Do you ever experience undue financial stress because some of your clients are ’slow payers?’ Before working with me, one of my clients who has a pool building business, only asked for a 10% deposit at the start of the project and then invoiced the balance at the end of it.

The process of building a pool takes weeks! In the meantime her company would have to cover wages, equipment and all other costs throughout this time. What often happened at the end, the clients were slow to pay causing them even more financial stress.

Sometimes there comes a point in business when you need to decide to get serious about your business and pull out all stops to ‘make it happen’ or struggle along ‘hoping something will happen’.

Over the years I’ve coached many business owners. Some  had excelled with their results and there were others who had the same information but just couldn’t or wouldn’t follow through to achieve the results they were looking for.

For business to be better it all comes down to you and taking responsibility.

Follow these simple and easy to implement ideas consistently and you’ll feel better and achieve more.

Many business owners falsely believe that the more work they have, the more money they make. Because they are ‘busy’ and get more help to manage the workload they think they must be making more money which is not necessarily true.

Jenny ran her advertising business from home. As her business grew she had 2 people help her on a part-time basis. She eventually convinced herself it would be a good idea to move into a ‘real’ office. To her this symbolized that she was a ’success.’

With the end of the tax year fast approaching, it’s With the end of of the financial year fast approaching, now is an ideal time to focus on your personal affairs. I’m always amazed that so many business owners and entrepreneurs spend most of their time consumed by their business and totally neglect their personal affairs.

Many of my clients want to get their business organised yet often admit that their personal affairs are in chaos. They have no systems for handling this most important area. The household paperwork is disorganised… piled up in a corner of the house… somewhere. They have no idea where they spend their money and often have no plan for their financial future.

I’m curious. How many of you are feeling affected by the economy right now?  Are you worried about your business? Are you looking for more income streams? Do you want to start a business but are afraid this isn’t the right time? Or are you doing great right now?

For myself, I’m always interested in looking for more ways to take charge of my OWN life and my OWN business. That’s why I was intrigued by Ali Brown’s new free teleclass on Thursday, March 5, called “How to Create Your OWN Strong Economy This Year…