Tag Archive 'entreprenuership'

Nov 12 2008

Does a Business Startup Have To Be Hard?

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 262 views

I don’t think so. I’ve found that the more authentic the business is for the entrepreneur, the easier it is to build. Opportunities and productivity increase in proportion to fulfillment. Since there is an easier way why do so many solopreneurs insist on earning success the hard way?

Pamela Slim over at Escape From Cubicle Nation wrote this thought-provoking post.
Who says following your dreams shouldn’t be hard?

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Nov 05 2008

Entrepreneurship Interview

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 188 views

Akemi Gaines, of Yes To Me, interviewed me for her Successful and Inspiring Entrepreneurs series.

I share my story and startup realizations. I’d be grateful if you’d visit her blog and tell me what you think over there.

Read interview here, thanks!

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Oct 07 2008

Authoring Your Own Life

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 127 views

You are your own best authority. You know what works best for you and what doesn’t. Even though it may appear more comforting to receive validation of a business plan or startup idea from another, your best bet is to trust yourself.

The bottom line is, no one cares about you as much as you do. Authoring ones own life is about engaging the courage to follow ones own gut. It’s about being your own man or woman in every way.

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Sep 22 2008

Authentic Business Discovery

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 114 views

The absolute sweet spot of your business is that place where your deep gladness meets the world’s deep need. But how do we find a need so deep that fulfilling it would also make us feel so good?

There are two distinct schools of thought when it comes to discovering the right business to launch. One school seems to be more spiritually based because they talk about finding work that you love, following your passion and living a purposeful life.

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Sep 14 2008

Finding Your Business Sweet Spot

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Coaching | Email This Post Email This Post | 106 views

Since each of us has unique desires, values and strengths it follows that each of us also has a unique business in us that we could build better than anyone else. Discovering that business and then developing the confidence to launch it, is what stops most folks from enjoying the fulfillment, freedom and prosperity that was meant to be theirs. The absolute sweet spot of your business is where your deep gladness meets the world’s deep need.

Vocation is where your deep gladness meets the world’s deep need. Frederich Buechner

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Jul 17 2008

The Missing Key to Success

Published by Tom Volkar under Coach Your Life | Email This Post Email This Post | 128 views

Have you ever felt like you were so close to the success you wanted but were missing one pivotal piece? What if you could identify that missing piece and make the adjustment, and then all things good would begin to flow to you? What would that be worth?
I once had a client, Joe, who worked [...]

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Oct 16 2007

Opportunities Abound… But Where Do They Come From?

Published by Tom Volkar under Money | Email This Post Email This Post | 81 views

Become an opportunity creator rather than an opportunity seeker.
I used to search for opportunities. As an opportunity seeker, I once sought out ways to make more money. But I know now that what I was really looking for was greater freedom. That freedom was found by recognizing my own talents, values and capabilities rather than [...]

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