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Along the Purpose Path
The Newsletter of Path Of Purpose Coaching
Issue #89 - August 01, 2008
Helaine Iris, Certified Life Coach
http://www.pathofpurpose.com/

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One Little Idea Can Change Everything
By Helaine Iris
© 2008

Think about the many things you do every day when you own your own business. When you wrap your mind around the staggering array of tasks to be done and the various skill sets necessary, it can seem like a miracle you're successful at all. In the years I've been coaching small business owners it's become evident that upwards of 90% of you are not in business because you love business for business sake, or have a MBA. You're in business because you love to make candles, build websites, help people, or what ever your business offers.

Take Jack for example, a solo consultant who feels he's jogging in place on one leg trying to stay a step ahead of his customers. He loves what he does and is good at it, but resists the nuts and bolts of running his business and procrastinates like crazy. In particular, he's always stressing about his finances and worried there's never enough in his checking account.

"Jack", I asked, "who handles the finances for your operation?" He told me that his wife thankfully took over his books about a year ago. He was happy to be relieved of the task but had a sinking feeling that he was in a real mess.

As I coached Jack, I offer him a powerful distinction between delegating and abdicating. Delegating is when you designate another to perform a task for you. Abdicating, on the other hand, is when you relinquish or renounce your power. Jack immediately slapped his hand to his forehead and got it. In his desperation to relieve himself of a task he dreaded, he had abdicated his finances to his wife.

When you're a business owner you have to be creative, resourceful and savvy when managing all the aspects of a business. No one can do it all them self. Delegating is a smart tool to use, but you have to make sure you are not abdicating your responsibility to supervise and stay aware of what's important.

Jack took this advice to heart and took back control of his finances. He discovered he was doing better than he feared and felt empowered to implement a system that enabled him to keep his books himself under the supervision of a monthly bookkeeper.

What's more, Jack no longer feels overwhelmed by running his business like a business. He's excited about it! It's amazing how one little idea can cause a shift in your perspective and change everything.

It's YOUR life...imagine the possibilities!

Suggested Reading

Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill. Don't you love it when your desperate for a good book and one jumps right off the shelf and into your arms? This is an exquisite saga spanning six decades and three continents about Aminata Diallo, an African born child sold into slavery. Her harrowing journey lands her in Charlestown, then Manhattan where she serves as a midwife during the Revolutionary war, then on to Nova Scotia where she lives as a free woman, and then back to Africa. This story is full of soul and remarkable spirit as it reveals a little known chapter of actual history and abolition.

Resources and Opportunities

Write powerful headlines. This site has lots of useful info about getting the most from your writing. http://www.copyblogger.com/magnetic-headlines/

Another Ted talk I found inspiring and interesting about our human brain.

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Web space for women. I encourage you to become a free member of My Life Compass. This is a great online community for women to hang out with like minded women. It's focus is life balance, self care, and business development (I'm their small business contributing expert) Visit here.

Experience the benefits of life coaching at a fraction of the cost of working with a coach one-on-one. Helaine's 12-week eCourse Complete Life Balance How To Reclaim Your Life In 90 Days. For complete program details http://www.pathofpurpose.com/coach-selfst udy.php

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Closing Notes

About Helaine: Helaine is a Life and Business Coach, who has been featured in numerous publications, including "O" The Oprah Magazine. She helps entrepreneurs and professionals accelerate their professional success, while achieving a more complete and fulfilling personal life. She combines a broad range of professional experience in her work, including management positions in the education, training, retail and international non-profit sectors. She loves her life and awakens each day excited to make the world a better place, one person at a time.

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