Staying focused on your business is sometimes harder then actually doing work for your business. At times procrastination can me so much easier if you are a WAHM. There are just so many other things you could be doing.
I am going to let you in on a secret: The dishes piling up in the sink can wait. The mountain of laundry in the basket can also wait. Instead answer those emails and make those calls that need to be made. If you wait to long to call the client back they may have moved on to someone who answers them at a much faster rate.
Why did you become a WAHM in the first place? Did you need to bring in an extra $500 a month to pay off credit cards? Was it to put money away for your children’s college fund? Or was it to save for retirement? Whatever the reason, write it down and put it where you will see it on a daily basis. When you are feeling distracted, look at what you wrote down. It will be easier to work when you remember why you are working in the first place.
You may want to team up with another WAHM. Send each other your goals and keep one another accountable. Call each other at the end of the day and discuss what you accomplished; you can share your successes or lend each other a sympathetic ear over things that didn’t go as you planned.
Stay motivated by setting daily, weekly and monthly goals. If you “work backwards” you will create a road map to your success. For instance, if you are in direct sales and your financial goal is to sell $1500 in product that month. Do the math and you’ll see that you need to sell $375 of product each week. Now, how many home parties do you need to hold each week to accomplish that? How many phone calls do you need to make each day in order to schedule those parties?
Once you have accomplished your goals give yourself a little treat and remind yourself that all your hard work is paying off.
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