Bill Bartmann's Tip #1 for time management is to learn how to separate work from home. While many self-employed people work from home, that doesn't meant they have to both juggle home and business life all the time.

Unfortunately it is easy to get caught up in the tug of war between home and work. While you want to work, there are those pressing household chores that you think you could do just a couple of. Then a couple more crop up and more after that. Before you know it, you're half way through the day and you have not completed any business. Instead you need to get yourself into a work mindset and set a work scheduled to get jobs done.

Set a Work Timer

One way to make sure you are working a complete shift is to literally set up a clock or timer that monitors the work you are doing on a workday. You can use any sort of timer you have around the house for this. If you use your computer a lot, you may even be able to download a work timer. This will show you just how much of your time is being used for work and how much is being wasted on other things.

Use the output of the timer to help you tweak your workday so you are getting enough work in between all the other things that are getting your attention.

Train Friends and Family

Bill Bartmann's Tip #3 is that you have to train your friends and family to be respectful of your work time. If you are just starting to work at home, you are about to hear a couple of phrases a lot from those around you. "But you're home all day" or "but you're not doing anything". These are very common phrases that you will hear. Since you are home all day, people assume you have time to drop what you are doing and do anything they need. Of course this is not the case, you need to be working and getting things done, but it can be an uphill battle to explain that to others.

There are enough uphill battles to working for yourself in today's economy, you don't need to have other powers working against your success. One of the easiest ways to run into problems is in the area of time management. From the get go you need to set a schedule for your work day, let others know what it is, and stick to it.

Bill Bartmann is a nationally acclaimed business coach and founder of the Billionaire Business System, a series of books and seminars that teach you what you need to know running a business. Bill Bartmann has provided real business guidance to thousands of entrepreneurs to help them succeed in business, even during tough economic times. Visit Bill Bartmann's website http://www.billionaireu.com to learn more about the course.