BELIEVE IN YOU!

This morning as I was reading, I came across this short gentle reminder.

Notice and realize YOU are the CEO of your life and business and the CFO of your life and business.

Your strength and effectivness increase as you believe in yourself and your ability to grow from the experiences you have in life. Look upon challenges as opportunities to learn and apply your knowledge and your magical touch. ~ Doreen Virtue

Warmly -

Debbie
Chief Heart Officer
CFO Made Easy

ENTREPRENEURS USE LOGIC & MAGIC

Each morning I have a ritual of caring for me . . take my vitamins, recite a gratitude prayer from the Four Agreements, go to the gym and work out with my trainer or without, come home feed the cats, grab a bite to eat, mediate and read a few inspiring words to support my day.

Below is Monday's reading from Science of Mind and as I read I thought of us . . Entrepreneurs

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns,

and the heart knows what the heart knows.

Stephen King

Since we cannot contract the Absolute,

we shall have to expand the relative.

The Science of Mind, page 405

Logic and magic: life is equal parts of either. Their order is reversible.

Sometimes, we cobble together some scheme using our logical

and logistical faculties, later to realize, when our clever thinking will

take us no further, “This is going to take a miracle.” Other times,

we’re thunderstruck by a knowing in the heart, and then have to

start framing out all the practical details. We do not have two separate

mental compartments for logic and magic; they’re more like

two programs in the same computer—one that analyzes data, and

the other that converts that data into sounds, colors, and sensations

to dazzle the senses. We would not be a whole self without both.

Proably, we have a bias toward one way of operating or the

other, so our learning comes in the form of trusting that both our

logical and magical worldviews will justify themselves. The heart

does what it does, and it may take a while for the head to catch up.

The head sets a direction, and it may then take a while for the heart

to buy into it. When they operate smoothly in tandem, we hunker

down, do the math, and then reach into seemingly empty space to

draw in some quality or ingredient that completes the picture. To

balance these energies in our lives, we need only trust that we are

already doing so. SOM June 11, 2012

We have our dreams and desires which can be magical and then, there is logic as well . .

It just so happens at this time Chase bank and Living Social are sponsoring a grant pool of $3 million dollars to be shared among 12 small businesses that are chosen by a panel. The twelve will each receive $250k to grow and expand their business.  An amazing opportunity, isn't it? Any business may complete and submit the application then find 250 people to vote for their business.  It is a gateway to make sure those who are serious about the opportunity to earn their chance.

I applied for the gym, SNAP Fitness in Edmonds, WA last Sunday, June 10th and I have been vying for votes, via FaceBook, Twitter, asking family, friends, members of the gym and business colleagues for votes.  This is an experience of dedication and commitment, supporting other entrepreneurs by sharing votes with each other, creating conversations of support and camaraderie. People having faith, voting before they receive a vote, others saying, I will vote for you only if you vote for me.  I just vote away and give so everyone has a chance to receive a shot of 250 votes. Know the 250 votes, only give eligibility, there is no guarantee. this is where the magic will come in for the fortunate 12. Yet look at the community this $3 million grant has created.  Entrepreneurs, very open and loving to support each other with an opportunity that can feel magical.

Entrepreneurs naturally hold the space of magic, listening to our intuition, listening to a sense or feeling inside that says how can I not do this and then logic what do I need to do.

The 12 entrepreneurs who receive the grant will be elated, excited and will need to logically plan out how to best utilize the money for their business if they have not done so already.  There was a question in the application that asked, "What will you do with the money."

As your Chief Heart Officer, I encourage every entrepreneur to commit to creating a solid organized financial foundation, to track the investment and how it is utilized. 

Note: a 1099 will be issued to the grant winners by Chase bank for the $250k, and income tax will be paid on the net profits for that year.  Best of luck to every business owner and entrepreneur. Make sure you are prepared with an action plan and strategy of how you will use the money.

Warmly -

Debbie Rosenfelt

Chief Heart Officer

PS - Please vote for SNAP Fitness in Edmonds, WA at Mission Small Business and all other businesses that you would like to support with votes.

BOW TO REVENUE PROJECTIONS

Happy Friday !!  It's been an exciting week . . .

I received a phone call the other night from a client I have been working with since December.  She was so excited . . first she thanked me for asking her the question "when are you implementing?" then she continued to share she signed a new contract with a former client at her new pricing structure.

I am THRILLED for her, to see her achieve her DREAMS.. . and as I shared with her.  . we did the work to create the model, (the motivator), she set the intention of what she wanted, then lead the direction and the path she wanted to go.  The end result, she is tripling her income in 2012.  This is no small feat.  This is HUGE, close to 7 figures HUGE.

How cool is that???

What did we do you ask?  We created revenue projections for 2012. 

First step - we determined her products, prices and units.  Each product had its own separate line on the model, with price and then units by month. In this case the units were hours.  She is a service provider and there are so many hours in a day, so you calculate the number of hours you are willing to work each day, multiply it out by the number of days you work in a week and then how many weeks in a month.  Make sure to adjust for the weeks and months you take off for conferences, vacation and holidays. Yes, you can plan your time off and see the impact right there. No guessing or waiting.  Make sense?

Now it's not only to calculate the numbers, this is used to create a conversation around, how much do I want to spend in a day working with clients, what am I charging, do I want to explore with charging a higher rate?  Do I want to make more money, hmmmm, what will that take? What would that look like?  What is needed so I feel good and confident?

Once you have inserted the criteria, next step is to implement the services, sell the new products and compare actual numbers to projections to confirm you are on target, going way beyond target, or missing the mark totally.

It's about seeing where you have been (past), where you are now (current), and projecting out where you want to go (future).  Revenue projections is one tool for creating a solid, organized financial foundation for your business.

And you know what, this is what I do and I want you to as well. I passionately support YOU the CEO's, entrepreneurs and business owners with achieving your DREAMS through numbers, in a bottom line kind of way, (pun intended) this is for the success of your business and for the success of cash flow.

Get on board with playing, exploring and having fun with creating revenue projections for the dream you hold for your business.  I have the tools for you already mapped out and the 28 years of experience supporting CEO's of privately held companies achieve their PASSIONATE dreams.

Reach out, connect and say Debbie I want to create my revenue projections with you to see my dreams come true. You may reach me at d.rosenfelt@cfomadeeasy.com

Have a great weekend and I look forward to connecting with you next week.

Warmly -

Debbie Rosenfelt

Chief Heart Officer

FRIDAY'S STORY TO INSPIRE - LEARN, STUDY, EXPLORE AND PRACTICE

Friday's story to inspire share a few insights from Bob Proctor.  I appreciate Bob's philosophy to learn, study, explore and practice life, everyday.  When I received that belief download, the light bulb clicked and I GOT IT!!.  . When we see through the lens of practice and explore we allow ourselves to be with where we are we give ourselves permission to not struggle.

One aspect I would LOVE for you to walk away with today, allow yourself to explore, learn, study and practice EVERYDAY, without making yourself wrong.  Our minds, yours and mine, defined success for us.  We now have the opportunity to redefine success and you do that by exploring, learning, through study and practice.

Today is Finance Friday,(my one day a week I work on my finances) now GET out there, practice organizing and updating your finances.  That first step is all you need.  One step, one moment, one day at a time.

Enjoy Friday's story to inspire!

 Focus on all the Reasons You Can Get What You Want

Ray Stanford entered my life when I was working in the fire hall in Toronto at age 26, exactly 50 years ago. I was earning $4,000 and I owed $6,000 and it never even entered my mind that I could get out of debt. He encouraged me to take an honest look at the results I was getting. He said "Bob, you keep talking about not having a formal education and using it as an excuse for getting poor results." He then said, "Those are only reasons why you're not getting what you want. Set those aside and start to focus on all the reasons you can get what you what." Then he gave me Napoleon Hill's book, Think and Grow Rich.

He said, "Bob, if you will make the commitment to do exactly what this book says and exactly what I suggest, I'll help you change your life." I didn't really believe I could, but I believed he believed I could. And it was his belief in me that inspired me to begin to study. One year later, I was earning $175,000 a year and, from there, I took it to over a million a year. I didn't know what was happening to me, but I was beginning to realize a lot of the things that I had been thinking weren't true. I thought some people were lucky but others weren't. I was to find out that you and I have exactly the same potential.

Study, Study, Study

I then got a hold of Earl Nightingale's condensed narration of the Napoleon Hill book, Think And Grow Rich on a record. I began listening to that record every day. It was listening to Earl's voice and the information he was sharing that caused me to want to go to work with him. I moved my Family from Toronto to Chicago and joined the Nightingale-Conant Corporation. It was only after I got there that I realized I had a double win. I wasn't only going to work with Earl Nightingale - I would also work with Lloyd Conant. Earl and Lloyd became my 2 coaches. I loved working for them and I got an education that you couldn't buy. They literally originated the self help business in recorded fashion that we know today. In time, the Nightingale-Conant Corporation became the largest distributer of self help programs in the world, and I was working there with the people that originated it. Earl Nightingale taught me how to study. He said, "Don't just read the book, study i t. Attempt to understand the idea the author is attempting to communicate in each paragraph. To do that you might need to study that paragraph for a month."

Take the Lid Off Your Mind and Let it Soar

Lloyd Conant taught me to take the lid off my mind and let it soar. He said, "Bob, nothing is big or small, except our thinking makes it so. No one alive knows what we're capable of doing. Go after something big. Even if you miss, it can be exhilarating."

Know You Have a Magnificent Mind

It was there that I was introduced to Val Van De Wall. Val and I became great friends and he shared one idea with me that literally changed my life. It was a diagram of the mind. He explained we think in pictures but no one has ever seen the mind so when we think of it, we become confused. There is no order in the mind. A doctor friend of his came up with the original drawing. I refer to it as the Stick Person and I've shared it with people all over the world. If I were to be coaching you, I'd teach it to you.

Val introduced me to his coach, Dr. Harry Roder. Harry knew more about the mind than anyone I'd ever met. I'd spent countless hours with him and I began to understand exactly how the mind functions. In fact, Dr. John Mike from Florida said I taught him more about the mind in 1 year than he had learned in 4 years of medical school and 5 years of psychiatric training. I found that interesting because I had merely taught him what Dr. Roder had taught me.

These 5 men helped me answer a huge question . how and why did my life change? Without any formal education, without any business experience, in less than 5 years, I built a company that operated in 7 cities and 3 different countries and I really didn't understand how I had done it. They taught me what I had changed and how I had accomplished what I had accomplished. It was this magnificent knowledge that triggered the enormous desire in me to teach this information to as many people as I could. But I had one big problem . I was quiet and shy.

Believe You Can Do What You Believe Others Can Accomplish

I was afraid to stand up and ask a question let alone stand up and teach. It was at that point in the late sixties at the Hyatt Hotel in Chicago that a man named Bill Gove walked out on a stage and literally captivated an audience of 500 people. Merely by sharing information with them, he had that audience in the palm of his hand. I stood there thinking, "If only I could do that, then I could teach what I've learned." But the thought of it scared the daylights out of me.
At that point, I flashed back in my mind to a recording of Earl Nightingale's that I had listened to a thousand times. He said, "Now right here we come to a rather strange fact. We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can accomplish, and for some equally strange reason we think other people can accomplish things that we cannot. I want you to understand that that is not true. You have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you that you can bring to the surface and achieve all that you desire."

If you had asked me if I'd understood it, I probably would've said, "Of course!" But here I was watching Bill Gove do something I thought I couldn't. It was at that point that I started hearing the recording in my head and I realized if Bill can do it, I can do it. I switched my thinking to, "If I could do that, I could help people all over the world change their life." And it suddenly dawned on me that we are capable of doing anything. I'm not going to just do that, I'm going to get the man on the stage, Bill Gove, to teach me. and he did. Today I'm able to do what he did and get on the stage and share this valuable information. Bill Gove and I remained friends for over 35 years until he passed away a few years ago.
Pass It Along

All of these men are gone but their legacy lives on, through me and all of the other people they helped. That's how my life changed. These people taught me to earn millions of dollars and invest it back into a business that has helped millions of people. These lessons have allowed me to help people who were in financial trouble become prosperous and companies that were struggling grow into viable organizations. Any way a person can be helped, I've seen it happen because the answers are within us. And, because of what these great men taught me, I was able to pass it along.

Bob Proctor

If Friday's story inspired you or not leave questions or comments below. 

If you need support with organizing your business finances or want to explore your DREAMS for your business, I see what is possible for your business through numbers.  Contact me for a 30 minute complimentary CFO Finance strategy call at d.rosenfelt@cfomadeeasy.com

Warmly -

Debbie Rosenfelt

Chief Heart Officer