Let’s assume, as I suggested last week, you’ve set an income goal that includes an amount you’d like to earn and you have set a date by which you’d like to reach your income goal. Now it’s important to make sure that you have a realistic container into which the money can flow.

If you are a business owner or practitioner, what is the designated income stream into which the money can come? A coach, for example, needs to have a website to draw people in or some sort of marketing that makes it clear what that coach has to offer. There also has to be a clear way for potential clients to contact the coach as well as an established payment system.

With products to sell, an entrepreneur needs distribution channels for the products and a manufacturing system that ensures prompt delivery. Without these, maintaining an increasing cash flow is difficult.

For those who have a job, have you upgraded your skills or done what is necessary in order to earn more? If you are on commission, do you have a system in place for increasing your client base or selling more to existing clients?

In other words, once you set your intention and focus on your goal while dealing with the emotions that might be getting in your way, is there a pathway for money to find you?

Also, you might ask yourself if your financial behavior is congruent with sustaining an increased cash flow. If you tend to spend every penny that comes your way–no matter how much you generate–you are going to be left with just enough or perhaps not enough.

Are you keeping track of your spending and earning in a program such as QuickBooks so you can strategize with the money that you earn in a way that allows you to preserve the cash you need to keep your finances running smoothly.

Paying attention to all of the details connected with making more money and taking care of it, empowers you and signals your subconscious that the time has come to increase your cash flow.