This is the second note on setting realistic and reasonable goals, starting with covering your basic needs each month. Now that you have your basement expenses (missed last week? Find more info HERE) established, let’s look at what you need to write in sales to accommodate that number.

For this example, I’m going to assume you are paid on written sales.

If your “nut”—what you need to bring home—is $5,000 (your net income), add 25% to that number to calculate your gross income before taxes. Tha…

Happy New Year! Let’s make this year the best one yet.

This is the first note in a short series on goal setting. You might have already set your goals for the new year—in which case, congratulations. Or you might have started them but not completed them yet, which is great, too. Or maybe you can’t really finish your goals and targets until you get your individual contribution-to-the-team numbers…also good.

Wherever you are, you are here—which is the best place to be.

Before you can hit a targ…

The final posting of the series — and of the year.
I hope 2025 was a good one for you, with lessons learned and successes celebrated. Remember, not all wins are monetary.

As you proactively create the new year, consider what matters most to you that you want to bring into your life or expand beyond where things currently are.
Also ask yourself: what do you want to reduce?
Screen time, waistline, debt…
Make those part of your intentions and your plan for 2026.
If you can dream it and plan for it, you…