Posts tagged prosperity

6 Stages of Starting Your Business

6 Stages of Starting Your Business

I resisted. For the longest time. Working with people starting a business. People in startup mode are overwhelmed and when my clients are overwhelmed, I get overwhelmed. When you are starting, you need so much. All at once. I didn’t think I had the ability to be effective and really help. Until I realized that […]

The Three Common Myths that keep smal...

The Three Common Myths that keep small business owners struggling more and more for less and less profit

The business environment is changing and if you have been in business for more than 5 or 10 years, you, like everyone else, are making less profit for more effort. It’s been slow and insidious. Think about small business owners 20, 30 and 40 years ago. They built our communities, made a great living and […]

December is Reinvention Month

December is Reinvention Month

December is Reinvention month. We reinvent ourselves whenever we want to level up. Because the thinking that got us here won’t get us there. Leveling up is when we make a change that makes our lives better. It often involves owning an idea we have been mulling for a while. For instance, going from ‘I […]

Who Your Customers are NOT

Who Your Customers are NOT

  Your customers are not people who cannot get to you Most people won’t drive very far for the services they want.  The more unique and the more of an expert you are, which comes from focusing tightly, the farther they will be willing to travel to get to you. People won’t travel too far […]

You Can Create An Exceptional Life by...

You Can Create An Exceptional Life by Louise Hay and Cheryl Richardson

How many times do you hear (or do you say) “I just can’t get ahead?” How can you set yourself up for winning if that is the loop playing in your mind? How can you believe in yourself enough to put in place the kind of changes that will bring you prosperity if all you […]

How I did with the 100 Day Project

How I did with the 100 Day Project

I started my 100 day project on September 14 so it would end on December 20. Here’s the original post. My objective was to focus on my businesses; to figure out where they can go and to set it up so they will. I outlined 3 business ideas: Crystal Clear Bookkeeping Ltd, this Business Owners […]

What Does it Take to Make an Effortle...

What Does it Take to Make an Effortless Business?

It comes down to 4 things: KNOWN You know where you are and where you are going.  You know how to do what you want to do.  You know when to ask for help and from whom. You know your why.  Your Business Model is clear.  You have policies and procedures in place that everyone […]

Doing What We Love

Doing What We Love

My strengths (according to Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath) are everything about looking at a situation, gathering necessary information, looking to the future, figuring out the highest and best use of available resources and plotting the next steps to get there. Futuristic Learner (I don’t just like learning, I crave it.  It’s why I […]

March is Numbers Month

March is Numbers Month

Numbers tell the story of your business.  They tell of struggle, triumph, of recessions, weather, shortages and realized opportunities. Numbers are a language – a very logical one and one without emotion.  We don’t see an exuberant zero or an unhappy negative.  They just are.  We feel emotion when we see numbers because we think […]

Do what you do with love, using your ...

Do what you do with love, using your strengths and providing great value to people

Doing what you do is the most important decision you can make.  You need to be working within that sweet spot at the intersection of your passion, your strength and what people value enough to pay for. Hugh MacLeod illustrates it perfectly here. Doing what you do starts with passion.  You need to know what […]