Comments on: Does a Business Startup Have To Be Hard?

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:11:46 +0000

I think that its comparable to how some people will expect something bad to happen soon because they might have recently been having an easier time of it and been quite lucky.

People seem conditioned to expect most of life to be hard, so much that if something happens to be easy for them, even if only for a short time, they feel like there must be something wrong, if at least part of a startup is easy, then why not embrace it, accept it for what it is.

Life doesn’t always have to be stressful, hard and filled with suffering.

Maybe people feel that something should be difficult to make them feel more worthy of it, like it was earned more.

By: Too small to fail: Startups can grow in recessions

Too small to fail: Startups can grow in recessions — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:02:43 +0000

[...] In a small, focussed market, you can delight customers one by one. You can develop fans and cheerleaders who will buy anything and everything you make and spread the word to everyone else in the community. You can quickly amass testimonials for your Web site that sell your services and products better than any brochure possibly could. It’s easier than you think; just be yourself. [...]

By: Too small to fail: How startups can grow in recessions | Insights into Startups and Entrepreneurship - nPost Blog

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:30:38 +0000

[...] In a small, focussed market, you can delight customers one by one. You can develop fans and cheerleaders who will buy anything and everything you make and spread the word to everyone else in the community. You can quickly amass testimonials for your website that sell your services and products better than any brochure possibly could. It’s easier than you think; just be yourself. [...]

By: Raised Path

Raised Path — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:03:03 +0000

That’s the beauty of community. Coming together in conversation and sharing. Thanks for the reminder, it’s always great to hear it from someone else. Somehow it never gets old.

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:58:31 +0000

Evan – “A lightness that comes from moving from our core!” Indeed a lightness and a light that is very attractive to others. It’s always good to talk authentically with you.

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:52:25 +0000

I’m another one with Andrea.

Interestingly it has parallels with Ignatius Loyola – he noted that some imagination left him feeling better, other imagined scenes left him depleted. (I’m not a Catholic in case you are wondering.)

The distinction is about authenticity I think – and that there are different levels to us and our experience. When we move from our core there is a lightness, even if we are putting out heaps of energy.

Evans last blog post..Activities and Blogs I Enjoy

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:13:57 +0000

Daniel – Walking out of the bank after just depositing a huge check from a new project is one of my all time favorite visualizations. Go for it and come bacl and tell us how it went!

Lance – Imagine days and days of only doing what you love to do. See how that makes you feel.

Karl – I love that you’ve shared the example of authentic relationship. There are many possible soul mates for each of us just as their are countless authentic customers who match up. And they both show up in our lives when we express authentically.

Stacey – Forget about all that and simply answer this question. What CAN I do now? There’s always something. Do that and see what develops.

Ian – Good call mentioning your inner resources. Success is mainly an inside game. When we look through the lenses of gratitude, alignment and inspiration hard does become easier.
How sweet it is!

By: Ian Peatey

Ian Peatey — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:46:48 +0000

Hi Tom. I’m over on your side on this one. In fact, I’d go further and say that EVERYTHING is easier when :

“I make decisions guided by my core values.
… when I remember to express gratitude.
… when I’m inspired to serve.”

These three things don’t remove the obstacles or challenges – but they do give me greater inner resources to deal with them and they also attract others to support me in what I do. Whether it’s business, relationships, communities or anything else. I notice for myself that these three things make the ‘hardest work’ seem easier and not much life ‘work’. Ian

Ian Peateys last blog post..Dwelling on the lighter side

By: Stacey / Create a Balance

Stacey / Create a Balance — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:15:37 +0000

Great post! “Struggle seems to surface when I haven’t chosen authentically”...that was an ah-ha read for me. I have a dream to build an online life balance tool, but I feel stuck b/c I don’t know the IT knowledge (I can’t build it myself). So I wonder is this struggle the acknowledgement that I should move away from this idea? Or is this struggle a reaction to hitting a technical roadblock? Stacey / Create a Balances last blog post..21 Reasons to Schedule a Weekly Night Out for Yourself

By: Karl Staib - Work Happy Now

Karl Staib - Work Happy Now — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:42:50 +0000

It all depends on our perspective. If we view the work as hard then so it will be, but if we view the work as challenging to help us step to new levels then so it will be.

We get caught up in paddling upstream because we are confused. Believe me I’ve paddled up stream plenty of times.

I couldn’t find a partner that I wanted to spend my life with until I met my wife. I was trying too hard. When I stopped being someone I wasn’t, the person I was meant to marry was also ready for me.

Karl Staib – Work Happy Nows last blog post..Gary Vaynerchuk – Do What You Love