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Creating Multiple Revenue Streams??

Good Vibe Coach — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:59:50 +0000

Next weekend is the Martha Beck coach convention in Keystone, Colorado, which I won’t be speaking at for reasons worthy of an LOA discussion.

You regular readers know that deliberate creation is my professional passion.

It’s what gets me excited about “work” and leveraging the law of attraction is how I’ve created success: by paying attention to how things feel and learning to manage energy in a way that lines me up for what I want.

So when Martha’s group asked me to speak on how coaches can create multiple revenue streams, I was thrilled! Who wouldn’t want multiple income streams?!

(Indeed, it was a topic I suggested they cover, since I see many coaches struggling as they rely solely on private client coaching income.)

But a potential scheduling conflict prevented me from confirming right away that I was available.

As I thought about it more, I realized I couldn’t deliver the presentation they wanted.

Because what they wanted wasn’t anything I knew how to do. At least, not in the way most people think about it.

Meaning, I couldn’t instruct people on what actions to take to make multiple income streams happen for their business.

I don’t know what those actions are! And even if I did, I’m smart enough to know it’s not the actions that make the difference.

Even though I have several revenue sources, I don’t know how people who don’t use LOA make that happen. I’ve no clue!

My experience in creating multiple money in-flows is this simple: “Do what feels good.”

And Martha Beck didn’t ask me for an LOA presentation on creating multiple income streams. Yet there isn’t any other way I could talk about it.

Because that’s exactly how it came together for me: feeling good along with an intention for big fat fun easy cash is how Universe hooked me up with all of it.

“Go have fun, let Universe connect the dots.” I don’t know how well that would land with a non-LOA audience. hee hee

Here’s what I did:

I leveraged law of attraction to draw in perfect clients for one-on-one coaching income;
a client practically insisted on publishing pray rain journaling for me to create my first product income (I’m still in huge love with him for that);
every single corporate gig I got was from them approaching me (either they read my newsletter or blog, heard about me from a friend, or saw me present at another gig);
each and every speaking presentation I’ve had was from simply saying yes when someone asked if I was willing;
it was at one of those speaking gigs that the editor of one of the most sought after publications in town asked if I wanted to write for them (you mean I would get paid to write about LOA for you?! Uh … yes!!!)
those folks whose products I was already recommending sent me completely unexpected money for it (getting checks from “out of the blue” from Mike Dooley is super cool);
my own readers were recommending my stuff to their friends long before I had a formal affiliate program in place.

I didn’t “make any of that happen.” I don’t know where normal people go to get corporate coaching gigs - I went to Universe.

I don’t know how to properly run or participate in an affiliate program – I just do what feels good and money comes from it.

How do you get paid speaking gigs? Don’t ask me, I just said “yes” when asked. How did I get Catalyst to publish my stuff? Simple answer: I turned it in after they asked for it.

I just did my thing, purposely having a good time, paying attention to (and following) what felt good, and it all came together.

That’s my presentation on how to grow multiple income streams. Decide you want it, do what feels good and follow inspiration. Don’t sweat the “hows” or get caught up in figuring it out yourself.

It’s a short talk. And a highly effective practice.

You can apply it to anything you want, in fact. Relationships, jobs, new places to live, whatever else you can think of that you want.

Action is highly overrated for making things happen to get what we want. The more effective approach is vibration management.

And I’ll give that talk any day.

Call to Vibrational Action

Good Vibe Coach — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:53:31 +0000

I just opened an email from someone who I and many others consider to be a spiritual leader in our community.

Her energy work with clients across the globe helps them elevate consciousness, become more aware of energy, and surpass physical and emotional limitations.

(She changed my life!)

But this email was a shocker.

I would paste it here, but can’t bring myself to.

Let me summarize briefly instead.

It was a forwarded call to action to “flood” Obama’s email (they don’t even the respect to say President Obama) with instructions to veto the bill the Senate just passed (assuming it gets through the House) to ensure illegal aliens don’t get access to social security benefits.

I was speechless.

For a minute.

And then recovered access to all sorts of my favorite sailor words.

So I’ve taken a deep breath. And rather than just let this go and forget about it (this isn’t the first note she’s sent like this), there are a few things I want to say. To remind all of us of, myself included, of the truth.

We know better than this!

First of all, even if you really believe in limitation of resources, even if you really believe the government is in charge of those resources, and even if you really believe there are some people who don’t deserve certain resources, the last thing that’s going to work for you is to push against it.

If you really think we’re not all one, and that how we treat another is not what we’re calling forth upon ourselves, and you really think you need to command the government into protecting your vested interests – this isn’t how you successfully create change.

How you go about it is like this:

Well, wait a minute. I’m not finding super helpful instruction to someone who buys into – what I consider - false premises.

Because the fact is:

we are all connected;
what we wish upon another is what we call forth upon ourselves;
there are no limitations unless we create them by believing in them; and
the best way to get what we want is to focus on that positive end result rather than fight its opposite.

And guys, it’s up to us to practice this.

We know how things work.

We are the leaders.

This fearful scarcity crap thinking is so outdated, it just won’t fly any more. We know too much!

We are in a prime position to be more aware and diligent about what we are creating vibrationally.

Believe in your abundance, know that no one can prevent you from it (but yourself, and even then only temporarily), and that we can all have what we want – our happy endings fit together perfectly.

This is a clarion call to everyone out there who understands that at the foundation of our world is the law of attraction. If we don’t change old habits, who will?

Okay, our kids will.

But let’s not wait! Let’s show them the way. Let’s set the example for powerful living!

We know too much to do it otherwise.

And I’ll start …

by finding peace with those who do it different;
by embracing my brothers and sisters who believe other than I do;
by sending love to those who are discretionary about theirs;
by remembering that we’re all deliciously human, even the ones on pedestals;
by embracing the contrast and knowing it’s just taking us to even better places.

Now that feels better.

Wisdom Nuggets from Mike Dooley

Good Vibe Coach — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:46:28 +0000

Here are three nuggets of wisdom from Mike Dooley’s Playing the Matrix workshop in Salt Lake last weekend:

1. Leverage details but don’t attach to them
Much of Mike’s material encourages deliberate creators to focus on specific details of the end result we’re manifesting.

But he makes an important distinction in that we don’t focus on those details in order to create those particular results. Rather we just use them to get in the feeling of what we want. That’s the only way those details are helpful.

In Mike’s words, “The details are visualized to get you excited about your end results, not to be your end results.”

If we get hung up on a particular job, or person, or weight, that’s when the details don’t serve us. But we can imagine those details since they’re often helpful for creating the feeling state of what we want. Just don’t lose sight of the big picture.

2. Things will still look weird
Evidence of progress toward our success is often easy to miss. Mike specifically said, “… the miracles of progress are usually invisible.”

So you can’t really say, “It isn’t happening.” Because just like on a cross country road trip – you could be 24 hours away from your final destination, and things could still look really weird. Doesn’t mean you’re not almost there.

So don’t worry if things aren’t looking like you thought they would. It doesn’t mean you’re not making progress.

3. Why believe in limiting beliefs?

That wasn’t exactly the way Mike said it, but it was clear he does not invest much (if any) time exploring and resolving internal limiting beliefs.

Instead Mike believes that by taking action you automatically navigate around limiting beliefs.

I sure haven’t practiced that personally, but I’m willing to play with that idea!

There’s actually lots more to share with you, but I’ll save it for later!

(If you’re interested in getting your hands on Mike’s material directly, here’s an affiliate link for that.)

In the meantime, I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything here that sparks your interest!

Rookie Move: Resisting Doo-Doo

Good Vibe Coach — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:23:07 +0000

Clients and Good Vibe U members have heard this story, but it was a good reminder of how ridiculous it is to rely on action to get what we want. So I’m telling it one more time.

(Then I’m done talking about it, because this is not the story I’d like a repeat of.)

Backstory: When you’ve got a lot of animals in the house, it’s crucial to keep up on maintenance if you don’t want it to smell like a farm or a zoo. (No offense to farms or zoos.) So if I sound neurotic, it’s only because I have a zillion animals (as my boyrfriend says) and a nice house.

So when pit bull Joe left a big doo-doo on my favorite rug, I was not happy.

After all, he’s an adult and he’s supposed to be house-trained! He’s old enough to know to take advantage of a potty break, and certainly old enough to hold it for an hour until someone gets home!

Ridiculous! (In a very wrong way.)

Anyway, it was not easy cleanup, so it felt like time to call in the professional.

Ned at Abacus Cleaners knows the routine well (he’s been my guy for over a decade) and popped over to do his magic on all the carpets and rugs.

Before 24 hours had passed, Joe did it AGAIN.

He left another doo-doo on the same rug, in the same spot, and just as hard to clean up. (You fellow dog owners know what I’m talking about, right?)

This shouldn’t even happen once a year, and here it was happening twice in 24 hours?!

I was … not happy, to put it mildly.

After I fumed about it, I realized Joe practically had to go on the rug again because I was flowing such huge resistance about it.

I mean, pretend you’re Universe and all you hear from Jeannette is “blankety blank poop on the blankety blank rug from blankety blank dog.” If you’re Universe, you gotta figure out how to get more poop on the rug.

The poor dog didn’t have a chance with the vibe I was flowing: HUGE resistance to poop on my floor.

That was the story I told the client who really really didn’t want to experience another breakup, and the other client who really really didn’t want to have to travel for work (she wants to stay local so she can get a DOG, believe it or not!), and the other one who really really didn’t want to go broke.

Yeah, let me tell you how that works out …

… it doesn’t.

The resistance is a magnet for it.

We all know this. I’ve written about it before and probably will again. Because until we get it figured out, the reminders keep coming.

So our opportunity is to make peace with doo-doo on rugs. And breakups, and going broke, and jobs that suck.

Not because we give up wanting it to be different, or thinking it could be different – but because as long as we need it to be different it can’t be.

And all the action in the world I can think of to take cannot override my vibe of resistance.

But seriously …

Peace with poop? Really?

Yeah, really. Unless I want more.

That’s my homework this week.

What’s yours?

More Proof that Vibe Trumps Action

Good Vibe Coach — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:28:21 +0000

Like I needed more proof. But here’s my story of the day proving, once again, that no amount of action can trump the vibration:

How often does a Law of Attraction Coach get to talk to (one of) the most conservative-minded groups in the state of Utah?

Maybe more often than I realize, but this was a big deal for me. A room full of LOA virgins – how exciting!

I’m used to addressing folks who have some knowledge or interest in deliberate creation, but today was different - and I wanted it to be perfect: high impact and hugely inspiring.

So I put together a customized powerpoint presentation to guide my talk, and emailed the presentation to the appropriate folks before today’s event.

They requested I save it in an old version of powerpoint to make sure it worked on the laptop that would be connected to the projector.

I had told them I was NOT tech savvy and not sure I could make my mac work with their projector, so they supplied the laptop.

They just wanted me to bring the presentation saved on one of those stick thingies. (Whatever they’re really called.)

My technology vibe isn’t fabulous, so I asked Russ to oversee to make sure everything I did was appropriate. (Okay, I actually asked him to just do it all for me.) Everything was a go. Cute purple stick was all I needed to remember to bring.

As I get word that this is the largest turnout the group has ever had (to hear me speak), I get more nervous than I already was. (Speaking gigs bring that out in me.)

Yes, I know .. maybe I’ll change that story some day. This is not that story.

The email and my growing nervousness got me thinking that I better make sure the technology works, since this is a lot of people.

And I know to manage the vibe … I know to shake off that nervousness about technology failing me, but what did I do? I took all the actions a not-LOA savvy girl would take to make sure it was working:

Double checked to make sure I’d saved the right presentation to the stick, and saved it in multiple versions just to ensure at least one would be compatible with the laptop’s powerpoint version.
Emailed a copy of the presentation (now saved three different ways) to my gmail account, in case the stick failed and we had internet access in the room.
Plugged in the stick to make sure the presentations pulled up okay on the computer.
When I accidentally twisted the stick a little bit (what is it called??) by bumping it when it was in the portal hole thingy, I pulled it out, called Russ, who told me to relax, then I just snapped it back together, put it back in and tested to make sure it worked yet again.
Printed out a copy in case there was something I really did need from it.
Emailed a second copy to the coordinator to make sure she had a copy available, too.

Overkill, you think?

I did remind myself that even if it didn’t work, all was not lost because I could still give a great presentation without the visual aid. So there was that energy work included.

But I just wanted to make sure the technology worked fine. And took all the action I could think of to ensure it.

So I arrive with plenty of time to prep, even if something went wrong. Which it couldn’t possibly, because I’d covered all my bases (if you can call taking tons of action covering bases).

Still had that little bit of nervousnes about technology flowing in the background, even though it shouldn’t be because I’d done everything a girl could do. And I set an intention that there not be any porn that gets opened by accident from the stick.

With everything all set, the presentation pulls up fine from the stick to the laptop. Yay! No need for any of the emergency backup measures.

But then the projector won’t project the presentation. It projects a beautiful green landscape photo, and it shows an icon of the file in the bottom left corner, but that’s all it’s fessin’ up.

Four geeks and 20 minutes later, I called it and conducted my talk without visual aid.

I joked about how maybe I should have set a stronger intention than just “please don’t let there be any porn on this stick.” (Which would have been tricky, since I am not a peruser of porn.)

I did have an intention for fun, inspiration and empowerment for the talk, and all signs indicate that was met nicely.

But when Russ asked whether the powerpoint worked, I told him the very thing I was trying to avoid did indeed happen, even though it wasn’t technically my fault. Or at least not a result of anything I’d done (or not done).

And my sweet boyfriend who pretends not to be paying any attention to this deliberate creation stuff I’m up to, points out that my vibe overruled my actions – just like happens with the electronic thermostat, the tv, the phone, and I’ll stop there before I make this tech vibe any worse than it already is.

I share this ridiculous story as proof, once again, that it is not the action that matters. It’s the energy behind the actions.

You’d think an LOA Coach might have a handle on that, huh?

And that’s my cue to go love this about myself.

While I’m at it, I sure do love you, too! SO nice to be talking with folks who live this stuff day in and day out, much as I enjoyed the fabulous LOA virgins today.

Thanks for letting me tell you about my day, complete with misadventures in manifesting and all.

Action is Mediocre at Best

Good Vibe Coach — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:46:14 +0000

“Creation through action is mediocre at best in terms of the results it brings …”

These are the words Abraham shares in response to our cultural myth that there’s no gain without pain.

“Creation through action is mediocre at best.”

An important truth to remember, huh?

It’s the main message of my Money Mojo Magic product (released today!), which doesn’t spend a single second on the action required to make money.

(Despite the fact that I preached “action” for over ten years in the personal financial services field.)

I of all people know how futile it is to take action for money without having the energy lined up.

Since most of us weren’t ingrained with that message growing up, it can be an easy one to forget.

Yet, the evidence abounds to remind us that “pain for gain” doesn’t work. Working hard for little money, counting calories like a mad woman yet not dropping an ounce, hitting our to-do list with fervor yet never feeling the payoff …

If we know anything, it’s that diving into action not only doesn’t work well, but often doesn’t feel good either.

The question becomes, are you relying on action for results?

Is your first response upon feeling a new desire to “do something”? Or is it to “feel something”?

When we take the time to line up the energy first, that’s when life gets magical. That’s where our true power lies.

Abraham goes on to say:

“Creation through alignment of energy is where all of the masters and all of those that you revere have found their place. You cannot be a magnificent creator without alignment to the energy of the power that creates worlds.”

Well, listen for yourself (about three minutes in):

I’m curious to hear where we see we’ve been in action without first lining up the energy, along with commitments to shift it. Anyone dare to share?

Or does anyone struggle with the belief that there really is something to the “no pain, no gain” mentality of our current culture?

(I’d also love feedback from those of you who check out Money Mojo!)

Q&A: What Feels Best?

Good Vibe Coach — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:48 +0000

Continued from the October 20 issue of Get What You Want ezine (if you’re not already signed up, there’s a box in the sidebar to the left as well as here), this question about the role of action in manifesting often comes up for deliberate creators …

We talked about the simple manifesting formula as:

Focus on what you want + Do what feels good = Successful Manifestation

In the “do what feels good” part of the formula, sometimes we’re stumped with:

How do I know what inspired action is?
What if I don’t feel any inspiration at all?
What if I don’t believe just doing what “feels good” will work?
What if my beliefs are contrary to what my inner guidance suggests?

With that, I’m officially opening this post up for discussion around doing what feels good and its role in successfully achieving our goals.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, questions and experiences about the role of action and feeling good in the manifesting process!

Guest Post: Eliminating Lip Service

Good Vibe Coach — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:46:45 +0000

The topic of today’s post wasn’t my idea – it comes to you compliments of this morning’s angels. I’ll try to get the content as close to what they said as possible, but know there could be some translation challenges coming.

Speaking of translation challenges:

My cousin just sent that this morning. (hee hee)

Okay, when I wake up with a random song in my head, I’ve come to know it’s from angels. It’s their way of getting a message through.

The song today was something like, if you couldn’t say I love you, how would I know you did?

At first I thought they were schooling me to be better to Russ.

But that wasn’t it.

What they meant was in terms of manifesting. This message wasn’t for me as much as it was for all of us.

So here goes, my best translation of what they wanted me to share:

* * * * * * * *

I, for one, rely strongly on words to manifest. Writing them, speaking them, thinking them. And, surely, words are powerful.

But … (can you already tell this is not my topic? I’m not one to spend a ton of time talking about the role of action in manifesting. That’s my little disclaimer: this isn’t my post!)

(In fact, although I DID create the title of this one, and I’m doing my best to translate, I’ll identify it as a Guest Post.)

Okay, anyway …

To ensure your actions are serving your manifesting intentions, be aware of the message that Universe is receiving from you irrespective of what you’re saying.

Imagine the only instruction you gave Universe came from your actions and behavior.

How would your instruction be interpreted?

For example (and this is the example I came up with, it’s not theirs):

I have had a client or two (or 20) who SAY they are managing their vibration quite well, that they are (no, Judie, I’m talking about you this time – you are beautifully self-aware) .. they SAY they are feeling positive and focused on what they want and lined up vibrationally with it and they believe it, but as I spend more time with them it becomes clear that that’s what they know SHOULD be true, that’s what they WISH were true, but the reality is that they’re living with doubt and fear and discouragement, etc.

So while their words may be all love and light, their vibration isn’t.

But angels really meant to focus on action more – not just vibration in general. Let me get back on topic.

(All right, I just got the feeling that someone reading this is going to get the message better than I am and will be able to expand on it in the comments. Whew – pressure off!)

Okay, this is simple. Get back to the song.

If you couldn’t tell someone you loved them, how would you show them?

If you couldn’t TELL Universe what you wanted, how would you send that instruction? (Hint: smoke signals aren’t the answer.)

It’s not a secret language of words – action is a vibrational language, too.

(Ahh, I’m starting to get it. Goose bumps!)

We know like attracts like. So if we ensure our actions are lined up with what we want, that would be good.

Like when we say we want to be wealthy, but we’re acting out of poverty. Or when we say we want to be loved, but our actions scream that we’re not.

Line your actions up with your (manifesting) words. Leave it at that.

I think I can come up with a good example.

A personal one.

I think I can, I think I can …

What they mean is don’t rely so heavily on your words – get your actions lined up, too.

And guess what? I’m coming up short on a personal example. I mean, I can imagine what they mean, but I can’t come up with a personal instance of it!

Maybe this post WAS just for me. ha!

If that’s the case, I promise to keep you apprised as to what happens as I put this tip to work so you can get some value from it.

I shall line up my actions with my intentions.

Oh – got a great opportunity in front of me.

I just wrote on my whiteboard earlier this week that (and this is verbatim – may have done it more carefully had I known it’d be shared!):

“I just created a knock your socks off rock star life-changing money vibe product that is THE ANSWER folks have been looking for! YAY! ”

Then I listed the feelings associated: ecstatic, proud, thrilled, excited, accomplished and in high service.

And topped it off with: “I am the best at what I do!”

So, although I think the actual action of creating the product will be important, I think what Angels are getting at is to ensure my actions are also sending that signal.

Not the actions of ‘I want to create this amazing, transformational product,’ or that ‘I’m working on it,’ but that ‘it is created.’

What would that look like, I wonder?

Hmm. Can’t wait to tell you after I find out!!

In the meantime, if anyone here can elaborate on what you think Angels are getting at, we’d all be grateful for your input!

PS – have you seen blisscals? Just heard about these today!

(Angels gotta be rolling their eyes right about now about how easily distracted I am. And now I’m going to go laugh at the German Coast Guard again. hee hee)

Love to y’all!