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Entrepreneurs: What’s your Financial Setpoint?
Posted by: | CommentsI met an amazing young woman last weekend at Christine Comaford’s 7-Figure Business Summit. She asked me for some coaching, as she was up against her unconscious financial set-point, and unable to decide whether or not to invest in an advanced program to build her business. Here’s her story, and perhaps yours as well.
Her parents always had “just enough” to make ends meet when she was a child. Now an entrepreneur, she had only just enough to pay her bills. Regardless of her best intentions, she could never make more than “just enough” to survive. She had accepted her parent’s version of just enough, and had never recognized its impact on her life. As we spoke, she realized that she could easily expand her version of just enough to include herself and anticipated business expenses. Worry was replaced by wonder at the simplicity of adding herself and her ongoing education into her financial equation.
In a moment or two, she re-evaluated her just enough set-point by adding in self-care, tithing, and money to cover unexpected expenses and training. Her face lit up, and in that simple process of asking herself what her current “just enough” was, she was able to expand it to an amount that was believable for her.
Here’s a way to re-set your “just enough” button, and begin to loosen your unconscious beliefs. Left unexamined, your bank account is sure to suffer!
1) What’s your “just enough” figure? To find it, look at your actual monthly expenses.
2) Did you include optional items, such as vacations, self-care, massage, continuing education, tithing, saving, or unexpected expenses? If not, factor in enough money to cover them. As you add these up, they represent your new “just enough” income set-point. Self care is not optional, nor is investing in yourself. Take time to identify what is important to you. Factor their cost into your “just enough.”
3. Pay attention to the thoughts you have about including yourself in your “just enough” scenario. As you expose these hidden beliefs, you lessen their hold on your life.
4. Have fun! Expose and update those pesky beliefs - and notice how your income expands. Enjoy the new awesome opportunities as they come knocking at your door…
and recognize that you were always “more than enough” to make your dreams come true.
The Great Entrepreneurial What-if?
Posted by: | CommentsWhat if I make a wrong move, lose money, blow a deal?
The what if’s will take you out of the game. Any game.
What are your what-ifs?
Spirituality & the Business of Life
Posted by: | CommentsDo what you love and the Spirit will follow! In today’s world there is a growing trend toward applying spiritual principles in everyday life. That includes not only your personal life, but your business life as well.
Millions of individuals are no longer willing to compromise their ethics for their paycheck. Large portions of corporate Americans are leaving, either by choice or lay off. Many are choosing to simplify their lifestyle, oftentimes choosing to follow a dream and become entrepreneurs. Greed and corruption have broken the backs of many corporations.
There is a countering ground swell of people who practice applied spirituality. They care, take appropriate action, and actively work to make this world a better place. They have always been there. Now, however, the are becoming more visible.
What is practical spirituality? I refer to spiritual as that which expresses the highest part of our nature, and religion as a container through which we express this nature. Spirituality can be expressed apart from religion, although religion is not really separate from spirituality.
Practical spirituality is the application of spiritual principles to life. Love, faith, integrity, trust, gratitude, acceptance, cooperation, curiosity, joy, service, and creativity represent facets in the fabric of spiritual expression. When these attributes are applied in the business world they foster good will, loyalty, and a host of other benefits to employees and customers alike.
In the four years between 1994 and 1998, the Gallup organization found that the number of people who said they needed spiritual growth jumped from 56 to 82 percent. Today, workshops and books integrating spirituality and business are common.
Fifteen years ago, the separation between spiritual practice and business was distinct. Boundary crossing was an illicit journey. As a national karate champion, I had the luxury of sharing my spiritual perspectives with the language of the martial arts. The paradox is that the martial arts are spiritual arts.
Commitment to something you love will eventually blossom into the language of spirituality. To love life is to live fully. To live fully requires discipline, or discipleship towards something. Martial arts, a business, a loved hobby, service to others, caring for those you love, and commitment to a cause are all aspects of a spiritual life in action.
Retired Americans are looking for second or third careers. While some do so out of necessity, others express a heartfelt desire to make a difference in the world – spirituality in action.
Young people have embraced social entrepreneurship and social media as avenues to create change. It’s not uncommon for entrepreneurs to donate 10% of their income to charities of their choice. Young and old alike are actively reaching out to build bridges of opportunity for those they have chosen to serve. The gifts they bring gives me hope that, “The best is yet to come.”
If you would like more information about integrating practical spirituality in the business world, register now in the box below for a complimentary tele-seminar on June 18th, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. PST. The call will be hosted byTom Martin of Martin Media. Learn how to build your bottom line while lifting your Spirit.
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