Recently I purchased a new wallet for myself. For years I had used the same wallet … it was special because a friend had given it to me as a gift, and I never wanted to get a new one.<\/p>\n
It finally gave in and had so many tears in it that I could no longer carry coins in it (can you imagine!?). So I finally broke down and got myself a new wallet.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the same as my old wallet but it has places for everything that I need and I am getting accustomed to the new places for everything.<\/p>\n
Since I made that small change – and gave my money a secure, new place to hang out \u2013 good things have been happening for me financially.<\/strong><\/p>\n I had a client who owed me the final payment of her multi pay plan, and she had come upon difficult times and had been struggling to find the money to pay. She finally paid me.<\/p>\n I had two new prospective clients call me as a result of connections with other clients of mine (not referrals, they called me on their own after seeing correspondence from me).<\/p>\n One of my clients finally closed a big new contract that they had been waiting on for a long time, and it will help them achieve great success in the coming year. That helps me too! J<\/p>\n I did a budget and expense review of my own, and made some business decisions that will help me make more money in my business with my existing clients.<\/p>\n Part of success in business is mindset<\/strong> \u2013 and part of mindset is really allowing yourself to see the path to where you want to be.<\/p>\n Something as simple as respecting your money can be a powerful statement in your business. Be grateful for it when it comes your way, and be grateful for it as you spend it<\/strong> for the others who help to make your business a success.<\/p>\n Maybe you don\u2019t need a new wallet to clearly envision your success, but think of the things that you can see in your business that maybe are providing resistance in something you want to accomplish:<\/p>\n 1. \u00a0Do you have the right support in place?<\/strong> Make sure you have the correct support in place in your business, whether that\u2019s automation or physical support. There is nothing like wasting your time or money on \u2018getting things done\u2019 on a daily basis to slow your business success. If you analyze each part of your business, you will see where it makes sense to automate things like scheduling, billing, bookkeeping or customer service, and that can save hours of your time (and increase your bottom line!)<\/p>\n 2. \u00a0Are you spending money on expenses wisely? <\/strong>Make sure you need the services you are paying for, and that you are using them effectively each month. If you are using a newsletter service, or a shopping cart service, or even just web hosting \u2013 look at those expenses. Figure out your returns on your investments. Are you using them enough to get the full value? Sometimes there are other choices out there that fit our budgets better, and still do what we need them to do. It might be worth exploring new services that better suit your needs.<\/p>\n