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Spiritual Entrepreneurship Book: Raw Reflections of a Female CEO
Introducing "Spiritual Entrepreneurship: Raw Reflections of A Female CEO," a captivating book that shares the author's life story and explores the transformative power of spiritual entrepreneurship. It delves into valuing a feminine way of being within a hyper-masculine business framework, challenges conventional thinking, and advocates for expanding love rather than extracting gain.
This book offers fresh perspectives on co-creation and invites spiritual entrepreneurs and change-makers to reimagine the world of business. Embark on this remarkable journey of hope, where we can ignite meaningful change and embrace new possibilities in entrepreneurship.
01
The Backstory Behind this Book
provides context about my life and spiritual journey so the reader can understand my perspective in writing this book.
1. My Spiritual Context
a. Religion growing up
b. Choosing legalism over love
c. On leaving my faith
d. New beginnings
e. Founding Indigo
2. Conclusion: How Indigo Became the Impetus for this Book
02
The Three Dimensions of Spiritual Entrepreneurship
explores the roles of the founder, the employees, and the company itself, illustrating their constant integration in the life of a spiritual entrepreneur.
1. My Evolving Entrepreneurial Journey
a. Entrepreneurship
b. Social Entrepreneurship
c. Spiritual Entrepreneurship
2. The three Dimensions of Spiritual Entrepreneurship
a. First Dimension: Founder Focus
i. The role of fear and resistance
b. Second Dimension: Employee Focus
c. Third Dimension: Business Focus
i. Organizational development models
ii. The tension of a spiritual enterprise: redefining control and success
iii. The tension of a living spiritual enterprise: revealing light from darkness
3. Conclusion: Putting it all together with integrative ability
a. Integrating the masculine and feminine
03
The Three Principles of Venture Capital
contrasts the venture capital model with the three dimensions of spiritual entrepreneurship. This chapter highlights how venture capital’s methods are entirely divergent from spiritual entrepreneurship.
1. The three principles of venture capital align with our failing education system
2. Exclusivity
a. Exclusivity in venture capital
b. Increasing equity and reducing bias through inclusivity
3. Ranking and Sorting
a. Enoughness replacing ranking and sorting
4. Money
a. Self-interest and Wetiko
b. Social impact investing in its current form is not the answer
c. We can't help but focus on the wealthy
d. Money follows existing power structures
e. Funding alternatives to institutional capital
f. Spiritual capital redefines value
5. Conclusion: Refocusing Humanity's ROI
04
Valuing the Intrinsic
provides a framework for spiritual entrepreneurship that emphasizes intrinsic value. It describes how our inner and outer worlds are better understood through the importance we place on the intrinsic, extrinsic, and systemic.
1. An Axiological Model for Spiritual Entrepreneurship
a. Overvaluing the systemic
b. Overvaluing the extrinsic
i. Extrinsic interactions vs. intrinsic connection
c. The intrinsic as the focus of spiritual entrepreneurship
i. Spiritual entrepreneurship is about people
2. Conclusion: Balancing the Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Systemic
05
Rules of the Road
how the rules for spiritual entrepreneurs differ from the rules of traditional entrepreneurship. The chapter highlights six common business areas and includes specific examples of how a spiritual entrepreneur can look at typical business ideas through another lens.
1. Mentorship and Spiritual Entrepreneurship
a. Co-creation as a pathway forward
b. Honoring all forms of learning
c. The co-creation circle
2. Knowing and Spiritual Entrepreneurship
a. Mind Knowing vs. Cellular Knowing
3. Decision-Making and Spiritual Entrepreneurship
a. Decision-making – business planning
b. Decision-making – saying “yes”
c. Decision-making – saying “no”
i. Don't second guess your decisions
d. Decision-making - multi-generational focus
4. Profits and Spiritual Entrepreneurship
5. Pricing and Spiritual Entrepreneurship
a. “Free” as a pricing strategy
b. The rise of freemium pricing models
c. My personal story of “free”
i. A world without Santa Clause
ii. Vacation Bible Schools and free museum days
iii. The joy of a library and free pizza
d. The greatest things in life really are free
e. Pricing to maximize value
6. Exits and Spiritual Entrepreneurship
a. The currency of heaven is love
7. Conclusion: Being on the Path is Enough
06
Tools of the Trade
provides some resources that have been helpful on my journey: prayer, empathy, discernment, and surrender. It is not meant to be an all-inclusive toolkit, simply a starting point for discussion.
1. Prayer as a business tool for spiritual entrepreneurs
a. Prayers we use regularly
b. Movement prayers
c. Meditation
d. Prayer in Business
2. Empathy as a business tool for spiritual entrepreneurs
a. Empaths
b. Empathy in business
3. Surrender as a business tool for spiritual entrepreneurs
a. Surrender in Business
4. Discernment as a business tool for spiritual entrepreneurs
a. Discernment vs. judgment
b. Breathing
c. Body-based discernment
d. Emotional discernment
e. Discernment is a practice, not a destination
f. Discernment in business
5. Conclusion: Use the Tools that Call to You
07
Self-Development for the
Spiritual Entrepreneur
describes why self-development is essential for spiritual entrepreneurs. Then, it introduces a robust model by which we can engage in that process.
1. The Paradox of Self-Help
2. The Four Stages of Self-Development
a. The first stage is to Know Yourself
b. The second stage is to Choose Yourself
c. The third stage is to Create Yourself
d. The fourth stage is to Give Yourself
i. Energy and giving yourself
ii. Loving yourself to give yourself
3. Conclusion: The Self-Development Model in Action for Spiritual Entrepreneurs
a. The cycle of rebirth
08
Revealing the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth
encourages spiritual entrepreneurs to work together to grow diversity, drive innovation with freedom, and see ourselves and others through heaven’s eyes.
1. Seeing with out hearts
a. Growing diversity
2. Driving innovation with freedom
3. Collective community-based action
4. Choosing the intrinsic path
5. Conclusion: The kingdom of heaven is among us
a. Expanding love in liminal space
b. Look at your life through heaven's eye
APPENDIX
I: Chapter Discussion Questions
II: Descriptions of the Prayers
1. The Lord’s Prayer
2. Praise Prayer
3. Jeanne Guyon Prayer
4. Ho’oponopono Prayer
5. Eight-Step Prayer
III: Bibliography
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