Robert Brown
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I will share a few things that have helped me, because I also resell online and can relate to your situation.
I think a lot of it is because it can be such an unstructured business. This is especially true if you are blending your business activities with taking care of kids, etc.
At a job, someone else has already created a structure for you.... one that is usually designed and tweaked to get the most out of you. Of course, many people in jobs may be unaware of this, but since employers view you as a resource to make them money, they have tweaked the environment, duties, etc to support your productivity and success. Employees operate under a consumer mentality, where they themselves are being served by the company, employer, etc. to a large degree while they work. Think about it. the buildings, supplies, work hours, match coworkers and so on... Of course the specifics vary, but the principle remains the same.
In your own business, you have to be in a 100% producer mindset, shrugging off the years of indoctrination in the consumer/dependent mentality. here are some examples of both:
Wake up, get on the computer and start watching videos...(consumer)
THINK about selling this, doing this, etc. (consumer)
Grab the latest Ebook or Bolo list (consumer)
Get up, ignore the computer for 3 hours and physically work on your business (producer)
Stay offline and write for 1 hour, timed (producer)
Tweak your environment.... DEDICATE time to the house/kids and Dedicate time for ONLY work. (producer)
Be intentional about facebook/youtube time..place serious limits on the time you will spend and stick to it (producer)
invest time to actively and effectively mentor or help someone. SOMEONE really needs your help! Find that person (producer)
Make a list of 10 new ideas about anything everyday...no one has to see... they do not have to be good... EVERYDAY (producer)
These are some things that have been helpful to me. I am a Christian and rely on Christ for strength and guidance everyday, and yet without clarity on the things I have mentioned, I wind up depressed and unproductive.
I think a lot of it is because it can be such an unstructured business. This is especially true if you are blending your business activities with taking care of kids, etc.
At a job, someone else has already created a structure for you.... one that is usually designed and tweaked to get the most out of you. Of course, many people in jobs may be unaware of this, but since employers view you as a resource to make them money, they have tweaked the environment, duties, etc to support your productivity and success. Employees operate under a consumer mentality, where they themselves are being served by the company, employer, etc. to a large degree while they work. Think about it. the buildings, supplies, work hours, match coworkers and so on... Of course the specifics vary, but the principle remains the same.
In your own business, you have to be in a 100% producer mindset, shrugging off the years of indoctrination in the consumer/dependent mentality. here are some examples of both:
Wake up, get on the computer and start watching videos...(consumer)
THINK about selling this, doing this, etc. (consumer)
Grab the latest Ebook or Bolo list (consumer)
Get up, ignore the computer for 3 hours and physically work on your business (producer)
Stay offline and write for 1 hour, timed (producer)
Tweak your environment.... DEDICATE time to the house/kids and Dedicate time for ONLY work. (producer)
Be intentional about facebook/youtube time..place serious limits on the time you will spend and stick to it (producer)
invest time to actively and effectively mentor or help someone. SOMEONE really needs your help! Find that person (producer)
Make a list of 10 new ideas about anything everyday...no one has to see... they do not have to be good... EVERYDAY (producer)
These are some things that have been helpful to me. I am a Christian and rely on Christ for strength and guidance everyday, and yet without clarity on the things I have mentioned, I wind up depressed and unproductive.
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