Your work should be profitable and meaningful; you should succeed by being yourself; and doing so shouldn’t feel lonely and hard. That’s what I’m here to help you do.
Hello there. My name is Helene Desruisseaux (“Desrusso”), and I’m a bridge between business and spirit. By spirit, I mean both Your spirit, who you really are, and Spirit, your source of inspiration and strength, whatever that is for you.
My work helps you:
Make sure your work is compatible with your true nature; your life purpose, [...]
Combining business with spirit improves your profitability
Now that might be a bit of a surprise for some of you.
You might see how having a business that reflects your values, personality and deep wishes increases your quality of life, but may not see how it can actually help you be more successful. Here are some of the ways being spirit-minded in business [...]
How to enjoy our business relationships
To be successful in business, we want people to be drawn to us.
To feel good being in business, we want to have pleasant interactions with people. In my last post, I talked about how it feels so good to be with a good friend because we feel understood, acknowledged, accepted and appreciated.
How can we help [...]
Do you remember what makes life worth living?
Now, ask this question to a group of people and you’ll get tons of acceptable, predictable answers.
Yet when I’ve observed people’s lives (my own included of course), I see that they often contradict in action what they stated in words.
The typical example is someone who says that he (or she) lives for his family yet [...]
Respect Marketing
Marketing is supposed to connect our services to potential clients, showing them how we can fulfill their needs.
And when it comes to needs, you can’t get more basic than wanting to feel safe, loved, and valued. That’s what we feel like when we get genuine respect.
So you would think that extending respect to prospects and [...]
Respect; the universal motivator
I was co-presenter at a workshop on how to prevent conflict in the workplace, and part of the material was talking about how people have 4 basic motivators; they want:
Their authority respected
To be recognized for work well-done
To feel a sense of belonging
Clarity about what’s expected of them
We want all of these, but one will usually [...]
7 Reasons why you might be more successful as an entrepreneur than in your previous jobs
I used to think that people were either entrepreneurs or “career” types. Somehow, people knew early on whether they wanted to be their own bosses; it was a choice driven by personality characteristics.
But lately, the lines have blurred, maybe because the world is changing. So I thought I’d compile a list of reasons why you [...]
The Time Management Fiasco
How much energy we have at the end of a day depends on:
What we did during the day
How we did it
Why we did it
How resilient we are.
In this post, I’ll touch on the “What”.
“Oh no! We’re not going to hear the time management lecture again, are we?”
I know, we’ve all heard it so many times: [...]

