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When you look for clients with abundance in your heart – an abundance of clients find you…

A number of people are struggling to find the flow of clients they want, and they need to learn how to have clients come to them more easily.

Entrepreneurs know they need to niche, but they resist it because they have a fear of narrowing focus to a specific niche and perhaps losing income.

Others may have heard that they should niche, but just don’t know where to start. And that’s okay.

Consider the word gratefulness – that’s two words great-fullnessso this is like an overflowing cup.  And this is an overflowing cup of possibilities.

And you’ve probably heard the saying that what we appreciate, appreciates. So there is a great-fullness and approach to niching as an appreciation – or with a mark of respect.

With great-fullness we appreciate who and what we want to come to us. So through niching we really are activating the law of attraction and we are also beginning from a starting point of abundance, rather than lack.

The person, who truly appreciates and honours the potential customers bringing business, is the person who invests upfront in creating a great-fullness of opportunities for those customers – much the way our Insiders Secrets group works.

Now I know this is where many people come unstuck. You want people to respond to your offers. You want customers to return. You want referrals… And what’s missing is the appreciation and the clarity that attracts these possibilities.

This comes because you need the bit of the puzzle that will help you create that appreciation or because you are stuck, in fear, or coming from a place of lack where you think if you niche you will lose clients or opportunities or income.

The first thing to do is drop your resistance to niching and start with an open and abundant heart that will really serve others.

Love and best wishes
Neil

http://www.communitysoul.co.uk

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Break Through the Barriers to Your Dreams

What’s the dream you’re working on right now?

You may know the answer to this straight away, but if you pause for more than 3 seconds to gather loose strands of thoughts about things you thought about days or weeks ago, you’re going to find this article the catalyst to moving the goal posts to a time, sometime sooner.

The first component is focus. You have to know clearly what you want long term. That long-term focus might break down into smaller steps.

Let’s say the long term focus is a great relationship that has thus far been illusive. That then might break down into daily tasks.

Each day I look at my 5 points of focus and decide what one thing I’m going to do on each of them. This means each day I move a step closer to my goal.

In the relationship example maybe the short-term goal is to do some self-work, book on a workshop, uncover what your ideal mate will be into, become a better kisser, dress better, feel better about yourself – whatever you feel is appropriate.

Once you have the clarity, the second thing to look at is your desire to make it happen. You’ve got to want it. It’s all fine and dandy thinking you’d like something, but do you really have a desire to have it happen. There’s little point in deciding you want something, then getting passive about it.

If the desire is there, then the third thing to look at is belief. You’ve got to believe you can do it. I believe I’m capable of pretty much anything I turn my mind to. I believe that when I come from a place of playfulness and fun, I double my chances.

Fourth element to consider is self-acceptance. Do you believe you’re worthy of what you want? To pull it off you have to believe this down to your core.

Be… do… have…

With clarity, desire, belief and self-acceptance in place, it’s easier to begin to “be” what you want – to act as if.

For example, if you want to earn £250,000 next year and you work that out, based on the hours you’d work during the next 12 months as roughly earning £200 per hour, you’d be clear on what you want.

When you look at why you want it, you build the desire. When you look for examples of where you are close to that value each hour, you build the belief. When you look at why you’re deserving of your goal, you build the references around you.

So when you begin to “do”, you’ll discover more evidence of when you’re earning your hourly rate. You may also notice when you’re not. When you start to move to lower then £200 an hour tasks from your way, you begin to get ever closer to the amount you want to earn.

When your focus, attention and behaviour have been honed long enough on what you want, your dream will come true.

Until next time

Neil

http://www.communitysoul.co.uk

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Closing the Gap Between Now and Your Dream

What I’m going to take you through in this article is a technique I use to constantly close the gap between where I am and where I want to get to. I’m sharing this so you can use it too.

When I sit down to write an article or I’m mapping out one of the Insiders Secrets webinars or training session I always start with a visualisation.

I imagine that I am looking beyond the page and seeing everyone taking notes, and magical golden fairy dust passing down the phone lines, enveloping you – and as a result of what I share, you become more prosperous.

And I appreciate that might all sound a bit fanciful, but it’s a technique that I know inspires me to create information that helps people and gets great feedback.

In the grand scheme of things this might seem small, but if something you take notes from becomes a way you do business, or helps you create something that changes lives or leads to your prosperity or the prosperity of one of your clients, then that’s a very cool ripple.

A vision I hold for CommunitySoul is that whoever walks with us becomes increasingly prosperous as a result of the association. Our aim is to help 12,000 business reach more than a million people and change their lives by the end of this year.

Part of the vision for these newsletters is that it’s fluff free, so let me ground what I’m saying here, before you accuse me of going off with the fairies!

Knowing the vision allows me to sit back after our events and evaluate. I’m looking at the details. What will help us to achieve our vision faster? Where don’t we match up to the vision? Are the presentations right? Did people learn all they could in the time we had? Who else can benefit from hearing this speaker? Could people listen in comfort? Is everyone moving forward? Timings? Overall message? The marketing? What needs to improve? Who will do it?

So, when you have a clear vision, you can see how easily you can begin to constantly close the gap between where you are now and where you want to get too.

It’s simple. Know your vision. Know your starting point. Close the gap.

Best wishes

Neil

www.communitysoul.co.uk

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Dare to change the world for the better… faster, through your business

Making money is a measure.

It could be a measure for how many people you helped, how often you helped them and how much value you and they feel you bring to their life for what you do.

So making money could just be about the difference it makes to you and the people you love to help.

And we’ve all heard the saying that “the journey is more important that the end result”, so making money is just part of the journey.

Imagine for a moment that you set a goal to make £250,000 by 31st December and you have an idea that is incredible and can make a huge difference in the lives of others. As a result, the demand for how you help people grows.

In your efforts to make the quarter million, you learn so much about people and philosophy and the way the world works. You meet the wealthy and the poor and you understand more about how they became that way.

And in making your £250,000 you now make a new network of people. Other  opportunities naturally come your way and you now make a million.

And remember it’s not just about the money – the money is just a measure of how many people you’ve helped and how much value they and you put on what you do.

Maybe through the money you earn, or through your network, or both, you can help remove poverty and create more prosperity. Maybe you can help to remove damage to the environment and reduce pollution…

I was once taught how to Karate chop a board in half. I was doing this live, for the first time and in front of an audience of about 50 people.

I was instructed to focus beyond the board, where my hand would hit, once the board had broken in two. This style of vision creating is just like that – it’s putting your attention not just on having what you dream of, but on what is beyond and even better than that.

Look at what you think you want. Then consider the journey beyond it. The one that is even better than you dare dream of.

Best wishes
Neil

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Who Else Wants To Make Life Better And Change The World?

I don’t often look at the media stories, but over the last week I’ve been monitoring it, as research for a radio interview.

When I look at the natural disasters, and read about the terrorism, crimes and disease, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if we stopped meddling with nature, forgot about geographic boundaries and put religion aside.

What would the world look like if governments didn’t impose themselves on the people or each other?

What if rivers didn’t have pollution pumped into them? If the air was respected, plants and trees honoured and cared for rather than just harvested? What if the ground wasn’t pumped with harmful insecticides and fertilizers? The list goes on…

A few years ago, overwhelmed with so many things I disagreed with in the world, I began CommunitySoul. I wanted an alternative to the negativity in the media, because I knew that for every story of conflict there was one of unity.

I’d become tired of commercialism. It had encouraged me to eat poorly and gain weight. It advertised things that encouraged me to do harm to the earth and myself, and it preyed on my weaknesses.

At the time when I was mulling over what I’d do someone said to me, “Yeah, Neil, but we can’t change the world single handedly.” Of course my friend was right, we can’t.

But his words made frustration rise up in me and made me want to do anything I could. What I did was this…

I immediately assumed responsibility for the part of the world I control. I created this newsletter which now reaches several thousand people. I often hear back from readers who want to express gratitude for something the newsletter helped them with.

On one level, that feeling of overwhelm I felt several years ago…that yearning for change I wanted to see in the world, created change in others I hadn’t anticipated. Closer to home, I buy less from the supermarkets. I learned to grow my own food and have a few chickens. It’s a small contribution to reducing our impact, but it is nonetheless a contribution.

With my wife, Jo, we set up a business which helps people who care about the world to get better at business and marketing, so people who care can have an even greater influence.

I’m not claiming what I have done is worthwhile by any means. I’m not saying it’s right or clever. What I am saying is that through the choices we make, we make an impact in changing the world for the better, because we are changing the part of it we control.

Going back to the question at the top of this article: Does it need powerful people to change the world? I’m not sure it does. What it needs is individual people who ask themselves good questions whenever they are faced with the important issues.

Right now, the changes I make at home can’t help the situation in Haiti. That said what I’m focussed on is that if me and you and enough people like us begin to make conscious decisions about what we do individually, then the collective mass increases and that can’t help but affect other people and have a positive impact on them too.

In the long run, this mass change in consciousness can’t help but bring about a change in consciousness at government level, and that will then impact things across the world that once upon a time were beyond our reach.

What would you most like to change in the world now? What decisions can you make now? Who do you know who should read this article? Forward it to them, Tweet, Facebook whatever inspires you.

With love and best wishes

Neil

Neil Fellowes shows conscious entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants and complementary therapists how to make a difference AND a profit. Visit his website and register for his free newsletter at http://www.communitysoul.co.uk

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How Homeless Pete Softened my Heart

I knew Pete was homeless before I walked up to him and started the conversation. He was selling Big Issues.

For most of my life I’ve walked along streets and I’m ashamed to say I’ve ignored guys like Pete.

Then for a few years I took pity on homeless people, giving them some change when I had it, sometimes buying a Big Issue. But then one morning, six months ago something happened.

I woke from a dream in which I wasn’t feeling any pity at all for homeless people – I was talking to them with genuine interest and an eager want to understand how they ended up on the street.

The sun was shining and the high street was buzzing on a Devon lunchtime as I stood next to Homeless Pete outside a Lloyds TSB Bank.

He tells me he ended up on the street when his old relationship broke down. His GP put him on Prozac. He tells me Prozac wasn’t good for him.

I tell him I once left a relationship. I tell him my GP put me on Prozac too. I share a story with Pete about how a friend of mine called me every day to make sure I was okay until I was off the drug. I tell him how I reversed into a car while I was on it.

I ask Pete how selling the Big Issue has changed his life. He says it has saved him. It got him out amongst people – interacting. He’s been selling Big Issues now for 5 years. He says he enjoys starting before 9am and giving people a smile as they go to work. He says he’s helping them feel happier and that makes him feel good.

‘You feel you’re helping people smile?’ I ask. Amazed that without a home he is even considering anyone else.

‘Oh yeah,’ he smiles.

His dog – which I hadn’t noticed until then – barks at a passing terrier and Pete tells me his dog once belonged to a friend who died. He looks away and swallows. His friend’s death still affects him.

I ask what he’d like to be doing in five years. He says he’d like to live in his own home and get a job as a street cleaner. He says he’d also like to meet Graham Walker.

He tells me Graham used to sell the Big Issue and has now written a book called Unsettled. Pete hands me a Big Issue and shows me a picture of Graham. I can see a twinkle in Pete’s eye. Graham is clearly an idol.

I ask Pete where he sleeps and he tells me he sleeps in the car park, under a roof and that sometimes the police move him on at night. I can’t help wondering what that’s like. My bedroom sometimes feels cold in spring – what’s a winter night like for Pete?

He says he and a friend once saved up the deposit for a house, but he couldn’t find a landlord who would take a dog. I felt his frustration. He’s not going to compromise the dog. It’s a symbol of love. It’s his friend.

But he says the deposit got spent on a trip to his home town.

A lady buys a Big Issue. ‘Careful,’ Pete says, ‘There are some loose papers inside that might blow away.’

The lady thanks him and he turns to me. ‘It happened once before. Loads of paper blew down the street. I picked it up though. I have street cleaner in my blood,’ he boasts.

I talk to Pete about how he gets the house, where a landlord will let him keep the dog and how he finds the job to keep the roof over his head. He says he doesn’t really know, so I tell him what I’d try – simple things that don’t cost money, but that let people – and the Universe know Pete is looking.

He thanks me for my advice and I feel he genuinely means it.

As I walk away his words, ‘I have street cleaner in my blood,’ stick in my head. I turn back and look. His ambition isn’t a big ask – to have a house, a job as a street cleaner and meet Graham Walker – is it?

As I step forward again I wonder why I didn’t connect with homeless people before. Was I embarrassed by my life of luxury? Did I feel sorry because I didn’t know how to help? Was I scared they’d mug me? Did I think they were all druggies? And what else did I have in common with them… except being human?

And that’s it, isn’t it, really. We are all human. We’re all kin. And we’re as strong as a nation as our weakest and most vulnerable links.

It’s easy to send £50 to a victim of Tsunami or pay £10 a month for a child in Africa. We can send our good will gesture and not really get involved. But it is hard to face the man on the town centre high street who is a product of our culture and society.

Pete wants to smile at a passers-by – brighten their day. He wants a roof over his head. He wants a job cleaning the street. Though I bought a Big Issue from Pete, I’d like to think that the time we shared had greater value than the £1.50 a Big Issue costs.

The time he gave me certainly had value.

Neil

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Master This And Have What You Want…

I must have stared out the window for several minutes. And I still didn’t have the answer – or so it seemed. But then a question came to mind – “what’s the most compelling subject on my mind?”

A few minutes earlier, I’d been in the garden wondering why I couldn’t think of anything to write and beating myself up, because, for the first time ever, I felt like I had writer’s block.

And then it all fell into place…

This week I’ve spent a lot of time reviewing where life is heading and asking questions of myself and those around me. But more important than just asking any old question, I’ve been especially conscious of the power of every question I asked.

And while that may seem bizarre, or perhaps anal, I’d like to beg you to stick with me a moment…

Underlying the chaos of work, relationships, money, kids, stepkids, ex’s, family and the trials and tribulations of teenagers etc, there are, in my opinion, some key fundamentals that shape favourable or unfavourable outcomes in our life.

I can understand why, when faced with problems, most people want to hide. I mean, I remember watching the TV news one evening a couple of years ago and the way the “Credit Crunch” illusion was reported made me want to run away.

While some will tighten their belts, others will hoist up surrender flags and end up handing back the keys to a home for which they’ve slaved for years. Meantime another group of people will wait, ask the right questions and at the right time make a packet of money – because they know even a recession can create a harvest time.

My example here is money, but it wouldn’t matter what aspect of life we picked, because whatever area of life you choose, the outcome will have a large bearing on just one thing – the questions you ask about the situation you’re in.

Maybe you’ve read Esther and Jerry Hicks book with the biblical title, Ask and It’s Given. The book talks about asking for what you want and then having it come to you. On the same theme, Tony Robbins, personal development guru, talks about it slightly differently.

Robbins says the questions you ask determine what you receive. He’s saying that your outcome is determined by the quality of your questions on a subject.

We could ask: How come this is happening? Why now? What have I done to deserve this? How come I can’t get myself ahead? Why didn’t I make better decisions?

Or you could ask: With my skills and knowledge how can I make the best of this situation? What new skills and knowledge can I gain to profit from this? What are the millionaires and billionaires doing that others are not?

The first set of questions don’t help you. They dwell on the sob story. The second set unlock your potential. So the second set of questions has the potential to take you to a more successful outcome than the first.

If you can master your questions you’re going to find life getting easier.

Neil

http://www.communitysoul.co.uk

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Have Beauty In Your Life and Live with Love and Grace

A girl looked in the mirror. Her friend sat behind her. “I spend hours in front of the mirror admiring my beauty,” she said, “Do you think that’s vanity?”

“No,” her friend replied, “that’s imagination.”

At first I saw this as a rather cutting joke by the friend, but after last week, I’ve begun to see her wisdom.

Confucius said, “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.”

In the last few days I’ve seen some beautiful things. I’m sure the beauty always existed, but maybe I just failed to welcome it into my reality.

Take my garden. In the past I had no objection to gardening, so long as it didn’t take more than an hour a week! But a few years ago with bad weather and a busy schedule, it became very challenging to get to grips with it. I toyed with the idea of getting someone in, but resisted the temptation.

Then on Sunday morning I looked out at the garden, all overgrown – and I sighed. Then I closed my eyes and imagined myself tidying parts of it. I imagined where I would work. I saw everything I touched turning gold and returning to beauty.

Then I watched a short clip of Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island on the Internet and kept the lovely music by Mandalay in my mind as I fetched the tools and began the transformation process outside. When I felt my energy drain, I paused, took in the art I’d been performing, returned to the short clip and then continued.

Loving beauty is a matter of taste. You can love someone because they look beautiful, but isn’t it amazing when they become more beautiful because of how you love them?

The creation of beauty is art, and art begins with imagination.

With imagination we can create more beauty. And everyone needs beauty, a place to play, a place to pray, a place to heal and a place to be inspired. With that imagination, the art and the inspiration, I created beauty in my garden.

And as I worked around my pond, I wondered about creating beauty in business. That stopped me in my tracks. I mean, beauty will capture attention, but the personality a business is built with can open hearts.

And opening the heart in business, where traditionally there is often a perceived lack of heart, has to have beauty. If the intention is to serve others, to build creative relationships, surprise and delight your customers, then that’s beauty.

Helen Keller said, “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” So as I’m writing this note to you, I’m pausing to notice the lavender in my garden swaying in the breeze and the bees buzzing from stem to stem as they make their honey.

Last night we went to bed early. We did this so we could appreciate our garden even more, which might sound odd until you realise that our bedroom has huge windows that overlook the garden which was lit by flickering candle lights that I’d imagined were there when I began to transform the garden over the weekend.

Life can be hard, but by being artful with what you have, it can become beautiful.

Create blessing, and stand by for miracles!
Neil

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Neil Fellowes shows conscious entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants and complementary therapists how to make a difference AND a profit. Visit our website at http://www.communitysoul.co.uk

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Aiming beyond your Intention

I know the title might sound odd – to aim beyond what you want, but I would prefer you to aim higher, rather than lower, and this article is about that.

Accepting lower than we aimed for is about an attitude of taking second best -  lowering standards, but I want to inspire you by talking about the amazing things that happen when you have a vision, take action that backs up the vision and then capitalise on the additional opportunities that come your way when you are in the dynamic flow of momentum.

Setting a vision is vital. Holding the vision is no less important. If you left the corporate world and set up on your own with just the skills, knowledge and qualifications earned, and a deep desire to do things your way and began your business with no more of a vision than that, you probably wouldn’t be the first.

I was 21 when I did that. After a faltering start – or more “stop” than “start” I did manage to get it to pay off.

The problem I had then was I had very little direction.

I like to look at direction as being intention – what we want to create. And I like to break the word in-tension down into two words and change a letter the “t” for and “s”– and create “in” and “tension”. And the kind of tension I’m talking about is the kind of tension an archer has when he’s aiming for the bullseye, rather than the kind of tension lots of people have when running a small business – which can often be caused by running around like a headless chicken because there was no real intention and therefore no idea of how to get from A to Z.

Let me start by giving you an example. Nicky Marshall, runs HolisticInsights.co.uk. Nicky had an idea of running events to help people with their well-being. Originally it was therapies and readings that might help people feel better and find some direction. That was her moon. But when she started taking action, she began to bump into opportunities that enhanced her intention and she moved beyond her original aims…

But let me give you another example. I used to be a business mentor passing on my knowledge. Then I started to dream beyond that.

I began by thinking I would pass on all my knowledge, then I thought, what’s better than that? Then I thought wouldn’t it be great to let other people hear what I’m learning about right now and what we are trying at the cutting edge of our business. Wouldn’t it also be great to be able to give people mentoring in a more cost effective way and wouldn’t it be great to create a community around it all? Here is what I created – http://www.insiderssecrets.co.uk/

So think about your business… what do you need to do to get the expertise in place that helps you aim higher? What can you offer your clients that meets their needs?

Best
Neil

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Neil Fellowes shows conscious entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants and complementary therapists how to make a difference AND a profit. Visit our website at http://www.communitysoul.co.uk

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10 Things I have learnt while growing my businesses

If you’ve been in business a while you are more than likely aware that being your own boss is a very revealing personal journey. I liken it to being a hero in an adventure story, because business can, and does, bring to the surface challenges  we have to face, be they emotional, physical, spiritual, financial or mental.

Below are 10 things I’ve learnt from being my own boss. I should point out that this list isn’t everything and it’s not in any particular order.

In writing this list what I’ve noticed is how much I’ve learnt down the years.

1. Do it well whatever the cost – If you were on a mission and you could  hire a guide that knows the territory at £50 an hour or a guide who doesn’t know any better than you for a tenner, which would you go for?

In business you get what you pay for. A good example of this is when we had a new opening in our team. We thought it was a simple job a student could do. Even so, we checked in with an expert in the field before going ahead. She came back with some top draw questions which resulted in subtle changes to our strategy (and subtle changes make big differences – ask any golfer who hits the tree when they want to hit the green). This goes for assistants, coaches, web designers, marketing people. I’m not advocating: “Go to the highest bidder”. What I am saying is go to who can do the job you want doing the best and pay their fee.

2. Avoid isolation – Any business adventure will probably mean you coming face-to-face with things you don’t know, don’t understand or don’t know how to get round. At times like this it’s a blessing to have a network of informed people!

I used to try to do it alone. Not now. We now have a small team who are experts in web technology, coding, various shopping carts, admin, sales, project management, marketing and social media. Beyond that we have 2 mentors. We mastermind with 6 people who think like us. We meet up with other friends who are like us. We have a drink or lunch now and again with people we respect in our field. We have 60 partners – we help them, they help us and we have several thousand CommunitySoulers who are a lot like us and who we learn from as well as share with. A successful business in this era needs to build a tribe, so start to build one and stop trying to do it all alone.

3. Never fear spending on growth – We get one shot at this life adventure. Don’t spend it complaining you can’t afford this or that. If the best in the industry invest in their development then it’s arrogant to think you don’t need it. It took me too many years to discover this one!

It’s simple. To grow you must invest. To think you can grow a business without investing some money into your business development would be naïve. I realised I’d been lying to myself on this one a couple of years back. Never again! On your adventure if you work in isolation and don’t invest in yourself, it’s hard to know what to do when you meet a challenge, yet if you have a mentor who has done what you want to do, you don’t get stuck, you flow past the obstacle. When it comes to investment it’s NOT what a coach or mentor asks you to pay, it’s about what it will cost you if you don’t pay.

4. It’s never over… till it’s over – In the past I gave up on my intentions too soon. I remember when that changed. We would set a goal and with just 28 days left we still had 82% left to achieve. In the past I would give up. These days I do what it takes to achieve a goal. There’s always something else you can do to pull a result out of the bag – if the goal means enough to you. If it doesn’t you have to find a bigger why.

5. Know where your wealth value is -  I used to try to do it all – marketing, delivery, product creation, finances, websites, admin… and that was a big mistake. We all make money in various ways. This is the key to how we create our wealth. I’m into writing and speaking and opening doors for partners and clients who are developing to make a difference and a profit. My value comes from squeezing my time down into these projects and not getting involved in the other things that are not my area.

6. Start with what you want to earn – Sometimes someone new to business looks at how much to charge by looking at what the competition charges. I used to do this too. Not any more.

I now decide what I’d like to earn and then charge that. One thing you have to do with this approach is of course ensure your client gets up to 10 times the return on their investment. I enjoy this approach. It’s much more inspiring. When I changed how I did this my clients improved their results and our income rose.

7. Gather and keep momentum – Momentum is so important. Set a rhythm for your business to grow at. Many years ago I grew my business by spending 8 hours each week marketing it and the rest of the week delivering the service and managing my team. These days it’s a lot easier to market yourself as you have the Internet and lots of processes and systems available. So we automate many processes and I now spend maybe an hour a week on marketing, working with my team.

8. Income growth means just 3 things – To increase your income it simply comes down to getting new clients, having clients return and buy, and increasing your prices. The business hero just needs to know this and keep asking what needs to be done to achieve the goal. For too long I kept low prices thinking I was helping people, but if something is too cheap it has no value and is not respected. I learnt I was doing people more of a favour by charging a higher price, because people made sure they squeezed every drop out of something they paid a lot for.

9. Know you’re the enemy – Often we mascarade as the hero when we are really the villain. What I’ve learnt is that sometimes I’m the bottleneck or I’m the one resisting  changes that needs to happen. Many times, such as when you need to increase your prices, the first person you will need to convince is yourself. I can remember I once hung out for 6 months too long before cutting an income stream, when I finally agreed to cut it, our income doubled in 6 months! So holding on to a small income stream, had cost our business £1000′s.

10. Give yourself clear boundaries – I used to rush from a client meeting to marketing, from marketing to accounts and then back to working with a client, then back to marketing… Don’t do this. Block out time. I usually use afternoons for clients and block book them. Mornings are my creative times when I develop CommunitySoul.  Block book time for meetings and arrange them back-to-back. Put in buffers between home life and business. I’ll have 30 minutes to transition between the end of the day and being at home with the family. Sometimes when I’m working full out, I’ll make sure I have a day off in the week.

Please feel free to share your experiences in the comments box on the blog. We want to hear from you! Your age, sex, income or experiences don’t matter!

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Neil Fellowes shows conscious entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants and complementary therapists how to make a difference AND a profit. Visit our website at http://www.communitysoul.co.uk

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