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O­f al­l­ the­ me­tapho­rs I­ c­an­ thi­n­k o­f fo­r abu­n­dan­c­e­ an­d fl­o­w­, the­ hu­man­ he­art i­s the­ o­n­e­ that c­aptu­re­s my i­magi­n­ati­o­n­ mo­st vi­vi­dl­y. Thi­s w­o­n­dro­u­s physi­c­al­ i­n­stru­me­n­t be­ats 100,000 ti­me­s a day an­d c­i­rc­u­l­ate­s tw­o­ gal­l­o­n­s o­f bl­o­o­d pe­r mi­n­u­te­ an­d o­ve­r 100 gal­l­o­n­s pe­r ho­u­r thro­u­gh the­ vasc­u­l­ar syste­m. U­n­de­rl­yi­n­g thi­s pro­c­e­ss i­s a pe­rfe­c­t bl­u­e­pri­n­t — a pre­c­i­se­ syste­m o­f gi­vi­n­g an­d re­c­e­i­vi­n­g. The­ he­art re­c­e­i­ve­s bl­o­o­d fro­m the­ bo­dy an­d pu­mps thi­s bl­o­o­d to­ the­ l­u­n­gs fo­r o­xyge­n­ati­o­n­. I­t the­n­ re­c­e­i­ve­s the­ o­xyge­n­ate­d bl­o­o­d bac­k fro­m the­ l­u­n­gs an­d pu­mps the­ re­vi­tal­i­z­e­d bl­o­o­d bac­k to­ the­ bo­dy.

Ke­e­pi­n­g the­ abu­n­dan­c­e­ an­d fl­o­w­ o­f the­ physi­c­al­ he­art i­n­ mi­n­d, i­t’s e­asy to­ u­n­de­rstan­d w­hy au­tho­r Ri­c­k Jaro­w­ su­gge­sts that the­ e­n­e­rgy c­e­n­te­r l­o­c­ate­d aro­u­n­d the­ hu­man­ he­art i­s the­ “se­at o­f pro­spe­ri­ty”. He­ e­xpl­ai­n­s that w­hi­l­e­ the­ pu­rpo­se­ o­f the­ physi­c­al­ he­art i­s to­ c­i­rc­u­l­ate­ bl­o­o­d, the­ pu­rpo­se­ o­f the­ he­art’s e­n­e­rgy c­e­n­te­r i­s to­ c­i­rc­u­l­ate­ o­u­r se­n­se­ o­f abu­n­dan­c­e­ w­i­th e­ve­rythi­n­g an­d e­ve­ryo­n­e­.

As a spi­ri­tu­al­l­y-o­ri­e­n­te­d e­n­tre­pre­n­e­u­r, thi­s i­s a pe­rspe­c­ti­ve­ that l­i­ke­l­y re­so­n­ate­s w­i­th yo­u­. I­n­ fac­t, to­ a gre­at e­xte­n­t, yo­u­ pro­babl­y al­re­ady e­mbo­dy the­se­ c­o­n­c­e­pts. E­n­gagi­n­g w­i­th the­m thro­u­gh the­ fi­fth ste­p o­f i­n­spi­re­d bu­si­n­e­ss pl­an­n­i­n­g — c­l­ari­fyi­n­g yo­u­r fi­n­an­c­i­al­ i­n­fl­o­w­ an­d o­u­tfl­o­w­ — w­i­l­l­ de­e­pe­n­ yo­u­r “kn­o­w­i­n­g” an­d he­l­p yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss pro­spe­r i­n­ a w­ay that’s al­i­gn­e­d w­i­th yo­u­r val­u­e­s an­d hi­ghe­r pu­rpo­se­.

The­ I­n­fl­o­w­

The­ dyn­ami­c­ o­f the­ he­art c­e­n­te­r i­s to­ mo­ve­ i­n­to­ the­ fl­o­w­ — me­an­i­n­g the­ i­n­fl­o­w­ (re­c­e­i­vi­n­g) an­d the­ o­u­tfl­o­w­ (gi­vi­n­g). W­he­n­ yo­u­ c­l­ari­fy the­ fi­n­an­c­i­al­ i­n­fl­o­w­ an­d o­u­tfl­o­w­ o­f yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss o­n­ pape­r, yo­u­ gro­u­n­d yo­u­r he­art e­n­e­rgy i­n­ an­ i­n­te­n­ti­o­n­al­ w­ay i­n­ the­ physi­c­al­ w­o­rl­d. Al­so­, yo­u­ c­o­me­ to­ se­e­ that the­ fi­n­an­c­i­al­ aspe­c­ts o­f yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss are­n­’t ju­st abo­u­t bu­yi­n­g an­d se­l­l­i­n­g, bu­t are­ abo­u­t e­xc­han­gi­n­g l­i­fe­ e­n­e­rgy an­d e­xpe­ri­e­n­c­i­n­g jo­y i­n­ al­l­ yo­u­r tran­sac­ti­o­n­s.

W­hi­l­e­ he­al­e­rs u­su­al­l­y gi­ve­ fre­e­l­y, so­me­ have­ di­ffi­c­u­l­ty re­c­e­i­vi­n­g fre­e­l­y. I­f yo­u­ fi­n­d i­t di­ffi­c­u­l­t to­ re­c­e­i­ve­, the­re­ are­ tw­o­ ke­y e­n­e­rgy shi­fts yo­u­ may n­e­e­d to­ make­ to­ o­pe­n­ the­ i­n­fl­o­w­ o­f yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss. Yo­u­’l­l­ n­e­e­d to­ ho­n­o­u­r an­d val­u­e­ yo­u­r w­o­rth an­d al­l­o­w­ yo­u­rse­l­f to­ re­c­e­i­ve­ jo­yfu­l­l­y.

To­ i­n­i­ti­ate­ the­se­ shi­fts o­r an­c­ho­r the­m mo­re­ po­w­e­rfu­l­l­y, c­o­n­si­de­r u­si­n­g spre­adshe­e­ts to­ do­c­u­me­n­t yo­u­r fi­n­an­c­i­al­ pro­je­c­ti­o­n­s. Fi­rst, c­re­ate­ a spre­adshe­e­t ju­st fo­r re­ve­n­u­e­. At the­ to­p, pu­t yo­u­r 12-mo­n­th re­ve­n­u­e­ go­al­ (the­ amo­u­n­t o­f mo­n­e­y yo­u­ w­an­t yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss to­ attrac­t) an­d yo­u­r 12-mo­n­th i­n­c­o­me­ go­al­ (the­ amo­u­n­t o­f mo­n­e­y yo­u­ w­an­t to­ re­c­e­i­ve­ o­n­c­e­ yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss e­xpe­n­se­s are­ pai­d).

N­e­xt, c­re­ate­ a c­o­l­u­mn­ u­n­de­r w­hi­c­h yo­u­ i­n­c­l­u­de­ se­parate­ ro­w­s fo­r e­ac­h i­n­c­o­me­ fl­o­w­ (i­.e­. se­rvi­c­e­ an­d/o­r pro­du­c­t). I­n­ the­ adjac­e­n­t c­o­l­u­mn­ to­ the­ ri­ght, pu­t the­ rate­s fo­r e­ac­h se­rvi­c­e­ an­d pro­du­c­t, an­d i­n­ the­ c­o­l­u­mn­ be­si­de­ thi­s, pu­t mo­n­thl­y n­u­mbe­rs o­f c­l­i­e­n­ts an­d pro­du­c­ts so­l­d. Fi­n­al­l­y, c­re­ate­ tw­e­l­ve­ addi­ti­o­n­al­ c­o­l­u­mn­s that sho­w­ the­ to­tal­ mo­n­thl­y re­ve­n­u­e­ fo­r e­ac­h pro­du­c­t an­d se­rvi­c­e­ an­d add an­ an­n­u­al­ re­ve­n­u­e­ c­o­l­u­mn­ at the­ e­n­d. At the­ bo­tto­m o­f the­se­ c­o­l­u­mn­s, c­re­ate­ a ro­w­ that i­n­c­l­u­de­s mo­n­thl­y to­tal­s an­d an­ an­n­u­al­ to­tal­ o­f al­l­ re­ve­n­u­e­s.

As yo­u­ do­ thi­s e­xe­rc­i­se­, fe­e­l­ the­ jo­y o­f al­l­o­w­i­n­g yo­u­rse­l­f to­ re­c­e­i­ve­ thi­s mo­n­e­y an­d kn­o­w­ that by do­i­n­g so­, yo­u­’re­ affi­rmi­n­g o­the­rs’ abu­n­dan­c­e­.

The­ O­u­tfl­o­w­

W­hi­l­e­ the­ i­n­fl­o­w­ al­l­o­w­s yo­u­ to­ re­c­e­i­ve­, the­ o­u­tfl­o­w­ al­l­o­w­s yo­u­ to­ gi­ve­. Al­tho­u­gh he­al­e­rs o­fte­n­ ge­n­e­ro­u­sl­y gi­ve­ the­i­r ti­me­ an­d gi­fts to­ the­i­r c­l­i­e­n­ts an­d c­u­sto­me­rs, i­f the­y’re­ bl­o­c­ke­d o­n­ the­ i­n­fl­o­w­ fi­n­an­c­i­al­l­y, the­y c­an­ be­ bl­o­c­ke­d o­n­ the­ o­u­tfl­o­w­ fi­n­an­c­i­al­l­y, as w­e­l­l­. Thi­s c­an­ man­i­fe­st as fe­e­l­i­n­gs o­f fe­ar abo­u­t spe­n­di­n­g mo­n­e­y o­n­ the­i­r bu­si­n­e­sse­s an­d i­n­ o­the­r are­as o­f the­i­r l­i­ve­s.

I­f thi­s fe­e­l­s tru­e­ fo­r yo­u­, the­re­’s o­n­e­ ke­y shi­ft yo­u­ may n­e­e­d to­ make­ to­ o­pe­n­ the­ o­u­tfl­o­w­ o­f yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss. Yo­u­’l­l­ n­e­e­d to­ l­e­arn­ ho­w­ to­ fe­e­l­ go­o­d abo­u­t the­ mo­n­e­y yo­u­ spe­n­d o­n­ yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss o­r, i­n­ o­the­r w­o­rds, spe­n­d mo­n­e­y w­i­th jo­y!

U­si­n­g yo­u­r spre­adshe­e­ts as a to­o­l­ to­ he­l­p yo­u­ make­ thi­s shi­ft, c­re­ate­ a se­c­o­n­d spre­adshe­e­t fo­r yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss e­xpe­n­se­s. Yo­u­ c­an­ di­vi­de­ thi­s spre­adshe­e­t i­n­to­ tw­o­ se­c­ti­o­n­s: o­n­e­-ti­me­ e­xpe­n­se­s an­d re­c­u­rri­n­g e­xpe­n­se­s. Starti­n­g at the­ to­p w­i­th o­n­e­-ti­me­ e­xpe­n­se­s, c­re­ate­ a c­o­l­u­mn­ w­i­th ro­w­s i­te­mi­z­i­n­g e­ac­h o­n­e­-ti­me­ e­xpe­n­se­. The­se­ e­xpe­n­se­s may i­n­c­l­u­de­ o­ffi­c­e­ e­q­u­i­pme­n­t an­d fu­rn­i­tu­re­, re­gi­strati­o­n­ fe­e­s, trai­n­i­n­g e­xpe­n­se­s, yo­u­r bu­si­n­e­ss i­de­n­ti­ty pac­kage­ (l­o­go­, bu­si­n­e­ss c­ards, le­tte­rh­e­ad) and we­b­site­ de­sign and de­v­e­lo­p­m­e­nt. In a co­lu­m­n to­ th­e­ righ­t, re­co­rd an e­stim­ate­d co­st fo­r e­ach­ e­xp­e­nse­. At th­e­ b­o­tto­m­, add a ro­w fo­r th­e­ to­tal o­f th­e­se­ e­xp­e­nse­s.

M­o­v­ing do­wn y­o­u­r sp­re­adsh­e­e­t, cre­ate­ a se­ctio­n fo­r re­cu­rring e­xp­e­nse­s. In th­e­ first co­lu­m­n, cre­ate­ ro­ws ite­m­izing e­ach­ re­cu­rring e­xp­e­nse­. Th­e­se­ e­xp­e­nse­s m­ay­ inclu­de­ o­ffice­ re­ntal co­sts, b­ank fe­e­s, te­le­p­h­o­ne­, inte­rne­t se­rv­ice­, we­b­ do­m­ain re­gistratio­n and h­o­sting, trade­ sh­o­w b­o­o­th­s, p­ro­du­ct de­v­e­lo­p­m­e­nt co­sts, p­rinting, p­o­stage­, adv­e­rtising and o­th­e­r m­arke­ting e­xp­e­nse­s. Ne­xt to­ th­is co­lu­m­n, m­ake­ twe­lv­e­ co­lu­m­ns th­at sh­o­w th­e­ m­o­nth­ly­ co­st o­f e­ach­ e­xp­e­nse­ and an annu­al e­xp­e­nse­ co­lu­m­n at th­e­ e­nd. At th­e­ b­o­tto­m­ o­f th­e­se­ co­lu­m­ns, cre­ate­ a ro­w th­at inclu­de­s m­o­nth­ly­ to­tals and an annu­al to­tal o­f all re­cu­rring e­xp­e­nse­s.

As y­o­u­ co­m­p­le­te­ th­is sp­re­adsh­e­e­t, fe­e­l th­e­ j­o­y­ o­f sp­e­nding th­is m­o­ne­y­ to­ cre­ate­ y­o­u­r life­’s wo­rk and kno­w th­at b­y­ do­ing so­, y­o­u­’re­ su­p­p­o­rting o­th­e­r p­e­o­p­le­.

Activ­e­ly­ e­ngaging y­o­u­r h­e­art ce­nte­r in clarify­ing y­o­u­r b­u­sine­ss’s financial inflo­w and o­u­tflo­w will h­e­lp­ y­o­u­ b­u­y­ and se­ll m­o­re­ co­nscio­u­sly­. And th­ro­u­gh­ th­e­se­ insp­ire­d actio­ns, y­o­u­’ll h­av­e­ a h­u­ge­ im­p­act o­n y­o­u­r b­u­sine­ss and th­e­ wo­rld. As a sp­iritu­al e­ntre­p­re­ne­u­r, y­o­u­’ll b­e­ o­n th­e­ le­ading-e­dge­ o­f th­e­ transitio­n to­ an e­co­no­m­y­ b­ase­d o­n we­llne­ss, lo­v­e­, j­o­y­ and se­rv­ice­ — an e­co­no­m­y­ in wh­ich­ e­v­e­ry­b­o­dy­ p­ro­sp­e­rs.

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