A History of the Heart
Glad to meet you.
Heart of Business began life as Success by Design in 1999, an enterprise which helped entrepreneurs create marketing that felt clean, was effective, and yet was authentic and felt like them.
It soon became obvious that designing marketing materials was much more about coaching the client into his or her heart, than it was about the design process. Working with an experienced mentor coach, Anne Sagendorph, CEO of Support System for Success, provided a grounding in coaching, and what a successful practice can look like.
With the introduction of Sufi-based healing work at the Jaffe Institute, it all came together into the Heart of Business. My vision here at Heart of Business, whether you are self-employed, own your business, or bring an entrepreneurial heart to your job at work, is that your business become a profitable, sustainable, beacon of generosity in the fabric of your community.
Mark Silver
Mark is the founder of Heart of Business, and a successful business consultant and healer, who brings an active connection with the Divine to his work.
He has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, small business owners, corporate managers, and non-profits in the areas of marketing, sales, employee management, business mission, and just plain taking care of yourself and your business.
Mark has run a magazine, worked as a paramedic, run a distribution business, been an activist, and worked in the non-profit arena. He has failed horribly in business, and he has succeeded beautifully, each in turn.
Trained at the Jaffe Institute in Organizational and Business Healing, he is a Sufi healer and teacher. His vision is that in the process of your business becoming profitable and sustainable, that your heart will deepen in knowing its own truth.
Mark lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Holly.
Please feel free to call (503) 282-3037 or email me with any questions.
Even after all this time,
the Sun never says to the Earth:
"You owe me."
Look what happens with a love like that:
It lights up the whole Sky.
from The Gift by Hafiz