Yesterday a lady told me that she is about to start a new business as a massage therapist. She learned a lot in the courses she took and now she can't wait to start. Unfortunately she met some people with rather old beliefs about starting something new. 'You have to make a business plan first', said one person. 'Did you already register yourself as a massage therapist? Do you have a practice where you can do the massages?' The questions just kept coming.

This is how she felt before: Relaxed, curious, eager to start, maybe a little unsure.

This is how she felt after the avalanche of questions: Afraid, numb, paralyzed, ready to drop her new project.

So in a matter of moments, we can lose the true connection to what we are doing and get into a fear storm of the mind. Wow! And from my point of view I have to say that most people are constantly going around spreading fear. It's very likely that you will be met with fear and rejection while you start your new business adventure.

This summer one leaf of a potentially harmful plant was found in a packet of rocket (a very tasty kind of salad) in Germany. And Germany went crazy. Imagine what fear can do with one leaf of salad! During the whole summer nobody bought rocket. Fear can paralyze us. Fear can distract us from our own truth. So what can you do when you meet people that are more than happy to spread some fear and make you feel panicky? Tell them 'no thank you' and walk away. Don’t let them spoil the joy that you feel about new things that are evolving in your life.

During our session the lady came back to her original feeling of happiness about starting her new adventure. And instead of asking fear driven people what to do - she started listening to her soul. And her soul told her a different story. She discovered that her soul has a very simple and very truthful idea about starting her business. And it's not like everyone else would do it. It's not the linear path that the mind would like to chose (boring!). It's original. It's extraordinary. I marvel every day at the fact that everything I needed to start my work was a phone. And I already had that. All the other stuff, the website and my seminars - came much later without any struggle. It came because the time was right.

And where do you go, when you chose a doctor, a painting for your living room, an architect to build your house? Do you call Mr. Normal who does it like everyone else, who will cringe at everything that is not mediocre and grey? Or do you want to hire someone who has soul, who has character who is authentic and original? I would rather hire this person!

It's interesting that some so called business people advise us to do things that cause the opposite of becoming successful.

Find your own way. Don’t think it through too much. Let your soul show you the easy and graceful way. Maybe you feel self conscious at first, because so much of yourself becomes visible. But on the other hand - isn't that beautiful? We want to see you. Not another generic person who tries to fit in. So my thought of the day is: be original!