Emily's resume is fairly recent; she just needs to update it with information from her last position. She estimates it will take her no more than 30 minutes to create her new draft and polish it. So far, so good.
Is it directly connected to a bigger step that directly supports the ultimate goal? "Draft my resume" is directly related to other subgoals, like "land an interview," that support Emily's ultimate goal of finding a new job. She also has to make sure unrelated tasks (i.e., "shop for shoes" or "walk the dog") don't derail her efforts.
Are all the resources on hand to complete the baby step? To update her resume, Emily wants to review her old performance evaluations to jog her memory of the projects she worked on. Unfortunately, those records are in storage.
Therefore, this task fails the baby-step test, because Emily does not have all that she needs on hand. Her new baby step is now "get the records out of storage." Once she does that, she can begin again with "draft my resume."

Just Keep Stepping

You climb even the tallest mountain one step at a time. You can keep moving toward your goal if you set aside time each day to complete a baby step (or several baby steps). Keep your list of steps handy in case you lose steam or find an unexpected 30 minutes. The momentum you create by completing one baby step will lead you to complete the next and the next and the next. Before you know it, you will be at the top of that mountain and achieving your goal.

How can we apply the Baby Steps process to our goals?

The POWER of Education

One of the slogans you may have noticed on our site is: LEARN MORE = EARN MORE. I believe this 100% and love learning new things. It's a wonderful thing to learn new information and then apply that information to increase your business income. It feels good to realize that your future is in your hands.

The price theory for our courses is loosely based on the idea, that you can recoup what you paid for the course with one document project. For example, our current price point for divorce document preparation is $269. Most sets of prepared divorce documents cost more than that, but for a document preparer just starting out, maybe not a lot more. Similarly, our price point for the course called, Wills ETC is $209. This is around the price many document preparers charge for a set of estate planning documents, such as a last will and testament, power of attorney, etc.

We offer 15 different document preparation courses. Sixteen if you count the Avoid UPL! Course which is available ONLY to FALDP members. It's encouraging to know that if you learn the procedures and information for a new type of document preparation – you can immediately offer that service. I'm not saying that you'll know everything about the documents or procedure right out the gate, but our courses will provide you with the foundation to get started and then a platform to learn more.

We expect course takers and members in general to persevere in pursuing more and more knowledge about the documents they prepare. We cannot possibly teach everything there is to know on any subject. Neither can a university. I graduated from UCF with an MS, fully realizing how much more there was to learn. Besides reading cases, and casebooks, and scouring the internet, you are lucky to have a network of colleagues able and willing to answer your questions. Granted, some members know more than others, and some are, by nature, just generally more helpful. But, there are plenty of people to ask – SO ASK!

Our Renewal Period is Over

We value each of our members, and are always sad to see someone drop out of our association. We realize that, for some, the security of a 9-5 job overtakes the challenge of building a new business. Others may have found that this business just isn't a good fit, or maybe it's not the right time, or a thousand other reasons .... but, if you dropped out because we did something wrong -- please let us know.

In general, members whose membership lapsed while their membership was in good standing, can simply rejoin. If, you didn't mean to drop out, but something happened, some kind of extenuating circumstance arose. Let us know, maybe we can help

In the coming weeks, we plan to reach out to some former members who may have simply forgotten to renew their membership. We do not aim to intrude, only to invite you back in case you want to come back.

Zoom Meetings

Our Zoom Training Meetings are the last Saturday morning of each month at 11:00 a.m. EST. The next one will be September 24, and the topic will be "Sales & Marketing".

After Hours Zoom Meetings have been moved to the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm. That means that the next After Hours Meeting will be on September 13th. These are becoming more and more popular. There has been lots of interesting interaction, ideas, and conversation.

We publish a schedule of our

training-webinars.html on our website. Topics change from time to time, and will be changed on the posted schedule as far in advance as possible. We will also post the group meetings that stemmed from the recent conference on that page. Depending on the group, these may or may not be available to members who did not participate in that group at the conference.
We also invite members to read the etiquette guidelines on that same page prior to attending your first meeting.

Payment Systems

I have two PayPal accounts. I rarely use either. One thing my merchant account with TSYS can't do, or possibly I just don't know how, is to create invoices. So, as some members might remember, I sent out Paypal invoices for membership renewal to make it easier for our members. And then a day later I turned around and canceled all of the invoices.

In case you may have thought I'd finally lost my mind, there was a reason for that. The reason was one of PayPal's random rules. They suddenly decided that I could only transfer $11.00 from paypal to my business bank account every 30 days. Seriously. Just another reason I try NOT to use paypal or any other payment aggregator. Take it from me, get yourself a real merchant account.

Spanish & English Parenting Course

Did you know that FALDP members can receive $3.00 for each referral to either version of the Parenting Course?

Prices are: $29.99 and $14.99 for low income. Here's the link directly to the Spanish version - spanish parenting course And here it is for the English version Parenting Course

Parental Education and Family Stabilization Course is mandatory for all divorcing couples who have children; and all people seeking a paternity action.

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FALDP Private Facebook Group

About one third of our membership has joined the FALDP private Facebook group. We created it to make it easier to interact with each other. So far, people have given work referrals to one another; asked questions to the group; received help in locating a form; and discussed various issues. If you're working toward FALDP Certification, you earn one CEU just by joining the group. So, what are you waiting for? Look for the private group after going to the official FALDP Facebook page at FALDP,LLC on Facebook.

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