My Innerpreneur – Tara Joyce's elasticmind https://www.elasticmind.ca Author. Wizard of Less Obvious Things. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:39:35 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.elasticmind.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-ElasticMind_LogoNavy-32x32.png My Innerpreneur – Tara Joyce's elasticmind https://www.elasticmind.ca 32 32 Exploring Our Money Shadow https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/exploring-our-money-shadow/ Fri, 21 Jul 2017 22:04:18 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=9831 This is an excerpt from my upcoming book from Integral Publishers, Pay What It’s Worth: You Don’t Need to Set a Price on Value. Stay updated on when it’s available for purchase here. Money is a symbol of two basic principles that underlie every process in the physical world: the principle of value, and the […]

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]]> The Power of Relationships https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/the-power-of-relationships/ Thu, 04 May 2017 21:38:17 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=9713 Every relationship you develop, from the most casual to the most intimate, serves to help you become more conscious. You are taught to honour others, yet often this is one of the most difficult acts you can perform. For not only does it require you, first and foremost, to honour yourself, it also requires you […]

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]]> What Icarus Can Teach Us https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/what-icarus-can-teach-us/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:00:44 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=9690 Do you know the Greek myth of Icarus? Icarus is the son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax. His father cautioned him that flying too near the Sun would cause the wax to melt. But Icarus became enthralled with his ability to fly and forgot […]

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]]> Choose Your Own Character https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/choose-your-own-character/ Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:38:27 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=6300 As this new chapter, a new year, begins I’m considering the story I am writing, and whether the character I’m currently playing is fully embodying who I want to be in the story of my life, now and in the future. Do you know what an archetype is? Archetypes are universally understood symbols that reflect […]

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]]> “Pay What It’s Worth” is Not “Pay What You Can” https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/pay-what-its-worth-pricing-is-not-pay-what-you-can/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/pay-what-its-worth-pricing-is-not-pay-what-you-can/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 20:05:50 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=4898 As a practitioner of Pay What It’s Worth pricing, I see the business approach of asking a client to pay-what-they-can as a very different thing. Each approach communicates very different things about your brand, and the exchange you seek. Care to explore this with me deeper? Exploring Pay What You Can Pricing and What It […]

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]]> https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/pay-what-its-worth-pricing-is-not-pay-what-you-can/feed/ 4 The Forms of -preneurship and Your Personal Brand https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/the-forms-of-preneurship-and-your-personal-brand/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/the-forms-of-preneurship-and-your-personal-brand/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:43:37 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=4324 If we look at -preneurship as a term used to describe our personal brand, what form of -preneurship best communicates your value? Entre-preneurship: taking charge of your own business Literally, the word means: “begin to take charge” but is often defined as the practice of starting a new business. Entrepreneurial behaviour describes investing time and […]

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]]> https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/the-forms-of-preneurship-and-your-personal-brand/feed/ 2 What Being an Innerpreneur Means to Me (And Only Me) https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/what-being-an-innerpreneur-means-to-me-and-only-me/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/what-being-an-innerpreneur-means-to-me-and-only-me/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:35:43 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=2781 I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again, I did not make the word Innerpreneur up. I was only drawn to it once upon a time ago (early 2007) when I was starting my business. I saw the book Karma Queens, Geek Gods and Innerpreneurs in the bookstore and despite the fact […]

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]]> https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/what-being-an-innerpreneur-means-to-me-and-only-me/feed/ 10 Marketing vs. Advertising vs. Public Relations: An Analogy https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/marketing-vs-advertising-vs-public-relations-an-analogy/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/marketing-vs-advertising-vs-public-relations-an-analogy/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 18:22:08 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=1670 Do you have trouble understanding what the heck the difference is between Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations? I know I certainly do. Here’s a quick analogy to help you differentiate: If a young man tells his date she’s intelligent, looks lovely, and is a great conversationalist, he’s saying the right things to the right person […]

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]]> https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/marketing-vs-advertising-vs-public-relations-an-analogy/feed/ 4 How Do You Define the Achievement of Success? https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/how-do-you-define-the-achievement-of-success/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/how-do-you-define-the-achievement-of-success/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:24:07 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=1426 A few months back I was helping to design the header graphic for a new blog that was being launched. The blog’s content focused on how to achieve ‘success’ in business. And while trying to design a logo that communicated ‘success’, I realized that I had no idea what the heck ‘success’ meant. I mean, […]

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]]> https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/how-do-you-define-the-achievement-of-success/feed/ 18 How Culture and Consciousness Intertwine https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/how-culture-and-consciousness-intertwine/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/how-culture-and-consciousness-intertwine/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:59:01 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=632 When it comes to consciousness, there are really two forms that exist, absolute consciousness and relative consciousness. What is Absolute Consciousness Absolute consciousness is your moment to moment awareness of everything in the world. I am aware of the computer screen in front of me and the Mulder and Scully Barbie dolls smiling down at […]

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]]> https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/how-culture-and-consciousness-intertwine/feed/ 4 Marketing to Innerpreneurs & Cultural Creatives https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/marketing-to-innerpreneurs-cultural-creatives/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/marketing-to-innerpreneurs-cultural-creatives/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:32:11 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=489 Discover the keys to practicing mindful marketing and connecting with your fellow Cultural Creatives.

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]]> Are You An Innerpreneur? https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/are-you-an-innerpreneur/ https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/are-you-an-innerpreneur/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:03:03 +0000 http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=7 Do you have an impulse to make things different? You just might be an Innerpreneur. Either way, your intrigued.

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]]> Your Economic Opportunity to Co-Create https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/your-economic-opportunity-to-co-create/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:18:20 +0000 https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=10812 The ideology of profit-centred, protectionist capitalism fails as a worldview to guide us through the twenty-first century.

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]]> An Invitation to the New World https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/an-invitation-to-the-new-world/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:01:46 +0000 https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=10809 Let’s architect together a new world where we pay attention to the price tags of our actions.

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]]> A More Empowered Economic Reality https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/a-more-empowered-economic-reality/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:01:49 +0000 https://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/?p=10801 Since Dec 2020, new price tags can be found throughout Amsterdam that includes the true and complete costs of the goods being produced and purchased...

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