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It's very easy when you first start your internet business, working from home, to fall back into those habits that you have from working for an employer, where you have to fill up 8 hour days one after the other and no "project" really ever has to be done for you to make income.\n\nOr, some of those very things that led you to develop an internet-based business, such as wanting to dream \u2018big', form your own partnerships, etc., but all of those ideas will not make any money if you do not implement them.\n\nIt's easy to get pulled into "Scope Creep", where you continue to add more and more features or additional webpages, upsells and bonuses, etc., instead of just focusing on ONE thing and pushing it out there.\n\nThese are all productivity killers.\xa0Instead, you want to think in "Three Day Window" terms.\nPrinciples of the Three-Day Window\nWhat is it?\xa0The 3 day window is the time period from "idea" to "implementation."\xa0You have 3 days to get it to a stopping point that if you had to sell it right then you could.\n\nIt's okay if it's not perfect. You NEED to make some websites that you will look back on later and be embarrassed by.\xa0What IS important is getting in the habit of getting your ideas implemented and out there.\n\nWhat if it's lacking some features?\xa0You still put it up for sale in its "basic version" at a discounted rate.\xa0Instead of your end goal of $97, you sell the basic at $7.\n\nDon't sell your first version with multiple features.\xa0You can't be sure that your customers want all these "bells and whistles."\xa0What's exciting to you is quite probably not exciting to them.\n\nIt's better to put the product out there and get feedback of the most wanted features and use that to develop your "deluxe" version.\xa0As you continue to\xa0refine it, you can roll out "iterations" later and charge the higher price(s).\n\nIterations: these are releases each time the product is enhanced/improved, i.e. Version 1.0, 2.0., etc.\xa0When Robert created Backup Creator,\xa0it only took him 3 days from start to finish to get his first version out.\xa0In that first 3 day version, it did do the basic backups.\xa0Then, in future iterations, they added additional backup capabilities (i.e. to Amazon S3), cloning abilities, and other features.\nWhy Just 3 Days?\nIf you don't set yourself an "end" date, you will run into issues such as:\n\nYou spend too much time working on it and get burnt out or bored.\xa0Or, you end up doing a lot of things that are not productive or they're fun but they don't really increase your sales, such as spending 2 hours to make a 2-minute sales video.\n\nYou could have spent that same 2 hours doing at least 2 of your 4 Daily Tasks:\n\nA better choice than a video would be to build a bigger list.\xa0Examples: contacting affiliates, running ads for traffic to your site, knocking out a great sales letter\n\nFor more information on 4 Daily Tasks, you can check out the Four Daily\xa0Tasks book and Facebook group.\n\nYou need to think in "milestones" and take\xa0a scientific approach.\xa0The scientific approach will help you create a framework or "Spec" for your project.\xa0Within that framework, you can then be creative.\n\nFor example, if you make a video: You need to set up how many segments it's going to be and the length of time for each. Then, within those measured segments, you can be creative about what you're going to feature.\nToday's Take-Away's\nDon't be the guy (or gal) that has a bunch of stuff on their hard drive without taking any action to put it out there.\xa0Use the "4 Daily Tasks" Method to be productive. Do something every day that will result in sales.\n\nThere's no point in pulling "all-nighters." You're fooling yourself with a lot of empty time.\xa0It's more important to have something imperfect that is functioning and earning you money because a lot of work with no income results in boredom and burn out.\n\nJoin Robert's "4 Daily Tasks" group\nGet his course on time management: Time Management on Crack