Life. We all deal with it. But some deal with it better than
others.

You can take two people, both the same age and both with the same
social-economic backgrounds and assign them a task that will take
5 to 10 hours. One will get the task done. The other will not.
Why?

The difference is their priorities. One will rank the task high
on their priority list and put off less important things. The
other will rank it low on their priority list and do everything
else but the task.

There is probably no other industry where this is more evident
than home based businesses. Some people will treat their home
based business like a real job. They will schedule specific times
to work it, and schedule all other tasks around it. During the
period they plan to work their home based business, they actually
work. They don't let other household tasks sneak into the
schedule.

Other people will work their home based business only when it is
convenient. They will schedule (if they even bother to schedule
at all) the rest of their lives, and try to work the home based
business in there somewhere.

Over and over again I get asked "Why isn't this working for me
like it is working for Brande?" The reason is often very simple.
While you were out grocery shopping, Brande was working her
business. While you were painting your bedroom, Brande was
working her business. While you were out to dinner, Brande was
working her business. While you were watching that movie, Brande
was working her business.

Don't misunderstand me. Brande grocery shops, she watches movies,
she goes out to dinner, she works on our home, and she spends
time with our children. But, Brande understands the importance of
income. Thus, working the business is second only to the
well-being of our family.

We grocery shop in the wee hours of the morning. We watch movies
when we are laying in bed at night before falling to sleep. We
eat out pretty much at normal hours, but we always talk to the
server about our home based business in an attempt to recruit
them. We work around the house in the mornings when on-line
activity is minimal. Brande publishes her cell-phone number so
that people can contact her almost anywhere.

Each of us start each day with the same 24 hours. It is how we
use those 24 hours that determines wether we are a success or a
failure.

Failures are not willing to put out the effort to succeed. They
do not realize that success requires some sacrifices now in trade
for the later benefits of success. Failures expect to start a
home based business without any inconvenience whatsoever. And,
they refused to be inconvenienced.

Successful people schedule specific hours to work, and work hard
during those hours. In their "off" hours, they still keep
business in mind, never missing an opportunity to introduce
someone else to their opportunity or to solicit new business.
They will schedule their off-hours activities where they will
meet new people who can help them in promoting their business.
They will get their family involved in the business so that they
can spend time with their family and work their business at the
same time. Even during their off-hours, successful people are
always working.

If you want to be successful at anything. You must be passionate
about it. You must approach it with determination and dedication.
You must make it your top priority and you can't let life get in
your way.

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Brande and Chris Bradford are active participants in a home based
business opportunity and are the publishers of GREAT HEIGHTS, a
monthly newsletter focused on home based business issues.
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