Shakti Gawain was one of my favorite writers years ago. In her book, Living With Joy she wrote, ” Do what you love and the money will follow.” At the time I didn’t quite get it because I always did what I loved and the money didn’t always follow, however I do get it now. Doing a business is hard work and if it’s a labor of love, then it is much easier to stay with it when the going gets hard. The love, passion and joy of your work will give you the oomph to stay with it and overcome any limitations. If you work just for the money, there is no motivation and no passion moving you forward. What do you think?

Just the word money tends to bring up heaps of  emotions in people. Just the other day one of my clients said that ” I really don’t need a lot of money, just enough to get by on,”  I asked her what that meant, get by how?  She said, ” well just for what I need, and no more.”   I then asked her how much she needed. As you could guess, she hadn’t a clue.

She has a small solo-entrepreneur sewing business. She repairs clothing, makes curtains and creates accessories like scarves. As we talked about her business she realized that it would be nice if she could hire someone to help her. She had no  long term vision but when pressed she very tentatively mentioned the idea of a shop and a wholesale business although her self-esteem was challenged by this idea.  It could be that her idea of not needing much money was a reflection of staying smaller and feeling small.

Can anyone relate to this story. Does your vision include ideas that challenge your own self-esteem and do you know how much money you want? I would love to hear your responses.

Like most entrepreneurs, networking is part of my usual weekly regimen. It seems like most networking events have a plethora of finance people; lenders, real estate brokers and money advisers.  So it is especially refreshing to meet someone who is in a totally different  business. My ears perk up so to speak and my interest is peaked.  Kim is one such person. We met on an online group and made a wonderful connection via our doggies.  Have a look at my little doggie featured on her website this month.

Just for fun I invite you to share one of your own excellent and creative networking experiences. This way we are networking  our networking?? Sounds strange but you get the idea.