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My friend and I discuss our mutually earned lifestyle that involves a simple commute to the home office. We both love the freedom. Not everyone can work from home and be successful. I thought I would compile a list of reasons why you are or are not a candidate to work at home where too many freedoms can be too luring for some. #1 -- The TV stays off ... or don't try this at home . The TV is an unfortunate lure for those who are not disciplined to keep their fingers off the remote power button. You cannot work from your home office if you can't keep the TV off. Now those of you muttering, "But I can work and watch TV ..." I am here to whack you on the head. No, George you can't. The very distraction of the TV will make you lose productivity. Have you ever tried NOT to stare at a TV in the room. The very movement on screen catches your eye, and pretty soon you're what? Watching it! So, no TV! #2 -- No, it's not laundry time ! Not to suggest that I've...

It's a la, la, la day and I have to blog ... well, I try to blog daily. Why do I blog daily? I'll tell you ... No. #1 -- Daily = Attraction from those Web crawlers . The web crawlers for the search engines are out on a daily basis, searching for new keywords to lure the little spiders to your page. This act attracts more readers. No. #2 -- Daily = building an audience . People who read the blog on a daily basis want to keep reading and no new material deters repeat business. Readership goes down if you don't keep them coming back for more. No. #3 -- Daily = interested readers = prospective business . Steady readers may some day convert to customers.  Customers/clients pay the bills. Simple. Necessary. No. #4 -- Daily = interested readers = prospective business = virtual relationship building . Steady, interested readers who convert to prospective business become clients. You have to build a "relationship," which is done through the constant flow of inform...