Those who sell professional services often fall into traps. o­ne trap is All-or-nothing thinking. Another is Build-it-and-they-will-come.

The All-or-Nothing Thinking Trap

I met with an actuary who attended an association meeting a month ago. He had planned to follow up with thirty people he had met there and admitted that he hadn’t done so. I asked why not and he responded, “I haven’t got time to follow up with thirty people.” While true, this answer is logically flawed. He could at least have followed up with the most important contact he made at the event, a senior vice president at an account he was targeting. He might have even found time to follow up with five or maybe even ten. Instead, he had fallen into the trap of All-or-nothing thinking. Here are two more examples:

Many work at home moms do more than o­ne thing to earn money. It is not at all uncommon to meet moms who earn money from both a job and a home business. The challenge is balancing them with being a stay at home mom.

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Maybe you're just beginning to think about starting your home business, or perhaps you've taken the plunge and have found the perfect opportunity or business idea. Regardless of how far into the planning you are, there are some simple concepts to consider when you're the captain of your own ship. It's very easy when you work alone or o­n your own to loose track of time and become distracted by every phone call or email that you receive during the day. Although communication is important, being able to distinguish between what you must do immediately and what can wait is often difficult. When you own your own business, you're in charge of creating your own lively-hood, and when you aren't productive, you don't make money.

Working at home in your own home based business has sort of a natural appeal for an ever increasing number of people.

The reasons people express for wanting to work from home are many and varied, but most home based business owners cite the ability to set their own hours as a major factor in their decision to work at home. However, many people that have work at home businesses often fall into a trap that flies directly in the face of their stated desire for time flexibility.