Balancing business and life is a task not for the weary. After ten years as a part owner of Web Host Pro there has been times I forgot to get sun for months, I have forgot to take care of my posture and weight, and many many other things from neglect. It’s a slippery slope and everything can become much harder to handle as you drift from your comfort zone. Here is 5 tips I have learned over the years that hopefully will give some ideas on how to manage your life and business balance. 1. Have a target weight. This will help you catch when you are gaining weight before it’s too much to take care of swiftly. 2. Get outside of your office and house for an hour. That is at least one hour each day outdoors period. 3. Find new places to work. Nothing gets you stuck in a rut like the same routine day in and day out. If you can work from your laptop then do it. Cafe’s, restaurants, libraries, are good places to start. 4. Cook! You cannot stay healthy if you always eat out. You need to learn how to make healthy stuff […]
Starting a business is exciting, fun, stressful, mysterious, and tricky. One thing I have noticed and love is that all businesses want to live and strive. In most cases if you work hard and stick to the format of success it will happen. So why does most small businesses still fail? In an economy always looking for something better and smarter to come to life, we are in a generation made for new companies to do well in. We literally thirst for new companies. With all this opportunity and the millions of tools and help available for your business, you have ask again… how are businesses not popping up making millions everyday? A quick reality check will show that 543,000 new businesses start each month in the US, this doesn’t help. Also over 27 million small businesses already exist in the US, which is a whole lot. So now we have great and not so great circumstances. Bottom line is a lot of new businesses survive and even take off faster than a jackrabbit on a hot date, this can and should be you. And end the end only one thing will matter… You, the owner. In the end if a business closes down and they look back, […]
If you’re like me, you like money and probably want an abundance of it to do fun things like travel and eat well. Unfortunately we’re not alone, everyone else has also caught onto our grand scheme to have it all. This makes it much harder to get, even with our out of the box savvy. If you want to reach that golden over one million in cold hard cash (or real assets), there is one fool proof trick…… Save your money. I know it’s not glamorous or even crafty but there is no other solid way to reach your goal. Here is a chart of exactly what you need to set aside each month to reach your goal depending on your age and point of success. In this case it’s assuming you are shooting for 65. Realistically you can still work well over that age but why work if you don’t need to! Obviously the younger you are the easier this goal is to achieve. Saving $61 a month is pretty dang easy to have a sweet mill waiting for you at 65. In my case I turned 40 recently so I’m behind the game, luckily I have savings set aside […]