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Finding balance between family and business is the key to
real success.
Work at Home Success -- How do you measure the success in
your life? As a home-based working mom it’s so different than
the outside corporate world. I know for me, one day it can be
a call from Borders that they are accepting one of my books,
where another day it can be that I finally got my 5-year-old
to go on a field trip at school. The last two she had missed
being too scared to attend and instead spent the day home, sick.
Both days, I consider huge successes! Both days, I felt a real
winner!
It can be the little things such as a day we get all our work
done while attending a sick child, or the opportunity to drop
everything to drive down the street to see your daughter’s newest
boyfriend. Success. That’s what we are trying to achieve in
our home-based business.
So how can you achieve this success for your business and family?
How can you make more good days than bad? Here are some tips:
I hope they help you as much as they help me.
Start Early: I find that by getting up an hour or so before
everyone else, I can accomplish so much more. That allows me
the extra 10 minutes of devotional time, a few minutes to enjoy
my coffee alone, and then time to dig into my work. I usually
save my peak work for this time as this is truly when I’m at
my best.
Regroup and Rebalance: So often home-based moms feel overwhelmed
and unable to accomplish anything because of this. Try breaking
it all down, take a day or two to write down how your typical
day goes. What can you change to make it better, to make it
work? Often when it’s down in writing, it’s clearer to see where
changes can be made. Try to lump together tasks and delegate
any tasks you can. And above all else—Avoid Guilt!! All guilt!
Even the guilt you put on yourself.
Eliminate time-robbers! We still have to cook dinner, (I tried,
it didn’t work!) but I don’t have to talk to my friend, who
doesn’t work, for 45 minutes during my workday. Say No!
Also, with my kids I found some of the work I actually could
take outside or in another room. There’s no rule that says I
have to work at my desk. Perhaps you can create different workstations
around the home. Be creative.
Shortcuts To Success: What can you do to make your business
run smoother? Constantly be thinking of ways to improve upon
your business. Organization is naturally a big one. The more
organized you are, the better you’ll be at many things.
Another shortcut for me was to create different books of materials
that I frequently used so I didn’t have to reinvent the wheel
each time and it was right in front of me. Thus, I created different
3-ring binder books of marketing letters, press releases, etc
- anything that I frequently use and would save me time. Think
about things that you can do for your business. Things that
you use often, that you could print out and possibly make a
collection of, and then look to as a resource. Or what other
time saving tip could you think of that would help your business?
Focus on Success: Continue to see yourself as a success and
focus on your goals. Success is within your reach when you continually
focus on your goals, both for your business and your family.
Author Information:
Diana Ennen, Author; Virtual Assistant the Series, Become a
Highly Successful, Sought After VA, and Words From Home, Start,
Run and Operate a Successful Word Processing Business available
at http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com
She also does publicity and book marketing and has published
the science fiction thriller, Sledgehammer by Paulo J. Reyes,
M.D.
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