Inspiring entrepreneur, talented DJ and friend, Raj Kotecha, is a creative content consultant. Raj is the man responsible for Heena and I meeting for the first time at that party in June 2007. Story for another day.

In this video @RajLoveSoul presents a guest lecture to media students at the University of East London. In it, he shares his own career history as well as some superb tips for thriving in the media business. Worth watching.

Related posts:

1. Dhaval Ved – studying at Hertfordshire, looking for a part-time job When I went to Mumbai in 2004, I had tea...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

A Buddhist monk walks up to a burrito stand and asks…

“Make me one with everything”

The vendor says, “That’ll be £2.50 please”.

The Buddhist hands him a ten pound note, and asks for his change, to which the vendor replies:

“My dear sir, change must come from within!”

—

There’s something about a burrito that gives it a buzz – check out www.buzzburrito.com/masterclass to find out what the big deal is about the burrito this weekend.

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Inspired by the layout of Monopoly, this Jain twist to the game gives all teams the chance to shine out with their knowledge and understanding of Jain Dharma, in a typically warm, supportive, and light-hearted Young Jains setting.

Facilitated by the creator of Jainopoly, Deepa M Shah used quizzes and party games to elicit the qualities required to playfully embrace the often challenging life we come across in our every waking moment.

My personal favourite game involved coming into a circle, catching a tennis ball from someone, and then whilst throwing it to someone else, shouting out a Jain word or phrase. Then, remembering who you threw the ball to, the next time a ball would come your way, throwing it to that same person, shouting out the same phrase as last time.

For me this really helped me build focus, awareness, attentiveness, vigilance, and persistence to keep going, even in moments when the ball dropped. Repeating that one phrase helped keep the main thing the main thing.

The lesson was: if the ball drops, and you go to pick it up, don’t forget to stay alert for the next ball coming your way, otherwise it’ll hit you on the head! It may be better to let the ball roll away rather than get knocked out by trying to do it all. Alternatively, let all the tennis balls come to you, pick up the one you dropped, and with all the tennis balls in your hand, continue the game by releasing each ball out to the group one at a time.

Recently I have found myself following my usual habit pattern of taking on loads of projects, and can sense myself collapsing soon by trying to meet all these expectations I’ve been overloading myself with. I have one of two options to relieve this pressure:

1. Release some of the projects into the world so that other people receive the opportunity to take them on, whilst I can focus on the projects that I need to be working on the most.
2. Continue to oversee all the projects, focusing only on what I’m uniquely qualified to do, and then delegate all the other tasks and sections of each project to other talented individuals who generate much greater value than what I could do on my own.

I do like the sound of the second option, and it gives me the opportunity to be involved in projects that really mean a lot to me, whilst offering the chance for others to get involved. As it is, I love collaborating with other creative individuals, so what a great way to stop hoarding and continue GIVING!

If you’re reading this and fancy working with me on one of the projects I’m currently immersed in, get in touch, and I’ll fill you in on what you can get involved with. It’ll be interesting to explore the special talents you can bring to the mix.

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

In Steve Pavlina’s most recent post about The Dark Side of Financial Abundance, he highlights the practical implications of going from making a little amount of money to making loads of money.

Steve writes about:

• how financial abundance affects your accounting and tax situation
• what financial mistakes can cost you (and how it’s all relative)
• how people will treat you differently
• how you’ll feel pressured to develop better money management skills
• how, by facing up to the dark side of financial abundance, you’ll become less fearful, more flexible, more responsible, more organised, and more confident.

In his closing paragraph, Steve states “To attract more abundance, you must create more value for others, which requires that you recognize, accept, and embrace your own value.”

This to me is probably the most important statement that I’ve needed to read in recent times. I’ve known that attracting more abundance involves creating more value for others. Little did I realise that to create more value for others, you must certainly recognise, accept and embrace your own value. Afterall, how else will you keep serving others consistently in the best possible way?

Earlier today I received an email from a friend who shared with me his strategic plan for 2007. He’ll comment here if he’d like to make himself known. His objective is “To directly impact the lives of a million people by November 2007″. He’ll know he has achieved this by having sales of £1 Million + through all his various websites and projects. How powerful that he recognises not only how much he’ll have received in sales this year, but also that he’ll have made a positive impact on the lives of a million people. He has a strong belief in himself of how he’ll be able to recognise, accept and embrace his own value so that he can directly and positively impact millions of others.

So on MY path to financial abundance, how am I recognising, accepting and embracing my own value?

What I’ve recognised is that I directly add most value when I’m sitting face-to-face with an individual, over a cup of coffee, discovering what their raw, unique talent is, and co-creating a strategic approach for how they can tap into their existing resources to serve more people, to serve their people better, and to make loads of money to keep on serving.
I have proof (!) Here’s what guitarist Tim Stone has to say about a recent effortless session I had with him:

“I recently signed up to a 3 month package with Kavit Haria, a musician’s coach who helps you focus and market yourself and your music. (Incidentally, I’ve been round a block or two and am not convinced easily! ). Anyway, part of that package is an hour’s consultation with Sol Shah to develop what they call the marketing funnel, which I had recently. Sol is a very warm guy and the hour turned into quite a few more! He’s dead easy to get along with and I learned a lot. The funnel seems to be about recognising what resources you do actually have and how to order and maximise them. I came away from the meeting with quite an update on what I have to offer and how to go about it. Sol listened closely and his feedback allowed me to see some very positive steps that were probably staring me in the face, but that I was missing. I also saw that a lot of stuff I already have nailed is a lot more useful to my marketing plan than I had previously thought. Wicked.”

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/n0ZU1dUaouw" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
Tim Stone on the Bedford Bandstand

So I’ve recognised where I add most value to others, and I am able to accept and embrace it by continuing to consult talented individuals, effortlessly over a coffee (or herbal tea), whilst exploring opportunities for serving more people at any given time, either in person, or via the web. As you’re reading this right now, how would YOU like me to serve you and more people through the work we’d do together?

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

It’s not often that you get the chance to sit face-to-face with yourself, taking yourself beyond reflection (the past), holding yourself back from anticipation (the future), and sitting tight with the present moment, right here, right now, nowhere to turn, nowhere to hide.

How fortunate to have had the opportunity on Tuesday 12th December 2006, to be immersed in 5.5 hours of dialogue with Darren Taylor, double bassist for Courtney Pine’s touring band, out to transform the lives of this generation’s youth, giving them an abundance of chances to develop themselves through music and do the right thing for themselves, and the communities they live within.

Darren ‘Monty’ Taylor
Double Bass Player
Courtney Pine’s Touring Band

Darren believes firmly in ‘reasoning things out’, taking the time to think things through, and giving everything the exact attention it deserves, nothing more, nothing less.

He has a very simple philosophy by which he lives his life:
(1) Meet the right people
(2) Take a genuine interest in them
(3) Remember them

How beautiful, how perfect, how true.

Darren’s project, Jazz Reloaded, is all about using the essence behind Jazz music to take individuals from the rat race cycles of daily life, the millions of undefining choices and distractions that destroy everything that is precious within us, towards a point where we clearly understand what’s what, what’s right, what’s wrong, what’s changing, what’s permanent, what’s on, what’s off, when to talk, and when to stay silent.

Darren Taylor As Depicted
By Illustrator & Brother
Des Taylor

I’m looking forward to working with Darren on his creative projects in 2007.

In the meantime, check out some of the work done by brothers Darren (Monty) Taylor and Desmond (Des) Taylor:

• http://www.jazzreloaded.com
• http://www.deztaylor.co.uk
• http://www.katierogers.co.uk

Also the following MySpace pages:

• http://www.myspace.com/jazzreloaded – The MySpace page of Darren Taylor
• http://www.myspace.com/artofdes – The MySpace page of Des Taylor
• http://www.myspace.com/katiesparty – The MySpace page of Katie Rogers

Katie Rogers
By Des Taylor

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I was round at Arvind Devalia’s home in St. John’s Wood for lunch this afternoon – we talked about the projects he’s currently working on, the way he can serve more people as an internet social entrepreneur, and about how he can make his great book available for people to buy as gifts for Christmas and the New Year…

Arvind Devalia
Get The Life You Love And Live It

Sol Shah Getting A Copy Of
Arvind Devalia’s Book
From Under Arvind’s Bed

For lunch, Arvind prepared delicious baked goud and papad for starters, along with okra curry, sprouted mung beans, and rice. All topped off with mango pulp for dessert, plus an incredibly fantastic herbal tea – an infusion of peppermint, licourice and rose tea. Check it out! It’s called “refresh” by pukka organic herbal blends – definitely refreshing! I just had to say how much I liked it, and Arvind loaded me up with 6 sachets!

The rice turned out really well. Apparently, you can make rice turn out great by soaking the rice grains in hot water for about 30 minutes, and then cooking them in a pan topped off with hot water. Arvind, if you’re reading this, please drop a comment about exactly how you made your magic fluffy rice.

In the picture above, you’ll see that I have to get Arvind’s book out from under his bed.  So what was it doing there? Well, Arvind has 2,000 – that’s TWO THOUSAND – to release out into the world this Christmas, and at the moment, they’re sitting under his bed!

If you’re looking for a decent Christmas gift to give which is ideal to read in time for kick starting the new year, check out Arvind Devalia’s Get The Life You Love And Live It, available for purchase online. If you ask him nicely, Arvind might even send the book out to the lucky person you’re buying the gift for, straight to them – saves you having to post it again yourself!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

If you have a younger sibling, you generally know that somewhere beneath the surface, they are incredibly talented. Although you don’t spot their true talent often, you tend to stay alert enough to pick up on it when they DO show it.

Sol Shah & Sawan ‘7′ Shah at Kavit Haria’s
Magnetic Marketing for Musicians Seminar
Saturday 02 December 2006, Strand Palace Hotel

My younger brother Sawan (a.k.a ‘7′) has just uncovered for me his brilliant skill of video editing. Last night, a few of us were sitting round the computer in his office at home, going over the most recent project that he’s working on.

Sawan is working with Kavit Haria and I to film our seminars and package them into DVDs so that the content is available to individuals around the world who cannot make it to the seminars.

The current DVD project is titled How To Make Thousands of Dollars Each Month In The Music Business

Sawan’s work is truly outstanding! The way he’s able to edit the video through effective transitions between sections, placing text on the video in the right places, and cutting out all the less-than-useful gaps, is brilliant – it’ll add so much value to anybody who purchases and views the DVD.

If you’d like Sawan to film your next seminar to turn it into a valuable information product, or to give you guidance on how best to CONVEY the information you hold to the wider world, do visit his site at PrematmaProductions.com

Alternatively, get a glimpse into his character and personality at 7’s Blog to get a feel for how good a match he is for your unique needs.

Sawanbhai, you have such great talent – now go ahead, and through your videos, help other people to fully express theirs.

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

TeenBiz is an info-packed little site dedicated to small business ideas for teens and undergraduates who are looking to make some extra money during their holidays, or even while they are studying.

Check it out at http://teenbiz.blogspot.com/  Great resource!

Thanks to Kavit Haria at www.innerrhythm.org for sending the link my way.

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.