4 Steps to Real Guidance
I’ve been here a thousand times… feeling uncertain about what to do next in my business. Wondering what the answer is or what to do. As I’ve learned here at Heart of Business over the years, I know my next step is to turn to the Divine in Remembrance. Having practiced this repeatedly, I find […]
My Sufi sheikh’s business medicine
One of my clients asked me a question about hope, because I was going on and on about it… 🙂 He mentioned that there is a teaching about hope that links it to attachment and thus suffering. Sufism has a different perspective, and it has to do with a different understanding about hope – and […]
How to stop working the end of December
Earlier this week at Heart of Business we had the end of November conversation: What do we need to do to make sure we can really stop working at the end of the year? For years now I’ve aspired to not work from mid-December until early January. Some years I’ve been successful at that. Other […]
When I had to ignore clients
Updated 3/31/21 I was raised on hard work. I had a job from the time I was 12 (I delivered the Washington Post), my parents worked 6 days a week at their retail store, and there were several years when I put in very long hours into Heart of Business. As the business developed, and […]
You Don’t Have To Try So Hard
“Today’s article is from Steve Mattus, our Director of Education and Community Manager. Plus, his clients love him. I’ve worked alongside Steve as he’s faced some huge challenges, and he’s come through them with grace. I’m so grateful he’s sharing this article today. With love, Mark” Here is Steve’s article… A couple years ago, I had […]
How to stop avoiding your most important projects
There is a project in your business, perhaps several, that you *know* will help you move forward if you would just do it. But you aren’t. You keep avoiding it, are somehow always too busy, or it just feels too overwhelming to get to it. What’s needed, and how do you move forward without hurting […]
“Be here now.” or “Go for it!”?
I remember working with a designer who told me, “I’m warning you, you’re going to hate the first version of whatever I do. And that’s okay, it will get better!” And it did. I wish I still had the before and after to show you. When we started working on the information page about our […]
Top 5 Heart-Centered Money Tips for 2015
The strange thing about calendars is that there’s more than one. Although we’ve just moved into 2015 according to the Gregorian calendar, the new year for the Jewish calendar, and the Islamic calendar, doesn’t start until the fall. The Hindi new year looks like it starts in late March, and the Chinese new year is […]