Self-Employed Motivation

Don't mean to sound harsh but maybe you should take up normal employment again if you don't have the self discipline to work self-employed. No-one can really make you do it except you, if you don't want to get up then don't, if you don't NEED to, you probably won't.
 
Edleake said:
Change the way you work.

Only take a 30-50% deposit with final payment on completion.
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This is a good idea, maybe factor in the contract with customers something like the below:

25% deposit on agreement of work and set a deadline,
Rest of payment once successful completion of work,
5% (or whatever % you want) bonus for early completion of work.

Money is a good motivator and it seems like you are taking on work with a longer lead time to completion than necesary. How about setting yourself shorter lead times with your customers, potentially making you more desireable as a business compared to your competition?

This is all of course said without knowing what business you operate in...
 
rghjones said:
So I've been self-employed for about 14 months with a 7 month stint at a company in the middle (while continuing my own ventures).

My problem is that I find it really hard to get motivated when I'm my own boss. My alarm goes off at 8am and it's basically "I could get up now... or I could not and it'd make little difference".
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You have to find what drives you personally.

Family - job brings the money in and the real reward is from your home life.

Job - the reward is from climbing the ladder, making the sale, engineering perfection.

It sounds like you need to find out what really matters to you.
 
I reckon this is a problem only you can solve. We can give you advice, but if you aren't motivated by work, you probably wont be motivated enough to action our advice.

I hate working, but I don't think of work, I just think of what I'm doing this weekend or what my next purchase will be.
 
You really need a space where you can work and just concentrate on work. I had the same thing as university a few years back - sitting at home there were too many distractions, but by going to the library each day it was much easier to get some work done.
 
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