Here is Gizmo in one of his normal positions with his head pulled all the way in. It is a protective position and all of the turtles often do this.

It is safer for them as their neck is not exposed but it has a problem too.

Gizmo can’t eat when he has his head pulled in like that and if he does not take the risk of extending his head he will soon starve. (Well as fat as he is it may take a couple weeks but it would happen.)

Your online business is the same way. You can be very safe and never take a risk but you won’t grow and you will starve. No risk – no reward and isn’t the reward why we all started an online business?

There are 3 ways you can reduce risk without reducing the potential reward.

• Focus
• Planning
• Accountability

Focus

Despite all you hear about not putting all your eggs in one basket you really need to fill just one basket until it is full. It is impossible to do 3 things at once. You really need to focus on one thing until it is working well and only then can you start on a different basket.

Yes multiple sources of income is great but you need to focus on each until they are running well enough to run on autopilot and not waste time bouncing between 2 or 3 things.

Planning

This is probably the point that causes more failure than any other. It is impossible to get somewhere if you do not know where you are going and have a map to get there.

Planning out what you are going to do, where it is going to take you and how you are going to get there is the key to getting it done. Now you can keep the important focus on where you are going.

Accountability

Finally one of the toughest parts of building a home business is that you are the boss. It is easy to get side tracked. That is where interacting with others makes a huge difference.

Having a partner or group of people that know what you are scheduled to do will allow you to get more done. If I have told someone else that I will do something it almost always gets done.

I can lie to myself about what I am going to get done but it would kill me to lie to someone else about what I am going to do. Having accountability to others always keeps me on track and it can help you too.

That is why a coaching program can make a big difference in your business. Take Powerstart 2010 as an example.

It is a high intensity coaching program and forces you to focus on very specific things.

It is already planned out for you and you need only follow the steps by going through the videos and interacting with any questions each week in the webinar.

Finally the interaction of the group gives you the accountability needed to get things done. You lose the excuse of not getting it done.

If you are tired of starving and willing to stick out your neck but want to reduce the risk check out Powerstart 2010 and get your business growing.

The Turtle Dad

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Watching the turtles occasionally causes a light bulb to go off in my old often befuddled brain. Last night was one of those occasions. Gizzard and Baby showed me the difference in effort needed to get what you want.

The effort you put out is often times not enough because it is not the right effort. Here is what happened.

I added food to the tank and both Baby and Gizzard wanted to go eat it up as quickly as possible. Nothing new there but both of them were behind the ramp in the tank. Baby is still small enough to fit through the gap without backing up so she snuck right out and started eating. It was easy for her.

Gizzard has gotten so big there is no way he can get through the gap. No matter how hard he worked at pushing through the gap it was not going to happen unless he was strong enough to pull the whole ramp off of the wall.

So Baby is eating quite easily and Gizzard is struggling to get through a tiny gap that he just will not fit through. You could almost see the frustration on Gizzard’s face.

Now had he simply backed up and gone to the other side he could have reached the food quite easily. So despite all the effort by not knowing the path Gizzard did not get any of that food. (For that Baby was quite happy.)

Now here is the thin line you need to balance on when building your business. Focused effort is definitely necessary to be successful but if you focus on the wrong thing no matter how hard and focused your effort you just won’t get what you want without a route that you can fit down.

That is one of the reasons I recommend anyone that is not getting the success that they want and is getting frustrated with all of their effort get Doug Champigny’s Powerstart 2010. This will give you the right path to build your business and break down the bottle necks that you are getting stuck in.

Yes it will still take focused effort but the path will be laid out and the obstacles removed so you can get the most for your effort.

Check out Powerstart 2010 today.

The Turtle Dad

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Well my waiting to change the filter the other day turned into even more work than I thought it would. I did the change but the tank had gone bad and I could not recover it.

We had talked about moving them anyhow so today we totally emptied the tank and moved it into the office. The turtles and fish were not really happy with going into the small tank for an hour or so but it was necessary.

They are now here right next to my work station and this way I can learn even more from them.

Once they got all set up it did not take Gizmo long to decide that it was relaxation time and find his spot and stretch out both ends at the same time. Doesn’t look comfortable to me but I am not a turtle. As they do it all the time and stay there for a while I have to assume (a bad word I know) that it is quite comfortable for them.

They have adapted to change and this blog will need to adapt and become more active. After a long winded discussion (on my part they don’t talk yet) we (the turtles and I ) decided that we need to do more to show people why they should be looking to work for themselves in these troubling times.

See despite all the doom and gloom in the news there are real opportunities for those that have the desire and can make a commitment to their own business. Look for more shortly.

After all the physical work that it took me to get the kids moved and everything hooked up again I am tired even though the turtles aren’t. They are re-arranging things to suit them again with the tank. They never like the way I decorate and always need ot redo it.

The Turtle Dad

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