There HAS to be something more, doesn’t there?

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Have you found times that you’ve asked yourself this question? That nagging feeling that there has to be something more.

Do you have a burning desire, a passion, something nudging you forward to possibly do something different with your life?

Perhaps you already have a business, but you KNOW there is something MORE that you should be doing that will take you to that next level within your life.

“The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”
~ Deepak Chopra

I want you to ask yourself how much time do you just put into YOU? People that enjoy long term success happen to be the most giving, but also know when they must work on themselves in order to be able TO give.

If you focus all of your energy on your business, your career, your clients and on your family, you are doing everyone a disservice. Please don’t get me wrong here, I’m not talking about being greedy. I’m talking about taking care of YOU so that YOU can show up your best for everyone that you love including yourself.

When was the last time you really took a good look at yourself? Are you being the best that you can be? Do you take time for you? Are you taking care of your health by eating right and exercising? See if you aren’t taking care of YOU, no one wins.

My challenge for you today is to show up fully for YOU. Take some time (and please do not use the excuse that I DON’T have time – I KNOW that you do!!!) and just do something really nice for yourself this weekend. Begin to think about ways that you can do this on a weekly basis. Your clients will love you for this. Your family will love you for this. You will attract new and vibrant energy and connections within your life. And, YOU will feel so good!

In the end you will find that there is something more… A much richer, more abundant life because you are living it by showing up fully in everything you do. In our new Simply Wealthy by Debra tele-classes we’ll be going over ways that even the busiest gal can squeeze in time for herself and not skip a beat in other areas of your life.

I’m so excited to share these content rich classes with you. Stay tuned and Enjoy!

Tagged As: Debra Larson, taking care of you, Work from Home, your health your wealth

How Strong is your Vision?

I wrote this article for my Empowerment 4u! Mastermind group, and I wanted to share it with all of you as well.

My question to all of you fabulous homepreneurs is this:

How strong is your Vision? And, do you have a Vision Statement for your business?

Some of you may think that your vision for your company is so set in stone that nothing could deter you from it. Now there are others of you that change with every new thing that comes along.
Why do we do this? Well, because some times it is easier to learn something new than to stick with the idea that may take some time to cultivate. Our culture loves instant success and every new product and service will promise you this.

Really you won’t know how strong your vision is until you’ve found yourself in a position where you’ve been given a little less to work with, or perhaps you are at a position less than where you envisioned yourself to be. Family and friends have an amazing impact on how we think as well. Even if they think they are looking out for your best interest, many times this isn’t the case. What happens during these times is that we start to question our own vision that we originally felt so strongly about.

Working within your true gifts whether it be creativity, science, numbers, talking, leadership, writing, ministry or many of all of the above, no one gift is better than the other. However, if you are working within your gifts and are enriching them as you grow in life, with strong vision for yourself, I guarantee that you will be successful in whatever it is that you do.

One of the first exercises I do with my clients in my Empowerment 4u! Coaching strategy sessions is figuring out what you enjoy and what you don’t, as a child and as an adult. This really helps me in determining what may be holding you from your vision or taking that next successful step in your business.

Many of you are not ready for success -you are standing in your own way. How may you be doing this? Well, ask yourself some of these questions:

• Are you serving your clients and constantly giving them good service, product or content unconditionally? Or, do they always have to buy from you?

• Was there ever a point that you were so far away from your vision you just couldn’t fathom it coming true so you switched to a different vision? Do you do this often?

• Have you ever held yourself back because you just didn’t think you were ready or knew enough to follow your vision?

• Has a personal distraction or disaster come along that made you waiver on your vision? Or, completely give up that particular dream?

• Are you doing things just to impress “the other guy”?

• Are you really giving your business your best at this very moment?

• How strong is your Vision?

• Are you really giving your business your best at this very moment?

My opinion on this is this. . . Unless you have a strong vision for yourself and your business that you can fall back upon when you waiver, when things aren’t quite at there best, you will never be truly successful.

Whatever success you have right now, embrace it. No matter how small or mundane.
Once you do this then you can move to the next step of success. Have the mindset that your business IS successful and work from a place that coincides with your vision.

You’ve heard the old adage “Prosper where you’re planted” right?

Well, treat your business the way you want it to be, treat your spouse as though he/she is that loving, caring person you desire, start treating your body as though it IS healthy and fit, see where I’m going here . . . Start to work your business and live your personal life as you dreamt it to be and soon it will become what you envisioned. It’s the little things that you embrace that will help you get there.

It’s about giving it your best shot even when your vision seems the furthest away. It’s about going that extra mile EVEN when no one is paying attention. If you are constantly looking for recognition and promotion, you aren’t working towards your vision. Everything you do needs to work hand in hand towards building your vision, even if you aren’t getting a pat on the back. Is that hard? You bet it is? Recognition makes us feel good and if we don’t get it, self doubt tends to set in.

It’s funny, one of my mentors told me that whenever I started to feel a little uneasy, or maybe I handled a difficult situation without whining and complaining about it, I just handled it even though I felt a little uncomfortable, she’d say “Okay Deb, that was another test. You past and something great is about to happen. You are ready to go that next step.” And, it always works that way. I step off that cliff and somehow another bridge is built making me stronger and stronger as try new things.

So if you don’t have a strong Vision Statement for your company, or perhaps you change it frequently, I’d highly suggest re-visiting your Vision Statement and make sure that is true to you and who you want to be within your company. When you are working from the heart, it’s hard to waiver too far from the truth.

Learning and your environment. . .

Immerse yourself into your learning. Take 30 minutes to 2 hours a day just for you and completely focus on something new that you can apply towards your personal life or business. You’ll be amazed how much energy you’ll receive from learning this way. The big key is to make sure that you have an environment where you can live it, believe it and become the successful, empowered person you desire to be.

Sometimes this takes getting out of the environment that you are in and spending time with others such as going to a seminar of like minded people for a weekend. I have spent thousands of dollars to “immerse myself” for 3, even 5 day events, just to learn with the very best. LIVE and in-person learning always has the biggest impact. Some of my Empowerment 4u! coaching members have told me that one day of in-person training had a bigger impact on their business than any other training seminars they have learned from.

Don’t you deserve this as well?

If you can’t get away, change your environment at home. I have a place where I can totally relax, sit in a comfy chair, surrounded by green tropical palms, bright flowers, just an all around beautiful setting that allows me to  completely let my mind be free and creative.

My office is cheerful with light yellow walls, bright blues and off whites. The walls sporting paintings from vacations to the Caribbean, and the air scented of yummy smelling candles.  I even a jump-rope close at hand in case I need a quickie energy boost! It totally revitalizes me. When I really need a change of pace, I take Kona, my chocolate lab to beach where he can swim and I can work, you can’t beat the office view!

You don’t have to live near the water to have this environment – you can make any room comfortable and energetic. Just get rid of the clutter, or just simply move around some of your furniture and add a few fun, vacation photos, fresh paint, candles or whatever it is that relaxes you and puts a smile on your face. You’ll love how this re-energizes you!

Tagged As: Debra Larson, Homepreneur, Self-Development, Signature Success Solutions, Small Business, Wealth & Marketing Coach, Your Environment

Are YOU Limiting Your Own Business Success?

Are limiting beliefs holding you back?

Your belief system and optimism have a huge affect on how you live your life. The more we become aware, the more we become in control of our destiny. You’ve all heard of living in the moment. Have you really sat down and thought about how hard “living in the moment” really is? We have all this muck from the past that we let seep into our present that molds our belief system.

In order for us to receive all of the benefits of living a very fruitful life, we have to believe “it” is possible, and just the fact you believe it’s possible means that it really is. Have you ever had something that you THOUGHT you really, really wanted but it seemed hard and it took forever? Well, that is because there is something inside that is working against your true wants and desires and perhaps it’s old beliefs.

Our beliefs are set up from childhood. If you had very conservative parents that told you all your life that “Oh that isn’t possible”, or “you can’t do that,” your thoughts today as an adult are going to be very different in business than that of someone that had a parent that told you could do anything and have everything in life that you put your mind to.

I find many network marketers go through this incredible self growth while growing their new networking or solo-entrepreneur business. Changing or enhancing your belief system is all part of this growth.

It’s difficult because at one point it seems the world becomes very confusing. Really, your success or lack of success becomes that of what others think about us versus what we really want.

Why, because early on we learned to conform to society on what we can or can not do. I’ve never really been a part of that way of thinking, and the times that I did, I got very confused. Struggling against what I believe is possible vs what society thinks is possible. I guess that is because I believe everything is possible. Anything you want, truly is yours for the taking.

It’s funny, I was in the Florida Keys once and I’ve never done this before, but there was a palm reader right on Duval St in Key West and I said to myself this guy is the real deal. This spiritually-backed palm reader had the long grey beard, he was from India, his wife sitting right next to him in her custom clothing – had to be authentic. So I said what the heck, might as well at least get some giggles out of this. You know the first thing he told me was, as he held up a deck of cards and said, “Most people think like this” then he turned the cards sideways and said, “However you think like this.” I had never really thought about that before. I truly do look at the world differently. The world has so many treasures to offer and they are all there for you if you just believe in yourself and your desire, you can have them. I’d say 95% of us don’t think that way.

I know, I know, you are asking yourself right now, okay if that is a fact then why am I living this way versus the way I truly want to. Well, sometimes it takes time, and secondly do you REALLY believe you can have everything you want? AND, is what you want, your TRUE desires.

I see time and time again homepreneurs making decisions based on the limitations of others or what they THINK we can do. It’s tough because many really do believe everything the people around you have to say. If you believe you aren’t worth it, you can’t do this, etc. than you’ll always be “stuck”.

It’s time to get your beliefs “un-stuck.” Growth comes from desire so it’s time to figure out exactly what your true desire is and alter your belief system to be in alignment with what you truly want. Not what you “think” you want, or “others” think you want, what YOU truly want.

Once you figure out your true desire, start living in the moment, become aware that you truly can achieve anything that you put out there for the universe to embrace… That my friends, is when you will start achieving anything and everything you put your minds to! That my friends, is when we begin building a business around your authentic self and your true gifts that you have to share with the world.

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Ladies, enjoy support from our Empowerment 4u! Woman’s Only Club which is specifically designed for all of you after being all things to everyone, are looking for support and coaching to assist you in stepping into your own unique authenticity and success within your business. Enjoy many complimentary tips,  free resources  and gifts that will help boost your business today at www.DebLarson.com

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Making 5 Majors Mindshifts Towards Success

Making the "Mind Shift"

Most top Wealth & Marketing Coaches have all stated the same thing: You need to take a good look inward, versus placing blame on your outward circumstances, to see what is holding you back from true success.  It’s tough to swallow, but once you figure this out, you will find the world is full of abundance. There is more than enough out there for all of us to experience true wealth in all areas of our lives. Trust me, if you get clear on what you want, you will not have to worry about “HOW” you are going to get there.

Making certain shifts in your mindset will assist with your success. Once you begin to start making these shifts on a daily basis, you’ll find everything suddenly begins to fall magically into place.

Being a Homepreneur involves much more than just running a business, it’s about being in balance and feeling fulfilled in all areas of your business and your life. Truly, your business should be a reflection upon how you want to ultimately live your life.

Here are the 5 major shifts you can begin immediately:

1. Operate from where you want to be: Operate from WHERE you want to be. Visualize it, write about it, dress like it, walk like it, talk like it. Think Bigger! Once you start to operate from a place where others are, that you want to be as well, start acting as if you already have what they have. Raise your level of awareness and start incorporating little things into your life, and you will start to see major changes in that direction.

2. Jim Rohn says that “You are the 5 people you hang around most.” I hate to say it but a few years back, that scared the heck out of me. Some changes needed to happen and happen quickly! If your friends aren’t quite what you would think of as the “pillars of success”, you don’t have to dump them, but reach out to mentors, coaches, mastermind groups and others that ARE. You can’t help but have all that goodness rub off on you, and you begin to attract new friends as well. I very quickly surrounded myself with business coaches and mentors that were nothing but the best and that totally resonated with where I wanted to be in my own life. This one shift changed my entire life.

3. When you make a decision, stick to that decision: Don’t be wishy-washy or jumping from business idea to business idea. And, for network marketers don’t jump from opportunity to opportunity. Actually have your own business will help with some of this. Act as if there is no plan B, no safety net. If you take that step out on the ledge, don’t look down just keep walking and I promise you a bridge will begin to appear. When you are working from the heart, and it’s true to who you are, it’s hard to go in a different direction.

4. Spend more time for you: Leverage your time and money by teaching one to many in a group setting. At first I had a hard time with this, thinking that working this way wasn’t very personal, but it was the opposite. As a group it got others to interact and open up when normally they wouldn’t have. They could relate to others in the group which made the connection stronger. My clients learn from each other. It is so fulfilling to be able to assist so many people now. By leveraging my time it also allowed me to spend more time doing things outside of my business which I enjoy as well. Quality of life outside of your business makes a huge difference in your success. So make the mind shift by teaching one to many and enjoy more time for you.

5. Get outside your comfort zone: No, I don’t want you to always feel uneasy about the task at hand, however if it’s uncomfortable once, it most likely won’t be the second time around. This is what will help you grow in your business. If it still is uncomfortable, then you know this about yourself and hopefully you can higher out in this particular area. I highly recommend having a business coach or mastermind group that gently pushes you forward during “uncomfortable times” and helps keep you accountable.

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Did you enjoy this article? Would you like to use it? Feel free, just make sure you copy the information below along with the exact reprint of the article:

Debra Larson, Wealth & Marketing Coach for Signature Success Solutions, is all about bringing together the resources, support and inspiration to one place where every home-preneur, solo-preneur or small business owner can easily create an abundant, authentic business all while keeping balance in life and realizing the growth and wealth you truly desire. Ladies, enjoy support from our Empowerment 4u! Women’s Only Club which is specifically designed for all of you after being all things to everyone, are looking for support and coaching to assist you in stepping into your own unique authenticity and success within your business. Enjoy many complimentary tips,  free resources  and gifts that will help boost your business today at www.DebLarson.com

Tagged As: Debra Larson, Homepreneur, Marketing Coach, Small Business, Work from Home