Peter Locuratolo

Last night I attended an enlightening webinar given by Oliver Turner. Oliver is a young successful internet entrepreneur, and outsourcing specialist who spoke about the Six Habits Of Successful Work-At-Home Entrepreneurs.

Oliver’s feeling is that success leaves footprints. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Just follow in the footprints of other successful people. Do what they do. You’ll be successful too.

So here are some things successful entrepreneurs do…

Habit #1 Your Two Most Important Goals

1) What do you want your business to look like in 90 days?
2) What do you want your business to look like in 5 years? 10 years?

Goals give us direction. They guide decisions. They keep us focused. All successful people have goals…you should have them.

Spend some time thinking about these two.

Habit #2 The Daily 3

What are the three most important things you should do each and every day to grow your business? What three things would have the most impact on your business? What makes you the most money?
Identify those three activities, and do them every day without fail. You will see results.

Habit #3 Time Management

We all have a limited amount of time, and for some reason, we often let nonessential activities take over.

Spend most of your time on your Daily 3, and limit time wasters. Oliver suggests “scheduled interruptions” when you can deal with phone calls, email, checking stats, etc. Do these activities only twice a day.

Also, do the thing you hate most first. Get it out of the way, and you’ll feel great the rest of the day. Postpone it, and it will sap your energy all day. Consider reading the book, or listening to the CD of
Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy.

Habit #4 Take Aggressive Action (Ready-Fire-Aim)

Don’t wait to take action. Everything doesn’t need to be perfect in order for you to act.

Learn…then implement. Repeat that over and over. Take action today on something…anything! You will see results.

Habit #5 Sharpen The Saw

A wise man who has two hours to cut down a tree, spends one hour sharpening his axe.

Always continue to learn (that’s your axe), but don’t forget to act. Learn…implement…make adjustments… improve…learn some more…and implement again.

Oliver suggests 80% action and 20% learning. I don’t know about you, but I’m sometimes guilty of reversing that.

Habit #6 Rejuvenation

Take regular breaks from your work. Cycle work with relaxation/play periods.

Experiment and see what works best for you. Is it two hours of work and one hour of play? Try different combinations, and see what makes you the most productive. Occassionally, take an entire day off.

Well there they are.

Hope you find these useful, and implement them to make your business boom.

Thanks for visiting.

If you’d like to visit Oliver’s website, it’s right here: Oliver Turner 

Take good care…
Peter