Moral Capitalism Begins Within

March 22, 2012 ~ Kay Robinson ~ 2 Comments

Moral capitalism is a growing trend in the culture of business. Are you inclined in this way? Does it matter?

Last night I heard an interview with Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks. He indicated that Starbucks embrace the concepts of moral capitalism as they continue their enormous success. For them this means success that is shared. Steven Young, the Global Executive Director of Caux Round Table, an international network of business executives, defines moral capitalism in his recent book, Moral Capitalism, as Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good. Some of his recommendations include: tell the truth, follow the law and ethical decision-making.

As an intuitive I see this trend is very much in sync with the energy shift on the planet from success at any cost, having the most, being better than, self-serving, being on top, etc. You get the picture. The new trend in business is more aligned to what we value. For each of us that is different. Moral capitalism is not just for large corporations. It begins with each of us and how we approach our lives and our work. What do you value? Are your actions aligned to this? My experience is most of us don’t give this much thought. In this way we support what is – the old corporate model that no longer functions.

To be part of this change toward moral capitalism take the time to know where you are, what you value and how you want that to manifest. This awareness is not in your mind. It is not logical. It comes from a deeper part of who you are. To find this take the time to meditate or simply find a place of quiet to go within and become aware of what you value in your life, success and work. How do you see this in relationship to family, community, country, world, etc..

When you know how you want to be in the world then consciously begin to be that. In this way you are part of the change you are looking for around you. Moral capitalism does not start with large corporations. When each of us sets our energy and our space to what we value and others do the same we create a powerful group agreement. As this energy grows by more and more business owners and professionals vibrating at what they value then a shift in energy occurs, a tipping point, and a new culture of business is created. Be part of the change you envision by being conscious and aware in your own space.

Take the time to be centered in what you value.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

Check out Caux Round Table principles. What do you think?

Learn more about meditation as a way to be clear in our thinking.

Business Feels Like It Is Dying – At least it feels that way today

February 22, 2012 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

At times our business feels dead. It fees this way when the energy has stopped moving or the energy is too low. There are many causes of this. Analyzing that is far less important than getting the energy moving.

How do motivate yourself or your staff is a question that has been asked and answered a thousand times. Motivation is a common term that means, “How do I get the energy moving or raise the energy of my business?” I want to jump into the conversation with an intuitive perspective on this old question because it is so important to us.

An a intuitive business consultant I am always looking at the energy level of the people, products, websites, marketing, etc. because the energy of each of these can make or break a business and its success. In the same way I look at the energy level that inspires us as we work. The answer is simple. When the energy level is high we are inspired, creative, enthusiastic and things are happening. When our energy level is low we are in boredom, apathy and not creative. This slowing of energy affects success personally, professionally and in our business.

So the challenge becomes how to raise the energy level for ourselves, our staff and our business. It is important to stop and change the energy . Here are some of the ways to raise the energy level:

Get physical = Some like to use exercise to get energy moving in the body and raise the energy level in their space. Companies that have work out spaces on site can attest to the benefits they see when staff take the time to get energy moving in their bodies.
Be Creative – When you or your staff are engaged in something they find creative it turns on creative energy in the body and great things happen.
Focus on a goal – When you or your staff are working to achieve a challenge or a goal, this effort turns on the energy in the body, raises their vibration and great things happen.
Be Inspired – Identify something that inspires you and ask your staff what inspires them and put sometime in creating this.
Create a change – Get out of routine, rearrange the furniture, change the surroundings, mix things up in any way you can to change old patterns and the energy they create
Have fun – Create opportunities to have fun especially when the energy is dead (too low). Create a celebration. Get yourself and everyone out of the dead energy.

Working harder and pushing more when the energy is low does not create success. It only creates effort. So when the energy is low or not moving, try the above or other ways you know of to change the energy and raise the vibration. Success happens from enthusiasm.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

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Business Paradigms Gone!

January 25, 2012 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

This week I spoke on a panel at the Microsoft Office 365: Your Office, Your Terms Event Series. The panel was there to support women business owners. The topic was challenges faced in this economy, how to start or grow their business and technology enables entrepreneurs. Sounds kinda heady though the information offered was critical for young and experienced business owners. Though the event was for women, the audience was both men and women of all ages.

As an intuitive business consultant I work with my clients to learn to use intuition and sound business practices together. This post is mostly about the later.

Key points made by the panel. Note: Challenges for solopreneurs are different from for high growth companies and in some ways they are the same.

The business environment is constantly and rapidly changing so don’t think old school. Be aware in present time, be conscious of all the changes happening due to globalization, technology and the enormous business creativity that is constantly changes the business landscape.
There is no current paradigm so we need to look at business differently.
Think Darwin – the species that evolves survives. Be flexible.
Create a balance in life and work or you will get lost in your business then regret it.
Create a financial plan for your whole life not just your business.
Be willing to change your business model and to learn new skills.
Consider how your business will address the trend toward social, mobile and global.
Plan to create strong networks. Networks that include both men and women who have access and are decision makers.
Get certified as a women owned or minority owned business if you are interested in corporate contracts through Supplier diversity programs.
Find the talent and ability you need to grow your businesses quickly. Don’t compromise on this.
Use technologies relevant to your industry.
Secure capital. Learn to use someone else’s money responsibly to scale your business.
Be willing to ask. Ask for money. Ask for mentoring. Ask for partnership. Ask.
Have a mindset that supports success: Play to win. Thinking big enough. Be a strong negotiator.
Know how to present your capabilities, your value and your company’s value.
Be willing to take risks.
Recognize economic issues facing a new business then charge forward planning and adjusting to these realities focusing on what you can control.
Find new markets for your products and services.
Develop innovative products and services.

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” The words of Eleanor Roosevelt

Best wishes on your success!

Kay

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You Are Not Your Business or Your Work!

December 6, 2009December 6, 2009 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

We are busy creating our success in our business or profession. We put so much energy into this that in the end more of our energy is focused on our work than on ourselves. It appears this is changing. More men and women are creating space in their lives to experience and validate all aspects of who they are. Owning a company or having a career is no longer the most important or only important part of our existence.

Professional Expert and An Athlete

I have one client who has worked very hard to create her professional identity. She is successful, recognized and the recipient of many awards. On the other hand she has lost herself in her efforts to be at the top of her field. Another client quit his career as a professional athlete because he wondered who he was aside from his on field performance. He wondered if anyone would like him without all the fame and fortune so he quit to find out.

Each of these professionals is in a different place. One is defining who she is through her work and has lost her sense of herself. The other has stepped out of his professional to find himself. Is there some place in between? Can we be successful business owners and professionals without loosing awareness of ourselves? The answer is obvious, of course, but it is not easy. We have been taught to work for validation through what we do rather than who we are.

We are expected to perform, to succeed, etc. It is what we do that matters. It does not have to be that way. It is more natural to create our work from a clear awareness of who we are. Our work can manifest from this awareness.

How Do You Define Yourself?

Consider what you would tell someone if asked about yourself. What would you say? Do you find yourself saying more about what you do than who you are? This is a simple exercise to show where you are in your awareness of who you are?

Meditation

Meditation is a simple way to separate from our work for a time and focus on who we are at our core, what we value and what is important to us. Focusing in this way keeps us clear about where we have been, where we are now and where we are going.

Shooting yourself in the foot!

June 10, 2009October 14, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

Are you ready to make that phone call? Are you ready to make that call? As a business intuitive, I learn a great deal from my clients and sometimes I sigh when I see the mistakes business owners make. It is not because they don’t know better. These mistakes happen when they are not aware of what is going on within them at the time. All of us, business owners or not, become the effect of the energy of our life experiences. This then affects our work. We all have thoughts or mental image pictures that are re-stimulated and cause us to react in automatic and unconscious ways that may not serve us well. These are the times when we shoot ourselves in the foot.

Yesterday I was sitting in the office of one of my clients as he was making an important phone call to a potential client. My role was to be intuitive and observe this communication. My client, Fred (not his real name), was talking to a potential client by phone, discussing the scope of work, his fees, the needs of the project, etc. His client was a production company new at producing a web-based video and working with minors as talent. I saw intuitively that my client was not in the space to have this conversation. He had energy in this space that set the tone before he even made a phone call. His energy was set to educate. This was an entirely different space from developing a contract to provide talent for a production, which was the goal of a phone call.

I watched as Fred, clearly frustrated with this new producer, slowly but surely created an energy divide between himself and his potential client. This was not what he intended to do. The conversation ended with my client thinking, and conveying unconsciously that the production company did not know what they were doing. In this space, Fred did not convey how he could help them complete their project. He did not hear the producer’s concerns about the cost of his services, etc. The communication between the two was not accomplishing the goals for either side. In the end, the production company promised to get back to Fred at the end the day and they never did.

As an intuitive, I see this happen all the time. Quite simply Fred responded through his thoughts and feelings and not being focused on the goal for this conversation. This is more common than you would think. I know all of you are thinking that you would never do that or let that happen when, in fact, it happens all the time simply because we are not aware.

In working with business owners and professionals, I recommend a simple, intuitive exercise that raises your awareness. This exercise is designed for you to clear your thinking and the energy in your space before you make a call. I suggest this so that you don’t automatically and unconsciously talk through pictures, thoughts or energy in your space. We have all done this then thought, “I didn’t mean to say that.”

The second part of this intuitive exercise is taking the time to focus on your plan for the call. In this way, you create a clear mental image picture that guides your conversation to the outcome you are looking for.

Intuitive Exercise Before making that phone call close your door. Sit down. Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Bring all your attention and awareness onto yourself. Notice how you are doing. Let go of whatever is on your mind. Decide how you want to be in the meeting. How do you want your potential client to experience you? What do you want to happen in this call? Begin to imagine the conversation in your mind’s eye. See it intuitively out in front of you. Don’t think! See it! Imagine it! When you can see or imagine this conversation exactly as you would like then you are ready. This could take five minutes, or an hour depending on how much energy you have about the call. How clear you are about the purpose of the call, how much energy you have in your space to clear and what other things are on your mind?

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot. It is worth the time to set the energy and your focus before you make that sales call.

Note: Regular meditation makes this easier helping you get into a routine of clearing your space and setting your goals. Online Meditation each Monday www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Intuition + focus + energy = success

May 31, 2009October 14, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

We have all heard about the power of visualization. This is not a new concept and can be a speedy way to achieve the goals you have for yourself and your company. As a business intuitive, I am aware that my most successful clients are those who have a strong vision of what they want to create. They are clear and certain. I have other clients that have an equally clear vision though they are not as successful. There are many factors I see intuitively that contribute to this, but there is one that is true of all of them.

My most successful clients have a clear vision. They also have a strong focus and determination to have their vision manifest. The second group has an equally strong vision though are not as focused, certain or determined. When I look at this from an intuitive perspective, I see men and women who have the ability to create a mental image picture ( vision) that is exactly what they want to create. It is similar to a drawing, photo or video that you hold in your mind’s eye.

The next step is harnessing and gathering your attention; focus and energy to bring to this vision into reality. Therein lies the difference between these two groups of professionals and business owners. One group brings their energy, focus to activate their vision. This changes it from a mental image picture to a physical reality. The picture is energized.

Sometimes it is easy to energize a vision and sometimes it takes great force. Have you ever heard the term “force of will” or “through force of will”? Both of these terms refer to a person’s ability to focus their life force energy on a vision to transform it into something physical. If I were a physicist, I might explain the effects of energy on a vision in terms one might use to describe quantum physics.

My best counsel on this would be to have a clear vision. This is not always as simple as it may sound. Meditation would help in this regard. Next bring your focus and attention directly on this vision. Do not be distracted. Take steps directed toward your vision. Finally, push yourself through any limits real or imagined. Repeat any of these steps as needed. Most importantly, don’t give up your goals!

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot. It is worth the time to set the energy and your focus before you make that sales call.

Note: Regular meditation makes this easier helping you get into a routine of clearing your space and setting your goals. Online Meditation each Monday www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com For more information.

Spirit, Mind and Screaming Body

May 21, 2009May 21, 2009 ~ Kay Robinson ~ 1 Comment

You know the feeling. You decide to take a big step or take a risk in order to move forward. You have a clear vision. Intuitively you know it is the best step. You make the decision. All of a sudden you break into a cold sweat and a world of doubt washes over you. Were you wrong? Was your decision too impulsive? Why do you feel like you just made a big mistake?

From an intuitive perspective everything is happening exactly as you might expect. When we have a goal, it is by definition something you don’t currently have. You know that to move from where you are to where you want to be requires getting out of your comfort zone, taking a deep breath and making that decision. This is how a successful business and successful people operate. They know what it will take then they just do it. They don’t let anything talk them out of their vision.

When we decide to get out of our routine, our comfort zone and all that is familiar we are ready to get our goals. This takes vision. Your intuition holds this vision. You can imagine and see intuitively exactly what you want. You create a mental image picture of this in your minds eye then think through all the logical steps to get there. These are the first two steps and they involve the spirit (the vision) and mind (the plan).

What happens next determines your success. The body and your emotions react to this great idea. The body does not like change or to be uncomfortable so it starts screaming. YOU DECIDED WHAT! SCREAMING…. the cold sweat. In the end many business and professional decisions are made not intuitively or with any logic but rather how loudly your body screams and resists change or being uncomfortable. Your emotional reactions to good sound decisions can completely talk you out of taking the steps you really want to take.

Your success depends on your commitment to your vision and focusing on making it happen. If the discomfort or fear is too great then you will back away from your goals until you feel comfortable again. Our success is always this choice.

Learning meditation is one way to get through this fight between your vision and the discomfort change creates. In meditation you learn to quiet the body and release the energy that is in your way. After meditation you are re-energized and feel more certain.

Finally, take steps to make yourself comfortable physically and emotionally when you are ready to push forward to achieve your success. It will help you through what can be a challenging time of change.

Best wishes. Kay

Running a business is scary!

February 7, 2009 ~ Kay Robinson ~ 1 Comment

OK so you own a business. Have you noticed that this is a journey in self-awareness? As a business intuitive one of my main roles is to work with business owners when they hit the wall! Every successful business owner experiences this periodically. From my intuitive perspective this is one of the best times for a business to take a step towards more success if the owner is willing to realize that their own personal limits are affecting their business. This may not always be logical but it is very spiritual and intuitive. From my experience in working with business owners I can tell those who will be successful. Half the clients I work with as a business intuitive call me when they are scared about their business succeeding or frustrated that it is not growing. I look at intuitively are the concepts they have about themselves and their business. I also look at the emotional charge on these concepts. If we acknowledge that our business is a physical manifestation of who we are then it is an easy transition from “My business is stuck” to “I am stuck”. What is not always apparent is what we are stuck on. Often the concepts and energies that are affecting us are very old or are buried deep in our space. To get the energy moving in our business often means getting the energy moving in our personal space. The owner of hedge fund found his fear of loosing his business related to his fear of being alone. Real estate investor hit the wall when she realized she could not let people be on her side and related this to hiding others from an alcoholic parent. A business consultant hit the wall when the grief of a 10-year-old divorce was re-stimulated. A high fashion model hit the wall because her parents feared loosing her. The list goes on. It is surprising how easy it is to recognize and move out of these fears but it does take the courage of self-awareness, determination and amusement. Yes, amusement. That is the top of another blog. Businesses that succeed include those where we are willing to have a personal journey to discover what limits our success. We may be aware of some of these concepts and some are unconscious and have an emotional charge. Taking the time to realize these concepts and clear the energy charge on these pictures will result in the energy moving in our business. When you hit the wall try this exercise. If all else fails don’t be afraid to get an intuitive consultation to see what’s within you that is affecting your success. Intuitive Exercise (meditation) Find a time when you can sit quietly for a while. Close our eyes. Breathe deeply and often. Let go of tension when you exhale. Imagine bringing all your attention and awareness in around you. Bring your attention off of your business, your family, and your life and focus your attention within. Breathe! Continue until you feel like you are centered in present time. Most importantly do not think! In this exercise you are going to open to your intuition so relax and image in your minds eye, visualize a symbol for your business. See it out in front of you. We do this so that you don’t think and open to your intuition. If you cannot see a symbol for your business pretend to. The next step is important. You will want to pay attention to the very first thing that comes to mind. Do not require or expect that it is logical. Logic will alter the response. Your intuition is the first response. The next immediate thought is analytical and not true. Relax. Focus within. See the symbol of your business or goal in front of you. Now ask silently the question you have. Notice your first fleeting impression. There is your answer. Enjoy your personal journey and your business success.

Meditate for Success!

January 23, 2009February 7, 2009 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

Have a clear vision!

Blog – Focus and Clarity of Vision

There is a direct correlation between the clarity of vision and the success of a business. What more can I say? How can I convince you? As a Business Intuitive I can tell within one minute of talking to a business owner how successful they are and will be. Successful business owners and professionals have a VERY clear vision without doubt or uncertainty. They hold that vision in their minds eye.

I can see that vision intuitively. Others also see it perhaps unconsciously and react to what they perceive exactly as the owner sees it. If the business vision is unclear or uncertain then others sense that and react accordingly. When a business has a strong and clear vision that is also sensed and we react to their product or service with great expectation.

It begins with you, the professional or business owner. As a business intuitive in practice for over 28 years I have one simple though not easy recommendation. Meditate! Meditate to find that clear vision and focus. I know the technique below is simple. I also know it is not easy because most business owners don’t do it which explains the success rate of businesses.

People most often say, “I am too busy to meditate.” My response is, “If you take the time to meditate on your vision you won’t have to work so hard.” You can create in two ways. You can work really really hard and you may or may not be successful or you can take the time to have a clear vision (and work hard if you enjoy this) to create your success.

Try this Intuitive Exercise and Meditation and see what happens.

The clearer your vision the more successful you become.   Meditate first thing before you begin your day. Take the time that you need for each these steps. It will make all the difference.
•    Have a comfortable quiet place to sit down
•    Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and release.
•    Bring your attention and awareness into present time by focusing on yourself,
•    Take a deep breath and release and let go of the thoughts and energy you are holding from yesterday or the day before.
•    Bring into focus a clear vision of your day, your week, etc. Use your imagination not your logic.
•    Let go of the demand energy or to do list.
•    Set your energy and your space to the vibration you want to be for the day.

This takes 10 minutes to an hour. It varies on how clear your space is and how focused you are. Let me know your questions or comments about this modified meditation.

This is not only good for your body and soul it is good for your business and professional success.

Are you sabotaging your sales?

January 18, 2009February 7, 2009 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

Just the other day I had an interesting experience with someone selling me advertising time. I want to begin by saying that I WANTED to buy what he was selling but he wouldn’t let me. Let me tell you this very common story.

Fred called just when I was running out the door to an appointment. He wanted my company to buy radio-advertising time. It was an interesting campaign that married my company to one of my favorite charities. I was sold! The price was right. The cause was right and my company could show support for something I value. Win. Win. Win. Only one problem –Fred.

Let me describe what I saw as a business intuitive when I interacted with Fred. Everyone is intuitive including our potential customers so I am sure everyone he called that morning had the same experienced though they may not have been conscious of it.

When Fred called it was clear that I was the one hundredth person he had called in the last 10 minutes. He spoke fast. He was not communicating with me. I was just there to listen to his pitch. Because I wanted what he was selling I tried to engage him in a real communication. He was in the energy of giving his pitch, waiting for a yes or no and moving on. I felt that. I saw that. Most people would have been turned off by this and never really “heard” about his offer.

But let’s take it further because I did want to buy what he was selling. I was on the way out the door so I asked Fred to email me the information, contract, schedule for ads, etc. His energy immediately changed to “She is not going to buy this ad time.” He was done with me. Politely he took my email address and hung up. In the end he did not email me the information. He lost a sale and I lost a good advertising option.

In this situation, Fred was putting out the energy and the pictures of failure. He was going through the motions but his thoughts (“pictures” in his aura) were like neon signs to anyone he called, “I don’t expect you to buy what I am selling.” The potential client “sees” these pictures intuitively but maybe not consciously. Fred’s energy and his pictures create an unconscious and automatic reaction in the space (aura) of the person he is talking to, “I’m not buying what you are selling.” This happens all the time! We sabotage our own sales!

Let me give you an intuitive exercise you can use so that you increase your sales rather than sabotage your sales. After you do this exercise look intuitively at the people who do sales for you. Notice the pictures they have in their aura that supports or interferes with their sales.

Intuitive Exercise: To be done before you make a call, meet with a potential customer, etc.

Take the time to stop. Sit down in a quiet place if possible. Take a deep breath and relax. Begin to quiet your space. Imagine calling back all your energy, attention and awareness from everywhere – last week, this morning’s meeting, tomorrow’s trip, etc. Bring your attention into present time, the present moment.

When you feel quiet and present bring your attention into the center of your head and behind your eyes. Notice yourself. How are you doing? What will the person you talk to experience from you? The rush of your day? Your resistance to making this contact? The disappointment of your last contact? Begin to change your space. Be conscious and aware of how you want your customer to experience you intuitively. If you had a fight with someone, clear that and any other energy that is “hanging” in your space (aura). You know what you are going to say but what are they going to experience intuitively from you.

Begin to imagine and see in your minds eye (your eyes closed) the sales call or meeting you are about to conduct. Notice your thoughts about this. Begin to release or let go of any competing thoughts, ideas, emotions, etc. Let go of any past time experiences that interfere with you imagining or seeing successful contacts.

Do not make a call or meet with potential clients until YOU can see clearly the possibility of making the sale. Your clients or customers are intuitive. They will pick up on any doubt or thoughts that you have. Make sure they are picking up on thoughts that support a sale versus thoughts that would sabotage your sale.

When you have set your space (aura) the way you want your customer to experience you and you can see a successful sale in your minds eye exactly as you would like it to happen then you are ready to meet with your potential customer.

There are more intuitive steps but this is a good start. Have a great day and let me know how your sales go!

Kay

Nothing is impossible!

January 11, 2009February 7, 2009 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

Be determined!

A client called to tell me the miracle she had created. She was sure I wanted to hear her story as it all began at one of my retreats. Sarah (not her name) attended an intuitive goals retreat with me two years ago. One of the concepts I teach in these retreats is an intuitive technique for visualizing what you want then the importance of getting into the energy of what this goal. For example, if you want to add photography to your graphics arts business then you have to not only visualize how this would look you also have to get back into the energy of photography. Go to places where those who do photography are, brush up your photographer skills with a class, go to photographer galleries, spend time with photographers, etc. Start to match the energy of photography.

In this case Sarah wanted to be named a Fellow by her professional organization. It was a stretch at that point so it was hard for her to imagine it. She clearly wanted it but was having trouble seeing or visualizing it. With the support of the retreat curriculum, the attendees and her determination she left with a clear vision and a plan to “get into the energy” of being a Fellow, an elite group of professionals recognized as being at the top of their field.

Well, two short years later Sarah has been named a Fellow. She was so thrilled when she called and raved on about the techniques she had learned and used. I too was thrilled and asked what she did to get into the energy of being a Fellow. For the past two years she has called and met with as many of the living Fellows as she could find. She explained that she spent time with each of them getting “to know the energy of being a Fellow”. What energy level were they? What was the vibration of someone who is a Fellow? Sarah began to match the energy she observed and began acting like a Fellow as she saw it to be.

Surprise! It worked. Sarah will be named a Fellow in April at a ceremony in Texas. I plan to be there and applaud loudly for her success!

Nothing is impossible. Whatever can be imagined can be created.

Selling? Develop long term customers…

January 11, 2009January 11, 2009 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

There are many ways to create a sale. Some people rev-up their energy and run an intense sales pitch through your space. In the onslaught of the energy many may, in fact, buy what is being sold. Once the client gets out of the energy of the sale they will do one or both of these. They will return or cancel the contract because they felt pushed into something or they will simply never use the produce or service again for the same reason. Customers are very sensitive to energy. Salespersons or business owners who are aware set the energy of their contacts with an intuitive eye to the customer. Knowing your customer and what they are in need of then will develop long-term relationships with their clients/customers.

To create this long-term relationship in which customers come back again and again we must be intuitive. There are several levels to a sale.

1. Telling your potential customer about the product.
2. Knowing what their needs are.

This is as far as most business folks go but there is a third and absolutely essential piece. Your customer has thoughts or pictures that affect their ability to hear what you tell them and to see the value of your product or service. They may be aware of these thoughts or pictures or is may be entirely unconscious to then. Either way this is what will determine whether they buy from you or not. This is where intuition comes in.

There is a current rage that says’ “Find their pain. Address their pain.” Well, that is the answer for some customers and will certainly help with that group but there are other energies that affect them.

Telling the customer more and more about your product or service, thinking the more they know the more likely they will be to purchase, is a limited perspective. Sure knowing the product is important but it does not matter if the person is preoccupied by a competing thought. Maybe the couple just had an argument before meeting you. You have no chance. Their attention is elsewhere. Maybe your client is put off by something in the environment where you are meeting and can’t get beyond that. There are so many possibilities it is impossible to know ahead of time so we rely on our intuition.

Telling a customer why they need the product or service will have the same result if they are distracted by a competing thought. It is well know that businesses make most of their money from repeat customers. Selling is not about getting this sale. Selling is about creating a customer. Someone who you will keep over time. This means getting to know your customer and what their needs are. It also means knowing the unconscious or semi-conscious thoughts or pictures that have an impact on their decisions. This is where your intuition comes in.

Let me offer an intuitive exercise that you may find useful.

1. Before you meet with your potential customer take the time to stop and ground yourself.
2. Perhaps close your eyes and bring all your attention and awareness into present time.
3. Gather your energy from your day and be present.
4. Imagine your appointment with your customer.
5. Decide how you would like to be in this meeting.
6. Open intuitively to your customer.
7. Intuitively, what do you see about them? What is on their mind? Just imagine.

These are some of the steps you can take to open intuitively before you meet with your client.

When you meet with your client use your own style of presentation then sit back. Make some separation from your potential client if you are completely in their space. By doing this you gain some perspective. Stop thinking and start noticing. Open your intuition. What do you notice about this person intuitively? Stop talking and start listening. Find out about them. Let them talk to you about what they are looking for. Don’t think. Notice intuitively more than listening to their words. What do you notice separately from what they are saying? Don’t respond just keep listening until you “see” that you have a clear picture of who they are and what’s on their mind. If your product is not the right fit, say so and let them go. I could give you a thousand reasons why this is a good idea but that is another blog.

If your product is the right fit then keep opening intuitively to find the picture or thought in their space that is in the way. Talk about what you intuit. Keep reading them and talk about their “fears”. You don’t have to sell your product at this point. You are simply getting your customer on the same page with you by finding out why they are not.

As they feel that you hear them they will begin to engage in knowing who you are or how your product or service might work for them.

Don’t even get out of bed….

December 30, 2008December 30, 2008 ~ Kay Robinson ~ 1 Comment

We get up. We get going. We have a list of things to do. At the end of this busy day we may or may not have taken steps toward our goals.

Consider this. We all have thoughts, concepts and ideas in our awareness. To an intuitive this looks like pictures in your aura. Our lives are created through these pictures whether we like them or not. When we get up in the morning how we experience our day and decisions we make are in direct response to these thoughts, concepts and ideas and not necessarily our goals. This is a serious distraction to our business success.

For example, your goal may have been to develop a proposal for a potential client. Instead your attention and awareness are occupied by the energy your staff may have put into your space. They had a problem and they wanted you to solve it. With these thoughts and the energy of this communication in your space you could not focus on the proposal. A proposal that was important to achieving one of your goals.

This is one of an endless list of stories from my clients in which they began their day with their attention and awareness on any number of issues that did not help them achieve their goals. Working hard and not accomplishing any of our goals. It can be so frustrating but it is no mystery. Once we realize that we are the affect of other’s thoughts and energy then we can take steps to resolve.

As an intuitive I offer a simple exercise that produces dramatic results. Wake up and stay in bed until you are focused and aware of creating a day to achieve your goals. Try this. Make a point of waking up in enough time to “meditate” in bed. You could also go this after you get up. The key is to do this exercise before you begin your day.

Intuitive Exercise: Relax. Take a deep breath. Begin to be aware of your space. Don’t think. Be intuitive. How do you feel? What is on your mind? Who is on your mind (or in your space)? Take deep breaths and let go of whoever and whatever is occupying your space. Release any energy or tension you may feel in your space. Be aware of clearing others, their thoughts and their energy from your space otherwise you will spend your day achieving their goals for you!

Begin to focus on your goals and your vision of yourself and your business. Focus on the goals you want to accomplish this day, this week, etc. Now begin to imagine what you can do to achieve those goals. Let go of everything and anything else. These distractions keep you busy but do not help achieve your goals.

This exercise may take five minutes or an hour depending on how clear your space is. If you do this exercise each day it will become easier to clear your space and reset your attention and energy to achieve your goals.

While I started by saying this exercise was simple it may not be easy to clear your space if you are not familiar with this technique. Begin simply. Do this everyday even if only for 5 – 10 minutes. It will become easier and the results will become more and more apparent.

If you do not create your day then you are experiencing your day through the ideas and energy of others in your space.

Be successful everyday.

Increase your business – Go within

December 30, 2008December 30, 2008 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

Happy New Year everyone! This is a really good time to stop and take a look at our business. What worked? What failed? List our successes. Acknowledge ideas that just did not create the benefit we wanted. This reflection is standard business practice. I whole heartedly support this reflection and suggest that we write it all down!

As an intuitive I am also aware that everything we create manifests from within us. Our businesses do not manifest as a result of something separate from ourselves. If this sounds a bit obscure it’s because we are not used to thinking or being aware in this way.

Add an intuitive look to your review of your business. When we create change within it will reflect on our business. At a deep level our reality is a reflection of our inner selves so let’s start there to grow our business.

With this in mind our successes and our failures are really no mystery. You can see this for yourself using the following exercise.

Intuitive Exercise: Take the time to sit quietly. Write down your successes and failures for 2008. Write down the things you are proud or grateful for and those that were disappointments.

Quiet yourself. Maybe close your eyes. Take a deep breath and go within. Stop thinking. Open to your intuition. Allow yourself to imagine or see in your minds eye.

Now ask yourself for an intuitive answer to any of the items that you wrote down. Do not think. Listen intuitively. See in your minds eye. Notice your very first thought and only your first thought. What you hear, see or know does not have to make sense. It is important that you not think but allow yourself to be open to your intuition.

Once you get an answer reflect on this. Notice how it created or caused the outcome you experienced. Do not think, analyze or explain it. Just know it.

You may find thoughts that do not help you get your goals. For example, you wanted to increase your sales by 10% for 2008 and they stayed flat. When you looked intuitively you felt all the demands on your space, family, friends, outside commitments, etc. So now you know that despite great plans to increase sales they did not increase because of other demands on your space that grabbed your attention and I suspect – your energy.

Another example, you just cannot get over the fact that you did not get the big contract you worked so hard for. Intuitively you saw the energy of your assistant. Without being logical you can see that she was not in agreement with this new contract because it would change a routine that she was comfortable in. Yes others energy does affect our business.

This can be a fun and enlightening exercise. Take some time to do this and you will be in a whole new space for 2009 and so will your business.

The financial bailout …….an intuitive perspective

December 15, 2008December 30, 2008 ~ Kay Robinson ~ 2 Comments

For me the financial bailout was at first a frustrating situation and, on the other hand, important for all businesses. I am not saying this from a business, financial or logical perspective. My position comes from a deeper, and yes, spiritual perspective. On a much deeper spiritual level all businesses are vibrating on the same energy level. We are one. This means what happens to one affects us all. Smaller businesses with a low level of energy does not have a big impact but when a large business or a group of businesses in the same industry make a change their energy level is large enough to have an impact on all other businesses.

You are probably familiar with the spiritual concept that we are all one and part of a common consciousness. This same concept applies to businesses.

If you consider the idea of oneness then it follows that supporting each other’s business success is a way of supporting our own business success. If you find this is a hard concept to wrap your thinking around you are not alone. It may be a new idea to many of us, however, it is a level of awareness that is core to the new cycle of business. Seeing our individual business as unique AND part of the whole will become a commonly understood spiritual business concept. This will become more evident as we find our way and adjust to these new economic times. As you already know, there are no coincidences. What is happening to our financial institutions and the auto industry is happening to us all.

The new age of business is one of supporting each other. The last cycle was one of competition, being better than, squashing the competition, stealing products, honesty was not as important as success, etc. That time is ending and a new vibration is emerging from which businesses will adjust and flourish. The economy collapsing was necessary to stop the last 100-year cycle so that the new cycle of business can begin.

Let me know your ideas about this new cycle of business and the new environment we are all learning to navigate. I suggest that we work together, support each other, and define the unique aspects of our own business. The scarcity mentality needs to be replaced with a new vision of success.

Your thoughts?

Few business owners are creating their success… are you one of them!

December 9, 2008December 30, 2008 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

I am amazed at how many business owners and professionals give little regard to creating their success. Yes indeed. We think we are working to create our success but is that the case? When we get up and get busy we may get a lot done or not. Being busy, having a lot to do has little to do with the success. Being busy is simply being busy.

Our success is created each day by the vision we have of our success and having that clearly in our minds eye before we begin each day. In this way we can see how to spend our day and to move toward this vision. Doing this for each activity planned for the day moves us toward our goals. What is my vision of success and how can I set this meeting, phone call, project to accomplish my goals? This is a way of being conscious and aware of our ability to create our reality rather than just go through whatever reality we are in.

I attended a Board Meeting last night. Fortunately I had time before the meeting to take the time to meditate on the meeting, what was my goal or vision for participating in this meeting, how can attending this meeting help me in my business and what was my goalas a Board Member supporting this business organization. I was ready. When I got to the meeting I noticed intuitively that a couple other board members had also taken the time to focus their energy and create their vision and goals for this meeting. They were ready. That felt good to me as a participant. Several others had not. They were distracted, unfocused and not on the same page. I noticed that the meeting went well for me because my goal did not depend on others. It was my vision and it manifested.

An Aboriginal tribe believes in song lines. They believe that the world does not exist and that we create it with our song. So before they get up each morning they sing their song to create their day. They believe that if you get up, do not sing your song and the world still exists then you are in someone else’s song.

The power of a clear vision is unmistakable. Clear vision is not thinking. It is seeing intuitively, in your minds eye in the same way you imagine something. Take the time today or right now to try the following exercise.

Intuitive Exercise: Take a few minutes to sit quietly. Perhaps close your eyes. Take a deep breath and relax. Collect up your attention and your awareness so that you are present. Bring into your awareness your vision of your company, your day, the next meeting or whatever you would like to visualize. Start to image or see in your minds eye the activity exactly as you would like to image it happening. See it out in front of you. Don’t think. See. Imagine. Keep seeing until you can imagine it happening exactly as you would like. You may have to let go of competing thoughts or energies. Deep breathe. Release. If you cannot see it then it can not manifest. Repeat this exercise as often as necessary until you have a clear vision.

Do this each day. Do this before an important meeting, phone call, etc.
Share your stories about the outcomes of visualizing.

Start Your Day with Success!

November 28, 2008December 30, 2008 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

How you start your day has a great deal to do with how successful you are. Those who start their day deciding what they have to do that day are not successful. They work hard, are busy but not successful. Those who start their day imaging or bringing into their awareness the goals they have for their personal lives as well as their professional lives. In the environment today this should include your financial goals and goals related to your health.

A mornng meditation or a simply a time of quiet to bring these goals to your awareness is the single most important part of your day and most people don’t do it!

Once you recall and envision your goals then and only then can you make a list for your day that will move your toward your success. This is different than a “to do” list that may be driven by factors other than achieving your goals. They may even be strong factors but they may not be as important in the bigger picture.

So achieving your goals begins with having them in your awareness and focusing your time to achieve them. Otherwise you are constantly being distracted onto other things that occupy your time.

Now that you have a clear vision of the goals you want to achieve NOW you can create your plan for today and this week. What steps can you take today that will help you move closer to your goals? Make time for these things FIRST even if there are a bunch of other “things” that you feel you must do. “Things” are not related to your goals. They could be if you changed the energy on them and repositioned them so that they are steps in achieving your goals.

If you are one of those people who have a tough time knowing your goals, taking the time to ground your day along these lines then perhaps it is time for an intuitive reading on what is in your way. Call me if you would like help with this. My goal is the success of your business or your career.

Kay

Why not choose your passion?

November 14, 2008December 30, 2008 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

Sarah (not her real name) is changing her professional life so she contacted me for an intuitive perspective on her new business ideas. First she had the time, desire and the resources to start a new business. Her only decision was “What should I create next?” Sarah is a very creative woman who has been able to create successfully thus far so why the uncertainty now?

As we spoke she outlined three business options she was considering. All were excellent ideas. I watched her intuitively as she spoke and the energy of each of the businesses she presented looked flat. What was making her consider these options? Others good ideas? Maybe they were good strategic business moves but the energy as she considered them did not spark a creative vibration in her and, therefore, would not create success. A simple intuitive principle to business success is knowing what energy a business vibrates in you. It is simple to create a business but to sustain it in a successful way it has to engage our creativity, enthusiasm and/or passion. I did not see any of these vibrations in the options Sarah presented that day.

As I “looked” at her I saw her passion for dancing so I asked her to tell me about dancing. Her energy changed. Sarah began to describe in great detail her life’s dream is to own a dance studio. She went on at length telling the vision she has always had and how she imagined this studio. I wondered why she was considering other business ideas that clearly did not spark this kind of enthusiasm in her.

If you are going to create a business why not create the business of your dreams? It will be no more or less a challenge than other business ideas. I could see her fear. She could not imagine creating her dream. Somehow she did not see this as possible.

So as you might expect we ended this consultation with her committing to exploring the dance studio as her new business venture and fulfilling a life long dream! It would mean that she would not only create a business plan but spend time imagining or visualizing this business. In the end, no matter how passionate you are, if you cannot imagine something then it will not manifest!

I will let you know how she does as you pursues her dream and releases her fears.

To meet Barak!

November 8, 2008December 30, 2008 ~ Kay Robinson ~ 2 Comments

The tagline for my business and my life is “whatever can be imagined can be created.” Every week one of my clients reminds me why I work from this concept. Their accomplishments are often nothing less than a miracle and yet it is not that mysterious. In fact nothing is mysterious when you step back and take a look intuitively. From that vantage point you can see the clear path from one energy or action to the next.

Let me tell you a miracle about my client who spent time with Barak on Election night right before his acceptance speech. We will call her Sarah. Sarah did not know Barak. She had never met him but has been talking about wanting to work on his campaign for months. She had several false starts but could never ground her vision clearly enough to make it happen.

One of the key components of getting a goal is our ability to see what we want clearly in our minds eye. If we can see it then it will manifest. Well Sarah could never quite see it clearly so she was forever in the energy of WANTING. Wanting has to be the worst energy vibration there is because nothing at the vibration of “wanting” ever manifests. So back to the story.

Two weeks ago Sarah calls me to say that she has decided to take a friend of hers to meet Obama and be with him on election night. Her friend is a old colleague of Barak but has not been in touch with him for years. Sarah was determined. She was focused. She had no plan but she did have a clear vision of what she saw happening. At this point she was just not sure she could pull it off and didn’t have a plan so she called me.

Her request was for me to help her clear the energy that was causing her doubt and help her set the energy so that she could make this happen. She wanted to make the impossible happen. We did a guided meditation on her vision for meeting with Barak on election night and then being part of his VIP group for the celebration. Not a small goal.

A few days later Sarah calls overjoyed because the Obama campaign team had agreed to let them meet with Barak on election night. Now she had to tell her friend and get him ready for this historical moment. On Tuesday Saral calls me as she is driving to Chicago with her friend. She is afraid that it is all too good to be true and that something will happen to cancel the meeting.

Thoughts manifest reality so if she believed that would happen then it would so we worked through her fears and she set off for the Hyatt to wait for the meeting. During the course of the Tuesday, Election Day, the staffers called twice to change the meeting time with Barak from 2 PM to 5 PM and then, “We will let you know.” She called again. Kay! Help! My vision is crumbling. I am afraid it won’t happen.” More energy work. More clearing. I had her decide to have fun and be certain of her vision.

Finally at 9 PM on election night she and her friend were meeting with Barak in his hotel room sharing stories of their friendship long long ago. It was a miracle! After their meeting there was so much activity because John McCain had just conceded that Sarah and her friend could not get out of Barak’s hotel room so they were ushered to go with this staff to the acceptance speech. So standing next to Axelrod they heard Barak Obama speak as president-elect of the United States. It was a magical moment for my client, Sarah, who created the impossible and she knew it.

It is my hope that this experience will stay with her as she creates the next cycle of her professional career. Sarah has been planning a big change professionally and has been afraid that she could not do it. After this experience she has to know that she has the ability to create the impossible! Whatever can be imagined can be created.

Thoughts manifest – literally

October 28, 2008September 23, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

I just wanted to remind you that what you imagine for yourself manifests exactly as you image it.

One of my clients told me that he wanted two projects before he went on vacation but could not imagine that happening. He had called the morning before he was to leave on vacation complaining that his goal had not manifested, and he was leaving on vacation the next day (Saturday). He seemed to be blaming me.

As it turned out, later that day he got two calls for new projects that would probably start when he returned. His intention was to get two jobs done before his vacation, but that is not what he declared. He had declared two jobs before he went on vacation. That is exactly what he got.

Notice what you imagine. Your universe is manifesting exactly as you imagine it. Literally. If you do not like what you are experiencing then change your thoughts about your business, your goals or what you want. We do not get our goals if we are not clear about what they are.

Best wishes on your success,
Kay

www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Be careful what you pray for….

October 28, 2008September 23, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

You will get what you pray for. This may happen gracefully or not so gracefully. I see this happen all the time. It has happened to me. Years ago I was the Director of Services for the largest non-profit. I wanted out. The political energy of my job was so intense I could not relax. The needs of our clients far surpassed our ability to serve them and that was hard, but I could not quit. I was a single mom at that time, and my sense of responsibility kept me in a good paying job. I found myself writing in my journal. I wanted to change jobs. I wanted to start my business. I wrote this every day but I could not take the steps to make it happen. I felt that I needed the regular paycheck. I had a child to take care of. Then I was laid off! How could that happen? I was the best at my job! How could this happen? Then I realized I had prayed and imaged leaving this job. The universe was manifesting around my dream, my desire. I could not or wouldn’t quit so what another option was there? The only way my dream could manifest was not very graceful. I am grateful that I was laid off! I could finally create the business that I wanted.

So be careful what you pray for. I have a client who knows she has to leave her corporate job. No, she wants to leave her corporate job. She is paid well so she cannot just quit. She has not decided exactly what she wants to do next. She feels strongly about leaving and so her whole universe is manifesting around that vision. Good new. Bad news. The bad news is she feels like she is being pushed out of her job. Didn’t she pray for this? She does not have a plan for where she is going next. The universe manifests what we want, but we have to know what that is.

So the message is, notice what you are “praying for” or imaging because it is manifesting.

Best wishes on your success, Kay
http://www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Wall Street – Don’t jump on this bandwagon!

October 28, 2008September 23, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

As an intuitive, I am completely amazed by how many add their energy and agreement to something they absolutely DON’T want to happen!

Consider this. Whatever you put your attention on you are helping to create. I’ve told my clients not to add their agreement to the “sky is falling” (the financial sky) because whatever we believe manifests. So why are you helping to manifest financial ruin? The media is grabbing your attention and telling you what to believe.

This is one of the most basic energy, spiritual and intuitive concepts on the planet. Whatever you believe WILL manifest. So you can believe what you are told by the media, your industry, your family or anyone else who wants to scream doom and gloom. The alternative is not to add your energy to this picture. In fact pull your energy out of this agreement. Be like Warren Buffett, think opportunity.

Intuitive Exercise: Take a moment to stop. Sit down. Close your eyes. Quiet your space. Go within. Notice how much you have your attention on the financial problems. Pull your attention and awareness off this picture.

Now start to image what you want for your business. How do you imagine or see your next step? Keeping seeing this in your mind’s eye. Release the energy you feel until you can see your vision of success.

Keep your attention on your business and its success. Take your attention off anyone who is promoting a concept that you do not want to see manifest in your business.

Remember whatever can be imagined is being created.

Best wishes on your success,

Kay

www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Take A Chance! ! Do something out of the ordinary

October 17, 2008September 23, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

We are set in our ways. We have our routines. We know what we want and how to get there or so we think. If you are doing the same things each time to create your business, it may be fine, but nothing will change. What you are doing now is creating the business you have now. If you want to take a step up, make a change, increase your revenue, have more fun then business as usual won’t work.

On an intuitive level, we set the energy of our business consciously or unconsciously. The way in which we set the energy determines our success, how much we have to work and whether we enjoy it. So if you want the energy of your business to change or to get the energy going then get out of your routine! Do something out of the ordinary! Change the energy.

The energy of routine, keeping everything the same creates a hold on your business and its ability to grow. Doing something out of the ordinary means getting out of your comfort zone, taking some risks and changing the routines. Try it today, and you will notice the difference. What are you bored with? What are you so used to that you do not even notice any more or even notice if it is working? What are your routines? Change them. What do you know about creating your business? Now change that thinking!

This is not rocket science, but it is so easy to lose ourselves in what is familiar. The bigger the change, the more of an impact it will have on the energy of your business. Be intuitive. Notice where the energy of routine or familiarity has stopped or affected your success. You will see intuitively how unconscious and unaware you have become. Look in one or more aspects of your company, staff, ideas, decor, contacts, etc. Give it a try and let me know what happens.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Success is 100% Attitude!

October 8, 2008September 23, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

The title of this blog is more than a catchy title. It is the secret to success. Remember the adage “Hold your head high.” As an intuitive, I read the energy of my clients. The most common characteristic of those who are successful is their attitude about success. I have worked with business owners and professionals for over 27 years so I have seen many grow from start-ups to success enterprises. I can tell by looking intuitively at someone whether they will be successful. They set the energy in their space at the vibration of success.

People who are successful don’t take no for an answer. They have certainty. If they are moving down their path and a boulder falls in their way, they do not stop. They climb over it and enjoy the climb. They walk around it and are amused at how simple the solution was.

When we are on the path to success things will happen to encourage us. Simple coincidences are inspiring. On the other hand, we may have experiences that seem to destroy the very thing we are creating. Whether this is, in fact, what is happening depends on our attitude about it. We can decide that our creation is being destroyed, and it will be. We can decide that our creation will not be destroyed, and it will not be. It all depends on how our perspective.

Let’s talk baseball! What does baseball have to do with business? That is another blog but let me tell you a story about attitude and a strong vision. It is a baseball story, but it applies to business.

Tim was playing with a senior men’s baseball league. His team came together during the season and made it to the last game of the playoffs. Everyone was thrilled by the challenge of playing another good team. Tim had a wedding to go to the very weekend of the last game. The team was disappointed because Tim was a good player and an important part of the team. I am a firm believer in the power of our personal vision but when it comes to weddings, there is no way around it. Tim wanted to play the game and he wanted to go to the wedding. The fact that they were scheduled for the same time and the same weekend did not deter him. He stayed focused on his goals. Much to everyone’s surprise the wedding was suddenly moved to another weekend. Tim got his vision. He got to play in the playoffs, and he will be able to attend the wedding.

Tim knew what he wanted. He was certain about his vision. He just didn’t know how to make it happen. That did not matter. He got what he wanted, and it was almost unbelievable except that I know the power of having a clear vision and not believing any thoughts that seem to deter you from your goals. This was not a coincidence.

Not all my clients are success stories. I have a client I like a great deal, but she is easily distracted from her goals. She can have a strong vision but when something comes along that gets in the way she loses her focus. Suddenly her attention is off her goals and on whatever distracted her. She never seems to move forward because of this.

Back to this baseball story. The ability to create the impossible exists in business. Those who are determined get their goals. Stay focused and don’t give up. Allow a miracle.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

http://www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Allow Fear & Keep Moving Toward Success

September 30, 2008September 23, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

This is a good time to talk about fear! As far as I can tell from experiences with my clients everyone is afraid at one time, or another. Fear of taking a big step, changing directions, moving forward, making a decision, not having control and fear of the unknown.

From an intuitive perspective fear often means you are faced with a great opportunity. Let me explain. When we get to the place of having a clear vision of success everything in our lives, and our business begins to evolve around that vision. If you pay attention, you will be aware of this happening. Suddenly there are a rash of coincidences that favor your vision.

When you have a clear vision (or intention) change begins. Where you are now maybe fine but if you have a goal something has to change for it to manifest. Those changes begin to show aspects of your business that are in the way of your vision and where change is needed. Those changes typically make you personally uncomfortable, or you would have made the changes already. As you change, your concepts about your business also change, and evolve more consistent with your vision. It is an uncomfortable time. It can be scary, and you may experience fear from all that is changing. You are out of your comfort zone, and that is good.

I watch my clients go through this period of business growth and the choices they make. Some become uncomfortable, start to be afraid and crumble. They stop moving forward and decide to stay right where they are. Others recognize the fear, know that it is the result of the steps they are taking, take a deep breath and take even more determined steps toward their vision.

When a business owner has a clear vision, everything starts to change and evolve around that vision. At first it may feel like everything falling apart! Aspects of your business that are not supporting your vision may fall apart because it needs to change as new aspects develop and evolve.

It is a scary and exciting time. Those who are successful don’t run from fear. They take a deep breath and move forward to create their vision. Fear Not!

Best wishes for your success,

Kay

Retailer Display Pushes Customers Away!

September 22, 2008September 23, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

I was at a street fair yesterday where business owners setup booths, sold their wares, promoted their business or cause. As an intuitive, I watched with great interest booths that were full and those where no one could or would approach.

My observations from this street fair are going to be helpful to any retail business and perhaps others. Retail is about communication, and this is often ignored. Your customers are intuitive. They may not realize that but first and foremost they react unconsciously and sometimes consciously to your display and your demeanor. They pick up on the energy of your booth and your business. Let me give you examples of what I saw.

The booths that were packed were “open” on an energy level, appealing visually, presented an aura of something customers would want for themselves and the staff in the booth was approachable. Their goal seemed to be communication more than sales.

Mistakes I saw. One booth was beautiful; the jewelry was beautiful, the couple behind the table was beautiful and very much in the energy of their relationship more than showing their jewelry. It looked like a photo shoot for a magazine. They grabbed everyone’s attention as we walked by but no one walked in. My husband, who is a Casting Director, noticed them as well but since he is casting project that requires beautiful people, he gave them his card. They may get a photo shoot from the day, but I’ll bet they sold no jewelry. Your customers have to feel that you and your business are there for them.

Another booth had beautiful ceramics. An older couple sat in the back on high chairs looking bored and invalidated. This is the intuitive impression as people walked by. It made them uncomfortable. The couple’s energy made it uninviting, and we did not want to disturb them, as they seemed so disengaged from their display. No one went into that booth.

A woman was selling the most beautiful shawls was also empty of customers. Her mistake was simple. In order to show off the rich colors of her shawls, she laid them against a black display. Most of the folks at the festival were in a cheerful place on this beautiful sunny day. They did not want to go into the darkness, so they did not go into her black booth.

Customers steered clear of booths with staff that were pushy, loud or intruding as you walked by. Booths where the staff was invisible or disengaged also kept folks out. The busy booths were those where the staff were friendly, said hello without expecting anything other than a hello back. The staff was in the energy of customer service versus I NEED you to buy my product.

In the end retailers who were intuitive about their displays were most successful. What does the customer see, feel and hear? How do you want them to experience you, your products and services? Sometimes we have been doing our business so long that we lose our perspective so step back. Get out of your routine. Change your display completely. Notice if you are getting customers or not. Don’t think. Change the energy until you have all the customers you would like.

If you or your staff are not in the “mood” to sell your wares then you might as well go fishing instead OR change your energy. Decide to enjoy promoting or selling your wares. Passer-bys can read your energy. We are all intuitive. There is no faking it. Your vision of your day goes exactly as you see it. If you have no vision then, nothing happens. As always take the time to visualize your success.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Your Clients Are Intuitive Too!

September 8, 2008September 22, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

I spend my life talking to business owners and professionals on how to use intuition to create a successful business. It is always surprising to them when I point out that their clients are intuitive as well!

Knowing this means that we have to know what our clients perceive intuitively when they see, meet or speak with us. Now your clients are probably not conscious and aware that they are “reading” you. The question becomes “What do you want them to see, feel or know about you?”

One of my favorite stories on this topic is the woman who was to have surgery. The morning of the surgery she insisted on seeing the surgeon in person before her surgery. She insisted! Finally, everyone realized she meant it, so the surgeon came to her room. She looked him over and asked him how he was doing that morning. She asked him silly and not so silly questions. She told me she wanted to know what kind of space he was in before he cut on her. She said if he looked angry or upset she would have refused the surgery. In the end, he was in a good space. He laughed and joked with her a bit then went to prepare for the surgery. She felt good about him that morning and so the surgery went as planned and was successful.

Decisions people make about using our products or services has as much to do with what they pick up about us as it does with our business. So what does this mean to you as a business owner? Let me offer you an intuitive technique for being ready to meet with a client or potential client. It is all about taking the time to set the energy in your space in the best possible way for each situation. What do you want your potential clients to pick up (intuitively) from you?

Intuitive techniques: Take time before you make that call or go into a meeting. Find a quiet place. Take a deep breath. Close your eyes if you are in a place that you can do that. Notice yourself. Where is your attention? Be present. Let go of all thoughts and focus on this client and this moment. Let go of the energy that you are holding onto that has nothing to do with this meeting or conversation. There is nothing more irritating to a potential client then to see or feel that your energy and attention is somewhere else or vibrating in a way that does not fit their concerns.

Notice, what your energy is like? Is this the space you want your client to perceive you? Change your space. Relax. Take a deep breath and release all the energy you are holding in your space. Start to be aware of the client and how you want to your communication to be with them. Don’t think. Be intuitive.

Intuitive techniques take practice. Give this a try and let me know your comments.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Do What Is Important for Success. Avoid Distractions.

September 4, 2008September 22, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

Are you so busy working hard that you find yourself distracted from your goal? This may sound inconsistent, but it is not. If we are working hard doesn’t that mean we are getting our goal? Not necessarily. We work hard 80 hours a week and never achieve our goal when we are just working and don’t have our vision of where we are going.

Having a clear vision in our mind’s eye is the secret to success except that it is not a secret. We are taught to work hard even though it often does not achieve anything other than working hard. Being busy does not achieve goals. I watch people plan their day, have it full and not move one step closer toward to success.

When I began working with Tom he would get up each morning decide what he needed to do, create a plan to do those things and made sure he did them. When asked what his goal was for a particular day he showed me his list. Then I asked him what his goal was for his business, and he told me that. Comparing the two showed his to do list was not created in support of his vision for his company. His list included all the things that he felt had to get done. He was distracted from his vision.

We are not the only ones who create our distractions. Notice how many times in a day someone or something else grabs or demands your attention. Suddenly you are not creating the success of your business. Your attention is now redirected and focused on something else, someone else’s goal. What is the value of this distraction?

From an intuitive perspective, a clear vision of your successful business is vastly more important than any work you do on your business. Try this.

Intuitive exercise. Do this more than once. Do it daily.
Find a quiet place. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and release whatever tension you are holding. Now imagine, in your mind’s eye, your business as a success. What would that be? How would it look? Do not think! See! Imagine! Use your mind’s eye. Imagine your success in detail. Keep imagining until you can see this clearly. Let go of any uncertainty or confusion.

Whatever you can imagine is exactly what will be created and is being created – unless you have a thought that it won’t. Clear your thinking so you can see your success, and all your thoughts believe what you see. When you are finished open your eyes, take a deep breath and stretch. Repeat this exercise often to keep your vision clear. When things get off track do this exercise again.

Now with a clear vision of your company and its success re-write your plan for the upcoming week. Do not put on your list things that you “should do” unless it helps you achieve your vision of your company. Put first those things that support and are directed at your success. Put last “other” things”. Notice if this makes a difference.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Limited Thinking Gets In Our Way

August 31, 2008September 22, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

In my work with business owners and professionals I learned that the single most common reason for not getting a goal is not seeing it happening, or only see it happening one way. To be successful, we have to know what we want, see it clearly on our mind’s eye, create a plan to get there AND allow a miracle. A miracle is the unexpected and something that “comes out of the blue.”

One of my clients was a successful Creative Director for an innovative Silicon Valley company. He recently decided to move on and create his own company. As with any new company development takes a planning, courage and a strong vision. He has all of that, AND he is in his own way.

Phil has a clear vision of his company. He has a great plan on how to start his vision. His downfall is his thinking about what has to happen to get clients, working capital and good staff. When I gave him an intuitive consultation recently, I saw business coming to him from four different directions that he might consider unexpected and out of the blue, opportunities he could not imagine happening. He was convinced there was only one way. He was unmovable. He was stuck. In his mind, it is going to take a lot of time to get his business going. I could see clearly, intuitively that was not the case. Phil will create his business exactly as he can imagine, pushing away other possibilities that are literally standing at his door. He can’t see them. His thinking is making him not only blind but also turning away from opportunities. Ah, free will …..

Another client is a filmmaker. She is filming an exciting project. In the midst of filming she decided that the project was not working. Sue was going to abandon the film before it was completed. Sue called knowing that she was reacting to something that she could not put her finger on. She felt she had lost her vision and the reason she was making this film in the first place. Sounds profound but it is a simple matter from an intuitive perspective. I saw intuitively bringing together her passion for travel, speaking other languages and filmmaking. I saw a worldwide interest in her film from thousands of people involved in the subject of the film. I saw support from hundreds of organizations willing to give time and resources to the project. Ultimately it depends on what Sue can imagine as possible. It does not matter if there are thousands of people and hundreds of organizations willing to support her; if she can’t imagine it then she is not aware that they are there. She does not see them.

So often we are limited by what we can imagine for ourselves. We create our own limits when we “can’t imagine it”. What limits do you imagine? It is important to know because your thinking and what you imagine creates what you experience.

Intuitive exercise: Take time and find a quiet place. Relax. Close your eyes. Notice a project or goal you want to manifest. See it clearly in your mind’s eye. Do not think. Begin to see or imagine in your mind’s eye. Imagine how it will manifest, how it is possible. Now open your awareness to other possibilities. What is “beyond your imagination?” Open your intuition. Allow other possibilities.

Thinking brings us one set of possibilities. Seeing intuitively offers other possibilities that are not logical. To be successful allow both.

Best wishes on your success!

Kay

www.insightintuitiveconsulting.com

Getting Back on Track

August 28, 2008September 22, 2014 ~ Kay Robinson ~ Leave a comment

There are days, and weeks…. when all your hopes are shattered, something goes terribly wrong………….. You know what I mean. We have all had that happen once or twice. Over the years, I have observed the ways that we respond to these disappointments.

First it affects our energy. We are hit by the sudden realization or feeling that something or everything is not working. Our energy drops, and we stop breathing! We are confused as our focus is suddenly being directed another way. Most of us lose our awareness, perspective and space out when something like this happens. This is not a good time to make any decisions.

From an intuitive perspective, the first thing to do is ground, get centered in present time, gather up all your attention and awareness and focus within because a shift in our awareness is happening. This is the complete opposite of our first and automatic reaction. It is essential to find our space and to become clear to learn and grow from this energy shift.

The next intuitive step is to reset your energy back to where you feel in charge of your experiences. Someone or some energy affected your space and changed your energy completely. It is very uncomfortable to have our energy changed in this way. If we take the time to look intuitively we can see clearly what happened and what energy affected us so directly. It is never a mystery if you look intuitively.

Finally, you can decide to become the effect of the energy and let it bring you down, or you can decide to reset your energy a step or two above this destroy energy. When you reset your energy and take back you seniority, you can re-own your goals. You can decide to change the energy back to success. Being hit by energy can have a long or short-term effect. It is up to us.

Let me know if you would like to learn more about the intuitive tools or techniques mentioned in this posting. Try them and let me know how it worked for you.

Best wishes on your success, Kay

Intuition in Life & Success

Whatever you imagine is being created!

Business Owners

Moral Capitalism Begins Within

Business Feels Like It Is Dying – At least it feels that way today

Business Paradigms Gone!

You Are Not Your Business or Your Work!

Shooting yourself in the foot!

Intuition + focus + energy = success

Spirit, Mind and Screaming Body

Running a business is scary!

Meditate for Success!

Are you sabotaging your sales?

Nothing is impossible!

Selling? Develop long term customers…

Don’t even get out of bed….

Increase your business – Go within

The financial bailout …….an intuitive perspective

Few business owners are creating their success… are you one of them!

Start Your Day with Success!

Why not choose your passion?

To meet Barak!

Thoughts manifest – literally

Be careful what you pray for….

Wall Street – Don’t jump on this bandwagon!

Take A Chance! ! Do something out of the ordinary

Success is 100% Attitude!

Allow Fear & Keep Moving Toward Success

Retailer Display Pushes Customers Away!

Your Clients Are Intuitive Too!

Do What Is Important for Success. Avoid Distractions.

Limited Thinking Gets In Our Way

Getting Back on Track

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