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You have decided to start a home-based business?.There may be many reasons for you to do this: ie. You may be juggling a full time job, a part time job and / or raising a family. You know that there are many things you need to do in order to successfully start your business and work from home. How are you going to fit your business project into your daily commitments? It’s easy to become overwhelmed and lose focus. Losing focus will cause you to take no action. Action is essential to moving on from where you are now, to where you want to be.

Here are 5 tips to stay focused on starting your home based business:

1. Break large projects down.

If you have a large project or task to tackle, it is always easier when you break it down into smaller components. You’ll find it much easier to focus because you won’t feel as overwhelmed. For example, ‘Register a business name’ can be broken down into: ‘Think of five business name ideas’, ‘Find out how to register business name’, ‘Get registration form’ and so on.

1. Keep a ‘things to do’ list

Once you’ve broken down major tasks into smaller ones, make and keep a ‘things to do’ list. Always keep a notepad and pen with you so that you can jot down any new ideas that spring into mind.

1. Schedule your time

Every evening, decide on three to five tasks on your ‘things to do’ list that you wish to accomplish the following day. Stay focused on these tasks/projects and only move on to the next task or project on your list once these have been completed.

1. Set goals

There is nothing better for staying focused than setting goals. Visualize exactly where you want to be in a month, six months and a year. In a month’s time, do you want to have registered a business name and got all your equipment set up? In six months time, how many clients or subscribers do you want? How much revenue per week/month do you want to generate in a year’s time?.

Many successful business owners have started off this way.Start with small goals ,and when realised, move onto a bigger goal, and so on etc.

1. Say no

Be assertive and carve out more time for your business project. Saying ‘no’ to that extra demand by your boss every once in a while, can get you home one hour earlier a couple of days a week. How about cutting back on the amount of housework that you do? Imagine how you could channel that extra time into your business.

If you put these five tips into practice, you’ll definitely find it easier to focus on and achieve your ultimate goal of working from home.

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