Quick Love Notes
I don’t pretend to put myself on a level with those amazing masters of Love Rumi and Hafiz, but I was inspired by bits of their poetry this morning and mixed in some things that came to me with gems from them. I trust you’ll enjoy them. And perhaps add your own. -Mark Spirituality is […]
Pulling Up Stakes and Moving On: Ending The Business Oasis
It’s with some sadness, tempered by a lightness in my heart that we announce the closing of our community membership site, The Business Oasis. We have so much love, appreciation and admiration for everyone who has participated in The Business Oasis over the last five years. There has been so much honest sweat, tears and […]
Finding Freedom in Business
As you may know, I spent last week in a residential study retreat that is part of a Masters of Divinity program in Spiritual Ministry and Sufi Studies. I spent a week with my spiritual teachers and the other students in a remote rural area in northern California, immersed in learning about love. One of […]
The Two Costs of Being Heart-Centered In Business
Being heart-centered, following spirit, connecting to Source seems to be all the rage these days in certain small business circles. And why not? It seems so fun, so nourishing, and it certainly seems to be effective. What gets glossed over are the costs of being heart-centered. You may already be familiar with the pain of […]
The Two Real Reasons to Offer a Conditional Guarantee
If there’s anything that absolutely paralyzes someone new or struggling in business, it’s having to hand back money to someone who wants a refund, the money you’ve already spent on things like food and rent. Adding insult to injury, you’ve already given your absolute best to them, and they still want their money back. You […]
Deadline for Momentum and Sink Installed
Price goes back up by one hundred dollars Tuesday morning, pacific time. Click: Momentum Home Study and Heart-Centered Article Writing Bundle It’s late Sunday as I write this. As I was scraping up way too much dried caulk from places far removed from the edge of the sink (I made an utter mess of the […]
Weekends Are For Installing Sinks
Deadline Monday: Momentum Home Study Special Price Plus Heart-Centered Article Writing Bonus When Friday afternoon arrives, I close my laptop, I shut down Twitter, and it becomes, in the words of Ziggy Marley, “Family Time.” Because I’m a little neurotic, and because I tend to wake up one to two hours before the rest of […]
Why Going After Rich Clients Doesn’t Mean You’ll Make Money
From time to time a struggling client will say something like, “I want to go after wealthy (women, men, Martians), because they can afford to pay me.” Maybe you indulge in the same thoughts. I get it. You want to bring in clients more easily. You want to stop hearing people tell you, “Well, I […]
The Nitty Grit Heart: Lisa Sonora Beam
Welcome to the latest Nitty Gritty Heart interview dealing with the intersection of heart and spirituality and the world of business.. The intention is to help people integrate their sense of spirit and the business world, and to do it in a way that honors the details and numbers that businesses need to function, and […]
The Difference Between Getting Attention and Having a Business
I think I’ve been spending far too much time in the social media-driven world of online marketing. I say that because my head is full of conversation that you may not be listening to at all. Yet, I’m going to share the conversation because I think you may have similar voices in your head. The […]