Either I am attracting really interesting clients, right now, or there is a real and notable shift in the business circles I am in. I keep encountering spiritually-minded, female, business entrepreneurs who are mission bound.

I am so excited sharing this, too! As I see it, it means that there are women finally stepping forward to their calling. They want more than ever to be "in service to people" as their form of work. They want to build a business that establishes a base for their mission. They want to support a specific niche of people they feel they are here to serve. However, as I am also discovering they are resistant to the idea of business growth strategies because they do not want to feel inauthentic in their delivery of their services. And this is keeping them playing small in their mission.

As I was coaching a new client around this idea-that building a spiritually conscious business was possible-it made me realize how many people could be building their business from the vantage point that they can't see the bridge which connects the gap between purpose fulfillment and business creation.
 
Combining the words, spiritual and business, may sound abstract to many of you, but consider this quote by Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God:

 

"Business is your highest spiritual understanding, demonstrated."

The idea is that by finding work which feeds our souls in the pursuit of helping others can be transitioned into the creative act of business and commerce. Business allows us to be in service to others-just as many of us feel compelled to share in the healing and growth of this human experience.  At the same time, business offers a viable component for us to increase our mission through the profit factor. Allowing us to play a larger role in reaching more people and having the ability to be philanthropic.  
 
Using business strategies to build a successful business doesn't negate the spiritual quest you may be compelled to fulfill through service. It actually opens the doors to a higher purpose as a term I have coined-- 'passion-preneur', because the true soul of your business is founded in your mission!

How you consciously create the experience you wish to offer to people is what creates the brand or feeling you can convey through your business. Developing profit centres in your business to leverage your message of service, beyond only having a one-to-one experience, allows you to reach more people. However, to do this takes money!

So, in essence, having a profitable business allows your soul-purpose to take fight to new heights you maybe have never thought of before. By reaching more than a few dozen people through your help, developing strategies that increase your profitability may mean you can now help a few thousand or hundreds of thousands of people instead. Thus, having a greater impact and role.

What if Oprah never syndicated her talk show from the local Chicago TV market? Would she have been able to make the impact on the world as she has? Would she have had the ability to develop projects that continue to inspire and still be profitable?  While these opportunities were not there initially, each time she steps up and pushes forth to continue to live out her mission, the more she attracts the right opportunities to help her grow bigger. And we all know as we can see it, the more money she makes, the more she continues to give back. Creating larger opportunities for her and those she impacts!
 
I am not saying everyone will be another Oprah. But, by playing small and not stepping into a greater position to make your business growth as equally important to healing the world, you may be selling your self short in personally fulfilling your mission.  Let alone the higher purpose you are here to really serve in life.

 

Radiant Actions to Take:
 
Now, for just a moment take the time and write a few lines about the reasons 'why' you wanted to be in business for yourself. Are you currently fulfilling these points from where you are standing? Or, is it time to walk over that bridge and marry your mission with your business from this point on. What can you do next year to add more of your mission to your business or more business growth strategies to your mission?

Feel free to share your insights with me by clicking here and emailing me. 
 

© 2009 Wendy Burge - Radiant Edge Consulting.

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