I have a wonderful business, in a wonderful way, I give wonderful service, for wonderful pay! -Florence Scovel Shinn

You can be successful in business unless when you do something you love doing. This is an attitude you must always carry with you, in your mind, in your emotions, and in your actions. And in order to keep attracting success, you must also be in harmony with the work that you do. Whether its a service or product type business, try not to focus on the lack of money and the things you dont have.

There are many people who are cheerful givers, but in order for success to work, you must also be a cheerful receiver. When something is freely given, you must also be open to freely receive. This is the perfect balance of giving and receiving. This law is often violated when you refuse a gift because you feel that the giver cannot afford it; or if you think you dont deserve the gift, or if you feel you dont need it.

Stay in harmony with your power to give and receive success in all things. Thinking in limitation restricts the flow of money, gifts, and success. Keep your mind open so that money - and success circulates. Keep them both in motion. Let your money go out cheerfully and without fear. Help someone else become successful. This opens the way for more to come to you, because God is your unfailing and inexhaustible supply.

Here are seven of my favorite affirmations on Success, Happiness, and Prosperity from Florence Scovel Shinn. They are to be used and practiced daily and are workable both for your business and personal success. With these spiritual affirmations, attitudes, and feelings towards money, happiness, and success, youll see and that the great Bank of the Universal Game of Life never fails!

1. My good flows to me in a steady, unbroken, ever-increasing stream of success, happiness and abundance.

2. Giving precedes receiving and my gifts to others precede Gods gifts to me.

3. I spend money under direct inspiration wisely and fearlessly, knowing my supply is endless and immediate.

4. Happy surprises come to me each day. I look with wonder at that which is before me.

5. My God is a God of plenty and I now receive all that I desire or require, and more.

6. I now release the gold-mine within me. I am linked with an endless golden stream of prosperity which comes to me under grace in perfect ways.

7. I am now on the road of Success, Happiness and Abundance, all the traffic goes my way.

Force yourself to give up negative thinking and feelings of lack. Answer every negative thought with positive words of faith. Challenge your fears of not having enough or, of not being good enough by not giving these thoughts your attention. Act on your faith - then give thanks for the miracle that makes good things happen.

When your thoughts are focused on prosperity, happiness, and success, you attract more of the same for your business and personal life. This is irresistible power!

Gerri D Smith

Gerri D Smith combines apparel fashion design and creative writing into a successful and growing mini-business known as Distinctive Impressions. For more then ten years, Gerri seeks to inspire thousands of others to realize their goals, to look and feel ?distinctive? in the way they dress, and to improve their professional image.

With a deep passion for creating women's fashions and accessories for day and evening wear, her clients include professionals whom she has named "VIW's" (Very Important Women), as well as other small, medium, and large sized women . Her other interests include organizing, producing, and participating in promotional fashion shows, fashion contests, art and craft sales, as well as coordinating and participating in fund-raising events that show off both her fashion and small business/entrepreneur skills.

Gerri?s apparel and accessory designs are promoted and marketed both online and offline around the Bay Area, and are sold to private clients. As a free-lance designer, many of her designs are one-of-a-kind and by special-order.

Her love of writing is portrayed in her ongoing self-improvement and motivational articles, an inspirational non-fiction book, and a modern contemporary, and inspirational romance novel. Gerri?s published books are marketed nationwide through the world wide web and offline to business women and romance novel readers.

Gerri is host and publisher of an inspirational newsletter that encourages, motivates, and supports individuals, small business owners, and women entrepreneurs to go for their dreams. The newsletter is an internet resource creating multiple ways for subscribers to unlock the doors to success and improvement. And it is Free. Now, being able to share two of her deepest passions - creative fashion designing and creative inspirational writing with others is her greatest pleasure.

In addition to producing her fashions, accessories, and her creative writing to inspire and encourage others, in her spare time Gerri also finds great pleasure in researching, studying and learning new skills. She hopes to broaden her expertise with public speaking on business leadership and personal improvement. Her two self-published books, one a full length contemporary romance fiction novel, titled ?A Challenge of Love,? and an inspirational non-fiction book titled, ?31 Cups of Inspiration,? are modern classics and will inspire others for a long, long time.