If you're in business for yourself, you know that it takes wearing 50 million hats, all that have to be worn simultaneously while you work with others.  However, this doesn't mean that you have to be all over the place when you are learning to work.  

The key to success isn't customers - that is just a result of your knowledge of the industry and your intentions as a business person.  And, your key to success isn't how much money you make.  Sorry!  That's just a reflection.  

The actual key to show whether you are succeeding or not is dependent on how much you are working and how much energy you are spending in your business.  

Yep.  It's the 21st century of doing business.  

Okay, let's take an example of someone I know in business.  She has quite a bit of money coming in (or so she has said).  She has quite a few clients that are asking her for business.  On a certain level, you would think she would be successful.  However, what she is doing is what every business knows how.  

The problem with this particular business owner is that she can't keep track of what is happening.  She gets confused about which client is which, who she owes money to and who owes her money, and isn't really sure which way is up.  From what I've seen, she works an average of 12 - 16 hours a day, plus weekends.  All because she doesn't have organization.  

Okay, let's go to the other side.  Another business person I know has the work flow, automated invoices and a complete system to handle clients in a timely manner.  No matter how much work comes through, Boom!  They can handle it because it goes through a procedure that is logical.  This business owner has less work coming in, but because of the need to NOT spend time trying to figure out who to call next and where everything is, only has to work 5 hours a day.  In the long run, they are making a lot more money, and will probably last a lot longer.  

So, the trick to working less and getting more is to have a system and to get organized.  Simple as that.  You have that, you will have success that lasts for the long run.  

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Here's to reaching the stars!

With the hustle of capitalism, corporations, businesses and demands, is always the question of how to make more money, enhance products and reach the top of the totem pole with what we have.  Now that most of us are functioning in a global business, the demands and the stakes are higher than they have ever been before.  

While you are trying to get yourself out into the public is always one question that remains... who are you doing business for?  This is more important than answering the question of what products you have.  I'm not talking about the target market either.  I'm talking about the individual that sits on the other side of the door or the computer and what their life is about.  

With the challenges that have taken precedence over businesses is a loss of human-ness that used to be a part of functioning as a business.  Of course, we are in a huge economic change and transition, but it's up to the businesses of the world to see who the human is on the other side and to connect to them on that level.  

I'm not just saying this to have a good "business relationship" and to sell more products.  If that's your intent, that's great.  But, there should be more to it than that.  

When you know who is on the other side, you can start thinking about what they need in order to enhance their life.  You can start organizing your business with the tools and the capacities that will allow them to boost forward on their own and to gain tools that give them independence.  

On the other side, if there is an individual who doesn't respect you, is not using your services or products correctly or tries to manipulate what you are doing, you should also think about what you need to do as a business owner in order to keep things right on your end.  That person could easily come back and ruin your business, hurt your playing field and use the products and services that you give them to hurt others.  Even if the characteristic seems indirect, analyze who you are working with and how to respond to them.  

The organization of this business aspect isn't one that is put in the books or grows according to what you can or can't offer.  It's one that comes straight from the heart and what you want your business to be and to support. All organization in a business should start here.