The document discusses the objectives and basics of running a small home-based business successfully. It covers 7 key areas: discovering your vision and goals, effective management, understanding finances, hiring good personnel, effective marketing, smooth operations, and determining production costs and prices. The overall message is that mastering these areas can help entrepreneurs put all the pieces of the "profit puzzle" together to build a satisfying and profitable lifestyle business.

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2. OBJECTIVES Discover the joy on knowing where you're going. This basic helps you envision your dream, make the best use of time and develop a satisfying lifestyle. No matter what your concerns are, start with this basic.

3. MANAGEMENT Finding all the pieces is one thing, putting them together is another. This basic shows you how to develop action plans, reports and meetings that help you put all the pieces of your profit puzzle together.

4. FINANCE "Where did all the money go?" "How can I get more?" This basic solves the money mystery. Learn how to track your numbers, use money effectively and create the tools needed to get more of it.

5. PERSONNEL Good people are hard to find. This basic increases your understanding of jobs to be done, what to look for in the people you hire, what to pay them, and how to motivate them to meet their goals and yours.

6. MARKETING Selling does not come easy and customers don't grow on trees. This basic makes your efforts to market your products/services easier to accomplish, and more enjoyable and profitable for all concerned.

7. OPERATIONS Mass confusion is not necessary. This Basic assists you in running the office, keeping track of what you own and complying with all the rules and regulations that impact you and your business’s bottomline.

8. PRODUCTION Making money is a matter of knowing the cost of the products and services you offer. This Basic allows you to determine costs and set prices capable of breaking even and generating a gross profit.

9. RESOURCES You can't know all or be all, but you can develop ways to get the job done. This basic leads you to opportunities that make a difference in how fast you put all the pieces of your profit puzzle together right now!

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