Attention: Home Business Owner--Are You A Time Waster?

Attention: Home Business Owner--Are You A Time Waster?
It's a sad fact that the average home business owner never
earns a profit in their business. It has become clear to
me as I meet more and more new business owners why it is
that the vast majority of them are struggling to earn money
with their businesses. They waste their time on the
unimportant stuff and neglect the key activities that will
begin to make them money in the home based business
industry.

Given the lack of training provided by some companies, and
given that the blind often end up leading the blind in
business, I though it would be helpful to lay down some
basic necessities for the new business owner to use as a
blueprint to success in their home business:

1. Find a mentor or create what Napoleon Hill calls in
"Think and Grow Rich," a mastermind group. A group of
people who meet regularly to game plan and work out answers
to problems that they or the other members are having.
This group can be in person or via an online conference
room. These types of people will guide you with their own
successes and difficulties the have faced in business and
provide you with a reality check about the level of desire,
commitment, and dedication you must have to build a
successful business from home.

2. Stay away time wasters. I mean ALL time wasters. If
you often find yourself searching link exchanges for the
newest way to "Get Rich Quick," or "Earn Money in 15
Minutes" you need to reexamine your level of dedication to
the business you are trying to build. If I can impart only
one pearl of wisdom to you it is this: there is NO "super
simple" road to wealth. All wealth creation takes time,
but some methods are just simpler or more effective than
others. Set up a daily schedule and stick to it, you'll be
amazed by how much more productive you will become when you
follow a checklist.

3. Make "Work Time" actual Work Time. Just because you are
sitting at your desk doesn't mean you are working. Wasting
time may be fine when you're someone's employee, but when
you are your own boss ask yourself whether you'd be happy
with your own level of activity and productivity. Work
time is not chat with your significant other time, call
your mom time, shop on the Internet time, chat online time,
or pay the electricity bill time. Work time should be
scheduled in stone and given the respect it deserves. I
promise, the amount of work you do in the beginning will
make or break your business.

4. Just because you are on the phone with a prospect
doesn't mean that they are the type of person you want to
do business with. Sometimes it's hard to do it, but there
are time when YOU should reject a prospect--they're just
too much headache. These prospects are the feet dragging,
penny-pinching, malcontents that complain about your
program before you explain it to them, seem to get
irritated by the minute details of what you are saying, and
then ask "How long before I start making $50,000 a month?"
These are not the type of people you want to work with, and
in the end you will be much happier when you don't have to
waste time with someone who wants you to drag them toward
success. You'll make more money without them in your
organization.

5. If you find something that works, stick with it. Too
often I find new business owners that want to "reinvent the
wheel," as the old cliché says. They go into business
with someone who has achieved a high level of success, but
won't follow directions when given advice that will earn
them income if carried out. It's ridiculous how many
people will not follow simple directions. The people who
make it the biggest in the home based business industry are
those who follow directions the best. And on the flipside:
never take advice from someone who is more screwed up than
you. It's amazing how many people will chime in with their
two cents on how you should build your business or why it's
never going to work, or why it's a scam. Let them have
their day jobs and their opinions, I'm just happy not to
have to make that commute to work anymore.

Regardless of what opportunity you are in, wasting time is
truly the scourge of virtually every new and struggling
business owner. The fasted route to success is by
following in the footsteps of those who have achieved a
level of success that you want to achieve, and are willing
to instruct you on their methods for building a home based
business. All you must do is clean out your ears, be
willing to follow directions, ask someone for the answers
to the hard questions. But most of all you must respect
your time, and respect your teacher's time as if it were
your own. When people begin seeking you out for answers
you will begin to truly see why your time is so valuable.

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Jesse Boland
Founder: Octopus Marketing Group--Helping The Average
Person Earn True Wealth and Happiness In their Lives
Office for Free Business Consultation: (208) 267-5127
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