First, a bit of news, and then the punch.
My website is finally up and running!
There are plenty of tweaks I want to do to it, and continual editing and playing of course, but, in essence I am very, very happy with it. I invite everyone to check it out, and give me feedback- is it easy to get around, is it useful, do you like it?
Ever since last August, when I first reserved the domain name, I’ve been wanting to get my web site up. I had tried several times, with pitiful results.
And my marketing had been dragging because of it. Oh, I would market, all right, but there was a piece of me holding back because I wanted to have my web site up and running. It was agonizing, really, in the subtle way. And, on top of it, I was getting the old one-two from a couple of voices in my head. One, I really should have already had the web site up, already, already, you know? (How painful is that internal voice?) And two, why was I feeling so bad about not having a web site up- I’m bad for feeling bad.
Well, most of you know that I believe in feeling what is, but just look at that gap between belief and experience.
(the punch–>) Then something happened. A piece that I had worked on two years ago for a little bit, came back to me with greater depth: my business has its own separate being-ness. When that really sank into my heart, I took time to look into the heart of my business, and, with the help of a fellow healer, we mapped out my business as a body, and identified parts as organs, and where it was healthy and where it wasn’t. Out of this came three things:
1. A deep clarity about my message and what I was about. It’s not about using spirituality to make your business work, it’s about using your business to deepen your relationship with the Divine.
2. Bringing a loving, healing approach to my business, replacing the unconscious need to “whip it into shape.” My business, and yours, needs care and attention and love whether it’s healthy or sick, or just so-so.
3. A clear path: what needs to be done, how, and when.
Results: new clients, a web site finished in a week and half, and… our housing search ended- if the inspections go through this week (and they should) my wife and I found our dream house, in the perfect neighborhood (new contact info to follow later.)
One of my teachers said to me recently: “Give to take, Mark.” Focus on the giving- and not just giving through your business, but giving to your business. Spend time to find out what it needs, and give to it, as you would give to a friend. And be specific.
The business-as-body is an amazing healing session- contact me if you want one.
