One of my clients came across this site, which forces you to describe a hard idea using only the thousand most used words in the English language. It's quite hard to do, but I found it really worthwhile to help me explain what it is I do, in really simple language: https://splasho.com/upgoer5/

Here is my attempt at explaining what I do. I am only three non-permitted words away from the goal... arrrrhhhhggg... so hard. Apparently, I can't use (OWNERS, CHOICES, VALUES). But hey, not bad, right?

"I help people who run their own businesses get better at what they do by staying true to themselves. I show them how to tell their stories in a way that makes sense and feels right. This helps them understand what makes their work stand out and how to share that with others. I also bring together groups of business owners to learn from each other. I help them see a clear direction, make good choices, and stay true to their values while growing their business."@everyone I highly recommend you give this game a try!

Highly recommend, especially if you're working on your answer to the "What do you do?" question.

I am planning for my third year of walking a week along the French route of the Camino de Santiago (in French, the Chemin de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle) the first week of June 2024, and am again offering to take any Prayer Intentions or Personal Requests with me. These are all shared anonymously, and I welcome anybody to share anything they want me to bring along with me. An anonymous form is here for anybody (within or outside our community here) to use.  

For transparency, this week of walking has been a focus of my year, as I so crave the contemplative silence and opportunity to commune with Nature and the spirits that are so present along this rural path I am taking.

I do not really have other free coaching offers or the like to share with our ABC Masterheart community, and I thought this may be of some help or interest to some of us here. 

I'm learning so much about the power of creating and sharing from my 100 YouTube Videos Challenge and the content that's naturally emerging through the creation of my courses called, no coincidence, CREATE and SHARE.

When I point myself in the direction of seeing something more deeply, it shows up everywhere!

The other day, Spotify’s Discover playlist introduced me to a song by an artist I’d never heard of before.

It was the perfect song for that moment, and it moved me to tears.

“Who is this artist?” I thought. 

I found his website and a blog post where he describes how he makes $800 a month with Spotify, working a “regular” job and making music in the evenings. 

I sent the link to a musician friend with the words, “I believe in your music.”

If I hadn’t discovered that first random song, my message of encouragement wouldn’t have been sent.

This musician is a Tiny Creator. (Maybe like you and me.)

We don’t have agents and million dollar ad budgets or even 1,000 true fans.

But our Tiny Creations are mighty ones, too. 💪

Our job isn't to convince people to watch our videos, join our email list, or even to buy from us.

Our job is so much simpler.

Be you. CREATE and SHARE.

✨ Create what inspires you, because it can’t exist without you.

👫 Share so it’s there to be discovered by those who don’t even know they’re looking for you.

You never know who will find it and how it might touch them, and which message will be the one to make a difference. All that required is showing up in the game of creation for long enough because it's rigged for us to WIN. 🎲🎲

So when it comes to creating…

…it all matters and none of it matters. 😉

P.S. I made this one minute YouTube video sharing these thoughts as part of my challenge, in case you want to watch. 👁‍🗨

P.P.S. And I commented on the musician's YouTube video, thanking him for making the song that has already sparked so much inspiration and encouragement. He commented right back in gratitude. 😁 See? We are making a difference in ways we can never track.

Whoever is working on growing their Instagram reach and followers this year, please comment "yes" below! Thank you so much!

Thank you all for commenting. I was thinking what if we all help each other increase our reach and growth on Instagram? What I'm proposing is I'll create a list of everyone's instagram handles and timezones. We all follow each other (if the accounts authentically interests us) and agree on a time that we will all post every day. As soon as we post, then each person will go down the list I've provided and like/comment/share/save the posts that speak to them to help each other amplify our reach. From what I understand, early engagement will boost organic visibility. This will also help hold us accountable to show up and post consistently. 

What are your thoughts? If you're interested, please add your timezone and Instagram handle to the comments.