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Consistency is the key to success in anything. We hear this over and over.

• Be consistent in blog posts
• Be consistent in social media
• Be consistent with network meetings
• Be consistent with personal education
• Be consistent with ads
• Be consistent with follow up

I  think any of us entrepreneurs, business owners, or network marketers understand the value of consistency. The challenge everyone runs into is time. It seems that “everything” feels urgent and it is easy to have too much on our plates. It is easy to get overwhelmed with tasks and get paralyzed by perfection.

Type A personalities often get hung up on making everything perfect and spending too much time on a particular task. It is good to strive for perfection, but don’t get so hung up on it that you find you’ve not accomplished any of your tasks for the day.

Try to have a daily road map. Actually write it down. If you are working from home, get up early and treat your work from home business just like you would an 8-5 job. Working from home is not about sleeping in every day until 10am.

Outline your staple tasks for the day and the best time to accomplish them, leaving open time for scheduling other tasks that can vary on a regular basis.

There may be some tasks that you can’t do daily and you need to alternate them with other tasks. It would be better to post on your blog 3 times a week in order to accomplish network meetings on alternating days, rather than try to cram them all in every day and end up overloaded and under-productive.

I also think this comes from the desire to reach your goals faster. Sometimes fast is ok, but most of the time, in the end, it is “slow and steady” that wins the race. Don’t be so hard on yourself, cut yourself some slack and be realistic about what you can accomplish in a 24 hour period and still have adequate time for yourself, your family, and proper rest to keep yourself healthy and refueled for the next day. You are only one person after all.

At the end of the World War II, the Allied Powers were the first foreigners to ever occupy Japan. Their occupation ended in September 1951 with the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.

While Japan made inexpensive china and porcelain items during and after World War II, during times of occupation in Japan, any items imported into the United States were required to have the marks of “Made in Occupied Japan,” “Occupied Japan,” “Made in Japan,” or “Japan.” Porcelain figurines baring this mark were manufactured by various companies such as Noritake, Mikado, or Lefton.

Those pieces marked “Made in Occupied Japan” or “Occupied Japan” are highly collectible because Japan only used these marks for approximately six years. Pieces range in value from $10 to $100, depending on what a collector is willing to pay for a particular piece.

Some items are more rare than others, but you can often find many pieces still in perfect condition.