RESOURCES

We call the energy in our minds “inspiration” — it’s like when you breathe in and your bloodstream fills with oxygen and you feel so many more things are possible. Inspiration helps you with perspiration (work!) so knowing how to maximize your inspiration counts for a lot.

Do you have a disability, neurodiversity, or other condition that has affected your work life for six months or more? It’s not unusual. Many entrepreneurs don’t fit into corporate cultures that assume everyone should be tireless and interchangeable.

The Bliss Team works with disabled business owners — and some of us experience disability ourselves. We understand how that can affect your business systems.

If you’re a member of the temporarily abled, keep reading. Most people sooner or later will experience a health problem that can have serious long-term effects on their professional life (that’s why retirement is a thing!) so let’s talk about what your disability-friendly business plan will look like.

“It’s really common that [our clients] just don’t know if one of their service lines is not turning a profit. And it’s okay if you’re doing some kind of loss leader, where you’re having to take a hit on this and make money on the back end. But you need to know whether that’s true and whether that back end is making money.” — Briana Cavanaugh interviewed with Nettie Owen for the book What Businesses Need To Know Right Now: Lessons Learned From Interviewing Businesses During a Pandemic.

with Dave Negri on Contractors Secret Weapon.

with Melin Isa on Planning Your Leap Into Business

Receipts management tool. Send off your receipts in the Magic Blue Envelope and have them scanned, categorized and possibly even integrated with your accounting system! Fabulous and super cost-effective! (QuickBooks now has its own way of receiving scanned receipts, so you may not need Shoeboxed if you’re using QuickBooks.)

Not sure where to start with bookkeeping?  This online tool will download your transactions across institutions and give you a more in depth look than you could do alone. It’s not as robust as QuickBooks or another full double-entry accounting system, but it’s the place to start if you’re moving away from avoidance and towards having your eyes wide open.

by Sendhil Mullainathan. “In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.”

by Thomas Lewis. “This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain.”

by Barbara Stanney. Underearners are not living up to their earnings potential. Underearners tend to live paycheck to paycheck. They rarely balance their checkbooks and are often in debt. Ironically, many work incredibly hard. Yet they are ashamed to admit that money matters to them. If you’re not making the money you want, read this book first.