Work at Home Moms - Balance Life and Business

Balancing your time with your kids, work, and the house can be a stressful task at times. It often seems there are not enough hours in the day to attend to everything we that needs attention every single day. In this article, I will share with you a simple technique that has greatly helped me balance my life and business.

At the turn of the 20th century, an Italian economist, named Vilfredo Pareto, noticed that 80% of the wealth and land in his country was owned by 20% of the people. Later, a scientist, named Joseph Juran, noticed the same distribution pattern in the production of peas. Juran called the effect the Pareto Principle, but now it is most often referred to as the 80/20 rule.

Since the discoveries of Pareto and Juran, the concept that a majority of results come from a few causes has shown to be relevant in many areas of life and business. For example, most often 80% of sales occur from 20% of customers. I've found that following this concept is highly effective when running a business from home and balancing my time with my kids and household tasks.

Let's start with managing the house. When I focus on the few things each day that make the biggest difference in the daily chores, my stress level of trying to get everything single thing done is lowered drastically. I try to get the kids involved as well, which increased our results and provides quality time. I've found that some of our best time spent together is spent doing dishes.

You can also take this concept and use it when you work at home each day. Write down what you want to achieve each day or each week and look at the all the activities you do. What tasks do you do make the biggest difference toward your business?

Is this writing articles, calling prospects, connecting with others on Facebook? Everyone has different strengths, so your results will be different from mine. Figure out what few things make the biggest difference and then focus on those things each day. Don't worry about the rest unless you happen to have some extra time.

When you focus and work only on the few things that make the biggest results, you'll find that your time opens up for more time with your family.

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By: Summer Killebrew
Summer Killebrew is a stay at home mom and entrepreneur who focuses on helping others who want to work from home achieve their dreams. Learn more about Summer at http:diapersandbusiness.com.