Home Business: Setting Goals That Sizzle

Setting Goals That Sizzle

Written by Kim Nishida

Do you start repparttar

year off with phenomenal intentions and suddenly find yourself facing December 31st with little to show for it? Do you have a mental wish list of things to do, places to visit, or home improvements to make that’s a mile long and getting longer? Are you feeling kind of ho hum about your career?

Your problem may not be a lack of self-discipline or an over-booked day planner, but simply an inability to set repparttar 116678 right targets…goals that sizzle. Walk through repparttar 116679 following eight steps and say good-bye to chaos, overwhelm, and unfulfilled wishes.

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• STEP 1: Connect to Your Desire This is repparttar 116681 first and most critical step in creating successful goals. If you can’t answer repparttar 116682 question, “Why is this goal important?” get ready for an uphill battle. If you are setting work-related goals that are not your choosing, ask, “How does this goal impact me? Does planning repparttar 116683 company picnic for my boss earn me a fantastic performance review, repparttar 116684 recognition of my peers, or repparttar 116685 satisfaction of creating a memorable event?” Dig around and find a nugget of passion that you can relate to repparttar 116686 goal at hand. • STEP 2: Plan Ahead "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without a plan is a nightmare." –Japanese proverb. Once you’ve pin-pointed an undeniable desire for this goal, develop a written plan of action. One of repparttar 116687 most widely used methods of goal planning is repparttar 116688 SMART method: Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, Time-framed. Take repparttar 116689 time to satisfy in detail each of repparttar 116690 criteria in writing. • STEP 3: Become Either a Visionary or a Task Master Are you are fantastic list maker who gets easily overwhelmed by a towering to do list? Take a step back from repparttar 116691 nitty gritty and look farther ahead. Write a vision statement by looking at repparttar 116692 big picture. Or are you a dreamer who has trouble getting focused? Break repparttar 116693 big goal into repparttar 116694 tiniest possible tasks. By listing repparttar 116695 easy-to-manage smaller steps, you will see that even baby steps help you reach your goal.

Is Vacation Rental Ownership Your Business Opportunity?

Written by David Leonhardt

It's a dream I've heard so many people express: "I want to run a bed and breakfast. They are so cute" Or "I want to own a vacation rental property, so I can get a free vacation and make money repparttar

rest of

year.

But what is really involved in being a vacation landlord? Is it a business that is right for you. I asked 9 vacation rental owners for their advice to would-be vacation rental owners.

"Can you afford repparttar 116678 mortgage if your home is not rented at all?" asks Stewart Granville, owner of an Orlando Florida vacation homes listing site ( http://www.lastminutevillas.net ). "If interest rates rise (which they almost certainly will) can you still afford repparttar 116679 payments along with repparttar 116680 utilities ,taxes, insurance, management fees ,pool cleaning ,lawn maintenance ,running repairs – can you still afford it?"

That is an obvious, but often overlooked, factor. Before rushing into a purchase, make sure that it does not get repossessed if somehow your marketing is fruitless at first. Paul Rowney agrees. Owner of a 4-bedroom Florida Gulf Coast vacation rental ( http://www.lastminutevillas.net/villa/181/ ), he says to be wary of "realtors who promise you'll rent your property for 40 weeks a year." It helps to do your homework. Is there already rental saturation in repparttar 116681 area you want to buy in, or are people already lining up for too few vacation homes?

"You can't get too personal with your home if you are using it for renting - you have to think what your client wants," warns Michelle Prince, owner of Secret Key Villa ( http://www.lastminutevillas.net/villa/166/ ) in Kissimmee, Florida. That means your ideas of repparttar 116682 perfect bright red-orange kitchen might have to be shelved if your customers have more subdued tastes.

Andrew Piper, owner of a 5 bedroom vacation rental villa ( http://www.lastminutevillas.net/villa/332/ ) advises not to expect that all your friends are a market waiting to rent your vacation home – they are more likely going to hope for a freebie, staying silent if they are too embarrassed to ask. Remember, owning a vacation rental is a business, or else it becomes a very expensive cottage.

Of course, when it comes to décor, you can't please everyone. Sue Evans, owner of an Orlando luxury villa ( http://www.lastminutevillas.net/villa/276/ ), does not enjoy "having to read emails from people saying they don't like your décor or want to stay at your property for peanuts." You need a thick skin to own a vacation rental property.

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