Tag Archive 'new business'

Aug 13 2010

Hope Floats … Temporarily

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 628 views

Hope sometimes gets a bad rap in self-development circles.

Perhaps these negative writers are too heavily influenced by parental programming cautioning them not to get their hopes up.

I think that hope is an essential prerequisite for all new business creators.

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Mar 16 2010

Authentic Inspiration Zaps Procrastination

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,505 views

Authentic inspiration is to procrastination what sunlight is to darkness.
Procrastination or any form of resistance just can’t coexist in the presence of authentic inspiration.

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Nov 17 2008

Seven Step Small Business Startup Checklist

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,718 views

To beat paralysis and get started on your authentic business you first need to master the inner game of business. What you’re thinking and feeling has direct impact on the actions you are or are not taking. Use this guide as a business startup list to be sure your head’s nailed on straight .
1. Exploit Your Authentic Edge

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Nov 12 2008

Does a Business Startup Have To Be Hard?

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 2,213 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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Sep 22 2008

Authentic Business Discovery

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 1,392 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 18 2008

Spirit and Business

Published by Tom Volkar under Business Startup | Email This Post Email This Post | 940 views

Yesterday I was leading a coaching group, via phone, on developing the confidence to be your own boss. During class we discussed the concept of burning desire and its origination from Spirit or God. Have you ever considered where your new business ideas come from?

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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 | 1,175 views

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

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