Rebuild Your Virtual Business.com

"Rebuild Your Virtual Business.Com"

Seminar March 6-8, 2009 in Austin, TX  for entrepreneurs who might be overwhelmed by technology, helping them reach customers world-wide and create the systems and team they need to have a purposeful and profitable online business.

An online business is quickly becoming one of the most successful ways to reach customers worldwide and rise above the current economic situation - but it works for some, and it doesn't work for others. If you want to be in the "works for" category, approach your online business with a good vision and careful planning. Then get the help you need to handle the things that you're not comfortable doing yourself.

It's no secret that the financial markets are in turmoil and that many people have lost money, or are losing it. It's also no secret that to thrive in a market such as this, most people are looking for ways to reduce their overhead and maximize their profits.

"A good part of the fear people are having over the economy is media-driven. There's always a window of opportunity during difficult times, and the World Wide Web can broaden that window in so many ways." says Ann Collins, professional project manager and business woman of 20 years. When your business is on the internet, you're truly offering your products and services to the entire world, and you're not limited to any geographic area.

But if setting up shop on the Internet is such a good idea, why isn't everyone who puts up a website wildly successful? All you have to do is throw a website up, put your products on line and the money will start rolling in. Right?

"Well - not exactly. Like any other business; you need customers. Getting visitors to your site is a lot like getting people to come into a brick and mortar business," says Michelle Casto, Ph.D. People need to know that your site exists, and you need to find ways to keep them coming back to visit you. Just because you're working online doesn't mean you can overlook professionalism, and good marketing principles.

You also need the systems in place to take orders, distribute your products, and communicate effectively with your customers. Many - if not all - of these systems are automated and require some level of technical knowledge to set up. What do you do if you don't have that knowledge? Just like any other aspect of starting a business, you find a trustworthy person to handle those things for you.

Most people fail on line for one (or all) of 3 reasons: Either they are not coming from a place of purpose, they become overwhelmed by the complexity of all the pieces required and give up, or they don't put the planning and forethought that's needed to get all the systems running smoothly and working toward their vision of an online business.

In any case, they can wind up needing to rebuild their virtual business after they've started building it - sort of like someone who's decided to remodel their own house, only to find out that they've got to call in a pro.

Meet the Pro's in action at "Rebuild Your Virtual Business.Com" seminar March 6-8, 2009 in Austin TX

For More Information: Ann Collins (512) 751-1576

http://www.rebuildyourvirtualbusiness.com

 

Michelle L. Casto, Ph.D., is known at the Soul Coach, because she helps with people get in touch with the work that ignites their fire, and empowers them to shine their bright light in the world. As an inspirational speaker and author, she teaches people how to gain a higher understanding of themselves and uses a unique soul-centered and integrative process that taps into their passion, purpose, and power.  Her latest book, Get Your Career on the Fast Track:  A Navigational Guide for the Modern Manager, is a comprehensive and interactive book that covers career management from A=Z.  Sign up for your free jump start your career change package at http://www.smartcareerchanges.com or visit any of her life-transforming websites:

http://www.brightlightcoach.com

http://www.smartlifechanges.com

To Your Soul's Success,

Michelle L. Casto

The Soul Coach, Speaker, Author, and Modern-Day Philosopher

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When it is Time for a Change, It's Time for a Coach

  

There is an innate drive within each of that moves us forward on a personal and spiritual path.

The process of personal and spiritual transformation starts with individual growth and proceeds toward growth that engages our souls and encourages us to become what I call called in esoteric terms "soul-centered".

This means that we become less driven by our personality and ego needs and more guided by our soul qualities.

This process has also been called "The Hero's Journey" or "The Self-Actualization Process."
It begins with a "awakening" or "wake up call" usually in the form of disappointment or disaster that shakes us out of our trance and causes us to look again at our lives and re-evaluate if who we are and what we are doing is serving our deepest self.
We maybe for the first time in our lives stop seeing the material world as the own reality and start to wonder if there is not something more.

This marks the initial "challenge to grow" that our soul initiates within us.

Perhaps you are undergoing such a calling right now. And wonder who can help you or what you can do. There is something and someone that I personally know who has been there and done that many times over, yours truly.

I have walked through the fires of confusion, loss, anger, sadness due to divorce, job changes, financial challenges, and lack of a strong emotional support network. I believe I have had these experiences so that I could show YOU the way and for others who are going through "the storms of life" now.

The time is now for transformation.

It is a new era and we are poised with the opportunity to bring in a new consciousness, and co-create a new reality. Why? Because the light within each of us has been turned on, and it's our job to turn that light on brighter and brighter until all false thought forms dissolve in the light of our Truth.

I have 3 levels of Soul Coaching:  
    Soul Awakening
    Soul Purpose
    Soul Mastery

Each one building on the last and increasing your personal activation. As I evolve myself and my coaching practice, entrance into the Soul Purpose and Soul Mastery levels will be contingent on experiencing the Awakening level, so we will be on the same page with our philosophy and language.

Coaching is the universal language of change and growth and accelerates your success. It is what works!

Join me on a journey this year, and receive free podcasts, free books, articles, and coaching:

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The Day I Decided a Job Was Too Small for My Soul

 

  by Michelle L. Casto, Ph.D

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For a few years, I desperately tried to fit a square peg in a round hole in the corporate environment.
And guess what, it was not pretty.
During that time, I thought there was something wrong with me because I had all the worldly success symbols--- college degrees, a good job with a big name company, benefits, etc, and yet;
I was miserable.

In fact, the whole situation was making me sick. 

The culture was toxic---politics and favorites reigned supreme.  I am sure you know what I am talking about.

I just about burned myself out in my twenties, just going to work, coming home, falling into bed, and doing it all again day after day.  I especially resented how my time was dictated, especially my days off.  

I found out later that many organizations, just like families, are highly dysfunctional and those who know how to play the game get rewarded, while those with integrity and heart, are seen as threats to the system (aka status quo).

I once got reprimanded for being too passionate!

I told the supervisor, "I thought I was supposed to care about my job and those that I serve!"
I knew I was in trouble when I kept having dreams about work that would wake me in the middle of the night!

The real deal breaker, though, was when my personal values conflicted with the organization's values---they seemed willing to do just about anything to make a buck. 

For me, the typical 9-5 work situation felt more like a self-created prison.

I held the belief then and certainly do now, that work not only could be fun, it was supposed to be fun. I knew I had to find something else or I was going to be unhappy for a really long time---like my whole life.

I decided very early on in my career that I was not going to find what I was looking for in a traditional work environment. 

One day, I woke up and just said, Today I choose to be happy. I Quit my job and have not looked back since.

Gratefully, I followed my inner guidance and was led to Life Coaching. Over the course of these years, I have had many wonderful mentors and coaches, and all have helped me grow in different ways.
That was over 15 years ago, and Coaching is the best job on the planet for me because I get to help people clarify and claim their dreams. And then we work together in partnership as those dreams become their new reality.

Of course, being self-employed also has its good days and bad days, positives and negatives. However, I would not my freedom for any amount of money in the world.

Everyday I wake up and thank God for the work that I do, the people I work with, and the lifestyle it affords me. You can have the same experience just by being willing to learn a new way of life.

If you would like to go from career to entrepreneur, visit http://www.smartcareerchanges.com/career-fast-track.html

Michelle L. Casto is known as the Soul Diva Coach (Diva is Sanskrit for shining light of the divine) Speaker, and Author of the Get Smart! LearningBook Series.  Her coaching practice is Brightlight Coaching; she helps people come up with bright ideas for their life and empowers them to freely shine their bright light to the world.  She loves working with women to discover their inner Business Goddess.

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The following article is by Jim Rohn and was published in his weekly ezine.

Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation.

And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can. All of us have the choice.

To do or not to do. To be or not to be. To be all or to be less or to be nothing at all.

Like the tree, it would be a worthy challenge for us all to stretch upward and outward to the full measure of our capabilities. Why not do all that we can, every moment that we can, the best that we can, for as long as we can?

Our ultimate life objective should be to create as much as our talent and ability and desire will permit. To settle for doing less than we could do is to fail in this worthiest of undertakings.

Results are the best measurement of human progress. Not conversation. Not explanation. Not justification. Results! And if our results are less than our potential suggests that they should be, then we must strive to become more today than we were the day before. The greatest rewards are always reserved for those who bring great value to themselves and the world around them as a result of who and what they have become.

To read previous articles, quotes, and Q and A from the Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine Archives, or to get a complete listing of Jim Rohn's books, audios, videos and seminar schedule, or to place an order; please go to: http://www.jimrohn.com

***If you are ready to make a NEW CHOICE, then visit http://www.brightlightcoach.com/everyday-enlightenment-store.html

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Michelle L. Casto, Ph.D.  is known as the Soul Coach, because she helps people get in touch with the work that ignites their inner fire, and empowers them to shine their bright light in  the world.  As an inspirational speaker and author, she teaches people how to gain a higher understanding of themselves, and uses a unique Soul-Centered and Integrative process that taps into their passion, purpose, and power. Her latest book, Get Your Career on the Fast Track:  A Navigational Guide for the Modern Manager is a comprehensive and interactive book that covers career management from A-Z. 

Enroll in the Career Change Academy: http://www.smartcareerchanges.com

or visit any other of her life-transforming websites: http://www.brightlightcoach.com  to help you shine more brightly in all dimensions of your life.

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Is Your Spirit Working? By Michelle L. Casto

In every community there is work to be done. In every nation there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is power to do it.
---Marianne Williamson

Confucius once said, Choose a career you love and you will never work another day in your life.

If you think about this, what a different experience we could have in our work lives. If we actually loved the work we were doing, it would not seem so much like our traditional concept of work (drudgery/pain). Think about it! How many jobs have you had that you dreaded going to? What are some of the differences between a job, a career, and your life work? Let us define it.

A job is something you get paid to do (money is the primary motivation). It is easy to perform because there is not much challenge, and you will eventually find other work to do.

It may or may not fully engage you. Spirit may or may not be present.

A career is something you get paid to do that is viewed as a profession (status or identity is the motivation). It may provide more challenge, but after a while, you may get burned out, and choose to stop doing it.

It may or may not fully engage you. Spirit may or may not be present.

Your life work is something you do whether you get paid for it or not (your souls need for expression is the motivation). There is plenty of challenge and personal meaning. You will always want to do it.

It definitely fully engages you. Spirit is present.

Remember that a job can get you started toward your life work. In fact, jobs provide the very important element of exposure to different kinds of industries. Take for example, a woman who started out working in a department store as a clerk, who moved into a management position, and finally created her life work as an independent contractor who trains others in customer service skills.

To find out if your spirit is working, place a check next to the statements that sound like you in your present work environment.

Using your life force
Sharing innate gifts and talents
Doing work that is meaningful and fulfilling
In service to other human beings
Your inner light shines
You are standing up for something you believe in
World benefits from what you do
You have a unique way of doing it
Creativity, passion, and purpose are present
Your intentions and actions match
You are propelled by a larger life purpose
Integration of being and doing
(balance of feminine and masculine energies)
Soul leads you through the process
(there are no instructions, no right or wrong way!)
You feel lost and unsure of how to make it happen
Fully engaged, frequent moments of flow & inspiration
You are stepping into your Greatness
Increased awareness and sensitivity
Deeper thoughts, higher level thinking
Questioning the status quo
You feel energized after a hard day at work
Inner feelings of peace & contentment
(like you have found the right path)
Non-traditional, shatters the box
(requires you to venture into unknown territory)
Opportunity to really express who you really are
Desire to be surrounded or create beauty
Freedom to do it your own way
Discovering skills and talents you never knew you had
Being scared sometimes
Desire to right things
You feel turned on, lit up, excited, enthusiastic
No longer want to settle for ordinary or mediocrity
Longing for change and newness
Broader perspective, see more of the big picture
Shift to wanting to learn more , be more, and do more
Relying more on intuition to make life decisions

***The more checks you have, the more your spirit is at work.

Spiritual work elevates society and is personally fulfilling. When your spirit is working, you are sharing more of who you really are. As a result your work is performed from a level of love, a higher energy and true sense of purpose, which transforms everyone and everything around you.

Michelle L. Casto is a life coach, speaker, and author of Get Smart! About Modern Romantic Relationships, Get Smart! About Modern Career Development, and Get Smart! About Modern Stress Management. Her coaching practice is Brightlight Coaching , she helps people come up with bright ideas for their life and empowers them to freely shine their bright light to the world.

Shine On.
Michelle


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It's Time To Celebrate Your Career--Career Development is Turning 100

Celebrate Your Career: 100 years and Counting!

November is National Career Development Month and not only that, we in the field of career guidance are celebrating 100 years of service.

This year’s theme is Inspire Your Career—Develop Your Dreams
In 1908, Frank Parsons established the first vocational guidance clinic and outlined the basic principals of vocational guidance, cementing him as the founding father of vocational psychology.

Since then, millions of people have performed millions of jobs.

Obviously our concept of work has changed quite a bit, and continues to evolve at an accelerated rate, with the advent of internet, and especially web 2.0 and 3.0 platforms. It is now a common idea that not only work can be fun, it IS SUPPOSED to be FUN.

For me, my own career started out working in the higher educational setting. In 1999, I decided to become self-employed and the rest, they say, is history. My own career has many twists, turns, and surprises, as I am sure yours has too.

One of my favorite things to discuss is how people got into what they are doing.

Feel free to share your story here.
One of my goals is to help people follow their bliss, fulfill a greater purpose, and to leave the world a little better because they were here. So in celebration, I am inviting you to join me for 5 special events:
1). Take my free Is Your Spirit Working Quiz to find out how much spirit you are bringing to your current work situation: http://www.smartcareerchanges.com/spirit-working.html

2). Listen in as Ryan Pearson of the Empower hour radio Show interviews me this Sunday, November 9 from 7-8 central time (646) 200-4905Topic: Discover Your Divine Life Purpose: How to Make the Shift So You Can Sing the Song in Your Soul

3). Check out my newly released book, Get Your Career on the Fast Track at a Friends only discount: http://www.smartcareerchanges.com/career-fast-track.html(receive bonuses worth hundreds of dollars)

4). Request your 11 minute Career Check up Coaching Call with Me (limit to the first 11 people to connect with me)

5). Jump Start Your Career with a Free package including an mp3, the 7 Steps to a Smart Career Change, and the Presence Process diagram: http:www.smartcareerchanges.com

Additionally, I would love to hear how your own career has progressed and what you have learned along your journey.

COACHING QUESTIONS:Do You Absolutely LOVE what you do with a Passion?
Would you do what you are doing even if you did not get paid?
If yes, Celebrate!
If no, Educate.

So here’s to you, the work you do now, and the work you will do in the future.
Be sure to give yourself a big pat on the back for a job well done and do something nice to reward yourself!

May you be blessed with abundance, joy, and happiness.
Michelle L .Casto
The Soul Coach

Work is love made visible. Kahlil Gibran

At the essence of any great career is love and passion—it is literally a labor of love. Michelle L. Casto

Professional Life Coach Launches Experiential Coaching Program for People in Career Transition

Professional Life Coach Launches Experiential Coaching Program for People in Career Transition
Corpus Christi, Texas, August 6, 2008 (PRESS RELEASE).

Research shows that 80% or more of employees are “actively disengaged” at their jobs. What this looks like is people showing up for work in body but definitely not in spirit. This undiagnosed condition can cause all kinds of work related stress conditions. Reknown author and life coach, Michelle Casto has a solution for the state of mental and emotional Stress known as “job dread.”

Coaching is a growing, exciting career on the cutting-edge of personal and professional development and a solution for those who want to make a smart career change.
“Working with a coach will help people clarify their career aspirations and form structures and systems for achievement,” says Michelle L. Casto, Ph.D.

Dr. Casto has just launched the Career Change Academy, which is a two month-long coaching program designed to get people on the fast track towards career success and happiness. Applications are currently being accepted for the first ever Career Change Academy that begins in late August 2008.

The Career Change Academy is a continuing education program for adult men and women who want to decide upon a new career direction. The interactive course consists of reading, studying, discussing, and applying higher level information so they can easily change careers. It is truly a unique program of coaching and led by one of the foremost Life Coaches in the United States.
Michelle L. Casto holds a Doctorate in Life Coaching and she has authored more than over 20+ books and ebooks on life empowerment topics such as relationships, career advancement, stress management, and success strategies.

Her most recent book is Get Your Career on the Fast Track: A Navigational Guide for the Modern Manager, which is the foundation for the Career Change Academy.
“Dr. Michelle” has over ten years of professional experience in the human development field and is a renown self-help expert who has personally helped thousands of people change careers, enjoy more life balance, and make significant life changes with more ease.

A personalized curriculum is what makes the Career Change Academy unique from any other coaching program currently available. Clients meet by telebridge and are taught the Presence Process, which helps them raise their self-awareness, conduct world of work research, and make a commitment to a career path. As part of tuition, students receive numerous resources to help them master the material they are learning.

Personal attention and discovering exactly what each student needs to move forward in life is a unique and important aspect of the Career Change Academy. Her expertise in life success is documented by numerous client testimonials from all over the world. Individual clients work with Dr. Michelle on a monthly basis, and give credit to Michelle Casto’s coaching as being the inspiration they were seeking. The initial phone consultation is complimentary.

For information: http://www.smartcareerchanges.com
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Phone: (361) 232-3939 m.casto@brightlightcoach.com