Here's how to prevent "putting it off till tomorrow" and effectively never getting it done at all!
First you can certainly try to minimise distractions. But really this just doesn't happen! So this is what to do when you are up against it and you find yourself thinking "well I can always do it tomorrow...."
Because the answer to this is NO.....You cant! Because tomorrow you will be busy with something else. And that something else will also be essential and you can't put that off till the next day either.
You will get distracted. I guarantee it. Here are the real kickers when working from home:
First one: Free use of the internet. You sit down at your desk to work on your home business. And there's the world wide web just waiting for you to explore. No boss looking over your shoulder. No IT department (possibly!) monitoring what you are searching Google for. So you search away and before you know it 30 mins has gone by and you are behind on your schedule.
Not to worry you think, I'll catch up tomorrow..... NO!! You wont. Tomorrow you will have just as many important things to do.
When you use the internet for something other than what you should be for your home business. Write down how long and what you were searching for. This will make you (hopefully!) shock you into ditching this habit. Most of the time anyway!
Second one: Checking emails. ONLY check your emails when you have done what you need to FIRST. And then only touch an email once. Deal with it one way or another and move onto the next.
Third one: Personal phone calls. Be polite and just as if you had your boss in the next room after a quick chat say "I'm just at work at the moment can I call you back at lunch (or whenever)".
Fourth one: Not having a daily plan. Fatal for your home business not to do this. If you don't know what key tasks you are doing each day and when. You will not succeed. Your boss is YOU. So if you don't know what you are doing in your home business there isn't anyone else who does either. Plan, plan, plan and then stick to it.
The other million options for distractions: There are too many individual distractions that we all get to list them all. But one thing that helps with all of them is this:
Know what the job is you are doing. Know how long it takes. Go and do it. Then get away from the work part and celebrate.
Author Louisa Farthing practises and teaches building your network marketing home business on a budget. For more information see http://www.GlobalHomeBusiness.com.au
Louisa works at home in Sydney, Australia as a speaker, mentor and author part time around her daughter, dogs and horse.
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