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Hi Chris and Susan here...
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Hope you've had an awesome week and ready for some rest and relaxation over the weekend
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We know we are but we also know we have our accounts to finish...
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All businesses whatever their type have to run profitably and that means doing the accounts just to make sure!
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There are many different kinds of business and the internet has opened up so many opportunitiesÂ
Affiliate marketing
Network marketing
Direct selling
E-commerce
Coaching & mentoring
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All of these are great choice and best of all can be incorporated into what we call a lifestyle
businessÂ
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It's the one we set up to have from day one back in 2010
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And today incorporate all of the above and together they give us a passive income for our retirement years
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One that would give us the freedom to travel and work from anywhere we
wanted
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But let's look at what a lifestyle business conjures upÂ
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One of our favourite descriptions is the image of running a company from the beach, a laptop in one hand and a margarita in the other.Â
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But what the growing category of lifestyle business truly offers entrepreneurs is the option to turn their skills and hobbies into businesses,
while also designing the life they truly want.Â
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That can mean working from home in a small town close to family or globetrotting the world, taking business calls from an iPhone full of travel
photos
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And in all honesty, many people talk about creating a "lifestyle business" very few set out to find a business that meets that goal
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And the reason for that our good friend Dean Jackson tell us is because a lifestyle business doesn't just happen. Â
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First you have to know what "ideal lifestyle" means to you
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Then you have to plan it
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Then you have to build it
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In other words, as with anything, you have to start with the end goal in mind
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That end goal is a happy you 😀
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So let us ask you this
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Do you know what would be a perfect business for you?
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Not what someone else says is a perfect business
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But a business that's designed around your own criteria of what makes you happy 😀
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The reason we ask?
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Many entrepreneurs and wannabe entrepreneurs don't know the answer to that
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They keep chasing the idea of a perfect business without ever realising that THAT might just not be the right thing
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All because it's something society or whoever tells you to aspire to
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From our point of view we're firm believers that the purpose of a business is to support you in the life you really want to have...
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Because the most successful thing about life is actually having a life that makes YOU HAPPY 😀
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That's why it's important that you know what a "happy life" means to you
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And if you don't know it yet, here's a way you can start thinking about it today
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"I know I'm being successful when..."
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How would you finish that sentence for yourself?
Can you come up with ten things that would be true when you think of yourself as successful
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Being an entrepreneur is probably one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself
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It allows you to define what your life really is...
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What you want your life to be...
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And then build a business around supporting that life
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The best part?
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You make your own rules
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You can set up your life any way you want 😀😀😀
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That's it from us todayÂ
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We hope it's given you
food for thought
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You can see what we've chosen for our lifestyle business focusÂ
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You really do have to think about what you want from it
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This ticks all the boxes for usÂ
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Have a great weekendÂ
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Stay healthy and enjoy every day