Thursday, February 5, 2009

Work Hiatus In Your Business

When something happens that causes you to deal with unexpected concerns rather than normal business concerns it could literally bring your business to a halt if you are a one person operation. During these economic times it is important to be focused on producing income especially if you are living paycheck to paycheck.

Whether it is a week long ice storm, a death in a family, pure exhaustion or recession it is really hard at times to get your momentum back and unfortunately the end result is a loss in sales. The first thing that you must do is deal with the unexpected positively.

Remind yourself repeatedly what your purpose is and if you need to set new short term goals, then reward yourself when you meet them. You could re-invent the wheel by changing up what or how you sell or produce. If you like the competition of it all then visit your competitor or their website and see what they are doing at this very moment, then do it better.

If you do experience a loss of income getting a part-time job that will cover essential living expenditures is an option. Try not to live off credit because you do not want to add on to the burden you are already experiencing.

The worst thing you can do is over think it or feel sorry for yourself. Picture a brighter day with new energy and work towards it. I believe that if you keep it positive and work hard everything will eventually get better.

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