Granted, you still need good content that compels to some degree. But, whatever content, your chances of getting reader to go all way to end of document, or 'offer,' increases significantly with effective transitions.

Second, smooth transactions allow reader or person listening to your speech to concentrate on message, rather than its delivery.

You know from experience how hard it is to take in message when each new paragraph seems to abruptly introduce a new idea. It's a bit like driving along a street and having to stop for red lights at many successive intersections.

Third, and this relates to second point, you'll become a stronger writer if you use transitions. Not just because of transitions, but because their use forces you to manage ideas in your document or speech.

The process of starting each new paragraph with a transitional word or phrase can't help but lead to you to link idea in that paragraph to preceding paragraph.

That's true even when you make a major shift, because in that case you'd use a transition signal of some kind. Remember "And now for something completely different," made famous by Monty Python's Flying Circus?

In summary (another transitional signal), transitions from one paragraph to another, or from one idea to another, make our communication more effective.

You can find many wonderfully supportive people on various home business forums scattered all over net.

Enjoy process. Find things you enjoy doing in your business, and enjoy every day activities that you engage in. Remember to appreciate people who help you on you road to success, whether advisers, customers or employees. Have fun!

> What to do when this happens: Just go ahead and do some work. You will most likely find that once you start, you will get absorbed in activity, that you will forget that you did not feel like working in first place. Do one thing you enjoy about your business first, and use other things you enjoy as rewards once you have completed less fun aspects of your business.

Work for just five minutes. Tell yourself that you will work for just five minutes on your business, and after that you can either stop, or continue as you wish. After all, five minutes will not take that much out of your day, will it?

If this technique does not work, than most likely, you are dealing either with fatigue (Reason 1, above), or self-sabotage (Reason 3, below).

REASON 3: SELF-SABOTAGE This one is very subtle, even more so because it can disguise yourself as any of other two. We, as human beings fear change, even change for better.

You might feel like you will never make it, or that only way that you can become successful is by neglecting your family and all things that are important to you. Or any of a number of other negative pre-conceptions, some of which you may not even be consciously aware of.

As you can probably guess, this particular area is highly complicated, and I will devote a full article to it in future (or perhaps, even a series of articles). In meantime, here are a couple of things that you can do:

> Prevention: Be aware of any negative feelings and preconceptions you have, and make sure that you deal consciously with them. Surround yourself with supportive people, and do not listen to those who try to fill your mind with negative feelings. Working with a life coach would also be helpful.

> What to do when this happens: Acknowledge any negative feelings, and try to focus on positive aspects of your business. You may also find 'Five minute' technique from above helpful. I hope that by reading this article you have gained a better understanding of why sometimes you just feel like taking evening off, even if you have planned to work, and what to do when that happens.