Many people have an aversion to 'clocking in' to work everyday and this is one of the main reasons why people decide to start up their own online business. Plus the fact that they don't want to have a boss constantly telling them what they can and can't do every day.
They will work when they want to and IF they want to because they won't have a boss telling them what to do.
They are wrong! Or, at least, they had better be wrong or they are doomed to failure. The fact is when you work from your own home, YOU are the boss and you had better be a darn demanding one.
You might no longer have a 9 to 5 job but you certainly have to spend a good number of hours working on your business. Since you're the boss now, you need to ensure that you spend enough time working on your business and ensure that that time is spent productively.
Before you could have come back from lunch a little bit late without any real drama but once you start working for yourself you will need to become a lot tougher on yourself if you have any intention of being successful in your online business, and your 40 hour week is now a thing of the past.
Being successful in the internet marketing industry is very hard. There are many many adverts out there promising that you can make thousands and thousands of dollars each month just by working part time. Don't believe them for a second!
You MUST set up a working schedule for yourself. You must adhere to that schedule and you had best remember that quitting time is when you get through and not precisely eight hours after you went to work.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
My next point is this, Guesswork and Becoming "Cheap" is NOT Smart. Being thrifty is a good thing but there is a huge difference between being thrifty and just being cheap. You need to remember that in the Internet marketing game the objective is not to keep the money you have. The objective is to make more money than you have.
I'm sure you have heard the saying, "You have to spend money to make money"? It's a statement that has been tested countless times by those who have trodden this path before you. And it has proven itself to be true time and time again. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
There are some ridiculous statements that I've come across in my time and among them are those where a marketing course was refused because the person didn't want to pay the price for it.
What they could have learned in that marketing course would make them many times over the cost of the marketing course. They 'saved' a couple of hundred dollars and prevented themselves from making many thousands of dollars by being cheap. They were certainly 'thrifty'!
Right up there with stupid things I have heard are those people that say they won't buy a piece of software that will save them many hours of manual labor because they feel it cost too much and that maybe all the bugs aren't worked out of it yet.
What kind of thinking is that?
Would you keep cutting grass with an old fashioned push mower rather than buying a power mower because it cost too much and it might have a problem?
Here is the thing that you need to remember: Being thrifty is not a crime.
Being dumb isn't a crime either.
If you really want to be a successful internet marketer, you have to be willing to invest in your own knowledge and provide the tools for yourself that makes success possible. - 16069
They will work when they want to and IF they want to because they won't have a boss telling them what to do.
They are wrong! Or, at least, they had better be wrong or they are doomed to failure. The fact is when you work from your own home, YOU are the boss and you had better be a darn demanding one.
You might no longer have a 9 to 5 job but you certainly have to spend a good number of hours working on your business. Since you're the boss now, you need to ensure that you spend enough time working on your business and ensure that that time is spent productively.
Before you could have come back from lunch a little bit late without any real drama but once you start working for yourself you will need to become a lot tougher on yourself if you have any intention of being successful in your online business, and your 40 hour week is now a thing of the past.
Being successful in the internet marketing industry is very hard. There are many many adverts out there promising that you can make thousands and thousands of dollars each month just by working part time. Don't believe them for a second!
You MUST set up a working schedule for yourself. You must adhere to that schedule and you had best remember that quitting time is when you get through and not precisely eight hours after you went to work.
Your time IS your own to manage. You must supply your own discipline. You are still accountable to someone. You are accountable to YOU!
My next point is this, Guesswork and Becoming "Cheap" is NOT Smart. Being thrifty is a good thing but there is a huge difference between being thrifty and just being cheap. You need to remember that in the Internet marketing game the objective is not to keep the money you have. The objective is to make more money than you have.
I'm sure you have heard the saying, "You have to spend money to make money"? It's a statement that has been tested countless times by those who have trodden this path before you. And it has proven itself to be true time and time again. You can't be so afraid of spending a few dollars that you prevent yourself from making money.
There are some ridiculous statements that I've come across in my time and among them are those where a marketing course was refused because the person didn't want to pay the price for it.
What they could have learned in that marketing course would make them many times over the cost of the marketing course. They 'saved' a couple of hundred dollars and prevented themselves from making many thousands of dollars by being cheap. They were certainly 'thrifty'!
Right up there with stupid things I have heard are those people that say they won't buy a piece of software that will save them many hours of manual labor because they feel it cost too much and that maybe all the bugs aren't worked out of it yet.
What kind of thinking is that?
Would you keep cutting grass with an old fashioned push mower rather than buying a power mower because it cost too much and it might have a problem?
Here is the thing that you need to remember: Being thrifty is not a crime.
Being dumb isn't a crime either.
If you really want to be a successful internet marketer, you have to be willing to invest in your own knowledge and provide the tools for yourself that makes success possible. - 16069
About the Author:
Alan is a party wall surveyor with a firm of party wall surveyors. He is also responsible for the online marketing of his firm's website.
