by Tara Joyce | Jun 14, 2010 | Innerpreneurship
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I’m a romantic.
But I like my stories to be realistic too.
Owning a business is NOT for everyone.
Fuck, no. Suggesting such a thing would be just crazy talk.
I don’t know what your career needs.
Only you do. If you do the work to discover what you feel passionate about, and find purpose in it.
Some of us thrive working for others. Some of use don’t. Give yourself the freedom to understand what your unique dream looks like.
Bottom line on owning a business.
Forget the whole thing if you don’t thrive in uncertainty.
photo credit: dhammza
by Tara Joyce | Jun 11, 2010 | Cultural Creativity
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The 3 Keys to Consciousness
It is said that we have 3 dimensions of the physical world, theI, We, and It of consciousness,. There’s I, representing our Self, there’s We, representing how we feel with others and in our environment and then there is It, representing everything that is bigger than our Self and our World. Like the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, or Russia.
This I, We, It is often expressed with the words the Beautiful, the Good and the True.
The 3 Keys to Business
Tom Peters, a quirky and wise business writer argues there are 3 keys to business:
- Design
- Marketing
- Systems
I agree. And thus I will expand on this…
If you look at what each three dimensions represent in business, as the other three dimensions represent in consciousness and culture, you will see they fit together like a precious little puzzle piece.
The 3 Key’s to Conscious Business
Design is how you express Who You Are. It is your choices in everything you do. It your I or your Beauty. It is your creative expression.
Marketing is how you connect with and treat others. It is your We or your Goodness. It is your intention.
Systems is how you make everything work. It’s your structure. It is your Truth. It’s how you exist.
I’d like to expand on Tom Peter’s and argue that the keys to a growth business are:
- Beautiful Design
- Good Marketing
- True Systems
If you want it built to last, you need design that is authentic, Marketing that is compassionate and Systems that are organic.
by Tara Joyce | Jun 7, 2010 | My Journey | What's On My Mind
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I’m celebrating Elastic Mind’s birthday, except I just discovered it was yesterday…
I just wrote this article thinking today was Elastic Mind’s special day and while adding a hyperlink, I discovered it was actually yesterday. I’m celebrating today regardless.
I wasn’t sure if 2 years in business was an anniversary or a birthday. I like birthday for Elastic Mind. I feel like I carried and birthed this bad boy.
Opportunities are an outcome of Innerpreneurship — Innerpreneurship is not an outcome of opportunities.
Two years ago today yesterday I published Are You An Innerpreneur? and, in my mind, I officially launched my business. A month earlier, I had left my corporate marketing job with only my passion as security. I had no clients, no income source, no ‘plan’, only a desire to write and to build a business around my value(s). I believed I could do it, so I did it. I wasn’t sure exactly what my vision was but I knew where I wanted to go. I figured the rest would figure itself out. And it has.
The last two years have been an odyssey. My life has changed in ways that make me glow. I wanted to believe that I was enough to build a growth business, and today, at 2, I know it’s true.
It’s been fucking hard these last two years, don’t get me wrong. There are days when I’m certain this isn’t working and I want to give up. But when I stop and calm my fears and look objectively over the life I have created, I realize I am living my dream.
It’s true. It isn’t bullshit. I really am enough. I can do this.
Today, funny enough, is my husband’s first day as a free man, working on his business, ReGenerate Biogas, full-time. We didn’t plan the dates to align. Neither Daniel nor I have glamorous fast growth or big money business success stories. We simply have small daily gains that add up nicely.
It’s Elastic Mind’s 2nd birthday, and I’m damn proud!
photo by: me — I started building this elastic ball shortly before I launched Elastic Mind. It was the inspiration for my logo.
by Tara Joyce | Jun 3, 2010 | Innerpreneurship
Almost two years ago to this date I had my first desire to write about Innerpreneurs. And, at the time, the only place I had ever heard of Innerpreneurs was in the cultural marketing book Karma Queens, Geek Gods and Innerpreneurs by Ron Rentel. Thus, I credited Ron for the creation of the word in my first article on the topic, Are You An Innerpreneur?.
It Ain’t So
Now that I am older and wiser, I’ve discovered that Rentel was actually the 3rd author, to my knowledge, to use the term. The 1st person to write about Innerpreneurs was Rebecca Maddox in 1996 with her guide on how to Inc. Your Dreams, and then there was Phillip Dignan in 2007 with his examination of true wealth in Secrets of the Wealthy Mind.
Both authors, like Rentel, use the term Innerpreneur to describe a person shaping their business around their passions and values. Interestingly, none of the authors mention each others work. So whether they were inspired by each other or by Someone Else, I do not know. Either way, it seems Innerpreneuring was an idea destined to spread.
by Tara Joyce | May 31, 2010 | My Journey | What's On My Mind
Here’s what I’m dealing with. You might be too.
I’m terrified that I’m wrong.
Not wrong in a little way, like the typos that litter this site, but wrong in a BIG way. I’m worried what I fundamentally believe about my Self and my world is just downright crazy. And I’m nervous everybody else is in on the joke, except me.
What if? It’s an interesting question to ask yourself.
