As a business owner you hear it all the time, “You can do this, just put your head down and get the work done.”
So, you work hard and stay as present as possible, yet you take a misstep and get clobbered with the unexpected.
Your website goes down, mistakes with bookkeeping happen, or time lines that [...]

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If you’re in the process of creating your marketing message, chances are you’re either avoiding working on it, or you’re caught in the endless cycle of tweaking to get the words exactly right. Painful.
Of course, there is one step beyond this, where you get up the courage to test it out on others. You call [...]

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When someone’s interested in an offer of yours and the two of you end up in a conversation, how do you stay connected to their heart and yours?
I was assisting in a class at the Sufi healing school I attended, watching a pair of students as one practiced connecting to the other in prelude to [...]

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The sales conversation has been on my mind, and with enrollment now open for the Sacred Moment Seminar in March, this article from 2009 seems really appropriate to take a second look at.
How to Avoid Chasing Down the “I’ll Think About Its”.

So, have at it, and let me know if it is helpful.
p.s. Ever have [...]

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Introduction
Welcome to a new Heart of Business Practitioner.
Jason Stein has joined Judy Murdoch as an official Heart of Business practitioner, available to help you one-on-one with your business. Like Judy, Jason brings a lot of experience and unique insights.
Jason has a speciality in working with entrepreneurial parents and is trained in Nonviolent Communication. He has [...]

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Introduction
In one of those amazing synchronous moments, this manifesto on business poured out of me at the same time that I will be participating in one of a series of calls hosted by my colleague Isabel Parlett on the “Spiritual Path to a Successful Business.”
The calls are all no-cost, start January 26, and feature me [...]

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The marketing strategy that will get you faster and farther than anything else put together is developing strategic alliances with other businesses so you can promote each others products and services.

Unfortunately many business owners sabotage their efforts by writing self-centered proposals which turn off prospective alliances looking for equitable win-win partnerships.

Here’s how to show prospective allies that you’re interested in a trust-based, mutually rewarding alliance.

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