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As we celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving and explore our hearts to define gratitude, abundance and generosity…I share with you this beautiful video. Enjoy!

Dalai Lama

 

At the start of the new millennium the Dalai Lama shared eighteen divine rules for living in harmony. Have you read them yet? Check it out.

• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
• When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
• Follow the three Rs: Respect for self - Respect for others - Responsibility for all your actions.
• Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
• Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
• Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
• When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
• Spend some time alone every day.
• Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
• Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
• A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
• In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
• Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
• Be gentle with the earth.
• Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
• Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
• Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

I think you will agree this manifesto is spot on! I encourage you to copy the list and display it in your home or office for daily inspiration.

“Follow Your Bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

November 9th will always be a special day for me. On this day, five years ago, I left a high-profile career which no longer suited me to become a liberated entrepreneur, transformation Goddess, life coach, yogini and author.  In this short time, I’ve learned how to run a successful business supporting powerful and creative women in career transition.

This post represents a celebration of the milestones achieved during my liberation quest plus some of the lessons learned on my path to entrepreneurial freedom.

Experiences

• Created more spaciousness in my life for my young daughter.
• Deeply profound shadow work and personal development.
• Created True Balance Life Coaching, LLC which morphed into True Balance International, LLC.
• Work(ed) with clients in England, Thailand, Italy, Australia, Canada and the USA
• Co-authored three best selling books for women
• Authored and published, Life on Your Terms. (True Balance Press)
• Created True Balance Press.
• Wrote and recorded the Life on Your Terms Accelerator Series – A self paced coaching program for people ready to reinvent themselves as entrepreneurs.
• Earned my yoga teacher certification.
• Create and teach Luscious Living Yoga Playshops for women.
• Work with several specialized coaches for business, mentorship and public speaking.
• Hired a brilliant support team for accounting, graphic design, Web site creation and behind the scenes support.
• Authored several articles for Women Entrepreneur, Aspire and More.
• Co-created Seize True Success Coaching with Diane Helbig.
• Co-created Anxiety Slayer with Ananga Sivyer.
• Coached hundreds of people to get focused and transition from employee to entrepreneur.
• Created and presented workshops and signature speeches for Zonta, Grand Traverse Woman, Union Yoga, IAAP and the United Franchise Group.
• Partnered with Light of Day Organics to create my signature True Balance Organic Tea blend.
• Partnered with a seamstress to create Transformation Goddess Prototype clothing.
• Created seven coaching videos to grow my business.
• Created three Web sites and a Life Balance Blog.
• Worked with a Public Speaking Coach to shine on stage.
• Created five signature speeches.
• Created a signature coaching system for women in transition.
• Created custom audio for podcasts, commercials, long format videos and audio books.

Lessons

• Trust your intuition.
• It’s okay to say NO thank you.
• Distractions will always get in the way of productivity.
• Create time for spaciousness
• Work away from your office on a regular basis.
• Work with a coach or mentor at all times.
• Know your audience/target market really well.
• Test your ideas in advance for new products and services
• If you are a writer, hire an editor.
• Ask for support  - sooner than later.
• Remain curious.
• Learn how to harness your natural creative energy.
• Surround yourself with a brilliant team of people.
• Incremental steps = GOLD.
• Cash is Queen. Without cash flow your business is dead.
• Trade your specialized services for specialized services for your business.
• Fail fast and move on.
• Partner with like-minded entrepreneurs and grow your sphere of influence.
• Be generous and kind everyone you meet.
• Surround yourself with people who believe in you
• Work your ass off doing what you love  - delegate the rest.
• Read a lot of material.
• Get out in front of REAL people at least once a month.
• Some days suck – Most days ROCK.
• The list goes on and on…

Are you following your bliss?

 

1. What have you accomplished in the last five years?
2. What lessons have you learned?
3. Are you ready to leave the corporate rat race?

 

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”

- Steve Jobs