What are your logo colours really saying?
I’m sure we all know people who have had “their colours done”.
Meaning they have sort outside assistance to ensure how they are presenting themselves is in the best light, and coloured outfit, possible. Not only is it about putting the best foot forward, it is also about high levels of comfort, and being as able to attract as you can. What you want to attract of course, is entirely up to you!
How you “dress your business” is no different.
Corporate colours contain hidden meanings, so what are they secretly saying about your business?
Choose your primary logo and business theme colours carefully, as every colour has a subliminal meaning that should reflect your style and theme of business.
Here are some examples for you to compare your corporate or even personal colours against their hidden meanings…
read on to ascertain what your logo colours are potentially saying about you…
To Sell or Not to Sell Your Business, or even how to…
entrepreneurial mothers, lend me your ears!
Well kind of!
I can now announce that I can almost officially sell your business on your behalf. This week I spent completing an “Agents Representative” Course at the REIV. Once I get my assessments in, and receive my certficate, not only will I be able to buy and sell real estate, I can now do the same for businesses…perfect!
Why is that perfect?
Because I know that many of you have been more than capable of starting and building a nice little business, or not so little, whichever the case may be. Usually though, we have built the business to satisfy a certain need that we deemed couldn’t be rectified any other way, whether that be around personal circumstances or the product on offer. Then, in time, that need is no longer there and we are left with the question… what to do with the business?
Many of us will just fold it up, not realising what an asset we have built and/or that there will be others that will find value in it too We’ve just not planned for it, or even know what to do in the first place…well now we do.
I can now take you through, from woe to go, not only how to structure your business but also how to do that so it is ready to sell when you are. On top of that, I will also assist you with the sale, officially. How good is that? I am very excited as this will be the start of many great things to come for many of you, and I can’t wait to get you all started…
Details to follow shortly.
The Price of Children
Unfortunately I don’t know where this little gem originates (thank you regardless), but I had to share it anyway…
Here is something absolutely positive for a change. We’ve repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It’s nice!
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with USD$160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about price shock! And that doesn’t even touch college tuition.
But USD$160,140.00 isn’t so bad if you break it down.
It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month,
* $171.08 a week.
* A mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.Still, you might think the best financial advice is: don’t have children if you want to be “rich” or you can’t afford it. Actually, it is just the opposite.
What do you get for your USD$160,140.00?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of “God” every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles and flying kites.
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or bad your day was.For USD$160,140.00, you never have to grow up.
You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs,
* color Easter eggs,
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watch Saturday morning cartoons,
* go to Disney movies,
* go outside and play and
* wish on stars..You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother’s Day, and cards with backward letters for Father’s Day.
For a mere $24.24 a day, there is no greater bang for your buck.
You get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and
* coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.You get a front row seat in history to witness the:
* First step,
* First word,
* first day of Kindergarten,
* First bra,
* First date,
* First prom,
* First time behind the wheel.You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and, if you’re lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great – grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, law enforcement, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under “God”.
You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.
That is quite a deal for the price!Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren & great-grandchildren.
It’s the best investment you’ll ever make!
I’ve got my moneys worth!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
Isn’t that a beauty, enjoy!
Millionaire Makers Club
I saw Pat Mesiti present for 2 hours a number of months ago, and not only did I find him highly entertaining (he is Australian after all!), what he has to say is really powerful, and I believe may be very beneficial for your entrepreneurial mother journey you are now undertaking…. so as a taste of what’s in store, and as he has a FREE workshop coming up that I will be attending late August, I thought I would share this with you and if you care to join me at the workshop then email me and I’ll arrange it for you.
Happy viewing…
Click here to watch the presentation
Change Your Thinking > To Change Your Results!
by Tony Jeary for ChangeThis.com
“Business as usual is unrealistic in our current economic climate. Leaders must accept the fact that success is likely to become a moving target and their organizations must become faster, leaner and better equipped to compete and change quickly.
To embrace speed as a strategic asset requires higher levels of clarity about the real needs and goals of the organization. Clarity means that the value and purpose of every effort must be evaluated and put to the test.”
Click here to read the full article…
it’s well worth it.
Design YOUR Business workshop…mentoring session #1
Yesterday saw the almost conclusion of Mentoring Session #1. 10 hours of mentoring is included as part of the program. So over last week and this week, I’ve managed to sit down with all but two of the businesses noted in 5th June post, and got to understand where their business is at, and where they in turn are also.
A diverse lot, at all stages of development, ranging from the new concern starting out to the well established local icon owner turning over what many of them would be aspiring too.
Its very energising having these conversations. The beauty is that I can see how they can grow each of these businesses in leaps and bounds, but they have to decide that its what they want to do. That’s the key. Growing a business will often take you away from doing the stuff you may really enjoy doing ie the hands-on reason you started the business in the first place.
However it doesn’t always have to be that way. As long as we create additional cash flow to cover the costs of outsourcing, then it is all doable. And that you’re prepared to do the initial additional hard work to be ready to hand over. You can grow and have your hands-on fix as well. The proof will be in the pudding as we journey through the remaining 8 hours of mentoring…
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode…
if you…
if you don’t run your own life,
someone else will…(John Atkinson)
A short note, but a very poignant one today,
I don’t really need to say much else!
