(10) Do your LEAST favorite daily activities first.

Don't put off those dreaded daily duties until last. Have you ever noticed how superhumanly fast you can complete a tedious task just to get to your favorite activities?

Do hated activities FIRST to get them out of the way faster.

(9) Organize your work space.

How much time do you waste each day looking for a file, a disk, or an ORDER you misplaced? My guess is, TOO much. Keep your work area organized to save time.

When you get a few extra dollars, invest in a nice sized filing cabinet for your home office. You'll save more time, and will be eager to use your  latest "new toy."

(8) Write out a daily "To-Do" list.

When you map out your day's activities, you'll get sidetracked less often in knowing exactly what needs to be done. And if you run across a great marketing site while searching for ezines to swap ads with, for example, you'll hopefully bookmark it in a "Sites to Come Back To" to refer to AFTER you've finished your daily duties.

Stay focused!

TIP: Use the foolproof formula in "A Unique, *Highly-Effective* Method To Assassinate Time-Wasting".

(7) Create a monthly or weekly "to-do" list.

There are a lot of activities that can't be finished in one day, no matter how much we'd like for them to. Put these activities on a weekly or monthly "to-do" list so you won't forget about them, and so you can gradually map out a plan to work toward those goals.

You should also break your weekly or monthly projects down into daily, step-by-step plans to make them more manageable and less daunting.

(6) Get an efficient, feature-packed e-mail program.

If you're a half-way successful online marketer, you probably get more e-mail each day than you can keep up with. Use an e-mail program that will auto-filter your mail into  folders you create and specify. Not only will this allow you to quickly weed through your mail to find out what's urgent, what's trash, and what can be saved for later, it'll save you LOADS of time in handling your daily e-mail.

I've used Eudora for years. It's free, and now they even include spam filtering in their beta 6.0+ version. Get it at: http://www.eudora.com

(5) Let friends and family know exactly when you're working.

This makes for a lot less interruptions, and improves your creativity and productivity. You're able to focus a lot better when you're not pre-occupied with worrying about when your roommate is going to come interrupt you to use the phone, or when your husband will start bugging you about dinner!

If you can't (or don't want to) set concrete work hours each day, a simple "Working Do NOT Disturb" sign outside your door will do.

Believe me, I've done it. I could hear the people coming to the door, sighing, and leaving ... but at least they didn't harass me. <G>

(4) Keep HEALTHY snacks, drinks, and other tidbits in your work area.

There's nothing worse than having to abandon a killer idea due to a persistent bout of hunger pangs, just to get back to your desk having forgotten what the heck you were about to do.

If you keep a few snacks like fruits, juices, and S'mores granola bars within arm's reach, you'll lose less time to those "natural disasters."

(3) Pencil yourself in ... to YOUR schedule.

Dedicated entrepreneurs can spend 12-14 hours at their computers, no problem ... which is unhealthy both mentally AND physically.

You're much more productive and fresh when you've rested a while. There's just no milking a pooped brain for great ideas. And if you spend that much time without taking a break, you'll become grumpy, tired, and in poor health (from all your meal-less days).

Don't skip meal breaks, bathroom breaks (God forbid!), or "quiet time". Take some time out for yourself.

(2) If you're too busy to read ezines ... subscribe to a few.

"What? Is she bananas??!"

Definitely. But that's beside the point. ;-)

All jokes aside, don't become so business-minded that you forget how to have FUN with your business. I thought the purpose of starting a biz was to have more flexibility and free time for yourself?

Never forget that.

So subscribe to a "Joke-a-Day" or motivational ezine. Joke and quote ezines are usually short and sweet, and can put you in a more light-hearted mood fast. You'll be surprised at how much the quotes can relate to your personal experiences each day.

But even if you can't bring yourself to "waste" that much time on non biz-related stuff during work hours, subscribe to a few of the best Internet marketing ezines to read during a break ... you workaholic, you.

TIP: Check out "The 5 Most Revealing & Insightful Marketing 'Zines of All Time".

(1) Find a few dedicated, trustworthy, and reliable joint venture partners.

Don't take the long, slow, lonely road. Find someone with the same goals, dreams, and business theme, and find a way to co-op with them. You can cross-promote each others websites or ezines, *exchange signature files*, or anything else you can think of.

Be creative.

When you have reliable help, the sky's the limit!