Money! Money? Money. Money........

Notice something about yourself....

*  When you think about your work, how does that feel in your body?
*  When you think about making money from your work, how does that feel in your body?

Are these two feelings compatible? Incompatible? There are a lot of MTs who are uneasy / uncomfortable / twitchy around the subject of money. I just read a great blog post about this from Mark Silver, who is worth following if you want the heart that guides your hands to also guide your business.

Here's an excerpt:

Your best work has nothing to do with getting paid. When you’re in flow, you give, and it flows, and whoosh-waba-waba, your clients and customers receive yowsa good stuff.

What a high. That feels great. Love it. But it’s only half the story.

The other half is you on your knees, needing support, help, caring, and cash. The trick is remembering that the money is attached to actual, live people.

It’s a subtle distinction. You don’t want to see people as money faucets, but you do want to respect them as people who have received money themselves and have it to give to you.

The subtle shift is in identifying the endpoint. If you’re thinking “connect-create-offer” to receive money, then money is the endpoint, and the heart will not rest there, it will want to keep moving.

However, if you’re thinking “connect-create-offer” to serve and help people, and money is part of the “connect,” that puts money in its place.

Here's the whole post.