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When you are setting off trying to build a home based business the future is a bit daunting, filled with promise and uncertainty at the same time, gone is the motivation at work. However it is an ideal time to plan your future by using smart goal setting tools.
Even that can be daunting if you have never been involved in personal or professional goal setting before. Motivation at work came as you were subject to goals that were set by your bosses, but they were their goals not yours. I promise you setting personal goals can be fun, when you understand the goal setting process. Really it is management by objectives and will raise your self esteem.
Your first goal could well be to establish self esteem affirmations to take your home based business to such a level that you can quit your full time job to work from home. Let me eradicate one myth for you, earning from your home based business does not involve a leadership assessment. Even if your income is termed commission it is more reliable than the salary you got from your job. Why do I say that, commission is generated totally by your efforts and nobody can sack you or make you redundant except you, unlike your job when you are always at the mercy of someone else? Also the level of income you generate is entirely from the effort you put in not what someone thinks they can get away with paying you. If you think otherwise DO NOT GO INTO BUSINESS FOR YOURSELF.
This step is the most difficult. Take an unemotional look at the business you are establishing by using needs theory not motivational theories. Why is it difficult, well it is always difficult to go through a reasonable goal setting process of your prospective business, for if you are not filled with the excitement and anticipation from building your new business, I suggest you look at the phrase in capital letters above? Be realistic not unrealistic, positive not negative. Establish where you want to be, say, next year at this time using SMART goal setting tools.
When you establish that, working out how to get there is easier.
Too many make the mistake of looking at where they are today and building forward by guessing how much they can accomplish each day, that my friends never works. Rather work from the end result, for example let us look at needs theory; if you want to earn $3,000 per month and your sale item generates $40. How many sales have you got to make and how many people have to see your proposition to make that $3,000. Well the sales are easy you need to sell 75 items to hit your $ marker but generating people to see your proposition is a different kettle of fish. If 1.1% (the industry average) that see your proposition buy from you, then you would need to generate 6818 visitors to your site every month. You see $3,000 is not your goal 224 visitors a day to your site is your goal, that is management by objectives. Professional goal setting will raise self esteem and create a clear path to where you want to be.
As I promised above once you know where you want to end up and by using smart goal setting the 'How' is easier, for now you know how many visitors a day you need, you just need to study how to get them there and the $$$$'s will look after themselves. It is almost the opposite way of thinking when you had your day job, and motivation at work was often a result of the old carrot and stick mentality.
Working for yourself is highly rewarding
Going into business for yourself is always a major step especially in these days of economic uncertainties. However if the correct steps are taken it can be the most highly rewarding step you could ever take David has enjoyed helping hundreds of people to take that First Step through his seminars in the UK and now through his articles, BLOGS and books which can be found at
Motivation at Work
you will find plenty of guidance there.
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