Working for Yourself

Divide life and work

If you decide to start your own business part-time, you'll need excellent time-management skills, strong self-discipline and support from family and friends. It's a big commitment. To succeed, think small. A series of small steps will get you as far as one giant step.

These steps include:

• Developing a business concept
• Writing a business plan
• Acquiring basic business equipment
• Setting a long-term target date to go full time
• Aiming for moderate first-year revenues
• Selecting time-saving business equipment
• Maintaining top performance at your day job