Creating a Heart-Centered Business (Mark Silver)

Stressing the balance of values, relationships, and profitability, Mark Silver champions a heart-centered approach to business. He spotlights the wisdom in client empathy and broad vision, rejecting pure capitalism. His approach illustrates the journey of aligning business with love and integrity. Mark Silver is a coach, consultant, mentor and spiritual healer, a fourth-generation entrepreneur, and author of Heart-Centered Business. In this episode, Melinda and Mark talk about:Evaluating multiple vital signs in business, not just profitabilityBalancing business values, relationships, and profitabilityDistinguishing between needs versus wants in clientsIntegrating spirituality and business through love and relationshipsChallenges of scaling a business versus true business needsBalancing client customization with set business offersThe client journey of transformation and assessing business stagesUnderstanding enoughness and focusing on sustainable growthSacred selling and assessing clients’ real needs with integrityEncouraging regular reassessment of clients’ evolving goals and needs “I really want to do the real work. Like, I want to work with people that want to go deep, that really want to take on the changes, that really want to do something worthwhile.” — Mark Silver Guest Bio: Mark Silver is a fourth-generation entrepreneur who has run a distribution business, turned around a struggling non-profit magazine, and worked as a paramedic in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the author of Heart-Centered Business (Wildhouse Publications). The book is based on Mark’s flagship course The Heart of Your Business and is intended to make that material accessible to a wider audience. Together they form a comprehensive entrepreneurial wisdom academy curriculum. A designated Master Teacher (“muqaddam murrabi“) within the Shaddhilliyya Sufi lineage, he has received his Masters of Divinity with a speciality in Ministry and Sufi Studies. As a coach, consultant, mentor, and spiritual healer, he has facilitated thousands of individual sessions with entrepreneurs and has led hundreds of classes, seminars, groups, and retreats. His weekly writings and teachings are followed by thousands of people around the globe. Resources or websites mentioned in this episode: Mirasee Coaches Console Melinda’s book: The Confident Coach Mark’s website: HeartOfBusiness.com Mark’s book: Heart-Centered Business Credits: Host: Melinda Cohan Producer: Michi Lantz Editor: Andrew Chapman Audio Editor: Marvin del Rosario Executive Producer: Danny Iny Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio To catch the great episodes that are coming up on Just Between Coaches, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channelor your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Music credits: Track Title: Clouds Artist Name: Acreage Writer Name: Marshall Usinger Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS Track Title: Coastline Dream Artist Name: Wild Sky Writer Name: Adam Simons Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS Track Title: Coo Coos Artist Name: Dresden, The Flamingo Writer Name: Matthew Wigton Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Track Title: Stars & Trees Artist Name: Outside The Sky Writer Name: Dustin Ransom Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Special effects credits: 24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market. Episode transcript: Creating a Heart-Centered Business (Mark Silver).