From us to you
As we enter into holidays that touch many people’s lives, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Yule, among others, we at Heart of Business wanted to take time to just wish you deep care and nourishment. And that’s it. If you’re needing business support/advice, our blog has twenty-four years of support available. Even when you don’t share in the […]
Healing versus getting things done
Here we are, the end of December, and as we are on the verge of the new year, after I wrote about fix-it energy last week, there’s another dynamic that I thought it would be super helpful to be aware of in your business development. That dynamic is the tension between healing versus “getting things […]
About “fix it” energy in your business
When clients come to Heart of Business, it’s really common for folks to have a “it’s broken, I need to fix it!” sense of their own business. At the same time, there’s a lot of pushback against a “fix it” approach. “Something is terrible wrong, and I need to fix it,” when unconsciously expressed, is […]
Using hope as a business medicine in 2025
My Sufi sheikh, Sidi al Jamal ash-Shadhuli, taught that “hope is a medicine.” What he meant, is too much hope isn’t good for us. It can lead to toxic positivity, what he called “being heedless.” There are genuine reasons to be cautious and alert in this world. However, too little hope leads to paralysis and […]