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​If you can love the process, you’ll stick with it. 
 
If you stick with it, you’ll get enough practice to succeed.

The process I recommend is The 7 Disciplines of Authentic Business.
 
By learning to enjoy the disciplines, you’ll find more creativity and fulfillment as you work on your business.
 
In this blog post I’ll help you turn the 7 disciplines into the 7 joys!

You’re diligently working on your authentic business… but how do you know if it’s going in the right direction?
 
Or maybe you’ve hired a coach or consultant to help you, but how do you know they’re really helping?
 
I recommend these 10 metrics to gauge your business success. In this post, I’ll explain each one.
 

1. Content Consistency
2. Content Reach is Growing
3. Engagement on your content (likes, comments, shares)
4. Audience Research is giving you market …

In any area of life, if you want to sustain well-being, discipline is required. Specific actions, when done consistently, allow you to thrive. 

In physical health, the disciplines may include: eating nutritiously, exercising adequately, sleeping enough, and loving relationships.

When it comes to authentic business, there are 7 disciplines that I recommend. In my group coaching program, I work with participants to consistently track their actions in th…

A reader asked: 

“How can we maintain an authentic approach, yet integrate business practices such as target goals? I have a personal challenge to top my best efforts from the previous quarter, e.g. doing twice as many videos, selling more products, etc. Is it possible to have ambition, while being authentic?”

I love this question. I feel that it aims to integrate spirituality and worldliness, right and left brain, heaven and earth.

Here is my approach to synergize these polarities:

(Originally written in January 2018; updated July 2019.)
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An authentic business is financially viable and deeply meaningful to you. You make enough money. Yet, the activity itself feels worthwhile, regardless of the money.

I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to help many people in their authentic businesses, and also operating my own successfully for over a decade.

There seems to be 4 important layers of activity for every successful authentic business.