I’ve talked with so many business owners recently who are doing business with undocumented agreements.

Hand shake deals.

They tell me they intend to get it done, but we both know the truth … they won’t.

I get it – I experience a lot of my own personal resistance to getting agreements documented.

Getting written agreements in place brings up a lot of stuff that can be challenging to deal with.

Just the other day though I was reminded of how important it is.

Tina Forsyth hired me to create custom Terms of Service for the website for her THRIVE Hiring System and a template agreement that business owners who invest in the THRIVE Hiring System can use before hiring.

Before I began work, I sent Tina an agreement confirming what I understood the scope of work to be and it’s a good thing I did because I was slightly wrong about what I thought I was doing for her.

Had I gotten right to work without sending her the agreement for review/signature (as many of you are doing!), I would have wasted my time and hers.

This is why you do agreements – clarity, certainty, the best possible chance of success in your relationships, which means more work with less time and more ease.

Who knew you could get all that from an agreement?!?

Do you use agreements in all your business dealings? If not, why not? How can I help?

I’ve been talking with lots of business owners lately who have shyly admitted to me that they are working on projects with other people without agreements in place.

I’ve seen first-hand the destruction that can cause and I recorded an important audio program to go along with my Personal Brand and Relationship Protection Agreement.

You can get a copy of the agreement and the audio here.

In the audio, I cover:

* How to break through the fear of presenting an agreement to people you are entering into relationship with (this audio will eliminate your fear).

* How the agreement process helps you get clear about whether you want to work with the person you are entering into a relationship with or not before you are too entangled to get out.

*  How having agreements strengthens and enhances your relationships.

* Why it’s not fair to anyone to expect to rely on memory about what we agreed to do and what we expect.

* How to back up your hope, faith and trust with action.

* How to use the agreement process to invite open-hearted dialogue and establish the communication foundation for your entire relationship.

* What to do if you simply cannot do it.

* How to make sure you don’t get sidelined by a blind spot (and what to do if you do).

In the meantime, here’s a script you can (and should) use with everyone you care about, before you do ANYthing together from a business perspective:

“I really want to do this thing with you. Before we can though, we need to have an agreement in writing because our friendship is too valuable to me to do it any other way.”

If you really do care about your friendships, do this. Really.

It’s an almost certainty that any relationship you are in right now is going to end.  Relationships are more fluid than they ever have been before.

We don’t stay at the same job for 40 years, collect the gold watch and retire.  We rarely stay married to the same person.  We move, we shift, we evolve.  Relationships end.  It’s just the way it is.

The greatest chance you have of ending your relationships in a way that does not result in emotional distress is by planning for the break up at the beginning of the relationship.  When you love each other.

Whether it’s a romantic relationship or a business relationship doesn’t matter.  In the beginning there is love.  At the end, there may not be.

But, if you plan for the end at the beginning, you are far more likely to be able to end the relationship with love and keep the door open for the possibility of flowing back together.

This is what having agreements is all about.

Create an agreement at the beginning your relationship and be exceedingly clear about what happens at the end.

I never used to do this and I wondered why my relationships ended poorly, with confusion and lack of clarity.  With unhappiness and blame.

I recently ended a relationship.  We had no agreement in place.  The end was ugly.  Not lawsuit ugly, thank God.  But, emotionally ugly. Perhaps it could have been different if we had written down all the agreements we had made and talked about over the years.

When I hired a CEO to come in and run my company recently, I was awed by our process of creating an agreement.  It wasn’t a negotiation; it was a dance.  A courtship.

Start every relationship with this kind of a courtship.  See the agreement process as an opportunity to discover something about yourself and this person you are entering into a relationship with.

Do they retract and constrict?  Do you? Or is the dialogue open-hearted and loving?  Where are you generous and yielding and where do you tense and hold back?

Discover how to set boundaries with an open heart.   It’s the most loving thing you can do for all your relationships.

Several months ago, I heard Marianne Williamson speak at an event.

I asked her about the idea of combining spirituality with the business side of business.  The legal, insurance, financial and tax parts of business.

Her response was “Do Your Work.”

At the time, I thought she meant that I needed to re-immerse myself in my own spiritual practice.

Looking back now with the benefit of all that has happened since then I realize that the work she was talking about was not what I thought at all.

It wasn’t about more meditation.

The “work” I had to do was my work, the work of LIFT (my signature system for getting the business of your business on a solid foundation) in my own life and business.

I had to start looking at what I wasn’t looking at.  My messy books.  My lack of legal agreements.  Having no business insurance.  Unclear job descriptions.

Little did I know at the time that looking at those things would or could be a spiritual practice.  That doing my own work on my own business would bring up all my old patterns and fears.  It would show me what I really believed, underneath all the words, thoughts and actions.

And it would starkly show me where I wasn’t being true.

As I created my LIFT Foundation System and began to take the steps to do the LIFT work in my own business, a major shift began to happen.

I began to see what I hadn’t been seeing.  I saw exactly why I had given up on the dream and it wasn’t at all what I thought.

I began to see where I was holding back (and holding on too tightly) because of the fear that I didn’t really have what it took.  And I saw that when it came to the business parts of my business (the LIFT parts), I didn’t.

Sure, I had a great business from the outside.  It made lots of money and helped a lot of people.  But peek behind the curtain and there were a lot of shadows.  Drama.  Tears.  A company culture I wasn’t proud of.

As I’ve done my own work on my own business, the dream I had once let go of has been re-ignited and along with it the resources to make it a reality.

Just this week, I brought a CEO into my company.

I chose him as opposed to others I spoke with because he is committed to creating a company culture based on congruence, open communication, and community.  All things I stand for and believe in, but wasn’t really living in my own business.

I didn’t know how.  I was taught to manage and lead from the example of the law firm partners I grew up under.  Poor role models to say the least.

But, I didn’t know any other way to be.  The patterned behavior so ingrained.

It took a commitment to LIFT my business and do my own work on myself and my business to see the truth of what was needed and to admit that it was beyond my own capacity to bring forth.

Hitch will run the day to day operations of the company, lead the team,  carry out the initiatives and cultivate the company culture.

That means I’ll get to do what I do best – dream, create, innovate.  Appear in the media.  Write books.  Teach.  And not spend so much time on the business part of my business – the parts that do not bring me energy and joy.

But, here’s the big secret that so many of us miss.

Before I could attract this level of help, I had to admit I needed it.  I had to face and do those things I didn’t want to look at and didn’t want to do – the LIFT things.

I had to be willing to get the basics in place so he could see I was serious about this business.  And once I became willing to do my own work, it made space for him to show up.

The process we went through to document the agreement governing our relationship alone was eye-opening.  Our line by line open-hearted discussion of the agreement told me he was the right one.

Someone of his caliber, experience and possibility never would have been attracted to come on-board if my books hadn’t been ready, if I hadn’t had a semblance of foundation in place.  My personal expenses completely separate from the business.  My three businesses all with their own entities, balance sheets, bank accounts, and projections.

I wonder … does this apply to you as well?

Not the part about LIFT.  I KNOW that does. You NEED to face the business of your business from a place of empowerment, not fear, head on. (And I can help you do it and make it a whole lot easier.)

I mean the part about needing to do your own work on yourself?  Do you want to help others, but find yourself not serving at the level you wish you were?  It could be because you need to help yourself first.

Maybe you are a marketing consultant/coach without a clear marketing plan.  Or perhaps you are a communications expert with a fuzzy message.  Or a spiritual teacher without a personal practice.

Do your work on yourself and watch what happens.

I try to listen when the Universe sends me a message. I’ve been getting this one loud and clear.  There is a LOT of confusion about when to use a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

And before you go ho-hum, boring, consider this …

If, how and when you present an NDA can make or break a relationship. And, if you just choose to do nothing, you really could get taken.

So, what to do?

Never fear, I’ve got some guidelines about:

• when to ask for a Non-Disclosure Agreement if you have an idea you want to protect,
• how to present the NDA if you are going to ask,
• what to do if someone asks you to sign an NDA (signing an NDA can often be a VERY bad idea – I’ll tell you why),
• and how this is all about setting boundaries with an open heart and you can just tell that’s a good way to go by the way it sounds, can’t ya?

This story will help you understand.

I have a team member who has a great idea. She says it’s a great idea, but I don’t actually know that because she hasn’t shared it with me yet.

Why? Because she is afraid that if she does I will take the idea and capitalize on it and cut her out.

That is a very good thing to be worried about.

I am notorious for hearing about a great idea and executing on it. I can make things happen.

That’s why she’s so excited to share the idea with me. Because she knows that I have the capacity to actually do it. And she also knows that ideas alone aren’t valuable – it’s the execution on the idea that is where the money’s at.

Yet, at the same time, she wants to be compensated for her concept.

Maybe not now, but later – when it happens.  Understandable.

Unfortunately, because she is asking for the NDA in the wrong way and at the wrong time, her idea may never make it to execution.

So that’s why when I saw self-described ambitious entrepreneur Zack Shapiro post on Twitter about whether an NDA he found on Google was legal, I had to jump in and save him from making a mistake that could crush his idea before it ever sees the light of day.

We don’t want to lose our ideas.  I get it.

But, here’s the rub, if we don’t talk about them, they are as good as lost.

You are not a mad scientist operating alone in your basement.

It’s very likely that your idea will take the pulling together of a variety of resources and people.

You have to talk about it.

So, it’s natural to think about an NDA and you should have a signed Relationship Protection Agreement (a soup-up NDA I created) with everyone you work with.  (Get a copy of my super comprehensive relationship protection agreement free here on the welcome tab of my Facebook page.)

But here’s the thing, you should never, ever  present an NDA before the relationship has been well-established.

Instead, establish your relationship before asking for a signed NDA.  Present as much about your idea as you possibly can in terms of concept and end result.

Elicit intrigue.

The first time an NDA should ever be considered is when the person you are presenting your idea to asks for more information.

Now, they are interested.

Until they’ve got some idea about what your idea/concept is, anyone who would sign an NDA does not know much about business and you probably don’t have to worry about them stealing your ideas anyway.

Which gets us into – when should you sign an NDA?

Never just say okay to signing an NDA.  It could be opening you up to frivolous litigation.

If you sign an NDA with someone who is litigious by nature and frequently feels things have been taken from them, you are putting yourself at unnecessary risk.

In the event that you hear the idea and you already have a project like it in the works, you could be risking a frivolous (but still expensive and painful) lawsuit.

I know a lot of people who appear to be great people you’d want to do business with, but their belief system is such that they are easily offended and think ideas are where the money is at. And they will do anything to fight for what they think is right. On principle.

This is not a person you want to be in a fight with.

So, before you every sign an NDA, make sure you know the type of person you are working with.

Make sure you know their values structure and that you understand enough about the concept they are presenting to know it’s not something you are already working on.

Whether you are the one with the idea or the one being asked to sign an agreement before hearing the idea, recognize that no matter which side of the transaction you are on, legal agreements are the starting point for the kind of dialogue that will tell you exactly the type of person you are dealing with.

When done right legal agreements are about setting boundaries with an open-heart, which is the key to healthy, stress-free business relationships that have the capacity to do a whole lot of good in the world.

If you have other questions about NDAs (when to sign em or when to present em) or any other legal questions like that and you want an answer you can not only understand, but that will help you see legal stuff from a new perspective, ask em in the comments below.

Because listen, when you’ve got your legal shizz in order, you are going to be way more creative and free than if you don’t.

On Saturday morning, I woke up and felt like I simply couldn’t do it. I had hit my limit. I could not contemplate the reality of continuing to do everything I’ve been doing and have yet to do. It was overwhelming.

I rolled over in bed and said “Dave, I can’t do it. I can’t do this anymore.”

Then, I said, “I’ve been thinking about it and have to cut something out. I can’t do Dave and Alexis (the business).”

Now, to give you a little context and intensity of that statement, we just enrolled 42 people in a 12-month mentoring program. They are counting on us to help them breakthrough to our Stand Tall & Go Deep business model and get their business on the road to freedom.

And, we hired a very expensive, high level affiliate management team to manage our next launch of our beloved Money Map to Freedom program.

When I said I had been thinking about it, I had really only been thinking about it for the 20 minutes before I rolled over and rocked Dave’s world.  Not to say I hadn’t been thinking about being too busy and wanting to have more time for myself and a whole host of other things.  But, I’d only been thinking about not doing the Dave & Alexis business anymore for about 20 minutes before I told that to Dave, as if it was a done deal.

He really is a Saint.

I LOVE the Dave & Alexis business. It’s one of the things I do that is most gratifying to me. I LOVE the people we mentor and coach. I love shaving years off the learning curve for the folks who learn from us.

But, I hit a wall. And in that moment, just didn’t feel as if I had it in me to keep going and doing everything I’m currently doing.

The lawyer side of my business is in massive transition and growth. LIFT is taking off like gangbusters. As I opened my eyes on Saturday morning, I just felt like something had to give and Dave & Alexis seemed like the thing that was least tied into everything else.

And it’s a testament to Dave that he didn’t freak out one bit.

He took me into his arms and said “Ok, let’s talk about it because I know you really love this business and the work we do with people.”

As we talked (or I should say, as I talked and he listened), I re-connected to my why for the Dave & Alexis business at a deep level. I dropped all my “shoulds” and got extremely present to what I love to do, who I love to be and how I love to serve. And within 30 minutes, I was re-energized, restored and recommitted.

Then, Dave & I spent the morning creating some phenomenal content for the BBM2010 program and I made this video for you about what to do when you are pulled in too many directions to give you some support and ideas for what you can do the next time you just feel like it’s simply too much and you can’t keep moving forward.

Yesterday, my son really, really, really wanted to go to play Magic, the Gathering (a card game) with his friends.

Every Tuesday, a bunch of them get together in Boulder from 5 until about 8. It’s a lot of fun and he looks forward to it big time.

This week, he was REALLY looking forward to it because he had some birthday money to spend on a card that his friend was going to sell him.

Well, it started snowing. And snowing. And snowing.

And I don’t drive in the snow. At least I haven’t before and I had a long day and really didn’t want to drive the 25 minutes (in clear conditions) to get him to Magic, plus I didn’t really feel safe doing it.

He was upset. Very, very, very upset.

I let him be upset and express how unhappy he was as loudly as he wanted, but I was not going to get in the car no matter what he said. Of that, I was clear.

Finally I said, maybe I can make it up to you. At which point, he began to howl “Make It Up to Me!”

And once he calmed down, I did.

And it got me thinking about how important it is for us to acknowledge disappointment.

Often, our natural inclination is to just say, “oh, get over it.”

But, disappointment is real. His sure was. And I wanted to make it up to him. Not out of guilt, but because if I was in his shoes, I’d want it made up to me too.

Making it up to him would go a long way in buying goodwill for next time I let him down, which was sure to happen.

So, what does all this have to do with you and your business?

Well, it got me thinking about something that happened today.

Dave and I opened registration for our 2010 Breakthrough Business Model program and offered several bonuses to people who are joining us for the year (in fact, purchased separately, the bonuses are worth more than the entire investment in the program).

Why?  Because we wanted to make it super easy for our most right people to justify the financial commitment to the program and themselves because we know it will be so transformative and many of you are struggling to impact lots of people, get to the money in your business AND build a sustainable, long term business you can count on.

So, we included a ticket to our live event in the fall, the recordings of our last money map program that everyone simply RAVES about, and a basic membership to my LIFT Foundation System & Toolkit.

Now, several of our most perfect people had already invested in the LIFT Foundation System & Toolkit during the charter launch and got in on it at 50% off.

So, within minutes of our announcement, one of the gals who had invested in the Deluxe version wrote my customer service team inquiring about a refund of her LIFT investment since she’d be receiving the basic version with her #BBM2010 memebership.

Ruh-roh.  Houston, we’ve got a problem.

I immediately let people who were listening in on our preview call know that we were bonusing the BASIC version of LIFT (which means it doesn’t have the 16 legal agreements, 16 strategy maps OR the personal records binder), not the DELUXE version and that refunding didn’t feel right to me.

I didn’t give it much more thought because yesterday was a big day all around (the culmination of 3.5 months of massive effort all in one day, which I’ll tell you all about as soon as I’ve processed more) and I was busy, busy, busy.

But then the thing happened with my son. And I acutely felt his disappointment.

As I felt his disappointment, I felt the disappointment some of my most perfect people that I’m meant to serve must have felt when they realized they had jumped in on LIFT early and maybe wouldn’t have needed to, if only they had known about the #BBM2010 bonus or waited.

Nevermind the fact that early LIFT investors got the Deluxe version for the Basic investment PLUS a 45-minute LIFT strategy session with me, which means they actually got a $3997 thing for only $997, I never want anyone who invests in anything with me to feel disappointed.

That wholly goes against what I stand for.

So, I thought about what to do.

And I weighed the options. The old paradigm way of doing things would say “screw it, do nothing.  You are already over-delivering, Alexis.  No need to justify the bonus.”

But, that just didn’t feel right to me.

I could do better than that.  And I decided “Make It Up to Me” felt right here, just as it did with my son.

Make It Up To Me has the power to cure disappointment.

I thought hard about what I could offer these folks who are my very best customers, my most perfect right people, the people who love me the most and invest in everything I offer.

They love me.  I love them.

So I decided to give them the greatest gift I have to offer.

Me. My time. Folks pay up to $3,000/month for coaching with me.

Private time with me is simply not accessible for lots of folks, even my most perfect people I love to serve folks.

I remember when I was in massive learning and growth mode how much I would have valued time with my mentor and coach. Just a little bit of time could have made such a big difference in my business.

So, I decided that would be the best Make It Up To Me gift I could give.

I’m going to let my most perfect right people bank a little time with me.

If you invested in LIFT and you now join BBM, you’ve got a use it anytime private quickie with me.

Sounds kinda dirty, doesn’t it?

Well, it’s not that kind of quickie silly! Get your mind out of the gutter, would ya? LOL.

This is a MUCH more valuable quickie.

It’s the kinda quickie you are going to use when you are really stuck having a hard time making a decision about something.

Should you hire? Should you fire? Which way should you go on that really hard decisions? Should you make that investment? Or not?

You’re about to jump to another level in your business or tumble back three levels and you know the decision you have to make could be a make it or break it turning point for you.

Where do you turn?

Well, I’ve been there many times friend. And if you’re a member of LIFT and you paid full boat and you are now joining our Breakthrough Business Model 2010 program, you will turn to me and I will help you decide.

This quickie  could be worth THOUSANDS to you when I help you make the right decision.

Does that feel like the right way to make it up to you?  I’d love to hear what you think even if you are not someone who had invested in LIFT and is now investing in BBM2010.   Let’s talk about it in the comments.

And, if you’d like to listen to the preview call we did for the BBM2010 program, you can get it here.

Just the call itself can take years off your learning curve by hearing us peel back the curtains about the breakthrough business model we’ve used to shift from the Flat On Your Back business model to what we call our Stand Tall and Go Deep model that allows you to make a great impact and a great living doing what you love and serving your most perfect people.

As always, I love to hear what you think and feel about all of it.

Yesterday, I was coaching a private client who will be offering a $50,000 training package in the fall.

A big ticket item.

Before she makes her offer, she wants to prove she can successfully train someone else on her methods.  Smart.

She’s been extremely successful in her own business, but has not yet trained an outsider, so wanted to take on a test case while we get the program designed and marketing materials ready for her launch.

I thought that was a great idea, but only if she had an airtight agreement with her test case that would protect her intellectual property and her reputation in case something went wrong.

I’m her coach, not her lawyer, so I didn’t offer to draft the agreement.

During our coaching session yesterday she showed me a licensing agreement she had put together for her test case.

The first thing I asked her was “did you have a lawyer prepare this agreement?”

She said “no, I did it myself.”

I was impressed. It looked a little homemade, but it was a pretty darn good agreement.

After reviewing it, I noticed there were a couple of ambiguities and that she hadn’t quite thought through all of the points of the agreement, specifically those relating to exit – what if someone wants out early?

I pointed out the two areas that could leave some area of potential risk and she’s going to revise her agreement to close those loops.

She would have had to pay a lawyer big bucks to draft a legal agreement like this for her, but because she’s a smart business woman she did a few things right that can save you thousands on legal fees, if you do them too.

So how do you apply this to your own business and life?

1.  Be extremely knowledgeable about agreements and all the other legal stuff you need to do for your business, in your business, and to protect your personal assets from your business.

2.  Get comfortable preparing your own simple agreements.

3.  Clearly think through exactly what you want your agreement to do before you write a single word.

4.  Have your agreement reviewed and edited by a lawyer, before you get it signed.

5.  Have a really good lawyer on your side who will consult with you, review and edit your agreements on a flat-fee, membership type basis instead of hourly or even by the transaction, so you never have to worry about calling your lawyer or how much it’s going to cost.

It really can be that simple to save thousands on legal fees.  And build yourself a business you can really count on.

If you don’t feel knowledgeable about the legal stuff you need to run your business on a solid foundation, check out my LIFT Foundation System & Toolkit.

And, hey, let me know about how you’ve worked with a lawyer in a unique way like this in the past or where working with a lawyer hasn’t been like this for you.  I’m always interested in hearing real stories of business owners and their experience with lawyers and the legal system.

Since I started my series on expensive legal, insurance, financial and tax mistakes and launched my new LIFT Foundation System & Toolkit, I have received emails from several people about their own LIFT mistakes.

I wanted to share this one with you because it’s quite representative of reality AND it goes to show you that even if you have been to law school, you still need to know more than you think you do when it comes to the foundation of your business because your mistakes can cost you multi-thousands of dollars.

This comes from Attorney Michael S. Reed who made a multi-thousand dollar LIFT mistake when he chose the wrong name for his business because he just didn’t know:

“In Nov. 2008, I was ready to start my own title company. I formed an LLC in Maryland, my home state. [I formed the LLC and was advised by a tax professional to classify the LLC as an S-Corp, which I see is another topic you have mentioned lately.]

I was going to do business in Maryland, DC and Virginia. I started my own “due diligence,” meaning I searched each of the three government sites to make sure that the name I was choosing as the title company, was not taken. I chose “Esquire Settlements, LLC” as my name.

I ran into a similar looking company name in the Commonwealth of Virginia, known as “Esquire Settlement Services, LLC. I called the State Corporations Commissions and spoke to a clerk, who assured me that, because I was starting an LLC in Maryland, and this company existing since 1990 was a Virginia corporation, that “there shouldn’t be a problem.” Well, that was enough for me, and I happily proceeded with the company formation.

Long story short – everything was going smoothly, until, I received the complaint and summons for an infringement lawsuit in the US Eastern Dist. of Virginia:”
Esquire Settlement Services, Inc. et al v. Esquire Settlements, LLC
Plaintiffs: Esquire Settlement Services, Inc. and Daniel H. Borinsky, PLLC
Defendants: Esquire Settlements, LLC
Case Number: 1:2009cv01189
Filed: October 21, 2009

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So, as you can see, even professionals who you would think would have specific training about these sorts of issues are at risk of making expensive LIFT mistakes.

This one cost Michael several thousands of dollars and could have been so easily avoided, if only he’d known what to do before choosing the name for his corporation.

To make sure you don’t run into your own expensive LIFT mistakes in your business, check out my new LIFT Foundation System & Toolkit at charter member pricing, which will not be available after this Thursday.

And be sure to let me know if you have had any experiences like this yourself.  The more we talk out about these things, the more we can help others avoid making the same mistakes because they are simply doing business in the dark.

I’ve got to make this one kind of quick because it’s been one of those days.

I’m sick, my daughter is sick, I took my son to check out a new school and he wanted me to stay with him the whole time and now I’ve got to run my dog into the vet because he’s got the runs all over my carpet.

Did I happen to mention I am launching a new business tomorrow on top of all this?

Ah, such is life, right? I’ve learned that success comes from how you handle times like these.

So, hey, do me a favor and if you haven’t yet signed up for my call tomorrow, do it now.  It’ll make me feel better that I haven’t done everything I possibly can to promote this call today.

Ok, now before I run my dog to the vet, let me share a little story with you that suggests to me that a lot of you are making some big mistakes when it comes to your taxes and living the corporate lifestyle.

This is one of the primo benefits of being a business owner and an area where I made plenty of my own big mistakes.

2006 was the first year I hit a million dollars of revenue, yippee! But, I didn’t plan well at all and come April of 2007 I had an UNEXPECTED 6-figure tax bill. Yes, true story.

I had to take out a loan to pay those taxes.

What’s really sad is that if I had planned in advance, I could have cut that tax bill in half.

Live and learn. Expensive lesson that one was. I don’t want to see you have expensive lessons like that!

Then, last week I was out with a friend of mine who had come to visit and he bought a couple of gifts for two of his employees. Each gift was about $20.

After he paid, I saw him tell the cashier to toss the receipt. Fortunately, I caught him in time.

“Don’t toss that receipt! Those are business gifts. Keep the receipt. Write your employees name on the back and what the gift was and give it to your bookkeeper to deduct at tax time.”

You can deduct gifts up to $25 per person per year. And sure, it’s ONLY $25, but I’ll tell you what, every dollar counts.

Why give the government any more than you have to?

This is just one of the MANY ways you may be overpaying on your taxes and not taking full advantage of living the corporate lifestyle.

We’ll talk more about this tomorrow (Thursday) on my free call so register here.

And hey, let me know what specific questions you have about living the corporate lifestyle.

I’d love to hear and the comments are a great place to talk about it. Don’t be afraid. It’s time to start doing business with your eyes wide open and bring these issues into the light.