business and spirit

Are you an entrepreneur with a “sensitive” nature?

My whole work is devoted to helping heart-based entrepreneurs succeed in businesses that reflect who they really are: their life purpose, their values, their desired personal and work lifestyle, and their personality.
People who are more sensitive than average have interesting opportunities and challenges when it comes to running a business (and being in the workplace [...]

The value of friendships

That is top of mind for me because one of my best friends is coming to visit in a few hours, and I know we’ll have a blast.
What is it about friendships that is so great?
Great conversations; an easy sense of belonging without having to try so hard; mutual self-discovery after many years; being liked [...]

What am I doing here?

How often do you ask yourself that question? If you’re like most people on the planet including me, not often enough.
Most of us get carried away with our schedules, our action plans, our to-do lists. You can even get carried away by your intentions if you haven’t re-visited them lately.
How can that be; isn’t setting [...]

The real reason coaches and heart-based service providers have a hard time making enough money – Part 3

So far, I’ve talked about:

The apparent reasons that may be true enough but aren’t the real cause of coaches’ lack of success.
Three related reasons that relate to marketing fundamentals
Three mindset reasons

Now it’s time to talk about the seventh and last reason why coaches and other spiritual entrepreneurs don’t make enough money.
Coaches’ work is quite personalized [...]

The real reason coaches and heart-based service providers have a hard time making enough money – Part 2

Part 1 of this topic talked about how coaches and spiritual entrepreneurs need to showcase their practical value to their target market instead of being vague, which by definition means non-urgent.
Here I’d like to cover three more reasons why coaches, holistic practitioners and spiritual entrepreneurs often have a hard time being as successful as they [...]

The real reasons coaches & heart-based service providers have a hard time making enough money – Part 1

In the previous post I listed some of the usual reasons coaches give for having too small an income.
One of them was that people aren’t willing to spend on coaching in this economy, considering it personal development that can wait for easier cash-flow times.
That’s true enough, but only if the following 3 conditions:

Coaches are offering [...]

Entropy and what that means to your life

Entropy is a law of thermodynamic physics and I’ll spare you its formula and exact scientific definition.
A “lay person’s” definition, according to “thefreedictionary.com” is:
“The tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to evolve toward a state of inert uniformity”, or “The inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society”
Ok, so…how is that relevant [...]

What do you really want from your business?

Since you’re reading a site that talks about business and spirit, your business purpose likely involves expressing yourself, making a difference in some way, and conducting business in a way that’s consistent with your values.
And, of course you want it to make money. Let’s drill down a bit on that: how much?
Actually scratch that question [...]

Putting Up a Good Front Isn’t So Good After All

When I was in the corporate world, putting up a good front was seen as a necessary part of the job.
Putting on your suit and your panty hose felt like putting on armor. I remember a colleague actually describing it in those terms so it’s not just poetic license.
Both men and women felt they had [...]

Unable to make a decision? Find a human mirror

A friend of mine was recently going round and round in her head about what course of action to take.  She was quite aware of the logical options and of their pluses and minuses so doing additional research wasn’t going to help. Neither did the old trick of listing the pros and cons on a [...]