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What heck is a cafeteria plan?

 A Section 125 structure, often referred to in the context of U.S. tax law, pertains to a specific provision of the Internal Revenue Code that allows employers to offer certain benefits to employees on a pre-tax basis. This structure is commonly associated with "cafeteria plans" or "flexible benefits plans."

Key Features:

1. Pre-Tax Benefits: Employees can choose from a variety of benefits (like health insurance, dental coverage, and retirement savings) and pay for them using pre-tax dollars, reducing their taxable income.

2. Flexible Choices: Employees have the freedom to select benefits that best suit their needs, which can lead to higher employee satisfaction and retention.

3. Cost Savings: Employers can save on payroll taxes since contributions to these plans are made before taxes are deducted.

4. Compliance Requirements: Employers must adhere to specific regulations to maintain the tax-advantaged status of these plans, including nondiscrimination rules that ensure benefits are equitably offered to all employees.

Benefits to Employees:

• Tax Savings: Reduces overall tax liability.
• Customization: Ability to tailor benefits to personal or family needs.

Benefits to Employers:

• Attraction and Retention: Helps in attracting and retaining talent.
• Tax Advantages: Lower payroll tax obligations.

In essence, a Section 125 plan offers a structured way for both employers and employees to gain financial advantages through flexible benefit selections.

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Visibility is often treated like a strategy

Here’s something to reflect on—the difference between being seen and simply being visible.

In most industries, visibility is often treated like a strategy:

• Like a few posts on LinkedIn

• Show up to the networking event

• Smile, shake hands, move on to the next

But if you’re anything like me, that kind of “connection” leaves you feeling even more isolated than before.

Real connection isn’t just about being noticed—it’s about being known. It’s about having a place where you don’t have to prove yourself, where you don’t have to explain why work-life harmony matters, where your ambition and your exhaustion are both understood.

That’s why I believe so deeply in the power of like-hearted community.
Not just like-minded—like-hearted. People who lead with empathy. Who crave meaning and alignment, not just metrics. Who want to rewrite the rules—not just survive by them.

If you’ve been doing all the right things to “network” and still feel alone… you’re not broken. The model is. And you deserve more.

Your Next Big Move Awaits

 

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What is 996?

Start your work at 9am, work until 9pm, repeat six days a week. 

Forget that!!

Things that destroy a business.

                                                                   A big ego

Negative:

 Thinking you already know everything, so you dismiss new ideas or mentors.

Positive:

 Staying humble and hungry — always willing to learn from others, admit mistakes, and improve.

Ignoring feedback

Negative:

 Getting defensive when a client, customer, or friend points out a flaw in your service or product.

Positive:

 Actively seeking feedback, listening with an open mind, and adjusting your approach to serve people better.

                                       Not networking

Negative:

 Operating in a vacuum, never meeting peers, collaborators, or potential partners.

Positive:

 Regularly attending industry events, joining mastermind groups, or even casual meet-ups that expand your circle and create opportunities.

Too many meetings

Negative:

 Spending hours talking in circles about work instead of actually doing the work.

Positive:

 Keeping meetings short, structured, and actionable so your day is built around execution, not endless discussion.

No experimenting

Negative:

 Doing the same things the same way, year after year — even if they’re not working.

Positive:

 Testing new offers, platforms, pricing, or marketing angles so you can find what actually scales your business.

Lack of business systems

Negative:

 Keeping everything in your head, handling tasks on the fly, and constantly reinventing the wheel.

Positive:

 Documenting your processes — from onboarding to follow-up — so your business runs smoother and grows beyond just you.

Avoid these traps. Build habits, mindsets, and systems that position your business to grow — with less friction and far fewer costly mistakes.

"You're already getting all the deductions you qualify for."

That's the lie.

The truth?

Most tax preparers only claim the clearly documented business deductions that you submit to them.

Home office. Mileage. Software subscriptions.

The basics.

But there are dozens of strategies they never explore:

• Can you deduct your equipment and/or building? 
• Should you be using WOTC when hiring? 
• Are you capturing all available tax credits?  

These questions require expertise beyond basic tax prep.

They require a tax strategist who understands: 

• Cost Segregation 
• R&D 
• Hiring Incentive 
• Retirement Benefits (SRP)
• Local, County, State & Federal Credits 
• Tax Cuts & Jobs Act Updates 

If your CPA isn't asking these questions, they're not lying intentionally.

They just don't know tax planning.

Want answers to these questions? 

Why keep trying?

 

Persistence pays off. 

Even when it seems like nothing is happening, growth is taking place underground. Strength is being built. Character is being forged.

The reason you don’t give up?

Because you’re closer than you think.

So keep pushing. Keep believing. Keep showing up on the days it feels pointless. Because one day soon, the things you’ve been hoping for — working for — will break through in ways you never imagined.

This week, choose to keep moving forward.

Not because it’s easy. But because it’s worth it!!

Wins stack when you move.

 

1. You don’t need more ideas, you need better execution.
   Most business owners drown in information while starving for implementation.

2. Revenue comes from clarity, not confusion.
   When you know the move to make, momentum follows.

3. Access collapses timelines.
   The right room gets you answers faster than trial and error ever will.

4. Wins stack when you move.
   One decision leads to another. Small actions create big outcomes.

Results speak louder than any plan or pitch.

 

1. Execution creates confidence.
   Ideas are everywhere, but only execution puts money in the bank.

2. Speed is a multiplier.
   Every day you wait is compound interest for your competition.

3. Problems are rarely permanent.
   The right person can solve in minutes what you have been stuck on for months.

4. Proof beats potential.
   Results speak louder than any plan or pitch.

92% of Americans are involved in a side gig.

That's 270 - 280 million people!! See what actually works! The system speaks for itself...

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Note: I've been doing this Feb of 2016, started two weeks after open heart surgery.

Larry

You're not broken, But your system might be!

Let’s cut to the chase: if you’re feeling like your network is tapped out, you’re not alone. It happens to the best of us. You’ve worked hard, you’ve made the calls, you’ve closed the deals—but now, it feels like you’re running on fumes.

If your calendar’s empty, your phone’s quiet, and your income’s unpredictable—you’re not broken. But your system might be.

This isn’t another hype fest. It’s not about posting more. It’s not about chasing cold leads harder. It’s something different—and it’s working right now for those who were in the exact same spot.

There’s a better way to bring in commissions… consistently. No tech. No spammy tactics. No begging for calls.

We’re going live to break it down—but only for those ready to stop waiting and start producing.

 
Because what we’ll show you? It works even when your contact list is ice cold.

We'll work with your CPA, accountant or tax preparer with no upfront cost!

 Struggling with rising costs or tight margins? Stryde identifies savings through specialized tax incentives, financial audits, and employer strategies—helping businesses reclaim lost cash flow from multiple overlooked areas.

Struggling with rising costs or tight margins? Stryde identifies savings through specialized tax incentives, financial audits, and employer strategies—helping businesses reclaim lost cash flow from multiple overlooked areas.

Struggling with rising costs or tight margins? Stryde identifies savings through specialized tax incentives, financial audits, and employer strategies—helping businesses reclaim lost cash flow from multiple overlooked areas.

Struggling with rising costs or tight margins? Stryde identifies savings through specialized tax incentives, financial audits, and employer strategies—helping businesses reclaim lost cash flow from multiple overlooked areas.

What can I remove that isn’t serving me?

Most high performers reach a point where it’s not about doing more, it’s about doing less, and doing it with intention. 

The distractions, the endless tabs, notifications, social scrolling, self-judgment…they pull your focus away from the work that actually matters.

When you simplify, your presence sharpens. 

When you stop multitasking, you reclaim your mind. 

When you stop chasing constant productivity, you create space to actually think, act, and move forward.

This isn’t about cutting corners. It’s about clearing the path so your best work has room to show up. 

The next level isn’t more effort. It’s less resistance.

Take a moment today to ask yourself: what can I remove that isn’t serving me? 

That’s  where clarity, energy, and progress begin.

The biggest threat to your sales isn't a bad script.

 

It's the 5-minute task.

The quick CRM update.

The manual follow-up email.

The account research before a call.

Individually, they’re nothing.

But they add up.

Ten of those a day is nearly an hour of lost selling time.

Every single day.

Multiply that for a month, and you’re losing hundreds of hours that could have been spent closing deals.

This is how sales productivity silently dies.

Not in one big breakdown, but in a thousand tiny cuts to your team's focus and time.

Change the way you spend time

 

1. Busyness is the biggest addiction in business.
   It feels productive, but it’s usually avoidance.

2. The calendar tells the truth.
   You can say whatever you want about priorities, but your schedule shows what matters.

3. Money follows focus.
   Scattered hours create scattered results.

4. Your inputs decide your outcomes.
   Change the way you spend time, and your results will follow.

Guard it.

 

1. Most people confuse movement with progress.
   Just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you’re moving forward.

2. Time invested beats time spent.
   Every hour either builds your future or buries it.

3. Profit hides in your calendar.
   You can see exactly why you’re winning or losing by where your hours go.

4. If you don’t value your time, nobody else will.
   People treat your time the way you do. Guard it.

Recession Indicators

 

When economists see that short-term bonds are making higher yields than long-term bonds (called an “inverted yield curve” that can be seen when comparing two- and 10-year Treasury bonds on a graph), many predict an impending recession. Yield curve inversions signal a loss of investor confidence in the economy’s long-term health and have preceded every US recession since 1956.

Economists at NBER use a more complicated rubric to define a recession. The organization looks at six economic indicators: nonfarm payrolls, industrial production, personal income, employment, personal consumption, and manufacturing sales.

People also attempt to define recessions in more creative ways. The “men’s underwear index” states that sales of men’s underwear fall during recessions, and the “lipstick index” says people skip big purchases for small luxuries like lipstick.

Social media users identified something they called a “vibecession” in the early 2020s, citing the comeback of high-energy “recession pop” music and the prevalence of “recession blondes” who opt for lower-maintenance hairstyles. 

Ultimately, many recessions are called retroactive.

Business owners can use the free online calculator to boost their bottomline during good times or bad!!

Resentment is louder than applause.

Success is rented, not given.

1. You pay with risk, sacrifice, and sweat.
   Anyone who says “must be nice” just wasn’t willing to write the check.

2. Resentment is louder than applause.
   Most people won’t say “congratulations.”
   They’ll say it under their breath: “must be nice.”

3. The wrong crowd will shrink you.
   You’ll start playing smaller so they feel bigger.

4. Winners want you to win.
   In the right room, your success fuels everyone.

We rise by lifting others.

There’s something powerful about helping someone else — not for recognition, not for a return favor, but simply because it’s right.

In this week’s video, you’ll see how one act of kindness doesn’t just change the day for someone else — it transforms the person who gives it. It’s a beautiful ripple effect that reminds us:

We rise by lifting others.

It’s easy to get caught up in our own worries, our own grind, our own needs. But when we take a moment to bless someone else — to lend a hand, to share a smile, to speak life into them — we’re building something far bigger than ourselves.

This week, be that blessing.

• Encourage a co-worker who feels overlooked.
• Call that friend who’s struggling and remind them how strong they are.
• Help a stranger without expecting anything in return.

Because when we lift others, we rise too — in joy, in hope, and in the kind of purpose this world desperately needs more of.

Let’s pay it forward today.

If you give a boy a baseball,

...he’ll want a bat to go with it, and then a bucket of balls, a glove, and some cleats too.

When he realizes he can’t carry all these things with his own two hands, he’ll want a bat bag.

 

He’ll spend hours begging you to go out in the yard to play with him. He’ll insist. And his insistence will win!

 

Then, he’ll not want to go back in the house for dinner and will swear that even at dusk there is enough light to continue playing!

 

The backyard will get too small, and he’ll want to go the baseball field to see how far he can hit and throw. Finally, he learns to catch and then he wants friends to play with.

 

When he gets a jersey, he’ll want pants, socks, a belt, and a hat to go with it! And a TEAM!!!

 

Then, life as you know will end!

 

There will be no more lazy weekends. You’ll see more sunrises than you ever thought possible! Every spare minute will be spent hauling buckets, bags, stinky cleats, and crazy boys all over tarnation for practice and games. Your car will be dirty.

 

All because you gave a boy a baseball!

 

Your weekends will be spent freezing in the cold or burning in the hot summer sun! His weekends will be spent gaining confidence and friends, learning new skills, and having fun getting so dirty you’ll learn a whole new way to do laundry!

 

You’ll be there the day he has his first strikeout, double play and hits his first home run! And he’ll make you so proud. The other parents will congratulate you. But you feel weird saying thank you because it’s not you at bat or on the mound. It’s all him . . . He did this.

 

His smile will grow bigger and each year that he plays, he’ll get better and better. His love for the game, and confidence in himself will grow right along with his jersey size!

 

Right before your eyes, your little boy will be transformed from the baby who spun around with his head on the bat, into a pitcher. Because he still loves attention.

Then he might try to be a catcher, outfielder, or infielder because baseball teaches him that he can be anything he wants!

 

When you give a boy a baseball, you give him a sport, a talent, hope, dreams, friends, a new family, and a place to learn about life with room to grow as a person where he can push his limits, bravery, courage, life, and memories. He’ll have all of these things, simply because you gave a boy a baseball.

 

You too will develop new/lifelong friendships, developed solely from the same passion for the game and love of your team. You’ll cheer together, all because you gave a boy a baseball.

 

Then one day, many years from today, he’ll be in his room and a baseball will roll out from an old dusty bat bag. He’ll pick it up and realize instantly that when you gave that boy a baseball, you also gave him a childhood that he would never forget!

Then he’ll hug you, and your eyes may leak – because you realize that everything YOU gave up along the way was worth it!

 

All because you gave a boy a baseball!