If youre looking to start a work from home business, or are already self-employed, you may know that success doesnt always come easy. Many work from home entrepreneurs find that its more difficult to discipline yourself with the many distractions that exist in your home surroundings. In this article, Im going to provide you with a few of my secrets for successfully running a home based business. Hopefully by the time youve finished this article, youll have some great ideas on how you can stay motivated while running your business from the house.
The first thing that I learned many years ago when I started to work from home, was that television isnt necessarily my best friend. For me, the TV is a huge distraction and when I was first starting out, I would waste hours each day watching television shows when I honestly should have been building my business.
So what did I do? I ran a little experiment…
For one year, I unsubscribed from cable TV. Oh, the horror! But guess what happened? My income in that one year period of time was up 112% over the previous year. I was making more than twice what I earned when I was a cable TV subscriber! So, as you...