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Do You Have a Self-Employed Job or a Business?


also posted in Jane's Blog

In a coaching session the other day, I was introducing the notion that those who are self-employed have a different mindset from those who are employees. I first heard of this notion through Robert Kiyosaki’s book The Cashflow Quadrant: The Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom. The question is, do you have the kind of thinking that corresponds with a self-employed person, an employee, a business owner, or an investor? Read on to find out.

The Cashflow Quadrant at it’s simplest is a way of describing how different people approach the work they do. Here’s the quadrant itself:

E

B

S

I

E = Employee
S = Self-employed
B = Business owner
I = Investor

To find out where [read more]

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Blame and How it Gets in the Way of Transforming


also posted in Jane's Blog

You probably know that old saying “Trust in God but tie up your camel.” Like many well-known sayings, there is plenty of truth in it, and it applies just as much to situations you want to transform.

To transform means ‘a marked change, usually for the better.’ In the online dictionary it suggests this usually refers to a manner or characteristic, but of course transformation can apply to any situation, in any context. The main thing is that it is a move from one place to another that is better. Better meaning more pleasant, fulfilling, hopeful, easier – you name it.

However you can’t transform anything without being willing to admit that you want something to change. The [read more]

What to Do When You Find Yourself Uprooted


also posted in Jane's Blog

Uprooted. The term we use when we see a tree that has been blown over in the wind, like this one:

I came across this yesterday when exploring the nearby woods. It struck me that this is what has happened to myself and RichThinkers in the last year. After my course How to Raise Your Prices, Charge What You’re Really Worth, and Get It! finished last August, I simply put down my tools. Apart from continuing to see a handful of clients and writing this newsletter, I have done no work at all on the business.

So what happens when a tree is uprooted? It looks all out of place, at first. There is shock, especially if it [read more]

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The Miracle of Money and Your Mind


also posted in Jane's Blog

I was walking through the woods last week, watching myself worrying about money and cash flow. It has been tight lately for various reasons, not least of which I have been working much less in the last year, and there have been financial effects of my husband dying. I say watching myself, because there is a difference betwee worrying, and watching yourself worrying. You may know this yourself, but if not , pay attention next time – see if you can distance yourself from the worrying story you are telling yourself by realising that it is you and only you that is doing the worrying. No-one else does it for you. When you can watch yourself, as opposed to [read more]

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Is Wonder Woman/Man Visiting You?


also posted in Jane's Blog

On the cover of a free magazine I picked up in the airport a few weeks ago, the headline “Do you have Wonder Woman Syndrome?” screamed out, alongside a photo of the ubiquitous wonder woman herself. The byline was “The new research that challenges our addiction to having it all.

Inside, after the contents page, was a two-page spread showing 30 items, ranging from clothing to gadgets, bikes to kitchen scales, with one bag highlighted as “this week’s must-have.” A bit ironic, these two articles sitting next to each other!

On the surface it’s really easy to think along the lines of ‘when I get more _____ then I’ll be able to do ____ (meaning “and [read more]

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