by Tara Joyce | Sep 21, 2009 | Cultural Creativity
My old dentist was very clear on her bottom line. She didn’t hide it well. Each time she saw me she focused on what she could get from me not on what I needed. Mouth guards, teeth whitening and gum graphs were the name of her game. It was always what was wrong with my teeth, not what was right.
I decided to switch dentists.
Being treated like a walking dollar sign got old. Being treated without her full attention got old. Being kept in the dark on my health got old. She kept her knowledge tight to her chest, never daring to share what she knew with her patients. She did not believe in empowering her patients by fostering their learning about their own dental health. She wanted to maintain the chasm of expert and ignorant client for she saw it as a means to influence opinion and encourage uneducated decisions, often based upon fear.
by Tara Joyce | Sep 17, 2009 | Innerpreneurship
It scares me to stand behind the word Innerpreneur.
As much as it connects me to you, and encompasses my views on business, life and everything in between, I am conscious of how the word, a word that references that which is within us, appears to others.
Do you experience the smirks?
Perhaps in your social life spirituality is an open topic but in mine it is not. Reading this blog is more a window into my soul than most people get.
by Tara Joyce | Sep 14, 2009 | Self/Business Growth
A mind that is not open to change can not be changed.
You are looking for miracles if you try to change the mind of someone who:
- totally does not agree with what you are saying and is happy with things as they are. You have nothing to connect with this person over and your ideas will hold no weight.
- denies that things can change, as they have already blocked them Self from the idea and from true communication with you.
by Tara Joyce | Sep 11, 2009 | My Journey | What's On My Mind
I’m not so into community.
I’m more of a solitary sort.
I wonder if all us Innerpreneurs need is encouragement, not community. Just simple awareness that there are others cultivating their business within.
photo credit: Pulpolux !!!
by Tara Joyce | Sep 10, 2009 | Cultural Creativity
As author Thomas Friedman illuminated in his books, The World is Flat and Hot, Flat and Crowded, the world is increasingly becoming more hot (global warming, etc.), flat (simple knowledge dissemination) and crowded (rapidly growing world population).
The middle class in the Eastern world grows daily. In the 80’s and 90’s alone, 200 million people entered the middle class in India and China alone. Twelve years from now there will be 1 billion more people on the planet than there is today – that’s 1 billion more people competing for work and resources. It’s a bit scary to think about… if the world feels crowded to you now, just wait a few decades.
