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Posted on January 9, 2010
As soul-inspired business owners we have a burning desire to spread our messages to those we feel most called to serve. We can feel, in our bones, how doing so would make our lives feel very on purpose and meaningful.
Many of us have dreamt of helping clients get what they want and we know we hold the key that could help many, many people do just that.
So we strike out on our own with courage and passion. We step INTO our passion and purpose to make a difference.
We also step into what is a new role for many of us and that is role of business owner. Even though we feel prepared and ready to go when it comes to helping our clients, we feel less prepared when it comes to positioning ourselves as experts, marketing our business, and making mo’ney.
The truth is in order to help a lot of people, to make the impact you want to make, you’ve got to learn how to run, position and market your business for maximum impact. This is something most of us have to learn how to do and if we’re serious about building a business that serves not only our client’s lives but also our own lives there will come a point in time when it’s time to invest in our business growth.
You know right now if this day has come for you. Here are a few of the signs: 1) you’re attracted to products and programs that will teach you what you need to learn; 2) you’re ready to make a leap in your business and realize you can’t get there on your own; 3) you realize you really don’t understand how to make mo’ney doing what you want to do; 4) you suspect a mentor could help shorten the learning curve, therefore shortening your journey to success and that is very attractive!
The good news is there are LOTS of ways you could invest in yourself. So, where are the best places to get started? Here are my three favorite ways of investing in myself and my business.
1) Choose a mentor and model her. If you find someone that does what you’d like to do watch how she does things and then model yourself after her. That doesn’t mean you should copy her. Look at it this way, if you find someone that does what you’d like to do and you know she’s doing it well and making mo’ney doing what she loves, why wouldn’t you follow her? Studying someone that is a master at her craft is a strategy you can use long term and the only thing it will cost is your time. Pay attention to how successful people do things and do them too. Read the books they read. Follow the experts they follow. Invest your time in studying them. It’s time well spent.
2) Invest money in a personal growth mentor. I’ve done this for years. I’ve worked with intuitive development teachers, taken meditation courses, listened to radio shows and podcasts, as well as read hundreds of books, all for the sake of helping me SEE myself and my gifts more clearly. Some of the programs I’ve taken have been easily affordable and others have been more of a stretch. In all cases I trust my instincts on who the right teacher is for me. I have to resonate with the teacher and their style. I adore personal growth work and learning from a gifted teacher is my favorite way to absorb myself in personal growth work. I like group formats but I also like one-on-one consultations for more private issues.
3) Invest money in a business mentor. OK, I know I said above to chose a mentor and model her. Now I will add if that mentor offers programs, products, and events spend money on them! I’m not telling you to do this blindly…only do it if it is truly a good fit for you. Here’s why: NOTHING beats learning directly from someone who’s “been there, done that”…nothing. To have the ear of a mentor who will help you strategize your next steps is absolutely priceless. It’s also amazing to have someone you admire believe in you! If following her from afar has been a good thing, learning from her directly is double the pleasure!
A few years ago I heard this wisdom: the hole you invest in yourself through is the hole you receive through. In my experience that is exactly the case. The more energy (meaning time and money) I’ve spent on building my business the more I’ve received as a result. Honestly, I’m not sure why this is the case except to say that with each investment of time and money I make the more committed I feel to making my dreams come true.
I know it’s not always easy making these investments. I’ve been there too. I’ve had to scrounge together what I’ve needed to invest in some programs. In the end, because I’ve trusted my heart, I’ve never regretted my decision.
2010 can be a breakthrough year for you but you’ve got to be willing to invest your time and maybe even your mo’ney to make it happen. Think about and implement your own personal and business development investment strategy. You and your dream are worth it!
(c) 2010 Cari Vollmer Life On Track, LLC
Posted on January 9, 2010
Building Your Receiving Muscle
I recently received an article by Enoch Tan from my mentor on The Law of Circulation. Here is the first paragraph:
“The law of circulation states that all things in the universe are always flowing in circulation but at an ever expanding rate. What you give to one person, you will receive from a different source. So you don’t have to give with the expectation of receiving back from the same person you give to, but knowing that it will definitely come back to you multiplied from other sources. It works according to the law of cause and effect where the universe always mirrors back to you whatever you do.”
In other words what you give comes back to you…always. If you give love, love will come back to you. If you give money, money will find its way back to you. You can count on this. So what’s going on when you’re not feeling the love or receiving the money, or clients, or other good fortune in your life?
There’s a glitch in your receiving system.
To really “get” this you must first ask yourself if you believe in The Law of Circulation. If you have any doubt this universal law does what it says it does you’re going to have trouble accepting you should be receiving, in expanding amounts, for all that you give. Therefore, if you have doubts this is how things like love and money find their way back to you you’ll have to explore your belief system around how receiving actually works.
For now let’s say you do believe in “The Law”. Your next step is to acknowledge yourself for all that you do GIVE, every day, in the form of love, encouragement, money, friendship, etc. As you ponder this question I want you to feel your heart open and imagine what it feels like when you are giving your SELF, time and resources to the people and things you care about most. Imagine all of this yummy energy flowing out to the object of your focus.
Now, ask yourself, have you felt that same abundance of energy flowing back TO YOU? Have you felt what it feels like to RECEIVE back all this yummy energy you share with others?
If you’re having a hard time saying YES, you’re not the only one. For some reason we’re taught TO GIVE is divine but to RECEIVE is selfish. I think for so many of us we also have old, old beliefs locked inside of us that we’re really not worthy of receiving.
Here’s the thing: Receiving is something you were born knowing how to do, but as life unfolded for you all sorts of gunk got between you and your natural ability to receive.
Like what?
That answer will be different for all of us, but many times the gunk getting in the way are some life experiences you had when you were a kid that made you believe you couldn’t get what you wanted, when you wanted it. It makes sense, right? As kids we are taken care of by our parents and they determine the amount we RECEIVE. Parents tend to be RECEIVING filters for their kids. And those filters are made up of their own beliefs around receiving.
Where this gets tricky is that when we’re kids we have very real DESIRES. When our desires aren’t fulfilled because our parents (or other well-meaning adults) stopped the flow of abundance, it’s easy to see how we might have developed a belief that we CAN’T get what we want. And sometimes this develops into another abundance stopping belief, we’re not good enough.
BAM! That’s how a glitch in our receiving system starts. And this glitch is absolutely contrary to the universal truth that what we give will come back to us in ever expanding amounts!
It takes awareness and focus to heal this glitch. The first step is to acknowledge there is a glitch in your receiving system. Next you can do the following things:
1. Start practicing receiving. Whenever someone gives you anything (that doesn’t make you feel used or manipulated) receive it with a big, enthusiastic THANK YOU! A compliment, a bite of a cookie, a gift… receive it all as if it was the greatest gift you’ve ever received.
2. See all GIFTS as GOOD FORTUNE coming your way as a result of The Law of Circulation. Acknowledge this law is active and working in your life.
3. Also GIVE consciously. That means, as you give anything realize that you are setting in motion The Law of Circulation and that you can trust what you’ve just given will come back to you, again and again.
4. Recite this mantra to yourself daily: Universe, please give me many opportunities to RECEIVE. Then pay attention and SAY YES when opportunities come your way. Again, only say YES to things that don’t come with strings attached or make you feel manipulated. If someone is giving to you from the goodness of their heart, please receive it from there.
5. Talk to your small kid still inside of you that doesn’t really understand she can have anything her heart desires and remind her that even if her parents won’t let her have it, someday she can have whatever she wants. Remind her she will develop the wisdom and capacity to make her own decisions about what’s right or not right for her. Mostly remind her she deserves all the good fortune the world has to offer.
6. Imagine everything you GIVE and RECEIVE as ENERGY. Also imagine any blocks you have around receiving are energy blocks. To start receiving you need to remove the energy block, which often times is created by an old story/belief that STOPS the flow of energy coming back to you. You keep the energy flowing by saying YES and KNOWING you deserve good fortune. Stories and beliefs that are anchored in our subconscious have an energy about them that says NO to good fortune. Think about that.
7. Make it a point to become a GOOD RECEIVER. Say YES as opportunities come your way!
In 2010 set the intention you’ll start receiving all the good fortune you can possibly handle. Make a commitment to build your receiving muscle. You already have one, vow to get it back in shape!
(c) 2009 Cari Vollmer Life On Track, LLC
Posted on November 16, 2009
Have you ever heard the expression to attract what you want on the outside you have to BE that on the INSIDE? Honestly, that expression always stumped me because I thought I’m me, and not something else, so how can I be IT on the inside?
And then I had an “A-HA”. If you think of this question in terms of PROSPERITY, in other words to attract prosperity you must BE prosperous within, it makes much more sense…here’s why.
You see, YOUR prosperity (all the richness that is you) comes down to one beautifully golden thing and that is… Your Brilliance.
That’s right… your brilliance, or your gift, is your ultimate form of prosperity and when you begin aligning with and valuing what makes you brilliant and then start sharing your brilliance with others you will receive so much more in return. (That is if you’re open to receiving…but that’s another topic for another day.)
That’s because your brilliance is the divine gift you are here on earth to express. In other words, it really doesn’t get much better than that AND you could never GIVE more than that! It’s really THE THING you have to offer the world! And the good news is you already possess your brilliance! Even if you can’t put it clearly into words, it’s still there; all you have to do is peel back the layers and bring it to the light. (And yes, I can show you how to do that!)
Isn’t that great news? If your ultimate source of prosperity is YOUR GIFT that means that you don’t have do or be anything you’re not…you are perfect, as is, to attract more prosperity into your life!
Your INNER prosperity remains intact and untouched by the world. It is DIVINE and that trumps anything that could happen to you on a human level that your human self might think makes you “less than” or unworthy to receive prosperity. For sure your fears and outdated, ill fitting beliefs keep you separate from your brilliance, but here we have more good news…you can heal ALL of that. Every “block” you heal allows your Brilliance to shine through even more.
I know writing about this is much different and much easier than living it and really KNOWING it. So I want you to sit with this…soak in it…and believe in your brilliance and the power it has to attract to you all the good fortune your could ever imagine.
Awaken your brilliance…get to know it…and then share it with others. THAT is your path to good fortune.
