Escape the Rat Race For Life - Organising a Professional Life at Home With a Defined Purpose

Starting a Home Business beyond the Rat Race is the Holy Grail for many whom have been punching time clocks and reluctantly tolerating co-workers, supervisors, work place politics, egos and incompetence in their former vocation.

Business Life From Home Is a Whole Lot Different!

Beginning a Work From Home Enterprise is normally a pretty exciting and unique experience for most newbies. The change of surroundings, products, people and cultural shifts are a "BUZZ" for a while, however this new found "FREEDOM" present some challenges and traps for those uninitiated.

It would be wise to establish some personal disciplines as you embark on PROFESSIONAL LIFE AT HOME. Yes you no longer need to commute to a workplace - now you just walk to your new work station and begin operations, but often it's not that easy!

• Resist the TRAPPINGS of other domestic activities at home


• Unusually at first your home is now your place of rest, recreation and WORK! - don't confuse these dynamics or you'll back to the RAT RACE before you know it!


• Be sure to PLAN your day and work through it just as you would if you leaving the home.


• Communicate your WORKPLACE PROTOCOLS to others at home so you can cooperatively blend professional and domestic responsibilities.


• Establish A DAILY MEHOD OF OPERATION - identify the business activities for each day, week and month.


• Establish a solid relationship with your Sponsor or others in the same or similar business dynamic and COMMUNICATE with them regularly.


• Recognise The FREEDOM of Working From Home and the ISOLATION of it - Ironically some people fail because they simply cannot perform efficiently in the absence of other people.


• Identify at what time your Professional activities conclude and re-enter your domestic existence. Many first time Home based entrepreneurs forget when to "TURN OFF" and compromise other parts of their life at home!

Goals, performance and productivity measurements are common place in most progressive organisations. These definitions set the performance direction and expectation for individuals and groups alike. Without these measurements there is no performance charter and little gets done. When little gets done, businesses quickly go broke!

Works from Home Entrepreneurs are encouraged to exercise the same disciplines. Establish a comprehensive Business Plan, Performance Resources and Performance Benchmarks.

Sure it can be a whole lot less formal than when you were back on the payroll - but without Disciplined Leadership, Planning, Resources and specific Performance goals, your new found freedom and home business enterprise could soon be on the slide!

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