My eBook On Spiritual Entrepreneurship
November 19, 2009 by Akemi
Finally! My eBook “Lightworker’s Guide to Self-Employment” is ready for your free download.
I feel strongly about self employment. I love being my own boss, and I envision more and more people will be self-employed in the New World. Having made the transition from a corporate employee to a small business owner recently, I also know there are a lot of questions and fear among aspiring entrepreneurs.
This eBook guides you from the embryonic phase of “Can I possibly start my own business? Do I have what it takes? What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur anyway?” to the point you make the leap of faith with a clear vision of your success. It consists of three parts:
Part I: Myths & Reality
Part II: 5 Steps to Self-Employment
Part III: Your Success
A lot of materials comes from the posts I wrote on this Yes to Me blog, but I have added new ideas and insights, and put them all together in an integrated one vision, one process. It discusses paycheck mentality vs risk management skill, our attitude about marketing, very practical suggestions about business names (which is a key to effective marketing), the unavoidable issue of money, our secret fear of success that deters us, and a lot more.
Spiritual entrepreneurship
Throughout the eBook, I point out how spirituality can help you in the endeavor of starting a new business. If you think spirituality has nothing to do with the real world challenge of making money, you are in for a good surprise. If you think spirituality is a drawback, putting you to a disadvantage against those aggressive “practical” type who would do anything to make money, you are in for an even bigger surprise.
I know this from my own experience. I don’t think I had the courage to quit my cushy corporate job if it wasn’t with my spirituality. I don’t think I could survive the transitional phase when nothing much was happening (at least on the surface) if I didn’t have the willingness to contribute to the world. Now, this year, which is my second year, I’m making more than I did in the corporate world and my business is growing. Doing what I love and by helping people.
This eBook is a gift to you and to the world. You can just click on the icon on this page or on the sidebar to download it. You are also welcome to share it with your friends.
Social entrepreneurship
The eBook is free, but if you find it valuable, please consider making a contribution to Kiva. Kiva is not a charity — they help entrepreneurs in the developing countries by lending money for their businesses. Those entrepreneurs will pay you back. You can then take back your money or re-loan to another entrepreneur.
When I think of the many small business owners all over the world, I feel so inspired and I’m sure the feeling is doing me good in my business. Plus, by making them rich, we are developing a worldwide market — for your business.
I appreciate if you could leave a comment with your thoughts on this eBook. Perhaps I will revise and enrich the eBook in the future to make it even better, and your feedback is priceless in such an effort.
My gratitude also goes to those many entrepreneurs who have inspired me through the interviews and other communications. Entrepreneurs are never alone (which is another critical point I make in the eBook). In fact, I will be publishing several more Interviews With Successful Entrepreneurs soon — interviews with some spirited business owners that I came to know recently. (Stay tuned!)
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This is fantastic Akemi! Congratulations on putting out this e-book!
I am very excited to read it
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What a wonderful gift to share with all of us. Thanks Akemi! Looking forward to spreading the news
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Thank you for sharing this! It’s perfect timing for me (divine timing?) so I’m very excited to read it!
Evita, Monica, and Meroko
Thank you for your kind words. Hope you love the eBook!
Hooray, you did it! Looking forward to reading.
xo!
EM
Hi Akemi
Great read, thanks for putting this encouragement together. I started my own business but constantly having insecurities about it… you gave me renewed confidence to keep going. Thank you!
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Aloha Akemi,
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you… “Divine (perfect) Timing” as Meroko stated…I can not agree more. Thank you!!!!!
Sending Love and Aloha,
Ikaika
Hi earthmother, Monika, and Ikaika,
So good to hear from you guys. The fun of publishing a book is in the sharing, I think. Hearing from you guys is so rewarding. Thank you,
Akemi
Congratulations Akemi – What a great gift to give to your readers. I’m glad your business is thriving – you provide an awesome service.
Hi Akemi,
How wonderful that your book is finished and even more wonderful that we all have access to it for free!
I look forward to reading it. Judging from your blog…it will be fabulous! I will also do a post on my blog about it when I am finished.
Thank you Akemi for your loving, generous spirit….
Kathy
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Cath and Kathy,
Thank you. Yes, a mention on your blog with a link is deeply appreciated. I want to spread the words about this eBook the best I can!
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Congratulations on the completion of your ebook! “Spiritual entrepreneurship” sounds like something I would be very interested in. I believe there is a great power to being self-employed and having the ability to manage your own time.
I will give the ebook a looksie! Thanks!
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Hi TEM,
I think I saw you at other blogs — was it Heart of Business?
Thank you for your kind words.
Akemi
Akemi, this is a magnificent effort.
Thank you for such a beautiful gift.
Namaste
Annette,
You are welcome!
Good post. I’ve got to download the free ebook you are providing. I really want to be my own boss, so i guess this ebook might help me out.
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Akemi,
This is a wonderful, wonderful resource! What you have created is filled with so much great information. I’m just getting to looking at it now, and am moved by all that you have shared. Thank YOU!
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Lance,
Glad you like it. I’ve put in a lot of myself in this eBook ^_^
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Finally getting to this after the long weekend…this is excellent! I will tweet/stumble/link to….
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Lisa,
Thank you! Much appreciated.
I believe that it is no mere coincidence that I read this blog today and downloaded your wonderful book. I haven’t finished reading it, but I’ve already been inspired. I have just made the leap, resigned from work this November and now writing full time, able to have the time I wanted to devote for my blog and my readers. There is a lot of uncertainty, but there is also a lot of validation from God. Let faith find its answers
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So cool. Goo luck with your writing. I will come around to take a look.
Akemi
Akemi,
Thank you for the wonderful gift! I find it encouraging and empowering, something that the New World needs. The only kind of resource I know out there and I look forward to more
WL,
You are so welcome! And yes, I think this is a pretty unique book of its kind.
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I’ve only skimmed though a few of the pages and it already looks like a good read. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
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