Inner knowing is External Impact

There's the saying that no one knows how much you know until they know how much you care. I challenge you to take that idea one step deeper.

No one cares how you can help them until you know what you care about most. Your purpose, your passion is the key to helping people and impacting the world. The extent to which you are willing to mine the reasons for your existence and your innate gifts determine how wide your reach is in supporting others and creating the change in the world you want to see.

Maybe you don't believe me. That's okay. As I've said before, test what you hear and read! Here's one way to do that.

Over the next couple days, choose to have 2 different kinds of conversations. With 1/2 the people you speak with have basic, shallow conversations about the weather, something you ate, etc. And the other half engage them on a deeper level. Share what matters to you the most and ask them to do the same.

Deeper connection and awareness IS greater impact. Notice what differences you experience and how this perspective changes.

This simply means that "The depth of personal knowledge of your purpose equals the breadth of your ability to help others." --Heidi Sue Roth

Tomorrow's call is about creating the depth and breadth! I can't wait!

Wishing you Success & Heart,

Heidi Sue

TeleSeminar is Cooking--more to Come

There will be lots more coming as things move along. And this new TeleSeminar is shaping up to be really hot. This first-ever presentation of my Entrepreneurial Formula is going really going to knock your socks off and jump-start your success. Even if you choose to just run with this information and not do the entire Create & Love Your Business program, I guarantee the tips and techniques just from the first call will make a huge difference for you and your work.

I'll see you on the Call!

You can register at www.managementrefugee.com

Heidi Sue

Sci-Fi + Christofer Marlow = Brilliant Success Secret

Got it figured out yet?

Well of course I hope you don’t! Otherwise, what’s the fun of reading the rest of my post? And there is a great, meaningful connection. I promise.

I’ve been reading and working “The 4-Hour Work Week” by Timothy Ferriss. His low-information diet is definitely showing me places to slim-down and beef up! I’m an avid science-fiction reader, so I’ve allowed myself an occasional extra hour of fiction reading beyond the maximum 1 hour a day he prescribes.

Today at lunch, I started a new book by Elizabeth Bear (definitely a favorite author!) and imagine my surprise when I ran into a SuccessHeart idea expressed by one of the best.

“All places shall be hell that is not heaven” –Christopher Marlowe, foremost Elizabethan author

That’s it exactly! When the work you are doing is YOUR heaven, it’s just that. Some days it’s definitely work, even a lot of work, but at the same time there is excitement, joy, the thrill of service, and so many more qualities.

Even the best job becomes hell if it not a match for your gifts, your purpose and your passion. I bet you know how that feels. I spent a few years in a really confusing work situation: I was making more money than I’d ever seen before. And I hated it. I was sick on every level and really confused.

· Isn’t this what everyone wants?

· What’s wrong with me?

· Why is it so hard even when I’m really good at what I’m getting paid to do?

The reason was simple: I was only about 50% aligned with what I was here to do and be. The activities that work demanded were definitely easy for me and I experienced a lot of joy from them.

But there was a problem. The WHERE was so insanely wrong it hurt me every time to just walk into the buildings. The WHY felt sooo sickening—I’m not one of those people who wants to work BECAUSE of the money. Many other qualities were just as bad a match. The only thing I got right was the minutiae! It was really sad and as one of my friends would say, “I was a mess in a dress!” (I usually wore pants to work, but go figure.)

So, as Mr. Marlowe so succinctly expressed my situation: all those qualities that did not define professional heaven for me meant it was hell. Regardless of how much the individual activities of my work did match my core.

So I ask you, how much of what you’re doing everyday, how much of your work is heaven? Or are those areas that don’t fit, don’t match, turning the good things into hell, too?

The heavenly parts are fabulous pieces of data…pay attention to those. And please, get yourself to a completely divine place! Your unique, heartfelt, truest place where you can be who you are, who the world needs you to be.

What’s your equation for SciFi + Christopher Marlowe = Business Success Secret?

Wishing you Success & Heart!

Heidi Sue

Crazy exciting day: People coming to preview call for Create & Love Your Business--I'm thrilled to these secrets. Next week is a long wait!

Angel Investors and REALITY

Definitely check out this blog post. This guy tells the truth about Angel Investors. What you can expect, what it's like, why it's that way and more.

He made me really laugh when giving his formula for what to do with time and money estimates when it comes to starting a new business. I LOVE that! This is one of those closely-held secrets that most entrepreneurs learn the hard way. (One of my pet peeves--learn from those who have gone before!)

So you're thinking it's time to get others to invest in your business or your dream, start here--I see no need to repeat this excellent article on angel investors.

http://darrenhardy.success.com/2009/10/raisingmoney/#more-1367

Enjoy!

Heidi Sue

Where's the Money for YOUR Dream?

Do you have a vision for what you want to do in the world? The change you want to instigate?

And maybe you’re looking for a way to generate the money to support your vision. I had the opportunity to meet an amazingly talented and gifted man today with a huge gift to bring to the world. And realizing this process definitely needs some cash—not a ton, it’s a reasonable amount, and he also deserves to have a place to live, and his preferred quality of life.

For a long time he’s been working to create a business that would generate the cash to fund his business. He’s looked at lots of options. And I again want to compliment this gentleman for not moving forward with any of the ideas he’s investigated so far. He’s very clear that they are low-profit high-risk options. Risk he can’t afford.

The conventional wisdom in this type of venture is standard, and it’s not correct—the way it used to be done is NOT the way to do it now! Here’s the convention wisdom:

• Go work for someone who’s already doing what you want to do
• Create an organization to do the community service projects
• Create a completely un-related stream of income to support what you really love.

I’m here to shout loud and long this is NOT the way to get the service or program you dream of out into the world.

Why not?

Working for someone else can kill your passion and inspiration. When your dream and passion is fulfilling your mission, your dream, the employee thing will wear you down, suck you dry. Don’t work for someone else unless you can be 100% IN the job. In other words, if the job IS a match for your mission, that’s a win-win. If it’s just a make-do, it will actually be a make-don’t: it won’t work well for anyone involved.

Splitting your time and attention is equally deadly. Working for someone else and holding back part of yourself for what really matters is an inherently conflicted and unethical position. Yes, lots of people do it everyday, and most of us have done at one time or another. How many people do you know who look completely sad and unhappy to be at work? When you’re here to serve in your own unique way and you do a “have to have money” pattern for work, the resulting pattern is just about guaranteed to be toxic. And that’s anti-successful on every level!

Don’t run an organization before you’ve walked the path. If you want to DO something in the world, creating an organization to do it for you at the beginning may be a mis-match. You’ve got to be clear on where you want to go, what you want to accomplish AND what’s the best vehicle for doing this. Frequently, movements of change don’t start with an organization (Gandhi, Mother Theresa, etc.) they started with a person! Is there a time when this isn’t true? Of course—when you’ve already got all the money you need to make it happen, creating the group that will do your dream is a powerful thing.

Un-related is Un-realized. When you spend time and money creating an income stream that is not part of your central objective, you may not realize what can happen. Your time and attention will be split. The powerful focus of your love and loyalty are diluted. You’re obligated to have the “for money only” business perform, no matter how much you like or dislike the operation today, tomorrow, five years from now. In some way, you have to ensure this business does its thing. Meanwhile, your is somewhere else. You’ll get lots of opportunities to decide which child to shortchange. And that experience is not one I recommend to anyone.

So what’s the answer?

The answer is find the jewels you already have that relate to your passion & goals—and monetize them! When these elements work together, you widen the path of those who need you finding you. You get to transmit the things you’re passionate about to others who are your clients. And you get to discover the expertise and gifts that drive your passion that are also valuable products!

Want to learn more? This process is exactly what the first module in Create & Love Your Business teaches you to do. And even better, the tools and techniques you’ll learn you can use over and over again as you & what you offer grows!

I encourage you to remember that it’s less work to create things are close together. It’s easier to manage a 4-plex of rentals than 4 rentals scattered around the country! You’ll find it’s faster and less expensive to create related services and products. Even better, it will jump-start the other aspects of your dream!

Wishing you Success & Heart,

Heidi Sue

Do you "Try" or do you go the extra mile?

From CEO Space to Rejuvenate Training many people and organizations are growing the presence of Cooperative Business instead of the current model of Competitive Business.

What does this mean for us as entrepreneurs, practioners, and coaches?

The first impact is the call to become more authentic and more willing to be aware of our intentions at any given moment. During a networking event, are you truly able to ask and hear the answer to, “What do you need next?” and consider how you can support the speaker in getting what they need?

And if you hear that you or someone else you know is a resource for this person, to what extent are you actually willing to be supportive? Over the past few months, I’ve heard many people say, “I’ll Try,” when talking about connecting someone to another individual who might be of assistance.

Remember the last time you used this phrase. Get yourself into the same physical position: sitting, standing, leaning forward or back. Re-create the feeling of saying, “Well, I’ll try.” Do you like that feeling? How familiar is it?

As kids, we learn that “I’ll try,” is a way to tell someone else I don’t want to do it so I’ll do only a little bit. And then you won’t be mad at me for not doing what you wanted or ask. Maybe you don’t believe me…that’s okay. Test it! Re-experience as completely as possible in your body, senses and by repeating what you said as many times and with as many different scenarios as possible. Be open and willing to feel what you really meant by saying to someone else, “I’ll try.” We've all heard Yoda from Star Wars say: Do or do not...there is no try. This is so much the truth! "I'll try is a platitude to cover up and say other things.

You’re probably wondering, why does this matter any way?

It matters because if your reaction to doing something for someone, even if it was your idea, is the response, “I’ll try,” it’s time to realize some part of you doesn’t want to do it!

Will you actually go the extra mile to be a Cooperative Business Leader?

Will you tell yourself the truth? Forcing yourself to do something you don’t actually want to do is not that great for anyone. In some way that conflicted energy will rebound with everyone it touches.

When the urge or the words “I’ll try “ come up, you have a huge opportunity to go deeper into your own reality and find places to clean things up so you can be a clearer, stronger entrepreneur. Here are some great ideas for places to learn even more: Unmasking--A Workshop with Sally Churgel, and another option: All Pain is Separation and All Healing Reconnects with Lansing Barrett Gresham.

Will you take the challenge to go the extra mile with yourself—and with others? Spend a week listening for those priceless, insightful words and see what you can learn.

Wishing you Success & Heart,

Heidi Sue