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Nonetheless, I wanted to write this blog specifically about how your schedule is SO much different when you start working from home.  Having a “regular” schedule is very possible, but it’s just “not my style”.  I’m a pretty spontaneous person… okay, or maybe I’m just lazy when it comes to planning stuff and just always come up with something last minute.  But I’ve been PLANNING the launch of this course for a while now.

It was SUPPOSED to be 100% done and launched on the 1st.  It’s now the 4th.  Am I worried? No.  The course itself is done.  I just need to tie up a couple of loose ends, and we’ll be rolling.  The nice thing about scheduling your own work hours is you can be VERY flexible.

Several weeks ago, my wife booked us for a camping trip for the beginning of the week.  This trip would overlap with the launch of the course.  Then I started to think about all of that “high pressure” crap from working one of my old sales jobs.  Quotas, deadlines, a boss breathing down the back of my neck.  The usual junk.  But I didn’t have that feeling while working on my course.  I was in a totally different state of mind.

I could’ve totally canceled the trip and probably got the course done “on time” (at least to what my original goal is).  But I would’ve been neglecting my wife.  And myself.  I just DON’T take vacations all that often.  This trip was really one of the first times my wife and I have been ANYWHERE since our honeymoon.  We just never had the time or the money to do ANYTHING before.

And that’s why working from home is just so sweet now!  I had CONTROL over what I needed to get done, when it needed to be done, and (ultimately) I had control over where I wanted to be.

Just think of that cliche’ scene that you see in movies, though.  You may have even experienced this event personally…

The husband calls his wife.  It’s about 10pm and he’s not home from work yet.  There’s a “big project” that “needs to get done” at work, and he’s got to pull another “all-nighter” at his office.   “Oh, and cancel the family vacation, honey.  Duty calls.”   Then the wife gets pissed and the husband draws that card… you know the one.  “But, honey.  If I don’t stay at the office, who will provide for the family?  C’mon!  Who puts the roof over your head?  Who puts food on the table?”

Another argument.  Another family who came second to someone else’s job.

Finally, I got fedup with that crap.  And if you’ve had to deal with anything even remotely like that, you know EXACTLY what I mean.

It’s that moment where you truly realize that you’re a slave.  Your company OWNS you… and there’s nothing you can do about it.  They’ve got you.  Shackles or handcuffs.  Uniform or shirt and tie.  No matter.  You’ve still got to show up when THEY say you need to, and you leave when they say you leave.

They may fool you with “health benefits” (you know you can get those yourself as a business owner and they’re a tax-right-off, right?).   They may fool you with a company car, company credit card, company cell phone.  They may even throw you some extra cash around the holidays or throw in an extra weeks vacation after you’ve served the first five years of your 50 year sentence.

It’s 1am right now as I write this, and I’m sure that I’m being blatently honest because I’m a little tired.  Ah well.  Sorry if this offends you.  But are you offended because what I say is a little abrasive?  Or are you offended because what I say is the absolute truth?

I hope you read this and think long and hard about your future, friend.  This morning when you wake up and read this, it’ll be the 4th of July.  A day to celebrate our Independence.  Freedom.  Free Enterprise.  But Monday morning, are you really ‘free’?

— Anyways, getting back to the original topic here…  I wanted to give you an idea… a little insight into my frame of mind on how I schedule my time…

Yes, I brought my laptop camping with me.  I’m guilty of ‘working on my vacation’.  But to me it’s not really work.  It’s a game.  It’s FUN.  It’s exciting to be a part of your own company where you control your paycheck.

I did a little work here and there, but most of my time I was enjoying myself.  Swimming, horseshoes, camp fires.  The works.  But when I got home yesterday, we were back at 11… the car was unpacked by 11:30.  After lunch, I decided to get some work done.

That was about noon.  I took some short breaks here and there but before I knew it, it was 1am… that night.  I worked for about 13 hours.  And it didn’t even phase me.  You see, like I said, it’s NOT WORK.  It’s a ‘labor of love’.  I enjoy what I do.  I get such a ‘high’ working on this course because I know that when I’m done there’s going to be HUNDREDS of people that use the information in the course to earn a full time income… and win the right to work from home…

Today I worked about 6 hours.  Because that’s what I felt like.  Then I went and saw the new Will Smith movie “Hancock” (which was damn good btw).  Because I could.

Don’t be fooled by all the hype online about “becoming a millionaire overnight” and “get rich quick” crap.

I’m talking about just replacing your fulltime income.  You don’t need to make $1 million a year!  What if you were making $10k per month?  Could you quit your job and start working from home if you were bringing that it consistently, each and every month?

Most everyone could pay their bills, get out of debt, and live a pretty comfortable life on that income.  And if I could do it, and I hand you the keys to my success, why can’t you?

I’m no “guru” or “mlm master” or something like that.  I’m just a guy that was willing to learn what worked, applied what I learned, and have the patience and perseverance  to  stick it out until I figured out how to make it work.

You can take control of your life at any moment.  And that moment will be here any day now.  (The course is launching ASAP!)

I need to setup a new campaign for the Reverse Funnel System, and take care of my optin page and autoresponder messages.  I figured its more important to monetize your CURRENT websites rather than spreading yourself too thin and trying to market everything under the sun.

RFS is doing great, and the best part – it’s automated…  So it’s giving me some more free time to, well, get distracted with other crap!  If you’re in mlm and you’re marketing a high ticket item, trust me, just keep doing what you’re doing!  I was literally going to throw away $10K by not staying on track w/ my RFS goals and instead make $2K in other commissions (affiliate and other sales)…  Make the MAIN GOAL the MAIN GOAL!  Make sense?  Hope this helps.

And after 2 full weeks of working from home full time, I realized that my laziness can EASILY take me over…

When I was working 8am-10pm, I was DEAD FOCUSED on every minute of my day… When it was time to write an article, I did it…  When I needed to write an ad, setup a PPC campaign, write site content… it was in my schedule… and it was on a to-do list.

But, now, the XBOX gets in the way… or movies-on-demand… or just messing around on the internet, or socializing with friends…  Really, ANYTHING but working…

We are a product of our environment.  When I was still working those hours, home was only good for 2 things… video games/tv time and sleep.   That’s pretty much it.

So, now, when I try to do work my sub-conscious tells me, “Adam, you’re walking in to the room w/ the 42″ plasma screen TV… you’re going to play video games or watch a movie…”  and I just go “ok!”   So, needless to say, distractions are at their utmost at home.  Especially w/ 2 dogs running around wanting attention too.

So, last Friday I decided to leave my house.  I put the dogs in their cage, grabbed my laptop, some books, some food and headed over to my mom’s house not but 20 mins away…  2 weeks prior I wrote 2 auto-responder messages and made some graphics for the new self-development site I’m launching in the next week or so…  yea, 2 WEEKS to do that!

One day ALONE with NO distractions and I create 5 more content-rich messages and I also completed the rest of the new opt-in page.

What am I getting at here?  Well, I didn’t take my own darn advice!

When you work from home you need to have a separate area that is distraction-free and dedicated to your business!

That way when family sees you in there, they know not to bother you because you’re working!  There’s NOTHING in that room that is going to deter you from your work…  maybe no TV, no non-business books…

This week, I’m going to try working from my DESK and not the couch and we’ll see how it goes!

Living in NY and following the Giants through out the season (their training camp is even in Albany   ) I got to see the events unfold 1 week at a time…

The REAL reason the Giants won isn’t just because they decided to pull together and work as a team… it wasn’t just their talent or a little luck…

Like Strahan said in the post-game, it’s all about confidence…  <———

The week that the team stopped talking about how it was this persons fault or that person’s… if Coughlin was a good enough coach, and if Eli had a leadership problem…

The moment that they began to UPLIFT and ENCOURAGE each other is the REAL moment they became Champions…  When they began to SPEAK the right words… THAT is when things started to come together…

They fed off of each other’s enthusiasm and confidence, and that confidence carried them through the biggest games of their lives…

REMEMBER TO UPLIFT AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER!

IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT’S IN SPORTS, IN BUSINESS, IN RELATIONSHIPS!!

YOU CAN CREATE THAT MOMENTUM OF POSITIVITY IN YOUR OWN LIFE  BY ENCOURAGING OTHERS!

DON’T FORGET TO PAY IT FORWARD!!!

ADAM HOLLAND
http://www.adam-holland.com/

The Giants this season haven’t been the dominant force of the NFC, but they sure have been persistent.  And it’s that persistence that’s landed them in the NFC Championship…  The entire season, Giants and critics alike have never really considered the Giants a Superbowl contender.  Eli Manning came under criticism from teammates and others about his lack of leadership, but his decent performance in yesterday’s game still got them a win…

It’s this same persistence we have to have as entrepreneurs…  We will take criticism, we’ll have failure, and we’ll work our butts off and still might come up short in the end…  But it is the persistence and consistence that will ultimately bring us across the finish line…

Go Giants!   And I can’t wait until next week against the Packers!!  It’ll be a great game…

What does that mean? Well, there are very few things in this world that you can control, but one of them is your thoughts. If something bad happens to you, and you get pissed off… you need to realize that your temper temporarily controlled you… your thought process was NOT in control. If something bad happens to you, and you recognize you have a CHOICE to how you respond… then you are aware of your thoughts. And you can control what you say and do.

If you want to control your bank account, family life, career, and your entire future… you must first take control of your own thoughts. Stay positive and enthusiastic, and start working diligently towards your goals.

Man, does that quote just speak to you!?  I really needed to hear that today.  I’ve got a to do list that reads like a grocery list.  I could spend all day worrying about what is going to get done, and what’s going to be left over.   I could just spend all of today organizing tomorrow.  But there’s one problem with that.

When you spend all of your day in worry, thought, or planning… you’re not getting anything done.

I spent alot of days doing this because I didn’t know how to prioritize correctly.  Planning should take less than 5-10% of your day.  The rest should be taking action.  Action is what will get you to your goal.  And worrying about your obstacles won’t move them out of the way or give you the ability to plow right through them.

I thought about this problem after watching a video of a new distributor that had made about $50K in his first 2-3 months with his company. The video started out showing the “junker” he was driving before he started with his new business venture. It looked like some kind of old Honda hatchback. You know the kind: faded blue, with the black doors that were replaced on the vehicle some time ago, some rust on the hood.

The narrator of the video says that “this is before, and now this is after I made $50K in the last 2 months with (company name).” He then pans the camera over to a brand new Mustang Convertible. And you know how he bought it? Yup, you guessed it. Cash. Just wrote a check for it. And he’s got $100 bills taped all over the front of the car. “And these are just some of the blessings this wonderful business has given to me.”

Impressive? Yes. It’s great to see new reps have early success. But who counseled them… who advised them in their life that they should go and get that car? I don’t know ANY upline, ANY lawyer, ANY financial planner that would say, “Oh, you just made $50K? Go blow it on a car.” They counseled THEMSELVES.

Is it motivating? Sure. Does it show that their business works? Absolutely. But what is their real goal? What is YOUR goal? Is it to go buy your dream car as soon as possible? Is it to get an enormous “rock-star” house that you want to impress the relatives with? (Believe me, I’d like to show the in-laws a thing or two as well …) If these are your only goals in network marketing, you will go broke faster than you can say “Bling Bling.”

Isn’t your goal to create financial freedom and security for your family? Isn’t it to help other people reach their goals and dreams? To help them get out of the rut YOU were in when YOU started your own network marketing business? I hope so.

Remember to delay gratification. It is one of the most powerful motivators in your business. This guy with the car, I can probably guarantee he won’t be able to fill the gas tank in another 6 months. Or maybe in 6 months he’s doing great and he does buy that dream house. Then he forecloses in 3 months after that because he never got the right advice on how to handle his new massive income.

When growing your business, whether you’re making $1000 a month or $100,000 a month, seek out the knowledge on how to manage your budget. Get some counsel. Delay gratification. Delay getting the “bling”, the cars, the house for a little while longer. As you have that kind of discipline in the early stages of your business, you’ll continue to develop that good habit as your income grows.

Don’t try and impress others early on in your business. You don’t want to be declaring bankruptcy and asking the same relatives you were showboating for a month ago for a handout. You’ll have a lot more success in the long run.

Now Go Explode Your Business. And Explode Your Income.

I was working 2 jobs (8am to 10pm) Monday through Friday. At lunch and on breaks I would work on my websites I was getting close to launching. In fact, I would time everything PERFECTLY every single day. As soon as it was noon, I’d put some lunch in the microwave and while it was cooking I’d take my bathroom break. On my way out of the restroom, I’d grab the hot lunch, head back to my desk, and diligently start typing out text content that I was going to put on my website.

I’d do this again at 5pm with dinner. I started my second job at 6pm, and during lulls in the evening I’d start typing an email to myself with additional content for the website.

I had been doing this for about 6 weeks, when a coworker caught me at the microwave at the usual 5pm timeslot. I was just getting my dinner out of the microwave when he said, “Wow. You’re like clockwork.”

All I could say was, “Yep. Everyday.”

I had done this for so long it was almost expected. And what was really cool was how 6 weeks previous I would complain about how long of a day it was going to be and how I didn’t know how many weeks I could work 100+ hours. I was thinking all about the struggle.

After these 6 weeks, I’d become numb to the pain. And it wasn’t even numb, like I couldn’t feel it anymore. It wasn’t even there because I was focusing on my goal. When I did this everyday I wasn’t upset or bitter, or even tired.

Yes, I did say I wasn’t even tired working 90+ hours a week for 6 weeks. In fact, I’d never been more excited. When I was getting home from working 2 jobs at night (about 10:30pm) I was running out of my car and in my house to start working on building my business. I was excited because I knew that if I kept being this persistent I would find success. When I hit a speedbump, it didn’t matter because I knew where I was going to be in 6-12 months. And when you have that confidence and faith in yourself, nothing can stop you.