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Maintaining a profitable home business is a big challenge. The idea of earning an income from the comforts of your own home is an attractive one. However many overlook the necessary discipline needed to run a profit generating home business. The comfort and familiar settings of home make this type of business attractive but also presents obstacles. If you want to achieve success while working from home you'll need to establish certain parameters. A distinction between leisure time activities and work related responsibilities will need to be identified. Here are 5 tips you'll need to apply in order for your home based business to achieve success: Tip #1 – Establish Work Hours When working from home you'll immediately want to establish the time you'll need to devote to your business and then adhere to this schedule. As easy as this may seem initially you'll need to aware of the temptation of getting a late start and then finishing early. Remember that nothing gets done unless YOU do it. When you start to cheat on your work hours here you are really just cheating yourself by reducing your income due to a loss in productivity. Time wasting activities you'll want to 'actively' avoid during work hours are: a) Friends visiting b) Personal phone calls c) Neighbors d) Personal errands e) Family disturbances unless they're emergencies Tip #2 – Clearly Define Your Work Space Depending upon the type of work you're doing you'll need to set up an office or shop completely dedicated to your work. It would be best to isolate or partition the area from the normal living areas of the home. This will better enable you to maintain a 'working frame of mind' while also minimizing any instances of disruptions or disturbances. A dedicated work space will also help you stay better organized. Tip #3 – Avoid Any Type of Home Entertainment Like most homes I'm sure yours is equipped with TV's, stereos, and other such entertainment devices. Well when you're working battle the temptation to take periodic breaks to view the tube or listening to some 'relaxing' music. These will just siphon your time away from work either increasing your workload later or perhaps keeping you from finishing a task at all. Tip #4 - No Surfing Many home based businesses entail the use of a computer. High technology like this enables a home business to be more efficient and productive. On the downside however with the ability to surf the internet right there at your fingertips lays the potential for lost time and productivity. Unless the need arises to do some work related research your computer should only be used to increase and not decrease your productiveness during your normal working hours. Tip #5 - Your Email Can Wait Again like we've mentioned about surfing (above) your only need to access this during work hours should be limited to work related issues. In fact it is recommended you establish a separate work related email address and develop the habit of checking your email just twice a day to better manage your time. As you can see managing a profitable home business does require discipline on your part. The temptation of the surrounding comforts of home are the main attraction of any home based business. Although we need to recognize these attractions can easily turn into non-productive distractions if we are not careful. With the proper restraint however there is no reason the riches and rewards of a successful home based business can't be yours! TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina. For additional online success tips and a free guide that demonstrates how to find both profitable markets and products visit:http://affiliatequickstart.com/
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