Five Tips to Help you Stay Focused

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So you've chosen to begin a home based business, but juggling family life and work can become completely. You know that there are many things that you need to do in order to successfully start your business and work from home. However, fitting your business project into your daily commitments can become very tricky. When first starting your online career there are so many things to think about, setting up a website, finding customers or referrals, research, advertising. Wow! It makes my head spin just thinking about it. Losing focus will cause you to take no action. Action is essential to moving forward from where you are now, to where you want to be.

Here are 5 tips to help you stay focused on your home business:

1. Chunk down

When you have a large project looming ahead of you, (and as internet marketers don?t we always?), think about chinking it down into smaller components. You will find that it is much easier to focus because you won't feel nearly as overwhelmed. For example if your main objective for today is to start a blog, this can be broken down into 'sign up for a blog account,' 'choose a template,' 'write a profile message,' and so on.

2. Maintain a 'To Do' list

After breaking your major tasks down into smaller ones, start a 'to do' list. Keep a notepad and pen with you always so you can jot down fresh as they come to you.

3. Scheduling your time

Every evening, decide on five to seven tasks on your list that you would like to accomplish the next day. Stay focused on these tasks, and these tasks only, moving on to the next task only after completely finishing the previous one.

4. Set goals

There is absolutely no better way of staying focused than by setting goals and there is no better way of attaining your goals then by visualization. Visualize exactly where would like to be this time next week, next month, in six months, or in a year. Now find a way to visually remind yourself of what you are working for, a way to keep a visual account of what your ultimate goal is. For me it's becoming completely debt free and to be able to afford more for my family.

Once I clearly defined my goals I held a family meeting and had each of my children jot down one goal they have for their future and what will help them to accomplish it. One of my children wants to become a photographer, to accomplish this she needs a camera and she would like to take photography lessons. Another wants to become a gymnast, she needs gymnastic classes. I have 10 children so I won?t list all of their goals, but you get the idea.

On the wall in my home office that I face as I'm working, we put together a huge collage. In the middle I have a debt chart where I am keeping track of how much debt I pay off each month and how much closer that brings me to my ultimate goal of becoming debt free. Surrounding my debt chart is a photograph of each one of my children, next to them is a picture that they chose to represent their goal. This visual presentation not only gives me a constant reminder of what I'm working for, it also gives my entire family a reminder of why Mom is working so hard. In doing this they all feel that they are a part of our home business and take their roles as helpers very seriously. I have noticed that since I implemented this visual presentation my children interrupt me far less often during my 'business hours,' they have become more self sufficient, and they help around the house more, and I get more accomplished.

5. Just Say no

Be assertive! There is always somebody lurking in our lives waiting to steal some time away. Learn to just say NO. Demand a certain amount of time each day to build your business, and follow through by creating boundaries on your time. If you continually allow others to dominate your time, your business will never reach it's full, or worse, fail entirely.

By putting these 5 practices into effect you will find that you're able to focus, ultimately achieving your goal of working from home.

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Terri Alexander is a single mother of 10, having adopted 8 of her children. She has created a career for herself working online so that she can stay at home with her children. Her goal is getting out of debt and supporting her family by working at home. Her passion is helping others so they can do the same. http://debtslayers.blogspot.com

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