5 Ways To Organise Your Way To Success
While working from home has many advantages and is a dream come true for many people, people often have difficulty adjusting to the new routine. Suddenly, you are your own boss and in charge of your own time. You have work to do and goals to achieve, but there is nobody ready to shout at you if you wake up late or watch Oprah instead of making some calls!
If you are not having the results you want from your home business, you may simply need to be more organised.
Here are five steps that you can take right away to boost your home business:-
1. Plan your time in advance. Know exactly when you will be working on your business each week and spend Sunday evenings planning as much of this time as you can. Each week ask yourself what you want to have achieved by Friday afternoon. Review your progress for 10 minutes each morning before beginning work, and for 10 minutes each afternoon/evening after finishing work.
2. Do the most difficult things first. If there is something that needs going on Tuesday, and you really don’t want to do it – DO IT FIRST! Otherwise, you will spend all day working ineffectively because the dreaded task will be at the back of your mind. Don’t put yourself under that pressure! Just get it done and out of the way. Most jobs aren’t anywhere near as scary as you imagine them to be.
3. Keep the kids busy! It can be a nightmare trying to run a home business while your children are demanding attention, so try to combine the two. If your little darling has a regular nap in the day, make that your work time. If your children are older, try working at the kitchen table while they do their homework with you. Talk to your children about your business so that they understand that sometimes you have to work.
4. Use a day planner. Some people like paper diaries, some people use computer software, others have day planning tools on their phones! Find a system that works for you and take advantage of it.
5. Develop a follow up system. I’m constantly amazed by the number of WAHMs (and dads!) who have no consistent follow-up system. The money is in the follow-up! If you speak to a lead on Thursday who doesn’t want to buy right away, when do you speak to her again? Never? When you remember? Decide exactly when you will follow-up on people.
The overall idea here is that you have to treat your business as a business. You wouldn’t expect your dentist to decide his working hours each day, or your doctor to delay sending off your blood sample because he had to fill in a really long, dull form to send with it. As soon as you see yourself as running a business, you will see the results you want.
Katie Forrest began her first business aged just 21. She is a nutritionist and a successful network marketer and is happy to answer questions. She can be contacted at enquiries@TheNutritionWebsite.com or on (+44) 1623 451174