3 Must-Have Character Traits You Must Have To Operate A Small Business
By1.)Organization – Running an MLM presents a whole lot of challenges that you wouldn’t necessarily have if you were in a corporate office setting.
First, your actual physical desk or office place. Make sure you have a devoted place to operate your business, where you can go to get away and have some alone time. Keep all in it’s proper place. Keep your paper files carefully organized in a filing system, and be sure you keep stuff clearly labeled. Keep your notebook free from mess by removing icons that you do not use daily or regularly into a sub folder. Clean up your internet favorites directory so that all the websites you use can be very easily located with 2-3 short points & clicks of your cursor. Make sure office area is free from distractions from anyone else you live with, spouse, kids, or housemates. The best choice would be to change one bedroom into your office area, since it would have a door that you could close to be alone. If that is not feasible, at least locate a place that is away from the activity of the primary living areas…away from the kitchen, away from the flatscreen, and away from where the children play. A dining room area may work well. When I was visiting someone over the holidays, I set up my office work space on their ironing board in their basement!
If you have little small kids like I do, make sure you set clear expectations so that when you’re in your office with the door shut, that they know that you are working and don’t want to be bothered. One caveat here – I’ve always told my children that if my door is shut and they just want a hug or kiss, that is great! Just come on in and there is nothing more important than that! If you’re on the telephone for business and your children wants a hug, don’t say you’re sorry to the person on the phone, just tell them that it is part of the perks of working at home and that you’re not some corporate-type person who only sees their children for an hour in the evening before bed. They will respect that.
2.)Discipline – You must create a DMO – or Daily Method of Operation. Essentially that is a routine that you’ll keep on the days that you’re doing business. Make it detailed. Schedule out when you’re getting up, having breakfast and lunch, taking your breaks, making calls, doing marketing, learning, attending conference calls, doing administrative tasks, going to the bank/post office, shopping online, etc. Working from home makes you very vulnerable to getting pulled in every direction. By having a DMO in place and sticking to it, it will lessen the chance for you to waste time when you could be making money. Working at home offers you the flexibility to take breaks or spend time with your family when YOU want to, not when a managertells you that you can. Make sure to allow time in there for family time, quiet reading time, naps, trips to the park, spending quality time with your children, making breakfast for the kids, or even time with your spouse during the middle of the day with the door locked. You got into business for yourself at home for these benefits, make sure you take advantage of them. Work when you’re working and play when you’re playing.
3.)Focus – Working independently from home will cause you to have many responsibilities. One second you’ll be a marketer, the next a customer service representative, the next a sales person, the next a student, the next a admin assistant. You’ll basically have to do everything. Just promise me that you focus on one thing at a time and never try to do lots of tasks at once. Multitasking actually makes you LESS effective, because the human mind can actually only focus on one thing at a time and still be totally focused on that one thing. You’re mind cannot be halfway focused evenly on 2 things. One of the things will get less attention and you’ll most likely lose time. Compartmentalize your jobs , focusing completely on one thing until you get to the end and then picking up the next item . It may help to have a daily checklist of items you need to accomplish that would work in nicely to your DMO.
Keeping everything in mind that I have disclosed, just because you work at home does not mean that you always have to WORK FROM YOUR ACTUAL HOME! Let me explain. Some of my most productive time has been when I take my pc and wifi and head out to the lake and work on a bench out in nature for an hour or two, or grabbing a table at a coffee shop or Panera Bread. Most people in business will greatly benefit by using a smart phone, which will allow you to send and receive emails on the go, update your Facebook Profile, Twitter profile, and other social networking sites. Don’t feel like you have to be trapped in your home office, get out about 2-3 times per week to give yourself a change of scenery. It will give you inspiration and get you out in public interacting with others. Go somewhere that will cause you to be operating in a energy and frame of mind that can be transported over the phone to those you may speak with while you’re out. What is FREEDOM all about if you’re still stuck in an office all day, even if it is your home office?
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