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“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.
You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.”
~ Woodrow Wilson

This wonderful quote is a call to action for all of you who have a small business but are playing too small. This can be the case whether you have been in business for 2 months or 10+ years.

If you are generating $100 or $500,000+ in profits, or if you do everything yourself or have subcontracted specialists like web designers or virtual assistants… to help you run your small business.

A truly thriving small business is an energetic representation of you. It continues to change and grow mirroring your own leaps in awareness and zest for the gifts you can share with the world.

The clearer your focus on a big vision the clearer line of attraction you are able to open up, allowing more success and enjoyment to flow to you. Your courage, your passion, your work is an inspiring example for others to make the choice to do the same thing and stop thinking small.

What new projects or big vision plans have you been putting off?

Are your success intentions for your income to be comfortable or to be wealthy?

Now if you read that last question and thought to yourself- wealthy! I just want to be comfortable… or being wealthy would be being greedy… or any other thoughts along that line I would like to suggest to you two things to consider.

First you may have a treasure trove of limiting beliefs that are holding you apart from truly being successful and attracting prosperity.

Because thoughts and language like that are a dead giveaway money is not easily flowing to you.

The second thought is for you to look at being wealthy from a new broader perspective.

My definition of being wealthy is to feel and be abundant both inside and out in every area of my life. Monetary, spiritual, health, wellness, emotional, relationships, my small business, my contribution to others, my relationship with myself, travel, learning new things…

I have a very clearly defined perspective of what it means to me to be Deliciously Abundant. I focus my thoughts, feelings, and actions each day to be in alignment with my definition of being deliciously abundant and allow prosperity to flow to me.

What is your new broader definition of being wealthy?

If you read the question- Are your success intentions for your income to be comfortable or to be wealthy? And thought, wealthy, definitely-

I would like to suggest two things for you to consider.

First, what big vision plans are you getting ready to incorporate into your small business that will allow you to be of service to more people, to enrich the world?

The second thought is for you to stretch your thinking. To move beyond the regular scope of small business planning to thinking about creating a vision that starts with you but moves way beyond your life time.

What can your passion and your definitions of being deliciously abundant coalesce to create?

What is that bigger vision that has been brewing in your heart to be expressed?

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reduce-stress-clutteredOne of the most powerful ways to reduce stress is to realize our lives are cluttered with thoughts, reactions, habits…

That stem from what others think we should do. Not from our passion or inspiration of what we choose to create and experience.

How much time do you spend a day doing things you think you “Should” do to please someone else’s idea of success or what they think you should do?

How much time do you spend a day looking for things in your home or office because your environment is cluttered with things that don’t really support what you really want to be and feel?

How much of your day is spent putting out fires, dealing with things that you label as urgent but are not really important to you?

What steps will you take this week to reduce stress and release the cluttered feeling of spending your day with thoughts, to do’s, and habits that don’t move you  forward to what you want to create.

Come up with 3 steps that will make your life flow:

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What you are really doing is coming up with steps to let go of doing things that keep you cluttered in mind, space, and habit. You are making the choice to reduce stress on your inner brilliance.

Stress you have been putting on yourself because you have forgotten what You want to create in life and to experience… and instead have been putting the focus on what you think you should want.

Its time to give yourself permission to ask yourself-

What do I really want to create and experience in every area of my life…

What is important to me… that makes my heart sing?

What will I fill my day with so that my thoughts, my environment, and my rhythm in life expresses what I say I want to create?

Take a moment to let me know what steps you come up with and how it let you reduce stress and the cluttered feeling that you had before. Steps you have engaged in to make your day more fun, rewarding, inspiring. I would love to hear about your ideas.

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self-care

Everyone I know seems to get busier and busier.

They look at my life and wonder how I can accomplish so much and always have time to play and relax.

There are two important things that I incorporate into my life.

Boundaries and self care.

The boundaries are very helpful in carrying out the things I want to focus on and making sure I don’t spend my time getting caught up in things that don’t serve those focuses whether they be recreational or business.

The self care is extremely important in giving me energy and a reserve of energy and fulfillment in my life so I can handle the rough patches and the exhilarating challenges without stress and frustration.

I have five daily habits that I incorporate into my schedule that allow me to give myself extreme self care and I make them a priority.

  • Walking my two dogs for a long walk first thing every morning and each afternoon
  • Taking 5 to 10 minutes a day just to sit and think about not much in particular but be open to what comes up
  • I spend an hour a day reading either for pleasure or for life long learning
  • I put my full attention on what ever I am doing and do my best at it, this gives me great satisfaction even if the task I am performing is routine or boring
  • I look at the stars for a few minutes every night before I go to bed

What kinds of things can you do for self care this week that you can turn into daily habits that will help you create a reserve of energy and help you stay focused when things get stressful?

I would love to have you share some of your ideas in the comments section.

Self care things I can do just for me:

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A good way to get started setting goals is to figure out where you arepersonal-goal-setting
right now.

What do you like in your life and work and what don’t you like.

It’s important to answer both sides of the question because the contrast will help you see where you want to go and give you ideas for goals and actions to take that will help you get there.

  • What I do not like about my life right now. (Things to change)
  • What I do like about my life right now. (Things to preserve)
  • What I do not like about my job right now. (Things to change)
  • What I do like about my job right now. (Things to preserve)
  • What I do not like about my responsibilities at work right now.
    (Things to change)
  • What I do like about my responsibilities at work right now. .
    (Things to preserve)
  • What I do not like about how I spend my time each day. (Things to
    change)
  • What I do like about how I spend my time each day. (Things to
    preserve)

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