If you’re a creative soul with big dreams, you MUST read Danielle LaPorte’s new book The Fire Starer Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms. It is overflowing with wisdom and straight-talk about the entrepreneurial spirit. I cannot recommend it highly enough!

It comes out on April 17th and you can pre-order now on Amazon.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Danielle about her book earlier today. We chatted about money, time, self-promo, and the metrics of ease. Plus, Danielle answered great questions from our live chat audience. And here is a partial copy of the chat log.

Enjoy and happy fire starting!

You can find out more about her book launch festivities on her site: http://www.daniellelaporte.com and at the pre-order party.

One of the things I hear frequently from my community of right-brain entrepreneurs is that they feel like they don’t have enough time to do all of the things they want to do. That’s why I’m so thrilled to let you all know about a fantastic new book and an inspiring event from the Artella goddess herself Marney K. Makridakis.

I’ve always admired how prolific Marney is so it’s helpful to get an inside peek at her take on time.

I’m joining Marney as one of 25 Guest Luminaries (including SARK, Jill Badonsky, Tamma Keives, Jen Louden, Leonie Dawson, and Eric Maisel) taking part in The Creating Time Mega Event…three FREE weeks of inspiration as people all over the world will come together and welcome the ending of time as we know it…and the beginning of an exhilarating new life!

The Creating Time Mega Event celebrates the release of her new book, Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life.

Here’s what I had to say about this powerful and practical book, “If you’re a busy person like me and you’ve ever wished for more hours in a day (and who hasn’t?), Marney Makridakis’ magical book Creating Time is for you. Her wise insights, creative exercises, and inspiring artwork will empower you to say so long to scarcity and stress and hello to freedom, focus, and flow. Now, isn’t it about time?”

Through her book and event, Marney invites us to “time travel” as a collective community to create a new paradigm of time.

Have you noticed that time is moving faster than ever these days? That it’s virtually impossible to engage in or observe any conversation that doesn’t somehow bring up “time” in a negative context? That “time” is the one thing that seems to hold most of us back from living the lives we were born to live? I see this all the time in my work, and I imagine that you do, too!

Now is the time for a new time! I love being part of The Creating Time Mega Event and this exciting movement to change the way we see and experience time forever.

The Creating Time Mega Event is FREE and it all starts today Monday, April 2, 2012 and runs for three amazing, life-changing weeks. You’ll get inspiring live webinars, daily email inspiration, dynamic time-shifting games and challenges, a lively interactive community of fellow time-travelers, and so much more.

I am excited for the ways that this ongoing flow of innovative tools, techniques and ideas explored in this event will shift our experience of time forever. I’m so glad to be part of it and I hope you will join us!

We just wrapped up our live 2-week Right-Brainers in Business Video Summit extravaganza! And wow, what an inspiring 10 days it has been.

We’ve had thousands of creative entrepreneurs participating from around the world. In addition to the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia, we’ve had attendees from Serbia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Israel, Singapore, Hong Kong, Finland, Panama, France, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, India, Japan, Mexico, and more!

This is indeed a right-brain revolution that’s sweeping the globe!

And our Livestream channel has had more than 12,650 viewer hours in just two weeks. Wow! You guys are hungry for business-building resources that really speak your language!

You can watch highlights from week 2 in this video recap below.

If you missed our first week you can see the week 1 video highlights here.

I love how engaged and connected this community is. We are so “chat-bose” as my tech consultant Jeremie Miller (pictured with me in the video above) says, that today we managed to break Livestream’s chat functionality with all of our messages and their tech folks even stopped by our chat room to see what all the fuss was about.

You can still catch a couple of the free full replays through this weekend, so sign-up now to see what you’ve been missing! The end of Friday’s replay has a really special extra surprise that moved me to tears.

And if you’re ready to go beyond the business plan and implement the learnings from the summit, upgrade to Premium. You’ll be able to connect more deeply with fellow creative cohorts and have group coaching calls with me. I can’t wait to help you build your thriving enterprise!

We had an amazing first week at the Right-Brainers in Business Video Summit! If you missed our free live video chat sessions or 48-hour replays, you can catch some highlights here. I’ve put together clips of some of my favorite moments of our guest interviews, so take a peek at the video above to see what you’ve missed (or to be re-inspired!).

What this video doesn’t capture is the energy of the interactions when we have hundreds of creative entrepreneurs from around the world interacting in the chat room. You’ve got to experience the session live for the full-on effect! So if these videos spoke to you, imagine what it would be like to share your light-bulb moments or ask questions of me, the speakers, or your fellow cohorts in real-time.

Our next session starts at 10am PST this Monday, so check it out! I’d love to see you.

You can still join us for free this week! During our final week of the summit we’ll have interviews with Elizabeth Marshall who will talk to us about marketing and spreading your message. We’ll hear from Alison Marks about secrets to a 6-figure business and we’ll have a live show & tell spotlight with modern-day wrangler of time and space Beth DeZiel. You can actually see a video of Beth below where she talks about why she upgraded to a Premium Pass at this year’s summit.

You’ll also meet one of my favorite creative cohorts, Jeremie Miller, who will talk to us about using technology to help connect with customers. If you’ve been curious about how I’ve been leading these webinars, this is the man to meet and the session to watch!

We’ll also hear from Chelsea Moser who will give us tips on how to hire a team and we’ll celebrate our final day together with the inspiring Jen Louden.

Come join the fun!

We finished up Day 3 of the 2nd annual Right-Brainers in Business Video Summit today and it's been such a thrill to connect with so many creative entrepreneurs from all around the world! We still have 7 more awesome sessions to go and I hope you'll join us.

We've already covered sales and pricing, social media, and legal basics with luminary leaders Mark Silver, Lindsay Wilson, and David Goldsmith. (You can catch up on the free 48-hour replays). These experts are helping us creative types bridge the gap between our right-brain and left-brains so that we can take our business more seriously. I've learned a ton listening to their wisdom and from reading all of our amazing participants' conversations on the live video chat.

Tomorrow's focus is on the moola so we have Tara Gentile talking about the Art of Earning and a live Show and Tell Spotlight with Nicole Fende, the Numbers Whisperer. And then on Friday, Hiro Boga graces us with her presence to share with us about spirituality in business. It's gonna rock!

The photo above is a behind the scenes look at what goes on while I'm driving/leading the live broadcast. I must admit there are a lot of left-brain details (and hand-eye-mouse coordination) that can be challenging for me to navigate while I'm also trying to talk! But it's totally worth it because there's nothing like the incredible interaction that happens in our virtual circle of right-brain entrepreneurs.

Here's some of the #rbbiz buzz the past few days on twitter

At 8pm PST tonight, the free 48-hour replay of Mark Silver's heart-opening and eye-opening interview about sacred selling and resonant pricing. There's still time to sign-up and catch up so you don't miss a thing.

And if you're already signed-up, why not invite a friend to join you in the revolution? You can send them a "virtual permission slip" here!

Note from Jenn: This is a guest post from Nicole Fende, The Numbers Whisperer, and author of her new book How to Be A Finance Rockstar. Nicole is no stranger to the Right-Brain Business Plan. She did an RBBP Spotlight here last year showcasing her magnetic board AND she’ll be doing a Live Show & Tell Spotlight next week at the free Right-Brainers in Business Video Summit!

To celebrate the launch of her book, she’s hosting a virtual cocktail party TODAY and you’re invited. It runs from 4:30 pm CST to 7:30 pm CST. And if you’re in the Twin Cities you’re welcome to attend in person.

Overcome Your Fear of Finance and Grow Your Profits

Are you afraid of finance?  Does the mere thought of doing the books, or running the numbers fill you with dread?

As Jennifer Lee rightly points out in Chapter 5 of The Right Brain Business Plan, understanding the financial side of your business allows you to turn passion into profit.  Do you wish Managing the Moola could be as fun as that title sounds?

It can!  However there is one thing you need to address first.  Fear.

Many, if not most, of small business owners and solopreneurs fear numbers.  While I love them, I also understand that fear.  It’s why I became The Numbers Whisperer™, to help people like you tame that fear and make a living doing what you love.

Through my coaching clients I discovered that one technique worked extremely well in conquering finance fears.  Particularly with creative people, probably because we (and yes I’m creative too) have such richly active imaginations.

Facing the Unknown

When you step onto a stage you often can’t see beyond the floodlights. Not knowing what’s out there is scary.

Think about Stephen King, the undisputed champion of horror.

His books focus on fear, often deep rooted ones, encouraging your imagination to run wild. That’s why the movies never live up to his books. The movies give a face to the fear.

Suddenly it doesn’t seem so scary anymore.

We want to mimic the Stephen King movie effect!

The easiest way to do this, create an avatar.

Let me introduce the Number Muncher, my villain avatar.  His favorite pastime is to tear up people’s financials.

While you wouldn’t want him hanging around the office, Number Muncher looks manageable.

(If you attend the Right-Brainers in Business Video Summit next week you’ll even get to meet him in person, so to speak.)

Prefer something closer to a horror movie?  I must blushingly confess a love to the classic hack and slash movies like Friday the 13^th.  How about this guy?

He doesn’t have a name, I just think of him as my axe murderer: a serial murderer who targets small business profits.

Creating Your Numbers Avatar

While you’re welcome to use one either of my villainous avatars, it may help to create your own.  Draw, paint, mold or describe those nebulous fears.  Give them a face.  Then throw darts at it – literally if you like.

Facing your fear gives you power, and frees you to focus on making money while following your passion.

About Nicole Fende

Nicole Fende is The Numbers Whisperer™ and President of Small Business Finance Forum.  As a credentialed actuary with experience as a  Chief Financial Officer, Investment Banker, and successful entrepreneur, Fende helps her clients reach their profit goals and learn how to effectively and enjoyably run the financial side of their business. In her book, How to be a Finance Rock Star, Nicole shares the same strategies she uses for her profit coaching clients to help them reach multi-platinum profits.