Charles Lau dot Com

I have been working on my own since 2004. Started up various businesses. And in my opinion, they all failed in many different ways. Capital problems, partnership problem, no-business problem, etc. And of all, the most difficult to cope is still partnership. And as of date today, I think the best partnership is to do joint ventures where we all have our own business to take care of, instead of accounting for one another and keep comparing who does more.

So today, I am going to talk about doing business on your own. As I have started working full-time onto internet marketing lately in June 2007, I have come to realize there are many things that we can do to make time work for us. Internet marketing business is something which allows us to do our own business without having to complicate it with partners. I am not trying to say that team work is not good, it’s just that when it comes to working on a business with partners, there are things to be compromised every now and then. And hence, let’s talk about the time management which I had been deriving over the past few years in working on your own business.

Before, I have tried using a time-table to keep track of the things I am doing. I found it not as effective because as internet marketers, we are mostly working from home afterall. When we sit down with our computer, business and personal seem to have merged together and it seems that we tend to do either one more often than the other. Unless you are super-disciplined guy, it is pretty hard to manage time especially when you are your own boss to take care of. Back at work, we have our boss to take care of and hence we have no time to work on our personal things when it comes to work. Whereas at home, nobody bothers to look at what you are doing!

Recently, I have acquired a N95 phone. After I have gotten that, I did a small experiment and realized how well it has organized my time. And I am going to talk about that.

Whenever I am free, my thoughts might sometimes go into work, telling me what I can do to make myself more money. So, I just take note of it in my N95 and gives myself an appointment date to work on it. And then I will just forget about it and take my time to rest.

Everyday, I set myself to work for at least 8 hours everyday like an employee. And when I am working on it, I will start looking at my N95 for any to-do list that I have been assigning myself all these while. I will start to fulfill them as much as I can, and to update myself with the next appointment if I couldn’t find anymore things to do. And when I am free, I will start reading my Google Reader for updates from other people. So long as I am working within 8 hours at least, I am safe to tell myself that I am working towards my goal.

With that in mind, I am glad to generate some internet income for myself. It’s not so attractive as of now because I think I am still lacking of experience and knowledge of many internet marketers. I just wish to carry on reading and learning from other marketers till my income reaches an ideal number. Like I have told myself in this blog, I am aiming to make $10,000 every month. This number seems difficult to reach, but if you take a look at it harder, it seems achievable. Just like Donald Trump mentioned something like this in his book “If you can aim at a target, why not aim higher?”