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January 8th, 2007

This month, as you embrace the fresh start of a new year I am offering and exploring my 5 Attitudes of Success and Happiness.

Being happy and successful should be easy to attain but we all know it’s not. There are many fine formulas for success and happiness out there. You’ve probably tried many self-help or business improvement programs and know they would work if you consistently practiced and skillfully applied them.

But in my experience - it takes something else to truly experience deep, enduring success and happiness. It takes simple yet profound attitude shifts. Attitude shifts when adopted and practiced can and will change the fundamental nature of your being.

Here’s the second attitude shift to practice this week.

The Attitude of Possibility
Every experience and opportunity is a gift. It leads to possibility. Think back on your past experience, good and bad – would you agree that even the most difficult experiences had some sort of silver lining? Are you somehow better off, or a better person as a result your experience?

Now, try this question on for size - can you ever really make a mistake? If you believe you can, you’ll live your life out of fear and never take risks. Consider this - every failure or challenge, or “mistake” is an opportunity for possibility. What would your experience be of the events in your life if you were to embrace possibility as the ultimate outcome of any situation?
The Attitude of Possibility is an art form. It takes practice and trust to stay open to possibility. When faced with any challenge - ask your self, “How might this experience be perfect right now”? And then ask, “What is possible?”

 

Until next week…

Helaine


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January 8th, 2007

MEAL DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS

One of the reoccurring items I see when I look at a business financial statement is suspicious meal deductions. I wanted to remind you that meals are 50% deductible. In order to receive this deduction, you MUST have a name of a person that you shared a quiet meal with, the business purpose and be able to show INTENT to make a profit. This means that you cannot take your spouse to dinner every Friday night or write off your Starbucks without meeting a client. Be careful! You might lose the deduction.

 

 


 
Small Business Success with Larina Kase
 
START- Up Your Business with Less Stress

I use the acronym, START to identify the key areas we need to keep in mind to manage the stress of starting and building our businesses. Today I’ll share the first two components (S and T) with you.

S = Support

Entrepreneurs are often isolated and don’t have many relationship with others in their areas of business. Do you find that you’re thinking things through by yourself a lot? Solve this by surrounding yourself with other professionals. Create a solid network consisting of people in businesses like yours and businesses that are complimentary to yours. Your support system doesn’t have to be in the same town or even state as you- you can create a virtual mastermind group and meet by phone or web. Women especially do well with a support network. Once you’ve developed it, use it to bounce ideas off others and discuss stress management strategies. And most importantly, keep up with enjoyable activities. Use activities such as going to the park, to a movie, or to dinner as rewards.

T = Time

I cannot teach you how to create more time in this brief format. I can, however, tell you something I have learned by working with hundreds of clients. Time often works paradoxically:

  • The more you rush, the longer something takes
  • The more you try to multitask, the less efficient you are
  • The more time you give yourself, the longer a task will take.

Try this: schedule your tasks and focus on only one task at a time. Do not attempt to divide your attention between different tasks, they will each only take longer.

Next week, we’ll address the A variable, and it’s an important one.
Larina

 

  

 

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