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by Tara Joyce | Nov 15, 2010 | My Journey | What's On My Mind
[tweetmeme] Last week I attended a 3-day coaching training program at Integral Coaching Canada. I’d never had any coaching training before and I felt it was important for my Self and my business to have my foundations built in a school of knowledge.
There are many coaching schools in Canada, and throughout the world, but when I learned there was a coaching school based on Ken Wilbur’s Integral Theory AND run by the Integral Institute, AND that it was in Canada, AND 4 hours away in Ottawa, I knew it was the place for me.
Integral Theory encompasses and expands on the Cultural Creative wordview. It is a holistic model, “a theory of everything” that outlines and explains the perspectives or lens through which every human sees and understands the world.
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by Tara Joyce | Nov 4, 2010 | Pay What It's Worth Pricing
If I Am Ever Going to Support Something…
Perhaps you’ve noticed, but I don’t really do endorsements here. I just can’t get behind a person, a place or a thing that I haven’t experienced directly, and derived value from. How could I assure you of the value of something or someone I’ve never actually worked with? I can’t. So I won’t. And I haven’t.
This decision is despite ‘information’ otherwise insinuating that one could grow rich and buy a yacht if only they had some affiliate advertising on their site.
I love money, I do, but my focus is on value. And I will not support things just because I can profit from them. I am committed to associating with excellence, in every facet of everything I do. I can not ignore the cost to my business of promoting the mediocre, and not really helping people. It is not worth compromising my most prized asset, my integrity.
This is Me Supporting Something… and Why
Two weeks ago, Mark Dykeman of Thoughtwrestling offered me a free review copy of his ebook on mind mapping.
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by Tara Joyce | Oct 22, 2010 | Innerpreneurship
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I don’t believe in plans. But planning is essential.
Plans involve making educated assumptions on what the convenient future could entail for your business. But why plan for a future that isn’t going to happen the way you planned it to? In most instances, people think predicting the future is hogwash, but strangely not when it comes to business.
Planning involves educating yourself on where you are going, developing a strategy for how you are going to get there, and a vision of what you want to experience along the way. You don’t need to predict the future, you just need to know there is a route.
Process, not Product
I’ve found answering these 10 questions on business planning is a solid foundation on which to build a sustainable strategy for growth.
The Innerpreneur’s Guide to Planning Your Business
A. What You’re Getting Out of It
1. Why are you starting the business?
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by Tara Joyce | Oct 21, 2010 | Cultural Creativity
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How Selfish. Egotistical. Narcissistic.
There is something scary about believing that wanting a Self is not selfish.
There’s something terrifying about admitting it’s our natural instinct towards a wholeness that is truly our birthright.
It makes us feel ashamed, judged, blamed. It makes us feel like helpless children.
How Evolutionary.
It’s a new movement for humans to recognize the value in having a Self. And the value in doing things in support of it.
Slowly, generation-ally, evolution-ally, we are waking to this concept. The Baby Boomers were the first batch of humans to understand that wanting a Self is a natural stage in our evolution.
And yet fifty or so years later, mainstream culture and religion still portray supporting a Self as a gluttonous and silly act.
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by Tara Joyce | Oct 15, 2010 | Self/Business Growth
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The Talk
It’s not always useful.
Be careful. Protect yourself. And your work.
You know what’s best. ‘Should’ is not a reason to do anything.
Advice isn’t always helpful. Premature questions and assumptions are not your friends.
Be Discerning
Sharing something special with someone who is not discerning, or when you aren’t yet ready, is a risky move.
Talk takes energy. And if we aren’t careful, talk dilutes our feelings, and our passions.
