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Currently doing a Blog Guest Tour, Kathleen Gage has personally chosen MotivationalResources.com in order to meet with you and offer FREE professional expertise in the form of high value and content rich information! Today, Feb 11 2010, Kathleen – aka The Street Smarts Marketer – will be reading your comments to my blog, and answering your questions. Wow!

Read the article below and please post your comments (appreciations?) here on my blog. Questions? Post them there too and Kathleen Gage will respond.

Resolving Deep-Seated Conflicts About Money

Guest Post By Kathleen Gage

Conscious entrepreneurship is a topic of conversation for many people these days. Long gone are the days of running a business simply to make money.

Today, many business owners, and soon to be business owners, want to do more than simply run a business to achieve the outward rewards. They want to make a contribution to the betterment of society, specific organizations that make a difference in the world and they want to sincerely improve the  lives of their customers and feel great about the good they bring to their vendors by virtue of the fact they hired them.

There is much more of a spiritual element to business today than ever before. Yet for many entrepreneurs there seems to be a deep seated conflict that making money is not spiritual.

The fact is, making money can be one of the most spiritual things you do. Doesn’t it make sense that when money is not an issue there is more good you can do for others and for those organizations you believe in?

The belief of money being a bad thing is a deep seated one that was handed down by others. “Don’t be greedy,” we were warned. “Money is the root of all evil,” we heard in many different ways. “Who are you to think you can be THAT successful?” we were scolded by authority figures.

Truth be told, the more you have the more good you can do if in fact, your moral compass is on track. So how does one move from the place of disempowering beliefs to those that will not only serve us, but all those we do business with.

Begin with this.

1. Write down all your beliefs around money
2. Determine when you first formulated these beliefs
3. Decide if each one serves you
4. Focus on the good your money can do for others

I used to live in a very lack filled reality. I was so filled with fear that I would never have enough; I conveniently created this as a reality so I could be right. You see, no matter what our beliefs we want to be right. It doesn’t matter how painful our existence is, we want to be right.

Until we realize some beliefs no longer serve us and until we willingly change them, we will be unable to live the life we say we want. Until we change, nothing is going to change.

Yet, as we allow ourselves to acknowledge the story we have consistently told ourselves no longer serves us, we shift our energy in such a way as to move away from old beliefs to new beliefs. This allows us to not only live an incredibly abundant life that brings us great joy, but also brings joy to others.

Think of it this way… the more abundance you have the more good you can do for others whether it be family members, friends, community members, organizations and causes.

It is very fulfilling to know when you are called upon to help; you can do so without wondering if you will be able to pay your bills.

Success and abundance is a mindset. It is one that requires diligence. It also requires being willing to move away from those things that pull you down and move towards those that lift you up. It may even require you change the people you hang out with.

If you are surrounded with people who are constantly talking about how bad things are, you are making it very difficult on yourself. Rather, surround yourself with people who believe in possibility; people who can be a model for you to emulate possibility living.

Granted, it may be uncomfortable to make some changes, but as your life changes you can look back and realize that by willingly taking steps towards a better life, you are in such an incredible position to improve all things you come in contact with.

About the author
Kathleen Gage is an Internet marketing adviser who works with spiritually aware speakers, authors, coaches and consultants who are ready to turn their knowledge into money making products and services. Find out how you can learn from Kathleen on how to build a successful business using the Internet through her Street Smarts Marketing VIP Club by Clicking Here

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I didn’t expect to learn a lot about starting an online business from the ducks and ducklings who summer on the river in front of our cabin. But I was surprised to find that I did.

We’ve been at our cabin in SW Colorado all summer, and have had the never-ending [...]]]> By: Deb LaQua, BusinessBuildingShortcuts.com

I didn’t expect to learn a lot about starting an online business from the ducks and ducklings who summer on the river in front of our cabin. But I was surprised to find that I did.

We’ve been at our cabin in SW Colorado all summer, and have had the never-ending joy of watching ducklings grow from fuzzy balls floating on the river to developing feathers to learning to fly.

Yesterday, as I was sitting here at my computer and looking out at the river, a group of two duckling families floated by…or maybe I should say whizzed past…on the river. Some of the ducklings were older and more skilled, and some barely had their adult feathers.

They were moving fast, and making a wake behind them as they appeared to be trying to take off and fly. Some of them got above the water for a second, and then plopped back down. They were really working hard at this new skill.

The adult ducks were right there with them, buzzing through the water, getting a bit airborne, and then settling back in on the surface. Demonstrating what to do every step of the way.

It’s been a long time in duck years since these babies first got their feet wet in this business of becoming a duck. We’ve watched them learn where to walk and swim, discover whom to learn from, and find out how to cooperate to stay safe and alive. We’ve seen them try new things, and sometimes venture out on their own.

The adult ducks aren’t teaching the ducklings how to fly by swooping around high in the air, showing off their fancy high-altitude flying and advanced hawk-evading techniques. They are right there on the water, demonstrating the next logical step in the learning process.

I remember the feeling of being a duckling when it came to starting an online business, with so very much to learn. The struggle of paddling hard upstream to master a new skill. And then the joy of drifting downstream as it became second nature.

But I also get the joy of being adult ducks, teaching and demonstrating the skills we have learned so that others might also survive and thrive in this journey of starting an online business.

Somewhat unlike our duck family, there never seems to be a time to stop learning from others, so we continue to take courses that teach the next skill we need to learn. We continue to benefit from our coaches and mentors. We get together with like-minded people at live events.

Deb LaQua BusinessBuildingShortcuts.com