When a client calls me to get my help the first thing I do is review the company’s balance sheet, then the profit and loss and statement of cash flows. For the non-accounting person what that means is I am going to comb through every transaction on the books to some degree. I am going to get a deep understanding of the transactions of that company.
Believe it or not this gives me some great insight into what a company is doing. In fact behind every company – especially smaller ones (which is what I am used to dealing with), is an owner – a human being! By the time I have reviewed the books I know where you like to eat, where you travel, how often, and what airline you like. I can also see things like the fact that many people will repeatedly go to the same place and order the same thing. I know this because I see receipts or charges for the exact same amount. So I don’t just look at the numbers, I look at the whole picture. From this I get a very good sense of the operations – what the company does and how it functions. I can see if the company spends money on amenities to make the employees more comfortable – this gives me insight into what the owner’s priorities are.
Eventually our conversation evolves from the micro-financial to the big picture. What are your goals? Where do you want to go with this? More Free time and higher profits is a pretty good guess for most. Who wouldn’t want that? What’s important to understand is that people do not go into business to make money. Everybody wants to make more money, not everybody wants to own a business. Why do we take that risk? It’s the experience. It’s the freedom – the desire to create the kind of life that we want for ourselves.
When I was in my 3rd and final rehab I found myself surrounded by a very wide mix of people. Some were there to get better and build a new life. Some were there because they were trying to satisfy someone else – a wife, parent, or the courts. The ones who are doing it for anyone other than themselves almost invariably fail. I once made the point that while in rehab we were forced to be in the company of people we had no choice about being surrounded with. One of the responses I got was that I was going to have to deal with that “outside”. That I was going to get a job and I would have no control over who they hired. I didn’t respond, but I did think hard about that. Ultimately the answer was that if I really wanted true freedom – the freedom to choose at all times exactly who I was going to be surrounded by I would have to start my own business. This was my primary motive – not money. It’s in my mission statement – the money comes second to positive experiences and good relationships. If those two things aren’t there then I don’t want the money. I’ve stood by this and let clients go.
I started my company because I wanted to create the environment that I wanted. My surroundings are more important to me than anything else and yes I really do enjoy the freedom that I can take off when I want and do what I want. The funny thing about that is I take less time off now than I did when I was employed and there is a VERY GOOD REASON for that.
Since I have created the life and surroundings that I want for myself, my life has become such a miracle that what I do for “work” is not “work” to me. I LOVE it. I can’t wait to do it every day and I don’t want to take off. Imagine going to work every single day and having that feeling that you can’t wait to get there. EVERY SINGLE DAY! That’s what I have.
So when people tell me that I work too much, my reaction is something like – “what do you mean, I don’t work at all?”
I don’t believe that I am that special. I believe that EVERY SINGLE PERSON OUT THERE IS CAPABLE of creating the life that they want. YOU are capable of creating the life that you want. The first step is believing in that. Believing that you can accomplish anything you want to and that your potential is unlimited.
If you are not living absolutely every day filled with gratitude (and I know I’m not) all the time then it means that you can improve your life and situation. I see it all the time with my cilents. We set goals and when we reach them it’s a miracle! People tell me that having me around – just talking to me gives them peace of mind. It’s not that I am so GREAT – it’s that I have a strong belief that I can really help people and they feel that.
I want to invite you to join me in two places. You’re a miracle.com is a blog I’ve set up dedicated to productivity and motivation – I believe the two go hand in hand. You can sign up to receive FREE 3 minute daily motivators. These are MP3 files delivered right to your inbox. An e-mail comes early in the morning with an envelope you can click on to download and listen. They are only 3 minutes. We’ve already got about 30 subscribers and I’ve been doing this for less than 2 months. You can catch up – I made the entire month of October’s recordings available in the learning center of our main site. You can download the whole month and some extra’s for $30. this is a way that you can help support me in delivering these positive upbeat reminders about little things you can do to make your day better, but it is by no means required. You can sign up to receive them daily for FREE.
The second place I want to invite you to is my online community for Nerd Enterprises, Inc. The idea behind this is to bring together a community of like-minded people. People who want to help others, refer business, or just get together for coffee with good people. You can join the community, set up your page, post blog entries, create and join groups, set up events.
The links you need are provided in the description of this video / audio file depending on what format you are getting this message in. I am creating several.
http://tinyurl.com/nerd-community
My life is going through a shift. My term with Thought-Life Connection (TLC) appears to have come to an abrupt end, specifically because I launched You’re A Miracle and it was felt that this was a conflict. I don’t agree but I respect the wishes of KC Pierson, owner of 
Seth David
