Is it Really Possible to “Have it All” in Your Own Business?

When people get into business or even think about starting their own business, what often ends up happening for them is they end up working harder than they ever did when they had a job.

Have you ever felt like that?

I see it all the time.

You have been taught that you really can have your own business and have balance and have plenty of money and all of those things, but you probably have the mindset that you have to work really, really hard for it and that it has to be difficult.

Has anyone ever taught you otherwise?

I have a business degree, and no one taught me in business school how to have a business.

I was taught how to be a good employee.

So when I talk about growing and expanding your business and lifestyle, I really think as an entrepreneur and especially as a Spiritualpreneur that it’s so important that your business and your lifestyle are in alignment. They need to be congruent.

I see lots of people who work a lot of hours; they never see their family.

Maybe they’re making a good income, but they don’t have any time to spend it. They don’t have any kind of real relationship with people or their relationships are suffering.

When I first started my business, I ended up always feeling like I should be at one place or another.

When I was with my family I felt guilty that I wasn’t working on my business, and when I was working on my business, I felt guilty that I wasn’t with my family.

That kind of energy is incongruous. It creates a lot of stress and disease, and it creates situations that people have where they actually end up going out of business.

A lot of the “going out of business” experiences aren’t about cash flow as much as they are about the person being burnt out.

The thing is, you can have a lifestyle the way that you want it with the hours that you want – something that you get to create in the way that you want to create it. Read more

Do You Have a Powerful Vision of Success for Your Own Business?

Whatever actions you wish to take in your own business – whatever steps to make it successful, it is important to first lay a foundation for your actions at an energetic level.

One of the ways you can do this is through creating what I call a Magnetic Vision.

Do you have a Vision for success in your own business?

One thing that is imperative to begin with is that it’s really got to be OK, no matter what you are feeling.   Some people say, “I don’t want to focus on what I don’t want”.

Why?

It’s there anyway.  It’s like the pink elephant in the living room that someone tossed a blanket over. It’s still there!  Simply make peace with it and let it be of use and value.

You’re never clearer about what you want than when you’re focused on something you don’t want.

You’re driving a car that doesn’t seem to be running well or looking very great.  You’re very clear.  You want a car that runs well and looks great.

It can be about anything.  You can really shift the perception that it’s OK however you’re feeling.  It’s OK if you’re focused on what you don’t want temporarily.  Ultimately, this helps you get clearer on what you do want so that you can put it together in a way that’s a structured Vision that you can take action on as well.

Please have fun with this! This is where you’re really in the play and the joy of it and where the Vision becomes very, very real.

Often times when I’ve seen visions and I’ve done them myself, they’ve been all over the place.   I used to think of myself, “OK – that’s great, but how do I get there?  How do I get that to really happen?” It just felt very scattered.

For myself I needed something where I felt more structured, where I am clear – this is what it would look like and these would be the components of each of these categories.  It really, really assisted me.  You can always then add to or redo the Vision as you feel led.

It’s a fairly simple formula to create your Magnetic Vision for your business: Read more