Living the Self-Employed Life
In 1999 I started doing small paid projects and teaching classes on business, but I was still working part-time as a paramedic in Oakland, California. I went full time self-employed, finally, in 2001. This month marks Heart of Business’ 10th anniversary. Ten years of paying the mortgage, making the bills, and living life. That’s a […]
Stop Stuffing Your Clients Full
When I take on fasting, as Muslims do during Ramadan, or Jews do during Yom Kippur, there’s a tendency to want to act like a camel and stuff myself as full as possible to “make it through.” This just doesn’t work. I end up feeling bloated for the first few hours, and then just as […]
A Fast Jump Into Many More Clients
I spent, I admit, a small but significant few hours dreading our family visit to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, simply because of the food. A few months ago our family went completely gluten and dairy free because of worries about how those two culinary villains were affecting our children’s development. Miraculously, all the symptoms we were […]
4 days only–Sacred Selling Half Off Special
After I hung up the phone, I reflected on how far I had come. My teaching the current Sacred Selling course has brought me into a self-reflective mood around my own journey with sales. The phone call had gone extremely well. The prospective client was someone I really enjoyed speaking with, what he was up […]
The Three Hour Business Gardening Challenge
Floppy-eared, pale-grey, and whole line of them growing… in the carpet of my office. I’m back after three weeks away, and we’ve had two harvests, one expected, one not. The expected harvest was the big pile of green beans, yellow crook-neck squash, and blackberries that came ripe while we were gone. The unexpected harvest were […]
To GooglePlus or Not
Introduction: Jason Stein has been a personal friend, a colleague, and for some time now a Heart of Business practitioner. He works with clients and runs small groups for us, rolling up his sleeves and opening his heart (can you open an already wide-open heart?) to support folks in the steep slopes of their business. […]
The Problem with Being Positive
Introduction: This is a guest post by my friend, mastermind buddy, and person I’m jealous of Eric Klein because he’s so cool. Eric is probably one of the only, if not the only, successful-for-decades corporate consultant and ordained swami in the Kriya Yoga lineage. Eric is the author of a best selling book, Awakening corporate […]
Climbing gear (for when you hit a wall, and it all feels too hard)
Have you ever been moving ahead with a new project that you are truly passionate about… and hit a wall? Because it’s new, it’s probably been a stretch the whole time, but you were optimistic, you thought you could do it… And then suddenly, whether it’s the costs, the logistics, the people, the skills… Suddenly […]
No, I Won’t Give You A Referral
Introduction: This is a guest post from Tim Brownson from A Daring Adventure, someone I have gotten to know over the last year, and have been consistently impressed with his heart, his groundedness, and his practicality. More than that, he’s one of the only people I’ve ever met who has successfully marketing himself as a […]
Is Being Present Killing Your Business?
Introduction: Jason Stein has been a personal friend, a colleague, and for some time now a Heart of Business practitioner. He works with clients and runs small groups for us, rolling up his sleeves and opening his heart (can you open an already wide-open heart?) to support folks in the steep slopes of their business. […]