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The 5 Must-Have Items for a Successful Work-at-Home Business
You've picked the perfect spot in your home for your new Work-At-Home office. It's a quiet and cozy corner, with a desk and a cordless phone. You've just finished setting-up your new computer and you think you're ready to start looking for home-based work. In your haste to grab the spot between the picture window and the Monet, you didn't notice that you forgot a few home-office essentials. No home-based business should be without the following five items.
Look out for the new shiny object
As entrepreneurs, we sometimes are too quick to follow the new shiny object.

Internet Marketing: Are You doing the BIG FOUR?
Internet marketing is confusing, especially if you are a beginner. About the time you think you have a direction and you get to work, the next bright shiny object comes along. Web 2.0, social networking, video marketing, podcasts, blogs - it’s endless.

How to spot a solid franchise opportunity
What should you look for when looking for a franchise to buy? There are a lot of franchises out there, and a would-be franchise owner needs to be able to differentiate between a good opportunity and a potential disaster. Franchise owners want you to buy their product (the franchise) because that is how they make money. But you need to be able to tell the difference between the shiny sales pitches and the real diamonds underneath all the hype. Here are some simple things you can do to spot a great franchising opportunity:

Do you want results, or a process? Differentiate the tools and the objectives.
Remember the old adage, a person whose only tool is a hammer tends to see all problems as a nail. Yet for most of us, results are more important than a shiny bright smooth process, yes? If you don’t think so, skip this article.
Blind Spots
In my classes and consulting work on leadership, I often discuss the concept of a blind spot where the worst leaders are often blissfully unaware of their problems. My own observation in numerous organizations is that this is abundantly true. Hr Managers and subordinates are often frustrated at not being able to communicate how leaders undermine the very cause they wish to pursue due to this blindness. Daniel Goleman, who invented Emotional Intelligence, observed that leaders who are most deficient in EI are the ones who have the biggest blind spot. They simply cannot see themselves as others do, so they are deceived into thinking incorrect thoughts about how they are coming across. How can you remove the blind spot of a leader who has low Emotional Intelligence? My own ideas on this topic are contained in this article.

Ooooh! Another Bright Shiny Object!
If you are someone who has a business, you can be, rather you ARE, inundated with mail, email, Facebook and Twitter announcements, etc. about the “best,” the “newest,” and the “be-all-end-all” programs that will answer all your business needs. There always is a new bright shiny object dangling in front of you.
Hitting the Sweet Spot
Anyone who’s ever played golf knows about the ‘sweet spot’. It’s that favoured spot on the clubface – hit the sweet spot and it feels good, you’re in control of the ball and that birdie is yours for the taking. If you don’t hit that spot, it doesn’t feel right, you spend your time hacking in the rough and before you know it you’re in a bad patch.
Sifting Through the Marketing Chaos
I was having lunch with a peer the other day and we were talking about how incredibly different today's marketing tactics are from even 5 years ago. Quite frankly all these new shiny objects seem to be overwhelming small businesses instead of helping them grow their client base.
How Staying Focused Will Lead You To Prosperity!
As an entrepreneur, do you ever feel distracted at times? It can be those bright, shiny objects that get in the way of staying focused on activities that bring results that create wealth. Can you relate?
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