Work at Home Productivity Tips –

I was working on a project this morning and it occurred to me that I had let it slip by the wayside the last week or two.

Why?

I had created a regular time pocket for it – so how could that happen?

WHAT HAPPENED

I didn't do the time pocket, that's what happened.

Why not?

Because I had no one checking up on me, no one to report to. No one to hold my paycheck or fire me if I didn't do it.

I have no boss.

Maybe you can relate :0)

WHAT I DO HAVE

If we go just a little deeper here, we can see the problem with this reasoning.

Just because we have no boss – no one to give us that little edge that MAKES us do things, even if we don't want to… if they are not convenient etc etc – it doesn't mean that we don't need to do the work that needs to be done to collect a paycheck.

No work – of the right kind – no paycheck.

Period.

A boss is responsible for getting people to do the things that increase the bottom line – or he/she doesn't get paid – an neither does anyone else.

Guess what.

Your business needs a boss.

I wonder who that might be?

FOCUS THIS WEEK

This week focus on being the boss of your business.

Your boss.

After you have done your planning you will know what to do – your 4 keys tasks are a great place to start.

If you find yourself wandering and upsetting the balance – not sticking to your plans – remind yourself who the boss is – and what will happen if you don't follow your orders.

No pay.

That sucks!

Just because you have no one watching over you, does not mean that there are no consequences if you do not have the mindset to DO the right things – the things that you have decided are the things that need to be done.

Don't over ride your own authority and expertise – don't let 'Jeckle and Hyde Syndrome' ruin your chances at a successful business. (Jeckle would be the ‘you’ who does your planning, strategizing and scheduling to create a business that works – Hyde is the ‘you’ who blows the whole thing off and does ‘whatever, whenever'.)

Decide who's boss.

And then get to it.

Take note at what happens this week.

• Are you sticking better to your plans?
• Are you getting more of the good stuff done?
• Are you progressing towards your goals better?
• Getting things finished – or making progress in a straight line?

Those are the things that you should be expecting – of yourself – when you are the boss.

Have fun!

Jan Ferrante

Your Partner in ACTion

PS – for more tips on working with time pockets and how you can make them work for you, try the system that I put together and use in my own business to get things done – Home Biz BOOST.