To be successful in your home based business is predictable if only you can get yourself organized. I have been through the road and I know what I am talking about.
My early days in the home based business climate were muddled with a lot of unorganized schedule and work environment which saw my productivity falling short of my investment. Luckily, I got a lift away from this after attending a seminar on small business organization, planning and management for effective productivity. Since then, the tip I learned and practiced has practically increased my personal and business productivity.
There never seems to be enough hours in the day to complete all our tasks. Tight workspaces, untidy environment, unplanned schedules and other cluttered environment affect us deeply both mentally and physically than we may realize. When we are surrounded by these monstrous disorders, we feel drained, stressed out, confused, exhausted and overwhelmed. You should also note that little details knitted together make up your work and as such lack of organization makes you forget some of these little details. Neglecting this for a long time definitely leads to a fall in productivity.
The purpose of getting yourself organized is for you to increase your return on the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual capital that you have invested in your home business. For every minute that you spend organizing yourself and planning out your goals saves you ten to twenty minutes in advance for the execution of your work.
Here are five tips to help you achieve good organization.
Before you start your work each day, spend between 10 - 20 minutes of your time organizing your work space. Keep the places tidy; put every thing from papers to books in their proper filing position. The purpose for this is to enable a neat and harmonious working environment.
Use a notebook and planner as a tool to organize your work schedule, plans, and productive thoughts and mark out your progress. The notebook or planner serves as a place to organize your ideas and tasks so they are not running out of control through your mind while you're trying to be productive. It should divided into sections to contain a calendar , where you designate one page for each day's activities. Write down appointments, work assignments, errands, and anything that needs to be done that day. Also have sections for ideas, future projects, goals and anything else that fits your business and family.
Take the time to positively think and dream. Give yourself at least 30 minutes to one hour daily for these activities for such moments bring out some of our best Ideas. Make it up a little earlier in the morning or late at night alone. Keep your notebook or organizer closer to enable record your ideas because good ideas seems to be volatile. Breathe deeply, empty your mind and enjoy the quiet moment of thoughts.
Beautify your work place with motivational writings, quotes, pictures and even a jar of beautiful flowers for your desk. Placed these in a position to glimpse once in a while during your working hours.
Always prepare for the unexpected. Sometimes surprises springs up while getting yourself organized, therefore putting you on a part to changing your plans. I such an unexpected situation, do not panic, accept it and do your best. Whatever it may be, look at it carefully for it comes with an opportunity that will give you a break. Take an advantage of such situation, think critically about it and reorganized yourself.
Finally, what I will have you note here is that just like chaos and clutter are habits, so are tidiness and organization. Changing your unorganized habits to that of an organized person will see your productivity soar very high.
Stephen Ibrahim is operates a home-based business book dealership program with paepublication. You can visit his website http://www.viablehomebusinessoption.com, an ebook store that sells home-based business ebooks, books for successful living and self improvement information product. Download the free ebook "11 Steps To Becoming A Millionaire" at http://www.viablehomebusinessoption.com/11thingsoffer.htm
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