As much as you might love running your business, you must have an end-goal in the plan. At the very least, an exit strategy keeps you from turning your business into a glorified job – working from home, but with longer hours.

Remember, making mistakes is part of the process. The key to success is to make mistakes quickly, and recover quickly, and keep forging forward.

Don't waste Money, Time or Mental Energy.

It’s okay to be afraid. Just don’t let it get the best of you. If you do, it will slowly creep inside you until you’re completely paralyzed. Fear has that effect, unless you bravely face it head-on. When you accept fear, it actually makes you stronger.

What most new entrepreneurs don’t realize is that before you can lead a business, or a family, or a ministry, or even just another person, you have to be the leader of yourself, first.

After the Big Recession of 2008, many Americans found themselves without jobs, homes, and savings. We realized that we really can’t rely on our 401k’s to keep us safe. It’s up to us to achieve financial freedom for ourselves. And home-based businesses is the way to go.

In the past, the only way to get rich was to beat everyone else in your industry. Now, it’s possible to get rich by making other people rich at the same time. It’s the preferred method for ‘millionaires next door,’ and it’s the method we advocate in Real Wealth Solutions.

At best, you should spend a minimum amount of time on social media each day – just enough to keep your army of followers engaged and growing.

Hiring the wrong people is the fastest way to undermine a sustainable business.

Finally, the best way to stay motivated in the business world is simply achieving success.