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I ran across this quote in a book I have this morning and thought that you might relate.
"An entrepreneur is the kind of person who will work 16 hours a day just to avoid having to work 8 hours for someone else."
The Heritage Book - 2003
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We've been discussing how using single minded focus can help us at the core level to produce quality output and maximum productivity in what ever area that we apply it to.
Since we don't live in a bubble and the world doesn't stop for us as we immerse ourselves into our time pockets and monthly or weekly themes, we also need to consciously work on maintaining the progress that we have made inside of our themes and so that our progress doesn't fall to the wayside as we rotate into a new quadrant or theme.
We need to bring it into the big picture.
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Having a hard time getting focused in your home business?
Do you feel like you have too many projects on the go, too many things running through your head?
If you feel that way, you probably do.
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Do you ever feel like you’re working so hard in your online business, but the outcome isn’t changing to match all that effort?
It might just be time for some serious clean up.
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One of the most important things to create improvement and productivity in your business is focus.
One of the best ways to maintain focus is to plan and to work on one thing at a time, that's what it's all about.
If you can do this repeatedly, you will see results very quickly.
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By Jan Ferrante
Learning successful home business strategies was the last thing on my mind the other day as I climbed the stairs to play a game of foosball with my daughter.
WORK AT HOME BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND FOOZBALL??
I bought a Foosball table a few weeks ago.
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by Jan Ferrante
I realized the other day, after having some seemingly easy success in keeping my house organized over the holidays… despite having everyone home and many of us sick through some of it… that it was due to 3 key factors. You can read about them here…
I have known for a long time that the key to getting results lies in using systems and all that entails… consistency, routine, self discipline, delegation etc.
– Jan Ferrante
Over the years working my own online businesses, I have found one thing to be true.
You MUST have a system in order to remain consistent in the tasks that bring you success, and to retain your sanity as well. That's always a perk!
If you are a work at home mom or dad, you will want to create a system for both your home and business, you can “pocket” your home system inside of your business system if you like, but don't intermingle the individual tasks or you will never have the focus that you need for either one.
I find this to be a continual thorn in my side, although with a little self discipline and a system, it really doesn't have to be.
In fact, it is so much easier to just stick with a program for this stuff than it is to look for things, lose things, redo things and spend days on end organizing and sorting when it finally gets to the point that you are forced to do it… think tax time - actually, I'd rather not!
Two methods that I have started using that are working wonders for me is having a file folder box on the floor close to my desk that contains a tickler file system.
Also a basket for my copy of invoices out to customers that sits beside my printer. (I keep a folder for reciepts on bills that I have paid in the same file box as the tickler files). I try to clear this basket weekly by transferring the invoices into a binder that I have sectioned off by month for invoices only, a separate binder for each year.
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I really never thought that I would ever find such importance in such a small thing.
But it is becoming one of my number one resources.
It's a small, unassuming notebook that has taken up residence on my desk.
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