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The Number One secret for success in your home based business

Guest post by: Midge Hand

Article Overview: I heard two very interesting things yesterday - both of which are very helpful for a home based business. One of them was the importance of making a 90 Day Action Plan for your home based business and the results one can achieve by implementing this, and the second one was how going without sex can make a dramatic change to your business! Now, I'm not for one minute suggesting you have to go without sex for 90 days - but read on and you will see how one of my collegues did, much to his wife's disappointment, and the difference it made to his business.

The Number One secret for success in your home based business

If there is one thing that you can do to get massive results in your home based business, it is the creation and implementation of a 90 day Action Plan. A simple tool like a 90 day Action Plan is the very thing you will need to jump start your business and move things forward. Your 90 Day Action Plan is the one thing that will give you the daily, weekly and monthly what-to-do short-term tasks that will propel you towards completion of your overall goal. An action plans employs exactly what it says, Action. So much for sitting around thinking and dreaming about what you want to do, 'Lose weight, start a home based business, change jobs, earn more money etc', a 90 Day Action Plan will provide you with the step by step strategies for getting from point A to point B. Putting things into action is a challenge for many people and your 90 Day Action Plan will keep you accountable.

Step 1

Take a sheet of paper and write out 10 goals.

Choose just ONE goal that is the most important to you above all the others

Step 2

Determine exactly what the goal is that you want to accomplish - Vague goals won't get you very far at all. Here is an example of a vague goal - "I want to travel". Well, you know you want to travel, but where do you want to go, when and for how long. Here is a good example of a specific goal - "I am going to Paris for two weeks on my birthday in April" - you have just given your goal a time and a place.

Step 3

Determine what you need - To travel to Paris you will need at least some of the following: money, maybe some time off from your job, travel documents, insurance, somene to watch the dog etc. By determininng what you need, you will have some of your steps itemised for your new goal.

Step 4

Determine who and what is involved in achieiving your goal - if your goal only involves you, that makes it easy (or sometimes more difficult), but it means that the ball is completely in your control.

Once you have outlined all your goals and the steps you need to take, you can go back and break your assignments down into monthly, weekly, and daily steps. No more confusion about what needs to be done. Just take out your 90 Day Action Plan and go to work!

It's simple, it's empowering and it's fun to do and most importantly, it produces the goods.

(I heard something yesterday that astonished me about a colleague's 90 Day Action Plan - this guy had a focus like I've never seen before. A well known top producer in my company made a 90 day Action Plan which which included going without sex for 90 days! His wife wasn't too happy about this but he figured if he could devote ALL his energy and drive into his 90 day Action Plan he could achieve amazing results - and he did. He achieved even more than the goal he had set down on his 90 Day Action Plan and this simple action set him on his way to becoming a top producer in his company at the very early stages of his career. Now I'm not suggesting that everyone has to give up sex for 90 days, but the results he achieved from this laser-like focus was quite incredible (luckily he had an understanding wife).

Good Tip

Once you have got all you information down on paper, type it up and place it in a see through plastic folder - this gives it importance and priority, place it somewhere where you will see it first thing in the morning when you wake up. Follow the procedure you have listed and complete all the tasks you have set down. At the end of the day, when you go through your list and realise how much you have achieved, you will be empowered and you will feel great. You willl also become aware of the intensity of the focus you are giving to your business -and this is when things will really start to happen for you.

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