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It is magnificent to start or re-start a business of your own. There are millions of people all over the United States who want to start or re-start businesses of their own. It reminds me of a riddle I read on Facebook once: Fact: There were five birds sitting on a telephone wire. Three planned to go to Florida for the winter. Question: How many birds were left? Answer: Five because planning to do something is not the same as actually doing something. If you have been planning to start or re-start a business, this is the perfect time to go from planning and get to actually doing it. In order to start or re-start your business make a plan, create a business plan. Your plan doesn’t have to be a long complicated document, but you should at the very least look at each of the following areas … Continue reading →

Thinking Things into Existence – Be Specific

Posted on 06/21/2012 by Janeane Davis04/07/2013

Thrilling Thursday- it is thrilling to make plans with specificity and purpose. Last week in this section we talked about how in order to bring our ideas from thought to completion, our plans must be SMART: Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time Bound This week we are examining the idea of being specific. Our thoughts strong and with our thoughts we have the power to bring things into existence. One of the first things we must do in our trek toward accomplishment is to have specific goals and plans. Let’s look at the following two illustrations: 1. I want to get a job. 2. I want to get a job as an attorney with a major law firm, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializing in bankruptcy and consumer law paying a salary of $125,000 per year. It is clear to see that example … Continue reading →

Thinking Things into Existence

Posted on 06/14/2012 by Janeane Davis04/07/2013

Thrilling Thursday – it is thrilling to think an idea through to completion and enjoying the finished product in your mind. Last week this post talked about how we should use our mental power to think something into existence. The first step is to come up with the thought, the idea, the notion. I will use a joke I heard to illustrate the next step. Five birds were sitting on a telephone wire and three decided to fly to Florida for the winter. Q. How many birds are left on the wire? A. Five, deciding to do something is only the first step, you have to take action to make it happen. Coming up with the thought is a hard thing. It is not easy to think of good things to do. It is hard to think! But, as hard as it is to come up … Continue reading →