What will make you awesome in your business?

February 13, 2016 By

AZI spent last week in Tuscon, AZ where it was warm. I love the heat and being from New England where it is quite cold this time of year it was a welcome break. I was there to attend a training workshop. It was fun to get out of my office and to be with other like-minded business owners.

I always come home feeling refreshed and ready to get started. When I travel for business I always set an intention for what I want to get out of the trip and what one thing I want to change when I return.

One of my intentions for this trip was to spend time with the high earners because I want to up-level my business and in order to do that I need to up-level myself. Business is about making money and in order to do that I need to continuously make changes to myself and how I do things.

Being with other successful business owner gives me the space to think bigger and think differently as well as to renew what I desire in my business.  I learn by being there and I come back to my office energized and ready to take my business to the next level. It is always exciting to come back and get started on the next phase of my business.

“The Starting Point Of All Achievement Is Desire” –Napoleon Hill

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What about you? What will make you awesome in your business?

Please share or feel free to email me personally at kim@kimravida.com. I am excited to hear what you have to say.

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Are you doing all it takes to make more money?

February 12, 2016 By

When it comes to making money it’s not just about what you do to bring money in but how you handle money as well.

What I’m taking about are the actions you take with your money.  Actions such as:

  • Tracking your income.
  • Paying your bills on time.
  • Filing your receipts in an orderly fashion (just stuffing them in a draw doesn’t count).
  • Sending out your invoices on time.
  • Having an empowering conversation with a client who hasn’t paid you for some time.

Taking action is what will start the momentum, and help you to build and maintain it.

Try this, start saving $10.00 a month in an envelope.  My clients find that when they do it they want to save more, and they also pay more attention to their money actions so that they can do so.  It’s a jumping off point for them and they start to see amazing results that happen just from this one exercise.

Action is the Foundational

If you own a business, you need to take consistent money actions that allow you to run that business as a business.  If not, it is as if you are saying that you do not respect the business.This carries over to yourself personally and your clients as well.

I talk more about this in the 4th webinar 5 Key Money Areas training.  Hop on over and listen now and then determine what ONE thing you will start to do right now.  You must get into action in order to reach your success.

Comment or drop me a personal email at kim@kimravida.com to let me know what your one thing is!

 

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Do you have clear and present boundaries?

February 10, 2016 By

Do you remember the Tom Clancy book or movie, “Clear and Present Danger”?  Well if you don’t have clear and present boundaries you most definitely could be in danger!  This applies to all areas in our lives such as people and money.

Do you remember this:  “Warning!  Warning, Will Robinson”?  It was what the robot on “Lost in Space” would shout whenever there was danger. Boundaries protect us, they help tell not only ourselves but others what it is we will have in our lives and what we won’t. Take behavior, if you have weak boundaries you more than likely tolerate a lot of bad behavior from others. When it comes to your business and money, you may be giving your services away, over-delivering with a client or even working for free (though you might not even realize that part) and what about how you manage your money? Wait, you are managing it regularly, right?

Boundary

Are there some money boundaries that you need to set, maybe draw the line at over-spending, running up credit card debt or paying your bills late?  Maybe you have some behaviors around money that are holding you back from increasing your income?  Are you thinking to yourself “I never thought about this”?  That’s ok, I didn’t either.  However, now that I do know about it and know the ways in which not being aware of it impacted my income, I’m happy to share my knowledge with you.

Today’s the day that the 3rd training in my free webinar training series The 5 Key Money Areas is released and it’s all about Boundaries!  Go ahead, take a listen and let me know your thoughts.  I’d also love to hear one of the boundaries you want to change and what you will do about it.  Please comment or email me privately at kim@kimravida.com and let me know.

When you set solid, positive boundaries for yourself you have the power to set yourself free. Now that’s a powerful place to be.

“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” –Nelson Mandela

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Are you allowing your past to run your present?

February 9, 2016 By

Be honest here.  Are you allowing your past to run your present?

You may say no, nope, not at all. Great and let me ask you, have you ever said “that didn’t work well, so I’m not going to do that again”? Or what about “I already did that, it didn’t work for me”?

Well if you have then you are allowing your past experience to impact your present day results. I’ll give you an example. A client of mine wanted so badly to increase her income. She told me she would do anything in order to do so. You probably know what is coming, right? Well, she didn’t want to do this and she didn’t want to do that.

The past has no power over the present monent

When I would ask her why her response was that she had done that before and it didn’t work. That’s very valid, I’m not discounting that.  However, the problem was that she wasn’t open to analyzing why it didn’t work. That left her unable to learn from her efforts.  Notice I did not say “mistakes”. I believe there are no mistakes, only learning opportunities. The inability to learn from her efforts kept her firmly rooted in the past.

There are no mistakes, only opportunities to learn.

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In order to move forward, it is important to look at what didn’t or isn’t working in order to do what will work. When you are stuck in the past because of disappointment, fear or limiting beliefs you compromise your future.

In business, I like to look at ROE – Return On Everything, something I learned from Sandy Carter of IBM. And in looking at ROE knowing what didn’t work and why is just as valuable as knowing what will work.

In order to increase your income, you must know first the 5 Key Money Areas, what holds you back from moving forward and having the courage to do both. Because once you know that the past has no power over your present moment, you are free to make decisions that will bring you to where you want to be and having the results you want to have.

“The Past Has No Power Over Your Present Moment” — Eckhart Tolle

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When it comes to increasing your income, being in the past and in fear can have a direct impact on your results. If you would like to increase your income my free webinar training series the 5 Key Money Areas will help you do that. Below you will find the links to the first two trainings and make sure you follow me on Facebook and Twitter to get access to each subsequent training sessions (there are a total of 6 short trainings).

Training 1:  5 Key Money Areas

Training 2:  Forgiveness

I’d love to hear your comments on this post, the trainings or anything you would like to share. You can also email me personally at kim@kimravida.com if you’d like to keep your comments private.  I look forward to hearing from you.

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It is truly up to you!

February 8, 2016 By

The good news it is truly up to you.  The bad news, it’s truly up to you.

That means there is no one to blame, no one.  It is all truly up to you.  I like that actually.  As a recovering people pleaser I like to know that my success in my life and in my business is up to me.  I have the say, I can have it my way.  If you have been participating in my free webinar training series the 5 Key Money Areas recently you already know that you can have things your way.

The trouble is, it is easy to get comfortable where you are but you know what, the excitement, growth and yes success is truly outside that comfort zone.All progress takes place outside the comfort zone

 

How do you know you are in your comfort zone?

  1. You have trouble creating new ideas.
  2. You can’t seem to create momentum.
  3. You aren’t signing up new clients.
  4. You haven’t increased your income.
  5. You just don’t seem to be energized to get things done.

If you found yourself shaking your head yes to one or more of these, it’s time to shake things up and get things moving!

Here is a great quote that supports stepping outside your comfort zone.

“All Progress Takes Place Outside the Comfort Zone.” — Michael John Bobak

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In the event that you are just hearing about my free webinar training series the 5 Key Money Areas you can access the first two trainings below.  Make sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter to be able to access each subsequent training session as they they are released.

Training 1:  5 Key Money Areas

Training 2:  Forgiveness

Share with me your thoughts and/or ways that you have moved yourself out of your comfort zone here or feel free to email personally at kim@kimravida.com.  Looking forward to hearing what you have to say.

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It’s all good

February 7, 2016 By

It’s all good.  I love that statement.  The other day I saw an image post on Facebook that said to not think of the glass as half full or half empty but that it’s refillable!  Man, that hit me.  I had an immediate shift in my thinking and each day now I think ‘it’s refillable’ – I define my “it’s” as anything I choose.

If something isn’t going the way I want, I can stop and refill and not have to go down the dark path of thinking negative thoughts.  I love that I can change my thinking immediately.

What about you?  Are you a glass half full or half empty person?  Would a change in your thinking help you with your goals?  As a business owner, it’s easy to get caught up in limiting beliefs and ways of doing things that aren’t supportive.  Geez just watch an episode of The Profit on CNBC and you’ll know what I mean.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter of half full, half empty and the new one, refillable.  Feel free to comment here or send me a private email at kim@kimravida.com.

One thing I can always count on are my pets to keep me in the moment and having fun.  Yesterday I shared with you my Bernese Mountain Dog Baloo. Here is “the brother”, Razz enjoying his time in the snow!

Razz snow

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You are the key

February 6, 2016 By

Happy Saturday!

Yesterday in the northeast we got a bit of snow.  Now I’m not a big fan of it but my Bernese Mountain Dog Baloo sure is!

Baloo hanging out in the snow

You can see he just makes himself at home in it.  So while I’m not a big fan, when you have a snow dog, you can’t help but go out in it.  So today we’ll go tromping about in the woods so he can have a blast and be out in the weather he was made for.  It’s pretty awesome, he even has a coat that practically dries off the second he shakes.  I like to say he’s a self-cleaning dog.

I hope that you have planned time off this weekend to relax and to just be.  So often my clients find themselves rushing around all weekend and back to work on Monday feeling frazzled and wishing for time off.  You know, you have to be the one to take it off.  No one is going to just give you time off.  It is up to you.

It’s like the 5 Key Money Areas that I have been sharing with you.  You truly are the key to them and the success of them and ultimately the success of yourself.  The first training was an overview of the 5 Key Money Areas and the second training was about Forgiveness.  I’m sure forgiveness wasn’t high on your list of actions to take to make money but hopefully after you listened you had a new perspective.

In the event you haven’t listened yet, I am including the links to the trainings so you can listen to them.  I kept them very short in order that you’d be able to listen and walk away with something new to think about.  There is also a quick action step in each if you so choose to do so.

Training 1:  5 Key Money Areas

Training 2:  Forgiveness

When you have listened to them, pop back to share your thoughts or feel free to email me directly at kim@kimravida.com.  I’d enjoy hearing your thoughts on the subject.

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Would you do this if you knew it would help you make more money?

February 5, 2016 By

Hello and welcome to Blog Day 5.  I’m a bit surprised to tell you that I’ve had a blast this week creating a blog a day!

Did you get to read yesterday’s blog, It’s easy to make more money?  Did you say ya right when you read the title?

I  don’t blame you, I did too when I first learned the 5 Key Money Areas.  I thought, what a farce, and got kind of annoyed.  Actually, really annoyed.  Yet, what I know from my professional training as well as my personal experience is that when I’m mad, annoyed, or any negative reaction it means that I’m on to something.  Something that can set me free and I’ll always be about that!

Business Team

Well today you get the next training in my free training series on the 5 Key Money Areas.  I don’t want to spoil it for you but what I will say is that if you do this, you will free yourself to be able to increase your income like you won’t believe.

Today I was talking with a client and I said that we all have “stuff” around money that comes up.  We can’t help it, some of it is our doing and some is not.  What’s important is that we don’t let it stand in our way of having what we want, especially when it comes to making money.

Listen to today’s training so that you don’t let your stuff stand in your way!

Once you listen, come back and post your comment or feel free to email me your thoughts directly at kim@kimravida.com.  I’d love to hear them.

 

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Are you obsessed with money?

February 2, 2016 By

I’m obsessed with money.  Are you?  Well maybe obsessed is too strong a word.  I’ll go with passionate.  Sounds better doesn’t it?

You may be thinking I can’t believe she just admitted that.  Well, guess what?  If you aren’t obsessed with money or even preoccupied or fixated on it then you are uninterested in it and as a business owner/entrepreneur that is not a good thing.

Struggle with not enough?

See lots of men and women struggle with their relationship with money.  Lots of people have a love/hate relationship with it and it causes them to struggle.  You probably have never thought about having a relationship with your money.  You aren’t alone.

But here is the thing, if you don’t have a relationship with money, how can you improve it?  You can’t.  In order to improve and keep your human relationships strong you have to work at them because they don’t just happen on their own.  Money is the same way; you have to work at it.

You may be thinking ok, but I don’t even know where to begin.  Tomorrow I am unveiling a free webinar training series that will help you to create a solid relationship with money.  It is a series of 6 short (10 minutes or less) webinars.  All you have to do is click the link to access the training, listen and take the action I am offering.

In order to have more money, you need to create a relationship with it first.

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So make sure you check back tomorrow to read my blog and get your access to the 5 Key Money Areas so that you can create a solid relationship with your money.

In the meantime, feel free to share your money story with me here or if you’d like it to be private email me directly at kim@kimravida.com

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Would you do it?

February 1, 2016 By

It’s official! It’s February and I went and did it. I signed up for the Blog A Day Challenge.

I must admit, I’m a little tense about it. It’s not my first time blogging, I blog regularly. What is new is that I’ll be doing it every day.

Baloo under the covers

Baloo under the covers

Until today I was blogging about several times a month or even weekly (and I thought that was a stretch). I’m up for the challenge though because I’m ready to take myself and my business to the next level and I know that I can’t do that unless I’m willing to step outside my comfort zone. As someone who regularly asks others to step outside their comfort zone, I need to be prepared and willing to do the same myself.

What’s going to be different here is that I’m doing this all on my own. I usually have my assistant read through and proofread my blogs to make sure I don’t make any typos and that I make sense. This challenge is going to be all me. So I might make a few mistakes or have a snafu (or two) happen and that is what is really the crux of it all and why I’m tense about this challenge. I mean come on, it might not be perfect.

AND I’m going to do it anyway. I’m willing to step outside my comfort zone and show up in the world to grow and to show others that it doesn’t have to be perfect (you can also read that to say I don’t have to be perfect =). I can do it. I’m really looking forward to it and where this experience takes me.

If you resonate with this, let me know what your fear point is that you would like to overcome. You can reply to this blog or email privately at kim@kimravida.com

Would you like to participate in the Blog A Day Challenge? If so, sign up here: http://thrive4success.com/blogadaychallenge2016/ we can do it together!

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