A year or so ago, a dear fellow I know in London, England asked this question on Facebook: “Is it possible for spiritual healers to make a living?” I imagine he had seen a lot of people get into the business only to struggle and fail in the end. I’ve seen it myself. It seems […]
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Money. Abstractly it seems like a good thing to have. But talk to most conscious entrepreneur types about doing one of the central things that will open the door to more of it appearing in their lives? Stunned silence and utter emotional shut down. Money is fraught for everyone in this culture. We’ve all done
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There are three main criteria of a viable target market. First, it needs to be clear. As a prospective client, I should know immediately if I’m in that group or not. Second, we need to be able to find those clients. There should be hubs. Third, there need to be enough of those clients who can
What if the people I most want to help are broke? Read More
fb I want to tell you a story. I know that, on this blog, I share a lot of “how to’s” and philosophical pieces and there can be the risk of people thinking that because I generally post positive things, I must never mess up, I must have everything together and I must never get frustrated
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Born in the Autumn of 1904, Alberta Christine Williams returned to her home in Georgia from teachers college and taught for a short period before getting married to her husband on Thanksgiving Day in 1926. At the time female teachers were not allowed to work while they were married, so Alberta had to give up her job. However,
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I recently wrote a post called ‘I’m Broke (And I Don’t Care).’ It got well over 100 comments from readers on it and has been shared far and wide. I think it resonated with people because they’re tired of feeling like their self worth needs to be tied to the amount of money they make
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Last week, something happened to me that happens from time to time. Something I’ve wanted to write about before. And it’s something that I suppose many of my colleagues would urge me not to share with you as I imagine that the attitude I’m sharing here could be an enormous source of frustration to a
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You have, no doubt, been told to ‘charge what you’re worth.’ No matter where I go, there is a conversation to be had on this. If you’re on many email lists you’ll see this idea being exhorted frequently. And I’d like to share my concerns with it. First of all, let me say this: I
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Three months ago, I wrote a blog post called Slow Marketing. It was all about how it’s okay (even important) to slow down our marketing. This is a wonderful philosophy but what if you need money yesterday? What if you’re so broke and you can’t afford rent? All of a sudden, the slow approach while
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I was in Vancouver a few weeks ago and my friend Jackie told me about a new book she was reading called ‘True Wealth.’ (originally titled ‘Plenitude’) She gave me the basic run down and I loved the messaged. So I emailed the author and she kindly sent me an excerpt to share with you.
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