Monthly Archives for September, 2010

Why

Why

Chris Guillebeau asks “Why do we do the things we do? What’s the point? What are we working towards?” Simon Sinek has a great TED talk about how nailing the ‘Why ‘ of your business will help you be more successful. This is where you drill down to your passion, where you choose what you […]

Cash Flow as Sleep Aid

Cash Flow as Sleep Aid

Sleep Like A Baby Originally uploaded by peasap A good cash flow tool will help you sleep at night. More than anything, it’s money worries that wake up small business owners in the middle of the night. Following your passion, rather than taking a job means that your cash flow may be erratic. It’s better […]

Profit or Prosperity?

Profit or Prosperity?

Pond on the Water Meadows – Winchester Originally uploaded by neilalderney123 When people say to follow your passion and the money will follow, what exactly do they mean? I have friends who are passionate about their painting and living an organic lifestyle. They may not have much money, but they have a better life than […]

Happiness

Happiness

happiness Originally uploaded by mlcastle Happiness has become a goal. The goal for life used to be survival and perpetuating the species. Now it’s happiness. An industry has grown up around this desire; an industry pushing us to buy and do and follow their formula to have happiness. As though happiness were a problem to […]

Passion

Passion

live with passion. Originally uploaded by It’s Holly For instance, I am passionate about helping people make their small businesses work for them, not the other way around. I do that by providing bookkeeping services and therefore good data. This is my paid gig. I also organize events, write in this blog and read voraciously. […]

Living Life

Living Life

soo-prize Originally uploaded by shannonkringen If you are spending your time pursuing your passion you are living a better life than the vast majority of people around you now. Think about that for a minute. How many people do you see living the slow death of working at work they don’t even like. While you, […]

Passion, Profit and Prosperity

Passion, Profit and Prosperity

If you follow your passion the money will follow. In some cases this is true, but in others it isn’t.  What makes the difference? People who are passionate about what they do and make a profit; put effort into making their passionate pursuit profitable.  It doesn’t mean they put less effort into their passion, merely […]