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Learn What Constraints Are Keeping You From Growing Your Online Business
A large part of Alex Jeffrey’s first module is about planning. One of my first posts talked a lot about setting your goals and creating your plans. What you want to have done in 90 days, a year, a month, etc.
The next step to that is your daily plans and beyond your daily plans, what is holding you back and keeping you from getting your daily tasks done each day. What are your constraints? You can write lists all day, but if you never accomplish the important things it is worthless.
Everyone has different constraints that are keeping them from building a successful online business. You know what you want to get done, but do you actually do it? Are you making progress? Are you spending your time on the right things?
Alex recommends doing a daily did sheet for 2 weeks. Write down everything that you do during the time you have planned to work on your online business. Not what you want to do, what you actually did.
After two weeks you should be able to see what your biggest constraints are. For some it may be checking email constantly, reading about all the new internet marketing offers, checking your affiliate stats, getting on facebook, spending too much time on twitter or even just surfing the web.
Are you actually doing productive work that will make a difference in your online business?
Once you know what is holding you back you can start working to eliminate those constraints.
What are my constraints? Where do I start…
Day Job Stress
This isn’t actually something I “do” during the time I plan to work on my online business, but it effects the amount of time I put into it. My day time job has been so stressful that I am mentally exhausted when I get home. No matter how much I want to work on my online business in the evenings I have had a really hard time mustering up the brainpower to get anything truly productive done. Some days I leave work so stressed that all I want to do is crash.
As far as eliminating this constraint I’m not 100% sure. I know I need to try to leave work at work and some how rejuvenate myself. If anyone has some advice in this area I would love to hear it! Please leave a comment and let me know. Ultimately, building my online business to the point where I can leave the day job would be the best solution. Of course, most of us don’t have that option at first. It’s something you have to work towards. I need the energy now work on my business after my day job so that someday I can work at home full time.
Facebook, or to be more specific Farmville … and Farm Town
Ok, I know, I’m a nerd, but I like building my farm on Facebook and slightly embarrassed to admit it. I don’t know what it is, but I like planting, harvesting, building my money up and then spending it on fancy benches, haystacks and windmills. And it isn’t just one farm, I have two. Yes, two. You would think one would be enough. It’s a daily commitment too because if you don’t harvest your fields in time they wilt! I know that I waste way too much time on this. The farming madness has got to stop. If anything, I need to commit to not opening it up until I have completed all my online work.
Dixie
Yes, my dog Dixie. This is Dixie on the right. We have a few pets at home, but Dixie, well, she’s pretty high maintenance. I love her to death, but she can be a hand full.
When I get home from work all attention has to be on her. The second I sit down at the computer she starts growling, barking, woofing or any other sound she can think of to get my attention. She’ll bring me her toys for me to throw and then woof until I literally stop what I’m doing and only play with her. I have tried just throwing it while working, but she’s on to me. She doesn’t stop growling until I actually leave the computer. I feel bad because I know she just wants to play, but I can’t “play” all night long, like she seems to think! It’s hard to keep my focus when she’s constantly bringing me her toys.
What I plan to do about it? Well, I think when I get home I need to spend a good chunk of time playing and wear her out before I get on the computer.
I could list more, but I’ll stop there.
So what are your constraints? Make yourself a commitment to write a daily did sheet for two weeks, or one week even. You may not even realize what you spend most of your time on.
Find out what they are, eliminate them and start spending your time on the tasks that will make the most impact on your online business.
As with most goals in life, you want to strive for progress and improvement, not perfection. Most of us do not have time to achieve perfection in everything we do and still live a happy, fulfilling life.
When you set goals, make them achievable, attainable. When you make that progress, create a visual way to track it or remind yourself of all you have accomplished.
That’s all from me.
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Hi heide
constrains phew
trouble is i am spreading myself to thin i joined kevin Riley production lab and not made a bean joined Alex so far not made a bean joined mike filsaime affiliate jump not made a bean now some dude from bum marketing wealthy affiliate wants me to join him and it does sound very good ,oh and then there is
the founders club , i want to join that too, but enoughs enough don’t get me wrong Heide I really do feel with Alexes coaching i am not that far off
but i need more constraints on my spending and less constrains on my focus plus i am getting to thinking after spending over two grand on courses ,if i do get a penny back i will be made up.
take care mick.
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Hi Heidi,
After the bonus call with Rich Schefren I’m coming up a new 90day plan as my goal has now changed a bit. That blueprint he showed was just amazing!!
I had problems with facebook applications too since they can be very addictive…..looks like u got yourself into one already…..watch out!!
Dixie is adorable
I remember my little Lucky wouldn’t want me to sit with the computer too long too…….She was teaching me that “life should be fun and enjoyable, now come play with me”……I guess she was right!! Now with Rich’s blueprint and more learning from Alex Jeffreys and Dean Holland I have better plans for the future and I hope you have too. I’m sure you’d rather spend more time with Dixie as I wish I had spent more time with Lucky too!!
Huddson
Huddson Lee´s last blog ..Rich Schefren Presents Six Key Factors To Online Success
Heidi
Well put, as a fellow MWA2.0 student also with a full time job I can completely understand the stress issue involved with developing the new online business whilst trying to maintain the work-life balance.
If you stop over at my blog there is a link to some time management free videos which I have found useful in terms of tips to increase my efficiency and productivity in all areas of my life. Hopefully you will find them useful too!
Have a good weekend (farming!!)
Tom
Tom Harvey´s last blog ..Newbies Nightmare
Hey Heidi
Wow are you packing a lot of stuff into your posts.
A whole lot of “Lady Hours”…lol
This last one is just brilliant…!!
Are you interested in Video Marketing…??
Have a look at my last post…!!
Malcolm.t.( Alex and Dean Student )´s last blog ..! New!FREE! “Video Marketing Classroom….!!
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Jane