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I want to offer you what you are looking for to help you turn your strengths, talents and dreams into a successful home based service business.

To help me accomplish that, I’d appreciate it if you’d take a couple minutes to fill out this completely anonymous short survey.

I will be forever greatful!

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If you answered ‘yes’ to this question, then you are definitely not alone. 99% of people start things that they don’t finish. (I said 99% because there must be at least one person out there who completes everything…SOMEWHERE.)

I’ts easy to come up with a great idea. It can even be easy to know how to get started. The trouble that most people have is finishing. There are so many excuses that I have heard from people about why they can’t or won’t finish a project.

Oftentimes, we feel we just got too busy to getting around to finishing it.

The best thing I find that helps to hold me accountable for finishing a big project for my business is to limit how many I start. I find that it is better to only work on one or two major projects at a time. My brain goes into overload, if I take on more than that. If I have too many projects going on, I don’t finish any of them. If I only allow myself to work on one major project at a time, then I know I need to finish the current ones before I can start something else.

This motivates me because once I get a new idea, I want to jump on that idea immediately. However, once I do that, I forget (or don’t have time) to finish the one I was originally working on. Well, starting the original project was a waste of time now wasn’t it? Unless, of course, I actually finish it. So, I am motivated to finish my current project, so I can start on the new one that I am really excited about it.

The next time you get an idea. Put it in a notebook that you dedicate just for ideas. Call it your Idea Log. Write down all the details that you are thinking of at the moment so you won’t forget them later. This ensures that you won’t forget the idea, but once it’s written you can return your focus back to the current project. Force yourself to finish that project before starting on the next one.

Take it one step (or project) at a time. Working this way, you will also notice that it’s much easier to stay focused on the currents tasks, which makes your time more effective. And that’s what we are ALL striving for, isn’t it?

If you’ve known me for a while, you know that I’m always talking about finding your passion and using it to grow your business. You should be passionate about your business idea, how you run your business, your business model and your marketing strategies.

Valentine’s Day is coming up this Sunday, so I wanted to mention how important it is to not only find your passion for your business, but for your relationships, as well. As moms with a business, we can sometimes get so overwhelmed with running the business and taking care of the children, that we can push our husbands and other loved ones aside a little. After all, they are grownups and can take care of themselves, right?

This week I want you to take a step back from your business and your children a little and think of some things you can do just for your husband. If you don’t have a husband, I’m sure you have someone else very special in your life who tends to always be there for you offering you support and encouragement.

Set aside extra time this week to show these special people how much you care and how much you appreciate their support and encouragement. Would you be where you are today without those special people? We are human and no human can be all on their own. We all need the support of those special people in our lives.

I want to share with you a video I watched that just really touched me the other day. I would love to hear your feedback on how this video makes you feel.

There’s so much information available on the internet, in books, in audios and videos. This is definitely the Age of Information. When you need to know something, you can just look it up, or ask people on twitter or FaceBook.

But can too much information be a bad thing?

It depends on what you do with all that information. As far as business owners go, I see that many mom entrepreneurs like to get as much information about how to grow their business and market their business as they can. As a business owner this is important to stay ahead. However, there are 2 major problems that I see mom entrepreneurs doing with all this information every day that you will want to try to avoid. I’m mentioning this because I find myself getting caught in the same traps over and over.

1. Not studying and taking action on what you learn.

   It’s easy to get the information on how to learn something new, but it’s another thing to really study it and take action on it. When you listen to an audio or a teleseminar, how many times do you listen to that recording? How often do you take the actions or steps that were outlined in the recording?

   The businesses that are getting ahead are those that take action on what they learn. Don’t just attend the teleseminar; listen to the recording over and over. Write down what the person says to do and set goals for yourself to complete those actions in a reasonable amount of time. Only then will the information become something of value to you.

2. Implementing a brand new idea to market your business without first deciding if that idea fits into your current business plans.

   I see many mom entrepreneurs doing this. They create plans for their business, but before that plan is even completed, or before they give the plan a chance to start working, they implement something new. When you are growing a business, especially when you are marketing your business, it takes a long time for new things to take hold. You need to create a plan and then focus on that plan. Learn everything you can about the concepts for the plan you choose. Focus on just those techniques and solutions that you have initially chosen, and stick with the plan until you can track what is working or not working.

   When you get a new idea from a new information source, it’s okay to just put that idea on the back burner. Set aside a separate notebook that only contains new ideas that you have gleaned from all the information you read and hear. After you have completed your current business plans and find you have time to work on a new idea, then you can pull out that notebook and choose a new strategy for your business.

   When you choose that new strategy, pick one that is in alignment with what you are already doing for your business. Keep your business focused and streamlined.

New information is great and constant learning is essential, but make sure that what you learn is focused on what you need to know to get ahead. Once you find something of value, whether it’s a book, an audio, a new program, make sure that you take what you just learned and apply it to your own business and your own situation. It’s not enough to just read and listen, you must study and TAKE ACTION.

What will you take action on this week?

All week I have been reading about the earthquake in Haiti. A few months ago I had made a note to myself that I would offer a portion of my sales for Emergency Relief the next time something like this happens.

After reading about the 5 year old boy who survived for 8 days in some rubble, but no longer had a mom and his dad is missing, I decided that donating specifically to the children was what I really need to do.

I was reading about adoption in Haiti. BEFORE the quake there were over 200,000 Haitian children waiting to be adopted. That number will be significantly higher now. Haiti has no government adoption agencies, so I figured the best way to help these children was to donate to UNICEF. I wanted to make sure my donation went directly to the children in Haiti.

100% of donations to UNICEF are used to save children’s lives. Right now their donations are all going to Haiti.

If you sign up for my new Profits with Passion Program anytime between now and the end of January, I will donate $5 / month for EVERY month that you remain a paid subscriber to the program.

Sign up today and I will donate $5 for EACH month you are still a paid member. You receive the first month free. You pay for shipping. My donations will start on the second month when you pay the full membership fee.

Join me in helping the Haitian children http://profitwithpassion.cereuswomen.com

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