Secrets of online business part 2/7

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Step 2
Set goals and have a strong why.
Stay at home moms can get really tired doing all of the things that they need to do. Sometimes the thought of sitting at the computer and learning something or performing some Internet marketing tasks will not be that appealing. So, you need to be highly motivated to run your online business.
Before you start your online business, you need to set some goals for it. Think about what you want to achieve in the first 6 months and then the first year and write these down as realistic goals. Be specific here and add monetary values (the income your business will generate) and specific milestones you want to achieve.
Create long term goals as well. Where do you want to be with your online business in 5 years? How many different businesses will you have? How many websites will you have making you money on autopilot every day?
The other thing that we strongly recommend that you do right at the beginning is to create a strong WHY statement. This is your reason or reasons for starting an online business while you are looking after your children and taking care of things at home.
You need to make your WHY statement as strong as you can and write it down. Have your WHY statement easily accessible wherever you are. Make copies of it if that helps. When you are writing your WHY statement think about the things that you want your online business to provide for you. Some examples could be:
• To purchase a larger home for your family
• To purchase a better car
• To send your kids to college
• To have wonderful vacations with your family

These are personal things to you. Write down some ideas and then as you read each one notice how they make you feel. A WHY statement needs to stir up strong emotions within you and motivate you to persevere with your online business no matter how tired you are feeling or what other things are going on in your life.
If you don’t write down your short- and long-term goals you will have no direction. Without a strong WHY statement you are going to find it really hard to keep your motivation levels high every day. There are many advantages to running a business from home such as being there for your family. But one of the disadvantages is that you have no boss to answer to. You need to be accountable to yourself and your family. If you have had very little sleep because your baby kept you awake during the night, then you will need the highest possible motivation to work on your online business. Nobody said it was going to be easy but goals and a strong WHY statement will always help.