Business: Wake Up! -- You Are Asleep!

Wake Up! -- You Are Asleep!

Written by Miami Phillips

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difference.How alive are you? How much are you enjoying your life? How much do you participate in that enjoyment? How much do you contribute to that enjoyment? You have heard me say, time and again, that life is perfect because we have repparttar 104899

ability to create our own lives. When I look at repparttar 104900

people who just do not seem to grasp this concept, I have to wonder why. I have come to believe repparttar 104901

reason for this is that they are asleep and unable to wake up!I have had clients come to me with repparttar 104902

desire to change their lives, to improve, to grow, to advance but who simply never reached their goals. It used to bother me, professionally, until I realized repparttar 104903

reason why. They were so deeply asleep they could not wake up. They were so immersed in habits and automatic processes that they could not accept repparttar 104904

idea that their lives were in their control.Making conscious choices about every little thing in your life is how to take control. Even if you make repparttar 104905

choice to be asleep about a choice (if that makes sense) is making a choice. Routine is comfort. Choice is hard. Habits are easy. Breaking life-long habits is extremely difficult. Until you get repparttar 104906

hang of it, watching your self do repparttar 104907

things you do in your sleep all day long is mentally exhausting. However, you have repparttar 104908

power to wake up. Will you use it?Wake up - and smell repparttar 104909

roses!As always,Your online Coach and Friend,Miami PhillipsFounder of Creative MastermindsEmail: coach@creativemasterminds.com

Quotation of repparttar 104910 WeekThe chains of habit are to weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.- Samuel Johnson 1709 -

Miami Phillips is an ANSIR Certified Personal Coach and the founder of Creative MasterMinds who believes personal growth is an essential ingredient to being happy and contributing to this world. While his main focus is affordable personal and business coaching, he also offers motivational teleclasses, ebooks, reading recommendations and much more. To find out more visit his site at http://www.creativemasterminds.com or send him an email at coach@creativemasterminds.com

Building A Tax Reserve

Written by Maria Marsala, Business Growth Specialist

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--Know your business strengths, what you are capable of and/or enjoy doing. --The best way to look for help is before you need it. Do repparttar research at your leisure. --Always have at least 1 back up in case your first choice fizzles out, moves, or just chooses not to work with you. --Schedule your contact management program to tell you its time to send in your taxes. --Join Financial Action Reminder http://www.coachmaria.com/a/subscribed to receive a monthly financial paperwork reminder. --Take an IRS tax classes in person or online. --Finish your book keeping monthly. --Hire a bookkeeper. --If you have employees, consider hiring a payroll processing company.

And don't stop there. Contact your county, state and local tax department to see if they hold classes; in addition to income taxes, you may find classes for business owners covering business and occupancy (B&O) taxes or sales tax.

Here are some excellent resources to use:

IRS Business Pages http://www.irs.gov/businesses/index.html

Small Business Resources http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

Take IRS Small Business Tax Classroom Online http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=97726,00.html

Attend a FREE in person IRS Tax Class http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99202,00.html

Call repparttar 104898 IRS 1-800-829-1040

Choose repparttar 104899 Right CPA (or Tax Advisor) for Your Business http://coachmaria.com/articles/cpa.html

Best Places For Tax Information http://coachmaria.com/articles axinformation.html

Ask other business owners what payroll or data processing companies they'd recommend.

Know where your state stands on taxes. Washington State Department of Revenue is upping cost of tax mistakes http://www.wetapple.com/headlines/articles/2003-08-01-HED-05.html

Throw away repparttar 104900 excuses, and create your reserve now.

© 2003 Maria Marsala, Business Growth Specialist. Helping you attract clients and improve your bottom line by providing blue chip methods, practical ideas and proven systems for businesses growth. Request a consultation or join Elevating Your Business Ezine now. Visit http://coachmaria.com

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