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Note from Susan
December 20, 2009
The beauty and spirit of Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa are upon us. It's a time for laughter, festivities, and family. It's also a time for frenzied activity and worries about finances.
With the New Year fast approaching, it's time to say, “Out with the old. In with the new.” It's time to find a place of peace and quiet where you can reflect on 2009 and make way for what you want to attract in 2010.
This week's article has a fun exercise that will help you center and collect yourself this month so that you can usher in the New Year with intent and joy.
Happy Holidays to you all!
Success is assured. Greatness is. Beauty surrounds. All is well.
Write You Inner Samurai Business Plan in 60 Days Teleseminar
Start your New Year off right with an Inner Samurai Business Plan!
What is an Inner Samurai Business Plan, and why do you need one?
An Inner Samurai Business Plan is a plan that precisely defines your business, identifies your goals, and serves as a blueprint and inner-inspired vision board for your business’s success.
Inner because we'll be making sure that your business is aligned with what fuels you from within: your passion, joy, and strong desire to be of service and make a difference in the world.
Samurai because of the strong, confident decisions you'll make, fully knowing what's true for you, while sustaining yourself to act on that knowing with integrity, honor, beauty, and grace.
Although many businesses have been started without the benefit of a formal business plan, most businesses do not succeed for long without one.
In this Write Your Inner Samurai Business Plan in 60 Days Teleseminarwe will address the main elements of an inner inspired business plan. You'll learn how to write an executive summary, how to describe your company, product, competencies, and market needs in a way that is aligned with your value system and guiding inner principles.
You'll look at your competition, determine the products and services you'll offer, and decide what you need to do to market and sell your business. You'll also make decisions about how your business will operate, what action plans need to be put into place for its success, and how to determine the funds that you need both now and in the future.
When you're finished, you will have put together an Inner Samurai Business Plan that is from 30 to 40 pages in length. It will look professional. It will also give potential lenders or investors everything they need in order for you to obtain financing. Most important, you will have an inner-inspired blueprint for success that will make you feel proud of what you are offering to the world, excited about your direction, and confident in your success.
What Are the Facts, Mam?
The particulars: • We'll meet six Wednesdays between February 17 and March 31. • At 7p eastern. • For 75 minutes. • If you can't make a session, no worries. All sessions will be recorded.
You'll receive: • A comprehensive Inner Samurai Business Plan Toolkit, • All necessary worksheets, • Organizational flow charts, • Video segments.
The cost: • $147. • Since this is the first time I've offered this seminar I'm able to offer you a special "first timer’s" price. After this first time, the price will go up.
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If you think this is something your business would benefit from and you would like to be included in all future Inner Samurai Business Plan communications, please email me: susan at alkamae dot com. Include "ISBP" in the subject line and your full name and email address in the body of the email.
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Out with the Old. In with the New!
What, if anything, are you doing to set the tone for next year?
Are you just hoping to make it through to the end of this year so you can make your New Year's resolutions? Many folks are, you know. Or do you have something more intentional in mind to clear away the old and make way for the new?
The end of December is here. For many of us, it's been a mad dash, beginning with Thanksgiving and continuing on through Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the New Year with an increase in activity, family events, and business functions. Let’s face it. It's been exhausting!
With the New Year fast approaching, it's time to say, “Out with the old. In with the new!” It's time to find a place of peace and quiet amidst the hustle and bustle where you can reflect on 2009 and make way for what you want to attract in 2010.
Here's a fun exercise you can do this month.
In the spirit of preparing for a fantastic new year, set aside 15 to 20 minutes to be alone in a quiet, serene environment. Curl up in your favorite chair or place on the couch. Make yourself a warm cup of tea or hot cocoa. Then settle in for some precious "you time" to clear out the old and make way for the new.
Three Steps for a Bright New Year
Step One: On a piece of paper, write the following three lists:
1. Top 10 Thing I Found Challenging this Year
What tested you the most? What did you find most taxing? What were your biggest problems, most difficult tasks, and major trials?
2. Top 10 Things I Gained this Year
What did you acquire or achieve? What attributes did you grow into? What big things did you win, reap, or land?
3. Top 10 Things I'm Open to Experiencing in 2010
What new experiences are you open to? What are you willing to have more of, be connected to, or participate in?
Step Two: Read over these lists and reflect on them for 5 to 10 minutes until you clearly feel that your past year is finished and that your intentions for the coming year have already been accomplished.
Step Three: Burn all three lists. As you watch them burn, affirm to yourself, "And so it is done."
Don't wait for January 1st to make your New Year's resolutions. Now, as December winds down, it is a good time to begin thinking about what you want to usher in for yourself and your business in 2010. Enjoy and have fun with this "Three Steps to a Bright New Year" exercise.
Then, on New Year’s Eve, you’ll be prepared to exclaim, “Out with the old. In with the new!”
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Dr. Susan L. Reid, Small Business Expert and Business Catalyst, brings the gift of inner vision and insight to spiritually conscious businesswomen ready to run their businesses confidently, effectively, and fully aligned with their deepest inner principles.
Twice award-winning author of Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Journey to Business Success, Dr. Susan revolutionizes the way women do business in the world through the transformational process called Discovering your Inner Samurai.
Discovering your Inner Samurai is not a theory or a strategy.
It is a primal yearning spiritually conscious women can’t deny that drives them deep within, aligning them with their inner guidance system, inspiriting and inspiring them with the confidence and strength to prosper and thrive. Why “Inner Samurai?”
Inner because the voice resides deep within her being (to distinguish it from the voice inside her head).
Samurai because of how powerfully it stands, fully knowing what's true for her, sustaining her to act on that knowing in every moment of every day with integrity, honor, beauty, and grace.
The word "alkamae” means "to transform."
Therefore, Alkamae is the place where spiritually conscious women naturally come to transform their sacred inner voice into the central guidance system compelling their personal and business success.
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