When you begin working from home with your Internet business you won’t have a boss standing over your shoulder making sure you finish that report or looking to see if you’ve completed the sales forecast you promised by the end of the week. When you’re on your own, in your home based office, it will be entirely up to you to complete the tasks you have scheduled for that particular day.
Sometimes this can be a challenge when you’re not used to it so, bearing this in mind, here are 5 tips to help you focus and to help you develop more self discipline while working from home:
1. Don’t set unrealistic goals for yourself. If you do you’re only setting yourself up for failure from the beginning. Set short term goals that are achievable within a certain period of time. By setting these objectives you’ll be encouraged to discipline yourself so you can accomplish what you’ve set out to do.
2. Don’t jump from one job to another without completing the first task. This will only lead to confusion and frustration and eventually you’ll find yourself always trying to catch up with your deadlines. These incomplete chores will lead to unfulfilled goals and ultimate failure.
3. Compile a schedule of tasks for each day while allotting a certain amount of time to complete each one. This way you’ll be able to check off each one as you finish it which will give you a sense of accomplishment for being disciplined enough to complete all of these short term goals.
4. Learn to recognize the signs that you’re beginning to go off track and become undisciplined so you can make the necessary corrections before you fall too far behind in your work. One good way to do this is to compile a journal and record each time this happens so you’ll notice the signals next time it happens.
5. Temptation is all around us when we’re working from home so try to eliminate as many of these distractions as possible before you begin. Make sure everyone understands that you aren’t to be disturbed during designated working hours when you’re in your home office. Also, you should have a separate telephone line for your office so you won’t be distracted by calls for other family members.
As we all know being disciplined can be very difficult at times because we seem to be surrounded by distractions 24 hours a day 7 days a week. However, if you want to succeed with your home based business self discipline is a must and by implementing these 5 tips on a daily basis you’ll have a much better chance of realizing your dream.
