YES?

So why not give this gift to yourself?

Time is money and time is life. Time is a BIG, BEAUTIFUL GIFT.

Time is the good stuff [...]]]> How would you like for someone to give you the gift of over 3 hours every week?

How about the gift of 10 hours every week?

YES?

So why not give this gift to yourself?

Time is money and time is life. Time is a BIG, BEAUTIFUL GIFT.

Time is the good stuff life is made of, so make it count!

When you are using your time wisely, be it work time, play time, or rest time, you stay aligned with your goals (monthly, weekly, daily) and you don’t get involved in activities that are outside of those goals, since that kind of activity works against you.

Good time management affords you a better lifestyle, a RICHER life!

• It helps you meet deadlines and ship dates on or before due dates
• It allows you to serve (and please) MORE of the right clients
• It produces better business results, higher profits and greater income
• It propels you upwards since it allows time for mentors & teachers
• It opens the door for bigger and better opportunities
• It offers you more time with friends, family, self, and peeps you like
• It gives you more of what you love to do (hobbies, adventures, R&R)
• It frees you up to fully experience life, not just work!

Time is your most valuable resource because:

• You cannot create more of it
• You cannot store it
• You cannot borrow it from someone else

So, now that we’ve gotten all of that straight, let’s get back to the idea of giving yourself that extra 3 or 10 hours each week, or more!  But HOW?

All you have to do is reduce the time you waste each hour by 5 minutes for an extra 3 hours a week, or reduce your wasted time by 15 minutes an hour for an extra 10 hours each week. That’s amounts to about 25% of a full time work-week in time savings. Utterly POWERFUL!

Just take a look at my pretty little chart here:

Would you share now?  I’d LOVE to know, how can YOU reduce (or how have you reduced) your wasted time each hour and each day? Leave your comment below.

Will YOU be available May 25th (my 50th birthday) , at 2pm Central time for about 30-40minutes (or just 5)?

It’s a Tele-Bration! WOHOO!

YES! It’s a time say “hello”,  give a SPLASH of [...]]]> Calling ALL Women!  Come to the Tele-Bration!

Say “HI” to the Discover Your Brilliance Authors & Add Your Good Energy to History!

Will YOU be available May 25th (my 50th birthday) , at 2pm Central time for about 30-40minutes (or just 5)?

It’s a Tele-Bration! WOHOO!

YES! It’s a time say “hello”,  give a SPLASH of SPLENDOR, and TELE-BRATE!

May 25th is the official launch day of Women of Splendor and we are meeting on the phone to show our support! 

If all you have during that time is 5 minutes, PLEASE COME even for 5 minutes. It just won’t be the same without you, and I mean this from the heart!

Join me on the call!

I am going to be on the phone (from Maui, Hawaii) at 2pm CENTRAL TIME on May 25th,  not to teach or mentor, but to SEND Women of Splendor off to a BRILLIANT START! 

Meet many of our Discover Your Brilliance authors (the FREE book you will be getting as a member) and SHARE the LOVE.

We want to hear from you…say a BIG “Hello” or share what you hope Women of Splendor will do for you!  Or, just call in to soak up all the great energy!

I am so thankful and excited about the launch and about the future OUR collaboration and connection  as through Women of Splendor.

This is not only my birthday, it is the Birthday of Women of  Splendor, so whether we have 5 peeps or 50 on the line (or more), I want us to simply get together on the phone and take turns sharing and seeing Women of Splendor off to a SPLENDID and BRILLIANT start!

No formal agenda, just some Splendor~

Are you IN?

If you’re IN, leave a comment below saying you are IN for the Tele-Bration Call!

Here’s the call-in number: 712-432-3900   PIN: 3184104

Be an important part  of history in the making!

“See” you at the Tele-Bration on May 25th at 2pm Central time (3pm Eastern)!

Love and Hugs and a Splash of Splendor,

Margo

Time mastery is different from time management. Time management is simply managing the time you have to work with each day and sometimes involves getting more done in less time. Time mastery on the [...]]]> Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ~Benjamin Franklin

Time mastery is different from time management. Time management is simply managing the time you have to work with each day and sometimes involves getting more done in less time. Time mastery on the other hand has first and foremost to do with being proactive and deciding in advance what you want (goals) how you will set up your days (your life really) and then choosing the best ways to execute that.

Below are 40 TIME MASTERY TIPS that may help you on your new journey. All of them are proven to help you visualize what you really want, focus on what’s most important to you now, say “no” to the things that get in the way of that, help free up time, create more efficiency, bring a sense of order and peace to a daily routine, and offer a sense of control. They work!

This is a list, not a plan! The list includes 40 strategies that will allow you to create the life you want in terms of how you use your time. They may or may not all be fitting for your life. Simply choose the ones that make sense to you—perhaps all of them will. Factor them into your routine, and implement them without hesitation. They will make your life and business more meaningful, easier and more enjoyable.

1. Establish a list of your important long-term, mid-term, and short-term goals. Select the MOST important one from each category-the one that you want to focus on AT THIS TIME IN YOUR LIFE. You will have 3 to focus on at a time (one from each category).

2. Write your goals down: Written goals help the subconscious mind to work towards goal accomplishment and GREATLY increase the likelihood of achieving them. Written goals can be changed or adjusted at any time.

3. Create a list of tasks or activities that would cause you to accomplish EACH goal.

4. Prioritize your tasks and activities. The 80-20 Rule of economist Vilfredo Pareto notes that 80 percent of the reward comes from 20 percent of the effort. Prioritize tasks in order of value and importance. Concentrate on those items with the greatest reward—getting you to your goal.

5. Assign a DEADLINE to projects and tasks, particularly the ones that will take multiple activities to complete. Don’t fret-deadlines can be changed. Just do your best.

6. Think about tasks as being made up of “Time Molecules”. Some are small and some are bigger molecules. These “molecules” are “chunks” of time you can spend on a task throughout a day or on different days. Work on projects and tasks in “time molecule” chunks to finish at the deadline.

7. Revisit and declare your long-term and mid-term goals periodically, such as once a year on New Years day or your birthday:  your desires may change, so your goals may dramatically change at any point in your life.  For short-term goals, you should have a planning session at least every 3 months.

8. Two or more goals can be of the same importance though you spend different amounts of time on each. You may have to set one goal temporarily aside while you work towards another, but acknowledge that they are both still goals and both still important.

9. Use only one calendar and look at it often. Use a day planner. Choose a simple one. Complicated systems can cause you to waste time while planning. Keep your planner with you at all times.

10. Before scheduling activities, block out family and personal time first.  Block out time for vacation, spa days, exercise, personal time, church, and family. Block out events and trade shows that involve your career. Find the info from magazines and online.

11. Review your GOALS daily. Spend evenings (or early mornings) planning and organizing your approaching day. 15 minutes is enough time. Try to find solitude. Select and schedule some of the activities that will help to propel you towards your most important priority goals. these activities will be your high priority tasks.

12. Have a running to-do list, a single page or two in your day planner to jot down tasks that you suddenly remember have to be done. Try to schedule a few of these tasks into your daily activities. Delegate as many as possible.

13. Use a daily to-do list for what you want to accomplish each day.  This will be the list you make during your daily planning session. Each day, schedule some of the priority tasks needed to achieve your goals and some from your “Running-To-Do-List”. Keep your daily tasks reasonable in number and achievable. Keep in mind you will experience interruptions.

14. Prioritize your daily to-do list items in terms of value and importance; #1 is the most important and valuable to accomplish, #2 the second most, etc. Keep your goals in mind. If you can’t do a task in order of priority because of time or other constraints, move to the next number and come back to the highest priority task later. Again, delegate where you can.

15. Commit to DO the items on your list, CROSS OUT tasks that have been accomplished.

16. Start the day with a high-priority task and continue with it until it is complete whenever you can. Focus on your most valuable task or activity in relation to your goals. You feel happier, more productive, and more in control of your life.

17. Block out a chunk of UNINTERRUPTED time in the same time slot each day to work on high priority tasks. Focus your attention and work on several similar or related tasks during this time (called batching). 1-3 hours is ideal.

18. Remember the concept of MOMENTUM if you are tempted to procrastinate. Just say you will work on a task for 2 minutes with no guilt if you stop. You will likely continue.

19. Schedule your most important tasks during your naturally productive time of the day. Do not use up your “Best Time” to do low priority or mundane tasks that can be done anytime of day (or by someone else).

20. Schedule in at least a few small tasks that you will COMPLETE in a day.  This will empower and motivate you as you check them off your list!

21. Delegate tasks that are important but low priority FOR YOU PERSONALLY or those others can easily do. Spend money to save time. Tasks that require little specialized training can be delegated out to office assistants. Tasks that require expertise can be sent out to a professional company. You can also hire out for personal chores such as dog walking, or things you do not like to do such as laundry. This will free you up. Look at it as a financial investment—Comparative Advantage— spend YOUR time on the things that make you the most profit and delegate the rest. Make the most money with your time!

22. Invest time in training others. Give up time in the short-term to train others for long-term benefits.

23. DO NOT let email overtake you. Check your mail once a day, or if you must once in the morning and once in the evening only. Set up a direct reply auto-responder to let peeps know you will get back to them within”blank number” of hours.

24. Totally eliminate time wasters like tasks that don’t propel you towards your goals, don’t relax you, and don’t make you feel good about your life.

25. Refuse to be caught in the trap of PERFECTIONISM. Perfectionism gets in the way of productivity. It means you are paying unnecessary attention to detail. You likely are the only one who knows the difference. This form of procrastination can keep you from accomplishing your true goals.

26. Leave a little bit of “free” time in your day for unexpected interruptions and time intrusions, and for opportunities that may come up. This is real life, be flexible when scheduling (but also be responsible).

27. Minimize interruptions by isolating yourself. Find a place to “hide away” for a few hours.

28. Focus on one task or activity at a time. Have out ONLY what you are CURRENTLY working on.

29. Avoid big lunches that can make you sluggish for the rest of the day.

30. Schedule time with your customers for when it is most convenient for THEM (it can really improve your sales results).

31. Literally “Throw Away” life’s clutter. Minimize the amount of “things” you have in your office (or home). This will save you time on maintenance. This is the first step in organizing your ideal environment.

32. Organize your office (and home) so that every item has a designated “HOME” .Make sure it is parked in its home when not in use. You can delegate the task of organizing to someone who is skilled at this.

33. Keep your desk clean. Clutter saps your energy and hinders creativity.

34. Reduce paper flow. Get in the habit of throwing papers away. For sketches and written notes, use a service that allows you to send a fax to your email so you’ll have a permanent file. Toss out junk mail immediately. Do not set it on a table or desk. Throw away catalogs you plan to “read later” (younever will). Feel the amazing freedom that comes from tossing them away!

35. Reduce T.V. time.

36. Quit organizations that don’t benefit you. Don’t go if they don’t bring you to your goals and you don’t enjoy them.

37. Let your children reduce time in planned activities. They’ll feel refreshed. Spend one on one time with them instead, or just let them decompress!

38. Take care of yourself. Sleep well and… (you know the rest)!

39. Allow some time to do nothing but relax and unwind, even if you think you don’t need it. Be balanced: too much scheduling and structure will discourage you over time. A little time daily to just unwind will clear your thinking.

40. Know this without guilt: There will never be enough time for everything you want to or have to do.

 Do you have a favorite time mastery tip?

Share it below!

This event is coming up in June, but you need to register soon.

It’s called The Abundant Change [...]]]> This week I want to warmly invite you, AS MY GUEST,  to an online event that I know will help you in your life and business. I am always on the look-out for great opportunities for you!

This event is coming up in June, but you need to register soon.

It’s called The Abundant Change Agent Academy, and it is a tele-seminar series that consists of several one hour sessions guiding you in ways of aligning with wealth and stepping more fully into your Purpose & Destiny.

You Even Get Some Very Useful Handouts & Additional Help!

To help support your growth and integrate this information, you will receive training hand-outs and Q & A after every call on our Facebook group.

I will personally be teaching one of the sessions (on June 11th), and I would only be a part if I felt this was going to help you grow and thrive.

Exceptional Mentors

You will hear from 11 of the best and the brightest lights whose mission is to change the world with their unique contribution. (Brenda Mcintyre, Lynn Serafinn, Lisa Tener, Tanya Pulso, Me-Margo DeGange, Stacy Vajta, Angela Bear Johnson, Kristen Moeller, Elyse Hope Killoran, Miki Strong, and Michelle Casto).

Dates & Times:

The Abundant Change Agent Academy will begin Friday, June 1 and will continue with one session each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday through June 25, 2012.

Each session will be help at 1p.m. EST.

My interview date is:  June 11th.

In my session will discuss how you can purposefully Create Lifestyle Design for Success!

I have a lot of very important information and actionable success steps for you!

Register Now, did I Mention that it is FREE?

When you claim your scholarship, you’ll receive details on how you can access each special call.  You’ll also receive a special surprise bonus. There’s absolutely no-cost to you to listen to these sessions.

Where:

As this is a virtual event, you are welcome to join us from the comfort of your home, office or wherever you may happen to be, as you listen in to each guest interview. You will be able to listen by phone or on the webcast.

Why Are We Doing This?

If you have heard of my colleague Michelle Casto (aka Bright Michelle), you already know that she is committed to bringing out the most authentically life changing wisdom, processes, strategies possible from each and every one of her amazing guests.  Her Mission is to help as many Change Agents/Coaches/Healers experience the success that they desire and deserve.

All of us at the Academy believe that this is the time for everyone to Quantum Leap ahead and that you can create the life and business that you love, and that allows you to be the person you want to be.

To learn more and register for this inspiring Abundant Change Agent Academy; use this special link to attend as my special guest!

Register Now

http://www.abundantchangeagent.com/

This is truly going to be a one-of-a-kind event…incredible speakers, content-rich calls, lots of networking & connection, free 48 hour replays of all calls… We’re bringing it all together to create a profoundly uplifting and empowering experience.

We hope you’ll join us on this amazing ride as we head into the second half of 2012.

Let’s Quickly Become More WILDLY SUCCESSFUL!

Margo

YES-YES YES! You can absolutely invite your friends and family.

Register Here!

http://www.abundantchangeagent.com

Today is my (our) 24th wedding anniversary!  Being married to the same person (Joe) for 24 years is no small feat. For me, it has been a glorious ride, with some of the happiest, most meaningful events of my life shared with my wonderful husband. Yet, on a few special occasions, it [...]]]> Ahhhh, Marriage!

Today is my (our) 24th wedding anniversary!  Being married to the same person (Joe) for 24 years is no small feat. For me, it has been a glorious ride, with some of the happiest, most meaningful events of my life shared with my wonderful husband. Yet, on a few special occasions, it has also been the relationship that drove me to tears, up a wall, and to drink!

Joe and I have had our fair share of ups and downs and all arounds.  There were times I was in total bliss and never thought I’d ever think of leaving. Then, there were the times I thought I could not get into my car quick enough! That’s marriage, I’ve decided.

Marriages offers you an interesting long-term adventure, complete with a fast-paced yet miserably slow mix of battle scars, amazing memories, bottles of tears, jars of laughter, buckets of frustration, a zip lock bag or two of sarcasm, gift wrapped boxes of meaningful, precious moments, and some rare and priceless treasures, too.

Great Things Require Big Effort

You don’t gain anything worth something with just the effort of a wink and a nap. Relationships take effort, love, care, prayer, a sense of humor, a little vinegar, some standing up for your rights, and some sitting down so the other partner can enjoy their rights, too.

Fun When the Customers Roll Right In

Just like marriage, business has it’s ups and downs and all arounds, too. It’s fun when the customers come easily and the cash pours right in, but as a business owner, you’ve got to know there will be many days that challenge you to your very core.

Like the days you love your customers more than you could ever express, and the days when that loves wavers. Then there are times you want to take your challenges and all the peeps behind them, and roll them up like a big volleyball, so you can serve them up a big dose of the same crap they seem to throw at you. But then, you come to your senses.

Get REAL

Yep, you get real with yourself, and instead of looking outside and using blame and fault as a dysfunctional way to cover up and not deal with your problems, you learn that the better way, the more profitable way, is to look at what changes you must make, what habits you must drop, and what truth you must align with first and foremost. This leads to growth. This leads to prosperity. This leads to a better way of doing business (oh, and marriage too)!

Life, marriage, and business are glorious gifts that also come with enormous challenges that provoke our sense of selfishness and stubbornness while at the same time demanding we make the necessary adjustments for growth and maturity, otherwise we simply stop thriving, and who wants that?

Your business CAN be the best thing that ever happened to you. Here are 24 tips to help you on that journey, in celebration of my 24th wedding anniversary!

 1. Judge NOTHING before the time. Your business can be a mess and you can be ready to give it all up at any particular point in time. Don’t be hasty. There are seasons and reasons to all you go through. Don’t judge the life of your business by the toddler or teenage stage! There’s a bigger picture. Use your time of trial to see what’s not working and find out why. Then make adjustments.

2. Always have a clear goal at each step in your relationship with your significant other (your prospect or client).

3. Understand the needs of your significant other (your prospect or client). What matters most to them? What makes them “tick”? What troubles them or makes them feel insecure? What makes them feel happy and secure?

4. Make it your mission to meet and exceed the needs of your significant other (your prospect or client). Otherwise what’s the point of being in a relationship with them?

5. Invite your significant other on a play date!  Create events they would love to attend. When you can, spend time together deepening the relationship.

6. Don’t be cheap. Don’t nickel and dime over ridiculous stuff. Your significant other (your prospect or client) will feel you do not value them.

7. Keep the lines of communication open. Be an open door and make it easy for your significant other to talk to you about important topics. Be accessible.

8. Don’t bite off so much more than you can chew in your  life & business that you end up neglecting the one that matters most (in this case, your customer)!

9. Work out every issue. There is NOTHING that troubles your significant other that you should ever ignore or sweep under the rug. That spells disaster, and communicates you just do not care enough about them to sustain a meaningful relationship.

10. Don’t keep your significant other waiting. If they call on you, get to them right away to show them they are the priority. They must feel they are most important. Create business systems to do this for you!

11. Set boundaries in your relationship. Just because your significant other (your prospect or client) is uber-important, does not mean you go to hell in a handbag for them. Create reasonable boundaries that allow for your own well-being and self care. That way you can better love and serve (yes, we should love our customers)!

12. Keep your word and don’t lie to your significant other.

13. Send a love note to your significant other and surprise them with your charm! For no reason, let them know you are thinking of them!

14. Don’t forget the birthday of your significant other. A hand-written card will do just fine. A gift certificate is even better (and way cheaper than an advertised lead costs you).

15. Don’t assume you know what your significant other wants. ASK. It shows they matter!

16. Don’t ignore or blow off your significant other once you get what you want. They will feel used.

17. Don’t go for long periods of time without talking to your significant other.

18. Ask your significant other for their input and opinion. Client surveys are a great way to discover how they are really thinking. Leave room for their personal thoughts and comments. Reward them for taking the time to share.

19. Know that every relationship has its ups and downs, and how you treat someone overall is the most important thing. Problems are fine if you have an attitude, heart, and spirit to solve them in a way that is fair to everyone.

20. Don’t talk bad about your significant other to other people. Talking behind the back will hurt your relationship. It changes the energy and it changes you!

21. Be thankful every day for your significant other, even on the days you do not openly communicate that to them. In your own mind, know how much they add to your life, and how important they are to you.

22. Give your significant other room to be who they are without your opinions and actions causing them pressure, problems, or grief (sales pressure). Never talk down to them or disrespect their opinions. Make it a point to try and understand them as much as you can.

23. Want the best for your significant other. It can’t all be about you! Respect their freedom of choice. Understand that they have a right to value what they value.

24. Every instance of romancing your customer/prospect (your marketing) should have a clear call to action.  Don’t just put an ad or activity out there. Ask them to take an action. Tell them what you want them to do. Just like now, I am asking you to share your thoughts about this message on my blog!

Did you enjoy these 24 Tips? Do you have something to add, or a tip you’d like to share? Comment about right HERE (below)!

Have a Week of Loving Your Significant Other!

Margo

In celebration of the Women of Splendor launch,  I put together a series of short videos called  “Giving is the New Getting”.

I just recently uploaded them to youtube, and here’s the first of seven.

If you want help [...]]]> I’m so thrilled about the launch of Women of Splendor on May 25th, 2012, my 50th birthday!

In celebration of the Women of Splendor launch,  I put together a series of short videos called  “Giving is the New Getting”.

I just recently uploaded them to youtube, and here’s the first of seven.

If you want help finding your purpose, your calling, and discovering your splendor, take a look at these 7 short videos for some insight. Then join Women of Splendor to actually begin BRINGING your BRILLIANCE to others…

Become a Women of Splendor CHARTER MEMBER for FREE and be a forerunner in changing the world through:

• Your Business
• Your Work
• Your Ministry
• Mentoring
• Being Mentored
• Connecting to Others
• Bringing Your Gifts to Your World
• Meaningful Social Interaction!

Go Here NOW (limited time, 3 month FREE Brilliance Seekers Membership).  http://www.WomenofSplendor.com/BrillianceSeekers 

Sign up now and details will be emailed to you closer to the launch date of May 25th!

Now here’s Video 1 of 7 of Giving is the New Getting!  The links to videos 2-7 are coming soon!

Enjoy! HEY… I’d LOVE to hear your comments below on the video, or on how you think Women of Splendor can BEST help YOU bring your brilliance to the world, or just share your heart and thoughts!

Margo

Cash Aint King, but [...]]]> Here it is, my heartfelt message to you about getting rich… the money kind of rich I promised I’d address this week! To be money rich, you will either buy what you want and what you want to experience straight out, or use unconventional resources and unorthodox means to have them.

Cash Aint King, but it Pays the Bills & Buys More Freedom!

Let’s face it, today, simply making ends meet in your business and personal life takes piles of money, and if you want to live beyond mediocrity and the mundane, significantly help others, contribute to those in need, do fun and adventurous things, and take chunks of time off work to experience an exciting and meaningful lifestyle, you need additional resources beyond the basics. Of course you also need to manage expenses and repair money leaks, and look for additional revenue streams when and where appropriate, but the bottom line is, you must get to work on your business so you have increased freedom and more choices!

Lifestyle Design

As a Business & Lifestyle Designer, it’s my job to show you how to live your best life, and that takes some currency. How much and what kind of currency is another issue.  At the minimum, you need enough cash (and savings) to fund the lifestyle you have deemed as important, or as a substitute for money, you need an alternative currency and unconventional resources to live a RICH life, using creativity at times instead of cash! Either way, you need to get busy and get creative!

So, are you READY?  Are you REALLY ready to make the LEAP to GAIN FINANCIAL WEALTH & FREEDOM, to DESIGN the vision of the purposeful lifestyle you want, and then devise the plan to actually create it?

This takes COURAGE, I’m warning you, because it means leaving the safety net of the common, the ordinary, and the wide path, and taking charge of what you want and expect to experience from this ONE LIFE you get to live!

Getting Rich Starts HERE

YOUR getting RICH starts with your committed decision to once and for all drop a very dangerously deceptive mindset: the mentality that promises success without working a plan or without putting forth a consistent effort or investing a reasonable amount of foundational-growth-time in your business. Once you invest the time and effort to set up the business infrastructure that will make ongoing wealth sustainable, you can kick back more often and lean on your systems. These systems give you FREEDOM as a business owner to live the life you’ve designed!

Your Heritage!

You were not born to struggle or to just slither by financially, and you sure weren’t born to lie awake at night with worry over money. You are an entrepreneur because of something in your DNA! You value freedom and being in control of your own life. You also have a one-of-a-kind calling that ONLY YOU can do, whether you recognize it or not. On top of all that, you have amazing gifts, given to you for the benefit of others, that you are destined to share with your world. THAT is your heritage!

How it’s Done!

Making money and creating freedom for yourself in your business is not hard, but it takes an effective plan, a commitment, and consistency, especially in the early years. Most small business owners make the commitment but lack these:

• An effective plan
• The follow-through to build the systems that lead to freedom
• The consistency required to solidify them

They get ideas and take action with no cohesive plan. They do some activity and make a little money today, then rest, being partly in, partly out for a few days, weeks, or even months afterwards, and consequently wonder why business and brilliant lifestyle design is a struggle.

You CAN Make More Money & Open Up More Resources…
Let’s Start Here:

#1 DECIDE you want to and WILL make more money in your business and open up new resources for your lifestyle!

#2 DECIDE you deserve to make more money and to experience an amazing life!

#3 DECIDE you can and WILL make more money and open up new resources because you have what it takes!

#4 DECIDE to commit to the time investment required to make more money and discover new resources, and to using an effective money-generating FORMULA!

#5 DECIDE to commit to gaining more and better customers through good marketing and selling!

 ACTION TIME!

This is my famous TIME INVESTMENT FORMULA!  It lays out exactly how to spend your time in your business to establish the infrastructure and the systems, so you can soon create the money and eventually the kind of freedom you want and deserve, to live the lifestyle you desire. No sense working all the time or working just to make ends meet. This formula will help you build a business that affords you money AND freedom!

Build it to SERVE YOU LATER!

The idea here is that to build a business that generates money and freedom, you have to invest time and effort at the front end. Maybe that means 40 weekly hours at first, then 35, then 30, then 25 and eventually 20. At the start you may work 50 weeks per year then 40, then 30, then 20! This is LIFESTYLE DESIGN!

So let’s say you start the process working 40 hours a week, with 2 weeks off per year. That makes 40 hours weekly. We’ll use this as our example, and you can adjust as you work less and less hours per week (keeping the percentages constant).

Your Time Investment Breakdown:

•50% of your work time (20 hours based on this example) each week is on marketing, selling, and bring money directly into the business, and includes things like teaching seminars, hosting promo events and trunk shows, making phone calls, teaching teleseminars, sending mailings, moderating a mastermind group, and doing group coaching or private consultations, etc. As you gain skill, you delegate—outsourcing or training others to take over many of the tasks associated with this marketing and selling (such as setting up your classes, sending invites, direct mail campaigns, creating sales pages, etc.) leaving for you only the tasks where you need to personally show up.

•25% of your work time (10 hours based on this example) each week is invested in making your products and services, adding to them, redesigning them, or making them more amazing. This is where I would put CREATING CONTENT for a seminar and putting together a JV event that YOU HOST, since doing so creates products. If your business does not have a need for regular fresh products, then divide this 25% allotted time with marketing (above) and education (below) as is fitting for you. Again, as you gain skill, you delegate—outsourcing or training others to take over many of these associated tasks.

•15% of your work time (6 hours based on this example) each week is for administration and management. DELEGATE the rest. Really, delegate as much of this category as you can AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE! This is often where you first start to delegate!

•10% of your work time (4 hours based on this example) each week is for your own business development and training for your team! So with a 40 hour week, you’d take about 48 minutes each day to improve yourself, to build on your strengths, and to learn better marketing and selling techniques through reading, studying, attending seminars, etc, or you can accumulate some of this time and attend several conferences and trade shows each year.  You can also add EXTRA time to this from your OFF WORK hours if you are ever so inclined! An example of delegation here would be to leave someone in charge of your employee training to free up more of your time (so you can take another trip to the Bahamas or go hiking)!

 GO NOW!

So now you have the formula to get serious and to get rich, including my famous TIME INVESTMENT FORMULA for making money and building freedom through business systems. Start with working 40 hours per week, and work down to your desired number, but keep the percentages of time investment constant.

Don’t waste another minute. Start making more money and creating the business that will enable you to live the lifestyle YOU design!

What are YOUR thoughts or tips on this kind of business and lifestyle design? I really want to know, so please share!

Have a Wild Week of Getting RICH!

Margo

This week we’re going to look at the concept of the get rich quick mentality, and next week, I am actually going to tell you just what it takes to literally GET RICH—the money kind of rich (but not necessarily as QUICKLY as [...]]]> Are you ready to GET RICH QUICK? Well just hold your horses.

This week we’re going to look at the concept of the get rich quick mentality, and next week, I am actually going to tell you just what it takes to literally GET RICH—the money kind of rich (but not necessarily as QUICKLY as those greedy money-spirits insist you should).

Everyone wants to GET RICH QUICK, and there are a mazillion experts ready to take your money and tell you how. But don’t blame them.

For every peep who tries to tell us how to get rich quick, there are a mazillion more peeps who want to know how to get as much money as FAST as they can, so they can finally be happy. With that frame of mind, unfortunately, few will ever experience true wealth or true happiness.

Before we go on, let’s put this money thing into perspective, so when we do get the cash, we will have the mindset that’s fit for it. Here’s what some wise folks like Ben, Momma T,  and Ralphy have to say…

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.   ~Benjamin Franklin

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.   ~Mother Teresa

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.   ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.   ~Muhammad Ali

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.   ~Henry David Thoreau

He who is contented is rich.   ~Lao Tzu

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.   ~W. C. Fields

I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren’t so exciting.   ~Bill Gates

Think and grow rich.   ~Napoleon Hill

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier.   ~Oprah Winfrey

There are people who have money and people who are rich.   ~Coco Chanel

Why do these super stars talk about riches this way? Because being RICH first and foremost has NOTHING to do with money! It has everything to do with the way you live your life and the happiness you feel every day. To get rich, you have to first stop thinking about money, and start thinking about what drives you with excitement and passion.

This is exactly why I am a business and Lifestyle Designer. It is my mission to help others live lives of fullness and true purpose, the kind of lives that look and feel wealthy in a variety of ways, not just in terms of money!  In your life and in your work, you can be rich every day in every way! Lifestyle design is about CHOICES and MINDSET!

I am RICH. I live my life with a mindset that is positive and that also draws me to amazing opportunities where I can connect with and help others in very significant ways. I have total freedom, and I can set my own schedule. My life affords me many exceptional experiences, and I have had the privilege of getting to share time with some extraordinary people. I have traveled to some wonderful places like Maui, Kauai, (Hawaii), Trinidad, England, France, Canada, Jamaica, and Mexico to name just a few. I have stayed in the finest hotels and eaten at world class restaurants many times over.  I have been invited to places and events some people only dream of going.  I have purchased clothes and shoes that made me feel very privileged.  I have experienced many crazy and adventurous activities, too. Yet those things are NOT what make me rich.

Why I am RICH

I am RICH because I am able to fully enjoy every moment of my life, and I am RICH because I have a clear purpose for living. I know who I am and why I am here, and every day in my life and in my work I live that mission and calling.

Yes, I have definitely experienced the finer things of life, but I have also found absolute joy, wealth, and clarity of purpose in the simplest things as well. I’ve sat with a friend who was horribly sick, and held her hand as she painfully recovered. I helped bring a baby into the world. I was in the room when a very dear loved one passed away, and I’ve dined fabulously on almost nothing with people who had very little food to share.  I’ve visited complete strangers in the hospital, and held onto faith myself when I thought I was going to die. I’ve stayed up all night with feverish children, and prayed for my puppy that miraculously came through.  I sat in a baby pool with a home-made (but fabulous) cocktail, and enjoyed sailing in an old rickety boat.  I’ve played battleship in the car with my honey on a frosty cold night at the lake as we sipped on hot cocoa, I’ve shared a burger with a pal when there wasn’t much cash, and made chicken and dumplings for 30!

Wealth?

Wealth and being RICH is a quality of being. It’s really all about who you are a person and what makes you happy, and what you offer to others! That must come from within because unless it starts there no amount of money will bring you joy! Once you own that, you can confidently design the business of your dreams, based around your calling and your passion.

Passion

My passion—what drives me every day of my life—is empowering others to find their unique gifts and calling and use them to create over-the-top lives and businesses. I would do this for free. It is who I am.

For you it may be designing and creating super stylish interior spaces, or mentoring others to rise to the top, or helping people to get well and strong and energized, or it may be informing and entertaining your tribe through exciting seminars and special events. Your passion may be connecting with clients in the selling situation because you know you are changing their lives in unprecedented ways through the exceptional products that you sell.

To GET RICH QUICK, quit thinking that RICH means just money, and get a brand new mindset. You must be RICH well before you will ever see the first shiny dime of your small business fortune. Then, you will be well-prepared to receive the money, the actual CASH,  that is certainly yours for the taking!

Have a wealth mentality. In every instance of every day, live like you mean it.  Do business like you love it. Create like you are excited about it. Meet people like you care. Connect like you have a purpose. Savor each moment like it matters. Enjoy every event (big or small, simple or elaborate) as if you are attending the King’s ball. Then, see if you don’t discover just how rich you really are. THAT kind of RICH does happen QUICKLY! It’s simply a mindset.

AT THAT POINT you can begin to make the leap to GAIN FINANCIAL WEALTH, and this money-kind of getting RICH starts with your decision to drop a very dangerously deceptive mentality—the one that says you can be successful without working a plan or without putting a reasonable amount of time and consistent effort into your business.

More on that next week, when I’ll share with you the HOW so you can get the CASH in your business (because that’s loads of fun too)!  Stay tuned, and in the meantime…

Please share something about your own life that makes you KNOW you are rich today!

Have a Wild Week of Riches!

Margo

Video 1, Giving is the New Getting!

Video 2, The “G” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  Give Yourself Permission!

Video 3,  The “I” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  Include Others in a Purpose [...]]]>

Here are all 7 Videos on The Launch of Women of Splendor, and Giving is the New Getting!

Video 1, Giving is the New Getting!

Video 2, The “G” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  Give Yourself Permission!

Video 3,  The “I” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  Include Others in a Purpose Bigger Than Yourself!

Video 4, The “V” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  Vision Map Each Stage of Your Life!

Video 5, The “I” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  Inspire Yourself by Aligning with What You Truly Want!

Video 6, The “N” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  No Competition Will Hinder You!

Video 7, The “G” in G-I-V-I-N-G:  Go For It!

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