This is a situation I am all too familiar with. I still work a full-time 8:30 - 5:00 job while building my own internet-based business in my spare time. So how do you go about burning candle at both ends without burning yourself out in process?

First off, let's think about priorities. Working a full- time job while developing a business requires stamina and endurance if other areas of your life are not to be neglected. This means being fit and healthy. Make time to exercise at least three times a week. Four or five is better. I know how hard it can be to commit an hour to working out when you've got an endless (and I mean ENDLESS!) list of things you need to be doing NOW for your business. But make time. It pays BIG dividends in terms of stamina and endurance. For me, this means getting up at 4:00 am on workout days. If that's what it takes for you, do it!

Second, eat right. Don't just grab a McBurger on way home from work and scoff it down as you're driving. Take time to cook a proper meal and relax for a half hour or an hour before getting down to business. This gives you a break and time to unwind from pressures of day, making you much more productive when you do get down to work. Eating proper meals will keep you in good health and, coupled with a regular exercise routine, will help keep your energy levels high.

OK, so you're physically in shape and taking care of yourself. The next major thing to think about is time management. Every weekend, before working week starts, prepare a business plan for coming week. This is nothing more complicated that writing down various business-related activities you must do over course of coming week and then scheduling them according to how much time you know you are going to have on a particular day. By planning out your time this way, you can schedule your business activities alongside your other activities. Take care of as many of them as you can through course of day. Whether you are able to do this depends on nature of your 9 to 5 job but if you have even a little autonomy you should be able to squeeze out a little time here and there. Not huge chunks, just 10 minutes here and there.

Maybe you heard it while you were in planning stages, just

developing your business idea and your business plan. Possibly,

some people very close to you said "No, you can’t do that." Or,

"No, you shouldn’t do that."

Perhaps, it was after you got your business started and you

asked someone to take a look at it and give you their opinion.

They might have said "No, that will never work." Or, "No,

that’s not for me."

According to PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, by time a child

reaches 18 years of age, concept of "NO, YOU CAN'T!"

has been reinforced 187,000 times, whereas concept of

"YES, YOU CAN!" has been reinforced only about 25 times!!!

Do you see why so many of us grow up to be failures, or

afraid to try anything out of "norm"? It’s because we

have been programmed that way! We do not believe that we can!

Can you imagine how much greater we would all be if we

just heard word "YES" a little more in our lives?

If you are in business or planning a business, I suggest you

just scratch word "NO" from your vocabulary. Just refuse

to hear it and start hearing word "YES", even if it’s only

in your own mind.

"YES, I can do this!"

"YES, I can do this exceptionally well!"

"YES, no one has ever done it better!"

You are going to have discouraging times in your business.

I don’t care who you are or what you do, there will be

hundreds (thousands) of times that you will want to quit.

Just throw in towel. Go back to your NORMAL life,