Laura West of the Center for Joyful Business writes about some of the inner ‘gremlins’ that may compromise achievement for entrepreneurs:

It happens to all of us small business owners. Things are hopping along in our businesses: we are growing our lists, increasing our visibility and attracting new clients, and then suddenly… BAM!

The gremlin inside you starts whispering sweet nothings, accompanied by a dull ache in your stomach or a tightening of your throat.

“You’re not really doing it right.” “What you’re doing isn’t enough…it’s not good enough, big enough, powerful enough or thorough enough.”

“What are you thinking? Do you really know what you are doing?” and the “See what she’s doing…you’re just not doing it right/fast enough/making enough money”….

What starts out as a quiet question suddenly moves to a slow simmer, and then if not kept in check, it’ll rise to a full boil! The voice impacts our sleep, our creativity, our confidence, our ability to think clearly, and our willingness to take action.

Continued in article Practical Strategies for Shifting the “I’m Not Enough” Gremlin.

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Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D., “Creator and host of everything smARTist” says:

“Gifted by life and hard work, artists illuminate our world. But if this work is not in the world and of the world, the candle sputters and dies.

“Learning to nourish and shelter the ‘offering’ that is your art with knowledge and action, keeps the artist and the art shining for us all.”

Video: a testimonial from Amadea Bailey, 2007, 2009 & 2010 attendee, of how the smARTist Telesummit has impacted her art and art career.

The home-study program

Here are just some of the professional development topics that are covered :

* How to decide if your work is ready for a new gallery…or any gallery.
* Why Artists have a special advantage in adverse economic times.
* How Twitter can get you more exposure and net you new collectors.
* When diversifying your portfolio and your pricing strategy increase your art income.
* How you can build a consistent business strategy that’s in line with your dreams and values.
* When narrowing your market options increases your chances for success.
* The hidden gift in the clutter around you that could actually increase your productivity.
* The best ways to deal with disappointments, so they don’t sabotage your creative energy.

In this audio clip, Ariane Goodwin reads a question from a seminar participant about goals for artists, with responses by painter & collage artist Jonathan Talbot.

Visit the smARTist Telesummit site for more about the Art Career Conference Home-Study Edition – which includes audio downloads and CDs (plus written transcripts) for the 7 day conference, with 11 Keynote Speakers, who gave 14 presentations.

> “When you purchase before April 15th, you’ll receive the Stay-On-Track program as a special bonus! This is a companion Companion Guide and Workbook Program to help you easily organize all the material Before, During, and After listening to the Telesummit.”

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Podcast: Download

Beginning Thursday, April 15, 2010

Materials include Audio Recordings of the Series; Transcripts of Each Call; Downloadable Forms and Checklists, and more.

Presented by Kendall SummerHawk, Million Dollar Marketing Coach and creator of a two million dollar home based coaching business

- and Richard Shapiro, Kendall’s award winning business partner, husband & co-owner of seven figure businesses.

From the site:

Dear Entrepreneurial Women,

Are you …

* someone who knows people need your service, product or program but struggle with filling your courses, teleseminars or workshops?

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“Just as surely as building a powerful brand is the key to differentiating a product in the marketplace and thus building a successful business, so creating a strong personal brand is the key to differentiating yourself from your competitors, thereby ensuring your own success as well as that of your business.

“Your personal brand determines how people respond to you, whether they listen to you, buy from you, how much they buy, what they are willing to pay, and so on.”

From article Create Your Personal Brand, By Brian Tracy

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Jonathan Mead and Steve Pavlina write about the kinds of attitudes, mindsets and self-limiting beliefs toward work – and our abilities – that may keep us from even attempting an entrepreneurial dream.

Mead writes:

“So many people don’t do what they love for a living, because they think they don’t deserve it. It’s more important for them to sacrifice and deliver value to others, than it is to value themselves.

“That’s the typical puritanical mindset. Work for others’ benefit, get a paycheck (to make it seem like you really got something out of it), then suck it up. This is how this paradigm works:

“Work to deliver someone else value, while doing something that we don’t enjoy (self-sacrifice).

“Get a paycheck, and then trick ourselves into believing that the paycheck is enough to make up for the fact that we don’t care much for what we do.

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Recently, Valerie Young, Dreamer in Residence at ChangingCourse.com joined Yanik Silver and Maverick Business Adventures on an extreme business trip complete with cliff hanging, rock climbing and white water rafting.

Maverick Business Adventures is an exclusive club for successful entrepreneurs. They organize networking adventures where members go on some amazing adventures while sharing their vast accumulated knowledge and resources with each other, but also give back to their community by helping potentially at risk kids become successful too.

An added bonus of being part of the Maverick group is the opportunity to talk and learn from fellow entrepreneurs. On a recent trip to Aspen, Valerie Young took this opportunity to ask some of these extremely successful individuals to offer their advice for changing course.

You’ll hear first hand from successful entreprenuers like like Terry Wygal from FireYourBossIn90DaysOrLess.com, Katheryn Tully who founded FinancialTimes.com, Tim Warren of AdventureBizSuccess.com and TravelBusinessSuccess.com, Carrie Wilkerson of Barefoot-Executive.com, and many more share their best nuggets of advice with you.

Go to Changing Course to get your free report on how you can make a career change that lets you work from home or wherever you like.

Also see articles by Valerie Young.

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Kendall SummerHawk is a Professional Certified Coach, and “an expert in business coaching, branding, and marketing for self-employment success.”

She emphasizes how important it is to connect our core values and authentic personality with any marketing approaches, particularly for such a personal business as coaching.

“Each of us has a bigger ‘WHY’ that motivates us to do what we do,” she notes. “But when you speak or write about client results, do you tie in those results to your bigger why? If not, you’re missing out on helping your listener or reader link practical results with an authentic, compelling emotion.

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