Working From Home Do's & Dont's

Working from home allows you to set aside time for yourself and your family. However, it also requires planning, time-management and organization to get your work done efficiently. You are either a freelancer or self-employed when you take up a home-based career.

Do's:

- Study the opportunities available in the field you are interested in. You will find good resources on the Internet about home-based careers.

- Use the Internet to learn about frauds and how to avoid them. You can use keywords like "Common Scams", "Tips to avoid scams" to come up with good results.

- Consider your own interests and passions and choose your home-based business accordingly. Remember, you do better if you like what you do. You are more efficient if your work interests you.

- Contact people who have been working in the same domain you plan to enter. Their experience will help you get a feel of what you will be doing. Talk to them about the problems they faced in the initial stages. That will help you solve similar problems easily and deal with new challenges in a positive manner.

- If you need training before starting out on your home-based career, it is better to do it quickly and keep yourself abreast of the latest developments.

- Check if your personality matches the profile of people who choose home-based careers. You need to be self-motivated and not someone who needs other people to push them to get things done. After all, you will be your own boss and have to be assertive enough to sell your service. Keep in mind that you will not have many social contacts in your chosen field.

- Do think about how you will manage the children and other domestic matters while you work at home. For example, instruct your children not to disturb you when you are working.

- Set up a neat and quiet place at home, so that you can concentrate. Organize it systematically with all the equipment you will require such as a computer, comfortable office chair, second or third telephone line, fax machine, scanner etc.

- You may require help in accounting, computing or some legal advice. Get professional help, instead of wasting time doing things you are unfamiliar with.

- Generate or join a group of people who have similar interests. It is a good way to gain support and inspiration. The Internet is a great source of finding role models and success stories. You can join online groups and take an active part in discussions. By exchanging thoughts and ideas, you get to learn a lot.

- Decide beforehand how much you will charge for a particular service. You have to always know exactly what you want and be firm about your decisions.

Don'ts:

- Don't pay attention to the dozens of e-mails you will get every day, pushing get-rich-quick schemes.

- Don't be discouraged by the costs involved in working at home. Consider marketing costs, health insurance, and expenditure on equipment and self-employment taxes as part of the deal.

- Don't feel shy about asking for support from friends and family.

- And particularly, don't be hesitant to market yourself. Make prospective clients aware of what you have to offer to them.

Never get discouraged even if it seems like you are off to a slow start. Always remember that perseverance pays off in the long run, and you are most likely to be rewarded for your efforts sooner or later.

The Law of Attraction - Keep it Simple

(Source: Bryn Appleton)

When you first start out trying to use the law of attraction to change your life or to experience more of what you want, there will probably be a long list of things that you would like to attract. Try to keep it simple at first, though. You don't want to try to change every aspect of your life all at once. Focusing in on one particular goal or one area of your life is much more beneficial, especially if you have not used the law of attraction for very long.

When you try to attract the new car, job, spouse, home, etc., all at once, you are just setting yourself up for disappointment and you will probably give up on using the law of attraction way too early. When you can choose one particular area of your life, your focus on that one thing will be much greater and your potential to attract what you want will also be greater.

LET EVERYTHING "FALL" INTO PLACE...

Let's say you decide to focus on a new job where you are happier and make more money. Over time, you will be able to acquire the car and the house once you get this job. And when you feel happier about yourself, you will be seen as more attractive by other people so you will have a much easier time trying to attract a relationship partner. Do you see how everything can fall into place when you focus on just one area of your life?

Take the time to figure out what area you want to improve on most in your life. Use the law of attraction and remember to be patient. You can create a snowball effect, but patience is key, And if you do, you just might experience everything falling into place!

USE THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IN YOUR CAREER

Remember the law of attraction can apply more to just the way you live your everyday life. If you own a business or have employees working for or under you, the way you interact with them can change their performance. Having a positive attitude with high expectations from your employees will keep them focused but positive about their job and duties.

There are many Law of Attraction Careers out there that will help you swing into living your life with the law of attraction theme. Like we said before, you can't expect everything to change over night. If you change the way you work positively it will have a positive affect on the way you carry out other day to day activities.