How to Organize Your Life So It Work For and Not Against You

Organize Your Life So It Work For & Not Against You

Disorganization causes confusion and chaos! One cannot thrive in an environment where things are disorderly and out of place. We can all agree on that! Without order and organization, we cannot function effectively, and we will waste a lot of time moving aimlessly without a clear mission or the discipline to follow it. Our environment is a reflection of our inner man/woman. If our inner man/woman is organized and orderly, so will our immediate environs be. We will not tolerate prolonged disorder and chaos unless it is entirely outside of our control.

There is absolutely no doubt that we are sacked with tons of things to do on a daily basis from juggling our home, work, relationships, finances, health, errands, and everything in between, life can certainly be hectic. However, if we can put some order to it, we will be better able to find balance and function more efficiently.

Some of us like to leave important things that need to be done for the last minute, and try as we may, we cannot break the mold and nip that habit in the bud. Why? Because habits are the hardest things to break. Without intentional, deliberate, consistent effort to discard a bad habit and replace it with a good habit, it cannot be done.

So how can we organize our life so it work for us and not against us? Here are 5 ways:

1. Create a Mission Statement

The first step in decluttering and organizing your life is to create a mission statement. No! Mission statements are not only for corporations and businesses. In fact, people have been using them for generations and it is one of the main things successful people credit with the level of success they were able to attain. Creating a mission statement helps to give you a clearer and more precision-based focus on what you want and don’t want in your life. It does not have to be lengthy; it just need to have the things you value and want to make happen, and the things you do not value and will not work to make happen. Ask yourself, “What is important to me and what isn’t important to me?” We have designed a workbook to help with this specific task of figuring out what you want and does not want. It’s called our Dream Lifestyle Designing Workbook. It is geared towards you thinking about and answering questions that are vital to you deciding what you want to keep in your life right now, and what you want to get rid of. It could be things, people, environment. Whatever is not serving your higher purpose, now is the time to dispose of them.

Example of a Mission Statement

“I aspire to inspire others with my actions but will never forget the power of my voice. I will laugh at myself and help others experience joy. I will use my time mindfully and not allow anyone to mindlessly use my time. I will give and I will receive. I will not fear mistakes but will work earnestly to avoid them, and if they do occur, I will use them as catalysts to my advancement. I will create a welcoming home where peace, love and joy abide. I will love and nurture my family and do everything in my power to protect them. I will pursue my dreams with passion and allow nothing and no-one to deter me. I will seek out opportunities that can enhance my life and secure my dreams, and ensure opportunities find me ready. I will honor my commitments to myself and others, and align myself with people who do the same. I am committed to contributing to my community, growing as a person, finding and loving someone wholeheartedly, and building a business from the ground up – with integrity. I will travel the world and share experiences with people that will allow me to see life from another perspective. I will no longer tolerate or involve myself with people who help to bring about conflict, deceit, and frustration in my life. I will no longer feel sorrow, or regret my decisions – regardless of their outcome; I will either celebrate or deduct the lessons then toss them. I will no longer be bound or defined by my past, but will be emancipated and refined by my future.”

Yes, that was way long, but yours don’t have to be. Just make it inclusive and direct.

2. Set SMART Goals

Use the information from your mission statement to set some clear and specific goals for the things you want in life. Goals will help you to further your agenda by giving you a target of what you’re aiming at. Now that you understand the things you want and don’t want in your life, put some spatial recognition to it. Figure out when you want them by, so you can be able to measure your progress towards them.

Goals are important to decluttering your mind and organizing your life because they give you something to move towards. Goals that are SMART will define what you want and ensure you have the best chance of accomplishing it. For example, if you want to start your own business, you will want to decide “what kind of business it is” and “when you will open up shop”. You will also need to ascertain what you will need in order to achieve that goal, and the key people or institution that are necessary components to you accomplishing your goal. If you want to travel the world, how many cities do you want to see? and by when? Specifically write out all of the cities you’ll visit in your life and when you’ll do it. This way, you have a moving target. Your goals can also then be broken down into milestones that will help you to see what you need to achieve this week, month, and year. It’s so important to organizing your life. Without a concrete set of goals we’re like ships without sail.

3. Develop a Routine & Stick to It

Life is a series of routines that are based on habits. These habitual sets of behaviors are aggregated to form our typical day. For the disorganized person, routines are generally interrupted by unexpected occurrences that result from either a lack of planning, some form of procrastination, or the result of some constant or on-going emergency or crisis. For example, when relationships, health, or financial problems reach epidemic levels, life tends to get more chaotic and less organized. Some things we cannot control and they demand we disrupt our routine, however, we still need to have structure and guide to our day in order to be productive. Start with a morning routine and a nightly routine, and organize the other important things in between. That way you create structure and organization that help to command your day.

When you’re so busy dealing with something that’s taking so much of your mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical resources, it’s difficult to get centered and make any progress. However, by creating routines and sticking to them, you can help to manage the day-to-day chaos and help bring some order to your life. Without established routines, life merely becomes a set of responses to stimuli that are hurled from every direction. Without a routine in place that will help to promote both a happy and healthy lifestyle, along with a positive response to things outside of our control, life can take on a very disastrous tone.

4. Manage Your Time

We cannot stress enough how important effective time management is. Carefully and intentionally manage your time by using the Eisenhower principle which Stephen R. Covey elaborated on in his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Everything is categorized by its level of urgency and importance and can fall into 4 quadrants – 1) urgent and important, 2) not urgent but important, 3) urgent but not important, 4) not urgent and not important.

When you can organize your daily tasks and look at things that come up as fitting into these four quadrants, then you can better tackle the things that are important to you. Most of us are busy responding to things that are urgent but not important. We’re also usually busy doing things that are both not urgent and not important, such as mindlessly watching television for hours on end.

The goal here is to tackle the not urgent but important quadrant of things that need to be done in your life. These are what help you to strive towards your long-term goals. So, to better declutter things and organize your life by using your mission statement and goals, you can help to make daily lists that will allow you to more effectively manage your time.

5. Minimize Stress

Stressors are everywhere, and everyone experience stress at some point in their lives. In fact, we can’t simply say that we’ll eliminate all of the stress in our lives because we’re at the mercy of external forces at times that includes other people and situations and are beyond our control. However, what we can do is minimize stress. We can do the things that are relevant and vital to our peace of mind, and ensure our immediate environ is welcoming, relaxing, and nurturing. We can be at the mercy of others but it doesn’t mean that our mental state has to suffer because of it. We can create individual spaces – both physically, mentally, and spiritually, where we can escape the stressors that are so pervasive, and be at peace. If you can setup systems to avoid or minimize stress, then you can better function and focus more on the things that matter to you.

One of the biggest stressors many people face, is lack of financial stability and the constant battle to fulfill their obligations and make ends meet. This is why we have created so many programs here at My Blooming Biz International to help women combat financial lack. Programs such as our: UPPPP Your Genius, WERK Your Money Making Genie, and MASTER Your Finances were created and developed to ensure women get to live and enjoy what we call, “the empowered woman lifestyle”. They are at the center of what we do here, as we recognize that financial independence is the cornerstone to anyone enjoying a high standard of living and a good quality of life. Being financially secure is a huge hurdle in avoiding unnecessary stress, and we should all make it our priority to become financially secure. When your finances are in order you are better able to afford those things that are necessary for full organization. You can shop and stock your home well, eat well, acquire the things for your comfort, and better keep things in place.

When you have a mission statement, and you use it as a guide, it can help to put stressful situations into perspective. If there’s a problem on the horizon, think about how you can resolve that problem while adhering to your mission statement. Your mission statement will be like a constitution for governing your life; you can see what things fit and what don’t, and for the things that don’t fit, you can craft some policies for eliminating them from your life. In order to avoid stressors, you must organize your life. There is no way around it! Organization helps us to not lose sight of what we’re reaching for, and keeps us in the know of what we are doing vs what we should be doing.

6. Home & Office Organization

A clean home, office, and overall environment invoke a clean clear mind. In order to declutter and organize your life, you have to organize your surroundings. When your home is messy, cluttered, with things strewn all about, it is difficult to have any sense of mental organization or purpose. Unfortunately, many of us live with clutter surrounding us; we bask in the chaos and plead that we have our own system when in reality it doesn’t serve us in the least! To organize your life, do a deep clean from top to bottom; everything from your house, to your car, to your office, all needs to be cleaned and fully organized, and make every effort to maintain it.

If you don’t organize and clean your surroundings, your mind has a funny way of cataloging your to-do’s in the depth of your subconscious and using it to help you put other things off. If you have trouble with procrastination, decide that you will spend just 10 to 15 minutes each day cleaning and organizing. For the sanity and clarity organization brings to our lives, that’s the least we can do!

With love, gratitude, and empowered attitude,

My Blooming Biz International

How to Calculate Your Net Worth (+ Free Workbook)

How to Calculate Your Net Worth

Calculate my net worth? Yea, it’s a thing. It sounds like measuring yourself against money to see how you stock up, and that really suck connecting your worth to money, but in our society? That’s how it is! And as you may have already surmised, the higher your “net worth”, the better the standard of living you will enjoy – not quality of life! But standard of living. There is a difference!

That said, the only way to know your net worth, is to make the calculations. But before we get to that, let’s take a look at what makes up “net worth”.

Your net worth is your assets (things you own) minus your liabilities (things you owe). So things like your home counts as an asset, but if you have a mortgage for your home, your mortgage counts as a liability. Because your mortgage is a debt, it’s something you owe so that would be taken away against the price of your house – that you own. So for every liability there is usually a corresponding asset, and the net of the two is usually positive – meaning, the asset value is usually more than the liability.

Things like car loans, credit card debt and other financed options are all liabilities that can count towards the negative side of your net worth calculation. Things like house value, savings, investments or other money making assets can count towards the positive side of your net worth calculation. In other words, debts that help you add value to your bottom line or create wealth, are “good” debt, good liabilities – such as a mortgage for a rental property, or a truck you use to haul goods and get paid. And debt that take away from your bottom line are “bad” debt – such as credit cards you use to buy things you use up without any returns such as car for personal use, clothing, food, and any number of other things that will not return money to your pockets.

How To Calculate Your Net Worth

To calculate your net worth you need to first ascertain your assets. These are the things you currently own or could sell, in theory, to gain money back. These include:

Your house(s) or building(s)

Your car(s)

Your total savings account(s) balance(s)

Your total investment(s)

Your total checking account(s) balance(s)

Anything of significant value in your home (over $500)

If you add all of these numbers together, this is the total of your assets.

Next, you need to determine your liabilities. These are things you owe, and could include:

Your total mortgage(s) balance(s)

Your total car(s) loan(s) balance(s)

Your total credit card(s) balance(s)

The total of any other loan(s) you have

Add all these together, and this is the total of your liabilities.

Then, to identify your net worth, minus the total of your liabilities from the total of your assets. That number difference is your net worth.

Depending on your individual circumstances, this might be a negative number, but don’t panic! This just means your finances need some work and this is your reference point from which to rise.

We suggest doing this at the end of each year to see the overall progress of your finances, but we also recommend that you track and manage your finances at least on a monthly basis. We do our comprehensive financial stance on the last day of each year, but we also track and manage our finances monthly – individually, and collectively. Whether you own a business or not, you need to track and manage your finances. A monthly tracking and monitoring of your finances gives you a complete picture of your financial stance, putting you in the know so you can do something about it – if it is not favorable. We all want our finances to be healthy – like we are, but if your number is in the negative, then you can work on improving and changing that – sooner than later. It’s also a great idea to do a daily money minute.

How to Improve Your Net Worth

The best way to improve your net worth is to uplevel your money inflow, minimize your money outflow, invest, and track and manage your finances. There are lots of ways to track your finances to see if you are on the right track, and where you need to make changes, and one of them is creating a budget and sticking to it. And thankfully, there are software – paid and free, that can help you track and manage your finances. Some of them we use, recommend, and are familiar with are: QuickBooks (paid), Quicken (paid), Mint.com (free), EveryDollar.com (free).

Creating a budget (and sticking to it), tracking expenses, and saving money are all ways to not only ensure you meet your money goals, but help you know where you are financially – at any given moment.

So, calculating your net worth is fairly simple, and whether it is in the negative or positive, there is always room for improvement. Never stop working at improving your finances, upleveling your net worth!

Knowing Where I Stand Financially Workbook

Download your free copy of our net worth calculating worsheets – Knowing Where I Stand Financially Workbook

With love, gratitude, and empowered attitude,

My Love Letter To My Future Self Propelled Me to Achieve My Goals 💌

Last year I did the 28 Days to Reset, Recharge, Reposition & Reclaim Your Life workshop, and as part of the process I wrote a love letter to my future self which was very empowering. Well, guess what? I did it! I set out to make huge, impactful changes to my life and it worked. (If you’re not in on what I’m referring to go read my blog post, I Wrote a Love Letter to My Future Self (and You Should Too) which include my full Love Letter to Me, and then come back and share in my journey.)

Here is what happened since then:

Last October I finally packed and moved to Austria. I had been there quite a few times before and was really fascinated by the place and the people, and thought I had to move to this place. And to top it off, my best friend was living there! So, I had been planning my move to Austria for a while. I decided to rent a Condo in Vienna that was pretty close to my friends Condo. I wanted to make sure everything was ok and that I really wanted to remain in that particular area before purchasing one. So I moved to this beautiful Condo in Vienna and I’m very happy I did. (You’ll see why later.)

The interior is gorgeous!

My Love Letter to My Future Self Helped Propelled Me to My Goals

Katherine’s Condo Vienna – Living/Kitchen Area

And what I really love about this place is my cozy corner where I go to read, reflect, and relax. It’s very quiet up there!

My Love Letter to My Future Self Helped Propelled Me to My Goals

Katherine’s Condo Vienna – Special Cozy Space

My friend and her other friends took me to some of the coolest places around town and introduced me to some of the most influential peeps in Austria, which ended up opening a lot of doors for me. I secured a spot on the board of a very reputable organization, and as you might have imagined, that in and of itself has opened up the floodgate to a myriad of other opportunities.

And now it’s time for the big reveal. Drum roll please!

I met the most amazing man, and none of it would have been possible had I not moved to that area and immersed myself into a wonderful circle of people. He’s not living far from me, and so we do not have to wait days or even weeks to see each other. And most importantly, we do not have to rush to get married because of distance or anything else. We can take our time with getting to know each other, knowing the family more, and embracing the process leading up to marriage.

I took it even further! Yes, yes, yes! I went from being a blonde to a brunette for the first time in my life, and something magical happened. I met the love of my life! This is really crazy but I have to share. Harry has only dated blonde his entire life to this point, and since those relationships didn’t last, he decided to date brunettes for a change. That first brunette turns out to be me. Can you believe that? But I’m not even brunette, I’m a natural blonde. Yes, this is crazy! I was hesitant to reveal to him I was really a blonde, but after our 10th date which went really, really well I decided I did not want to jeopardize what was clearly turning into something by not revealing important information. I mean, withholding pertinent information is just as bad as lying. Needless to say, it was a shocker for him, but he decided to continue on with me. 9 months later we are still together and I couldn’t be more happy.

My Love Letter to My Future Self Helped Propelled Me to My Goals

Image courtesy of Katherine & Harry

He’s fun, charming, romantic, adventurous, supportive, and such a wonderful person to be around all the time. He adores my family. I esteem his family. I love the life we are creating together and I’m excited about the love that is growing between us! We’re forming a solid friendship that will be super important for our lifetime partnership, that is the foundation and what’s missing from many relationships.

I didn’t realize one could love someone and not like them until my later years, but now I’m 100% sure it’s possible. All my friends who married their high school sweetheart are still together – through thick and thin, and they credit it to being true friends before lovers. So that’s what I’m working at building. I’ve never teamed up or partnered up with a friend before, it was always “love” or what I now see as lust.

My Love Letter to My Future Self Helped Propelled Me to My Goals

Katherine & Harry Vienna – So in love!

We talk about marriage. We talk about children. We talk about money. We even talk about deal-breakers and other tough topics that some couples avoid having conversations about such as prenuptial agreement and other agreements as to who will do what in the event one of us become ill or incapacitated.  (Oh, and for the record, I had a great time being a brunette but I’ve since returned to being a blonde and everything seems to be going just fine.)

I’m truly, truly happy!   I’m living my best life, and you can too. You don’t have to try and keep up with the Joneses and the Kardashians, especially if you’re only doing that to appease others and influence what they think of you. Look deep inside of you, who you are, and work to create the lifestyle you genuinely desire – be it a modest lifestyle or extravagant. Design and live YOUR dream lifestyle, just the way you want it. Rid yourself of the people, things, and circumstances that hinder you, and take control of your life. Get out of your uncomfortable comfort zone, and make bold moves! Get out of debt, and stay out of debt. Empower yourself with Success Habits, and never stop investing in yourself.

I’m still writing my book. I’m still coaching and training with yours truly – My Blooming Biz International. Yes, I’m a Life Coach right here. And I’m also still engaging mentors to mentor me as I mentor others and continue to improve my skills, techniques, and gain new knowledge. I’ve only taken one trip to Italy with my potential life partner, and I’m confident we’ll be taking many more trips together. I’ve managed to remain debt free with excellent credit score while still enjoying a good standard of living and a high quality of life.

So what I didn’t accomplish all the things in my letter?! It’s ONE year! And you have to agree with me that I’ve accomplished a lot. I’m doing what I love, loving what I do, and living my dreams. And you know what I’m going to do now? I’m going to write another love letter to my future self, and this time it will be for 3 years.

What do you think of my progress? And will you be taking this Love Letter challenge? I dare you 🙂  Do share with me in the comment section. Can’t wait to hear from you.

Love & Light,

7 Ways The Empowered Woman Invests In Herself

7 Ways The Empowered Woman Invests In Herself - My Blooming Biz International

One of the things we like to do here at MBB, and encourage women to do as well, is to seek out ways to continuously improve ourselves. According to personal development legend Jim Rohn, “to have more than you’ve got, you must become more than you are”. Thus continual personal growth will ensure we always become better than we were – as each day goes by. Personal development includes activities that help you improve your hard and soft skills, cultivate your talents, and tap into your potential so you can improve your overall quality of life. These aren’t one-time activities; they involve a commitment you make to continue to learn and grow in every stage of your life.

Here are 7 Ways The Empowered Woman Invests in Herself

1. The Empowered Woman Takes Classes and Attend Seminars

Learning doesn’t need to stop once you’ve graduated college. Signing up for classes and attending seminars that are of interest to you and serve your higher purpose will give you the opportunity to learn and grow outside of the traditional confines of school. Enroll for workshops or webinars provided by professional organizations you belong to, or personal interest hobby group offering things you enjoy. Websites such as Coursera, Udemy, and Skillshare allow you to learn new skills and improve the ones you already have.

2. The Empowered Woman Reads a Variety of Quality Books

The most successful people carve time out of their days to read. Not only does reading increase your knowledge, it also improves your memory, vocabulary and focus, while sharpening your analytical skills and reducing stress. Get recommendations from friends or co-workers, or check out the best-seller lists from The New York Times or your local bookstore. We also have select books that we have purchased and used here at MBB for women empowerment that we compiled in a series called “Transformational Book Series – Our Picks“.

3. The Empowered Woman Takes Advantage of Mentorship

If you want to get ahead in your career, business, or life, a mentor can help you in a myriad of ways. They can help you: improve your self-confidence, be more definitive about what you want and how to go about getting it, tap into your potential and find ways to uplevel your finances, find balance in your life and many other things. Since they do not have a personal stake in your success, they will provide unbiased feedback as they share their experiences and offer tips and encouragement to help you thrive. Find a mentor through your professional organization or ask someone in your company or industry who models the traits you would like to hone, and/or have achieved the level of success you would like to reach.

4. The Empowered Woman Watch Empowering Videos

Many of us spend our evenings relaxing in front of the television. Optimize your time and watch videos from leading personal development experts, or experts in your field of interest. You’ll not only learn but you will also become motivated to make lasting positive changes in your personal as well as business life. Watch inspirational films that will leave you feeling uplifted and encouraged.

5. The Empowered Woman Listens to Empowering Podcasts

We are living in the age of podcasts, and it is phenomenal! Podcasts are a popular way to listen and learn anywhere, whether you’re getting ready for work, driving to the office, or jogging on the treadmill at the gym. Regardless of where you are, you can be tuned in to an empowering podcast, and continue your process of self improvement. There is a podcast to fit all your needs and interests – whether you want to: keep up on current events, take charge of your finances, take your career or business to the next level, or enhance your spirituality.

6. The Empowered Woman Join Empowerment Groups & Organizations

Empowerment groups and organizations allow you to connect with other like-minded individuals who are committed to growing personally and/or professionally. In addition to networking, these groups and organizations also provide opportunities to take workshops and classes, find mentors, and look for new opportunities in your field. Empowerment groups allow for the forming of relevant relationships and provide a cultivating atmosphere where bonds can be strengthened.

7. The Empowered Woman Volunteer To Help Empower Others

Volunteering is a great way to give back to your community while refining skills and traits, such as team-work, empathy, and communication. In addition to improving existing talents and skills, you may also learn new skills to apply in your line of work or business. If you are starting a new career or have moved to a new area, volunteering allows you to gain experience and expand your network. The most important part of volunteering is experiencing the joy giving back brings. When you look at the way you are impacting others lives, it will give you a renewed sense of purpose which will continue to propel you forward with the amazing plans you have for your life. Serving others not only nurtures positive feelings, it also lowers the risk of depression and reduces stress.

Investing in yourself is in essence, empowering yourself, and a huge part of what enables us to live the lifestyle we desire and deserve – “the empowered woman lifestyle”. We believe that every woman should live an empowered life, with just the right design for her, and the best way to do that is to continuously invest in yourself – “sharpen your saw” as Stephen R. Covey terms it in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Our programs and workshops are designed to help ambitious women equip themselves with the right tools and use them to catapult them to living their best lives possible.

With love, gratitude, and empowered attitude,

My Blooming Biz International

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Design (& Live) Your Dream Lifestyle Boston 2018

Design Your Dream Lifestyle BOSTON

DYDL BOSTON Event 2018

MBB hosted our 4th biannual Design Your Dream Lifestyle event on Saturday, this time in the beautiful historically rich city of Boston. 60 amazing women attended and we all had a wonderful time analyzing our completed Lifestyle Designing Workbook and digging in to carve out our path to making our individual lifestyle design a reality. Unlike our Design Your Dream Lifestyle Los Angeles event held in January of this year, where many of the women did not do their initial homework 🙄 all 60 women had done their initial homework for our Boston event, and for that we want to applaud you all.

Congratulations to all 14 women who completed our Money Mojo Quiz and secured a free spot in our WERK Your Money Making Genie program – a $1799 program.

  1. Jennifer Scottsdale
  2. Meagan Moody
  3. Katherine Reese
  4. Marvalee Johnson
  5. Beverly Brown
  6. Samantha Goldstein
  7. Desiree Donovan
  8. Jessica Williams
  9. Caitlyn Jordon
  10. Melissa Harvey
  11. Briana Shelton
  12. Kerryann Kelly
  13. Jacque Jacobs
  14. Catherine Harvey

If you were a part of our DYDL Boston event but did not secure a free spot, you can still take advantage of our program at a 50% cost. Send us a note and include the words DYDL Boston WERK.

My Blooming Biz International Design Your Dream Lifestyle Events and Workshops Are Changing Women’s Lives

We are happy to say that MBB DYDL participants are delighted with our program as they are seeing results and “feeling energized and optimistic” in the words of Desiree Donovan and Briana Shelton, about their new life design and where they are headed – respectively. See more of what My Blooming Biz family are saying on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages, and don’t forget to like, follow, and interact with us while you’re there.

We handed out 60 bags of goodies that include mbb gift cards, discounts to our UPPPP Your Genius system of programs, and copies of our popular signature book written by our CEO Eugénie Nugent titled – Unleash: Manifest Your Greatness, Activate Your Power & Become The Woman You Were Born to Be – Living The Empowered Woman Lifestyle. Lots of goodies! But if you were not at our event, do not despair! Sign up to our newsletter and get notified of our next event, and also of new launches and promotions.

In addition to being created because we understand the brilliance, beauty, and boldness of women and the role that being balanced and purpose-driven can play in improving women’s lives, My Blooming Biz was created to help women harness their skills and talents and use them to propel a ton of money to flow in. In order to live life on our own terms we need money – and lots of it, and in recognition of that, our CEO and founder Eugénie Nugent – in collaboration with her team, have designed programs that are specific to building wealth and becoming financially independent.

As she often says and strongly believes, “Having our finances in order is the highest form of self-love, a love that cannot help but to command respect.

Money is a subject many people are still hesitant to speak freely about, but money expands who we are, and what we are able to access. And so, as we teach here at My Blooming Biz; being open about money – changing the way we view, treat, and interact with money will be the difference in whether we snatch, snatch and let go, or snatch and hold on to it, as she wrote in her book, The Elusive Money: How to Snatch & Hold On To It.

Bottom line: Money commands respect! And for those of us who were taught to hate money and negatively treat money, we need a new mindset in order to accept and act on this new reality.

Design Your Dream Lifestyle programs and events are designed to bring out the best in you and challenge you to empower yourself. In our CEO’s own words, “We are here to pull things out of you that you didn’t know were there, and assist you in making them work for you, to the enhancement and betterment of your overall life.” She has selectively created five (5) programs to help women become empowered and she is relentless in making “the empowered woman lifestyle” a reality for thousands of women.

Download your FREE copy of our Lifestyle Designing Workbook and complete the worksheets. It is packed with thought-provoking questions to get you thinking about your current life situation, where you would rather be, and how you can equip yourself (with our help) to get there. Align yourself with the reality you want for you, by creating a vision board that works to bring your vision to fruition.

Our next DYDL event will be in January, so sign up to our newsletter to be informed when our venue is solidified.

With love, gratitude, and empowered attitude,

Transformational Book Series – Our Picks: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

In January we kicked off a new MBB series to highlight transformational books for women called, Transformational Book Series – Our Picks. This month we’re excited to continue the series by sharing with you our next transformational book in the series – Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki.

Rich Dad Poor Dad - My Blooming Biz Book PickSay what you want about Robert Kiyosaki but it will not diminish his brilliance! He’s a very clever man with a whole lot of wisdom and he knows what the heck he’s talking about. He experienced it from both angles and he has taken it to a whole new level! Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert’s story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you. This is what we talk about all the time here at MBB. Making your money work for you! That’s in one of our signature program MASTER Your Finances. But before you can MASTER your finances, you first gotta earn some money in order to have it work for you, and that’s in our signature program WERK Your Money Making Genie.

We are not only featuring this book because it has helped all of us here at MBB – from CEO to management to staff improve our lives, but we are saluting the author – Robert Kiyosaki and crediting his book because we have used its teaching to help hundreds of women around the globe empower themselves.

This book, as the name suggests, is written with men in mind who is usually the breadwinner; however, its principles can be practiced by everyone and as such we have termed it here “Rich Family, Poor Family”. Robert Kiyosaki’s vision for his book was to help individuals learn the rules of dealing with money so their money would work for them instead of the other way around, and he has achieved that – as many of us will attest. He demonstrates the power of understanding the difference between working hard and working smart with practical techniques that will energize and move you to take initiative in changing your mindset and the way you view and deal with money.

You Can Count On Rich Dad Poor Dad to:

1) Challenge the belief that your house is an asset (Our CEO is an accountant and she strongly agrees with him)

2) Define once and for all what an asset and a liability is

3) Show you why you cannot rely on the school system to teach your kids
about money

4) Teach you what to teach your kids about money for their future financial
success

Some Key Concepts of Rich Dad Poor Dad are:

1) Assets put money in your pocket even when you are on vacation. Liabilities take money out of your pocket; therefore your house is a liability – unless you rent out rooms and collecting rent on it.

2) Wealthy people buy assets first, and then let their assets buy their luxuries from the surplus cash flow.

3) Wealthy people continuously increase their assets by reinvesting their surplus cash flow in more assets.

4) There are 3 primary asset classes: Real Estate, Businesses, and Paper assets (stocks bonds notes, etc)

5) Cash Flow is more important than Net Worth. Net Worth is similar to potential energy, to use it you have to spend it, then it is gone. Cash Flow is like power from a hydroelectric dam, constantly replenished.

Like many of us here at MBB, this book will help you get on the right path to financial freedom. As long as you follow the concepts and apply them to your individual situation, you will benefit immensely. It is filled with anecdotal evidence and practical steps that can prove very effective when practiced! Read it all the way through and highlight important parts or the portions that speak to you, then revisit those portions periodically.

We have utilized these strategies here at MBB, in addition to many others that we have harnessed over the years, and if you are a client of ours we have already passed them on to you through one or more of our many programs and workshops here. But for those of you who are reading this and it’s new to you, go ahead and get this book, read it, and implement these strategies in your life. We have just narrowly touched the surface of this book in this blog post, and there is so much more for you to experience and grasp from Robert Kiyosaki himself in his book. People are always asking for and seeking out success, and in addition to helping them equip themselves by utilizing our programs here at MBB, we encourage them to read books. Many of them do read, but others do not, and as the old saying goes, “you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink the water”. This book has changed lives, and it will change yours too but you have to take action and implement.

Robert Kiyosaki is insightful, and this book is enlightening. Get this book Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!, read it, implement the strategies in your life, and expect to be improved – wholistically.

And as we always say here at My Blooming Biz, “you can learn something from everyone – even the mad man on the street – so remain open-minded.”

With love, gratitude, and empowered attitude,

My Blooming Biz International