The goal is to be able to make good decisions about how your spend your working time with confidence, so that you are effective, having fun and leaving room for your personal needs and commitments. The goal is to be able to make such decisions from a place of certainty, trust, and faith in yourself, and 'the universe.'

Uncovering Your Beliefs and Understanding Their Impact on Your Business Decisions

1. To get started thinking about impact your beliefs have on how you decide what it takes to be successful in business, pick one from above list that isn't one of yours. Imagine if it were yours. What impact do you think it would have on you? How would it impact your ability to make sound decisions about what it takes to be successful?

2. Now take a look at something you know you do believe, a belief or a habit that you can't seem to shake. If you are having difficulty coming up with one, think about what you complain about to your friends, family or colleagues. Think about story you tell people over and over. (This is part that can make you squirm. It's okay. No one is around but you right now.) We are looking for ugly, wonderful truth.

3. Take belief you identified in 2 above and make note of how it could be impacting your decisions, your ability to set boundaries, your willingness to take time off or simply stop working before 5. (Yes, I meant before 5.)

4. Over next week, take some time to observe and note every time this belief "pops up" to influence your decisions.

Just taking these few simple steps can loosen hold that outdated beliefs have on your decisions from this day forward - no kidding. The beliefs are no longer in background, in hiding, and running show. You now have a chance to loosen their reign.

Bonus Step: If you want to go one step further, write down a new belief to replace old belief. Review new belief every day. Put it up on your computer as a screen saver (mine's "Abundance Girl"). Feel belief, look for evidence it's true. If old one comes to visit, say hello, bid it adieu, and then replace it with new belief.

Willingness, Final Ingredient

Ask yourself this: Am I willing let go of my story and do whatever it takes (even to feel like a fool) to have freedom and success that lead me to start my business in first place? If you are, you can.

Step 3: List three most important activities that produce income for business?

Step 4: Mark three activities from list (Step 1) that you don’t like to do or are weak at completing?

Step 5: Review list from step 4. Who would be good candidates for complete items you don’t like doing? Is it a virtual assistance? Significant other? Assistant?

Step 6: What would be an ideal method for you that you could work with three people you want to allow other people to handle for you?

Step 7: What one time-consuming activity will you delegate right away?

Step 8: What first step can you take to start this process?

Step 9: What immediate benefit will you get from delegating this out? How much time would it free up? What will you replace that time with?