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Success Literature Is Good Inspiration

When you own and operate your own home – based business, you will quickly discover that you are in charge of many things. If your home – based business is a one person operation, than you are actually in charge of everything. This may be quite a departure from whatever your responsibilities were at the jobs that you had before you made the switch to working for yourself and working from home. Depending upon what jobs you had, you may have occasionally been involved in workplace activities that were designed to inspire or motivate you and your coworkers to do … Continue reading →

Tips For Finding Your Motivation

Sometimes even the most dedicated home – based professionals suffer from a lack of motivation. If your get up and go seems to have gotten up and gone somewhere without you, do not despair. It is not gone forever. Here are a few tips to help you through those times when you just don’t feel like doing your work. Get up and move. Fatigue can definitely sap your motivation, and a brisk walk can help bring your energy back. Bonus points if you walk outdoors, as the visual change can help to break the monotony of your work environment. Even … Continue reading →

Freelancing Mistakes To Avoid – Part 1

Being a freelance home – based professional can be very rewarding and very freeing. It can also be very scary and very challenging. Before you jump in to the world of freelance work with both feet, take a minute to look at this list of some common problems faced by freelance professionals. Don’t worry, I would not just toss you a list of problems to be aware of and wish you luck in avoiding them. Ideas for how you can avoid these problems are right here alongside them so that you and other freelancers who may be going through tough … Continue reading →

Developing an Emergency Action Plan

When you work in a traditional setting, such as an office, if you experience an emergency you can usually call into work. Or you might have the number to your boss. That was the situation our family faced a couple of weeks ago when my sister, who works in an office building, was involved in a car accident. Her husband just had to pick up the phone and leave a message with her boss that she had been injured and wouldn’t be into work the next day but they would keep her informed. But last week I learned that when … Continue reading →

Setting Goals That Work

While owning and operating a home – based business is a remarkable accomplishment in and of itself, it is helpful to set goals for your home – based business so that you can gauge your progress. Setting goals is also a good way to stay motivated. On the other hand, if you always find yourself setting goals and never reaching them, goals can leave you feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. The good news is that if you find yourself in the position of not being able to reach the goals that you have set for your home – based business, the … Continue reading →

The Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others

It is not too often that I stop to think about what “everyone else” is doing. Perhaps that is a product of my upbringing, because there was constant talk of what “everyone else” was doing. For some reason, the constant comparison really got to me and I decided at a fairly young age that it did not matter much to me what “everyone else” was doing. I was going to do things my own way regardless of what my peers were doing, and I still do that to this day. It has occurred to me that other people may think … Continue reading →

The Process of Change – Part 2

Continuing on in our discussion of the process of change, we move on to the fourth stage – action. This is where goal setting really comes in, and the mini –goals that you set for yourself during this stage are like the rungs of a ladder that you climb, one after the next, to get to a platform at the top where you can declare “I did it!” For example, for the home – based professional who has decided to create a regular work schedule for herself, some mini goals that she could set might include committing to a specific … Continue reading →

Intentional about Prioritizing

If you are going to be successful with your home business, you need to be intentional about prioritizing. This is one of my goals for the year 2012. Prioritizing is a way to manage your time. When you work at home it means not only prioritizing your work but your entire day’s schedule. If I were to work outside my home, the option of doing dishes or throwing in a load of laundry wouldn’t be there. But since I am inside my home, it ends up cutting into my work time. I can be a little manic about things. Let … Continue reading →

The Process of Change – Part 1

It is now the middle of January. This means that it is a good time to think about your New Year’s resolutions, if you made some for this year. Please note that I said “think about”, not “beat yourself up about”. If those well intentioned resolutions have fallen by the wayside, it is likely that there is something wrong with the resolution, not with you. The point of New Year’s resolutions is to inspire individuals to create positive change within their lives. Some resolutions have to do with career and business objectives, some with finances, health, family, and other areas … Continue reading →

Tips for the Slow Season

One of the goals that many home – based professionals may have set for themselves for 2012 is to earn more income form their home – based business than they did in 2011. This is a perfectly reasonable goal, and a new year brings with it a fresh sense of energy and enthusiasm that has you ready to get out there and bring home the bacon. It is important to go into the New Year with the understanding that your plan for earning more money this year may get off to a slow start for at least one reason that … Continue reading →