What Small Business Choices Are You Making?

I have started reflecting on the choices I have made in both life and business and wanted to share with you about one of those choices and how it worked out.

My daughter recently graduated from 5th grade.  I started to think back to our decision to put her in a public school system.  For her first 4 years of school she was in a private school but we weren’t satisfied with the curriculum and started discussing putting her in public school.  In our area, the public school system is award winning and I had conversations with everyone I knew that sent their children there.

My husband said to me one day that with all we teach our daughter about how to handle things we should put her in an environment with the most possibilities, which would be this public school system.

A few days later, my third grade daughter came to me in my office and gave me all the pluses to going to the new school.  She laid out the benefits to each issue that she could think of.  I just looked at her and couldn’t believe she was so wise at such a young age.

At her recent graduation I asked her how she felt about the decision to change schools a couple years ago and she was so happy.  She told me that she was happiest about the choice that she got to make on what school to go to.

Now I ask you…what small business choices are you making…and are they the right ones for you? Read more

Is the Fear of Technology Holding You Back From an Online Business Opportunity?

I began to address the inner aspect of this idea in my last post, and I’d like to delve into it deeper – both because I understand that place of feeling like technology is your worst nightmare in your business, and because I’ve had several people come to me with that same struggle recently.

My bottom line is, I really believe that you need to find your strengths and play to your strengths – if something is not your strength, get someone else to do it!

I am not what you’d call a technology maven – it’s just not something that’s a natural ability for me.

My daughter has to do the VCR and the tVO – I still can’t figure out how to get the tvo activated!  I have to go to my 11-year old and say, “Here, can you show me how to do this? Can you program this? Can you turn the sprinklers on? Can you program that?”…yeah, I can’t do any of that stuff.

But I don’t care – I just make sure I have people around me that can do it! If you’re not a technical person, you need to just accept it.  Come to a place of acceptance: “I’m not a technical person and I need to find other people to do it. I need to create systems for other people to do it; I need to engage other people in ways so that they’ll be willing to do it – all so I can do the things I’m better at!”

If someone were to say to me, “You need to learn how to do HTML”, I would respond, “I would rather have a root canal!” That kind of thing gives me no joy – I don’t care about it at all!

I used to feel like I needed to know how to do these things because I have a business that uses these technological aspects.  It was kind of along the lines of how can I be sure it’s done right?

But I really let go of that and said, “You know what, it’s not my brilliance. I’m going to find people that are brilliant at it or create ways that I don’t need to have that particular aspect, and trust that I’ll attract the right people that will do it well for me.” Read more

When it Come to Making Your Small Business Plan, is the Online Aspect Giving You Chills?

I’ve talked to many Spiritualpreneurs who seem to have a great fear of running the online aspect of their business, but (and this is coming from a real ‘techno-phobe’ here), having an online business is a lot less complicated than you may think it is!

Having any kind of business starts first at the Inner level – and if you don’t believe you can know what you’re doing when it comes to running your business online, there are a lot of other piggybacking beliefs that are riding on that…

• I don’t have what it takes
• I’m not good at technology
• Everybody else knows more than me
• I don’t have the time
• I glaze over when it comes to learning things like this…

You’ve got all these things rolling around inside your head – it’s sort of like Prego Spaghetti Sauce – ‘It’s all in there’!

So the first thing you want to do is get clear on what the beliefs are that you’re telling yourself – get really honest with yourself – what are you telling yourself about why you can’t have an online business?

Then, while you’re putting together your small business plan, start to identify the areas that you feel like you need more support on. If you’re feeling like, “Oh I just don’t understand blogging. Social Networking – it gives me a headache! I don’t get how to do this or that…”

Well, start out with identifying the areas YOU think are important to having in an online business, and anywhere that you feel you are lacking.

You also want to identify the areas you feel belong in an online business that you really do feel like you have some sense about, because there are things that are really serving you at an inner level with your beliefs, and at an outer level you do have competencies and skill sets and brilliances that are serving you.

People tend to focus on everything they can’t do, everything that don’t know how to do, everything that’s confusing or overwhelming – but you have to remember that for everyone that says they can’t do an online business, there are both inner and outer level reasons you have to address in areas that are both serving you and not serving you.

It’s very important to look at it from both sides.

A good starting point for having an effective online business, whether you understand all the ‘technology’ involved or not, is to simply map it out. Take a piece of paper and make a flow chart.

• OK, someone comes to my blog or website. What happens?
• What do I want them to experience?
• What do I want to have occur?

Map it out all the way down to all the different levels of all the different things you want to offer. Think of it as your online small business plan.

Online business are often based in having an effective profit funnel – you introduce yourself to people through free or lower end products and begin building relationships and credibility, eventually going all the way up through to higher end products – programs, seminars, continuity programs – it goes all the way through. Read more

What’s the Proper Way to Quit a Job?

I’ve talked to many people that have told me they are unhappy in their job – they want to leave but they’re not sure of the best way, or even if it’s a wise move – I mean, wouldn’t it be better to just stay and be miserable considering the economy?

Personally, I can really relate to being unhappy in your job – it’s what happened to me and how I ended up doing the work I’m in now.  I was VERY unhappy in my job!

I was a corporate executive, working about 90 – 100 hours a week.  I was never disconnected – I took my work home, took phone calls at home, and often worked late into the night.

I had this kind of Type-A, workaholic personality that pushed me to do all this, but I was so unhappy because I didn’t feel like I was doing anything that really made a difference.

In my experience, I’ve come to understand that if you are unhappy in your job to the point where you are looking for the proper way to quit a job, there is a real disconnect – an energetic misalignment with where you are right now.

Your job may have served you extremely well over the years, but now there is a disconnect and you want more.  It’s like you’ve launched some rockets – what I call Order Forms to the Universe – and you’ve basically launched an Order Form that says:

• I want to feel fulfilled in my work
• I want to enjoy the people I work with
• I want to make the kind of money that makes me happy – that pays my bills and luxuries
• I want more

The disconnect is that while you want more, you’re in a situation where you only keep focusing in on how you don’t have it, so what you get is a crashing against you’re current beliefs – there’s no way I can do it, I won’t be able to find anything new, etc.

For me it was along the lines of, “Who would ever pay me the kind of money that I am making now in any other career? I’m not really qualified to do anything else!”

The truth was, there were a lot of beliefs I had to shift – because it was my own beliefs that were actually holding that miserable reality in place for me! Read more

Does Economic Prosperity Elude You?

How amazing would it be if you could always be at your peak?

Allow yourself to think back to a time when you were at your best. Your “A” game was in place – you felt like you had the Midas Touch – everything just fell into place and you were at your absolute peak performance best.

Can you remember those incredible feelings of success and happiness?

Are you a Spiritualpreneur who works hard, does the best you can, but knows there is still untapped potential inside of you dying to be unleashed?

Do you live with a heightened, yet frustrated sense of expectation in yourself in the areas of personal and professional growth and accomplishment?

Or maybe you’re someone who quietly admits to yourself that there’s something still missing, something half finished – something dreamed about but never realized – even after you look at all that you’ve accomplished.

You might sense or actually know that you may be underachieving relative to your potential and promise.

Maybe you’ve figured out your business or your profession, but find that happy and fulfilling relationships – with your spouse, significant other, children, family or friends – seem to elude you.

The truth is, life presents you with more paths to happiness, fulfillment, success, achievement, economic prosperity, and peak performance than ever before – but millions of individuals still live unfulfilled, mediocre, and less than richly rewarding lives.

I believe that this should not have to be the case!

It is your best level of thinking and performance that has gotten you the success you have experienced – and this energy that exists inside of you that can truly be tapped to unlimited potential – if you only know how to flip the switch. Read more

Are You Creating Residual Income Through Writing Articles?

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Content is King”?

When it comes to running your business, that phrase truly applies in every aspect of your marketing – and it’s actually an exciting part of being a Spiritualpreneur, because it’s a tremendous opportunity to offer great value to your subscribers (and potential subscribers) through the regular words that you are offering to them.

That being said, have you considered regularly contributing articles of great content and submitting them to be published online?

The importance of articles in today’s websites and internet based companies are immeasurable. It has actually become a key element in bringing profit to a business.

If you own or operate a website, it is important to include articles in your site that will work for you and earn you the many benefits articles can give to your business.

Why is this so important?

Articles have been known to be the driving force in sending traffic to a website. Articles factor heavily into giving a site high rankings in search engine results. The higher a site ranks the bigger slice of the traffic flow pie it gets. Increases in traffic flow bring about more profits and more potential for other income generating possibilities – including residual income.

But remember, it is not just about stuffing your site with articles!  There are certain requirements that should be met to obtain the maximum benefits that an article can provide for your site.

A well written article will catch the eye and interest of your subscribers and keep them coming back for more.  It can be a great service that you provide, and raises the potential of your site being recommended to others.

As you begin creating your articles, remember the following four tips that all articles should have to be successful and helpful in bringing overflowing traffic to your site! Read more

Truck Driver Turned Spiritual Seller?

You may have already heard of Joe Nunziata – a good friend, colleague of mine, and fellow Spiritualpreneur.

A couple of days ago I had the privilege of interviewing Joe on my Blog Talk Radio Show, Empowering Spiritualpreneurs, where we discussed how Joe moved gradually from the position of New York truck driver, to entrepreneur, to the Spiritual Seller that he is today.

What Joe teaches is so much in alignment with what you are learning here in the Spiritualpreneur Challenge and the blog, and it is always exciting to see further evidence of the power of using these transformative principles to achieve amazing success in life and business.

One of the things Joe and I discussed was how important it is to attract clients and customers not only based on how much money they have or how big their business is, but on their personal traits. 

Joe emphasized this huge part of being a Spiritual Seller or a Spiritualpreneur is that you are always wanting to blend both sides of someone – they may have great business, but does their character match up as well? Read more

Is it Hard to Get Into Joint Venture Agreement With Big Partners While You’re Growing Your Business?

As a Spiritualpreneur, you probably realize that working in Joint Venture Agreement with various partners is one of the best and fastest ways to grow your business, but it can sometimes seem difficult to find partners when you are still growing!

Many spend YEARS building relationships, trying to knock on the right doors,  hoping and praying to meet someone, anyone that could give you that big break in business.

While it’s true that it can normally be a long process, there are some ways to accelerate your progress - and you can discover one of the rarest opportunities available this Thursday - where you can learn some of the secrets of how the ‘big guys’ work together behind the scenes to create incredible success! Read more

Where is Your Spiritual Guidance Leading You?

When I began applying Spiritualpreneur principles in my business, everything began working almost magically!!

I was seeing EVIDENCE! – tangible results! My Coaching program grew and grew, and I began to really understand that my spiritual guidance - my connection to God, my Inner Coach, Spirit (or whatever you choose to call that energy) was my only true Source.

I saw that every person has been given Divine Laws to live by – and that these laws require you to take responsibility for what you are thinking, feeling, speaking and acting because of how it affects your vibration and therefore what you attract into your life!

You do truly reap what you sow! Now all these phrases make sense to me!

What a ride it has been so far! It has not all been smooth, and I am coming to really know that is part of the process of Life. I now understand that, when it seems to be less than smooth, it is merely contrast.

Contrast is simply me wanting to create something new, and that at some level I am not believing it yet!

As I work with my Inner Coach, and apply the tools of Spirit Coaching, I daily allow myself to loosen any old vibrations that may seem to block me, and as I surrender the specific outcome of whatever I am wanting, it eventually shows up! Most times in even grander ways than I ever imagined!!

When I was first learning how to trust the spiritual guidance I was receiving more and more, a feeling of peace was always prevalent. I still struggled with fears at times – the same fears that plague all entrepreneurs – so I asked for a tool to help me release these fears, and I was given another “prescription”. Read more

Is Being Sick the End of the World if You’re Self-Employed?

A couple of years ago I went through a time that was quite uncharacteristic for me – I was sick in bed! In fact, I felt so terrible that I couldn’t even lift my head.

It was made worse by the fact that I had a planning meeting scheduled for Saturday with a client, and there was no way I was going to be able to make it!

At first, this was a huge contrast for me.  When you’re self-employed, it seems like you just can’t afford to be sick!

I had to manage my energy around it.  I allowed myself to flow with that and realized that this was a point where self-care really was the most important thing for me.

I called my client and explained that I wouldn’t be able to make the meeting. And while I was speaking with the client, something just came to me!

I had been focusing all my thoughts on this day and on holding the energy–and out of my mouth came the words, “I have an idea. How about we pre-pave the energy for your meeting?”

I gave him instructions about how to take the group through the planning meeting, and because I was going to be lying in bed all day,  I told him I would hold energy for them.

Then I said, “If at the end of the day, you can feel the energy, then pay me. If not, then don’t pay.” Read more

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