In order to make real differences in your business, you need to be able to execute on your ideas. Some business owners talk about how they want to enact changes in their business, but they don’t take action when it really counts. Today I’m discussing how to master the art of execution, so that you can use your strengths to turn your vision into reality.

Obstacles are inevitable on the road, but we need to deal with them skillfully. If we choose to avoid and otherwise deny our challenges and the things that make us vulnerable, we are setting ourselves up for greater blockages and are stunting our own growth. We need to take a chance, open up, and embrace our vulnerabilities. Only then will we be able to truly work freely, creatively, and take our lives to the next level.

The key to taking your business to the next level is to reprogram your brain. If you notice that you’ve been stuck in the same rut for years, expecting something different to happen, you need to change your way of thinking, and take on a new perspective. Shaking things up and doing things a different way is essential for making the shift from operator to rainmaker.

Whether you’re a business owner, an employee for someone else, or even if you’re in between jobs, there’s one fact that is crucial to understand—you are in sales. When we interact with others, even in our relationships at home, we are constantly selling to one another, exchanging ideas, and making proposals that may or may not be accepted. Once we realize this, we can embrace our sales skills, and put them to their full use in all arenas of our lives and our work.

One of the most important things you can do as a business owner is to manage the cash flow. Reviewing your cash flow statement will tell you how much money is going where, and will help you understand how your business is working. In today’s episode, I’m sharing four key ways to create cash flow in your business.

Consistency produces results. Whether in dealing with clients, customers, or employees, being consistent demonstrates your reliability, and creates trust in the people that you work with. That trust, in turn, supports strong relationships all throughout your business, which will enable you to move to the next level. Develop a solid foundation of consistency today, so that your business can be free to grow and flourish.

How many people do you know that do the same thing you do in your business? Although many businesses may provide similar services to yours, in order to move from an operator to a rainmaker, you need to find a way to stand out in your industry, and offer something unique. Whatever successful people we might think of, whether they are famous or not, they are all connected by the fact that they stand out in what they do. Today’s episode will get you thinking about how you can stand out in your industry and start acting like a rainmaker.

Whether you’ve thought about it before or not, you have a personal brand. How we spend our time, who we associate with, and what we do defines what our brand is, and what is says about us to others. This might be a few people, or it could be millions, but in order to grow our brand and grow our business, we need to take control of our brand and make sure it’s saying what we want it to. Today’s episode is all about defining your personal brand to support the growth of your business.

In order to take your business to the next level, you need to know what kind of entity you should be. Whether you should create an LLC or an S-Corp depends on many factors, including taxes, expenses, and possible partners. Ultimately, you should meet with a lawyer and a CPA to make the correct choice, but before you do, you need to be prepared for that conversation so that they can help you. Today’s episode will get you up and running with the most important questions and considerations you need to have in mind in choosing between an LLC and an S-Corp.

Why is it so hard for people to talk about money? In order to take your business to the next level, you need to be comfortable talking about money in an educated way. Understanding how money comes into and goes out of your business is the way that you can measure how you’re performing, and it’s critical that you be able to do it accurately and easily. Money is involved in every part of your business and in every transaction, so it’s time to get comfortable talking about it.