How to stay focusedWritten by Louis Velez
How to Stay Focused on Your Home Business Goals When you are owner of a home business, you will find hundreds of distractions that take you away from your time, energy and focus. Common distractions include: children, family, friends, neighbors, pets, phone calls, mail, household chores, video games, television, neighborhood children, visitors, and so many more. As an owner of a home based business, you must always remember your purpose in bringing your profession home. What was your reason for wanting to own a home business? Was your goal to work from home so that you can share in lives of your children? Was your goal to be get away from rat race and fire your boss? Was your goal to have freedom to work when it is convenient for you? Was your goal to make tons of money working for yourself? Here's a few good tips that will help you stay focused on your home business: TIP #1: Whatever your reason for going out on your own, you must keep your reason in forefront of your mind. If you forget your reason for starting your own home business, you will not be working for yourself for long. It is far too easy to let circumstance drive your activities --- and when circumstance is in driver's seat, you are more likely to crash and burn.
| | Supplements ... The New Magic Pills?Written by Pat Swan, MA, Wellness Coach
If I hear one more person suggest supplements as cure to life stressors I'll scream! Everywhere I go I hear someone talking about this or that supplement, this or that herb, this or that dietary regime as answer to health and happiness. Over next week or so, listen for ads yourself and take note.On radio I hear, "Are you feeling stressed? Is your life reeling out of control? Do you have too much to do, too little time to do it? Then send for ABC product and help protect yourself from ravages of stress. ABC will restore your health and well being" Or one like this, "Do you suffer from heartburn or acid stomach? Is stress in your life catching up to you? Then send for XYZ product and solve your stomach problems." Or I am conversing with a holistic health practitioner and I hear, "If only so and so would get into herbs, or put a drop or two of this or that under their tongue every day, their problems would be solved." How would they know what problems or life stressors so-and-so is dealing with? Multi-level marketers, physician offices, traditional or integrative, it doesn't matter. All want you to ingest some magic product to solve all your problems. Never mind that stress is caused by behavioral habits that need to change, or by distorted thinking that impedes success and destroys self-esteem. Never mind that relationship or financial problems keep us awake at night. Never mind that you are fourteen years old, have no friends and are being harassed at school. Just take these products and you will feel better. The only difference between old and new line is that traditional physicians push chemicals and man made medicines, and holistic practitioners push soy, herbs, and gluten-free diets. For heaven's sake, even on a popular wellness physician's website I read, "From improved energy and lowered stress levels to a stronger immune system, our special vitamin plan has answers." Apparently you can answer a set of questions and magically solve your problems as you "receive regular delivery of your customized supplement packs." Apparently you can answer a set of questions and magically solve your problems as you "receive regular delivery of your customized supplement packs."
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