Keeping that new money relationship alive and present–in the face of the news, life’s challenges, other peoples’ money monsters, and the unfortunate fact that your personified Money Honey is imaginary and not physically present… that’s the challenge we all face to keep the magic, love, and money coming.

It’s a burning question that comes in from my VIPs, my clients, and myself.

I was shooting more videos for my new “How To Be A Money Magnet 2.0″ coaching product (coming very soon!) yesterday, and I really go into that in the last segment. I’ll share some of it with you today, and why it’s important.

1. For those of you in the audience who, like me, are “kinesthetic” (you connect through physical contact), imagine touching your Money Honey. Sitting in his lap, being held in his arms. And boys, flip it–put your Money Honey ON your lap and hold her.
2. If you’re having trouble seeing/hearing/feeling and smelling (yes, smelling!) your MH, try automatic writing: write to and from your MH.

There are other things that I do constantly to feed the relationship:

1. Stay in a COMMUNITY of financial alchemists and money magnets who speak my language and remind me this relationship works. Hearing about other people’s miracles and discoveries (in my case, these are my clients) helps me appreciate my own Money Honey.
2. Have someone to keep me accountable. I would NOT have the guts to complete this epic new Money Magnet 2.0 product if I didn’t have my own coach watching and advising me. And helping me get over my own anxieties.
3. Keep INVESTING in myself and my dreams. You reveal what’s important to you by looking at where you spend your time and money.
4. Keep renewing the relationship. When I’m not trusting money, I do Financial Alchemy all over, from the beginning. That’s when I have my biggest breakthroughs. (I’m not the only one: several of my clients come back every time they want to upgrade their Money Honey.)
5. Make it EASY for money. That’s why I take classes, hire coaches, learn new things about business and marketing and serving my clients better. I work less hard and make more cash the more I learn.

This new relationship requires attention, affection, and commitment to work over the long term… just like any relationship worth keeping!

Max’s letter came into my inbox this morning. Max Simon is my friend (and my coach). I’ve been inspired by how he’s been responding to a very challenging personal situation, and how it’s motivating him to serve his ideals…

So I decided to share his story and invitation with you in his own words. And maybe I’ll see you in October.

Here’s a very personal
story for you…

My father is Dr. David Simon.

- He’s a world-renowned M.D.

- A pioneer of mind-body
medicine

- A best-selling author

- The co-founder of The
Chopra Center for Well-Being
with Deepak Chopra.

And a few months ago,
he self-diagnosed his own
very aggressive brain cancer.

Whoa.

To respond to this unexpected and bizarre circumstance…

…I picked up my entire business (and life), immediately moved down to San Diego to be close to him and my family (I have two little half-sisters who are 8 and 12), and have
since been spending time with him every day…

… contemplating the meaning of life, what we’re here to do on the planet, and what really matters most.

And you know what?

I’ve realized that only a few things really do matter.

1. You’re doing what you love.

2. You’re genuinely helping other people.

3. You’re taking every opportunity to celebrate the simple fact that you’re still alive, because it’s amazing how fast life can be taken away from you.

Obviously, none of this is new…right?

… Yet I think we can both agree that most of the world has not figured how to LIVE these principles day in and day out…

… Especially when it comes to business.

And that’s because we have SO MANY poor models of entrepreneurs who are simply doing it wrong.

** They are doing way too many things all at once and lack focus (and guess what, it’s impossible to love what you do if you’re scattered and crazy)…

** They want to help others but they can’t seem get out of their own endless cycle of struggle.

** They have a difficult time celebrating because of the anxiety and stress of trying to run an un-successful business.

And what’s worse, many
have lost sight of who they
really are and what they
really stand for…

… Which is so easy to do when you’re being told by the “marketing gurus” who you need to be.

So why am I sharing this with you?

Because first off, I think it’s important to step back and have these conversations.

… Spending time with my father as he goes through this has helped me realize that simply talking about this stuff is useful.

And secondly, because I have something very special to share with you that will change your paradigm forever.

** I can help you become an Enlightened Entrepreneur who has total focus and clarity

** Is impacting thousands of people in the deepest and most profound way

** And is making tens or hunderds of thousands of dollars in a single weekend.

So here’s the scoop:

This Tuesday, I’m opening up registration to my Sold-Out Seminar Secrets Live Event (Sept 30 – Oct 2).

… And when you come to this event, you’ll learn EVERYTHING you need to create live seminars that are unique and different, strike the perfect chord with your tribe, and fill
up super fast.

… And I’ll show you EXACTLY how to inspire your audience to say YES to your big-ticket next step offerings so that you can work with people in a much deeper way and get paid extremely well for it.

Here’s the real gift

Learning how to launch your own on Sold-Out Seminars will change your business model (and life) forever.

… Because you will now know exactly how to make great money doing what you love genuinely helping other people.

So I really hope you can grab a seat when we go live on Tuesday.

… Because we follow our own narrow and deep strategy, which means we’re only releasing a few tickets.

If you want to be the first notified, get on the early bird list here:

Get on the EARLY BIRD List here

And if you haven’t watched all the videos yet, go do that now. We’ll be taking them
down next week.

Cool. I hope this little story made an impact on you.

Have a great holiday weekend, and I’ll talk to you next week.

Much love,

Max

P.S. Once again, you can
get on the early-bird
list here:
Get on the EARLY BIRD List here

Conscious Business Playground 2010

I’m coming from the most extraordinary weekend. My coach friend Bill Baren (perhaps the top client enrollment coach in the world, certainly one of the best) invited me and around 27 other coaches to fly to San Francisco for a two day gathering he called the “Conscious Business Playground.”
Now let me tell me what was so remarkable about this event…

1) It wasn’t a paid seminar or conference. It was designed to gather minds, not make a profit. Not that there’s anything wrong with making a profit…  but it was the most amazing gift.

2) I got to spend the weekend with some of the most established, respected, influential, and successful coaches in the biz.

3) We all came together as colleagues and peers.

4) It was all about heart. It wasn’t just another “how do we get clients and make more money seminar” (not that I have anything wrong with these seminars–I attend them all the time). We asked questions like, “What are new and innovative ways to provide value to our clients?” “What does it mean to build a Conscious Partnership?” “What’s the difference between authentic enrollment and hard selling?” “What’s our own personal edge?”

I’ve been looking at blogposts by some of the other coaches from the weekend, reading their recollections and summaries. Check out Nancy Jeutten’s notes at http://tinyurl.com/nancy-cbp, and Robert Middleton’s post at http://actionplan.blogs.com to get a really CLEAR rundown of what we discussed and some of the most popular ideas of the day.

Here are a couple of really interesting thoughts that I’m taking away…

Sales coach (with a heart of gold) Brian Whetten said, “The more value in the offer, the more resistance comes up in the buyer.” What an idea! Loading on more value and transformation may NOT be the way to overcome a frightened client’s objections. This is totally counter-intuitive, but I think he’s right.

Marketing coach Robert Middleton (and I may be paraphrasing badly) said something along the lines of being a bigger container for your goals. Instead of putting your giant goal OUT THERE on the outside, see yourself as big enough to contain your biggest goal inside you. Try this out. It feels very different, doesn’t it?

Keith Hanna said “browsers are just buyers in denial.” Wow! What an idea! I never thought of that. Your browsers already want to hire you. Isn’t that nice to know? They just need someone to help them own up and make a decision. Not convincing, not trickery, not hard selling. Just a decision, yes or no.

Prosperity coach Elyse Hope Kiloren talked about addressing the causal energy that needs to go behind strategies and tactics.

Tad Hargrave, (the cute hippie marketing coach from Canada) pointed out that in some cases all the good energy in the world isn’t enough, and clients are just plain incompetent with sales and marketing. (I’m sorry but this last note makes me laugh. It’s so NOT politically correct, but it’s true!) That’s why we need NICE coaches with integrity to teach us how to sell without being sleazy.

I feel like I need to give a shout out to my old and new friends (and extraordinary coaches) Melanie Benson Strick, Jacqueline Hadden, Bill Baren, Patrick Dominguez, Keith Hanna (thanks for the coaching!), David and Darlene Steele, John Dulworth, Jane Deuber, Nancy Juetten, Max Simon (my coach), Erika Watson, Phillip Mountrose, Kim Clausen, Linda Puig, Patrick Combs (thanks for the comb!), Gary Henson, Mark Joyner, Michelle Schubnel, John Eggen, Jeffrey Van Dyk.

Andrea J. Lee and Christine Kloser couldn’t make this one. I hope to see you next time!

I’d share more, but frankly, after all that excitement, I need to take a nap.

Namaste y’all,
Morgana

P.S. Did you pick me out in the photo?

More pics:

Morgana And David Steele

with Patrick Domguez & Elyse Kiloran

Me and Keith Hanna

Me and Nancy Juetten

Morgana and Brian Whetten

with Robert Middleton

Morgana with Patrick Combs

with Melanie Benson Strick, Elyse Kiloran, Erika Watson, Jacqueline Hadden

Morgana's "Man Sandwich of Love" with Matt Palmer, Jeffrey Mountrose, John Dulworth and Patrick Dominguez!

I spent this last weekend in the middle of the California desert for a seminar with my coach Max Simon. In August. Air conditioning was spotty. The water was “unpottable” (code for poisonous). The speaker had laryngitis and couldn’t speak.

And the class totally rocked! I don’t think I’ve ever gotten so much specific, detailed, easy to follow instruction at a single event. Information that I think could TRIPLE my income in the next year.

What does that have to do with my EMBARRASSING STORY?

Given the location and the group of people attending, I knew the event would be pretty casual. So I packed casual.

I didn’t expect to be on camera. It wasn’t my event, after all.

Silly me. I packed a pair of very fashionable “distressed” Rock and Republic jeans. My favorites.

Even though I’ve only been coaching with Max for a couple of months, he called me out onto his “expert panel” and introduced me as a “rock star” client. (I’m blushing and preening as I write this.)

When I climbed to the stage the whole audience (and camera) got a rare rear view!

And the videos of the event will be repackaged as an info-product. Place your orders now, lads!

Here’s the life lesson, besides always be camera ready and get the seat of your jeans patched before leaving the house…

It didn’t matter. All people talked about afterward was my authenticity, presence on stage, and message. I heard again and again how people appreciated my vulnerability, honesty, and sense of humor.

In fact I left the event with some supercharged business alliances, a couple of high profile interview requests, and some new clients too.

I’m sharing this because I really want you to embrace that inner freak/weirdo/klutz we all try to hide from the world, and then find the community that will LOVE you for it! People are STARVING for authenticity more than perfection.

Have you ever had an experience like that? When something that could have been a total disaster or humiliation taught you something good instead? Please share your comments.

Here’s the full question:

“I came from a background that doesn’t value the gifts that I have developed. How can I learn to value my spiritual, creative and emotional gifts enough to feel that they are worth being paid for? If I don’t value them and see them as marketable, who will?”

Great question!

Here’s what I say a thousand times to my clients: how you vote on your value from one minute to the next is not reliable or even useful.

You don’t want to set your fees based on your mood or self esteem on a particular day. When in doubt look at yourself and your gifts through your Money Honey’s eyes. He (or she) will ALWAYS see your best, and that’s how to value yourself.

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