I've been thinking a lot about what makes a hypnosis practice work and one thing I think is extremely important is being a decent manager of money. The truth is if you can't handle money, you'll fail in any business.
Being able to budget, putting money aside to save up for things, saying no to something you know you don't need right now, even when you have a strong desire for it, shopping around for the best prices, and knowing what you are willing to lose are some of the things common to those with good money sense. If you don't have any idea what I am talking about you are not alone. This is why most Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Every business expert knows that problems and successes trickle down from the top in a business. For instance, a boss who is a good communicator is going to value good communicators and hire those who know how to positively motivate employees. Alternatively, a boss who rules with an iron fist is going to model that behavior and his mid-management won't be very nice to work for. Why is that? It's because people, to a very large degree, bring their knowledge, expertise and mental and emotional make-up into their work lives. In this same way, your business will be an extension of your strengths and weaknesses be it management style, communication or dollars and cents.
So what do you do if your personal Finances are a mess? Relax. Loads of people are out of control with debt and more and more are becoming debt-free. They are even paying off mortgagges and you can too. Do a little search on-line: "Frugal living", "living on a budget" and "getting out of debt". There are loads of websites, message boards and books on the subject that can help you. Also go to www.amazon.com and do a search there on: Becoming debt-free.
One fo my favorites is: The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. He also has a radio show. Also, that support and encourages people while you are learning how to stay within a budget and pay off debt. In fact, you can listen to on-line and it's so inspiring you'll be hypnotized into getting your money under your control!
MY FINANCIAL GOALS:
I am putting them out here for the world to see:
1-Pay off my debt consolidation loan. - It started out at around 22, 548.00 (can't remember exactly)
About $5,000.00 of that was bizness debt, the rest personal debt, but when you have a sole proprietorship your business debt IS part of your personal debt. GOAL DATE: January 01, 2009
2-GO ON A HONEYMOON WE NEVER HAD - We are thinking about Cuba or Viet Nam.
3--Save up $10,000.00 for emergencies (liquid cash). GOAL DATE; June 4th 2009
4- Pay off our Mortgage - We just bought our house last year. We owe approximately $150,000.00 on it. We are considering moving but I'd like to own A house outright. GOAL DATE: Jyly 20012
5- Open a center where I BUY THE BUILDING.
What are your financial goals for your practice, for your life? I hope you reach them. I know you can do it; you're a HYPNOTIST :O)
The Debt Free Hypnotist
Hypnotic Photos from Peru***
A few years ago I went with a couple of friends to Peru. My friend, Lynn, took a bunch of photos with a digital camera while there. He took the photos and then left to go back home a week ahead of us. When we got back to the US we met up for lunch and he showed me all the pics he had printed out. He had them in an album. These were his last ones.
He said, " I took these pics of you when you were meditating above the Incan wall that day. I took them one right after another with no waiting. There were no people in the wall at the time. When I printed them out they looked weird like this and there were people in the wall! These are the only photos that turned out this way. The rest of the photos on the camera turned out normal." Strange, huh?
This doesn't have much to do with hypnosis excpet they are hypnotic looking aren't they heh heh heh....
FIRST SHOT:
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SECOND SHOT:
Client came back with more Anxiety
So he came back in stating that he felt incredible for about 3 days, then at work when he had to meet a big client for a sales lunch, he began to feel very nervous again and it is so bad he is stil feeling it big time in his stomach. HE says he's been eating rolaids all day. In fact, he is BACK to eating them like candy like when I met him three weeks ago. We had done regression in the last session and I thought everything was cleared up. What do you do when something like that happens?
Well, if you are like me, it's just gotta be more hypnosis.....so, I had him bring up the feeling he had in anticipation of the big client then I said go to a earlier time when you felt that way. I wanted to get at the root cause of it like any good 5-PATHer or regressionist does, but when I said be at an earlier time when you felt that way my client said nothing is coming up. I said on the count of 1 we go to before the nothing...321...still nothing.
I have him build the feeling to as big and as powerful as it has ever been. on a scale of 1-8, he says i'ts an 9. We do EFT and get it down to a 3 and I say, this feeling has something to say, and it's not going away til you say it. "I'm very nervous" I ask what else? " I'm supposed to be perfect" I ask and that makes me feel? "Like I'm not good enough"
"Good! ON the count of 1 go to an earlier time when you felt that way 321.....be there and he does this time! Yippee. His mom and dad are fighting. His Dad says talk to your mom and calm her down. He tries but he is only seven. She is still mad.. He thinks I'm not good enough. I ask, What might happen if she isn't happy? My dad might leave. Ahh there is the fear we missed...all hidden and snuggled up in the ole "I'm not good enough" thought patterns...
We clear up this feeling and I emerge him. He says, I feel so much better! Oh? Whatcha gonna do with all them rollaids, I ask, as he picks them up with his keys and wallet from the table top. He tosses them in the trash and says, sure not going to eat any more of them and smiles that freedom smile you learn to love....what a great job we have!
Nursing Student to do an Interview**
Nursing Student to Interview me This Morning**
She called and said she was doing some sort of paper for her class and could she come by and meet me? My schedule was full so I said she could if she got here at 7:30am. So I am up, showered, dressed and ready. I even vacuumed already. Coffee is brewing and I'll be having a cup of that asap.
I have been getting about 2-3 of these sorts of requests per year here in Dallas. Normally, they don't show up. I wonder if she will. One did ask me a bunch of questions over the phone one time. That was great. I didn't have to get out of my pajamas.
I wonder what she'll be asking. Will it be medical stuff like how do you help someone with pain, urinary incontinence, or IBS. I don't work on these things much but plan to in the near future. So I am wondering if I'll knowledgeable enough in those areas. hmmmm. I think I can wing it if she asks.
Well, off to brush up on stuff like the mind body connection. Oh, check out the video on Debbie Yaffee's blog it made me roll with laughter!