This five minute recording is a request to identify and commit to one thing just for you today. Let your breath guide you deep within where you will hear what your heart and soul desire.
What is your “business”?
As an entrepreneur whose focus is on empowering others to their full expression, I have often struggled with the question, “How is business?” I’m not about growing a business! My intention is connection, intention, spiritual truth and inner integrity first. “Business” will follow.
After two weeks of a new morning practice which has included visioning as well as acknowledging who I am and how I show up in my life, I finally have clarity! The next time you ask me:
So Jeanne, how is business going?
I will pause and answer this question for myself: How has my life inspired others today? If I can see in my answer that yes, I have been an inspiration, then I know this:
My business is BLOOMING!
How do you know that your “business” is going well?
What is your “business”?
The Established Norms
Do you find yourself saying things like:
This is how it’s done.When you go to that kind of outing, you must wear this.This is the proper thing to say.
Really? Whatever it is, it wasn’t always like that. Think about it. The proper way to shift gears in a car was with a stick until the automatic was invented. Thick,fluffy down was proper in a warm, winter coat until Thinsulate made less bulky options available. As for the proper thing to say, well, maybe if you are unwilling to rock the boat, be real, take a risk in service of what you really believe in.
Today is an invitation to notice:
Where do I follow the established norms blindly?
What if I don’t?
What’s possible if I break the rules?
What’s it worth?
Broken parts
Back to shifting gears for a moment. Sometimes the gear slip or skip is more than a rough shift. Sometimes your bike is experiencing one of these symptoms:
- worn out cassette/gears and/or chain
- incorrect combination of chain/gears
- derailleur is out of alignment
- wrong derailleur/shifter combination
In other words, you’ve got bad parts!
What are the “bad parts” revealed by life’s gear slips?
When switching gears in life becomes hard, consider:
- are you trying to do too much, shift too frequently?
- is the activity or relationship “worn out”?
- is your derailleur tired and in need of rest?
- is there a mismatch between your desires and the next “gear”?
What would a trip to the “bike shop” reveal?
Ready for a shift?
Bring to mind a situation, relationship or belief that both challenges you and that you are ready to experience shift around. Got it? Now be with these questions in the way that works best for you. You may journal, speak aloud, talk with a trusted friend. Ready?
- What will happen if nothing changes?
- What is the payoff in staying stuck?
- What is the ideal outcome?
- What is it worth to you?
- What three steps will move you toward it?
- Which steps will you take?
- By when?