This short film by former Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas is genuinely disturbing. Alma (2009) delivers more unease in a few minutes than many full-length horror films.
HOW TO PAY YOURSELF AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
I came across this online, and since I’ve tried it myself, I can confidently recommend it to any small business owner (SBO) struggling with cash flow.
One major mistake most SBOs make is running business transactions through their personal accounts. This rookie mistake often leads to overspending and poor financial control. To avoid this, you must have two separate accounts: one for your business and one for personal use.
All business expenses should be paid strictly from the business account. This makes it easier to monitor expenses and accurately determine your profit margin at the end of a given period.
I also recommend using a simple Excel template to record and track your revenue and expenses daily. This way, you can easily assess the financial health of your business at a glance.
At the end of the month, after deducting all expenses, such as staff salaries, raw materials, supplies, staff motivation, transportation, marketing, taxes, miscellaneous costs, etc., from your revenue, whatever remains is your income.
This is where many SBOs become lazy and undisciplined. They start spending the income recklessly because they believe they can always make the money back and don’t answer to anyone. After all, it’s “their money.”
You can not have this mindset if you plan to grow and expand your business.
Instead, do this:
1. Pay yourself 50% of the income as an employee
There is you, and there is your business. Treat your business as a separate entity. When closing your books for the month, pay yourself a salary just as you pay your staff. Transfer this 50% into your personal account. This should cover your personal savings, expenses, and enjoyment.
2. Reinvest 30% of the income back into the business
This does not have to be spent immediately if there’s nothing urgent to purchase. You can set it aside until it’s enough to acquire new equipment or fund business growth. Just ensure the money is strictly reserved for the business.
3. Use 10% to pay off debt or business loans
If your business is debt-free, you can add this percentage to your business savings.
4. Save 10% in an interest-yielding platform
This savings is for your business, not your personal savings. Over time, it helps build financial stability and future expansion capacity.
I hope this helps someone out there. Financial discipline is especially challenging when you run a business that brings in daily income, but it’s also what separates sustainable businesses from struggling ones.
Ana Kasparian Exposes where the money California is spending on homelessness is going
It’s being funneled into NGO’s & Executives are making $500k a year each
“Just experiencing what I've seen on the ground in California has made me question a lot about left wing ideology”
“We spent $13 billion in Los Angeles alone last year to combat homelessness. You wanna know where that money went? That money went to these trash nonprofits who have a bunch of executives making half a million a year.
You're working for a nonprofit dealing with homelessness. That's my money.
That's my parents' money. Okay, that is the hardworking people of California paying incredibly high taxes that go to what?
So, yeah. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of it and honestly just experiencing what I've seen on the ground in California has made me question a lot about left wing ideology.”
I just died inside. This is NOT how to clean wooden utensils.
DO NOT BOIL. This will open up the wood fiber, cause foodborn bacteria to build up in your utensils and cause degredation.
INSTEAD: Rinse your wooden utenciles in a MILD soap. Then once a month, treat your wooden utensils and cutting boards for that matter with nice wax coating. Crisbee Rub is a good one, also Caoron & Doucet
70-year cancer survivor Keith drops a powerful claim: "Cancer cells have ONLY two fuel sources—glucose and glutamine. Cut them off, and tumors starve."
Glucose: From added sugars, simple carbs (bread, pasta, junk food).
Glutamine: Body makes it + in healthy foods—but disrupt cancer's uptake with green tea, mushrooms, turmeric, moringa, and fermented foods (like sauerkraut).
He's reversed all 5 of his chronic diseases without meds, studying 4,000+ papers on epigenetics (lifestyle controlling gene expression).
Watch this eye-opening 1:11 clip.
Starving cancer metabolically: Promising science or oversimplification? Tried these foods for health? Thoughts below—let's discuss respectfully.
WAR IS OVER…… i finally found a ‘chocolate jam’ that MORE DELICIOUS… vegan, gluten-free, and real dark choco… and its LOCAL BRAND 🇮🇩🌟
before NOW - foreverrrrr💓
I unironically think we deindustrialized because we listened to the economists too much rather than the engineers.
The technologists (Habibie, etc.) were right. Now instead of exporting planes, we’re exporting coal and palm oil.
This man was right all along.