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In This Issue:
Welcome Message
Five
Fatal Words
Suggested Reading
Resources &
Opportunities
Closing Notes
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Unknown: "You cannot plough a field by
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Seneca "Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness."
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Arthur
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Along the Purpose Path
The
Newsletter of Path Of Purpose Coaching
Issue # 64 - July 1, 2006
Helaine Iris, Life and Business Coach
http://www.pathofpurpose.com/
Welcome Message
Welcome! If you've received value from your
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(in its entirety) to your friends and family. If they enjoy it
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That's how we all grow and make the world a better place one
person at a time! Enjoy!
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Five Fatal
Words
Helaine Iris
Sex, death and money are three topics guaranteed to get attention. You don't have to think about it for long to realize why. They all hold a fundamental, primal link with being human; we can't live without any of them. Clearly, as a species, sex is how we get here; it secures the future of our kind. Understandably it occupies a good part of our western culture mind. Death, on the other hand, is inescapable and mysterious --the inevitability of it provides the grist for living, the urge for purpose and meaning.
Money on the other hand seems to trump both sex and death in terms of our obsessive relationship to it and our confusion about what it is. While necessary for survival as a participant in society, it's not directly linked with life and death, yet, many of us relate to it as if our lives depend on it. Here's a news flash -- it's not.
Money is simply an invention of civilization. Historically developed as a mechanism of trade and resource, we have managed to elevate its symbolism way beyond the innate power that even sex and death hold for us. We, as a western culture have learned to give money uninvestigated meaning like nothing else I know of. Why is this?
It's safe to say confusion about money shows up for most people, in most aspects of their lives (regardless of how much or how little of it they have). I'm particularly curious about how this confusion seems to continuously plague small business owners, and their ability to build the thriving businesses they desire.
It's the fatal five words I hear ALL the time - "I just can't afford it" that's got me wondering about how to bridge the gap between reality and the
fiction that keep small business owners in fear and lack, constantly stressed about money, and unable to break
these disempowering belief patterns.
Fear not, there is an antidote that can help you break through to the other side. It's not easy, but it's possible. In order to get there, you need to learn and adopt
three very important skills. First, you need to increase your self-awareness about your inner beliefs and feelings about money, and second, you need to strengthen your ability to distinguish reality from fear and then, implement a solid plan.
Ponder your deep beliefs about money. Scan your past. What were the messages pervasive in the family and culture you were raised in? Were you raised to believe that money is the root of
evil; that money is not spiritual, promotes greed, and makes you compromise your
values; do you believe that money makes you happy; that money and power are synonymous? Isn't it time to update your out dated, disempowering mythology about money?
The truth about money is that it's not good, nor bad, it just a tool we use to exchange value. Simple. By investigating and then un-doing your beliefs about money you will neutralize the fear and stress.
Then you can take the next step and learn to distinguish reality from fear
and take appropriate action and begin smart fiscal planning.
Often times, being in business means spending money you don't have. It's a fact of business life, all be it a clich?, that you have to spend money to make money. Nine out of ten small businesses begin on a shoestring. While there's nothing wrong with the bootstrap approach, you've still got to know what you're doing.
Most business owners honestly don't know if they can afford expenditures
because they don't have a business plan, a budget or the proper financial instruments in place
to make clear decisions. The reason for this is both a lack of
skills and the outright fear of reality. You're afraid of finding out what you don't want to know and then
you make up a story about what might happen next. I'm here to tell you that ostrich medicine isn't a savvy business
strategy, and that reality is always easier to deal with then the stories we make up about it.
Make a plan to learn what might be missing from your business skill set. Discover what you truly believe about money versus what you've been replaying in your mind without giving it a second thought.
Most importantly, make a promise to yourself never to knee jerk the words "I can't afford it" again, unless you are crystal clear, based on current reality and sound thinking that it's the truth. You'll be less stressed, have a healthier business and probably be wealthier in spirit, if not also monetarily.
It's YOUR life...imagine the possibilities!
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Suggested Reading
In truth, It's not been a big reading month for me. We're
building a Straw Bale house and it's been far too compelling
to spend every available moment at the house site. I will
however recommend my favorite CD audio product (which I am
currently listening to for the second time):
Kosmic Consciousness by Ken Wilber. I think this 10 hour
series should be required listening for anyone interested in
human growth and development. This is a highly accessible,
entertaining and comprehensive work by the leader of integral
thought and theory. If you've been curious about integral
theory, tried to read Wilber and put him down (his books are
very dense) this is your opportunity to get it. It explains so
much about why humanity is the way it is and helped me make
peace with a complex and stressful world. It's well worth the
investment.
Details
here
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Resources and Opportunities
Sherrill St. Germain of New Means Financial Planning
writes a wonderful monthly newsletter
filled with valuable articles and worksheets to help
you get your personal finances on track. Read her latest
article Top 10 Signs You Might be Spending Too Much here
and while your at it become a subscriber.
Great vacation idea. My friend Marcia
Duffy just completed her book Farm Stays -- Northern New
England, Your Guide to an Unforgettable Farm Vacation
It helps you plan a unique
family vacation experience on a working farm: helping to milk
cows, walking with llamas, picking vegetables, or just
stepping off the fast-track and relaxing on a rocking chair on
the porch of an old farmhouse in Maine, New Hampshire or
Vermont! Find
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Or, is this your dream get away? Move Your Body, Move Your Mind A 15 day Life Coaching and Yoga Retreat to Awaken Your Spirit, and Balance Your Life
with Helaine Iris and Taialofa
Join us on the beautiful South Pacific Island of Samoa
May 8 - 22, 2007
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Closing Notes
About Helaine: Helaine is a
Life and Business Coach, who has been featured in
numerous publications, including "O" The Oprah Magazine.
She helps entrepreneurs and professional women
accelerate their professional success, while achieving a
more complete and fulfilling personal life. She
combines a broad range of professional experience in her work,
including management positions in the education,
training, retail and international non-profit
sectors. She loves her life and awakens each day excited to make the world a better place, one person at a time.
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