Secrets to Help You Stay Focused in 2009 by Cindy Rushton

Anybody else battle with distractions and interruptions? Do you want to stick to the things that are on your heart, yet realistically battle with staying focused?

Oh! I TOTALLY relate! In fact, the past few months, my heart-cry has been to stay focused. Everywhere I have turned, I have heard messages on staying focused…saw articles on being focused…and talked with my friends about being focused. As a result, I have found a few great secrets that have really helped me to stay focused on the most important things in my life and get more done at the same time. Want to know those secrets? Well, let’s dig in…

BEGIN EACH DAY WITH A QUIET TIME…

I know what you just thought…”BUT! Cindy, that gets me off track for the day!”  Read more

Staying Committed to Your Business

Becoming a successful writer requires a certain amount of drive and enthusiasm.  If we didn’t believe in ourselves and our businesses, we would never step up to the call. We would still be working for someone else.  But when the going gets tough, it’s easy to lose sight of why we started in the first place.  This can cause us to become unmotivated, and it could be the demise of the business we’ve worked so hard to build if we’re not careful.

Businesses are like relationships:  commitment is an absolute must if they are to succeed.  Here are some tips for staying focused and pulling through the hard times.

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How About Our Top 10 Tips for Work at Home Mothers???

Working at home? Having a tough time balancing work and home life? Frustrated with distractions? Wondering if this is what you should be doing? Just wish it could be easier?

Working at home can be challenging, but there are things that you can do to better your chance for success. Read on to find out the top ten tips for mothers who want to work at home successfully.

1. Set up your work space to match your personality. If you are bubbly and enthusiastic, use bold bright colors on your walls, and even for your mouse pad and file folders. Have matching accessories that reach out and make you want to use them. If you tend to be quiet and laidback, a more subtle approach may be more your style. Surrounding yourself with your comfort level, will actually encourage you to spend time in your home office and enjoy what you are doing. Read more

Ready to Try Google Notebook??? Here is How…

Heard about Google Notebook? Want to give it a try? Have NO idea what it is, how to use it, or how to get started? Let me help today…

Google Notebook is a tool which makes it easy to clip and organize online information.

When you’re browsing online Google Notebook makes it easy to clip and paste you’re your notebook.  You can even categorize them by vacation, business research, pet training, and recipes – whatever you want.

To get started you’ll want to get a Google account if you don’t already have one.  To do that simply visit Google and click on “Get Started.”  Note that if you already use Gmail, AdSense or AdWords then you already have a Google account.  Read more

Setting up Your Day for Work at Home Success

Working from home can be a truly rewarding experience. There are things you can do to ensure that this occurs. Beginning your day the right way is a perfect way to set the stage for a successful day. 

First things first - start your day by getting yourself ready for “work.” Take a shower, relax with that extra cup of coffee, work the crossword in the newspaper, tidy up the house, drop the kids off at school. Allow yourself time to stop and smell the flowers before plunging in. 

Some of us like to start slowly. For others, immediately heading to the computer, coffee mug in hand and starting in right away, is best. There are no right or wrong answers here. Whatever works best for you is the right way. Doing things your way is how you will begin setting up your day for work at home success. 

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Attack Your Stress!

Stressed? Tired and weary? Wondering how everyone else manages everything so well, yet you feel pushed to the limits?

Dear friend, when you work from home there still aren’t enough hours in the day to get things done.  Deadlines for projects hang over your head and dinner still has to be made.  Your customers depend on you and so does you family.

When you are a work at home mom, it’s hard to separate work from family life.  Not only are you working out of the place where you live, but, depending on the nature of your business, you may not have to leave your home all day.  If you run an online business, you could be running a load of laundry or fixing lunch between business teleconferences and webinars. This can be good… and bad. Read more

Want to Change Things?

Want to change things? Sick of being in the same old rut? Ready to see yourself reaching for those impossible dreams?

WRITE IT ALL DOWN!

Another one of our secrets to success here in our home! Actually, this one needs to become a lifestyle thing. Let me explain!

The past few years have been very, very different for me. I have had a plan for getting things done. It has worked!

I began 2006 with a bit of frustration. I had so many dreams…so many desires…so many goals…so many to-do’s. In fact, I had had those dreams,desires, goals, to-do’s for many years. Each year, I would dreamily resolve to “go for it” yet again. And…again the next year. Know what I mean??? Read more

Tips for Organizing Yourself…

Anybody struggle with LIFE? With days getting away from you? Never getting around to all of your things to do? Forgetting things, only to find that those things get you completely off-track for days? Oh! You are NOT alone!

The very best way to get organized is to find the loop holes where we usually end up in a mess and see whether we can get around them. We need to find the pitfalls that always get US.

The following are often pitfalls: Read more

Use a Daily “To-Do” List!

A few years ago, I read a book with my children for a homeschool unit study that we pursued during the last four years of my son’s school years. That study continues on even though he graduated over 4 years ago.

I know, I know.

It was a study that took on a life of its own. It began with a simple biography about a great businessman. We continued through as many biographies as we could find. We STILL pursue these studies even though my son graduated almost 4 years ago!

What’s the point? Oh! This is a good one! Read more