subject: How To Develop The Home Business Mindset [print this page] When you have a home business attitude it means that you start behaving and thinking like an entrepreneur who is successful instead of being an employee or a worker. While being an employee is fine, especially if you like your job, you need to change your attitude once you start your own business because the rules are different and you won't make any progress if you don't. This article will look at some tips that will help you get into the home business mindset.
If you want your home based business to succeed then you need to learn to overcome procrastination. It can mean many things because even if you think you are busy it's usually on things that aren't really productive. Reading sales letters, forum posts or random comments on social networks by people in your industry may seem like you're focusing on your business, but none of these activities are going to get you any sales, leads or customers. Thus, make sure that you really are working on productive tasks for your business and aren't procrastinating when you are sitting at your computer or talking on the phone.
Since many people can only think about generating results right away, they can't seem to focus on productive tasks. Say you are in sales, then you would have a target of contacting a certain number of potential clients every day, which you would do without thinking of the immediate results. When your hard work doesn't generate sales right away, it can be easy to get discouraged but you have to push through it. If months pass and you don't make a sale, then it is time to take another look at what you are doing, but you can't expect every step you take to produce results right away because very few businesses can offer such immediate gratification. This means that you have to develop a long term rather than short term mentality when it comes to your business. The goal of your business should not be simply to make a single sale. When you create a business, it is important to have a good reputation with your customers. One thing that you will never do, when your reputation is important, is to take shortcuts. The success of a business is built on repeat customers, and that only happens when you keep your customers happy. Starting an Internet business is a way to make money working at home, but most of them fail. The reason for this is lack of preparation, and not having a long-term mentality.
Eventually the home business attitude will come naturally to you even if at first you will have to put some effort in. Some people have trouble letting go of the ideas they gained during their time as students or employees, even once they start working for themselves. The main characteristics you need as a solo entrepreneur are persistence, motivation and the willingness to take consistent action towards reaching your goals.
by: Jason Drohn
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