Make Money Online - Set Some Early Ground Rules
There are so many things competing for your attention when you are trying to make money online.
If online business is a new endeavor for you, allow me to be the first to let you know that you will constantly be interrupted.
Hence, you have to treat your time as your most valuable asset by accounting for every minute during the day.
You must make it clear to those in your life that when you are engaging in tasks to make money online, you are on the clock.
In other words, this is your job, and it should not be treated any differently because you are at home, than it would be if you were working in a cubical in some distant suburb.
The steps which you take to make money online must be treated as a legitimate job.
You are now the decision maker.
Therefore, you must organize your time without someone else dictating when you should and should not work.
Make it clear to everyone around you that these are your work hours, and those are your hours to socialize.
Make sure that you too abide by this schedule.
If someone attempts to contact you during a time which they know you are working for nothing other than to socialize, make sure that you contact that person after your work hours, and remind them of your schedule.
Be sure to have a system in place which reminds you to check and respond to both e-mails and phone calls throughout the day.
For example, you can set aside an hour in the morning, and an hour in the afternoon.
However, in order for such a system to work properly, you have to make sure that you keep both a separate e-mail and phone line for business.
This time is reserved strictly for matters pertaining to business only.
I am going to give you some advice which I hope you take to heart.
My advice is this.
When you decide that you are going to take the steps to make money online, make sure that you take on something that you really enjoy.
Of course it goes without saying that this something must also be profitable.
Nevertheless, if you enjoy what you spend most of your waking hours doing each day, it will feel as though you are just taking on a hobby.
This will provide you with a massive benefit if the money does not show up as quickly as you had imagined.
Hence, you must do your best to work on something you believe in.
Get excited about your work.
Take time out of your day to take a break and exercise.
For instance, I generally start my work day at 6:30 a.
m.
After all, there is not commute.
At roughly 10:00 a.
m.
, I get on the elliptical and exercise for 45 minutes.
This is something that I do five days per week without missing a day due to the fact that it is scheduled into my work day.
It is just something that I look forward to now.
Make sure that you set short-term goals.
These short-term goals are things that you need to do each and every day to accomplish your long-term goals.
I find that short-term goals not only make it easy to stay on task, but also keep me motivated, and give me a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.
Nonetheless, the best advice that I can give to anyone who is transitioning to make money online is that you have to engage in something which you love.
If you do so, you will never work.
Rather, you will have a full-time hobby which gives you a full-time income.
If online business is a new endeavor for you, allow me to be the first to let you know that you will constantly be interrupted.
Hence, you have to treat your time as your most valuable asset by accounting for every minute during the day.
You must make it clear to those in your life that when you are engaging in tasks to make money online, you are on the clock.
In other words, this is your job, and it should not be treated any differently because you are at home, than it would be if you were working in a cubical in some distant suburb.
The steps which you take to make money online must be treated as a legitimate job.
You are now the decision maker.
Therefore, you must organize your time without someone else dictating when you should and should not work.
Make it clear to everyone around you that these are your work hours, and those are your hours to socialize.
Make sure that you too abide by this schedule.
If someone attempts to contact you during a time which they know you are working for nothing other than to socialize, make sure that you contact that person after your work hours, and remind them of your schedule.
Be sure to have a system in place which reminds you to check and respond to both e-mails and phone calls throughout the day.
For example, you can set aside an hour in the morning, and an hour in the afternoon.
However, in order for such a system to work properly, you have to make sure that you keep both a separate e-mail and phone line for business.
This time is reserved strictly for matters pertaining to business only.
I am going to give you some advice which I hope you take to heart.
My advice is this.
When you decide that you are going to take the steps to make money online, make sure that you take on something that you really enjoy.
Of course it goes without saying that this something must also be profitable.
Nevertheless, if you enjoy what you spend most of your waking hours doing each day, it will feel as though you are just taking on a hobby.
This will provide you with a massive benefit if the money does not show up as quickly as you had imagined.
Hence, you must do your best to work on something you believe in.
Get excited about your work.
Take time out of your day to take a break and exercise.
For instance, I generally start my work day at 6:30 a.
m.
After all, there is not commute.
At roughly 10:00 a.
m.
, I get on the elliptical and exercise for 45 minutes.
This is something that I do five days per week without missing a day due to the fact that it is scheduled into my work day.
It is just something that I look forward to now.
Make sure that you set short-term goals.
These short-term goals are things that you need to do each and every day to accomplish your long-term goals.
I find that short-term goals not only make it easy to stay on task, but also keep me motivated, and give me a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.
Nonetheless, the best advice that I can give to anyone who is transitioning to make money online is that you have to engage in something which you love.
If you do so, you will never work.
Rather, you will have a full-time hobby which gives you a full-time income.
