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Ever Want to Just Quit Your Biz?





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I can hear you now … “Well, DUH, Anne, of course I do!  At least sometimes.”

 

Yeah, I get it.  There are those moments, aren’t there?

 

And yet, something  keeps you going.  Something keeps you trying.  Something keeps you taking action; it keeps you holding onto the dream.

 

What IS that something?

 

I believe it is a dream that each one of us has, one that has ahold of us and won’t let go.

 

For many, it is a dream of owning a business that brings you joy, the dream of having the freedom to create life on your terms, to have abundance to share, and the time to spend, with those you love.  A dream of a life where you are contributing to the lives of others in a powerful way.

 

Those are some powerful reasons why you would build a business such as this:  time, freedom, money, contribution.

 

So, let me ask you a question:  If you are building your business, then do you know your “why” – your reason for building it?

 

Here’s why I ask.  If you know your why, then that reason will sustain you through the “How?” moments.  You know, those moments when you can’t figure out how to do something big and you just want to say “That’s it!  I QUIT!  I am outta here!”

 

I believe that if you allow yourself to experience the breakdown (the I-wanna-quit moments) and know that on the other side of your breakdown is a breakthrough, then you’ll actually move through that temptation to quit.

 

You see, breakdowns and feeling like you want to quit are a normal part of building a business.  They are just feelings.  Feelings to move through.  (Not to give in to.)

 

You can recover from the feelings.

 

But you cannot recover from The Quit.

 

Because if you quit, then the next time you have a dream (and you will have another dream because we are dreaming beings), you will be more cynical and less believing about your ability to make that dream come true.

 

And it will be twice as hard for you to keep going when you have breakdowns.

 

So here’s a little secret to help:

 

Breakdowns are inevitable when you’re creating a dream.

 

This means that as you move through the breakdown and look for a resolution to the fear, you’ll find it.  (And you’ll get to the breakthrough much more quickly.)

Here’s the coolest thing about this:

 

Your clients and your potential clients need you to not quit.

 

They need you to find your way through the maze.  Because you finding your way will help them find their way through later on.

 

So, go find your way, tap (do EFT), get help, find someone who can help you move through the feelings, and keep going.  You will be ever so glad you did!

 

Bringing your spiritual gifts to the world in an abundant way is one of the most rewarding things you could possibly do.

 

So go.  Do what you came here to do. And celebrate that you are still holding fast to that dream and that you have what you need to do to bring it into creation!

 

It just doesn’t get any better than that.

 

 

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What Do You REALLY Want?

Last Thursday, my daughter, my only baby, graduated from college. And the Saturday before that, my nephew graduated from college. (Exciting, huh? Oh, yeah, Baby!)

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When asked about their futures, they had similar answers, but very different plans. My daughter, Christina, wants to get a job in her field of theatre. And she’s engaged to be married, so she’s full of wedding plans. My nephew, Rob, is heading to law school in the fall. Different plans. And both of them say they really don’t know what they want to do with their lives. Similar answers.

Yet they both want the same things: happiness, love, fulfillment, abundance, freedom, peace of mind. We all want that, don’t we? (I know I do.)

So the question really isn’t “What plans do you have for your future?” or “What are you going to do now?” (although those are the most commonly-asked questions of people their age). Rather, the question is “What is it that you want in your life?”

Or even more to the point “Who are you going to be (and what are you going to think) to create what it is you that want?” Of course, nobody would really ask that question to someone they just met. That’s a very intimate, very personal question.

So, I’ll ask it here, for you to ask yourself: “Who am I going to be, and what am I going to think, to create what it is I want in my life?”

Hmmm… let’s just back it up a little bit further.

Let me ask this question: “What is it that I want in my life anyway?” Most of us think of what we want in life as the avenue through which what we REALLY want is attained or traveled.

For example, let’s just say I met someone who wants to be a chef. And I ask them “What is it about being a chef that you love?” Then they tell me “Oh, well, I love working with food.” (That’s the avenue through which what they REALLY want is attained.)

Then I might ask them, “Great! So what is it about working with food that you love?” They may say, “I love tasting it, and I love creating something beautiful and delicious.” (Still more of the avenue, but we are getting closer to the heart of what it is they really want.)

So I then would ask, “What is it about creating that you love?” And they might say, “Well, I get into a space where everything just falls away, and I become one with the food.”

Well, dear ones, then THAT right there is what you want in your life. It is the connection to Spirit, to the Divine that you are seeking. And it is through the avenue of being a chef that it is attained.

You can try this out with anything you want in your life. Say, for example, you want to be in a loving relationship. Then you can ask yourself “What is it about being in a loving relationship that I love?” You’ll begin to see that it isn’t about having another person in your life, but rather it is about the connection you have with that person that is the expression of Divinity itself – and that is what you ultimately want.

And the happiness, peace of mind, abundance, love, fulfillment and freedom that I mentioned above? Well, they are all simply expressions of that connection.

The more we connect to Divinity or Spirit, the more we experience those characteristics – no matter what we do in our lives. When we be connection, we then experience the fruits of that beingness.

So, what is it that you really want in your life?

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