Put Action Behind Your Decision

Making a major decision in your life is a big deal. Many times, it will come after long hours wrestling with options and quieting yourself to hear the voice of the Spirit and where It is guiding you.

Now, when you do make your decision...make it 100%. Do not hold onto any doubts or think about what could have been if you had chosen another path. You will find peace and serenity from committing yourself fully to the decision you have made for your life, your business, your family - whatever it is.

I have found in my personal life that when I say "YES" absolutely to the decision the Universe has confirmed for me, I am blessed with greater abundance than I could have ever imagined on my own.

So, how do you commit to your decision with all of your being? Here are 4 steps to take you to this point:

Make your decision a definite one. There is no room for maybes here. Do not allow yourself even a 1% stake in another decision path, because you need to focus everything on this one decision that you have made.

Know that your decision will impact all areas of your life. You need to be ready to acknowledge the influence your decision will have on your whole life.

Say you make a big decision regarding your business, and you have committed yourself to starting a new venture. There may be things in your current life that will hold you back from dedicating yourself fully to this new life. It may be a relationship, a location, or even a material possession that will just remind you too much of your previous life before you made this big step forward.

Let it go.

Don't let anything hold you back from this new decision that you devoted yourself to now. It will likely be very difficult to let go, but if it's holding you back in repetitive patterns from your past... just release it.

Leave yourself no alternative. If you tell yourself, "Well, just in case, let me do this or plan for that..." - you are setting yourself up for failure. You are allowing your fear to contradict what you have already decided is right for you. Don't let this happen.

Build a new life around your decision. Your new path will likely bring many changes your way. Make sure that you welcome this and create a new lifestyle that pleases you and supports your decision.

It is important to maintain a positive environment during this time of change. Part of this will be fun - create a happy space for your new business, and fill it only with things that you TRULY like and enjoy. Part of this will be extremely tough - like moving out of state or leaving a relationship, if need be.

But, you are on a new path now, and the rewards of committing yourself fully to your decision will surprise you immensely.

by David Neagle.

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Why We Don't Have Time to Think, Dream, and Strategize?

4-Reasons Why We Don't Have Alone Time

Alone time, quiet time, creative time, time to breath, margin, or whatever you call it, most people would say they do not have enough of it.

The list of excuses for why we don't have QUIET TIME to reflect, meditate, think life through, and dream would take way too long to list out and would require much stronger listening attentively skills than I possess.

Here are the four core reasons we do not put time aside to focus on the really important things in life:

1. We do not have boundaries. We have no fences for allowing people into our lives. Most of us let other people set our priorities, wreck our calendar, and basically walk with muddy shoes through the LIVING ROOM of our life.

The simple solution is to put up fences with NO TRESPASSING signs on them, enforced with a pit bull or a shot gun. And, this fence must have some gates so that, once you have let people in, you can let them leave so that you can be alone for a time.

2. We do not put value on QUIET TIME. We find time to do what we value. That we find time to eat and sleep every day is no great wonder. That we find time to play games on Facebook, watch Classic Sports, and do busy work proves that our values are messed up. IF we put value on QT we would have QT.

One solution is to begin to shift your values and to place QT at the top of that list. Read those people who encourage creativity. Believe that you will begin to actualize your dream (begin to live your life) when you can be quiet enough to clarify what it is to truly be wealthy.

3. We are addicted to distraction. We are being distracted to death. Our addiction to information, entertainment, and really, really IMPORTANT NEWS is draining the life right out of us. It is a slow death, a sort of decay, but the signs are all there. We get more excited about Twilight than an election. We get more excited about Weiner Gate than we do about the budget crisis. We pay top dollar for concerts, tequila, and the latest electronics but cannot find it in our budget or in our calendar to attend a Parenting Class, a Marriage Retreat, or find a time of simple reflection.

One solution is to recognize it is an addiction, to confess it as an addiction, to seek help from someone, to seek the help of Someone Higher, and to take steps to walk out of the addiction.

4. We are afraid. What will we hear when it is silent? Will we even like ourselves when we hear ourselves without the constant interference of someone else? How will we know if we are successful without our bosses telling us we are (or the car we drive, the house we live in, the paycheck we cash)? How will we know what we want without the TV shouting at us, the internet pitching to us, and the latest greatest, to be forgotten tunes blaring in our ears?

The solution to being afraid of being quiet, of being alone, is to be quiet, to be alone. To quietly yet resolutely face the space that is quiet in front of you.

Stop fighting the excuses. They are superficial. Look for the root of the WHY you refuse to be alone, quiet and living with plenty of margin on the page.

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10 environmentally friendly business tips

Every business is under pressure to reduce its carbon footprint to offset the steady increase of global warming. There is a common perception that environmentally friendly business practices will cost money. The truth is that a whole range of environmentally friendly measures will save you money as well as helping to preserve the world for future generations.

These ten environmentally friendly business tips should help to improve your bottom line.

Lighting

Many offices and production environments are enclosed in buildings where there is little access to daylight. The result is that the lights are left burning all by themselves all day long. In some cases, the lights carry-on burn all night long as well as well as all day. There are a number of solutions to this that will not only help the business to become more environmentally friendly, but will save money.

The simplest solution is easy to implement with available technology. That is to install sensors to which the lighting system is connected. A very simple infra-red sensor will do the trick. When a person is detected in the area, the lights automatically switch on. The lights remain burning until the person leaves. Almost every office building is full of offices, meeting rooms and board rooms. This simple system ensures that lights are not left burning when the rooms are empty.

The same principle should apply to lobbies, stairways and parking areas. Lights are only necessary when there is someone there.

An investment like this will pay for itself within months, perhaps even weeks when the power savings make themselves felt.

Computers

Almost everyone has a computer on their desk in many offices. It is not unusual for the computers to remain on using full power even after the people have gone home. Huge savings can be achieved by enforcing a rule to shut down all workstation when leaving the office in the evening. In the case of a nine-to-five employee, the computer sits idle for 16 hours every week night and for 64 hours over the weekend. Very few computers need to be turned on all the time. Put an end to it.

Of the eight hours when the workstation is required, there are probably at least two hours every day that the computer is not being used. Change the settings on all workstations to go into sleep mode after five or ten minutes of standing idle.

In almost every business, Information Technology is one of the major consumers of electricity. Involve the IT department in a process of finding ways to implement green IT. A number of methods are already in use such as using virtual servers (sharing resources), using energy efficient equipment and so on.

Disposing of computer waste is a major problem in business today. Fortunately, most computer manufacturers are aware of this problem and have reduced the toxic content of the equipment supplied. Some research before purchasing new equipment should answer any questions that you have on disposal. A number of companies will pay you to remove and reprocess old computer equipment.

Transform the environment into a green building

This is generally only an option if you are considering re-vamping the premises or are buying or developing new premises. A green building is one that makes maximum use of day-light, natural heating and natural cooling. Much of the lighting, heating and cooling systems can be eliminated or at least reduced. Instead of the expensive to run boiler, consider solar heating to provide hot water.

Create smaller house -like environments

When the environment is more like a home, there are windows that open and close and natural ventilation. Not only is this healthier for your employees, it helps to create a more productive environment. Why should you need artificial lights when the sun comes streaming in?

Use energy efficient equipment

Wherever possible, replace appliances and lights that are big energy consumers. Look for the energy rating on your computer equipment and use the energy efficient lights. The higher capital cost will be repaid very quickly in energy savings.

Transport

Many staff travel to work and back every day in a single car. Provide incentives for employees to set-up lift clubs or similar schemes. The business will not benefit directly, but it could help to generate stronger relationships amongst the staff as well as helping the environment.

Encouraging work-from-home practices will help to reduce not only the environmental impact of the daily journey, but will help you save on office expenses including heating and lighting.

Replace air-conditioners with fresh air

Even when it is not possible to transform the entire business into a green environment, it may be possible to reduce the dependence on the air-conditioners to provide fresh air. There are times when air-conditioning is a life saver, but often the solution is simply to have windows that open!

Illuminate the individual work area rather than the entire office

How often do we see a huge office area capable of seating
100 or more people? Even when there is only one person in the area, the entire office has to be illuminated. Using a sensor system, it is possible to change that dramatically. The employee that is present at his of her workstation only needs the immediate surroundings to be illuminated. It is necessary to provide some soft lighting for the remainder of the office, but turn the lights on full only where it is needed, when it is needed.

Printing

Employees often print reports and documents that they fail to collect from the printer. When this happens, it is a sign that it wasn't necessary to print in the first place. Most printing uses only one side of the paper. A one hundred page document uses a hundred pieces of paper. Set the defaults for all printers to print double sided. Better still, encourage the printing of two pages on each side. That reduces the paper required for a hundred page document to twenty-five. The potential savings are massive.

Involve employees in the environmental changes

Employees are often simply the recipients of directives. Simply being on the receiving end of instructions to reduce energy waste will not result in a flood of cooperation. Treat the employees like adults and ask them to help provide solutions. The results could be amazing! This is what is required to encourage employees to adapt an environmentally friendly attitude not only at work but at home.

Being environmentally friendly does not necessarily involve more cost. In some cases there is an initial investment, but over-all it will actually save the business money - even in the short-term. Next...

Drawing Up A Successful Business Planning

In the world they live in today, distractions appear to be in all places they look. Hop in your motorcar and drive to the local shopping centre, and you are likely to see over a few companies marketing their goods and services as you go along. These may be by means of billboards, or fundamentally even a automobile that drives past you with the company knowledge and logo dotted all over it. All of these are created with thing in mind - aim to complete. They are created to grip your interest.

In all seriousness, these days when I turn on my PC in the morning, I usually have a difficult experience doing exactly that which I was six times planning on doing. Why? Well, there is Facebook, emails and all kinds of other potential distractions, all of them screaming for your consideration. You need to be disciplined in whatever you pick to do, may it be walking a business, beginning a business, or even when you go shopping. There is potential distractions all over, all created to either sell you something, or to gain you as a permanent prospect. That is why ought to be persevering when beginning a business, and be positive to include concise business planning within the business setup procedure. time you have managed to construct a clear-cut business plan, you need to continue to keep referring back to it often to make positive that you follow the original plan, because it is simple to get sidetracked. However, ought to be cautious not to be so adamant that you do not permit for flexibility as your business grows.
When you start to disentangle the nuts & bolts of how your business would function, that is effectively when a business plan is established. One time you understand the idea of the actual minute that a transaction occurs between you as well as a client, then the remainder of your business planning becomes simpler than you think. Walking a business is for the most part not as challenging as what they frequently make it. You fundamentally need particular things. The potential to reason, & the knack to think things through in logical terms.

When planning your business, you will need to select what makes your business succeed. You need to fully understand the actual nuts & bolts of it, & there's important things no business can survive without, the first of which is, yes, earnings. I am referring here to the inflow of money. Ask yourself & give it some thought for a moment what needs to happen for your business to take delivery of money? Try to think about that instant when a transaction may happen between your business as well as a client, & then take in to consideration the events immediately prior to the transaction. What needs to happen in order for your business to conclude a transaction with a buyer? You will find that when you start to think in those terms, the steps you need to take become clearer. & so a business plan is created to help you start a business.

When you start to disentangle the nuts and bolts of how your business would function, that is effectively when a business plan is established. Two times you understand the idea of the actual minute that a transaction occurs between you as well as a client, then the remainder of your business planning becomes simpler than you think. Walking a business is for the most part not as challenging as what they frequently make it. You fundamentally need particular things. The potential to reason, and the knack to think things through in logical terms.

There may be times when you might need to apply for financing, whether it be before you start your business, or whether it is two times you are up and walking. In these cases you would need a professional business plan to present to who ever you need to approach for the loan, or even an investor, what your work of action includes. The lovely news is, several of these services are also obtainable online, and you need only to have a fast look on the net to find such a service. Sometimes you may only get a single opportunity at impressing a feasible investor or loan officer, so it is always lovely to do a lovely job of it, even if it means making use of a business planning service.

An effective business plan is always a lovely suggestion before launching one's own business. Beginning a business may appear like a daunting task these days, but it need not be. Basically visit our website to see the steps that need to be taken to start a business. Next...