5 Tips For The Aspiring Stay-At-Home Entrepreneur

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It seems as though everyone these days has a side hustle on the side of their regular job, but having a successful home-based business comes with challenges of its own. From work/life balance to day-to-day operations of running a business from your home, there are many considerations for the successful entrepreneur: personal, professional, and legal. If you have or are thinking about starting a home-based business, our Small Business Consulting Service can help self-employed sole proprietors get their business off the ground and soaring to new heights! And our Home Based Business Add On may be right for you if you need legal advice and assistance 24/7 from experienced, dedicated attorneys: from reading contracts to making sure you get paid, having a lawyer in your pocket removes stress and lets you focus on what you do best. Learn more about this add-on to your Legal Protection Plan and read on for a few home-based business tips.

Make A Schedule & Stick To It

If it's work time, be working. If you're with your kids, be with your kids and not distracted doing something else for your home-based business. Setting office hours can help you get more done and keep your professional and personal lives separate. Don't answer work or business calls during family time and make sure your family knows when it's your work time... and stick to it!

Take Breaks

You can't run a successful business if you're running on empty, so make sure to set aside time for yourself as well as time for family and time for work. Get to bed early and take naps when you can. Nothing gets accomplished if you're not taking care of yourself.

Keep A Planner

Plan everything: meetings, calls, lunches, date nights, birthday parties, classes, vacations, goals, rest time, play time, and more. Anything and everything can be planned, and making sure you get to everything means making plans every day and sticking to them. Set goals for each day, week, month, and year. Don't think that you have to put dates with your spouse or lunch with your friends off to have a highly successful business; they just need to be planned in advance. You're working hard to be able to spend time with your family and friends!

Delegate Wherever Possible

When your business becomes more successful, consider hiring out some of the things that take up a lot of your time. Consider hiring a cleaning service to come in once or twice per week, set up an online system to make your appointments and meetings for you, or consider hiring an accountant to take over those tasks. As your business becomes more successful, you'll be able to find ways to create more time by delegating out tasks that take up a lot of time.

Networking

Your business will grow faster the more people you know, so building relationships with your clients and others you do business with will be important as your business grows. You may even find that, as you get closer to the people you interact with, that your professional and personal lives can bleed into each other a little here and there; for instance bringing your kids to a casual meeting or other event.

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