Monday Heart Stuff #1

It’s Monday. Labor Day. Usually a holiday here in the States, but I spent all last week with my parents visiting the grandkids. They don’t really visit us anymore, but if you have both kids and parents, you already know what I’m talking about.

So, I’m working. And, just to make it fun, I thought I would share some cool stuff I’ve come across over the last few weeks.

Freedom From Self Improvement Day

My buddy Jennifer Louden is making a tradition of Freedom from Self-Improvement Day. It has to do with, in my words, the infinite power of the Divine Quality of Acceptance. And, it means it’s okay not to keep trying to fix yourself.

Free Jennifer from under the bed.

For the heart: in trying to improve yourself or your business, are you trying to “fix” yourself, or are you following a natural evolution of growth and development?

Two Shoes for Me, Two Shoes For You

I was delighted to see this heart-centered, social justice-empowered shoe business. Although I don’t know much about them beyond their web page, I love the business model. For one, it’s not based on “free.” Instead, there is a sustainable model of development that scales the giving as the business itself grows.

And, it’s not anything “extra”– buying shoes is something you probably do anyway.

Question: Has anyone bought from Tom’s Shoes? I’m curious what your experience has been.

Self-Employment Telesummit

One of my big guilts this past few weeks is that my close friend Molly Gordon has been launching the Self-Employment Telessummit. She has lined up an amazing cast of presenters. I know “amazing” gets tossed around a lot, but she’s really got people who are, in my opinion, top flight and heart-centered.

And it’s an excellent reframe: self employment has been normal for us humans for centuries- why does it suddenly seem so challenging?

The guilt comes in because I haven’t really let people know as whole-heartedly as I wanted to. I plead our own consuming projects, like the Heart of Money Course and the subsequent homestudy launch, as well as the upcoming marketing course.

But, that doesn’t take away from what a big bunch of awesome the telesummit is. (Yes, it’s true, I’m one of the faculty.) Take a look and see if it speaks to you. If it does, jump in.

For the heart: What about self-employment or being in biz feels “abnormal” to you? What would help it feel just plain normal?

Free and Not So

A few weeks ago there was a big debate raging over “free.” Meaning, would the need for small businesses, especially service businesses, to provide more and more top quality free content eventually run them all out of business as they ransack their warehouses of intellectual property to give away more and more carrots?

I would write about it, except Jonathan Fields did in so much more depth. Read what he wrote.

For the heart: What does your heart say about the relationship between free and paid content?

So Ends Numbah One.

I’m hoping to keep this up, a weekly sharing of heart-biz stuff I find that strikes me. Some entertaining, some examples, and some who knows what…