Work Habits For Your Home Based Business
* SPACE: Set up a space in your home that is dedicated to working. Preferably a place where you can close the door and claim complete uninterrupted privacy.
* TO DO LIST: Start a to do list. This is very easy and you do not need any fancy program. If you are on a PC start a little program called ??? and if you are on a MAC, the program in called text edit. These are the basic word processor programs all windows or mac computers come with. Once the program is started, set out your goals. Since this is a to do list, I like to make these little tiny goals that can be accomplished in a fairly short period of time. I like to do this exercise the night before, this way when I go to bed, tomorrows goals are in my thoughts and the subconscious can work on them while I sleep. It really does work. Now when you get up, you have your list of things to complete, print it out and get to work.
* TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF: I am still developing this, but what I do in the morning is to make sure I take care of myself. I take Maxwell (the dog) out for a good long walk to give us both some exercise. I eat a healthy breakfast. Brush my teeth and then I am ready to work. I find if I do not do this, then I get distracted very easily thinking about (walking the dog, eating something, my bad breath, etc…). Therefore getting this out of the way ahead of time, reduces the chance for distractions.
* E-MAIL: Here is a big one…. How many of you leave your e-mail program running in the background? I used to, and every time I would here the audible signal that a new e-mail has arrived, I would rush over and check it out. STOP THIS. It is wasting your time. Today, I check my e-mail, at most, 3 times a day. And one day a week, I make a longer period of time to take care of the messages that need more attention. When you are not dealing with your e-mail, quit the program, DO NOT LET IT RUN IN THE BACKGROUND! If you are worried about your co-workers not being able to get a hold of them, put an auto responder on your e-mail that bounces a note back informing them of your new system and that you will get back them at a designated time. No more excuses.
* TIME MANAGEMENT: All of us are different as to how much time we can spend each day on out Home Based business. Some it may only be an hour, some it may be 16 hours. So we need to make each one of these hours as progressive as possible. I suggest you get a kitchen timer of some sort. It is simple and inexpensive. Set it for 50 minutes, close the door, turn off the phone, turn off the e-mail (unless this is your project for the hour), essentially get rid of all possible distractions. This includes the children and pets too! Go to work for the 50 minutes and concentrate. When the 50 minutes is up, reset the timer for 10 minutes and get up. stretch, play with the kids, kiss the significant other, pet the dog, visit the bathroom, whatever… RINSE…REPEAT…
* PLUS MORE LATER….
If you can’t wait for more from me. Here are some great resources that I use everyday to keep myself in line.
Simpleology my Mark Joyner http://www.simpleology.com (this is not an affiliate link, just a great referal)
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