Motivation - Where to Find It
by Kara Kelso & Anita DeFrank

While we all have our own ways of finding motivation, sometimes we
all need a little shove. We'll tell you what gets us moving when you
don't feel like doing anything at all.

One of the perks of owning a business is working your own hours.
However, it can be very tempting to just say "I don't feel like
working today". You do have the option to do that without "losing
your job". But every day you take off, the motivation to work on
your business gets a little less.

Before you know it, your motivation is completely gone. You don't
feel like working at all, and start to feel your business is
failing. Well of course it is if you aren't doing anything!
Obviously what you need to do is get your motivation levels back to
normal. You have to WANT to work on your business to succeed. The
best way to find motivation is actually pretty simple...

Read.

When you don't feel like working directly on your business (or
really don't know what to do), this is the best time to do something
indirect. Read, learn about new ideas, soak up information, and find
new projects.

Read until you find the spark, and run with it. Which it WILL hit,
simply because new ideas get us excited. Business owners love to be
busy, or we wouldn't be building a business to begin with.

Visit your favorite WAHM resource websites. First you'll want to
browse around the article / resource sections and - yup, you guessed
it - read. Read the articles and make notes - no, not mental
notes. Open a word processing document or even better, pull out
that old notebook and pen. Make notes of anything that jumps out at
you. Before you know it, you're note taking session will turn into
a "brain dump" listing all your ideas for your next project.

After you've read all the articles you want to, and you're looking
for some more motivation ... hop on over to your favorite WAHM
message boards. Browse around older topics and join in on some of
the conversations. Visit your favorite blogs and read what they have
been doing, or resources they recommend.

So the next time you feel your motivation lacking, go and learn
something new or review things you've already learned. The main idea
is to keep yourself involved one way or another. Keep active and
the motivation will stay with you. You'll be surprised how fast
your business grows with motivation!

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Kara Kelso & Anita DeFrank, owners of DirectSalesHelpers.com strive
to help women succeed in direct sales. For additional help with your
direct sales business, visit http://www.directsaleshelpers.com