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Anytime that you grab the car keys from the counter, and hit the road with a plan to go somewhere, reaching that somewhere is your goal. You are in one place on the map, and you need to get to a different place on the map. Hence, you have to come up with a strategy to get to that other place, and accomplish your goal. This is not much different than if you have a goal to make money from home. In order to successfully make money from home, we need to (A) identify where we need to end up; (B) figure out what actions we need to take to get there and; (C) gauge our advancement. This holds true for all goals in life. We will discuss further below.

Anytime that you grab the car keys from the counter, and hit the road with a plan to go somewhere, reaching that somewhere is your goal. You are in one place on the map, and you need to get to a different place on the map. Hence, you have to come up with a strategy to get to that other place, and accomplish your goal. This is not much different than if you have a goal to make money from home. In order to successfully make money from home, we need to (A) identify where we need to end up; (B) figure out what actions we need to take to get there and; (C) gauge our advancement. This holds true for all goals in life. We will discuss further below.

1) Know Where You Are Going

In the example above, prior to jumping in your car and driving off, you needed to know where you were going. Without a specific destination, you are just cruising and wasting gas. Not that there is anything wrong with this from the perspective of driving. I do once in a while to get out of the house. However, if you want to get somewhere specific, you must know how to get there. When setting up your goals, you must know exactly what you want the end result to be. If your goal is to make money from home, get a clear picture in your mind of exactly what that means. If you make $50 per year from home, then you have made money from home. However, if it is your goal to make enough money from home to far exceed your currently salary, you need to visualize the end goal. Picture yourself sitting at your computer and looking at your bank statement online with excitement. Whatever it is, write it down. Write it down just like you would the address to a place you were driving to for the to for the first time.

2) The Route

Anyone who is driving somewhere that they have been several times before does not need directions. Rather, you can daydream on your way there and never get lost. However, if you are headed to a place which you are not familiar, you will be unable to get there without some help.

When we do not know how to get there, we either ask someone who has been there before, we pull use our GPS, we check the Internet. etc. The directions may not be perfect, and often they are not, but you get the best directions you can, and go from there.

Setting your goal to make money from home is much the same. You get in touch with others who already have already made money from home. You read books, you listen to mp3's, you attend seminars. You get as much information as possible that will assist you in reaching your goal.

3) Make Sure We Are Going The Right Way

The good news is that you now know where you are going, and how to get there. Now you are taking action, and driving your vehicle towards your destination. Or wait, did you miss your turn? You wrote in your directions that you are to take a left at 31st Street, but now you are thinking that the person who gave you directions said to take a left on 31st Avenue. How do you determine if you are on the right track? Well, you either pull over and look at the map, stop at a gas station and ask for directions, or call the person back who originally gave you the directions. Either way, you make sure that you get on track to reach your destination. It is highly unlikely that anyone would simply decide to turn around, head back home, and watch re-runs of Will & Grace for the rest of the night. Even if you have to go back to where you started to get back on track, you will have learned something along the way.

When you set out on the road to make money from home, you may become lost here and there. Actually, strike that. You more that likely will lose direction at some point in the future when something does not go as planned. When this happens, even if you have to start all over, you will have learned something along the way. Just make sure that you get to your end goal.

The message of the previous paragraph is that you never give up on your goal to make money from home. While there may be setbacks, dead ends, even car accidents, do not forget that you will never get there if you do not keep moving towards your destination. When that prospect says no, it is not a failure, rather, it is another mile under your tires. When nothing seems to happen for a long period of time, you are just getting closer to that next landmark. If you are not sure what to do next, never be too embarrassed to stop and ask for those directions.

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