Hello,

A smart business strategy is to recycle previous articles, so for the first time with my ezines I am using my Vision Board ezine from 2010 because the information is current and applicable. I did two vision boards last year as I really wanted to focus on manifesting some goals I had about starting my coaching business with women entrepreneurs.

Since home stagers are visual, creating a Vision Board that you can look at on a daily basis seems a natural creation. I believe you can manifest what you want by thinking about what you want and creating it. Many people like to write out their thoughts (dreams with action become goals) and many like to put their vision onto a vision board, in a vision bag or even into a vision box. I use both a Vision Bag and a Vision Board which I keep in my Self-Cultivation & Knowledge feng shui bagua corner.

MY VISION BOARD FROM 2010

Wishing you all much JOY & SUCCESS in creating your 2011 Vision Board.



Dana J. Smithers
PRES Staging Resource Centre
Founder & Creative Director
Empowered Women In Business Coach

PS: Everything on my 2010 Vision Board did materialize with the exception of my not being on Oprah. And you know what, I didn't really put a lot of faith in that happening because it wasn't what I really wanted! This year I want to be on the Fanny Kiefer show and I will be!

Reasons For Creating A Vision Board

Your VISION BOARD is a visual representation of what you are focused on right now and what your dreams & goals are. It should inspire and empower you to find ways to achieve what you really want. By looking at it every day you move one step closer to creating your world the way you want it. You can recreate your Vision Board at any time that you want throughout the year and it can be about what you want for the coming year, or sometime in the future. I like to do it to kick off each new year. I take my old vision board and look at what I have accomplished and quite frankly it is AMAZING!!!

How to Create Your Vision Board Using a Western Feng Shui Bagua:

For years I have used a Western Feng Shui Bagua as the base for my Vision Board since I have taken courses in Feng Shui. Interestingly enough many people end up creating their vision board 'as if' they had used the bagua when in fact, they had not!

This is what you need to do:

1. Determine what size and what material your vision board is going to be made of.
2. Decide where you want to display it. You want to put it out where you can see it and not hide it away so this may help determine step 1.
3. Cut out anything that you would like to feature on your vision board i.e. pictures from magazines, websites, quotes you love, pieces of jewellery, titles of books, post cards, stickers, anything you like that represents something you want to manifest in your life.
4. You don't have to use the Feng Shui Bagua but if you choose to, then divide your vision board into 9 equal sections and look at the headings for each one: Wealth, Fortune & Blessings; Fame & Reputation; Love, Marriage & Partnership; Family; Health; Creativity & Children; Self-Cultivation & Knowledge; Career and Helpers, Travel & Benefactors.
5. Attach your cuttings and/or things onto your vision board in these 9 sections as much as is possible. Some things may overlap and may not seem to fit - just place them where they feel right to you.
6. For future you might want to keep a vision bag near you. When you find something just drop it in the bag. It's fun to go through it every so often to see if that is still my focus.
7. At the end of each time period that you have created your vision board for, look at it and see what dreams & goals have actualized for you. It is truly amazing!!!

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Start collecting photos, articles, cards, pictures, sayings, anything that you want to put on your 2011 Vision Board. Follow the steps above and find some quiet time to put your Vision Board together. It's also sometimes fun to do with a group of friends maybe over a glass of wine and a few shared stories of what you accomplished in 2010. PRES members will be doing this at their January Monthly Meetings!

Now most importantly, DREAM BIG and STEP UP to 2011. After all your dreams and your goals create your life. What do you want it to look like?

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Dana Smithers is founder and creative director of the PRES Staging Resource Centre, a company devoted to teaching entrepreneurial women how to start and run their home staging business. Through her workshops, courses, mentoring programs, and products, Dana shows her students how to live their dream of becoming a home stager whether part time or full time.

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STAY TUNED...for MONTHLY WEBINARS - WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR HOME STAGING BUSINESS

We have held some fantastic 'free' webinars last year for PRES members only. This year we will be offering webinars to other home stagers at a low cost. Keep checking our site because once they are ready there will be limited spots available.

Testimonial from PRES Member Michaela Starling of StarlingStagingandStyling.com

"The PRES calls and webinars are fantastic! I highly recommend them as an excellent resource for building and growing a successful staging business. They provide me with an opportunity to connect with my colleagues. The sense of community and sharing is extremely beneficial to me, especially as a solopreneur."

Dana Smithers is founder and creative director of the PRES Staging Resource Centre, a company devoted to teaching entrepreneurial women how to start and run their home staging business. Through her workshops, courses, mentoring programs, and products, Dana shows her students how to live their dream of becoming a home stager whether part time or full time.

Dana has launched her new website Empowered Women In Business. She has been mentoring women entrepreneurs for years and has now taken on a new client base in addition to the home stagers she has worked with. She says it's thrilling to see women move forward so quickly getting the results they are looking for whether it is setting up a marketing strategy, defining ideal clients or having a negative mindset shift into positive action. To get your 'Free' CD on her 7 Destinations Road Map to Success just go to the site and make sure you sign up for her Empowered Women In Business ezine.

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The PRES® Entrepreneurs Newsletter is written by Dana J. Smithers of www.PresStaging.com. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to info@PresStaging.com.

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