So you are interested in starting a new online business? But you already work a regular job and it seems like you never have enough time right? This is a dilemma that is faced by most people. They lack the time to research or make the effort to start working on their new idea. Some people just lack an idea; others have a good idea but lack the time to implement it. So how do you overcome the time obstacle?
Believe it or not, creativity is really the essence of entrepreneurship. Some people are naturally creative and some others have to be taught or teach themselves. If you are motivated, you can train yourself as well as get some help. Generally, some good direction or coaching goes a long way in overcoming this obstacle. There are a few jobs out there that naturally lend themselves to a lot of time while working. The field of security comes to mind. Some security jobs are very very boring with long periods of monitoring something or watching property. Many of these positions are at night when there is not a lot going on. It would be tempting to watch TV or read a book to kill the time till you’re off work. Using this time effectively is the key to being creative in the long run. You can sort of multi-task your job for the motivation for your new career. (Even though multitasking is not the in thing anymore) Another job is one that takes you away on a frequent basis for travel. If you have overnight, you are set up perfectly to begin doing the research and setting up your new venture. Again instead of watching TV or lying around, you can utilize the time to get things going.
One of my personal favorite techniques for time is to install the website software that I prefer to use on my laptop. I then become a mobile workstation and can take every file that I need and write my website pages while I am en route to and from the job. If I am traveling overnight, this becomes a bonus time in which I set up the website. Of course, there are always nights and weekends which can be challenging if you have a family. Another technique I use is by forcing myself to get up an hour earlier in the morning. This extra hour I devote myself to making some things happen. It may be hard in the beginning but you will find that after a while you will build the habits that you will come to rely on when you eventually call upon your business to support you financially.
Another great way to prepare a business model and to speed up the research is to make sure you do a lot of reading in the field that you are interested in going into. You will gain some significant time examples and learn from other peoples mistakes at the same time. You will be amazed at how easy it will be to steal an hour here and there if you are motivated. Having some good tools and concepts to get you started makes it easier.