Secrets to Success Deborah Cole Micek and John-Paul Micek

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Finding hidden cash in your business

ONE of the biggest mistakes that individuals unknowingly make in life affects their long-term financial status. The mistake is to go aimlessly through life without ever determining specifically where you want to go.

Human nature dictates that the majority of people, if left to their own devices, won't set any type of goals until they're forced to think about their lives, businesses, or career direction.

Graduation is a big wake-up call for many to begin thinking about what they want their major to be in college.

Some people only think about career direction at a less happy time -- when they're fired, laid off or down-sized.

Unfortunately, when times are tough, you won't be at your optimum state-of-mind to think strategically. Instead, you come from a place of desperation -- forced to take any offer that is put on the table, without objective analysis to determine if it's a good decision, i.e., one that will give you the results you're looking for over the long term.

SECURING cash flow for your business is no different. You can't wait until you need the money to go after it. If you do, you'll sell yourself short, and lose money in the process.

More money is lost in this manner for small-business owners than most realize or care to admit.

If you're looking to reap all the profits that are rightfully yours in your business, you need a specific plan for yourself and your business. Otherwise, you'll always find yourself asking why you don't seem to have any luck in life or business.

Oprah Winfrey once said, "Luck is simply a matter of when opportunity meets preparation."

If you don't have a plan for your own life, career, or business, you'll always be subject to someone else's plan. You'll wind up wandering from one direction or business venture to the next.

HERE are the first steps in creating your plan to reap all the profits hidden in your business:

What's possible for you this year? Where will you be in a year from now? What do you need to do to achieve a big goal?

Start devising a plan of action with your coach so you can reach your goals 10 times faster this year -- before your competition thinks of doing it first.