As you begin your new home business you will find there will be hundreds of distractions that will fight for your time and attention.If you are new to working from home you will have to deal with such issues as family interruptions, friends, neighbors, television, radio, visitors, email and phone calls.
You must structure your time and set a schedule to work on your home business. If you were working for someone else you would not expect your friends and neighbors to stop by for a visit.
You must clearly explain to
people you know that this is your job and your can not stop to chat simply because you are home.
People may think that your job is less serious because you are working from home.
You must remind yourself of reasons why you choose to bring your profession home. Was it to have more free time with your children, to earn more money than your previous job paid, to create more freedom for yourself and your loved ones?
Remember your home business should be treated as a real job. You are person who makes decisions now. You must organize your time without someone else telling you when you should work and take care of your business.
Schedule a portion of your workday to answering emails and written communications and returning important phone calls.
One hour in morning and one later in day should be fine. Be sure to be consistent so you do not get distracted from your other tasks.
Focus your time on your most productive activities and find a third party to assist with less important tasks if you need to.
When you are first getting started and perhaps you are in middle of working on a project - and you don't quite know if it is going to be success you hope for, it is very easy to get distracted and go on to something else that looks more promising.
You will learn with experience what types of projects and tasks excite you, which are best fit for your knowledge, skills, and resources.
