To joyfully pursue your most purposeful path, you also need to know which roadblocks could keep you from success!

You must be keenly aware of those potential barriers so you can pro-actively prevent them from blocking your progress.

So what are they — these roadblocks that could cause you and your business to come to a screeching halt?

I’ll share with you three barriers that have tried their darnedest to block my progress over the years.

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Low Energy Could Keep You From Success

Tell me if this sounds familiar.

You have tons of creative ideas but lack the stamina you need to implement them. You toss and turn at night then have trouble performing at optimum levels the next day.

• You don’t eat well.

• You don’t exercise regularly.

• You’re tired!!

When it finally dawned on me that I was no longer performing at my best, I hired a Vitality Mentor who guided me to renewed vibrancy and wellness by encouraging me to change my diet and drink more water throughout the day.

I also joined our local Y and made a commitment to attend at least three cardio or strength classes a week.

Just a few changes and that barrier is down!

We’ve got to be pro-active.

Low Self-Esteem Could Keep You From Success

OK. You know what it’s like to be successful.

Perhaps as a mom, a corporate exec, a lawyer. But as a work-from-home entrepreneur? Not so much.

You start to doubt your ability to make a difference AND a profit.

It’s all about mindset and mentoring in my opinion.

You need to transform your limiting beliefs into positive affirmations (and you need a coach or a mentor you admire to help stay the course).

“... Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…” (Romans 12:2)

Only then will you be able to discern and carry out God’s will for your life.

Only then will you be able to achieve success.

Lack of Passion Could Keep You From Success

As entrepreneurs, we’ve got to be excited about our work.

We’re certain to have business-related duties and responsibilities that don’t thrill us. We either need to “outsource” those duties or we need to perform them ourselves with a positive attitude.

The majority of our work, however, must make excellent use of our natural talents and abilities.

The work we do most of the time must be something we enjoy.

Do you enjoy speaking? Speak!

Do you enjoy writing? Write!

Be sure to weave speaking and writing into each week if not each day.

And be sure you speak and write on topics that genuinely interest you.

Makes sense, right?

Be Proactive!

Don’t let life “just happen” to you. Don’t let your business “just happen” either.

• Surround yourself with like-minded entrepreneurs who want to see you succeed.

• Join a group like Peak Performance!

• Hire a mentor or a coach.

• Work with a business owner who’s “been there.”

It’s incredibly hard to bust through your roadblocks by yourself–whatever they may be.

Your first step is to identify which roadblocks could keep you from success.

Your second step is to tear down each barrier one at a time.

How about you?

• Which roadblocks are keeping you from success? 

• What are you doing to tear down those roadblocks once and for all?

Thank you for taking a moment to share your answers in the comment box below.

Be sure to listen to my Work With Jory video if you find yourself struggling alone.

To your ongoing success!

If having a website has been confusing, complex, and overwhelming, I’ve got great news. It doesn’t have to be that way!

What if I told you that it only takes 3 steps and 5 pages to have a website that gets you clients you love? That’s what I’ll be talking about with Jory on Heart & Soul.”

About Dawud Miracle

“Whenever I ask my clients what they value most from working with me, it always comes down to how easy I make it for them to have a business online.That’s my goal as both a website designer and business coach – to brush aside all the complexity, overwhelm, and conflicting information about doing business on the internet and make it all easier for you.

No canned programs or approaches here. Since I’ve lived it, I know it.That’s why my approach is organic and tailored specifically for your business needs, your personal wants, and your comfort with the internet.

Since 2003 I’ve worked with more than 600 individual coaches, alternative healers, and many other types of service providers to help them develop a website, a solid marketing plan, and a step-by-step process for reaching their client load and revenue goals.

If you’re not the ‘techie type,’ that’s all the better. The bottom line is I can make the web simpler for you to use for your business.”

Learn more about Dawud at www.DMiracle.com.

Dawud’s Success Tips

Don’t be afraid of technology. With the right person it’s simpler than you might think!

Dawud’s Favorite Quotes

“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand and work with whatever tools you may have at your command – and better tools will be found as you go along!” – Napoleon Hill

“How much of human life is lost in waiting” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If I do the same thing today, should I expect a different result than yesterday?” – Dawud Miracle

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Establishing or growing a successful coaching business or ministry is a challenge, and many of us hit seasons when we wonder if it’s worth the effort to push through our questions and disappointments to build it, especially in a struggling economy.

Jory Fisher is well acquainted with that journey. She left a successful career as a lawyer and associate dean of a law school and stepped into coaching with a dream of doing what God had prepared for her.

Jory Fisher

Growing a Purposeful, Successful Coaching Business

It wasn’t a simple shift, but Jory saw herself as someone who had always enjoyed asking the big questions in life. “In high school, I wondered how the various civilizations answered questions like, ‘Who am I and why am I here?’ and, ‘What is my relationship to God, the universe, and others?’”

As Jory began to shape her new career, one of the key questions she continually asked herself was, “What is my calling?”

To what was God calling her? Whom was she meant to serve? How would she step into the longings of her heart and serve God and others with success?

God not only began to answer those questions for Jory, He led her into specialized coach training that put “purpose and calling” at the core of what she believes, teaches, and lives as a person and a coach.

“When I discovered what it is that helps a person get clear on their purpose, I realized how each of us can develop our confidence and courage. It makes all the difference in the world to have that clarity of calling.”

Now she coaches entrepreneurs to build their own “God-guided, purpose-driven, heart-centered” business.

And she loves it.

Growing a Successful Coaching Business Online

A hard lesson Jory learned a few years into her entrepreneurial journey involved online marketing. She discovered there was much more to it than having a pretty website. She now suggests, “Know your purpose and have a clear and focused target market! That’s done best through prayer and good market research.”

A few more tips she offers in building a website with a focused target market include:

1.    Find out to whom you relate the best and who needs you most.
2.    Have an image of that person in mind as you write your blog posts and create your site.
3.    Make your website appealing, but don’t forget that the key purpose is to attract and help your ideal client.
4.    Put yourself in the perspective of the person you want to attract rather than keeping that perspective on you and your needs.
5.    Continually add content that will help your ideal client in some way.

When I asked Jory what she would tell a coach who wants to amp up their unique reach, she said…

“I would suggest they align themselves with a mentor or coach whom they know, like, and trust and who seems to be doing well with whatever it is they (the coach) wants to do.”

You can read more of Jory’s story of overcoming personal and career obstacles and of stepping into God’s purposes for her life at www.JoryFisher.com. You’ll quickly discover her passion for “helping purpose-guided entrepreneurs glorify God through success.”

Jory is a Certified Christian Coach and member of the Christian Coaches Network.

Jan Kern

As an author, speaker, and life coach, Jan Kern is passionate about how we each, as unique individuals, can embrace and courageously live God’s design. Whether through written words, one-on-one, or in a speaking forum, she encourages giving space for discovery and creativity, for deeper conversation and connection—with God and with others. She is the founder of Voice of Courage, which seeks to help women discover and use their God-given voice so they might better love and serve the communities in which they live.

You can connect with Jan, share your own story, or ask about her coaching services through her site: www.jankern.com

Jan’s article on Jory Fisher was originally written for the Christian Coaches Network and republished here with CCN‘s permission and blessing.

Though I assure you I’ve not yet discovered THE SINGLE MAGIC FORMULA, I’ve come a long way with the help of mentors and books, and through trial & error. I’ll share with you here some of the best tips I’ve learned and hope you will return the favor in the comment box below.

Managing Our Energy is Key to High Performance

According to authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, “Performance, health, and happiness are grounded in the skillful management of energy,” not time. [The Power of Full Engagement, Free Press, Copyright © 2003]

Have you ever noticed how high performers have not “just enough” energy, but an abundance of energy? What’s their secret?

• Do they have routines and practices in place that help them bound out of bed in the morning?
• Do they have specific rituals that help them charge forth boldly and enthusiastically throughout their day?
• Do they regularly set aside time to re-charge their batteries?
• Do they have a “higher purpose” to which they feel called?

As an avid student of what helps people reach their full potential, I enjoy reading books like The Power of Full Engagement and Brendon Burchard’s The Charge. I strive to implement whatever speaks to me in my own life and business, and I enjoy helping my clients do the same.

In their book The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz give us practical, easily implementable action steps to help us amp up our energy so we can amp up our performance big time. They make a strong case for their premise: energy management is the secret to long-lasting success.

Challenging Ourselves is Key to High Performance

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I had the privilege of attending Brendon Burchard’s High Performance Academy in 2011. He passionately shared with us the strategies and concepts he would soon write about in his best-selling book The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive, Free Press, Copyright © 2012.

Brendon maintains that, to live a fully charged and successful life, we must (among other things…):

• Challenge ourselves to go beyond our current skill level and current situation
• Stretch ourselves by making a contribution that activates our weaknesses as well as our strengths
• Expand ourselves by getting out of our perceived comfort zone and tapping into our highest self
• Equip ourselves to make the difference we’re here on earth to make.

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”

~Henry David Thoreau

Being Fully Present is Key to High Performance

In his inimitable, highly animated style, Brendon also urges us to be engaged, enthusiastic, and energetic whenever we interact with others. We need to be Fully Present, he says, to the people and world around us if we want to make a truly meaningful contribution during our lifetime.

We need to be Fully Present if we want to become an influential High Performance Business Owner.

Are you a Christian Woman Entrepreneur striving to become the best business owner you can be?

Then join my colleague Beth Scanzani and me in our next group coaching program Peak Performance! We begin May 23rd.

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To your long-lasting success!

About Beth Misner

Christian author and speaker Beth Misner is an ordained minister and the founder and current director of the Journey Center—Claremont,CA—a Christ-based center for spirituality, healing, and wholeness. Beth is a Christian meditation and prayer leader as well as a certified sports nutritionist, black belt in karate, and practitioner of T’ai Chi. She is also the author of Jesus and the Secret: Where the Word of God and the Law of Attraction Intersect, available on Amazon.com and many eReaders.

She and her husband, Ivan, own and operate BNI (Business Network International) and are co-founders of the BNI-Misner Foundation, a non-profit foundation that supports children’s educational programs around the world. Beth and Ivan reside in Claremont, CA, with their three adult children – Ashley, Cassandra, and Trey. Her hobbies and interests include gardening, scrapbooking, reading, and travel.

To contact Beth, please go to www.bethmisner.com.

Beth’s Success Tips

• Find what you love to do and incorporate it in with the things you have to do.
• Don’t take yourself so seriously – Remember what it is like to play!
• Learn to love people right where they are, not where you want them to be. (Extend grace)
• Slow down, slow down, slow down.
• Redefine what it means to be prosperous.
• Understand your mission and purpose on this planet.

Beth’s Favorite Quote

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” Francis of Assisi

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Just mention the Law of Attraction to a group of, how you say, conservative Christians and you’re bound to get a passionate reaction. The term conjures up New Thought giants from the early 20th century, inspired men such as Napoleon Hill, Wallace Wattles, and James Allen who, were they alive today, mostly likely would not define themselves as evangelical Christians.

In short, the Law of Attraction proclaims “like attracts like” — that if we think negative thoughts, we’ll bring about negative results. If we focus on the positive, however,  and truly believe in the object of our desire, then positive results shall ensue. The belief, as I understand it, is based on the idea that people and thoughts are made from pure energy which seems to beg the question: Where is Christ in this equation? If we can just think something into existence, why pray? Why develop a relationship with Jesus? The Law of Attraction appears to put a heavy emphasis on energy and thought and, at first blush, little to no emphasis on traditional tenets of the Christian faith. So… should we evangelicals pitch the whole thing?

What Christians Can Learn from the Law of Attraction

We would be foolish to do so. Let me give you a personal example.

My dad was the eternal optimist; my mother not so much. Truth be told, my mother, until she became a Christian late in life, was one of the most pessimistic people I’ve ever met. The more she complained, the worse life became for her (and me).  I grew up with a clear understanding of “like attracts like” and made a conscious decision to choose to see the positive even in negative situations. The alternative was not pretty.

I think my dad and Mr. Rogers’ mother grew up in similar neighborhoods. As the horrors of the Boston massacre unfolded last week, and people struggled to explain what was going on to their kids, Huff Post printed this quote from The Mister Rogers Parenting Book.

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” ~Fred Rogers

And so we do. If we look for the good, we will see the good. We will attract the good. We will bring about the good. If we get caught up in fear and doubt and self-flagellation, however… we will repel everybody.

How Christian Business Owners Can Apply the Law of Attraction

You wouldn’t be in business if you didn’t have a service or a product to offer. Agreed?

You won’t be in business long if you don’t have clients and customers.

Your first step is to get crystal clear on who you are, whom you serve, and how you serve them.

Your second step is to prepare your message, that is, what you communicate to your prospective clients and customers, in such a way that your written and spoken words attract those whom you’re meant to serve.

[If I wanted to work with 20 something male mechanics who'd rather eat dirt than read a blog post on faith and the Law of Attraction, believe you me. I wouldn't be writing this message!]

Your third step is to gain confidence and reflect your Christ-centered confidence in the marketplace. To attract your ideal client and customer, you have to believe–even just a little at first–that with the Lord’s help you are fully equipped to serve them well.

Sounding rather like the Law of Attraction, don’t you think?

• Exude the energy of “I gotta get a client to pay the bills,” and people will go running.
• Exude the energy of “I don’t know what I’m worth,” and you won’t even be able to ask for the sale.
• Exude the energy of “I’m not sure if I can deliver these goods or services,” and you’ll offer them at a reduced rate–maybe even free.

If we think negative thoughts, we’ll bring about negative results. Period.

So… where is God in the equation?

God created everything, including the Universal Laws, including the Law of Attraction. We must carefully and regularly examine Scripture, however, to ensure that our understanding of His laws is correct.

And we must pray for guidance. As Jehoshaphat King of Judah admonished Ahab King of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the Lord.” (I Kings 22:5) In everything. For everything. Including help in discerning our ideal client. Including help with how to attract the people we’re meant to serve. Including help with paying the bills and crafting our products and services.

“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” ~Philippians 4:6

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And by all means, we must focus on giving… not getting. If you’re all caught up in “getting clients now,” your fears and doubts will overtake you. Focus instead on giving… through your articles and speeches and complimentary info products and blog posts… and your business will flourish in due time.

“Give and it will be given unto you.” ~Luke: 6:38

Sounds a lot like the Law of Attraction to me!

Before you go, take a few more minutes to read my post “Who Am I?” Self Reflection Helps Us Serve Others With Excellence. I firmly believe that the better we know ourselves, the better we’ll attract our ideal clients and customers and fill our practice with clients we love.

As Christian business owners, there is much we can learn from the Law of Attraction. Agree? Disagree? Please share your views in the comment box below.

To your success!

However, there is a common misconception that if you do MORE marketing—more networking, more speaking, more blogging, more Facebooking, more tweeting, more, more, more—you will have more sales and more clients.

The truth is, doing more marketing is not the answer to getting more clients. What you do need to do more of may surprise you.

During this episode, Karen will share what might be getting in the way of bringing in more clients, what you need to have in place, and how you can make ‘building your practice’ much more enjoyable.

About Karen Graves

Karen Graves is an expert at teaching business owners how to be powerful and profitable. She helps coaches, consultants, and solopreneurs with a heart for service make money with what they already know. Karen takes her award-winning sales and sales training experience from Pfizer, Inc. to teach them the must-have skills they need to get higher paying clients and to build businesses they love.

Karen understands that there is too much conflicting information on “how to grow a business.” She has developed a “simpler is better” approach to business growth with specific strategies and tools that make the most impact in making sales and that make marketing a more natural part of the business process.

To learn more about Karen, visit the Your Sales Fix website: www.YourSalesFix.com

Karen’s Success Tips

Know that you are in this position as entrepreneur for a very special purpose. God is providing you with all that you need and will always bring you exactly what you need, no matter what the package my look like. You are ready today. Stop holding back on your gift because someone is waiting just for YOU.

Karen’s Favorite Quote

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Shhhh.  Silence the sounds around you. Reflect, and reflect deeply. “Who am I?” A question calling for an answer. Can you hear it?

As service-providing entrepreneurs, we must know ourselves well if we are to reach our full potential as business owners. We must know ourselves well if we are to make the difference we’re here on earth to make. Though it may sound like a contradiction, focused self reflection helps us serve others with excellence.

Focused self reflection helps us find, follow, and fulfill our divine calling.

“It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?”
~Carl Sandburg

Do you know who you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re going? We often get so caught up in the “doing” that we fail to carve out time to sit on a rock, or walk along the beach, and reflect. At least I do. Maybe you’re different.

I recall a time in law school when I was so caught up in “doing” that the assistant rector of my church, a short fellow with a red bushy beard, took me aside and said, “Jory, just BE.” He introduced me to the works of Henri J.M. Nouwen and gently yet urgently suggested that I embark on an even deeper inner journey of my soul. He told me that God loved me unconditionally–that I didn’t have to do anything to earn His love or to pay Him back for all of the grace bestowed upon me. I did, however, need to spend significant time in self reflection, contemplating who I am as a child of God. Only then, he said, would I be able to serve others with excellence and fulfill my purpose here on earth.

I wish I could tell you it’s been an easy journey…. that just a few sessions of rock sitting and beach walking did the trick… that after just a few sessions I knew exactly who was looking back at me in the mirror and exactly how I could serve others best. I wish I could…or do I?

There’s something magical about the process of self-discovery, about the process of self-reflection. Though our God-given purpose doesn’t change, our understanding of it does. When we stop asking the questions, we run the risk of trying to take charge of our own lives or living a day-to-day superficial existence.  Hmmm. Sounds dreadful. More rock sitting please.

To get started, carve out time alone with God on a regular basis… on a rock, at the beach, in your garden, on your sofa… to seek answers to these timeless questions:

• Who am I at my core?
• Whom am I meant to serve?
• How am I meant to serve them?
• What gifts and strengths do I have to offer?
• What effect do my gifts and strengths have on those I’m serving?
• What problem am I meant to solve –> what is my mission at this stage of my life?

Ask. Listen. Reflect. Serve.

And please, if you would be so kind, come back to share your insights in the comment box below. Your words may be exactly what my readers and I need to hear.

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks the door will be opened.”  Luke 11: 9-10

May the Lord bless you and keep you and be gracious unto you.

About Dr. Joey Faucette

Dr. Joey Faucette is the author of the #1 Amazon best seller Work Positive in a Negative World; founder ofListen to Life, a business coaching company that helps business professionals achieve their business dreams; and host of the syndicated radio show, Listen to Life. Primarily through his coaching programs 7 Weeks to Work Positive and The Work Positive Master Coaching Program, this internationally known author, speaker, and coach helps his clients increase their sales and become more productive so they can enjoy more free time with their family and friends. He and his wife have two adult daughters and enjoy living on Pleasant Gap Farm in Virginia with their cat, yellow labs, and quarter horses.

Dr. Joey’s Success Tips

Perceive
Conceive
Believe
Achieve
Receive

Dr. Joey’s Favorite Quote

“When you help others get what they want, you get everything you want.”  Zig Ziglar

Resources from Dr. Joey

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