Work from Home: 6 Required Actions
by J. Kenneth Ezra
Published on this site: December 9th, 2005 - See
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My previous article Work from Home: Real Money Advantages
explained some ways you actually save money and make more
money from home. Included were just a few non-money advantages.
But with this blessing comes responsibility. Yes, I said it,
responsibility. This comes with a burden of production and
action. Most capitalistic countries require some kind of production
in return for something of value. When you are on your own,
working from home these actions and production are left solely
on you.
You must do these actions in your own way. They are required
in order to work from home. They entail possibly hundreds
of smaller tasks and steps to complete. They almost never
go away and they are always there whether you like or not.
- Self Starting Accountability. These means you
must set a schedule, do your next task and keep track of
your progress. This is so important. I keep an action journal
and review it regularly. No one, I mean No one is going
to do it for you. That's right, you'll go down with the
ship and no one will say a word.
- Productive, organized work area. Mine, has two
desks, two phones, TV and great filing system. It's quiet
when needed and out of the way. I have two desks. One desk
is closer to the home action but used mainly for my researching,
other computer creative aspects and writing. The other is
used for communications, clearing my inbox paperwork, paying
the bills, analyzing financial statements etc.
- Your product. This can be a service or real tangible
goods exchanged for money or service or other goods. This
requires research. This requires a self evaluation on your
worth. This requires some kind of system to sell it and
deliver it.
- Continuing education. When you work for yourself,
you actually can't afford to be without it. The newest technologies.
The newest systems. The best strategies. As you seek information
and current knowledge you will seek industry expert professional
opinions on the marketplace, future and challenges. This keeps you ahead and profitable.
- Planning, execution and strategy. Hopefully, number
one on this list can help the execution because you'll have
a method of accountability in place. Planning entails realistic
short term and long term goals. As well as, "to-do
lists". Strategies can be researched (see number four
above) and purchased. They can be self-formulated with enough
knowledge but plenty of information is available to self-starters wanting to do
the required actions.
- Motivation. You must be motivated. This requires
actions to keep you motivated. Reminders to yourself about
WHY you are doing this. This isn't always money. In fact,
some of the non- money reasons for working from home can
be used as motivators. Actually, anything can be used for
motivation. Big, small, bigger, smaller, too fat, too thin,
more money, more love, more romance, more extravagance,
less complicated, more complex, her or him, good, or bad.
All can be applied to "prod" yourself into action.
Even prisoners are motivated to dig their way out of jail
even it's against the law. But that motivation to "get
out" keeps them planning, scheduling, strategizing,
and executing the dig.
Believe it or not the above six required actions anyone with
a will can apply to success. It is true there are obstacles
hidden within all the steps. There are hundreds of smaller
actions within each. Some can be a big pain in the neck. But
they must be completed as part of the whole in order to keep
moving on, producing, delivering and making money all in the
comfort of your home.
I'm going on my eighth year working from home. As I get good
information, good education and apply solid principles I see
great results.
I'm running an experiment on the newest information marketing
website turnkey system. The system advertised the typical
promises: "help you make money from home with very little
money, time and offers plenty of solutions that can cover
most of your knowledge deficiencies." A current example
to show anyone who is interested about home based turnkey
systems: view an experiment system. See the bank statements to view how profitable or
not so profitable.
Follow the money at: http://howtocreateonlinemillionaires.com/
Hope this helps.
J. Kenneth Ezra Take advice from someone who has successfully
worked from home for the last eight years. Investigate the real money
advantages of working from home. Follow the money at: http://howtocreateonlinemillionaires.com
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