As the TV commercial says: “Just do it”, and if you do your life will never be the same. Most Internet marketers struggle with taking this initial step to get to where they want to be with their home based business on the web for several reasons but the main stumbling block seems to be procrastination. This human flaw seems to run rampant on the Internet with the main culprits being Internet marketers.
If we keep putting off until tomorrow what we should do today we will never live the dream of having the financial security to do what we want when we want without having to worry about consequences. Here are several tactics you can employ to help you overcome this character defect so you can begin your journey to Internet success:
1. First of all, I’ve found list building, not the kind we think about every day, to be a very effective strategy for overcoming the temptation to put it off until tomorrow. By list building I mean creating a “to do list” of the important tasks we want to complete tomorrow so we will have a document to focus on and to work from to help us get things done.
At the end of every day write your list of chores for the following day and as you complete each one, the next day, cross it off your file. This will give you the sense of accomplishment you need to muster the incentive to carry on and finish your next job.
2. Secondly, reminding yourself of your reason why always seems to instill a sense of urgency so you will concentrate on doing what needs to be done today. For example, if you want to work from home on a full time basis so you can spend more time with your family remind yourself of this on a regular basis so you won’t lose sight of the reason why you’re doing all of this and why you need to work so hard.
Always think about the consequences of your actions or, of your inaction and nine times out of ten you’ll be encouraged to do what it takes on a daily basis to succeed with your online home business. If you don’t create those back links today you won’t get the website traffic you need to make the sales you need to make the money you need to be able to stay home and enjoy your family.
3. There are always one or two job related tasks we hate to do every day, so if you’re having a problem getting motivated ask yourself what’s the one thing I can do today that I despise doing but if I did it I would feel good about myself and I would feel like I’m doing what needs to be done to succeed on the Internet.
This strategy will help you get over the negative feelings you have about completing certain jobs and it will help give you that boost of confidence we all need every now and then so we can believe we have what it takes to thrive financially on the web.
By using these three techniques on a regular basis your procrastination will become a thing of the past and you’ll get into the habit of doing what it takes each and every day to build the online home business empire you envision for you and your family.