Clare Josa | Author And Keynote Speaker

UK's Foremost Imposter Syndrome Expert, International Keynote Speaker & 8x Author

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We’re Hiring! Do You Know Our New Online Programmes Manager?

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As our business grows and is able to inspire and empower even more people, it’s time for us to add a new member to our team – we’re so excited!

Online Programmes Manager

Contract basis: 5-10 hours per week, ideally split over at least 4 weekdays. Potential to grow the role to 10-15 hours per week in 2017.

Who Are You?

Responsible for managing the practical side of my online courses, podcast, newsletter, intensives and Masterminds, you’re the kind of person who loves making sure things happen, that nothing gets missed, and that deadlines are still met – ideally with everyone still smiling and enjoying the ride.

You’re confident in your organisational skills, without getting lost in the detail, and you enjoy spotting the smoothest route to delivering multi-faceted projects.

You are confident in:

  • time management and helping other team members make sure they deliver what you need, before you need it
  • learning quickly and spotting essential information from unnecessary detail
  • having good attention to detail, without allowing it to cause you to miss deadlines
  • handling customer enquiries via email (even remaining compassionate when someone asks how to reset their password for the fifth time… but also knowing when to say ‘no’ to an unreasonable demand)
  • providing basic tech support for customers using the Learning Management System (WordPress-based Rainmaker – some training available) – you will have access to the tech support teams for all of our software providers
  • liaising with our fabulous suppliers, where needed, including podcast audio editor, video editor, graphic designers and other wider team members
  • showing initiative and having a big heart
  • telling the team if something isn’t working or if there’s a way to improve things

You are generally positive, happy and easy to get on with. You have moved beyond the ‘victim phase’ in life and take responsibility for the experiences you create, in your spiritual journey. You’re happy about talking about words like ‘Soul’ and ‘conscious business’ and ‘authenticity’ and ‘compassion’, as well as discussing business strategy, Big Visions and bouncing marketing and product ideas around. You are happy working on your own, whilst being part of a virtual team.

Software you will be using:

  • It is essential that you are fully comfortable with WordPress for this role. (This position is NOT for beginners – we need you to have done your learning curve, please). You will need to be happy creating scheduled posts, embedding videos & embedding graphics and must be familiar with basic SEO, including how to use tags & categories. You will be using Salient theme and the Rainmaker Learning Management System platform (theme-specific training available).
  • Solid experience in email marketing and campaign management (we use ConvertKit – conversion training available). If you don’t know the difference between a follow-up message and a broadcast, or between a newsletter and a campaign, then please don’t apply. Sorry. xx C.
  • Use of Vimeo and YouTube
  • Use of Amazon S3 (simple to learn, if you haven’t used it yet)
  • WebinarJam for live online training (based on Google Hangouts)
  • Zendesk for customer support
  • Asana for project management
  • Edgar for social media management
  • Photoshop Elements and Picmonkey / Canva for creating graphics
  • Word or Mac Pages for creating workbooks for pdf downloads
  • Skype for team meetings

How To Apply

Please send a letter of application to hello @ clarejosa . com including:

  • An overview of your career history and qualifications
  • Specifically how you are an ideal candidate for this role, including examples
  • Examples of recent projects you have worked on
  • A summary of which of the software packages you are familiar with and at which level
  • Why you’d love to work with us
  • Salary expectations
  • When you would be available to start

Please note: this is a role where you will be given any essential software training on the more bespoke packages, but on the basic stuff you will need to be able to hit the ground running. Our 2016 projects mean we need an ‘old hand’, rather than having time to train up an apprentice. Please only apply if you are genuinely experienced in WordPress, email marketing, YouTube and at least some of the other packages.

Application Deadline: 22nd January 12:00 UK time

My dream candidate will feel excited at the prospect of working together, becoming part of a team that is dedicated to making a hugely positive difference in people’s lives.

If that’s you, then I can’t wait to ‘meet’ you! With love, Namaste, Clare x

Knowing Your Business

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[icon color=”Accent-Color” size=”small” image=”fa-check”] Not sure who to believe about what’s true and what’s not?
[icon color=”Accent-Color” size=”small” image=”fa-check”] Feeling overwhelmed and unsure about how to keep your business trading, without drowning in EU VAT admin?

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Get the answers you’re looking for with this EU Digital VAT micro business webinar.

Run by a core member of the EU VAT Action Campaign negotiating team.

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What we’ll be covering:

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  • Key facts – the most important bits you need to know – no jargon; no fluff
  • Dispelling the myths – so much has been going round and not all of it is right
  • Why ignoring the rules and assuming you won’t get caught is an extremely high risk strategy
  • Practical steps you can take today, so that you can not just keep trading through these rules, but even use them to grow your business
  • Insider secrets – how to avoid the mistakes I’m seeing people make every day and how to make tiny tweaks that mean you’ll keep the VAT man – and your customers – happy
  • Why setting up a Facebook group or live calls isn’t always the answer – and in fact might make things worse for you – and 5 things you can do instead
  • The insider tips we have figured out, from attending the top level meetings, to help you bring in genuine ‘human intervention’ without destroying your business model or meaning you never get to see your kids again
  • The key mistakes I’m seeing people make, thinking it will keep them exempt from the rules, but it won’t
  • What’s REALLY going on with non-digital goods & services in 2016
  • How the UK’s ‘light touch’ launch (the campaign negotiated this!) can help UK biz AND non-EU biz – and what’s likely to happen after June 30th with this

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Clare Josa

Author, NLP Trainer, Meditation Teacher, Reformed Engineer

Co-Founder Of EU VAT Action

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Your donation for this webinar will help to keep the EU VAT Action Campaign running.

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Grab your place and start getting answers to your EU Digital VAT questions today.

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Places are limited. Register today and you’ll get:

  • Membership of our lovely Facebook business community – From Passion To Purpose – where you can already start getting answers to your questions

  • Two chances to attend the EU Digital VAT webinar live

  • A recording of the webinars

  • All the worksheets & ‘EU VAT cheat sheets’ that come with the webinar

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I’m offering this webinar at a no-brainer-donation level, if you register today:

It’s just $15 USD or £10, if you register today.

The two webinars are on:

  • Tuesday 24th February at 8pm UK (3pm Eastern)
  • Saturday 28th February at 8pm UK (3pm Eastern)

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Don’t know me yet? That’s cool! Click here for more about how and why I can help you navigate your way through the new EU Digital VAT rules.

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If I Had To Simplify Everything I Teach About Gratitude Into Four Simple Words…

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If I Had To Simplify Everything I Teach About Gratitude Into Four Simple Words…
What Would They Be?

Those of you who know me well know that I write a LOT about how gratitude is a brilliant way to get out of your stress-head and back into living from your heart. But I was challenged by a friend this week to sum it all up in a single sentence – so here it is!

Enjoy The Little Things

 
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There is so much wisdom tied up in these four simple words.

Let’s start with the word ‘Enjoy’: I’m curious – what kind of response does that invoke for you?

For some of us, the idea of ‘enjoying’ ourselves is second nature.

For others, it’s far from being part of our daily existence.

Do you give yourself permission to enjoy your experience of life? Or have you convinced yourself that life is meant to be hard work? Perhaps ‘enjoying’ comes at some unspecified ‘later’ point? That there’s no room for ‘enjoying’ or even ‘joy’ in your hectic schedule?

Can you imagine how different your life would become if you suspended that old conditioning and gave yourself loving permission to enjoy this moment, right here, right now? As you’re reading this article:

  • allow yourself to enjoy the experience of breathing – you might like to pause and say to yourself, in your mind, “I enjoy breathing in and calming my body… I enjoy breathing out and letting go.”

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  • press pause on the commentary about any aches and pains and allow yourself to be fully in your body, enjoying its presence, whatever stories you normally tell yourself about it

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  • allow yourself to gently smile (triggering endorphins – your body’s natural happy chemicals) – enjoy the feeling as those hormones kick in

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  • give yourself permission to fully enjoy whatever it is you are set to do today, even if it would usually fall under your ‘have to’ list

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    Enjoying – appreciating – feeling grateful or thankful for – it’s all about reconnecting with your heart – in this moment.

    What happens, as you let yourself enjoy? And… if it feels hard for you… what might NOT happen, if you let yourself enjoy? (Let me know via the comments!)

    arrow-no-bgAnd if you’re running the ‘life has to be hard’ limiting belief, here’s an article that can get you started on shifting that one in the next five minutes: How to handle limiting beliefs
    And if the phrase ‘have to’ runs the show in your inner dialogue, here’s an article that will help you to set yourself free to enjoy your day.

    Now let’s move on to the word ‘little’: and here’s a trap that most of us fall into:

    Most of us hold out for the ‘big stuff’ and hand our happiness over to events outside of our control.

    You can spot this one if your inner dialogue ever comes up with phrases like:

    I’ll feel happy, when….
     
    It’ll all be ok, when…
     
    I’ll be able to relax, when…

    Spotting a theme?

    We’re so fixated on some big event or thing that’s outside of us and at some point in the future, that it’s like we postpone our happiness and inner peace to some unspecified future date.
    If you spent just one minute a day focussing on noticing the little (or even tiny) bits of your life that are going well, you could transform your experience of life, in just a few weeks.

    No matter how many years you have been stuck waiting for the big stuff to come in, before you allow yourself to enjoy feeling happy, you can start to retrain your brain, one minute at a time.

    And it’s not that the big stuff isn’t important – of course it is – but the small stuff is already there, patiently waiting for you to appreciate it and to lift your spirits, right now. If this one resonates for you, then you might love joining in with our Great Gratitude Challenge – it gives you all the ‘how to’ you need on this one!

    And finally, we’re onto ‘things’: and here I have a word of warning for you!

    The word ‘things’… It’s so easy to fall into the ‘things-trap’.

    This one is where we think that ‘things’ – objects and ‘stuff’ – will lead to our happiness. We can even make the collection of ‘things’ our primary goal in life, without even realising it.

    And yes, ‘things’ do have an important role to play in our lives. But they’re only the beginning of the richness of our experience.

    The English language is seriously limited on this one. I’m dreaming of finding a word that means ‘things’, but that also includes ‘non-things’ – like:

    • the kindness of a fellow driver who lets you out of that tricky junction

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    • the colours of the sky when your early start means you get to see the sunrise

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    • the unexpected heart-felt smile from the checkout assistant as you buy your morning coffee

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    • Your favourite song unexpectedly playing on the radio on your way home

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    • Somebody doing you a favour, without being asked – and maybe you don’t even know who they are?

      • You’re getting what I’m saying here?

      Life is about so much more than ‘things’ – it’s about everything that makes up our experience.

      So my invitation to you with this one is to enjoy the little ‘things’ that come to you during your day – whether they’re stuff you can touch and hold or see or hear or taste or smell. They all add to the richness of life. And choosing to enjoy them is a miracle-worker.

      I’m wondering: has any of this resonated for you? Were you falling into the ‘enjoy’ or ‘things’ traps? How might it shift your day if you were to choose to “Enjoy the little things” – even for just the next 5 minutes?
      And – if you play with this – what do you notice?
      Please let me know, via the comments!

      And if your heart is calling you to discover how even just a minute of gratitude each day could change your life, here’s where you can join us (free!) on the Great Gratitude Challenge. I’d love to see you there.

      With love, Namaste,
      CJ Sig

Are You Giving Away Your Happiness?

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In yesterday’s post (How To Live The Life Of Your Dreams), I mentioned that the first step is surprisingly simple – decide who you want to be. Yet it’s also deceptively complex.

How many of us know who we actually are, let alone who we want to be?

Any why does it matter, anyway?

Well, living the life of our dreams isn’t about “stuff”, though stuff (material things) may be part of the package.

It’s about an attitude, a mindset, a way of being.

It’s about getting back into the “here and now”, to truly appreciate what we already have and anticipate where we are going. It’s not about living in the past or dreaming of a future where we will finally give ourselves permission to be happy.

Living the life of your dreams is about allowing yourself to feel happy, whatever is going on around you.

For most of us, that can feel like a massive leap, so let’s take this slowly.

How often have we told ourselves:

Are you waiting to be happy?
Are you waiting to be happy?

I’ll be happy, when…

… I get that promotion / my boss leaves / this project is finished.

… we have paid off the mortgage / car loan.

… the kids stop whining / my partner does what I’m asking.

… I get those new shoes / that faster car / the smartphone.

… I lose 10 lb /look more like that supermodel.

Why are we giving away our right to be happy right here, right now?

All our power is being held by some future event, over which we may or may not have any influence. That puts us straight in the position of powerless victim, which is a tough place to be, if you want to feel happy.

Why do we give away control over our happiness to other people or external circumstances?

Because it’s a habit. That’s all.

And habits can be changed.

Even the strongest addiction can be released. Not convinced? Check out the article: “How Long Does It Take To Break A Habit?”

It’s almost impossible to feel happy, if we’re spending all our time mulling over regrets about the past or preoccupying ourselves with worries about possible futures.

Incidentally, Esther Hicks defines worrying as: “creating a future you don’t really want” – so true!

How can we start to release that old habit, of giving away our happiness?

Here are three things you could do now to reclaim your happiness:

  1. Get out of the drama
    Most of our unhappiness is caused by the drama with which we surround the events of our life. We’re experts at projecting the story, rather than opening our eyes to the truth.
    If you’re thinking about something and it’s making you irritated, you could stop for a moment and ask yourself this questions:
    “What’s the simplest Truth in all this?”
    Answer that question honestly and you’ll be racing back up towards a more neutral emotion, from which it’s easier to move on to step two…
  2. What am I enjoying, right now?
    This question does two things:

    • It brings you back to the present moment, back from stressing about the past or worrying about the future.
    • It helps shift your awareness from what’s wrong for you to what’s going well for you. Fast-track to feeling happier.
  3. Get yourself a happiness-theft radar!
    Train yourself – moment by moment – to spot when you’re giving away your happiness – when you’re allowing someone or something else to decide when you can be happy.
    It doesn’t take long to get really good at this.
    Of course, you can still choose to allow it to happen; to give away your happiness. But then at least it’s your choice, rather than an unconscious script you were running on auto-pilot!
Is it time to reclaim your right to feel happy?
Is it time to reclaim your right to feel happy?

These three steps are an excellent start to getting back in the driving seat of your happiness, which is the very early stage of Living The Life Of Your Dreams.

Are you ready to move towards living the life of your dreams?

If you’d like to come with us on this journey, make sure you’re getting the updates, every time we write a new article (Living The Life Of Your Dreams RSS feed) or join us in our Living The Life Of Your Dreams Facebook group, for moral support and some fun!

Can’t wait to have you join us!

With love,
Clare

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