Saturday, November 3, 2007

Get a life!


Remembering to log off and enjoy life...

By Gary W. Miller Jr.


I'm taking a quick break from my series on Navigating Internet Business Opportunities to write briefly about something that is very important to me; balance. Yes, balance in our lives is essential to any real success. Ok, I can hear it through the screen right now, "Uh, Gary, what does this have to do with making tons of money online?" Stay with me, I think you'll see in just a few lines!

This week has been a really exciting week for me. After much due diligence I partnered up with an absolutely amazing company. I have no doubt this partnership is going to be mutually beneficial in ways that are frankly, HUGE!

All that sounds great and it really is. There I was living in front of my computer working, working, and working some more on the launch of my new venture. As I was doing it though, something dawned on me. Their is a world outside my home office that can easily be ignored because I am completely wrapped up creating a money making machine.

You see, our lives must have balance. If we have too much of one thing and not enough of another, things get out of balance and that lack of balance rears it's ugly head in our relationships, health, and finances causing much more harm than good.

So I decided to shut the computer down totally for the rest of the day and enjoy life! I got outside, I played with my cats, and I read a great book. Whatever the things are that you truly love to do, spend some time today actually doing them! I can tell you without a doubt that thanks to my time away, I woke up the next day and was super productive with my home business because I was appreciating life in general a little more.

I never like to leave a entry without some practical take aways so here goes...

1) Schedule you home business work time. Don't just do it throughout the day. Schedule it, have a plan of what you want to do when you log in, and then go for it.

2) Take time away. I'm all for smarter and harder but you have to appreciate and care for the rest of your life, not just your BIZ!

See ya next time,
Live Radically!
Gary