Are you making as much money as you want? This is a simple yes or no answer. Just be honest. You either are or you aren’t.

Do you have as much time off as you want? Again, be honest. You either do or you don’t.

Are you having as much fun as you want? Are you doing big, bold things that really excite you?

Are you living the lifestyle you want?

If you’ve answered “no” to any of these questions, don’t be disheartened. Just decide to do what you need to do to change your answers to “yes.”

Decide is the key word.

The very first thing you need to do is make your decision. Achieving your goals – making the money you want, having the time off you want, living the lifestyle you want – everything starts with the decisions that you make right here and now.

Decide what your goals are. Name and define them, so that you are clear about what you’re going after. If you want to spend more time with your family, hire a nanny, get a housekeeper, or bring on a personal assistant so you can have more free time, make the decision to make these things happen.

Once you decide to name your goals, your next decision is how to achieve them. The means and methods you implement to grow your business are external decisions. They are obvious and noticeable. Deciding to create a product, do a promotion to your mailing list or conduct a teleseminar are examples of outward decisions you can make to help you accomplish your goals.

But, even before you can decide how to go about achieving your goals, you have a bigger decision to make, one that is much less noticeable.

This is an inward or internal decision, and it’s an equally big part of achieving your goals.  It’s about daring to dream the things that you once believed you didn’t deserve.

You have to make the decision that you do deserve them.

Give yourself permission to be daring; to dream bigger and think bigger. Decide that you deserve to respond “yes” to every one of those earlier questions.

You are entitled to make as much money as you want. You are at liberty to take as much time off and have as much fun as you want.

You have to decide that you deserve to live the lifestyle you want.

Decision is the key.

Once you clearly decide to make your business and your life what you want them to be, you will take the first big step toward achieving your dreams.

Bernadette Doyle specializes in helping entrepreneurs attract a steady stream of ideal clients. If you want to get clients calling you instead of you calling them, sign up for her free weekly e-zine at http://www.clientmagnets.com

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