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Must-have tool for a home business

Written by: Joel Welsh June 9th, 2006
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Music!

I had a home based business for over 12 years and there are many essential tools for success. But one that is overlooked is your music strategy. Music can inspire you when you need inspiration, calm you down when you need to take a deep breath & count to ten, transition you in & out of your work day, fire you up in-between phone calls.

When you work from home you especially need this music teammate because you are often more isolated than people who work in an office around other people. For me, it started with a radio and then a cassette player & then a CD boom box.

I’ve just discovered the next generation of my music system strategy. It’s Yahoo! Music Unlimited. It Rocks! (literally) I opted for the $6.99 monthly subscription & I can listen to a million (seriously) songs. With your essential-for-a-home-business broadband internet connection, you can hear whatever you want within seconds. Just search for it & play it!

So Rock On with your home business!!

By the way, as I wrote this blog I’ve been listening LOUDLY in my headphones to my blog inspiration music. Today it was Joan Jett & Sara Evans …

“She left the suds in the bucket & the clothes hangin’ out on the line …

You cain’t fence time, & you cain’t stop love!”

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Comments

  1. executeksearch     Says:
    June 10th, 2006 at 12:41 am

    Joel,

    This is so totally true. I can relate well. Music has always been my first love. So it is a big part of my day, everyday! Rock On Joel!

  2. Yaacov     Says:
    June 11th, 2006 at 12:06 am

    This doesn’t work for me. I love music passionately, and hearing it distracts me completely.

    I get lost when I hear music. I often turn on the radio to hear the weather report, but more often than not the background jingle music grabs my attention and I miss the report entirely.

  3. John Lee     Says:
    June 11th, 2006 at 11:21 am

    How true…..the other benefit of the music is that it helps drown out your inner dialogue….you know the one: "have I paid that vendor", "maybe I should rethink my plans for the upcoming holiday season." I found that music has helped me focus on the tasks at hand instead of distracting myself with other things.

    I love Yahoo music and like RadioParadise.com as well.

    Cheers!

    JL