Member Since: 05/19/2008
I'm a Distributor For:: Lightyear Wireless
Industry: MLM
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Best Decision I've Ever Made !
I am a part time Mentor/Networker at the moment because I also have a full time job,
but I have a 5 year plan or less and then I am going to retire my Wife, my Children, and then myself from ever having to work for anyone else ever again.
Freedom Is A Wonderful Thing !!!!
Focus --> Action --> Results!
"It's easy to become overwhelmed and lose focus. Losing focus will cause you to take no action."
Man, you got that right! And it's exactly where I find myself 'way too much of the time. My personal motto is, "Simplify!" Your article speaks to ME of some ways to do that.
Thank you!
It's So Simple.. It Just Ain't Easy
Hi Ernie,
Great how to article. Your success in shining through, here.
I love the line "It can be simple but it won't be easy." Ironically, my very first mentor, Bob Cushamn, wrote an entire book called "It's So Simple, It Just Ain't Easy", lol.
Take Care,
David Paul
the Follow Your Bliss guy
This is a Formula For Success
For me to be Successful I needed a Plan And Saying No needs to be part of the Plan I plan on using that more often 5. Say No:
Be assertive and carve out more time for your home business. Will do
Thank you Ernie
Goal setting so necessary
Great post Ernie! I especially like it because setting goals and sticking to a real schedule has not been my strong point. I am learning though and you have given some really great pointers! Thanks! You are the MAN of the day! :)
BAM, BAM, BAM, Ernie you hit it on the spot......
Great information my friend. We look forward to many nuggets of information.
Awesome,
We Believe In You,
Danny & Laura
Awesome Ernie!
It's refreshing to see network marketing professionals "keeping it real". I appreciate your honesty & your critical tips for staying focused. It's truly a turning point in our industry & the people who are turning to network marketing is HUGE. It's so awesome to know mentors like you who elevate our profession with the truth.
Must Have List to become Successful
Ernie:
This is a great article you have written. It is not difficule to comprehend and implement. If we take it slow and focus and use the list you wrote. Like you say It may be simple, but it is not easy. Great Value.
SIMPLE BUT NOT EASY
Nothing good comes easy but When you do this business, this is what happens and a little every day goes a long way till the day when you can decide if you want to work or play. Don't make it hard & just plug into a system and someone who is a success.
You are so RIGHT !
Ernie,
You are so right , it is hard to stay set to a schedule.. I find too many interruptions, to stay focus !
You are right ,it is simple , but it is not easy to stay focused !!
Give your Home Business the same focus as your TV Watching
Look the average amount of TV watched in N.A.
weekly is 49 hours!
Ya...49 hours of the good ole electronic
income reducer.
There is all the time you need...right there.
Some folks I know schedule their lives around TV.
And we wonder why there is so much
apathy talking to some of our leads.
Looks the same
This article looks familiar.
Outsource
You hit on some key points Ernie. One consideration is to outsource the tasks that are not Income Producing Activites. We only get paid for producing results!
Critical Tips For Home Business Success
Hi Ernie,
Great tips you shared there.
These tips basically point to discipline of self to achieve discipline within your home business. Without this discipline, you will not stay focussed, and you will not achieve much.
Thanks for sharing and have a great day.
Michael T. Makahamadze