In an ideal world, we could all be multitasking, but this is not the case. There’s just a small percent of people who are good at this.&nbsp;Block your working hours by focusing only on solving a problem and then taking a break to respond to chats and emails. The more you focus on finishing what you have to do, the better the results will be.

Block your working time

24 million Americans want to be self-employed in 2021.&nbsp;But not all of them can afford to stop making money because of responsibilities.

Because not all of us have the privilege of starting from 0

Most people set too many goals that they spread themselves too thin and accomplish nothing.According to the expectancy theory of motivation, you need a clear and compelling outcome, as well as a clear path to achieving that outcome. Without these, you lack motivation and procrastinate. Hope theory argues the same thing: To have hope, you need a goal and a path to achieving that goal.

Reduce your Goals

“The major improvements in your life will come from taking stuff away not adding more into your life.”

For example:<ul><li>In investments, have alerts of the price you want to sell your stocks and automatic orders.&nbsp;</li><li>In your social networks, have the content that you are going <a href="https://business.facebook.com/creatorstudio?tab=instagram_content_posts&collection_id=all_pages" target="_self">to publish automated</a>.&nbsp;</li><li>Have a pre-designed introduction email for the different offers that you are usually used to receiving.</li></ul>

Learn to automate repetitive tasks

Self-employment requires more self-control than you may realize. If you don’t control your hours, there will come a moment where you won’t be able to do anything even if you force yourself. For this reason, you must respect your hours of rest.

Rest is as important as the work you are doing

“Instead of a to-do list, you need a success list — a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary results. To-do lists tend to be long; success lists are short. One pulls you in all directions; the other aims you in a specific direction.”

you do not create and control your environment, your environment creates and controls

One of the main things people fail and get disappointed in is having high expectations without knowing their potential. You can’t expect to get up at 5:00 am to work 3 hours on a project and then spend 8 hours working in a row if you’re not used to it.The only thing you are going to achieve with that is burnout. It is better to focus on what you can achieve now and see what time you can achieve what you want to do.

Track your current situation to get realistic expectations

This thought has crossed my mind multiple times since I started working 6 years ago, and I know I’m not the only one. Right now, 24 million Americans want to be self-employed in 2021. But according…

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