Part Time Pointers, Part 2 Tips to help you balance your new business with your day job.

Be ready to give up personal time. You won't have much timefor television, reading or hobbies you used to enjoy. Be sure thesacrifice is worth it, or both your job and your business willsuffer.

Focus on the task in front of you. When you're at work,focus on work: don't let thoughts of your business distractyou.

Tomorrow: Two more way to help you balance.

Excerpted from Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up GuideYou'll Ever Need

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