Why even go on?
Beloved, Over the last year, five years, twenty years that I’ve been doing this, world events have caused me, and our clients, to keep asking, “Why even do this?” I mean, no matter what kind of work you or I do, it’s a small drop in the bucket, globally speaking. Meanwhile wars rage, climate change […]
Scheduling and integrating spiritual business insights
On the road of business, clients often have big spiritual realizations. Just recently, a client had a big insight around her relationship to spiritual surrender, strength, and taking up space. It was profound and, in my opinion, really critical for her next phase of business development. However, the challenge with these kinds of realizations is […]
[Video] Sufi business blessing for the New Year
Today is the start of 2020 according to the Gregorian calendar. It’s also the 6 Jamada al-awwal, 1441 in the Islamic calendar, and the 4th of Tevet, 5780 in the Jewish calendar. I say this because our calendars help us relate to the passage of time, but they aren’t absolute. It’s not New Year’s Day […]
[Videos] From all of us to you
Beloved, Tonight is the fourth night of the eight-day Jewish celebration of Chanukah, and today is also Christmas. If it’s a day of celebration for you, I hope that it is nourishing you in all the good ways. If it’s not, I *still* hope it’s nourishing for you. 🙂 Today we’re simply bringing you heart […]
Pushing your clients away accidentally.
I’ve noticed a subtle tendency in heart-centered business owners that can really push clients away. A client of mine said they were going to present a big offer to one of their potential clients, and then said they were going to ask, “Does this meet your need?” It was an offer that had been in […]
It’s okay to lower your prices
In a recent conversation in my coaching group, one of my clients was looking to fill up her own client schedule. She had had a bunch of conversations with potential clients, but not as many became clients as she had hoped. However, many had said they really wanted to be her client, but there were […]
Three kinds of marketing work
In speaking with a client, I was outlining what I see as the three kinds of marketing work. It’s important to understand these because they are *really* different from each other, and many people get stuckety-stuck in the first kind, or they jump into the third kind. Or they try to do the second kind […]
Difficult traditions
Tomorrow is the United States holiday of Thanksgiving, one that is, to say the least, deeply problematic. Because it is, for many in my country, a time of family gathering, and where many businesses explicitly are closed, we are giving that time to our team, and my family will be gathering to eat and share […]
Not wanting to be overrun by clients
Before getting to the topic, I wanted to remind you that today, November 20 at 1:30 pm eastern, is my free webinar Adventures in Pay from the Heart. Sliding scale, pay what you want, and various versions of letting the client set the price can be a disaster for a business, or it can be […]
Is it integrity or perfectionism?
I’m so lucky! The clients and participants at Heart of Business are deeply caring, often extremely skilled practitioners of their art, and their commitment to what they do, to their clients, is inspiring as all get out. Often, I hear them talk about how much they want for their clients, how much they want them […]