I have been through this situation too, and believe me its pathetic. My lack of focus made me loose some easy money that I could have made, but that’s a old story now.

Generally, I read the motivational blogs and they are really helpful in keeping you going on. To be precise I visit Steve Pavlina’s site.

In those 40 min you should only do productive tasks which means not even checking mails unless it is part of the project plan. I tried this today and it worked well.

I did a lot more work then I usually do in 2 hours everyday. Just thought I will post here my experience. You should try it out.
.-= How to Make Quick Money´s last blog ..Successful Marketing With Micro-Blogging =-.

I also use mindmaps. Mindmaps are an excellent resource and I highly recommend anybody not using them to look into them.

You provide a great question to ask yourself… “how you can multiply that by doing the same thing that made you the first $100 as opposed to looking for other ways to make money.” So many people try to find new ways to make money when they already have a technique…that if improved upon would provide a much bigger pay off and not as many headaches.

I make mindmaps and sit down a re-list my goals and what things need immediate action to achieve those goals. Anything on my list that can be put off until later, I put off in favor of something that will make me money immediately or will help me reach my goal quicker.

Thank you for posting this. It has made me realize that it is time for a reevaluation myself. I have been slacking off on my blog, yet my blog is the root of any success I have had thus far.

Matt
.-= Matt Wolfe´s last blog ..How To Schedule Posts For Later =-.

I suffer from this problem as well, and it’s something I have to remind myself of daily.

For me, I concentrate on what puts food on the table first (website flipping and niche sites). I usually try and work on those the better part of the day. After that, I work on the “projects in progress”.

Even if I think the future projects have HUGE potential, I still do the work I know brings consistent cash first and I’m always trying to “increase and scale” what’s already working for me.

Even if you made $100 on something when you’e getting started, it’s a good idea to ask yourself how you can multiply that by doing the same thing that made you the first $100 as opposed to looking for other ways to make money.

Aside from that frame of mind (which is still hard for me sometimes), I also often will shut down Skype, Email, Twitter…hide the phone, unplug the toaster, and whatever else I have to do to kill distractions.

Cheers!
Jay

I like the order you prioritize in…highest potential revenue to lowest.

I’m getting some great replies to this post. I’m going to be combining some of these great tips together and giving them a shot. I will definitely keep everyone updated on how it goes.

Eric

I think I have come to the same conclusion you have “All the different interesting ventures eventually would work only if I worked on them one at a time.”

I like your one blog per week plan, but what do you do about maintenance? Do you just schedule 1 day to go back and do the upkeep on older sites each week?

Eric