Three Overlooked Secrets for Developing a Successful Home Based Business
Millions start a home based business with no desire for a job as their means for living free. They plug into (hopefully) a good company and set the view toward building a huge organization. It’s capitalism at it’s simplest and best.
The rewards are plenty- freedom, flexibility, residual income, no boss- and it goes on from there. It’s a place to wonder. If it’s so appealing, why do most fail to get very far up the trail?
As someone who has worked (and played) with a home-office base for over a decade, I’m going to point out three things, that, if mastered, or at least managed, will get your successful home-based business results graph going in a strong direction. If this is what you’re up to, please don’t skim over these, but rather, take a good hard look at which one(s) have been tripping you up- or are most likely to get you off the track you set out on to begin with. While there are other pitfalls, here are three that are often overlooked.
1) Replace your old boss with a daily schedule of some kind. Yes, you can do anything you want, and don’t need to use a daily schedule if you don’t want such a thing. The problem with that is if you have no daily checklist of things that are central to the game, you probably have little idea of what counts. CEO’s don’t get to the top by winging it and you are the CEO of Y-O-U. It’s a lot like throwing the bowling ball down the lane in a complete fog, and all you know is whether you heard the ball hit the gutter, or some pins smash. Progress will be unclear if you don’t write things down with the pen or by typing.
2) Focus on the actions that are likely to produce the highest long term results. It’s easy to get lost in little things that don’t add up to anything, but delude you into thinking worthwhile effort is being done. Don’t be taken off-course. You can put an ant on a figure eight track and he’ll walk all day, but by day’s end he’s still going in circles. Stand back from things long enough to notice what activities have or will do that with your progress. Check your schedule by days end, and look to see which items would cause 80% of your results. Take a good look at how much of the day was used with things of central importance?
3) Create a system of accountability. This can make or break things. Some need a lot, others need less and you’ll need to be honest. Have you got to the end of your work time, only to see that important things weren’t seeing the light of day? It’s a human thing. Perhaps you can tie in your main tasks with a daily reward of some kind. Perhaps you can tell someone that TV is off limits to you unless X is done. Use your imagination here. Put in place things you feel will work for you. Use a friend or even pay someone if necessary.
OK, it’s confession time for me. (And I hope it furthers everything for you). I put off doing this article for days and let other things take it’s place. At this moment I’m kneeling on two couch pillows as I write. Why, you ask? This afternoon, I wrote in my day-book, that I couldn’t sit in my office chair until I finished this article.
A little crazy? Maybe. Bottom line is it worked. I’m now taking liberty to work out a not-so-ancient Chinese proverb, – and I’m even close to Chinese. “Better to lose comfort and create motion, than sit still and be stuck”.” I’m referring to being stuck in a business going nowhere. Promise yourself you’ll do what it takes. I’m going to get up in a minute and reclaim my throne. What about your CEO? What are you willing to do to develop a successful home based business?
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