Every Wednesday, with extremely rare exceptions, I send out some bit of help, support, insight, or how-to on growing your heart-centered business.
This time, I’m asking you for help.
The TL;DR version is that my book comes out October 3, pre-orders are so radically extremely helpful, and I’m asking you if you’ll pre-order the book, and tell other people about it?
What’s the book about?
I think the title says it all: Heart Centered Business: Healing from toxic business culture so your small business can thrive.
And, here’s the longer description:
In Heart-Centered Business: Healing from toxic business culture so your small business can thrive, Sufi spiritual business teacher Mark Silver, M.Div. speaks to those who hate the toxic way business has developed, and want an approach to business that is as nourishing as it is powerful.
The effects of global business have brought devastation and injustice that no one wants. Instead, we yearn for beauty and real vibrancy in the world around us, and healthy heart-centered business must be part of the healing.
This book is a guide to doing business, your business, in a truly spirit-centered way. We need to, and can, realize the truth that every act of business can be an act of love.
This book is a distillation of twenty three years of helping thousands of business owners heal and then successfully do business from the heart.
The game we’re caught in.
You probably already know the way the algorithms work, it’s like miserable high school popularity contests. Things that are popular get noticed by the algorithms, and then they get made more visible.
I can kinda see the logic in that, “Oh, people like this, let’s help more people see it.” But, it’s also keeps a lot of fantastic stuff in the shadows. Popular people with big platforms get seen more, whether or not the stuff is good.
Thus, it all becomes a game. By publishing a book, I’m on that game board. It’s not an aspect I’m super happy about, but it’s just true.
So… will you help my book play this game?
How to play.
First Move: Pre-order the book.
It’s US$20. Not everyone has that, I get it. Please don’t hurt yourself.
If you do have it, and you’re drawn to this work at all, and want to support it being visible, please pre-order.
I’m setting the ambitious goal of 1000 pre-orders by October 3, and we’re just starting.
You can pre-order it here:
Amazon
Bookshop.org
Barnes & Noble
AdLibris
And possibly elsewhere. If you have a favorite place that handles pre-orders, search for the title and my name.
If you want to see an excerpt first, you can download the introduction and first chapter here: https://www.heartcenteredbusinessbook.com
Second Move: Spread the word.
Your good word to people who trust you, good ol’ word of mouth, is the most powerful.
This can be as simple as recommending a friend go to the book website, or posting on social media.
Or even sending to your email list and letting them know. Or if you have a podcast, or want to do an interview/webinar, hosting me there.
We created a page to support folks who want to spread the word:
https://heartcenteredbusinessbook.com/help-promoting/
If you’ve read this far, thank you! It’s vulnerable to ask for help, and to be successful with a book, or a business, one must be very vulnerable.
Which, by the way, I cover in Chapter 8, starting on page 168. Nothing like taking one’s own medicine…
Please and thank you!
with love,
Mark Silver, M.Div.
Heart of Business, Inc.
Every act of business can be an act of love.
p.s. The Learning Community
Inside our Learning Community I’m sharing insights from this book launch, as well as just helping each member apply the principles and strategies and learnings from the book, and way more than the book, helping their businesses to fly.
We’re open for new members now, through September 18. Join today and you can attend the live coaching call tomorrow, Thursday, 2 p.m. eastern. Or Compassionate Accountability on Monday. Or any of the other live calls and support that happen regularly.
