Monthly Archives: October 2011

Sales and love

posted on 20 October 2011
posted in Inspirational Quotes, Jane's Blog

This is what goes on in any sales conversation, if you’re involved in a spiritual business:

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You’ve got 86,400!

posted on 20 October 2011
posted in Inspirational Quotes, Jane's Blog

I was sent this quote, which I loved:

“Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with £86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every penny of course.

Each of us has such bank, it’s name is time. Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as lost whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance, it allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of [read more]

How Many Hours Do You Work?

posted on 18 October 2011
posted in Articles, Jane's Blog

How many hours did you work last month? Do you know? It’s a very interesting exercise to monitor yourself in this way if you are self-employed, because so often the business-type work that is done is interspersed with home-type work. This is especially true if you work mainly from home or have a home office. Knowing the hours you allocate to the different roles you play in your life can provide you with the means to make a conscious choice about what takes priority, and therefore get much more satisfying results.

“I worked 194 hours in 3 weeks in my new role!” a friend of mine exclaimed, which gave me the idea for this article. “I was only supposed to [read more]

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How Modesty Can Be a Plus in Your Business

posted on 11 October 2011
posted in Articles, Jane's Blog

“Are you awake?” I heard my husband say quietly. It was 4am.

“Yes,” I replied. “Are you worrying?”

“Yes.”

“Let’s throw the I Ching then,” I said. This is the ancient and highly respected Chinese method of divination, one of my middle of the night survival tools, which never fails to calm me down if I am worrying, no matter what about. This time, the hexagram received was number 15, Modesty, and although I hadn’t consulted it with business in mind, later that day I began to reflect on the presence (or not) of modesty in business.

What is modesty, and can there be a place for it at all in business? TheFreeDictionary.com defines it as “having or showing [read more]

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Radio Interview

posted on 5 October 2011
posted in Resources
For ten minutes of of inspiration, listen to Jane being interviewed during Spiritual Marketing Awareness Month 2010.