Why are you doing your business?
It really helps to have a sense of what is important to you in your life, as it provides a much bigger container for you to live your life out of. How you operate your business then becomes part of this. Not only that, it enables you to understand where you are coming from, what fuels your passion and desire to achieve in your business, and helps to remind you why you are doing it at all when the going gets tough! And it is your passion and purpose that you will need to call on in those times.
Here’s an exercise that will help you define what your passion and purpose are:
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I have used the principles I write about here in RichThinkers to bring about all kinds of things in my life, including running a successful counselling practice and health clinic business. Coming from a place of inspiration has enabled me to bring meaning and magic into all that I do, and my background in psychotherapy and counselling, combined with practical business skills, means I am uniquely positioned to help you in both the inner and the outer levels of success. (
Comparison and competition
posted in Jane's Blog
I read somewhere recently that comparison was just a cousin to competition. Not that there is anything wrong with either of these states, but it is extremely easy when comparing to end up feeling either ‘more than’ or ‘less than’, neither of which is true.
Comparison can be very healthy if it encourages people to stretch and grow themselves; but again, it is all too easy to fall prey to egotistical thoughts that then can become your downfall. Like the other day when I was so sure that I had sent an email, and found myself beginning to blame the recipient for not replying to me. Because of course, I would never just not reply! And then, rather humblingly, I [read more]