August 2010

CPR in 6 Minutes

Here is a link that my client and friend Scott Pickens of Mid-State Financial in Solvang sent to me. It is a must read for you and anyone you know. THIS IS A SHORT VIDEO (less than 6 minutes) TO SEE HOW IT IS DONE, and anyone can do it. This is a very important […]

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Quickbooks – 5 Steps

Even though Quickbooks is a very intuitive, inexpensive, and easy to use bookkeeping and accounting software, there are many areas where things can go off kilter. If one is not trained in bookkeeping or accounting, they may not find out about the problem until their tax preparer gets the file to do the tax return.

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How Long Should I Keep My Tax Records?

How Long Should I Retain My Tax Records? RECORD RETENTION SCHEDULES Type of Record: Recommended Retention Period Copies of tax returns:  Forever Tax/legal correspondence:  Forever Audit reports:  Forever Contracts and leases:  Forever Real estate records:  Forever Corporate minutes and stock records:  Forever Bank statements:  6 years General ledger and journals:  6 years Sales records and

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Lack of Decision

There is a single mental move you can make which, in a millisecond, will solve enormous problems for you. It has the potential to improve almost any personal or business situation you will ever encounter…and it could literally propel you down the path to incredible success. We have a name for this magic mental activity…it

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What Is A Success Mindset?

by Bob Craig The word ‘mindset’ has been kicked around a lot lately, so much so that I think we get kind of confused on what its role in our success actually is. Our current mindset is the accumulated result of our past to present thoughts, feelings, emotions, actions and habits.  It’s the fruit of everything we’ve thought,

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