You Don’t Have To Try So Hard
“Today’s article is from Steve Mattus, our Director of Education and Community Manager. Plus, his clients love him. I’ve worked alongside Steve as he’s faced some huge challenges, and he’s come through them with grace. I’m so grateful he’s sharing this article today. With love, Mark” Here is Steve’s article… A couple years ago, I had […]
Can You Lend Your Heart’s Voice?
After hearing of the shooting tragedy at Newtown Elementary, we at Heart of Business were, like so many others, devastated. None of us could focus on work, so we didn’t. Susan told me she just “went out” for awhile. I was leading a virtual retreat for our Alumni Community, and just spent as much time […]
What Your Business Means for Democracy
Every Wednesday when we send out our email newsletter to those who subscribe, I include a “Notes from the Heart” section that doesn’t appear on the blog. It’s usually a raw, open sharing of what’s going on in the moment from my own journey in business. Here’s the Note I published on October 5. I […]
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 Blind Cafe Give-Away
There’s an event I won’t be at, but maybe you will be. It’s called the Blind Cafe, and I was gifted with two comp tickets to the Portland event by the founder, Rosh Rocheleau who had received some inspiration and guidance in starting this project from Unveiling the Heart of Your Business. I wish I […]
Why It’s Hard For Me to Be Cheerful Sometimes
I realize that I get caught in a trap: a trap of being reactionary. There is so much pop-spirituality-business stuff out there promoting a “feel happy be successful” agenda that I realize I sometimes take the opposite stance. I tend to make radical and off-putting statements like: Neediness is your doorway to abundance, and poverty […]
Revisiting Moses on Teaching
This week the Heart of Business Momentum course began, AND we relaunched the Business Oasis (it was badly in need of a facelift since it’s original launch in 2005). Crazy busy. So I gave myself the mercy of reprinting an article. And it is a good reminder for me, because it’s all about teaching, getting […]
Why You Repeat Some Business Mistakes
Why do you make certain mistakes over and over again? No matter how hard you try to fix or control the situation, they seem beyond your control. For instance, I was working with a client who has a number of staff working under him that he wanted to delegate to more efficiently. Despite his efforts, […]
Escape from Cubicle Nation by my friend Pam Slim
I connected with Pam Slim first through Havi Brooks, and then through getting to know her on Twitter. And, we seemed to hit it off, and so she was kind enough to include me on a list of people to receive a copy of her book to review, Escape from Cubicle Nation–From Corporate Prisoner to […]
I'm a Bit of a Blogging Bozo
I realized quite abruptly that I’m still thinking about my blog as if I were in “experimentation” mode. Meaning, I had this story in my head that I didn’t know how to do it, that I was testing it out and seeing what would work, and basically holding back in all kinds of unconscious ways. […]