One of the best enemies to business success is the Shiny Idea Problem. You as an entrepreneur are probably highly imaginative, intuitive and optimistic by nature, and it’s likely common for you to have a mind full of new ideas at any particular moment.

You see potential income where many others don’t and the difficulty arises when you would like to bring all of the ideas to life in your home-based business at the same time. It may also be tricky for you to assert no to pursuing a new concept or opportunity when it’s presented as you love new and exciting things!

Some days you will feel you are running after many ideas at the same time while accomplishing no real progress on any one of them.

In order to beat Shiny Idea it’s important to choose ONE concept and focus your total attention on it. Of all the ideas you have in your head right now, which one has the capability to make you the most money? This is the idea you would like to focus your total attention, energy and resources on.

Many other terrific ideas and opportunities will come your way as you focus on bringing your best concepts to life, but till that occurs, keep a running “Great Idea/Opportunity” list where you can keep a record of those items for attention later.

All those great concepts and opportunities are pointless to you if you can’t bring them to full completion inside a good time frame.

With your best idea at the forefront, decide on the best way to actualize a structured plan. Map your scheme into bite-size, controllable pieces and once done, put your attention on completing the first step. Only when you’ve completed that step, move on to the next.

Keep in mind, across the process distractions will surround you. When presented with a break, even though a really good one, learn to say no if it takes you away from your primary goal.

It’s frequently hard for business people to say no but chasing a lot of concepts concurrently will only put you more and more behind.

Therefore where do you start now? Here is a brief axiom to help you:

1. Make a catalogue of all the concepts and opportunities on your to do list right now.
2. Pick the one which will make you the most money and develop a manageable plan to complete it.
3. When distractions arise, ask yourself, “Will this bring me closer to my goal or take me further away from it? “
4. If they take you away from your primary goal, learn how to say no.