No More Excuses!

As some of you may know, my partner and I have been running a business from home. To be honest, my partner has been working on it and I've been helping out here and there. Since being a mother of two young children and going to school full-time, I had decided that those things came first and the business would get done if I found the time.

Over the past two years, while I have been in school, we have been struggling to pay our bills. Most months we must decide who will get paid and who will have to wait so that we can spend that money on gas and food. For a couple months now, I have tried to figure out why our business is not bringing in the kind of money we need (not to mention what we'd like). In talking to a friend of mine, she suggested reading a book entitled Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker. I highly recommend that everyone reads this book, regardless of where you are in your life.

Since reading this book, I've discovered that I have been hiding behind my schooling so that I didn't have to do the work to help build our business. It was my partner's business and I was just helping out... or so I convinced myself so that I wouldn't have to step out of my comfort zone and actually put my years of networking marketing exposure to the test.

No more excuses!  I have decided that the only way to build our business and feel good about the progress that we're making is to put the work in myself. I cannot expect someone else to do all the work while I wait to reap the benefits. From today forward, I will strive to live with no excuses. No excuses for not having the money to pay bills, No excuses for not having new people to connect with... or connecting with old ones. No excuses on why I can't spend time with my family, go to school, and build a prosperous business. Money and time will no longer be an obstacle in my life's journey. I will no longer blame others for things that I have complete control over.

I encourage all of you to pick up a copy of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and decide today that nothing will ever hold you back either. Have a fun and prosperous day!

And then there was one

I know that there are many people out there with a family that get things done taking public transit or sharing one car. Unfortunately, I have become accustom to having my own vehicle to get around. They say you don't truly realize what you have until it's gone. I completely agree with this statement. This week my partner's car decided that it would stop working right after he filled it up with gas. We checked everything we could think of but there was no easy fix. Finally we had to tow it back to the house until we could figure out what we wanted to do with it. Fixing it or replacing it is not really an option at this time.

But as with most things that happen in our lives, there must be a reason for it. Because of the car problems, my partner was able to speak with three people about our business that he wouldn't otherwise have met. Trying to juggle my half hour drive to school and picking up my daughter from her school while I'm still in class may prove to be a challenge. We are currently figuring out how we will be able to make that work without blowing our whole budget on gas. Having to be dropped off and picked up for school so that the car is available to pick up the kids will cost us double what we were currently paying for gas.


Going down to one car has given my partner and I extra incentive to build our home business. Put a fire under us, so-to-speak. After our recent company convention a couple weeks ago, we were already fired up. The business is so rewarding and beneficial to achieving our dreams that I don't understand why others don't see how wonderful an opportunity it is.

Since I have no school today, I am going to make the most of this day. Time to sign off and get to house work, school work, and building the business.

Wishing every one a happy and prosperous day!