Some of My Favorite People From 2009

I wanted to share some of the incredible people that I was able to work with in some way throughout 2009. These people have all brought something incredible to the table and I’m delighted to share them with you.

Alexi Sebasttien; Rock Your Life Purpose: Alexi was a coach of mine for the first half of 2009, during that time I was   going through some very tough growing pains. Through working with Alexi I discovered how to more effectively share my message and uncover my lesson of apathy. Alexi helps people discover and live their life purpose at the same time as knowing how to overcome the one little thing that shows up over and over again (your life lesson). Mastering your lesson means mastering your purpose. You can check out Alexi’s work here http://tinyurl.com/bq4k2j

Sabrina Risley; Behind the Moon:  I met Sabrina late in 2008 and she proved to be my biggest power partner of 2009. A woman who knows how to make networking effective and who knows the power of referrals, she’s a definite giver. Her business helps small businesses network and grow their business using the motto “Grow Your Business By Helping Others Grow Theirs.” This year she has over 12 networking groups in the Denver area, plus referral groups which are similar to a leads group but without all of the mandatory requirements. Find Sabrina at www.behindthemooninc.com

Lisa Shultz, Women, Wine & Wellness: Here is another fabulous lady, introduced to me by Sabrina Risley. Lisa and I quickly hit it off mid-year and we are now partnering up on many projects one of which is an inspiring and empowering book of stories for women, by women. (You can find out more about that book project here www.andreacostantine.com/book). Lisa’s also a giver and an incredible networker. She knows how to acknowledge people, stay in touch, and pass referrals. She never ceases to amaze me how fantastic she is at being a go-giver! Her business women, wine and wellness is a networking group for women to connect and be inspired. Check out Lisa’s work at www.womenwineandwellness.com

These are just a few of the people who have been influential and inspirational to me in 2009, some of my other important people include my sister, Kimberly Costantine of www.thaiworksdenver.com, Julio Blanco of www.envisionlifeworks.com, Nan Elzinga of NuSkin, Christina Schultz of Core4, and many more!

What Matters Now? by Seth Godin (Free)

Guest Posting by Lynn Terry of ClickNews  

“More than 70 extraordinary authors and thinkers contributed to this book.

It’s designed to make you sit up and think, to change your new year’s resolutions, to foster some difficult conversations with your team”…

Free download:
What Matters Now

On this New Years Day I sat down to read the new anthology put out for free by Seth Godin just a few weeks ago. It’s a collective work, with a goal of getting it in the hands of 5 million people.

The free download is an 82-page PDF, titled What Matters Now, full of “things to think about (and do) this year”. Each page features a contribution from one author, some in text and others in drawings or images.

It is short, fun and completely engaging!

It is laid out in a way that is fun to flip through, and easy to print things that really stand out to you to keep for inspiration. There are tips for speaking, tips for being inspired and motivated, tips for setting and achieving your goals… it’s an incredible collection of work.

Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O’Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The ebook includes Tom Peters, Fred Wilson, Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber.

Lynn Terry is a full-time Internet Marketer with over 12 years of experience in online business and marketing. ClickNewz is where she shares news on the latest eBiz trends and marketing strategies, as well as her unique case studies, creative ideas & personal reviews… http://www.clicknewz.com/ 

The Customer Service Experience – Why It’s So Important Even in Your Small Business

Not too long ago I had to take my car into the dealership to get serviced. There was a recall and I needed some standard maintenance and I’ve always just taken it to a local dealership. I drive a Nissan, which is just a regular everyday brand of car but that’s beside the point.

I took my car in and was greeted pretty promptly and let them know that I would just wait to have it serviced, I’d brought my laptop and will take any opportunity at uninterrupted working time. So I ventured into the waiting room……iirkkkkkk. Stop right there. This is exactly where things went south.

The waiting room was decorated circa 1979. Old terrazzo-like floors, cheap office chairs, and bright fluorescent lights and blah-zah-ness. Nothing great at all, in fact it felt like an old car wash waiting room. I’d been there before, but not since my own desires to create exceptional customer service for my own clients. With this new perspective, I viewed the room in a different light….from that of a potentially satisfied or not-so-satisfied consumer. I glanced around to see the coffee that came out of vending machine and the CNN (constant negative news) glaring on the TV. 

Since I don’t watch the news at home, I’m surely not going to watch it now. I made a comment to the girl next to me that we were feeding our hearts with too much negativity and as her four year old played around the waiting room I asked if we could change it. Luckily, the allowed us to do just that.

As I started up my laptop to hop on the internet and check the email, I get a secured internet notice. I walk up to the blank faced woman behind the plexi-glass and ask for the password. Defensively, she states how “the internet doesn’t work in here.”  Um, excuse me?

And then it dawned on me like a flash of customer service lightning from above, this place doesn’t care about me!!!!

As soon as I realized that, I knew that this would be my last experience here, I wanted to quickly find a manager or write a letter explaining how bad the service was and as you could guess when I got my “rate your customer service” experience note through my email, I told them it was obvious they didn’t care about the customer and do you think they contacted me about this? Absolutely not and it’s been over a month since I wrote my little opinion down and hit send.

I can almost guarantee the manager at the dealership is thinking “sales are down, inventory isn’t moving so we can’t care about customer service, we are barely making it.”  And that’s EXACTLY why I am writing this.

You see, I am not a complainer. This isn’t even complaining, it’s simply pointing out the obvious situation and cycle of doom as I call it. The dealership business is slow and hurting, they have poor customer service. Because business is slow they think they cannot focus on customer service because they don’t have the profit margin/income too, so they don’t. So the customer service stinks, business doesn’t get better, people continue not to spend their money there…. Do you see the cycle?

Your business is what you make of it. You can tell yourself that you cannot afford to focus on customer service and continue to get the same results you’ve always gotten or you can slowly and steadily increase the customer service experience so people will start to notice that you care, come back over and over again, refer their friends and never go anywhere else….it’s a choice and it’s a choice a business owner needs to make.

The problem is that many entrepreneurs and solopreneurs think the customer service doesn’t matter in their business, but it does and oh boy does it! People notice when you care or when you treat them as just another number. You can start implementing sensational service as I call it and it doesn’t have to cost you anything. You can start with just a thank you phone call if the letter and stamp is just too damaging to your cash flow, or you can simply acknowledge people and recognize them.

Sensational service will differentiate depending on what type of business you have, but if you start finding ways to implement it I can guarantee that the lull that you’ve seen in the past will soon be no longer. Service does matter, but you’ve got to be consistent and genuine with it.  Don’t send one card and say “I’ve tried that.” Create a service system that you stick with and watch your business soar!!!!

One great way to stay in touch with your clients is to use a system like Send Out Cards, I started using this program over the summer and absolutely love it. It makes service simple and easy. If you haven’t tried it yet, try a free card on me! www.sendoutcards.com/75485

Should I Keep Focused Through the Holidays?

The holidays are a busy time of year for people personally, but businesses (outside of retail) can have a tendency to slip back and take a break. The question is do you take a break during the holidays or do you stay focused? Here’s the flip side to both, figure out what’s right for you and your business and where you are currently to decide whether or not a break or focus is the better answer.

A break through the holidays: pros & cons

People tend to let their guard down through the holidays. They let their normal routine, diet, exercise, and work slack for a bit as the end of the year nears it’s a time that we allow ourselves to indulge in the cycle of the season and resting allows for this sense of completion before we begin a new year.

If you find yourself feeling fatigued, burned out, or just mentally checked out it may do you and your business good to take a break and rest during the holidays. Put your projects and plans on hold and trust that the New Year will bring a renewed sense of energy and focus.

The pros to taking a break is that you could start the year completely refreshed and refocused allowing you to move ahead with greater clarity, vigor, and strength.

The cons could be that the break will escalate and tumble into the New Year. Sometimes when someone takes a break there is a harder time to restart and get back to working on the projects at hand. This could delay New Year plans and leaving you feeling behind the first few weeks of the year. If you need an extended break you may do yourself a lot of good by taking it, just make sure to complete the cycle and plan for a cutoff date to ensure you get back to sharing your business with others.

Staying focused through the holidays: pros & cons

While a physical and mental break can do a lot of good, staying focused and completing projects from 2009 can also be extremely beneficial. Since the last few weeks of the year are pretty quiet as far as meetings, appointments, and scheduled events it could be an excellent time to ramp up your focus, get things completed and put away so you can start 2010 with a clean slate and feeling completely caught up and ahead.

If you’ve got the energy to keep moving forward and find yourself excited at all the white space on your calendar, it may just be the perfect time to wrap things up and stay focused. When the New Year rolls around things will pick up rapidly as the majority of people will be getting started again.

The pros to staying focused include a jump start on 2010, feeling complete with 2009 projects, cleaning your slate, getting organized, and going into 2010 with a bang!

The flip side, or the cons are that you could risk burning out and when everyone else is rearing to go in January you could be needing a break. It’s important that if you push through and stay focused during the holidays you still allow yourself the time to reflect on the successes of 2009 and feel complete with the year end. Be sure not to push yourself, instead just stay focused, work lighter and more determined days  seeing as how you’ll have less distractions coming in!

Whatever you do, enjoy the holiday season and start 2010 with whatever choice that feels right to you!

Do You Want to Leap in 2010?

As entrepreneurs we can have a tendency to do everything on our own and fall into the trap of thinking that we can figure it all out, do it all (from admin, to bookkeeping to marketing), and then we wonder WHY is everything taking so long to come together?
The trouble is doing it all on your own is a trap. And while it is quite possible to get it all done working 80 hour weeks, skipping vacations, and wearing every hat – it’s a dangerous path that leads to doubt, worry and worse yet – burnout.

The biggest problem entrepreneurs make is delaying getting support in their business until they can truly afford it – meaning their business is bringing in enough money to pay for all of the support. And while I agree to this to some extent being on a cash only budget myself, I know the danger it can have on a business owner.

You see, this keeps you in the trap of doing it all on your own and pushing and pushing until you get your income up where you want it to be, but the truth is that if you continue to wear all of these hats, do it all on your own, and never get support you’ll be stuck far longer than you need to.

Support ranges in a variety of ways, from hiring a virtual assistant to handle the admin tasks and the daily to-do’s in your business, to getting a bookkeeper or accountant, or hiring a coach and joining a mastermind group.

In April of 2009 I joined forces with another colleague and formed our first mastermind group. I’d heard about the power behind them and what it could do for support in growing your business. We gathered a group of 6 committed individuals and started meeting monthly, in no time at all we were all on our way to where we needed to be and continue to grow to this day.

At the beginning of 2009 I started off in a bit of a mess. I had no clients, no money, and was questioning whether or not I made the right decision by continuing down my entrepreneurial path – but my intuition told me to stick with it and keep moving forward. By mid-year my business began to dramatically change, I started seeing results, getting clients, and profiting.

I contribute that largely to a number of things. First and foremost the mastermind group, which has provided me the accountability and encouragement to push myself to the limits. And I am not talking about the physical limits, I am talking about my fears. They were there to cheer me on and encourage me to keep stepping up to the plate in which I’ve done every time I heard the calling.

In 2009 I had my first speaking opportunities, recorded a product (coming out soon), hosted a two day live marketing retreat (the Soulful Marketing Experience), and formed my own mastermind group for my clients. Along with having monthly marketing coaching clients, teaching social media workshops, and hosting and being a guest on multiple tele-seminars and internet radio shows. This year has truly been a “game changer” for my business and I know that 2010 will bring more success and allow the opportunity to serve more people as I share my message with the world in a bigger way and continue to step up to the plate.

Seeing the magnitude of my own transformation this year, I am thrilled about the upcoming Soulful Service Mastermind in 2010 that begins next month. I’m devoting the majority of my time to my mastermind members and committed to seeing that they achieve the level of success that they desire in 2010. I’ve created two group options so I can serve more people. Starting in January there will be a Denver local group and a virtual group.

Both of these groups have an incredible amount of time with me and are designed to give you all of the support you need in 2010.

If you’d like to hear the call that I hosted last week about the mastermind group, you can register to receive a copy of the recording at www.andreacostantine.com/success – you will also get the applications for the mastermind group, which the deadline is in TWO days, this Wednesday December 23^rd.

I’m looking forward to serving this gifted community of entrepreneurs and hope that you’ll be one of them!

In Loving Service,

Andrea Costantine

How to Increase Your Business Profits and Boost Your Morale

Are you aware that the way your office is arranged impacts your mood, clarity, motivation and bottom line? If you’re feeling stuck, frustrated or overwhelmed with your business shifting the energy in your workspace might just boost your morale and your income.

The ancient Chinese system of space planning called Feng Shui helps balance the energy (chi) of a specific space. By strategically placing your office furniture and accessories using Feng Shui guidelines, you’ll create a positive flow to allow business opportunities to arrive at your doorstep.

Did you know that when you apply Feng Shui principles to arrange your home office you can increase your productivity and prosperity? Proper office design can also reduce your stress, empower you, relax your nerves, and boost your confidence while working.

Even Donald Trump, Oprah and Steven Spielberg, and companies such as Coca-Cola, Shell, Sony, Procter & Gamble, and many others actively embrace Feng Shui to increase their business profits.

The way your office is arranged can greatly impact your overall success. By surrounding yourself with things that inspire and motivate you while working each day, not only will you be more productive, you’ll feel happier. Keep your workspace sacred and just for you, and make your office a place of power and productivity. After all, what you do there directly relates to your success and prosperity.

Here are some tips to get you started.

1. Position your desk in the command position so that it faces the door of your office, but not directly in alignment with the door.
2. Let the light in.
3. Clear the clutter and make peace with your paper.
4. Don’t overcrowd the room with too much furniture.
5. Add natural elements such as a flowing water fountain, live plants or fresh flowers.
6. Paint the walls of your office a color that makes you happy and energized.

© Sheri Ruston ~ The Flow Doctor

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Sheri Ruston, aka The Flow Doctor, inspires, educates and empowers heart-centered entrepreneurs on how to increase their wealth by boosting their health naturally. To download her free special report “5 Secrets to Supercharge Your Health and Skyrocket Your Wealth” go to The Flow Doctor.

Feng Shui Made Simple: Room By Room bundle package will provide you with a system to arrange every room of your home. Your physical environment is a reflection of what’s happening in your life. Whether you desire to create shifts in your wealth, your health, your relationships or all of the above, shifting your environment with Feng Shui will provide you with the energetic support that you need to achieve your goals.

Are you willing to leap?

I’ve been getting some questions from people who are interested in attending the Soulful Marketing Experience and they want to know more specifically what will happen for them when they attend this event.

It’s a great question and I want to share with you what will happen for you…it’s just a few weeks away and I’m gearing up for an incredible event, powerful transformations, and some major breakthroughs.

Here’s what will happen for those of you who attend this event:

*You’ll find the courage and confidence to market yourself in bold new ways that will feel authentic, easy, and fun.

*You will understand who your ideal client is and how to get into their head and heart so your marketing will become more effective – lessening the time between meeting someone and having them make a decision to become a client.

* You will have a clear plan of action on how to move forward in the most powerful way, saving you time and money on marketing in the wrong places and to the wrong people.

*Fully understand your potential and the possibilities that live within you, have more empowering beliefs and thoughts to help you move through any fear, negative behaviors, and into right and inspired action.

*Discover how what you offer is remarkable, unique, and different from other people in your industry and how you can tap into your creative power to truly set yourself a part.

*What your clients REALLY want and how you can give it to them on a silver platter, having them eating out of the palm of your hand, and referring endless clients to you.

*Loose the fear that is holding you back, get the support to move forward, and find the power to boldly claim the success that you crave.

*How to make your business so remarkable, memorable, and “buzz-worthy” that your marketing gets simplified.

*Choosing a niche that will make you RICH and why specialist make more than generalist and how you can tap into your specific market.

*How to use whole person marketing so you can always feel fulfilled in your business, preventing you from burnout, exhaustion, and dissatisfaction.

*The secret to getting raving fans, repeat clients and an army of people sharing what you do, so you don’t have to.

*Plus you’ll make incredible connections with other serious business owners and have the opportunity to network and share what you do.

* And the time to turn within through yoga, meditation, and more and find your true authentic path to soulful synchronicity.

Most importantly this isn’t a two day lecture series. This is a workshop where you will do the work, get feedback and support and create a clear plan of action so when you return back to your business you know exactly what steps to take moving forward.

If you are serious about making your business a success in 2010 than now is the time to start. Don’t let fear hold you back. Be bold and courageous and trust that when you make a decision out of faith that the Universe will take care of you.

If you continue to make decisions based on fear, you will never see the opportunities that are in front of you. Faith, trust, and belief are essential components for tapping into the success that is waiting for you.

If you are feeling called to be at the Soulful Marketing Experience than make a commitment to yourself and show the Universe you are serious and willing to do what it takes.

Remember, if you always do what you have always done – you will always get what you’ve always gotten.

There is no greater sign to showing your commitment to your purpose and passion than taking action.

Don’t delay, the registration deadline is November 6^th. These two days will change your life. Thursday & Friday, Nov 12 & 13 will be dates you’ll never forget.

I also want to reiterate this workshop is not for everyone. If you are seriously struggling I do not want you to sped your last dollars to be here. This workshop is for serious business minded people who are ready to step up and claim their divine power and share their gifts with the world and make a BIG difference in their life and business.

This is not for people who make excuses or who are afraid to take risks, this is for the serious heart-centered entrepreneur only – the person who is willing and able to make the changes to achieve the level of success they desire.

You can register and reserve your spot here today at http://www.andreacostantine.com/soulfulexperience

If you need help making a decision, let me know. I’m here to serve you and I will let you know if this is not the right thing for you.

Live Consciously & Market Authentically,

Andrea Costantine

http://www.andreacostantine.com/soulfulexperience

Listening to YourSELF

I usually don’t post other people’s work on my blog; however, when this article came through this morning I wanted to share it. It’s exactly what I’ve discovered this year myself and it’s exactly what I teach. Looking forward to serving people at the Soulful Marketing Experience where they too will discover that what’s truly important in their business is finding their true authentic path and once and for all drop all of the shoulds.

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Listen to YourSELF by Christine Kloser

 There’s been something missing from the business success principles that have been taught for decades. When you’re on a path of growth and expansion in your business, the strategies, tactics and principles you learn are only HALF of what you need to know. I’m sure you’ve been to many seminars, read lots of books and researched online to learn how to market your business, use social media, create information products, leverage multiple streams of income, hire a team, create systems, increase your fees, do joint ventures, create events, etc.

I’ve done the same thing. I’ve invested more money than I care to admit to learn how to grow my business. And, I grew my business to a point that many would consider incredibly successful. But, what I didn’t realize is that I was growing the business on a cracked foundation. Why? Because I listened to others more than I listened to myself. I tried to model others, more than I created a unique model that worked for me. I did what I thought I should do rather than what was 100% right for me and my life. I allowed some of my decisions to be made from my ego, rather than my heart.

You may find this ironic to hear from the woman who is known for her authenticity and for being a pioneer in conscious entrepreneurship. It surprised me, too, when with the help of my spiritual teacher I looked more closely at the business I had created and saw many things about it (and myself) that needed to shift.

What scared me the most, when I realized I hadn’t been listening to my SELF, is how many other people this is happening to. I teach about conscious entrepreneurship, I make it a discipline to be awake and aware to what’s really happening in my business. I focus on the conscious journey I’m on. And, yet I was asleep in some ways. I felt such compassion for myself that I hadn’t truly listened to the depths of my soul and what it was saying to me, and I felt compassion for all entrepreneurs who are asleep in some way in their business.

So, I’ve been on a journey of learning to listen to myself at a deeper level. And, I invite you to join me on this journey, too. I want to share four of the ways I’ve been deepening my ability to listen to my self. And, conveniently, they spell S.E.L.F…

Silence In a world filled with noise, noise and more noise… silence truly is golden. As entrepreneurs, we’re overwhelmed by email, phone calls, TV, radio, social media, blogs, teleclasses, a long “to do” list, etc. And, it’s all draws your focus to the external. Yet, in order to succeed as a happy, fulfilled, successful conscious entrepreneur your focus needs to be inside of yourself. Silence is how this happens. So, today, please take five minutes to sit in silence. Breathe deeply and tune into your internal world. Enjoy the silence and time to simply be with yourself.

Evaluation Rather than rushing from one thing to another, chasing creative ideas as quickly as they arrive, allow yourself to evaluate everything. With each step you take in your business, be conscious about what’s happening. Does it feel right? Is it working? Is it fun and easy? Did you say “yes” when you wanted to say “no”? Is it worth it? Is it profitable? Too often, entrepreneurs get so excited about what’s next, that they move forward too fast and say “yes” too often. The biggest gift you can give yourself is to honestly evaluate what you’ve done and what you want to do to make sure it is completely aligned with you, your business and your life.

Listening Listening piggy backs on silence. Once you turn your focus inward to be present with your own beautiful being, it’s the perfect time and space in which to listen to your heart. For entrepreneurs, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the external world of money, success models, marketing, networking, creating, etc. But, none of the external aspects of your business will come together with grace if you don’t take time to listen to what’s TRUE for you.

Focus on Freedom Every decision you make in your business needs to bring you closer to Freedom! And not only financial freedom; but freedom in every area of your life. If you make a decision in your business that robs you of a freedom you want in your life, it’s not the right decision to make. Focusing exclusively on financial freedom can lead to overwhelm, confusion, exhaustion and frustration. When you focus on freedom on every level… financial, spiritual, physical and emotional… you will be guided to make the right decisions for your self.

I encourage you to write these four principles on a sticky note or index card right now and place it somewhere near your computer. Use it as a reminder to be silent, evaluate, listen and focus on freedom as you travel the path of conscious entrepreneurship. © 2009 Christine Kloser

Would you like to use this article? You may as long as you include the following information along with the article: Christine Kloser, author of The Freedom Formula, helps entrepreneurs put soul in their business and money in the bank. If you want to thrive in your purpose-driven, profitable business (while enjoying a soul-satisfying life), send for my special report, How to Avoid the 3 Massive Mistakes Made by Most Conscious Entrepreneurs and my audio, 7 Strategies Entrepreneurial Authors Need to Know… Before Writing a Word, both of which you get (at no charge) when you request my Conscious Business Success Kit at Love Your Life.

To Trade or Not to Trade – that is the question.

Trading is a big when it comes to service based professionals. Many individuals who meet someone and like their services offer to trade, interestingly though trading isn’t always the smartest business move.

I find that some individuals trade with the hope that you’ll get a taste of their services and want to pay to continue; others however, trade because they don’t have the cash flow to pay for what it is you offer.

I find trading to be very interesting and wanted to write about when is it a good time to trade and when is it a bad thing for you and your business.

When it’s good to trade:

1. You are looking for a person with exact services and they are looking for exactly you. Meaning you needed some help with organizing and they desperately needed your pain management services.  And since both equally desire the others services a fair trade is in order and can be negotiated.

Simply put, that’s the only time it’s really good to trade. There are some other random examples where trading may be effective and work in your favor, but generally speaking this is the best trade situation.

Trading is different than gifts of services. There will be times when you actually “gift” your services to someone, whether they have a large center of influence, would be a good referral source, or you simply feel compelled to work with them and want to do so from a giving manner. A gift of service is acceptable at any time; however, no strings of attachment or expectations should be placed upon the gift of service otherwise it’s a lien on the relationship and that’s not good either.

When is it a bad time to trade:

• You are looking for a particular service and have something to offer, yet that other person isn’t looking for what you have to trade. 

 

Here’s why this is a bad idea for trade. Many people (self-included) feel guilty when they know someone could really use their services but cannot afford to pay and start coming up with ways of forcing how a trade could work. But unequal trades equals unhappy people. Most people don’t value traded services in the same way they would a paid service. Secondly, and far worse is the lack of money energy exchanged, but I’ll go more into that one later.

 

• Trading to showcase your services to someone else so they can test you out and you can test out their services as well.

 

The problem with this is that many people who end up trading, rarely ever come back to do a paid service. (And before you start jumping down my throat – hear me out). Why do you think this is? It’s because they don’t have the money.

 

Most people trade because they cannot afford to pay for the services you have. Which is okay, sometimes we cannot afford everything that is out there, but the cycle is this: when you pay for a service and spend your money you are showing to the Universe that you trust that 1. There is enough for everyone 2. That you honor and respect money 3. That you honor and appreciate yourself 4. That you honor and appreciate the other person 4. The Universe is abundant 5. That money is energy and all giving is receiving in some way

 

The biggest problem I see with trading is that people get caught in the trade cycle, where they aren’t paying for any services nor are they receiving money for any services. If you really want to “trade” services for someone do a physical exchange of money – you pay them $100 and they can turn around and pay it back to you in a week. This money energy will do you far more good than ever receiving endless amounts of trades and non-energy exchanges.

 

If you don’t believe me try it. Start paying for what you want from people it will actually help you attract the money into your life.

 

If you decide to trade, barter, or do any type of negotiating all of this needs to be done prior to working together, coming back to someone after services have been completed and firming up details can strain even the greatest of business relationships. Like all partnership and business transactions discuss the details and the specifics beforehand and any changes need to be made along the way – bring them up immediately and don’t delay!

Independence Day

Would love to know your comments!