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Do you secretly decide in advance how much someone can afford to pay for something?   Or if they can afford it at all?

This is a “Boundaries” issue and reflects your desire to help people, but often at a great cost to you and to your clients and customers.   Deep inside you, you have created a complex set of rules prejudging what people will pay for your services and/or goods.  You often decide in advance that your clients and customers won’t value your talents or products at a premium fee, which limits your opportunities to receive increasingly larger amounts of money.   

When I am talking with business owners, one of the first things they say to me is that they can’t seem to be able to get their foot in the door to sell their products or services to big businesses and corporations.   They say that big businesses have multiple barriers.   

Well, first let me tell you that this is mostly true.   Big businesses do have rules and regulations in place to help them only purchase from those who have the products and services they want to buy.    If you think of it from their perspective, if they entertained everyone who wanted them to buy something from them, they would not get anything else done during the day.   

Over the years, as I have talked with business owners, the one thing that they want to achieve is “balance” in their lives.    I know for myself, I am constantly trying to make sure that I have as such of a balance as I can.   

I can feel it when my life seems “off balance” and the “off balance” then affects all the area of my life.    Just recently I felt the “off balance signs” so I decide to do a quick and easy balance assessment.    This balance assessment tool always helps me to see clearly where I’m off balance and then helps me get re-balanced.   

You are invited to a free teleclass that I am hosting on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 8:00 pm Eastern entitled, "How to Toot Your Own Horn without feeling Guilty or Ashamed so you can Come out of Hiding and Claim the Recognition, Sales, and Business you Deserve".    Register now.

This fee teleclass is for you if:

1.    Want to grow your business in a big way, but are afraid to “put yourself out here” . . .  “to make people aware you exist” . . . “to tell people what you have to offer” or “to market yourself”.

 I am often asked how I accomplish so much, and the answer is that
"I plan to".   Most people have at least 1 or 2 large goals that
they want to achieve, but most people continue on for years without
getting any closer to accomplishing those big goals.   Why?   Well,
mostly because their big goals sound "too big" or because they
don't know that they can break their big goals down into steps that
can take everyday.
 
Today, I am going to share with you three ways to help achieve your
"big goals". 
 
1.  Use the Big 3 To Do List.    I call mine the "Evergreen Big 3".
  These are the 3 things that I need to accomplish that day.  
Now, my list may have several other things to do on it, but the
Evergreen Big 3 are at the top of my list and they are prioritized
in the order of the most important accomplishment each day.
 
2. Block out time on your calendar.  Block out time on your
calendar everyday to accomplish your Big 3.    Estimate how long
each of your three tasks will take and actually schedule them on
your calendar.   For example, today you may have to pick your
daughter up from school and take her to the dentist for a 3 pm
appointment.  This is real life.  Don't just decide that you can't
get your Big 3 done today.  If one of your task is going to take
you 2 hours to complete, then find a time during the day to block
off those 2 hours, and your 2nd one will take you 45 minutes, then
block off the 45 minutes, and if the 3rd will take you 15 minutes,
then block off 15 minutes.   Adjust your big 3 to fit into your
life. 
 
3. Don't overload your day.    If you overload your day, you will
be frustrated and disappointed at the end of each day.    Be
realistic, if your big goal is to write a book, don't write "write
a book" on your to do list day after day.   It just won't happen
and you will lose the desire to achieve your goal.    Break your
big goal down.   Make a list and put it in a file folder of each
step you need to take to write your book.  For instance, one step
might be to write the outline of chapters today.  And, maybe
tomorrow, one of your Big 3 will be to write the introduction to
the book.    Make your goals achievable and you will feel good
about yourself and your progress at the end of each day and will be
able to start each new day with renewed strength and determination
that you are getting closer and closer to your goal each day. 
And, you will.  
 
If you use these three steps to achieving your big goals you will
feel your energy come back and you will just feel happier and more
satisfied inside. 
 
As a reminder, in honor of Abby, my rescue puppy's adoption date,
March 17th (St. Patrick's Day), I will be offering 10 free "Help me
with my #1 Goal" personal sessions on March 15th and March 16th. 
To sign up to be one of "lucky" people to have 30 minutes with me
about your #1 goal, email me at
debbiec@evergreen-business-strategies.com and put "I'm Lucky" in
the subject line. 
 
In wealth and abundance,
 
Debbie
 

"Beliefs are never neutral.  They either move you forward or hold you back.  And you choose what you will believe" ~ Marcia Wieder.
 

Did you know that your attitudes and beliefs are at the very core of how you react to everything?   I know, it doesn't sound possible.
 
Most people believe that they can't change their beliefs because they are part of you.   However, this is in itself a belief.  

So why does changing your beliefs matter so much?    Because your attitudes and beliefs create your thoughts and feelings which creates your choices and decisions. 
 
Do you believe any of the following?

Hi, 

Is your business STUCK?  

Would you like to talk with a MBA for 30 minutes about your business…for free? 

My goal this year is to help as many businesses as possible get “unstuck” and moving forward thus helping as many business owners and our economy as a whole start growing.

Just answer the questions below and email me at debbiec@evergreen-business-strategies.com with RE:  STUCK  and I’ll schedule 30 minutes to talk with you about your business and we’ll develop some solutions to move both you and your business forward.

1. Get Your Potential Customer’s Attention.   You can do this with a bold statement or promise.  Just remember that your bold statement or promise must be TRUE and that you MUST deliver on that bold statement and promise.  

2. Identify Your Potential Customer’s Problem.   People are always looking for solutions to problems.   Everyone has some type of problem(s) which they are looking to solve.   When describing the problem(s), be as clear and as detailed as possible so when the potential new customer sees your information they KNOW that you KNOW what their real and pressing problem(s) is/are.