1. Discourage excessive visitors. Move candy dish. Put it far away from your desk. Why? Because food is a friend when you're trying to attract or meet your peers but it's also a foe that cuts into your time. If 12 people stop by your desk for sweets and initiate a five minute chat each, you've lost an hour of your day.

2. Train your family. Set limits on personal calls. I once worked beside an executive assistant who received at least ten calls daily from her teenage daughter. Use three or five rule for family members who like instant input: Wait until you have at least three (or five) items to discuss with me before calling my workplace, unless your request is an emergency or timely. ('Mom, sale ends today' falls under neither of these categories).

3. Don't wait for mail carrier. Do you read every e-mail as it arrives? Stop! "Instead of keeping your email program open and reading messages as they come in, check it only once in morning and once in afternoon," advises Janet Barclay, a professional organizer, time management consultant and president of Organized Assistant (www.OrganizedAssistant.com). Shut off sound too triggered by incoming e-mail so you're not tempted to check it "just this once."

4. Re-deliver your mail. If you must check your e-mail constantly because your boss likes to e-mail you requests and expects you to do so (I've had some do that), immediately sort excess into electronic categorized folders such as "newsletters" or "invoices due."(Go ahead and create some electronic folders now if you don't have any.) That way every time you check your e-mail for your boss' messages, other e-mails don't continue to attract your curiosity. Then browse filed e-mails at once later in day when it's convenient for you, not sender.

So you want to sell something on internet.

OK. What are you going to sell? Do you have your own product? Every one tells us that to make a real success selling on net, you need to have your own product. They are quite right. I agree with them.

What do you do if you don't have your own product set up and ready to go? You do what most shopkeepers do? They sell someone else’s product.

As a general rule, a shopkeeper purchases goods from a warehouse or manufacturer and sells them on to general public. He/She takes all of risks involved. ie. Will I be able to sell enough to cover my overheads? Will stock go bad before I have time to sell it? How many hours a day/week must I spend looking after it? Can I do it all myself, or should I employ staff. What about book-keeping and all other paperwork? Do I know enough to do it myself or do I employ an accountant? No wonder so many one man businesses go under.

Unlike high street shopkeeper. Trading on internet, selling other people's products, there is no need to actually purchase goods that you intend to sell. Neither do you need expensive overheads of high street trader.

To get yourself up-and-running, There is good money to be made operating one or more affiliate programs. Everything will be set up for you, ready to start trading. You will be provided with a professionally designed website, ready to take orders and cream off your commissions into your bank account.

All that you have to do is to advertise your website to anyone who will take time to look or listen.

Don't expect to make a living with just one affiliate program. It doesn't work that way. So many people get depressed when at end of month there has only been perhaps less than $100 paid into their bank account.