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My new book -- The Principles of Authentic Business: Create a Sustainable Livelihood from the Heart -- describes the philosophy of how I do business differently than I used to... and differently from the mainstream.

Some people have asked me about the spiritual influences behind my work. In this video I reveal the books that have made the biggest difference for me. More importantly, it's the values resulting from those books and spiritual beliefs that inform my business today.

​Here's the vide…

If you are a service provider struggling with describing what kind of work you do with clients, this post is for you.

Try the following exercise and if you’d like, comment below with what you come up with. (You may also get inspired by reading others’ comments too.)

If you think by writing, then write down your answers. If instead you’re better at coming up with ideas by talking, then start a recording (e.g. on your phone’s voice memo app) and just allow yourself to imagine and intuit whatever…

When it comes to social media, I recommend text and video (rather than images) whenever possible -- because with text (example) and video (example), you’re reaching people who will resonate with your message, rather than just followers who like your pretty pictures and might not even be reading your messages.

However, this is different on Instagram and Twitter, where you can’t communicate a long message or video (except for IGTV), and therefore, images with a short message are the next best thi…

A reader asked about my process of writing blog posts and making videos:

"When you do your content planning for the week, do you pick a theme or category for that week's content? Is your content planned within certain guidelines? Or do you just go by what you are inspired to share that week and whatever is up for you in the moment? I've heard a lot about having themes for each week, so I'm wondering if there needs to be any organizational way to plan our content. Thanks for any tips!"

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