How to Stay Focused On Your Home Business Goals

Copyright © AJ Aldridge, helping you on your quest for success.

Everyday we are challenged with distractions. When you are the owner of a home business, you will find many things that try to keep you sights off of your goals and your energies focused on other things. The trick is to be disciplined enough to keep you eyes on the prize and to manage your time , energy and focus wisely.

The many distractions for a home business owner could include children, family, friends, pets, phone calls, mail, household chores, television, and so many more. You must always remember your purpose in establishing a home business. What was your reason for wanting to own a home business? Was your goal to work from home so that you could be available for your children? Was your goal to be your own boss? Did you want to have the freedom to work when it is convenient for you?

Here`s a few good tips that will help you stay focused on your home business:

TIP #1:
Whatever the reason for going out on your own, you must keep your reason in the forefront of your mind. Keep a visual reminder will help also.

TIP #2:
Remember to treat your own business like a real job. When you work for yourself, your pay is directly proportional to your productivity.

TIP #3:
Schedule your days as much as possible. Your children and your friends must understand that certain hours of your day are devoted to the activities of your business.

TIP #4:
You must stand firm. You must make certain your friends and family understand that when you are working, then you ARE working!

TIP #5:
Schedule your work day activities. Any written correspondence should be read and replied to in a timely fashion such as 1/2 hour in the morning and 1/2 hour in the afternoon or evening.

TIP #6:
Hire someone for non productive activities. If you find that you are spending too much time on booking then hire someone to track your finances so that you can focus on building your home business.

CONCLUSION:
In the end, the success of your home business is entirely and completely reliant upon you and the decisions that you make. You had your reasons for deciding to start your own home based
business. You must always keep your reasons in the forefront of your mind. You must always be able to rely upon your own self and your dedication to the success of your business.

Your friends and family might be annoyed that they cannot have your attention when they want it, but when success comes to you and your home business, they will better appreciate you for putting your foot down when necessary.

Success is within your reach, if only you can stay focused on your goals. You must decide to reach for your goals, and then, you must have the discipline necessary to reach them.

AJ Aldridge owns a home business and is willing to help others on their Quest For Online Success.

What's my motivation?

Copyright © AJ Aldridge, helping you on your quest for success.

Everyone needs a little motivation to keep striving for success. There are goals set in place and each one is broken down into small steps and evaluation periods. Of course that is the way to get to your goals and make a needed changes to the plan. Though everyone forgets to include the why portion. As they say in show business “What's my motivation?”

At first it is the enthusiasm of potential success. The excitement of accomplishing a goal is an excellent motivator. Though many goals can be long term and many tasks are set in place to help get to the ultimate goal of getting to be successful. Success is only going to be measured by the person trying to make that ultimate achievement. First and foremost make success measurable and define in words what is the ultimate success.

Define the “whys”. Why do you want to succeed at these goals you are setting in place? Why are you setting these goals? Why are you giving yourself a time limit? Why are you not there now? Why do you need motivation? Why are you still making excuses? Why are you procrastinating? Be honest and write them down. Now with this list of questions and answers you can start achieving your goals and become a success. Though this is only one part of getting there it does seem to be what many people need to help keep them focused.

Start with making it visual. The list of answers is just not enough. Make a visual presentation for yourself that covers the reasons why you want to succeed. Many refer to it as a “dream board”. This a collage of pictures that you will collect and put on the board to remind you of your motivation. These pictures can represent anything from a dress you would like to buy to pictures of your grandchildren. Try hard not to put things on there that you need to read. Though motivational sayings are great and try to have a just a few. Find pictures that represent feelings and things that make you giggle and remind you of those times that make you happy. Find one of your favorite vacation spot or one you dream of going to someday. This is going to be your motivation.

Now have excuses ready for your excuses. Those excuses of why you are not there yet and just procrastinating have a purpose too. Write each excuse you gave yourself on a piece of paper. Leave space in between each one. Now find those motivational sayings that describe overcoming each of your excuses because “No one ever excused his way to success.”- Dave Del Dotto and “Niney-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses” -George W. Carver. “I do not have time” can be answered with “Anything can be done in 15 minutes” or “Just Do It”-Nike. Always remember that 'can't' is a bad word and it means that you are not willing to try. These should be put somewhere for you to look at when you feel like giving up. Post them next to your computer or even on the refrigerator.

If you need to make it harder for yourself to fail then start a list of why you need to make this happen. This can be the “101 reasons WHY you WILL succeed” list. This list can get personal so keep it in your daily planner. Try not to add the pictures that you have on your dream board but write down your feelings or what things to you want to overcome in your quest for success. One answer should be “Because I Can” and have it in bold and capital letters. Finish your list and look at it often.

As you make your journey to accomplish your goals you will have something to remind you of the reasons why you have began them in the first place. As times get difficult, and they will, you will have everything set in place to keep you focused on your quest. Visual reminders can be the fuel to help get you to where you want to be but remember that you are the one driving.