Here are several time management tips that will help you to use those few precious hours that you do have wisely;

Get organized! - I can't stress this enough. This is first thing that absolutely needs to be done to improve your time management skills. Think about all of time that is wasted looking for things; looking for papers, phone numbers, supplies.....your desk top. · Use first 15 minutes of your morning to organize your work area. · Go over your "To Do" list and organize things needed to accomplish them.

2. Identify your most productive time - · You may be a morning person or an evening person. I do all of my most difficult tasks when I am fresh in morning. · Use your child's nap time or one hour of "TV time" for your kids to do your most difficult tasks.

3. Make your "To Do" list night before - · Know what you will accomplish next day. That way, you start out with a goal in mind first thing in morning rather than wandering around aimlessly. · Divide your "To Do" list into several page; one list for things to do tomorrow, this week, and one for things to do this month. As you accomplish these goals, cross them off. I write my monthly goals on my calendar.

4. Find more time in day - · Need an extra hour in day? Get up an hour early and have your first cup of coffee or tea sitting at computer going through your e-mails, answering your e-mails and posting to forums. I call these my "day wasters".

5. Schedule it and stick with it · Write one thing that you will accomplish on each day of week on your calendar. For instance, I file every Monday, do my on-line banking every Wednesday, update my web site on Friday......

6. Avoid big "day wasters" - · Forums, TV, surfing web, and talking on telephone are all huge "day waters" if not used properly. These are all great things, when used in moderation, but can become very addicting and you can seriously lose hours and hours of your day with all of them. · Limit your "day wasters" to morning hour of your day. This is a huge time management tip!

Unfortunately you don't have a time machine to use to go back and "undo" mistakes that you might make.

In online world, mistakes are simply "business killers" and sadly, most people who start an online business never recover from those mistakes.

Here's some facts that may factor into your decision if you're thinking of starting an online business:

* When starting an online business average newbie loses between $1,500.00 to $2,500.00 in first year of their online business on useless products and programs.

* The Department of Labor and Statistics says that 75,000 new people subscribe to Internet every day, 100,000 new web sites are built daily, and 125,000 people start a home-based business every week.

* 33% of all new millionaires achieve it through a home-based business.

With those types of statistics, its easy to see why starting an online business can have such a grand allure and be daunting all at same time. In fact, starting an online business can be one of easiest things to actually do and can easily become a part-time profitable business if you do it right.

So what do you have to remember or learn when starting an online business?

Here's a partial list of 8 items:

Starting an online business item #1: Remember that you need to plan well, have a distinct plan for what you want to do and how you are going to get there. If you don't have detail of "how's" regarding starting your online business, you will most likely waste more money than you can afford to and burn up more time than you should. Define a clear path from "idea to sale" right from start and realize that your flexibility in that path will be key to your success.

Starting an online business item #2: Remember that there are lots of 'get rich quick' type schemes available that contribute to overall Internet business hype. If you buy into any of this when starting an online business, you'll actually digress rather than progress because you'll be distracted and you will not be able to maximize your time.

Starting an online business item #3: Remember that there are certain similarities to offline and online success, but there is a distinct difference between online marketing and offline marketing. When starting an online business, make sure that you take what you know as an offline marketer and utilize what works in your online business and discard what doesn't.