When I quit my corporate job years ago and headed home, I couldn’t wait to be my own boss. Little did I know that I would turn out to be a worse boss than the idiot I used to work for. I was tougher on myself than I’d ever been on any of my staff. Even my boss had been more flexible with me than I was with myself.
One day I realized that my drive to succeed was creating one unhappy employee: me. That’s the day I made a few changes. Consider these tips for making it easier to work for you, the boss.
Take time for lunch. Whether you take 15 or 30 minutes, leave your home office and eat lunch. Time away from your computer and your home office can be a welcome break.
Set a specific quitting time every day and try to stick to it. During my “boss from hell” days, quitting time was 6 pm every day (including weekends!) and then I went back to my home office after dinner to work a few more hours. Now (most of the time) quitting time is late afternoon and I don’t go back into my home office until the next morning. [Read more...]
Lately I’ve met a few home office folks who’ve come up with great business ideas and products, but they don’t know much about business. More importantly, they don’t know what their next steps should be so they can grow their business.
