Goals should be; Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time related.

For example it would be unwise to set a goal of making $10,000 in a week, it’s just not a realistic goal for average person, unless you have a lot of experience and knowledge in your field or receive help from someone who has these attributes. When you failed to reach this goal your motivation would suffer and you might start doubting your decision to start your home business.

Ok let’s set some goals, firstly, though I want you to write a list of all things you want; whether it is a new car, watch, house, sofa, to send your kids through college or a successful home business, write them all down and say why you want it. When I did this I had a list length of my arm and I’m still working through it 3 years on. By doing this it will help focus your mind and motivate yourself to succeed.

Now set your goals, they need to be SMART and you need to set both short term and long term goals. One of best techniques I use is to set 6 goals before I go to bed for next day and prioritise them. All successful people set goals and prioritise them in order of importance. Remember your time is your most important asset; you simply cannot afford to waste it.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle –

By making goal setting a habit there is no reason why you cannot achieve excellence.

So how do we make a game out of this? Make it fun? First recognize that this is not work way we normally define work. Work is where we're someplace we'd rather not be. We can be constantly under pressure and threat at work. We can fail at work, get fired, get yelled at, be embarrassed, disappointed, get demoted, dictated to, issued ultimatums, you get idea. Compared to this "working" at home isn't really working at all, it's PLAYING! Where's pressure coming from? From you? Do you have to succeed or else? And soon?

We need to make a game out of this internet marketing. It's easy to do because it really is a game. All these activities that we decide to identify as "work" should be more accurately identified as "play". In a computer game, I may be 200 hours away from saving world, indeed I may never complete main quest. However I will be thrilled with every monster I slay on way. I'll reach into it's bloody carcass pull out bag of gold and I'll laugh and say to myself, "Why is this Monster wearing pants? If I were a monster, I wouldn't wear pants!"

Secondly, we need proper perspective. Sure we want residual income. We want financial freedom, be our own boss. But we need to get into process. Make a habit of internet marketing activities that we play every day. Master process and results take care of themselves. Learn to enjoy process through practice and your computer "playing" will be more fun and it will be clear to everyone that you're enjoying yourself and they will want to be associated with you.

So yes we can learn to focus on playing at internet marketing. Can it be as much fun as slaying monsters or bluffing someones grandmother out of a big pot in no-limit holdem poker? I'm workin' on it! ;-)

(c) 2004 by David McCammon

David McCammon has been marketing successfully for more that 20 years. He has taught hundreds how to work at home AND have fun at the same time. Get the tools and the day to day strategy to make Money the FUN WAY: http://www.freetrainingcenter.com/rules.html