Author Archives: Sarah Roussos
When You Lose Someone
When someone you love dies, it’s just about the hardest time in your life. You are hit with everything at once and everyone wants paperwork. There are a thousand decisions that need to be made and made all at once. It’s not like any of them can wait. The closing of their social security care, making funeral arraignments, contacting friends and family and a pastor. The list is extensive and its all in the midst of a tornado and you’re supposed to mourn and be able to function all at once. To continue to work and carry on life, with the new normal that it’s become.
The Beginning
So where do you begin when you’re hit with everything at once? Delegate! That’s right, wherever and whenever you can delegate what you don’t have to absolutely do. There are some things that will need your signature and proof of your loved ones passing. But outside of that, you need to delegate everything that your hands don’t have to handle. For example, you don’t have to handle the estate. There are company’s that are designed to handle estates when someone’s lost. Probate We Make It Simple is one company that can help in this area.
Probate We Make It Simple
Is a company that’s designed to come in along the side of you and take care of all the challenges that come with the estate of someone that’s passed. It’s not just about selling the house. Which is one of the most common misconceptions about probate, there’s a lot more than that which needs to be done. For example, did you know that there’s paperwork that needs to be filed with Washington D.C.? Well there is, and it’s one of the things that if you don’t know where to go to, you don’t want to have to jump through hoops when you have other things to worry about.
Do you know if your loved one has debts that need to be paid? This can be anything from credit cards to student loans. All of which need to be taken care of either by you, another family member or the estate sale. Few of us actually owe nothing to know one, so as much as possible needs to be taken care of after the person dies, with what they leave behind.
Do you know the value of everything that your loved one has? If not, you’re going to need to have an appraiser come in and then try and sell it. It’s another one of the areas, that makes having a probate ‘office’ to handle the estate. It’s why delegation can make things easier for you. It allows for you to keep and make the main thing the main thing!
That’s Not Me!
If you haven’t had to deal with a loved one passing, you will have to, so be informed ahead of time. When someone dies isn’t the time to figure out what you need to do and how to do it. Your mind will be overloaded and you will be overwhelmed. Which makes finding out things before hand priceless. You may not want to deal with it, but you will be happy that you did when your time comes.
Obstacles Or Opportunity!
In life there are many obstacles that you will come across, some are bigger mountains than others, but they are all obstacles. When you run across those obstacles, you have a choice of deciding what you are going to do with it. To lay down and quit, or to find a way to go up, over, down or around that obstacle. Climbing up it can mean putting stairs in it, so that you have a sure foothold. What would the the staircase look like?
Opéra Garnier, Paris France
Well it can take many forms, consider if you want to go to a world renowned school. One of those that everyone is trying to get into. One that only the elite of the elite are even given an opportunity to go to. That’s part of the obstacle, the opportunity is that you can do things like; take lessons, get sponsors, find mentors etc.. Those things that you do to get over the obstacles are the stairs. You have the chose of walking away or doing what you need to do to get to that opportunity that you’ve dreaming of.
The same is true when you start a business there are countless obstacles that you will come across. it is your choice if you’re going to find a way to go over, under, around or through those obstacles.
If you don’t see things as opportunities, they you really need to stop and consider if starting a business is the right thing for you. If you’re one that throws the towel in when the smallest of things happens? If so you probably shouldn’t consider going into business for yourself. Above is a picture of Googles emblem. Do you think that those that started google never had any issues? Of course they did. Every company has issues. Those don’t stop when the company is large like Google, FedEx or Microsoft. In fact the challenges increase.
Challenges
Challenges are simply those things that you don’t know how to handle yet! Yet is in fact the keyword here. Because a challenge is simply something that you don’t know how to handle yet, but a challenge is something that you can overcome.
How? The first thing you need to do is brainstorm! What brainstorming does is to allow for you to look at all of your options. Brainstorming can include talking to people, doing online research, sitting and think or any number of things that will bring ideas to the forefront. Sometimes they easy to over come while other times, they’re not. Every obstacle is different. The key is to bring ideas to for the obstacle to the surface. Then you can know ways to overcome those obstacles.
What that does is change that obstacle into an opportunity to make something great happen. It’s not hard, but it is doable. That doesn’t mean that your solution is going to be easy, the two should not be confused. For example: your business may need more money. That’s a simple problem and the solution in a startup is to go to VC’s (venture capitalist). Doable right. Just go in front of people and tell them you need money. But easy, well that’s another story.
Going in front of a V.C. means that you’re going to need to have a business plan. Those can be 100’s of pages and take as many hours to get the business plan done in a professional way. It also means that you’re going to have to find those that are interested in what you’re looking to get investors for and then it means being able to get in front of them in a timely manner so that you can keep your business running and not close the doors before the investment.
Opportunity!
The opportunity for you in this case is to move your business to the next level. It’s about making your dream come true, and allowing for others to come to you for their dreams. Each obstacle is an opportunity for you to be able to do more than you’ve ever dream. It’s a chance for you to be all that you can be, but more importantly for you to move beyond where you once thought that you weren’t able to go to.
Objective
One of the hardest things for a business person (or anyone for that matter) to be is object with their project. You see if you’re to close to your project, it’s your baby. You want to make it work at all cost. There’s television shows that are built on people with their pet projects and they’re trying to get investors in order to make their project all that they think it should be. But the reality is that some things shouldn’t move beyond the initial stages. Why? Because they aren’t something that anyone really needs to have or invest in.
The hard part is knowing if it’s something that needs to be developed further, or if it’s something that should be let go. We’ve all see that ‘thing’ that we didn’t think was going to make it, but yet it does. For me Chia Pets was one of those things that I thought was well not great. But in 1977 someone decided it was a great thing and they’re still going strong. Not only that, but I’ve never met someone that didn’t have at least one. Your baby may be like a Chia Pet, no one but you may think it’s great, and the next thing you know it’s taken off and everyone else loves it. That’s what makes asking friends and family a challenge. Sometimes they only see the obstacles and not the opportunity or possibility. It’s at this point that you may need to make some hard choices with family and friends. If they aren’t going to support you, they may need to go. That’s a hard thing to think about, but it’s no less a face.
So now it’s time for you to sit down and think about what you’re going to do and how you’re going to look at things. Are they going to be opportunities or obstacles. The choice is yours!
Summers is Here
I write this on the longest day of the year! It is also a hot day with temperatures getting up to the 80’s, with the possibility of thunderstorms. Rather than give a long lecture about summer (which you probably already know), I’ve selected to give you a visual survey of things that you can expect to see or experience during the summer. So, let’s get started!
Vacation
Sunrises That Take Your Breath Away
Dog Days Of Summer
Exotic Vacations To Far Away Lands
Up Up And Away To New Adventures
In this season its good to know about urgent care clinics.
It’s Time To Move!
It’s time to move! That’s right it’s the middle of summer and the snow and rain are hiding so that makes it the time to move. The only thing left for you to do is to decide on what style of home you want. I have many that I like and so I’m going to share some of those with you. They are beauties to be sure and your mouth will in fact be drooling. So let’s get started with your new dream home.
Yes, I know it’s a bathroom, but take a look at the tile, the bathtub, the arch that leads into it and the lines that span across the roof and archway. Wow. That’s a beauty to be sure and something that you will only regret if you don’t get it! www.denverrealestatemoguls.com
This bedroom is beyond beautiful. The arch of the window’s combined with the beauty of the fireplace will allow for you to be warm and watch the snow fall all at once. It’s something that will allow for you to sleep deep at night!
Where this picture was taken at shows you so much about the character of this home. Like at the size of the front door and the wood that it was made it. Then there’s the beautiful wood floors and the fine detail of the ceilings and the post that lead up to them. This was a masterpiece from beginning to end. Something that all of your friends would be jealous of you for.
If that one didn’t meet your taste, consider this castle.
It’s your castle, so lets take a look!
How about this entryway for starters! I bet it will make all of your friends want to move in!
This view is for the elite in taste. It’s something that you will never regret having.
A kitchen is where some of the most treasured memories of childhood are made.
Once you get in this bathtub, you’ll never want to get out!
And this is my favorite part of this home. The beautiful lighting combined with the library. A well read persons dream!
Historic Staircase!
Character In Every Room!
Where Halls Meet!
When You Want A Landmark!
When Money Matters:
Boca Regional Urgent Care is there for you!