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Effective Time Management - How To Keep Your Enemies At Bay
By Elaine Currie
You probably think working at home, just you and your computer, in splendid isolation with phone calls diverted to message would make it impossible for enemies to get to you and disrupt your working day. Well, this works with most enemies but there are two villains who can get past your defences.
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Starting an Internet home based business can be the best decision you ever make. No other occupation can equal the freedom and flexibility you get when you work at home online. Working at home online enables you to set your own schedule to fit in around your family's needs, you don't have to waste time commuting and there's no requirement for you to spend your hard earned salary on clothes you hate just in order to comply with the company dress code. When you work at home, you are your own boss and you can work in your bathrobe if that's what makes you comfortable. When you work at home online, your journey to the office takes only the time needed to power up your computer.
Another great thing about starting an Internet home based business is that you are relieved of the pressure to take part in office politics and gossip. Back-stabbing and petty disputes go on even in small companies but as your home based business has a staff count of one, that is no longer an issue. You can relax and enjoy working at home, you are free to concentrate on earning money. Working online in your own business relieves you of the need to worry about your popularity or job security.
Anyone who works at home online will tell you that even though you might spend all your working time completely on your own without even speaking to another human being, you will still have enemies who will do their utmost to put a stop to your productivity. There are two particular enemies you need to watch out for, they are procrastination and loss of focus. If you let either one of them into your life, you will find time vanishing with nothing left to show for the lost hours.
The inclination to procrastinate probably exists in to a degree in everyone. It is only human to want to postpone an unpleasant or boring task in favour of a more enjoyable occupation. However, if you want to succeed with your Internet home based business, self discipline is essential for effective time management. You have all the benefits of being your own boss, you can enjoy the freedom and the extra cash involved. However, you have to be prepared to take responsibility for your own actions. With an Internet home based business there are bound to be tasks you enjoy and look forward to tackling but there will also be tasks you find boring or difficult. The best way to manage your time is to make a list of what needs to be done and get the tough stuff out of the way first. If you hate keyword research but enjoy reading forums, make keyword research the first job of the day and, when it is completely finished, reward yourself with fifteen minutes of forum lurking. Then tackle the next unpopular task and give yourself a reward when it is completed.
Loss of focus is more insidious than procrastination and is, therefore, harder to deal with. When you are working online, loss of focus frequently comes disguised as an important interjection. A hint of something to make the running of your Internet home based business more efficient can lead you down unknown Internet paths and you won't even have a trail of breadcrumbs to help you find your way back out of the deep dark forest. When you work at home online, it is very easy to be lured away from the job you set out to do. Sometimes it seems as if the Internet was designed purely to make you waste time. So many things look so interesting and useful, it can be hard to resist taking a detour just to have "a quick look" but there's no such thing as a quick look where the Internet is concerned, there are always too many side avenues you can't resist exploring.
Working at home online requires large measures of self discipline if you are to succeed with an Internet based business. You can't afford to drop your guard for one second: that's all it takes for you to lose focus on your goal and find yourself reading sales pitch for some home business product you have no intention of purchasing. Before you know it, five minutes or even fifteen minutes will have flashed by and you are no further forward with your work. To work at home online successfully you need to be constantly vigilant in order to guard against the temptation to wander.
One of the easiest ways to prevent loss of focus is to use the bookmark function on your browser. Make yourself a set of bookmark folders for categories that are likely to interest you eg e-books, advertising resources, affiliate programs, website builders, tools etc. When you are working online and notice a link that looks interesting, bookmark it into the appropriate category and move on with whatever you were doing in the first place. You cannot afford to give in to the temptation to have "just a quick look" there and then. The site will still be available later in the day, spending ten minutes going back to check it out can be one of the rewards you allow yourself for completing a task on your daily "to do" list.
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