Your Name: Tanaya Iversen
Website: in design process / not live
Twitter: n/a
Location: Seattle, WA, USA

a) (Telling) "The Truth will set you free" (PG)JC
b) Nothing. It's the people in it.
c) Honesty
d) Paypal
e) Gandhi (unbullshittable) Krishnamurti (content) Ozzy Osbourne (himself)
f) what's the hell's a 'cocktail line'? This is England y'know.
g) Freedom
k) Confidence that what I have to offer is world-changing.
l) Strategy of Desire
m) Contentment
n) Does all the weird hipness and linguistic juggling and that you use in your material alienate a proportion of your
potential market? Or not?

Your Name: Denice Johnson
Website: http://littlelightmagazine.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/littlelightlife and http://twitter.com/denicekimberly
Location: Canada

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. ~ If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily ~Chinese Proverb

b) What's wrong with the world? ~ nothing and everything

c) What does the world need more of? ~ kindness

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? ~ i don't wish i'd had someone else's ideas - i like my own just fine.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. ~ my mother for her creativity, my father for his wisdom, my husband for his philosophies.

f) What's your cocktail line? ~ mid thigh.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? ~ encouragement for every individual to rediscover their little light inside and to let that light shine brightly.

h) What problem do you solve for people? ~ i don't think i solve problems for people but i hope to help them discover healthy ways to solve problems themselves.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? ~ website, etsy shop, iPhone Apps, novel (all intended)

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? ~ i can't think of an answer for this one.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? ~ finding the time to balance everything in my life and to give it all the attention it deserves.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? ~ i'm going to say the first chapter because i like to start at the beginning.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? ~ faith (of a non-religious kind)

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? ~ what can i do to start making money with my website right away?

Your Name: Sarah Diemer
Website: I have two projects I'm currently working on: http://glamourkin.etsy.com / http://www.muserising.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sarahdiemer
Location: Western New York

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Courage has genius, power and magic in it.
b) What's wrong with the world?
Sarcasm and cynicism rob people of their joy and belief in possibility, magic, sparkles--wonder is dying.
c) What does the world need more of?
Wonder, belief in extraordinary things, faith, hope.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company! Hugs you can send across the world--what an awesome idea!
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
I admire Tori Amos for never giving in and changing because she was different, I admire my Polish grandmother who came across that big, salty lake because she was in passionate search for something better, I admire my little sister, who is growing up to be a firecracker and doesn't give a rat's ass what anyone thinks of her, but herself.
f) What's your cocktail line?
What in life are you most grateful for?
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A sense of magic, and extraordinary possibility, a belief in oneself, a hunger for beautiful things, a reminder than you have and are everything you need.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
When people stop believing in themselves, they come to me--I'm a mirror who tells you the extraordinary truth about yourself, the sacred within you, the divinity that everyone else sees and loves, but you can't seem to.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I make jewelry out of old, unloved fairy tale books--I want to grow my business even more, and start up my blog at MuseRising, writing self help eBooks on how to get your sacred back.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe that I'll never get published because I'm a tattooed, vegan lesbian who believes in hope and following your heart and wears a lot of sparkle..I thought that if I was unabashedly myself, no one would listen to me. I don't believe that any more.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I work a salaried job, have a one hour commute each way, and still find time to make hundreds of pendants and work on my novels and non-fiction work each month, but it makes me burned out and exhausted, often. I feel like it would light my fire, if you will, help me streamline things, get a better grasp on my passions.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Fear and Other Stuff, and the Strategy of Desire!!!
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Glow.
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How did you know you'd made it--what one moment made you believe you were starting to change the world for the better? That's all I've ever wanted, and to be able to recognize that moment would be one of the best in my life, I think--I'd love to know when you did.

Thank you so much for this opportunity! It's incredible, and I'm honored to take part.

Sorry to butt in but, surely, this is ironic?

6. Typo's will count against you.

The plural of TYPO is TYPOS!

Your Name:Angelique Arroyo
Website:www.graceandspacetogrow.com
Twitter:@graceandspace2g
Location:Lancaster, PA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all...Helen Keller

b) What's wrong with the world? Not enough love and transparency!! We are all truly connected.

c) What does the world need more of? Truth,transparency and authenticity warriors!!

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
online communities!! Mind blowing possibilities, but I am sure I have something to bring to that revolutionize lives!
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Julia Cameron- teacher
Patricia Lynn Reilly-liberator
Jennifer Louden-transparent

f) What's your cocktail line?
I am working on that now, ahhh !!! Seeking out soul words with a kick!!!

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
It will bring grace and space to grow for women with a crazy past who believe there is more....by leading them step by step to a better place, using empowerment tools and holistic health resources.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
I help them see that a crazy past doesn't define their deliciously powerful future and they can use the energy and lessons learned to Rock the present.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
My intended revenue streams are coaching, writing, speaking, creating a line of herbal products that sooth and nurture the body, and help it recover.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I had to choose between one or the other in what ever circumstance. It can be both.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
First, other than budget and not knowing how to put all of this fire into action, FSS will help me to create a focused authentic plan that drips with what I have to give.Tools, tools Turning to ashes the lack of know!!
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? 7

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?

Soulful

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How do I get this business vibe flowing out to the world without much of a budget, I have a website (not yet published) twitter, fB, I am trying but not sure how to rock it out from where I am at with the greens!

Thanks for the opportunity.......

April Bowles-Olin
http://www.blacksburgbelle.com
@blacksburgbelle
Blacksburg, VA

a) "When you follow your bliss...doors open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else." - Joseph Campbell

b) People try to be who they think they should be instead of who they really are.

c) Authenticity, forgiveness, and compassion.

d) Etsy

e) Husband: Loyal, Scott Stratten: Honest, Kelly Rae Roberts: Inspiring

f) I help creative women lead more fulfilling lives while they make money doing it. I also add a little prettiness to the world through art and jewelry.

g) Inspiration, hope, and happiness.

h) I help women solve their art and craft business problems, break them out of their creative ruts, and inspire them to live how they want to live.

i) I sell my art and jewelry online. I'm working on two products for my website: an ecourse for artists who need to break free of their inner critics and an ecourse for beginning artists who want to learn how to draw.

j) You can't make money as an artist.

k) I need help branding my business. Danielle, You're brand is instantaneously attractive, so I know I could learn a ton about this from you.

l) I would start at the beginning, because that's just how I am.

m) freedom

n) How do you build a successful ecourse that people don't just buy, they actually follow through and do the worksheets/activities?

Allison
http://www.createpositivespin.com
Toronto, Ontario
Twitter: AllisonPlus

a) “Any one of us can cause changes in the pattern by our responses of love or acceptance or resentment." --Madeleine L'Engle, A Ring of Endless Light
b) What’s wrong with the world? Lack of connectivity.
c) The world needs more Full time artists.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
e) Dad (saavy), Jamie Ridler (success), & Steve Martin (banjo)
f) I teach people to rock a hula hoop.
g) It will bring playfulness / openness.
h) I provide exercise, laughs & optimism all at the same time.
i) I study psychology, office-temp, blog, & teach hoopdance.
j) I used to think people would be annoyed if I were too positive.
k) Lack of focus (& courage)
l) Session 7: Making Stuff That Feels Good To Make
m) Choice.
n) During transitory times in your business, how do you stay connected to past clients while attracting new ones to your more recent concepts?

Your Name: Julia Kious Zabell
Website: http://www.beinvigorated.com
Twitter: beinvigorated
Location:Cleveland Heights, OH

a) “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde
b) Loss of the understanding that we are all deeply connected, and though outwardly different, really the same.
c) Without sounding like a beauty contestant, love.
d) Facebook. How else to keep in touch with all those amazing people who have affected you.
e) My parents-Leader, Selflessness; Dalai Lama-Giggling
f) Currently, it is "Very dirty, Bombay. Extra blue cheese stuffed olives."
g) Raising social consciousness via individual enlightenment.
h) How to lead with a clear conscience and create successful businesses founded on values.
i) Coaching & kickass adventure workshops
j) That I need to work in the field for at least 5 years before I could contribute value to the masses.
k) There are so many damned ideas floating around...I am thinking FSS will help dart one to the board.
l) SESSION 3: Your True Strengths + The Metrics of Ease
m) Service
n) How'd you do it?

a). Give love to everyone you come in contact with.
b). a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
b) Not enough honesty.
c) Love
d) Using Facebook as a portal to show love to he entire world
e) Maggie-Teach. Jalee-Love Cody-Brother
f) ?
g) Peace
h) Teach them to smile and give love back
i) Facebook
j)This
k) FEAR...
l) preface or ch 1

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?

Name: Louise
Website: http://bit.ly/aQllPs
Location: New York City

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Life is a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope." Edith Wharton
b) What's wrong with the world?
Ignorance and apathy
c) What does the world need more of?
Compassion and bravery
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Kiva
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Nelson Mandela- perserverance
My Mother- love
Naomi Dunford- honesty
f) What's your cocktail line?
I'm a storyteller, baby. (I'm an actor but that's such a boring way to phrase it!)
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Insightful exploration into the human condition, sharing stories that prove we are more alike than different and infinitely capable.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
Showing them they are not alone.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current is an old-fashion day job (hence the need), Intended- work on stage, film and TV projects.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
The word NO.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Getting paid for only what I am meant to do in a way that allows me to feel sustained.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
"Fear & Other Tough Stuff"
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Illumination
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What keeps you going (able to open your eyes in the morning and rest your head on your pillow at night)?

Lisa Hylton
http://www.lisahylton.com (work in progress)
@lisa_hylton
Portland, OR

a) I see life as a hot mess. it's hot because it can be absolutely amazing: full of passion, determination and drive and happiness, and a mess because there are so many forces out of our control that can influence, halt or detour us.
b) What's wrong with the world is politicians. Politicians that have terms and want to be re-elected. I'm tired of hearing them say pretty words and catchy phrases. I want to see action, collaboration, compassion and vision.
c) The Beatles said it best, "all you need is love".
d) the world wide web
e) Maria Callas (transformational) Carolyn Soderlund (instigator) Terry Gross (curiosity)
f) I see myself as on on-ramp, I help people get where they need to go in the right direction
g) people being in their element
h) lack of joy
i) currently my revenue stream is my full time job as an admissions counselor and recruiter, for the future, I'd like to be a full time Life Coach
j) that some day I'd sing the Immolation Scene on the stage of the Met :)
k) Fear!
l) all of them
m) joy
n) how do you know when you've found "it"? Or is "it" going to change and the key is being able to change and adapt with it?

Your Name: Tami DeVries
Website: n/a
Twitter: TamiD222
Location: Las Vegas, NV

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. "When you're finished changing, you're finished." ~ Benjamin Franklin
b) What's wrong with the world? People stopped caring about their neighbors.
c) What does the world need more of? Authenticity, peace and love.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Bath Junkie
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. My mother, courageous; Melody Leutkehans, intelligent; and Bill Gates, chairitable.
f) What's your cocktail line? Helping you appreciate you and inspiring you to share your uniqueness with the World.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Help to others and a way to bring people together.
h) What problem do you solve for people? Help many find jobs. Always willing to help anyone solve any problem.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Current - full time government job; intended - full time creative way to help others find their purpose and to live more peacefully.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? That there are some ethical and honest statesmen rather than just a bunch of rotten politicians!
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Lack of resources and support.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? Don't know yet, have not seen it. I have only read about how wonderful this is, but have not seen or read any of it yet. Have been waiting for an opportunity like this to get it.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Fulfillment

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? Where do I start and how do I pull several ideas together into one successful package?

Name: Julie Velez
Website: http://www.julievphotography.com
Twitter: julievelez
Location: Topeka, KS, USA

a. "Life happens in the in-between." Jasmine Star
b. Perceptions of Ugliness, Hate, and Wrongdoing
c. Perceptions of Beauty, Love, and Truth
d. Designer Camera Bags For Women
e. Kathleen DesMaisons- Patient
Jasmine Star- Brilliant
My neice, Kristine (age 7)- Happy
f. You as Art. Photography for your soul.
g. A unique way to help people perceive their own beauty.
h. I capture their memories in a way no one else can.
i. Weddings, Senior Portrait, and Boudoir
j. I'm not good enough.
k. Fear and Paralysis by Analysis. The FSS will help me be bold. (I wouldn't be writing this if it hadn't started already!)
l. Session 12. I need help with the f word.
m. Choice
n. How do I get to a point in my business where I can choose: my clients, my location, my income?

Your Name: Lily Vose-O'Neal
Website: http://www.sublimenprojects.com, http://www.sublimenprojects.etsy.com
Twitter: LilyVoseONeal
Location: Los Angeles, CA

These were great questions to think about. I'm already feeling Firestarted!

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“….Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground, there are a thousand ways to go home again.” – Rumi

b) What's wrong with the world?
I just ask what can I add that is good.

c) What does the world need more of?
Inspiration, kindness, laughter.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Facebook.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Courage.
St. Augustine. Devotion.
Patty Townsend. Presence.

f) What's your cocktail line?
"I'm an artist. I make paintings and drawings that are inspired by nature, science, design, Emodyoga, and pattern. I'm interested in the place where the cultivated and the wild intermingle."

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
It points towards The Sublime.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I lift spirits and raise consciousness. I clean the lens.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
My intended revenue stream (and starting this morning, current, too!) is online sales of my line of small affordable artworks, Sub/Limen Projects.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Mistakes are the end of the world.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Confidence, confidence, confidence. By example and with passion, information, and strategy.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
SESSION 8: It’s All Self-Promotion, Baby.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Bliss.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Is there something you do everyday no matter what (something beyond the basics of self-care like brushing your teeth and feeding yourself)?

This was fun. Thanks Danielle. Good luck everybody!

Jenna
Website: Business site is still in incubation. Personal site: Liveshimmerlove.com
Twitter: @liveshimmerlove
Location: Alberta, Canada

a) "There's a paradox in every paradigm" --Ani Difranco
b) Nothing. Everything can be used to grow, learn, and inspire.
c) More eye contact. More returned smiles, do not avert your eyes.
d) Twitter. Simple but brilliant.
e) Ani Difranco (prolific), Madonna (reinvention), Oprah (power)
f) I feel, share and teach through my own experience.
g) Inspiration.
h) I polish and refine. Illuminate from within. Uncover treasures that were there all along.
i)Intended stream: ebooks, seminars, and community projects. Possibly tangible goods.
j) That you have to go to college to make a lot of money.
k) Fear. I do not see fear in anything you write or share. So I am looking to you to show me how to manage that and use it to my advantage.
l) You're the teacher. I'll start where you tell me to.
m) Abundance.
n) What inspires you?

Your Name: Stephanie Miller
Website: 6girlsrock.com
Twitter: @6girlsrock
Location: Middleton, ID

a) Life is too long to be misserable. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
b) Not enough support for one another - love!
c) Caring, loving, giving people. Less 'What's in it for me?' and more 'What can I do for others?'.
d)Too many to give just one answer! Iphone/Ipod, Facebook, Ebay...
f) I empower women to be inspired and create the life of their dreams!
g) I would like to help other women/ young women discover their full potential.
h) I haven't solved problems yet, but I would like to help women from all stations in life become what they aspire to be : go back to college, get a better job, become an "entrepeneur", etc...
i) spouse's job...
j) That I can't do it.
k) Follow through & where to begin, the FSS will help propel me to just do IT!!!
l) sessions 3 or 4
m) Happiness
n) How do you do it?

Your Name: Maryse Coziol
Website: MaryseCoziol.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MaryseCoziol
Location: Montreal

a) Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin
b) Me, not enjoying/experiencing it more.
c) Genuine people.
d) Etsy.
e) Zoe, my cat (uncompromising); Allie Brosch (genuine); Felicia Day (crafty).
f) I’m Maryse Coziol, story-weaver and aspiring writer of young adult fantasy fiction. My super power is the power of creation; my archenemy, INERTIA.
g) Inspiring young girls to experience life to its fullest and never settle for “ordinary”. (Maybe/who knows:) A new paradigm for writers of the digital age?
h) I’d love to accompany people a little further on the path of self-realization.
i) I’m a writer actually editing other people’s creations. I’m working on reversing that.
j) That I must wait until I’m perfect.
k) I’m a megalomaniac with confidence issues. I need help to focus on one dream and plan a strategy to make it come true.
l) SESSION 4: The Strategy of Desire
m) Freedom.
n) How to embrace the many facets of my creative persona AND be focused enough to be successful?

Thanks :)

Your Name: Lindsey LeVeck
Website: Coming soon!
Twitter:
Location: Mansfield, Ohio

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Tomorrow starts today...so you better bring your A-game.
-My Dad

b) What's wrong with the world?
We have lost the ability to listen & connect with others. If we slow down, put ourselves in someone else's shoes, & listen by being in the present moment, the world would be a better place.

c) What does the world need more of?
The world needs more people who are willing to risk...go for the dream, live your passion.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Post-It notes...they make life easier & more organized.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Alicia Moore (Pink): Badass
Mark Zuckerburg: Humble
Donna Karan: Classy

f) What's your cocktail line?
Double Dog Dare: because bigger dogs deserve sassy threads too!

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
My business will bring love, sass & warmth to larger size dogs.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Finding suitable clothing for dogs 50+lbs. But we have a practical rocker edge...no frilly pink tutu’s here!!!

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Community outreach, dog parks, dog shows, trade shows, small vendor sales.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Asking questions is a sign of weakness.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Making the "leap" & channeling my productive energy into my business...fears left behind!

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Strategy of Desire

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Productivity

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How can I get Double Dog Dare up & running without a ton of $$$?

Your Name: Liz Snyder
Website: http://www.ieatreal.com
Twitter: @ieatreal
Location: Mountain View, CA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -- Howard Thurman

b) What's wrong with the world?
Nothing. The only thing truly wrong is how we think and feel. If we can each in our own way transition to a heart-centered, community focused life, we'll save the world without trying.

c) What does the world need more of?
Inspired, creative, alive, open, wholehearted people.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
thelunchbox.org - online tool to change school food

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Jane Goodall - CONNECTED
Michael Beckwith - WHOLEHEARTED
My Dad - HERO

f) What's your cocktail line?
Get dirty, play with your food, and change the world!

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
I help Moms learn to love food again and eat without guilt, and break the cycle of self-hate so they can raise healthy kids who love good food. I help families bring playfulness and freedom to the family table. I help the world rediscover what it means to eat with joy and purpose.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
The worry that comes with feeding your kids. Raising healthy, intuitive eaters who love fresh and wholesome food. Releasing the pain and suffering of the diet-fail-shame cycle, raising children (especially girls!) who love food, and their bodies, and the planet.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current: ye old day job
Intended: "Play With Your Food", a guidebook to help parents raise healthy, intuitive eaters. Coaching, working 1-on-1 with families on food issues with kids. Webinars, 4 week sessions of 10-15 participants who want to improve family food environment. Speaking, talking to groups about how to create healthy food environments. AllSugaredUp.com, advocacy site that pressures the food industry to remove HFCS/sugar from kids' foods. Consulting, helping school districts transition to independent food service and farm-to-school.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That the only way to get ahead in life is to work yourself to the bone. New belief: letting joy and creativity lead the way is how to create success.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Transitioning from working for paychecks to working for passion. I need guideposts that will let me know how and when - do I inch my way into the pool, or do I do a cannonball?

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I can be a painfully linear person. I'll start with Session 1: the burning questions.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Passion.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Idea to Execution = what's your process?

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abe Lincoln
b) What's wrong with the world?
We are all born originals and die copies.
c) What does the world need more of?
authenticity and love
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? TOMS
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Dan, husband (humble), Erin, daughter (joyful), Zack, son (tenacious)
f) I design and print stationery that I ship all over the country and even internationally.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Keepsakes of self expression from joyful times and a few happy dances
h) What problem do you solve for people?
Authentic self-expression...
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Online & In-Store Sales of Wedding Invitations and Paper Goods
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That in order to "win" as a business it meant someone else had to lose. I now believe we can all be winners.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Fear of self promotion.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
SESSION 17: Be The Giver
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Arrival
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you take care of yourself and rejuvenate when giving so much to others?

Joy Mckinney
http://www.jmckinneyphoto.com
http://www.dripbook.com/joymckinney
Atlanta, GA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”Jalal ad-Din Rumi
b) What's wrong with the world?
War.

c) What does the world need more of? Creativity, Mentors, Dreamers.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Feed Projects
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
1. Helen Keller -Determination
2. Yoko Ono- Fierce
3. Alice Waters- Raw
f) What's your cocktail line?
It's on me.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
My photographs are a way to share my gift to the world. I would like to merge more of writing with my work. I want to share with others the beauty of human emotions through my photographs of women.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
They can let go, and beautiful moments happen by accident.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
At the moment, I am working a day job. I am constantly photographing for free because it brings me joy.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I am not smart enough, or good enough for love.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I want to push past my own self-doubt, and develop a plan to market myself and my work.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
"Fear & Other Tough Stuff"
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Trust
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How are you able to be so honest on paper, and with the world. I admire that in you.

Your Name:Ealasaid Haas
Website: http://www.thebookroadie.com , http://www.ealasaid.com
Twitter: Ealasaid
Location: Santa Clara, CA!

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"There ain't no such thing as 'normal life,' Wyatt. There's just life."

b) What's wrong with the world?
Willful ignorance and lack of self-knowledge.

c) What does the world need more of?
Compassion, knowledge, and enlightened self-interest.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
The Espresso Machine - near-instant book printing. So cool.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Morihei Ueshiba (harmony), Oscar Wilde (flamboyant), Eddie Riggs (roadie)

f) What's your cocktail line?
I help people get their libraries where they want them to be -- organized, gorgeous, and in the right location.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A passion for the well-cared-for personal or small-business book collection.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Lack of time/energy/physical ability to get their book collection organized, cataloged, or moved.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Book moving, organizing, and cataloging -- also, once I learn it, book repair. Possibly an ebook on my personal theory of book organizing.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I try not to give my past selves crap for their naivete, but I do think that my teenage self's conviction that I was a complete outcast loser is a bit silly now.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My fear of success. The FSS is gonna torch that by showing me success is both achievable and awesome.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 12. So bad. AUGH WANT

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
"Enough." As in, "having enough." It's a dual success: figuring out what is enough for me, and achieving it. Both are not exactly easy.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How can I get past the dread that I only have maybe four Right People on the planet?

Your Name: Heather Briggs
Website: http://www.briggsstrategy.com
Twitter: @heathrbriggs
Location: Toronto ON

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Howard Thurman
b) What's wrong with the world?
There's a whole lot of apathy going around.
c) What does the world need more of?
Consciousness, Compassion, Action
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Tom's Shoes
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Oprah Winfrey - Courageous
Matisse - Timeless
Seth Godin - Pioneer
f) What's your cocktail line?
I am a brand strategist and designer who helps bring more focus to my clients brands, create alignment to their core purpose, and clarity to their values.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Beauty, consciousness, authenticity.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
Bad marketing, design and storytelling that misses your customer due to a lack of creating a brand that connects to your audience.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Per project, retainer, one-on-one consulting, workshops.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
money = success
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Moving from Vancouver to Toronto with a new company feels like I'm starting over and battling all the fears that come with change.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The first. I'm just logical like that.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Courage
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What are your tools for staying in an abundant mindset, while riding the cashflow ups and downs?

Your Name: Rebecca Bass-Ching
Website:www.potentiatherapy.com
Twitter:rebeccadbass
Location:San Diego, CA
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. Stop giving up the power of your worth to those things and people which/who truly do not matter.
b) What's wrong with the world? Pride, Greed, Gluttony and all the rest of the deadly sins pretty much wreak havoc on this planet and our souls.
c) What does the world need more of? The world would benefit from more respect, community, simplicity, healing, faith & laughter (truly one of the best medicines out there.)
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? The Medela pump. TMI, I know but such is the season of life I am in. :-)
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Amy Wickstrom - Fierce
Katie Mott- Faithful
Gavin Ching - Humble

f) What's your cocktail line? Still working on it...
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? I think my business adds a place of sanity on this planet as people seek answers to the crazy-making going on in their lives, heads, hearts and souls.
h) What problem do you solve for people? I help men and women who wrestle with food and body issues and/or trauma get unstuck from the vicious cycle of pain, shame and isolation.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Brick and mortar business: Private Practice - current. e-books, teleseminars, webinars, other? - intended.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? I used to think I had to make sure everyone was happy with me, money defined worth and there was no room for imperfection. What a relief it is to not live like that anymore!
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Managing my time and lack of focus. I am flooded with ideas and questions. I need some structure, advice and direction so I can make the most of the time I do put into building and expanding my business.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? I want to ADD read the whole darn thing flipping back and forth...
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Impact
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? After to learn about me and my mission for my business, what direction do you think I should go in with regards to multiple streams products that would be different/unique to what is already out there while maintaining my personal and professional integrity?

Deb Ward
Richfield, Wisconsin, USA

a) “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
Maria Robinson
b) People don't look out for each other anymore.
c) The world needs more people with integrity.
d) Social networking (twitter, facebook, blogging, et al)
e) My husband - honorable, Pink - fearless, Annette Schubert - loyal
f) Food doesn't have to be difficult - it just has to be GOOD.
g) Solving the age old question of "what can I make for dinner?"
h) No matter what your skills are in the kitchen - you CAN create something to eat that will be delicious and sustain you and those you love.
i) Current income stream - the day job. Intended - self promotion
j) That you can't have it all. You can, just not all at the same time.
k) Fear of failure. You don't seem to have that. I need you to show me how.
l) "Fear and other tough stuff"
m) Peace
n) How do you know when it's right?

Your Name: Karen Toovey
Website: N/A
Twitter: thenext50years
Location: Vancouver

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Nothing is as strong as gentleness; nothing is as gentle as true strength. Ralph Sockman
b) What's wrong with the world?
I prefer to look at what’s right
c) What does the world need more of?
Love and understanding
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
The boot band, you zip it into boots, comes in different patterns, to make the calves wider, for wide calf women like me.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Dad- love Leia- tenacity Stan- truth
f) What’s your cocktail line?
I look them in the eye, get a read on their mood, respond with what I feel they need to hear and ask... What can I get for you? (I work part time as a bartender)
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Conversation
h) What problem do you solve for people?
I offer possibility and laughter.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Intended - $100,00 0 per year and growing
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe that answers are more important than questions
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Clarity on what exactly it is I offer and how to offer it.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The Strategy of Desire
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Philanthropist
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What's next?

SKILL TESTING QUESTIONS
PLEASE MAIL YOUR ANSWERS TO [email protected]:
When is Danielle's birthday? May 25
Where did Danielle go to university? ULE – University of Life Experiences
When is the World Domination Summit happening?
June 2011 – I love Chris and I am baking cupcakes for his Jan. appearance in Vancouver.

Your Name: Amy Sallenbach
Website: http://www.Orbitsart.com
Twitter: Coming soon
Location: Edmonton, AB.

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. "We run, until we love" - Amber Larson
b) What's wrong with the world? We spend too much time finding ways and reasons to run.
c) What does the world need more of? That's a long list and none of it is "stuff". All of it however has something to do with love.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Not inclined to be jealous of great ideas, just grateful when the good things get done. But I sure do think converting old shipping containers into living spaces are pretty neat.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. Shelia Chandra - Voice, The Dalai Lama- Light, My son - Truth
f) What's your cocktail line? What's your superpower? I can help you find it.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Knowledge, joy, butt kickin block stompin inspiration.
h) What problem do you solve for people? Creative insecurity and/or boring interiors
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? I just quit my soul sucking job! YAH! Without a back up plan..um...but my heart says something is going to happen now that I've made the space! So it's artwork, private art classes, and until then, limited savings and some social assistance.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? That no one could understand me, what I now understand is that was because I was afraid to show them.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Focus/ self discipline
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? The Strategy of Desire, no wait...Rooting Your Present...no, do I really have to pick? Ok, The Strategy of Desire.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? YAH!!

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? Want to be my patron? Just kidding, how about - I'm more than a little scattered, how do integrate everything I love doing (art, music, writing, help folks break through barriers, inventing stuff) into one career?

Gillian Duffy
http://www.One-Giant-Step.com
TwitterName: OneGiantStep
Victoria, BC, Canada

a) ‘Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free’ Shawshank Redemption
b) We all think we’re so different…or that ‘they’ are so different. We, and they, aren’t.
c) Understanding.
d) KIVA – what a great way to fund change on a very personal level.
e) Chris Guillebeau (generous); My friend Carol (strength); My partner Jason (integrity)
f) Hmmm…I obviously need the very first FSS!
g) Confidence to step out.
h) I will help people realize that what I have done is not that special or hard. That they too can step out.
i) Blog, ebook, ecourse, seminars, slideshows…maybe a book
j) That my parents must have been lonely before I was born. No…really…I thought that.
k) Setting goals and knowing where to steer the rudder. FSS will help me focus my attention.
l) ‘Fear And Other Stuff’ because if I can step out past the fear then I can do it!
m) Happiness.
n) How do you decide which of your ideas deserve your attention at any one time?

Thanks for the opportunity!!

Deb Reynolds
Website: coming
Twitter: not yet convinced of its worth for me
Location: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

a) Quote:
"You were a lonely grape and now you are sweet wine. There is no use trying to become a grape again." Rumi

b) What's wrong with the world?
Fear

c) What does the world need more of?

Laughter, play, silliness

d) What's one great business idea you wish you'd thought of?

post-its

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Raechelle Vyn - integrity
Brian Nichols - fearless
Maya Stein - wordsmith

f) Cocktail line? I wish I knew....... can beer be a cocktail?
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?

Laughter, foolish wisdom.

h) What problem does your business solve for people?
We're afraid of looking like fools, of making mistakes. I'm a clown who revels in the joy of the unknown, finds treasure in the shit, finds magic in the cracks . Sharing the world of clown with people helps them to wear their hearts on the outside and move beyond the "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts".

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?

Current: pension, rent out rooms in my house, teach clown, perform
Intended: Bump up the teaching and performing, up, up, up

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?

That everybody else knows better.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?

How to promote myself as a clown so that people don't think "big shoes, tiny car, juggling, Stephen King", but "heart and soul", "love and magic".

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?

I'll start at the very beginning, it's a very good place to start...... but I read fast.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?

Choice

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?

Is there a way to generate passive income in this field? How? I can't see beyond the "in-person" approach.

Your Name: Marguerite Floyd

Website:

Twitter:

Location: Lexington, KY

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
If you can dream it you can do it.

b) What's wrong with the world?
Nothing.

c) What does the world need more of?
Awareness

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
The paperclip.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Lee Ann (friend): fearless
Dr. Irene Pepperberg: determination
Lee Smith: gifted

f) What's your cocktail line?
Software for parrot owners

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
organizational help for parrot owners and parrot rescues

h) What problem do you solve for people?
getting their parrot-related stuff organized and in one place

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
unknown at this time

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I wasn’t worth the effort.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
going from idea to fruition

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The Burning Questions

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Happiness.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you gain and keep great self-confidence through thick and thin?

Your Name: Kai Soremekun
Website: http://whoischick.com
Twitter: @kaisoremekun
Location: Los Angeles

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Start a huge, foolish project like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference what people think of you. ~Rumi

b) What's wrong with the world?
Too many people making choices based on fear.

c) What does the world need more of?
The realization that we are all connected.

d) What's one great business idea you wish you'd thought of?
Google

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Leni Riefenstahl – pioneer
Leonardo Da Vinci – genius
Madonna - self-made

f) What's your cocktail line?
I inspire women to become superheroes through entertainment.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Fun. Adventure. The creation of superheroes!

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I help people overcome their fear so they can live on purpose and realize their greatness.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Sponsorship, crowdfunding, merchandise – t-shirts, dvd's, e-books/courses, speaking, live events/screenings, i-phone app

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That you can realize a big idea all by yourself.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Strategizing and having a clear plan of how to realize this big ass idea I have running around in my head.
The FSS will give me some structure and a step-by-step guide for how to make my business successful.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The Strategy of Desire

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Fulfillment

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Here's my business idea. What should I focus on first?

Your Name: Tallulah Flyte
Website: http://www.tallulahflyte.com [coming soon]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TallulahFlyte
Location: London, Ontario, Canada

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Beauty is duty and duty, beauty." Stephen Fry [ http://bit.ly/90nszB ]

b) What's wrong with the world?
Unconscious cruise-control.

c) What does the world need more of?
Character, personality, soul.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
http://www.etsy.com

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Terry Gilliam - Magic
Florence Welch - Soul
Chris Guillebeau - Humility

f) What's your cocktail line?
I help people communicate their passion and express their creativity.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Artistic sanctuary. Empowering and inspiring revelation/awakening.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
How to confidently communicate your true self, and how to find infinite beauty in any little thing.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Affiliate marketing, authoring books, speaking.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I'm not worth what I want. [Still working on this]

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Finding the confidence to boldly and loudly self promote.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 12: Fear & Other Tough Stuff

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Independence.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How/when do you draw the line on planning and get to executing?

Name: Rhianna Basore
Website:
Twitter:rhiannab
Location:San Diego, CA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage. - Anais Nin.

b) What's wrong with the world?
In an attempt to keep up with the Jones', humanity is caught in a vicious cycle of self-isolation and loneliness. Exhausted from working too long and too hard at unfulfilling careers, people are cocooning themselves in their homes, in their cars, on their computer, in ever-increasingly smaller boxes in an effort to re-charge their hearts and souls. Yet this isolation also creates a profound, hungry loneliness, as they spend less and less 'quality' time interacting with loved ones, fellow inhabitants of the planet earth, abandoning the excitement of a surprising soul connection or just a day at the beach, and further feeding the 'me against the world' fear.

c) What does the world need more of?
Love. Simple but true.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
the thank you note.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
-My Grandma-resilient
-Gandhi-true
-Frida Kahlo-brazen

f) What's your cocktail line?
With an open heart and a direct gaze: Let me show you your best self.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Clarity, Passion, and Inspiration.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Identifying lost parts of themselves and bringing them out so they shine.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
working as a performer for theatre, film, TV, and web, box office and grants for my self-created works, sales from my novels and plays, class fees for my workshops on performing and creativity blossoming, services and tips from my beauty clientele, stylist fees for my makeover service

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
that if I do something perfectly, it will all work out exactly as I envision it.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
follow-through: I dream big but never know how to get it started. FSS will provide the small steps to make the big jumps happen and keep me open and jiving as I journey towards my goals.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
making a plan/setting specific goals. I have no idea how to do this.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
authenticity

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you balance the 'now' with the 'someday' without losing your personal life in the process?

Your Name:Amanda Higgins
Website: mystictradecompany.net
bloomandglow.wordpress.com
Twitter:
Location:Oregon
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Leap and the net will apear.
b) What's wrong with the world?
Fear
c) What does the world need more of?
trust
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Etsy
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Ghandi- honor, My Grandpa- real, Julia Cameron-service
f) What's your cocktail line?
Let's dance!
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
joy, wonder, and vibrational healing
h) What problem do you solve for people?
Breaking the chains of pesky rules
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Currently crystals, future? thats what Im here to find out.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That what others thought defined me.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Focus and self-confidence
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 3 - all that strength and passion stuff
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Joy
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you balance being Mama and being business?

Your Name: Anastacia Kaser
Websites: http://www.anastaciakaser.com;
http://www.dancemeditation.org/community/meet-the-teachers/22-kaser
Twitter: not on it (yet)
Location: Oakland, CA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“Where your attention goes, prana flows” ~ Dr. Vasant Lad, Ayurvedic Physician and Educator

b) What's wrong with the world?
Nothing

c) What does the world need more of?
Ultimately, nothing. Proximally, love.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Post-it Notes

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Dunya (Dancemeditation founder, and teacher) – insight
Tim McInerney (friend who recently died who was a quadriplegic) – courage
Barak Obama – voice

f) What's your cocktail line?
I don’t have one. Which I recognize is a problem! This is exactly why I need the Fire Starter Sessions.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Self knowledge, self understanding, self healing

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I serve my clients by helping them to see the un-see-able:
• Karma ~ via Jyotisha, which embraces both fate and free will
• The quality of time, the quality of space ~ via Jyotisha and Vaastu (Vedic ‘Feng Shui’)
• Doshas, the Ayurvedic “constitutional types” (vata, pitta, kapha)
• The energetics of food & experience ~ via Ayurveda and Yoga
• The wisdom of the body ~ via Yoga and Dancemeditation
My goal is to give my clients the information and tools with which they can make better, more useful, choices in their lives, so that they can better surf the waves of energy, time, space, and karma.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
In the Vedic Arts & Sciences stream:
• Consultations / readings using Ayurveda and/or Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology)
• Classes & workshops on Ayurveda and Jyotisha.
• Yoga classes
• Classes & workshops on Ayurveda & Yoga.
In the Sufi stream:
• Classes, workshops in DancemeditationTM ,
Eventually:
• I would like to offer retreats based on these practices
• Perhaps do writing/documentation/videos on/of these practices.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe the “silly” protestant work ethic that hard work would surely lead to financial success and self-sufficiency. Now, through the study of Jyotisha (which is a study of karma, the map of one’s fate and one’s ability to apply free will), I understand that financial success can be unrelated to hard work (or talent), and conversely, that hard work (or talent) does not ensure success. Although I no longer believe it to be true, it still influences me.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Self promotion

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 8 – “It’s all self-promotion, Baby” (see k, above).

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Self-sustaining

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What strategy(ies) do you employ to make decisions, and then what strategy(ies) do you employ to trust yourself?

Leah Pauls
Website: N/A
Twitter: @Paulsnspiration
Fresno, CA

a) Forgetting those things which are behind, I press on toward the prize of the high calling of God, in Christ Jesus. Phil. 3:13(b),14

b) Apathy, complacency, ignorance, greed

c) Passion, love, understanding

d) Post-It

e) Jesus: God
My mom: faithful
Me: Passionate (yes, I admire myself! Is that so wrong?)

f) I'm a singer/songwriter and creator of "List-it-for-Life." I'm in the business of inspiring people to pursue their passions, live authentically, and make their dreams come true.

g) "List-it-for-Life" is a new organizer for the practically-romantic woman. It offers a way to list all your goals and dreams in life from the day-to-day, to the day you die (i.e. Groceries to the Bucket List), and keep them all together in one SPECIAL place. "List-it-for-Life" is designed to keep every woman organized, motivated, and inspired to achieve all they want in life!

h) No more lost lists, scattered ideas, forgotten dreams, or excuses.

i) Intended revenue: Passive income from "List-it-for-Life" sales, and published and recorded music. Active income from musical performance and, perhaps speaking/teaching engagements.

j) Fallacy: the public educational system has our students' best interest in mind.

k) Money (or lack thereof)

l) Chapter/module 1: Strength+Desire (I've got lots of both, but they need direction)

m) Success=Fulfillment

n) How does one set realistic financial goals when going about business- building in an unconventional way?

Your Name: Debbie DeVoe
Website: http://www.debbiedevoe.com
Twitter: @whirlingd
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA

a) The purpose of our lives is to be happy. - Dalai Lama
b) Not enough people using their genius and natural strengths to make the world a better place.
c) Elegant, compassionate solutions to complex problems and more people spending the majority of their time doing what lights them on fire.
d) Microfinancing
e) My sister Dawn: Rock; Nelson Mandela: Perseverance; Dalai Lama: Grace
f) If you could do anything you wanted for one year, what would you do?
g) This is exactly what I hope to define through The Fire Starter Sessions. I'm very clear about my passions and natural strengths and very unclear about how I want to create a life around them.
h) Helping people by inspiring them, motivating them, and inviting them to look at life through different colored lenses.
i) Books, films, plays, articles, a syndicated column.
j) Love conquers all.
k) Clearly defining how I can create a passionate life of abundance. I did the True Strengths + the Metrics of Ease exercises and am clear of my strengths and passions but am still very unclear about how I want to channel them. I want to use The Fire Starter Sessions to create a white-hot pile of coals that will provide a long, slow burn for achieving a crystal-clear vision.
l) Session 16: Visioneering
m) Happiness
n) What's the next step you recommend for me to turn my passions and strengths into a clear business plan?

Erica Blitz
http://www.ericablitz.com
blitzerica
Vancouver, BC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
b) What's wrong with the world? The people and the plant are calling for help and we are not responding.
c) What does the world need more of? Leadership.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? The internet.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Ghandi - compassion
Best friend - vision
My husband - innovation
f) What's your cocktail line? How do you spend your time?
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Empowerment and leadership.
h) What problem do you solve for people? Teach people to create freedom for the fantastic.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Teaching yoga (classes, workshops, teacher trainings, retreats) and writing.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? I still believe ...
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Putting my ideas out there and understanding how to market them.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? Chapter One. As in yoga, so too in life: set the foundation and from that stability comes freedom and creativity.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Abundance.
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? What was the catalyst that transitioned your work from a creative exploration to successful career?

Cassandra Byers
Crested Butte, Colorado

a) “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable,
or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same,”
-- Francesca Reigler
b)Too many people living on top of each other.
c)Compassion, understanding, tolerance
d) open Office
e) Mark Twain, Intelligence
Professor M. Hudson, Compassion
Charles Shafer, philanthropy
f) Hi, what's your name?
g) My business will make getting clean more fun and make people feel better in their own skin.
h) dry skin
i) I intend to make a line of fun soaps, lotions and other body products.
j) Living Happily ever after was easy and just happens. I have found that life and happiness is work and worth the extra effort.
k) My biggest obstacle is getting over my own self doubt and focusing.
l)I want to read Session 4: The Strategy of Desire
m) elation
n)Should an entrepreneur plan in stages, start slow and grow steady, or jump in with both feet with large plans and work towards a more "end" result?

Your Name: Holly Smith
Website: http://shopaholly.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/hollyjunesmith
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
a) “The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.” Ellen Glasgow
b) Negative thinking, lack of ambition, demotivation.
c) Positive thinking, positive feeling, positive being.
d) Twitter. It's completely changed my world.
e) My Dad: Determined. Sarah Von of yesandyes.org: Enlightening and Stephen Fry: Perfection.
f) Honestly, I don't have one. Yet...
g) I'm hoping to start something that will bring inspiration, connectivity and some hardcore goodness into the lives of others.
h) I listen. And sometimes I'm the very first person to do so.
i) Current: office job. Intended: coaching, mentoring, development.
j) At sixteen I thought I was too old for sleepovers. So wrong. Never too old.
k) My biggest obstacle is my confidence, having achieved all the goals I'd previously set, I'm afraid to let go of them and start again.
l) Chapter 15: Quittin' Time. I think it'd be the exact kick up the arse I need to get going.
m) Passion
n) If everything was gone tomorrow and you had to start over, what one thing would you do differently?

Thanks for reading!

My name: Kimberly Gill
Website: http://www.kimberlygill.com
Twitter: @kimbergill
Location: Connecticut
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"We began with freedom." Ralph Waldo Emerson


b) What's wrong with the world?
I believe (many) people of the world have lost faith in their fellow man and woman. Oppression, greed and war all come from a fear and distrust of others.


c) What does the world need more of?
Courageous citizens, willing to take risks to understand one another and establish community.


d) What's one great business idea you wished you thought of?
http://www.dosomething.org encourages youth to get involved with a cause and links them to local and global opportunities to do something about it.


e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Arthur Rimbaud: dauntless
Martin Luther King Jr.: unstoppable
My little sister: crafty


f) What's your cocktail line?
Tell me your story!


g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Globally informed youth


h) What problem do you solve for people?
I work with youth; to meet information, truth and understanding with their curiosities.


i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Education through private tutoring, online classes, workshops and e-curriculums.


j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe that authority was not to be challenged.


k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My biggest obstacle is determining how to reach students, families and communities from various socio-economic groups. I think The FSS will help me break through my fear of marketing to people who intimidate me.


l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The first! I like order where it's possible.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Short term: laughter
Long term: world peace

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you keep your zen while tackling major life obstacles (your own + your clients)?

Bénédicte Motte
galiment.wordpress.com
(I just started yesterday !)
Location: Alissas, France

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
« Impose ta chance, serre ton bonheur et va vers ton risque » René Char (French poet)
= Impose your luck, hug your happiness and go towards your risk
(my rough translation)

b) What's wrong with the world?
Weird balances, unconsciousness

c)What does the world need more of?
Poetry, community, laugh

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Invention of printing

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My grand-mother for her style
My other-grand mother for her love
My mother for shining

f) What's your cocktail line?
You speak, I write. Fluid, precise, powerful.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Beauty, light, joy

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I translate their complicated ideas (in mind) into very simple words (on paper/screen).

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
one-on-one consulting, 4000 euros/month

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That work has to be painful.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
2 small gorgeous boys who tend to steal all my attention.
The FSS will help me re-focus on business and allow me to absorb this incredible Danielle's energy !

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The strategy of desire

m)For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Realisation

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Local or global ?

o) OM

a) "you gotta love yourself enough to look at yourself." - Brescia Reid
b) Apathy
c) Love, peace, creative expression and laughter.
d) social enterprise
e) Brescia Reid - Integrity Tiina Kivinen - Love Nelson Mandela - Persistence
f) cocktails? i prefer close, intimate settings where we can expose our hearts to one another in a genuine way.
g) more love, more art, stronger community
h) I solve the problems of lack of creative expression through words, lack of love and lack of community.
i) selling books of creative writing/ebooks on how to bring more love into your life. Down the line, a membership program/ecourse/real course for enhancing creative writing skills/bringing more love into your life.
j) I used to believe that fear was best slapped down and strongly ignored. Now I realize that fear can be helpful, if you are able to face it, master it and move on.
k) I fear no one will want what I have to offer. I think FSS will prove me wrong, and help me find the people that will want what I have to offer.
l) Fear + other tough stuff
m) happiness
n) How do you so lovingly seem to be able to "do it all"? :)

a)"true balance is chaos to the human perception." Adamus
b)nothing.
c) compassionate love
d)
e) Norma Delaney for her breath; Geneen Roth for her words; my mother for her joy
f) do you give you freedom every day?
g) poetry
h) get these poems from the stuck into the world
i) 2000 swiss francs a month
j) that i can't help it
k) the belief that i am not worth the succes. help me melt that believe...
l)chapter 12 for the fear..
m) joy
n) where do i start?

i forgot number d)!
and i have to admit: i don't know!

nathalie schmid
naschmidatgmx.ch
switzerland

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Please answer the following questions as comments in the comments box at the end of the post.
Your Name: Alia Poonawala
Twitter: apoonawala
Location: Sevilla, Spain

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
The greatest insanity is surely to see the world only as it is, and not as it might be." -Miguel de Cervantes

b) What's wrong with the world?
Not every child has someone loving to tuck them in at night, let alone a warm bed to sleep in.

c) What does the world need more of?
Confidence in its capability

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Danielle LaPorte: fire
Joan of Arc: fight
My dad: love

f) What's your cocktail line?
It's a joke actually...
Q: What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?
A: Make me one with everything! (tee hee)

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Food as part of a theatrical experience

h) What problem do you solve for people?
How to move forward

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
To be honest, I don't have numbers yet. I want enough revenue to share (food, experiences, pretty things, books) with others generously, without having to keep track or worry about it.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe that there was a "perfect" way to lead my life and as a girl I constructed my entire identity around those ideals.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Getting started. I'm nearly done with university and I have big ideas. I want to transform them into reality.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I want to read it all. From start to finish.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Good butterflies in your stomach, daily.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
As a student, I feel a bit pressured by my environment at school (Carnegie Mellon.) Many people know exactly what they want and exactly where they want to end up.
When you didn't "know," how did you progress day by day under circumstances of complete uncertainty?

Ann McMahon:
atrulyholisticpregnancy.com
annmcmahon1
Ireland
a)"At least I tried. Goddammit I tried. "(One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
b)People are born scared.
c)Love Sweet Love
d)Bike Sharing in Cities
e)Bruce Springsteen-honesty, Maria Forleo -Vision, Christiane Northrup-smarts
f)Margarita, baby extra salt
g)A new generation of happy, healthy mothers &babies
h)I help overwhelmed pregnant women get healthy, sane & ready to welcome their babies. I'm the Catcher in the Rye man, the Catcher in the Rye.
i)E-book & e-courses
j)I am not an expert on anything.
k) Killing my procrastination, producing focused, authentic content.
l) Making Stuff that Feels Good to Make
m) Authentic
n) Where to now?

Name: Kelly Dare
Website: http://www.immediatesurrounds.blogspot.com
Twitter: dare_kelly
Location: Wellington, New Zealand

Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Life is beautiful.

What's wrong with the world?
The biggest thing that is wrong with the world today is apathy. If we all just cared a little bit more, all just wanted a little bit more, all just did a little bit more I think we’d get to somewhere amazing.

What does the world need more of?
A little bit more passion, a little bit more buzz. People need to be getting excited about what they’re passionate about and doing that instead of doing something they’re not passionate about. Sure, I get that you need to do things that bring in the money but why not make your way of bringing in the money something you are so excited to do every morning, that it isn’t a chore?

What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
I don’t wish for it. I’m nurturing it and watching it grow and eventually it will be something awesome. If I have to choose something, I wish I’d been around when SXSW was kicking off and had thought of doing that.

Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Lynette Duxfield (my mum) – reminding
Danielle La Porte (cheesy!) – inspiring
Richard Branson – determined

What's your cocktail line?
Hi! I’m Kelly. We could do amazing stuff together.

What does/will your business bring to the world?
Happiness, inspiration, and a lot of loud creativity.

What problem do you solve for people?
I make the impossible, possible. You want a haunted forest in a leaky basement for your art exhibition? Trust me, I’ll make it happen.

What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I’m an events manager/designer/planner. I wear a lot of hats so that my clients can rest easy and I can get on with it.

What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe I didn’t deserve complete happiness. Now I know I deserve everything I work for.

What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I think BIG. I don’t want to be the best party planner in a city, I want to be the best party planner in a country. This is a good thing but sometimes, I need to be hauled back to the planning stages so I can achieve those dreams. The FSS would help me do this. The chapter that was sold singularly helped me so much already.

What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The Burning Questions

For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Happiness. Not that I need to be 100% successful all the time, but happiness is the goal.

What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you get over the fear of starting out?

Michele Hallak
http://www.michelehallak.wordpress.com
http://www.twitter.com/michelehallak
London, U.K

a) 'Its not the life that matters, but the courage you bring to it' - Yogi Bhajan

b) It all starts when we feel disconnected. We are all fingers on the same hand. The other person is you.

c) Self empowerment, understanding, sharing of resources and connection. 'Be the change you want to see in the world' as Ghandi said

d) Google

e) Ghandi - love,
Papillon - courage,
Louise L Hay - empowerment

f) 'Why do men have nipples?' Seriously its been a while. ;)

g) Empowering female cancer survivors, those battling with cancer or long term illness, awareness, charity donations, understanding, support, hope, inspiration, humour, beauty, resources, health, and comfort. Tools for others to become the best version of themselves.

h) Feeling alone, dis-empowered, dis-connected, unattractive, afraid, hopeless or wanting to become a better version of themselves and looking for guidance, inspiration and support.

i) I haven't tried to yet, however, I intend to create revenue from the documentary, calendar, advertising, funding, fundraising, website and merchandise.

j) I used to believe that spiderman came out the toilet when you flushed it

k) Revenue and strategy. FSS will fire me up with questions, opinions and strategies.

l) Its very hard to choose. 18 Just start. Now - excites me or 11 Money - if I'm feeling practical.

m) Happiness

n) How do you balance sovereignty and collaboration?

Thank you! These questions gave me a lot of insight into myself :)
I really want this -
Health always,
Michele Hallak

Your Name: Lorra
Website:
Twitter: @misslorra
Location: Vancouver

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ~ Ayn Rand.

b) What's wrong with the world?

Too much ennui, indifference, and disrespect of life.

c) What does the world need more of?

Compassion, passion, and connection with nature. People also need to find the light and love inside them and bring it to the surface.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?

There are so many. Vibram Five Finger shoes come to mind, because they are completely unique and serve a very specific purpose.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.

Laird Hamilton: Dedicated.
Rell Sunn: Giving.
Daniel Vitalis: Primal

f) What's your cocktail line?

I don't have one at this point.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?

A reconnection with their basic needs.

h) What problem do you solve for people?

I want to reconnect people to their primal selves.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?

My current streams are from two regular jobs: book store, and a raw food restaurant. I want to have a passive income and work alone - I am much more vivid and creative when I am free.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?

That people always mean what they say.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?

My biggest obstacle is that I have such a large amount of interests that it's been hard to focus on just one and keep a steady direction. I'm working on figuring this out, and when I do, I want to start with passion, drive, and I believe the FFS will catapult me to a proper start.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?

The beginning chapter, because I like to build from scratch. And the final chapter, because it means I'll be on my way to creating something amazing.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?

Freedom.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?

When you're passionate about many things, how do you choose which one to focus on and create a business around?

Your Name: Kathy Stowell
Website:www.whiletangerinedreams.com
Twitter:http://twitter.com/while_tangerine
Location:Slocan Valley, BC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
b) What's wrong with the world?
Everything's to fast. I'm all over the slow movements - slow food, slow growing up for kids, slow breathing.
c) What does the world need more of?
The world needs more simplicity. Simple relations, simple food (it always comes back to food for me) simpler lifestyles.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
I took an online photography course this summer. It was so nice to be part of that community for a few weeks. Made me want to think of a way to recreate that in a similar style but in a different field.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Parker Posey - hilarious
David Suzuki - messenger
Alice Waters - revolutionary
f) What's your cocktail line?
I can beat box too, you know.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A lovingly human-made creation to engulf you in one of the most important things in life; handmade goodness.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
I solve the problem of people having no option but to purchase soulless commodities offered by big brand conglomerates.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I have two Etsy shops I sell my wares from. I sometimes sell to locals in and around the Nelson area. Sometimes, when I'm without nursing babies, I do a summer market or two.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I couldn't leave the house without bright red lipstick on.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I have so many passions and a constant flow of amazing ideas that I find I get overwhelmed by all the possibilities and then lose steam when it comes to executing them well. I hope FSS will help me hone in on a unique focus.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session Five: Integrity branding

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Clarity.
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Reviewing all my different pursuits and passions, can you help guide me to a unique niche?

Your Name: Jenna Shaw
Website: http://www.problah.co.nz (not live)
Twitter: ProBlah
Location: New Zealand

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.
~ Buddha

b) What's wrong with the world?
b) That there are not enough people aware of, or exercising, their CHOICE, or who know that they have the power to set themselves free.

c) What does the world need more of?
Passion, and the people who burn and light up the world with it.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Google, and how it’s not an idea, it’s an ethos.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Ghandi – Human
Gala Darling - Revolutionary
Steve Pavlina - Experimental

f) What's your cocktail line?
I say it right!

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Outsourced communication that does what it says on the box – authentic, straightforward, and riveting.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
h) I help people communicate what is in their hearts and minds into understandable value-propositions and imagination-igniters for others.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I am still exploring possibilities on this one – one of the things I hope FSS can help with!

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to strongly believe in black and white, right and wrong. Now I understand it more as a gumball of myriad greys, where colours blend and stances pull apart reluctantly and with stringy bits of the other still attached. All that is ‘right’ is the path with a heart.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Taking action is my biggest obstacle – I love ideas and strategic brainstorming but am weak when it comes to taking action. FSS will give me a ‘how to’ to grow the passion big enough so it engulfs me and has to be born into the real world. Ultimate trajectory!

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Chapter 1, just in case it was put in that order for a reason! But the chapter I am most excited about is Reverie & Courage, because I think this is a huge missing piece for me.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Aliveness.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do I know if my idea is good enough to fly, and does it matter?

Elisabeth Beucher
http://www.elisabethbeucher.com
@cornucopia_44
Paris - France

a) "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" - Confucius
b) nothing is intrinsically wrong with the world
c) the world needs more self-love for people individually
d) charity: water
e) Seth Godin – visionary // Roberto Alagna (tenor) – solarity // JJ Rousseau – humanist
f) I don’t have one
g) sovereignty
h) get out of the victim mindset
i) income support + my own business (coaching) which I started on August 1st this year
j) ‘I need a man’
k) feeling visible – the FSS would help me feel more confident and bolder
l) ‘Branding, clarifying the diamond of you’
m) expansion
n) ‘is there a way to show people the benefits of being more in charge of their lives’?

Your Name:
 Maia Duerr
Website:
 http://www.fivedirectionsconsulting.com
Twitter: @fivedirections

Location: Santa Fe, NM

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.

“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde.

b) What's wrong with the world?

So many of us see the world (including ourselves) as “Either/or”

c) What does the world need more of?

For all of us to develop a capacity to see the world from more of a “Both/And” point of view. And love – always love.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?

It’s ‘old skool now,’ but Amazon.com was an inspired idea when it first arrived on the Internet scene. And it still delivers on its original vision – making it incredibly easy for people to get the books they’re looking for, and to connect with more books they’ll love as well as with kindred spirits.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.


Audre Lourde – Courage
Chris Guillebeau - Audacity
His Holiness the Dalai Lama – Compassion

f) What's your cocktail line?

I am dedicated to Liberation… in all its forms.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?

I’ve got two businesses; I’m gonna talk here about the second one – my business-in-formation: The Liberated Life Project.

h) What problem do you solve for people?

Helping people to free themselves from the fears that keep them from living life to the fullest.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?

Intended revenue through the new business – Liberated Life Project: e-book sales and affiliate links.

[Currently, through my Five Directions business, I do one-to-one consulting with nonprofit organizations that need help with marketing, communications, and fundraising. I’m scaling up current revenue there by shifting from individual consulting to group coaching model.]

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?

I used to believe I was never meant for greatness.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?

As one of my mentors calls it, “Analysis paralysis.” I can get too stuck in gathering information and cogitating on it. At some point, I need to get off my butt and just do it!

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Fear and Other Tough Stuff

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Love.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
I’m trying to re-vamp one business while creating another (which I feel incredibly passionate about). Am I crazy or can I really do this?

Your Name: Janelle Gonyea
Website: http://www.refindjoy.com
Twitter: refindjoy
Location: Bloomington, IN

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. ~Henry Van Dyke

b) What's wrong with the world?
We tend to be careless and focus on the negative. We need to focus on being positive, joyful, caring, and giving. If we all started doing what's right, even in a small sense, I think we would find ourselves asking, "What's right with the world?"

c) What does the world need more of?
The world needs more people who truly care, who are not just thinkers, but DOers. We need people to "be the change we wish to see in the world." It's easy to sit around and say things should be different, but how about actually doing something about it?

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Stones into Schools, through which Greg Mortenson focuses on promoting peace through education. Here is a man who is a Doer, who wanted to give and provide for the world, and who went out and did just that.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My boyfriend: Compassion
My mom: Integrity
Michelle Ward: Courage

f) What's your cocktail line?
While I can be witty, I just don't have any jokes in my back pocket. For me, a "cocktail line" would be the beautiful line of sweet, pretty dresses in my closet or a new line of cocktail party invitations to design.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Through my blog and future products, my business will be focused on inspiration and joy, on helping people to reclaim the loves they once thought they'd lost. There are so many lovely people out there longing to live a life they love and have the courage to embrace their passions. I'm here to remind them that it's never too late to "re:find Joy."

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I hope to be there to encourage, help, and inspire people to find joy in their lives and to give joy to others. I think in this busy world, it is sometimes easy to forget about the things that put a smile on our face.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I'm an illustrator, graphic designer, blog author and crafter. I'm working on creating products in order to launch an online shop to complement my blog. I hope to sell joyful items online and in consignment shops.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe that a desk job would be enough; enough to satisfy me, enough to pay my bills, comfortable enough that I would be happy in life. I know now, that I need to do what I truly love, instead of working for a dream that isn't mine.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I think my fear of the reality and the fear of just starting are the things holding me back. The FSS will help me by reminding me just how silly fears are, that with the right amount of knowledge and help my dream is a real possibility. Honestly, I think I just need a good kick in the behind to get me to realize that my dream can be my reality.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I WANT to read Products+Services first, but I NEED to read Time+Fear Management first. I really need to learn how to address each of my fears, and get over them.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Joy. I truly feel that as long as your life and your work bring you joy, you are successful.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How did you get to where you are, and truly "own it"?

Name: Haidn Foster
Website: http://www.ReachAltitude.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ReachAltitude
Location: Seattle, WA

a) Every day can be your best day ever.
b) People wasting their time doing un-meaningful things.
c) Leaders. Visionaries.
d) Organized religion.
e) Buddha: present. Eckhart Tolle: ditto. Dalai Lama: happy.
f) Mojito, please.
g) Inspiration to lead others and start a movement.
h) Fear, uncertainty, laziness.
i) Take a look at Danielle--that's pretty much how.
j) That I am the only person that really matters.
k) Procrastination, at times. Hopefully the FSS will kick me in the ass.
l) Just Start. NOW.
m) Meaning.
n) Will you do an interview for my podcast? ;-)

Tina Falk
Lannavaara, Norrbotten, Sweden.

a) "There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learned a very, very small part of what it can do."
-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

b) The world itself is great, it's just the people living in it that has a hard time getting along cause we work so hard at being right most of the time :)

c) Danielle La Porte :), Compassion, Humour and kick-ass-inspiration. Awareness.

d) Disneyland – cause it inspires me to be in touch with the child within me. Everyone is so darn keen on chasing grown up points. And my kiddoz would have described their mother with the word awesome, if I was owner of that company :)

e) My brother Mikael Falk – straightforward
Lena Maria Klingwall – Inspiration
My son Anton - Happiness

f) F**k, I don't have a cocktail line. Am I screwed for life now?

g) Something we can't have enough of namely, bling-bling in the shape of extraordinary faceted gems. Awesome female entrepreneurship and creativity.

h) The problem of looking tiresome and mainstream is gone, gone, gone. Wearing my stuff is going to make you feel special, vibrant and sexy.

i) My current income if I have understood the question right, is loaned money to fund my studies.

j) That it was something wrong with the shape and size of my body. My body wasn't sexy.

k) Fear of failure and making mistakes. That I think I have to have it all figured out before I start. The FSS will give me the mojo and tools to empower me and crush that critical voices in my head into oblivion.

l) Chapter/session 3

m) Freedom

n) What first aid-kit do you have to offer to find your mojo, when the shit hits the fan?

Ok, first off: seeing all of these comments is so inspiring! You have the most talented, cool, amazingly awesome readers. Amazing stuff, guys.

Shenee Howard
http://youlllookgreat.tumblr.com/( we're subletting tumblr until our online home gets ready : ) )
http://www.twitter.com/sheneeh

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. Don't let anyone or anything define who you are or who you should be” - My aunt
b) What's wrong with the world? Everyone has a hard time listening to each other.
c) What does the world need more of? Leaders who know how to listen, people who know how to speak up.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Silly bands. Who would have thought that in an age of apple and the web that rubber bands shaped as animals would make kids so happy. I find that incredible encouraging.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Ira Glass – Storyteller
MLK-Visionary
My mom – Class
f) What's your cocktail line? I'm in the business of making you look bomb.
g/h)What does/will your business bring to the world / What problem do you solve for people? I create beautifully designed and executed confidence to go for what they want. A thoughtfully crafted website, resume or cover letter will make you look great and when you look great, you feel great. You start going after what you want.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Right now I get paid in pats on back and free lunches from clients and friends. In the future, I hope to create e-books on individuality and creativity, collaborate to develop interactive multimedia projects with other passionate creatives and develop a successful design + branding firm for small businesses, creatives and start-ups. I also want to create e-courses on creative writing that target inner city minorities so that can start to tap into their creativity ( for free of course ).
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? I need to go to an art school to be a successful designer.
) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? -I need help filtering all of my crazy ideas into projects and deliverables. I am never without ideas but I can never seem to focus my efforts in the most constructive ways.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?Your True Strengths + The Metrics of Ease --- I have “jack of all trades” syndrome but I am not sure if that is the best way to go. I need more of a focus.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Happiness > Enormous Success + Money
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How did you develop your writing voice? It is so clear and uniquely you! Did it come from soul searching or did you always have the gift of relatable gab?

Your Name: sara whittemore
Website: (in development!)
Twitter: thecosmicoutlaw
Location: houston, texas!
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"You are what you are, It is what it is, There are no mistakes"-Tom Robbins. Also, "Shake things up!"
b) What's wrong with the world? Negativity. There is too much negativity and not enough idealism.
c) What does the world need more of? Idealism, I suppose.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Anything Chris Guillebeau has done.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. Gala Darling because she's sparkly, Tom Robbins is electrifying, and George Harrison for his divinity.
f) What's your cocktail line? I'd rather be a good liver than have one.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? It will help people awaken to the fact that they can create their own realities because reality itself is an art form.
h) What problem do you solve for people? Suggestions and educational advice on art, writing, and spirituality in the modern world.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Ad and affiliate revenue, ecourses and products, selling artwork and design projects, etc.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? I believe in everything and nothing.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? I just get so overwhelmed with what i should be doing-it's like the thought that too many choices paralyzes you and i feel paralyzed with how much there is to do or how much i want to do, and i was hoping FSS could help me sort through myself.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? I shall probably start from the beginning but that is not a guarantee. Who knows what the future will hold.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? enlightenment
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How can I do everything i want to (because there are so so so many things i want to do) when theres so little time left in the world.

Your Name: Trenda Plunkett
Website: http://tarotmama.net
Twitter: tarot_mama
Location: Tupelo, Mississippi

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw

b) What's wrong with the world? Many people are more concerned with being right than in embracing their role as a single beautiful traveler among many other beautiful travelers.

c) What does the world need more of? Acceptance

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Etsy

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Helen Keller ~ Fearless
Rachelle Mee-Chapman ~ Compassionate
Connie Hozvicka ~ Artistic

f) What's your cocktail line? Living life on the rocks teaches us far more than merely existing in the murkiness of still waters ever could.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Wisdom, heart, and inspiration

h) What problem do you solve for people? I help them see beyond the obvious to the magical possibilities within them.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? My current revenue stream is centered on my unique, intuitive Tarot readings which are delivered as PDF files to my clients. I am also an Ejunkie and Amazon affiliate. My intended revenue streams will involve finding ways to merge my passions for writing, art, and Tarot to form a powerful, meaningful whole. I know it's possible; I just don't know how. Yet.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? I used to believe if I was honest about my "different" beliefs I would lose my family. Nope. Didn't happen.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? My biggest obstacle is self-doubt. FSS will help me turn it to ashes by inspiring me and giving me solid direction to achieve my goals.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? Session Two: Rooting Into Your Present

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Happiness

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How do you balance your work time and responsibilities with the demands of other aspects of your life?

Thank you, Danielle, for this beautiful opportunity! Thank you also to those who helped make this possible by signing up for FSS!

Bright Blessings,

Trenda

Name: Kym Mulcahy
Website: A vision waiting in anticipation!
Twitter: KymMulcahy
Location: Australia

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.

"Imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you. . . .even when they know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze-dried romance, five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had (and me)

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way"

(Drops of Jupiter by Train)

b) What's wrong with the world?
Too many people are just wandering around wearing blinkers.

c) What does the world need more of?
Clean air, tranquility and hugs.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Kiva

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Oprah (humanitarian) My partner (patience) My grandmother ‘Lillie’ (angel)

f) What's your cocktail line?
A smile

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A meeting place for women to share, collaborate and find the courage to be all they can be. A nurturing loving place, which will feel like a warm embrace, a breath of fresh air, and a safe place to escape. Most of all, it will be a source of power, inspiration and joy – much like their own personal cheer squad barracking from the sidelines.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
To overcome the paralyzing fear that stops them from becoming who they really want to be. Help them to find inner courage and unleash that burning desire we all have, whether it be to change or make a difference. Ultimately, I want to help people totally fall in love again “with themselves.”

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
My intended revenue stream: inspiring mentoring programs, personalized coaching sessions and kick-ass seminars featuring inspiring women from all around the globe.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That high heels and ankle warmers were really sexy! (eeek. . . so young and so delusional!).

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?

FEAR OF FAILURE!
FSS will help to re-ignite my passion and stay true to my internal voice. It will inspire me to focus on what is meaningful, abandon my fears and eliminate the time wasting crap that strangles my true potential.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 12: Fear + Other Tough Stuff.
This is where it all begins for me. I know if I give the little girl inside me a huge hug along with the right words of encouragement, she will find the courage and . . . enter Stage Right!

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Authenticity

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What do you do if you’re scared shitless and have no idea how to start ?!

Kym :)

Your Name: Valentina Brevi
Website:http://espaciovaciogye.blogspot.com/
Twitter:@espaciovacio
Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
A series of fortunate events.

b) What's wrong with the world?
egotism in all its forms.

c) What does the world need more of?
Tolerance

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Every business idea that actually intends to make money.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Madonna: impetus
Einstein: brains
Camila: balls

f) What's your cocktail line?
I manage a work in process art gallery.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Art made in Ecuador

h) What problem do you solve for people?
For artists i give them a place to show their work. To people that visit the

gallery´s physical space, the oportunity to see outside the box. To the blog

visitors a chance to know what´s going on in Guayaquil´s art movement.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I have no idea!

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Nothing, at the moment in time/space nothing was silly.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help

you turn it to ashes?
Teamwork, delegating, trusting work will get done right.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
mmm chapter?? module 4 session 14.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
whole

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
will you help me?

Your Name:Christine Nicole Gutierrez
Website: http://www.sacrespacenyc.org
Twitter: SacredSpaceNYC
Location: New York, N.Y.

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.
~ Carlos Castaneda

b) What's wrong with the world?
I see all the "wrongs" and "rights" as lessons to learn and the lesson I am seeing throughout history is we need more LOVE, more compassion, and more equality.

c) What does the world need more of? The world needs more love, more creative healthy juicy sensual energy, the expansion of consciousness, trusting your intuition-more cosmic yumminess.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
I wish I thought of the nap stations like in yelo spa, I mean really it's perfect who doesn't love a 'lil kitty nap- especially in New York City and city's that are hectic. Love it!

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Vanessa Barg-real
Laurie Nadel-healer
Mom-intuitive

f) What's your cocktail line? Cosmic Warrior, a refreshing mix of spicy and sweet, a cosmic orgy with your taste buds.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Sacred Space NYC brings love, sensuality, and peace to the world. It allows women in particular to be themselves, explore themselves, love themselves and spread that love with the world.

h) What problem do you solve for people? I provide a simple, easy to digest approach to healing. Combining it with traditional psychotherapy. I act as a guide for people to release their fears, increase their intuition, and live life truly happy.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Sacred Space NYC services (intenSessions, health coaching, events/workshops, retreats) my psycho spiritual counseling practice, and helping organic companies with demos.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I use to believe that I didn't deserve healthy, amazing love.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My biggest entrepreneurial obstacle is using social media to market, and putting together a fun, savvy, and informative newsletter w/free content. FSS will be a cosmic "aha moment" machine. Making those "clicks" in perception to create miracles.

What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Module1: strength and desire, session1: The Burning Questions

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Passion.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
If you could give me a 3 liner sentence on business advice what would you say to me?

hahahha I am laughing hysterial FOR Sure I used my creativity and open to interpretation for sure hahaha! the cocktail line question, I actually pictured myself as an actual cocktail, and what would the line or description of the cocktail be if I were a cocktail :) dying laughing oh open ended creative questions :) love it!

Your Name: Jacqueline Low
Website: http://www.jqlinesocuteithurts.typepad.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/socuteithurts
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right. You’ll probably never do much of anything ~ Win Borden

b) What's wrong with the world? Not enough love of love.

c) What does the world need more of? People being true to themselves, compassionated and love.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Google search.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Marisa of creative Thursday- inspiration
Kelly Rae Roberts - teacher
Holly of decor8 – honesty and authenticity

f) What's your cocktail line?
Be true to yourself.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
My hope for you is to be encouraged, inspired, motivated to be more creative in your own life, and to surround yourself with colors.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I surround them with positive vibes and love.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
My intended revenue streams are writing, creating, crafting and designing.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to think that we don’t have a choice and dreams don’t come true.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
That would be budget and not knowing how to really put all of this fire into action. FSS will help me to create a focused authentic plan that will help me fulfill my creative dream and doing what I love as a living.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? I would want to start from the first chapter.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Doing what you love and making a living out of it.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How do i get my business vibe flowing to the next level? I have a blog, an online shop, twitter and fb. I have lots of ideas but it always seems that I don’t have enough time to put all of my ideas out there.

Thanks for the opportunity! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you and yours!

Your Name: casey kane
Website: i'm on facebook
Twitter: seneca yak (no spaces)
Location: unknown
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. "before enlightenment, chop wood, haul water. after enlightenment, chop wood, haul water."
b) What's wrong with the world? people being afraid.
c) What does the world need more of? Love, sweet Love. In the form of self-forgiveness. It frees you to forgive everyone else.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? None of them; whenever something outside of me really awes me, it just re-affirms and reaffirms: you are not alone. also i know that without trying i have a wealth of ideas, and that the true sin of envy is against myself because it distracts me from the abundance of life.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. My husband: rock. My mother: phoenix. Myself: joy
f) What's your cocktail line? Don't know yet. Been shedding all ways of being that require premeditation.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Love, sweet Love. I have many business ideas and this is the ultimate end product of any of them.
h) What problem do you solve for people? Loneliness. Sleepwalking. Despair.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? current stream is selling jewelry (soon to be expanded in a way that fulfills a vision from my youth)...future intended: nothing specific, only an awareness that every idea i have could easily be a million-dollar one.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? Can’t think of anything because I am on a huge forgiveness trip! Everything that happens could only have happened the way it did, including all of my cringe-inducing previous assumptions about life. However, that same forgiveness I have given myself has also taught me that I shouldn’t judge people, and that every time i HAVE put my put really far into my mouth, I was not being forgiving of someone else.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? I am frequently afraid of my own ideas, and I can only assume that this will be helped a lot because Danielle is a manifestation of all of the great things that fearlessness brings about: beauty, influence, and inner peace being the biggies for me. On a purely practical level I will pick up phrases and concepts that will “stick”, and inner conversations/self-talk/meditation has been huge for me.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? The first chapter, I’m really into “Beginner’s Mind” right now.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Happiness. Gained from total, unqualified trust in myself, and regular exorcisms to keep me honest.
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? I don’t have questions for you or really anyone right now. I only want to experience things without a filter for the time being.

Your Name: Leslie Cao
Website: http://www.Radicalturtle.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lesliecao
Location: Ocean Isle Beach, NC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
You're the only person who knows what's right for you.

The only one.

And if you already know what this is, commit to it. If you don't, commit to nothing.

Only you know,
The Universe

b) What's wrong with the world?
People have gotta wake up and realize what's really going on around us.

c) What does the world need more of?
Conscious people making decisions, more love, more fun and passionate living, more peace and tranquility. Enjoying the texture of a towel, homeless kittens, the crisp breath of cold air.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
therawfoodworld.com where healthy raw and organic foods are offered at one vendor. The owner gives GREAT insight into healthy living in his email newsletter where products are also offered but in a way that is not sleezy. You can tell how much passion he has towards his products and people.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Kenton Whitman - enlightenment
Michelle Phan - Creativity
Charlie McDonnell- laughter

f) What's your cocktail line?
Whatcha doing baby ;D

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Value, wholesome quirkyness, different, beautiful and efficient design

h) What problem do you solve for people?
How do I live life and test these imaginary boundaries?
Being a guide who makes her own mistakes and revelations during life and sharing them via internet so they can have their own realizations.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Affiliate marketing, and a bonified business once THE idea hits me. I've been playing around with several lately.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Kissing leads to pregnancy.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
The how's to get started, the guiding mentorship and motivation of FSS.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Whichever one is going to impact me the strongest and set my log on fire.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Whoohoo!

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What is the business that you've most enjoyed running and why?

Your Name: Jenny
Website: http://www.jennyearnest.com
Twitter:
Location: Florida

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
Robert Kennedy
b) What's wrong with the world? I can't paint the sky purple if I want to.
c) What does the world need more of? Artists
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Starbucks.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. Robert Kennedy - visionary, John Lennon - Peace, My Husband - dedicated
f) What's your cocktail line? I empower women to rock what they've got and capture it for them with my camera. Everyone deserves to feel sexy and I can see sexy in anyone.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Self-Love, Empowerment, FUN!!!
h) What problem do you solve for people? The disease of perfectionism. We are going to throw it out the window and realize that you are already PERFECT.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Boutique Boudoir Photography
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? That there were limitations to what I could accomplish. I now have a 20 year plan. And its so big it scares me.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Sorting it all out. Making sense of it. Refining. DEfining.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? I usually start books on the last page.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Freedom.
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? Who did you use to create your identity or did you create it all yourself?

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
Dr.Suess b) What's wrong with the world? The ones who don't 'get' it yet - that everyone and everything is connected.
c) What does the world need more of? 'actual' (not virtual) meaningful human interaction
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? post its
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. Martha Beck: wisehumour. Mom: perseverance. Sister-in-law: Wittycharm
f) What's your cocktail line? How do you know our host/these people?
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? compassionate witness
h) What problem do you solve for people? Locating limiting beliefs.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Current: Clinic Director, Music Teacher, Life Coach. Intended: Brilliant Life Coach in High Demand. "Regular Contributor" to magazine(s).
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? That 'perfect' was a goal. k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Making myself known to those who need what I have.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? I will start at the beginning and go to the end because I don't want to miss anything!
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Passion
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? When can we meet?

Your Name: Yael Saar
Project: From Postpartum Depression to Joy
Website: http://www.ppdtojoy.com
Twitter: yaelsaar
Location: Ithaca, NY

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” (Anonymous)

b) What's wrong with the world?
I love being in this world, and I would like to see less guilt and blame running around.

c) What does the world need more of?
People willing and able to meet themselves where they are.
People being with other people's pain without trying to fix them.
Support for those who need it.
Fresh water.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Popsicles

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
You mean other than you, right?
My second mother, Mati Daphna: Saviour.
Havi Brooks: comfort
ani difranco: power

f) What's your cocktail line?
Not sure I have one. I can't even remember the last time I had a cocktail. Motherhood, messes with your alcohol consumption.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A treasure map for going From Postpartum Depression to Joy, in countless baby steps, and a leap of faith.
I help struggling mamas believe in themselves enough to climb out of the abyss of PPD (the leap of faith does not require a belief in god). I lead support meetings, foster community, and offer practical emotional tools that provide comfort in the most vulnerable time in a family's life.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
The reported numbers for Postpartum Depression are 15% of new mothers suffer from it. Experts estimate that the true extent of the problem is closer to 70% of new mothers going through significant emotional hardship. Less than 25% get treatment. The rest suffer alone, blaming themselves for being bad mothers, with devastating effects on their families. Often guilt and shame cause the most damage and push mothers over the edge. So breaking the silence, educating the public and creating community are essential for recovery. With proper support most mothers get better, but when things go terribly wrong postpartum depression can be deadly. (Believe me, I know. My birth-mother succumbed to PPD when I was 6 years old. Then I got lucky, my dad remarried, to the most amazing woman ever ( see question E). When PPD descended on me after the birth of my son, I did everything in my power avoid following in my birth mother's footsteps. I worked hard, learned so much, and when I got better, I made it my calling to disarm postpartum depression). The goal of my work is to prevent suicide, provide relief from guilt and shame, and help mothers create new patterns that will support them on their way out depression and for the rest of their life.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
No revenue so far (husband is the breadwinner). Recently I started leading free community support groups (the first one was today! It rocked!). I am also developing home-study materials for moms who can't come to meetings. I am having a hard time asking for money for what I think should be available to all. Still, I need to find a way to make this work provide for my family.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That if you are a good mother, you just know how to do it, naturally.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Making peace with charging for information that I believe should be available to all.
Overcoming the fear of doing something really meaningful to me.
Through the FSS I want to work on the resistance, and the what-if's, and get lots of how-to.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The first one.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Joy! (very different from pleasure, isn't it?)

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Where do you get the courage to be so exposed and truthful and out there like this?
Thank you, by the way, so inspiring.

Your Name: Michelle Adelewitz
Website:
Twitter:
Location: Ithaca, NY

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
--Robert Frost

b) What's wrong with the world?
It's too easy to forget that "other" people are just people. We've lost connection with our greater community, becoming insular within our micro-communities (Gay biker mailman? There's a Googlegroup for that!).

c) What does the world need more of?
Self-awareness, personal responsibility, TLC

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Wal-Mart's Life With Baby program, which pairs expectant moms with RNs who are available via phone to answer questions and provide support through the pregnancy and baby's first year.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Nicole Richie -- Reinvention; my son -- energy; Mary Poppins -- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

f) What's your cocktail line?
(work in progress) I educate parents about the symbiotic relationship of mamas and babies.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
More centered, lovingly attached families.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I solve a crisis of trust -- trust of parental instincts, trust that babies are real feeling people.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current: ye old day job. Intended: I've brainstormed about classes, groups requiring membership, blogging, writing articles, consulting.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That when children were old enough to ask to nurse, they were too old to nurse. Imagine, you finally have the means to ask for the most important thing in your life, and now you can't have it because you asked.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Envisioning how to monetize a client base which is often broke! I'm hoping the FSS can lift me over the problem so I can get a fresh angle on it.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Chapter 12

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Ubiquity

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How did becoming a mother affect your identity?

Your Name: Chloe Walker
Website: http://www.chloe-walker.com (writing folio); http://www.creativetrifecta.com (brand new blog, be gentle)
Twitter: @chloewrites
Location: Melbourne, Australia (so I spell 'ass' as 'arse')

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud." Emile Zola

b) What's wrong with the world?
There is enough for everyone but so many people miss out on their share.

c) What does the world need more of?
Perspective, compassion and truthful communication.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Oh, to have invented the bookshop cafe! So simple, so brilliant.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Hazel Dooney - gumption
Henry Rollins - cross-platform
Havi Brooks - self-knowledge

f) What's your cocktail line?
Now: 'I'm a writer - but I have a day job.' Soon: 'I help creative types get their ducks lined up so they can get on with making stuff without having their lives explode.'

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Hope, inspiration, laughs, practical solutions, reality checks and big kicks up the arse.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
The problem of day-to-day realities interfering with creative visions.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I have a day job which, controversially, I enjoy. Freelance writing on the side - mainly profiles of ordinary people with extraordinary stories. My business/blog/Thing will make the moolah through ebooks, career/creativity coaching, affiliate advertising, and possibly writing services.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That eating my sandwich crusts would make my hair go curly.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Overwhelm. The FSS will help me focus and inspire me to decisive action.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
'Making stuff that feels good to make'

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Fulfillment

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What's your best juggling trick? (For those of us who will never choose Just One Thing.)

Yael Grauer
http://yaelwrites.com
@treelizard
Eau Claire, Wi

a) One cannot be content to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.

b) We've given up our treasures and replaced them with meaningless things.

c) Love. Passion. Radical Honesty

d) pizza delivery. either that or laundromat cafes

e) Jill Carol: brave. Michael Pollan: insightful Krista Scott-Dixon: sassy

f) um.

g) nourishing roots

h) connection with the environment is inaccessible to them because of money, urban location, other reasons

i) freelance writing, copyediting, brand ambassador/web ad buyer, etc.

j) That nobody would ever care what I had to say.

k) I sometimes feel that making money and acting with integrity can't co-exist. Burn baby burn.

l) Integrity branding. Though I'd probably skip ahead to the Chris Guillebeau video at some point.

m) bliss

n) How can I protect my baby but also release it to the world?

Your Name: Tracy Walton
Website: Not ready
Twitter: tracyfaceokc
Location: Oklahoma City, OK

a) "Every once in a while, bite off more than you can chew.”
b) My answer clearly comes from a person fortunate to live in relative prosperity (compared to the whole of humanity.) In my world, the biggest problem I see is that people get wrapped up in the everyday, mundane details of life, so they waste their days not living life to its fullest. Too few people look for, much less uncover, their passion and purpose in the world, so they end up living hollow lives that have little meaning, which hurts them and every single other person in the world.
c) The world needs more encouragement for people to pursue whatever it is that will make them truly, deep-down-to-their-soul, blissfully happy. Happiness is not selfish. People who are happy have the ability to look outside themselves and do good for others; unhappy people can usually only dwell on their own dissatisfaction. It's like putting on your oxygen mask before helping the person sitting next to you...
d) Manpacks – a subscription service for underwear, shirts and socks for men. Brilliant! http://www.manpacks.com/
e) Chris Guillebeau – truth; Mom – strength; Rex Barrett – happiness
f) “Tell me more…” I am all about learning everything I can about every human being I come in contact with.
g) My business is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping girls learn to balance being independent and developing healthy relationships with others. We will help them learn to take care of themselves emotionally, physically, financially, etc. and because of that confidence in their own abilities, their relationships with others will be built on a healthy foundation, rather than a need for something they don't find within themselves. We will incorporate many different ways of helping, with development of self-worth being the keystone issue; we’ll emphasize education, financial literacy, health, smart choices, etc.
h) Basically, we will battle codependence in young women before it has a chance to really take hold. Helping one young woman will have a positive effect on every relationship she develops throughout her entire life.
i) Grants, fundraising activities, branded product sales, affiliate sales
j) That my future was confined to the examples of those around me.
k) Maintaining the passion and energy it takes to start a new venture while going to school full-time (graduate in May!) and finding enough freelance work to pay the bills. Just reading WhiteHotTruth helps keep my fire stoked. I feel like a program devoted specifically to my biggest obstacle could be the one thing to keep my soul (and body!) energized.
l) SESSION 3: Your True Strengths + The Metrics of Ease
m) Happiness
n) How do you connect your soul to your mouth (or fingers)? In other words, how do you manage to communicate your passion so…passionately?

Your Name: iesha hoffman
Website: http://blog.awake2day.com/
Twitter:
Location: Charlotte, NC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Ancora Imparo (Still I am learning)

b) What's wrong with the world?
At some point, too many people forgot how to get real

c) What does the world need more of?
Real passion

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
The one that is still rattling in my head somewhere waiting for me to get busy with it!

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
JK Rowling: Imagination
Michael Franti: Talent
My children: Joy

f) What's your cocktail line?
I'm the cure for what ails arts organizations: an artist and a managing director rolled into one snappy package.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
More expressions of creativity

h) What problem do you solve for people?
How to bring business acumen to arts organizations in ways groups can understand and use

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
A combo of business workshops,books, plays and consulting fees

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That everyone is watching and waiting for me to screw up. Turns out most people are too self absorbed to be worried about my screw ups.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Deciding on and taking the first step.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
the dangers of being "competent" and "well-rounded"

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Excellence

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you determine which projects to begin?

wow. there are some great responses here.
keep 'em coming.
xo

Your Name: Cupcake
Website: OddGoodTrue.blogspot.com
Twitter:
Location: Santa Monica, California

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
In the garden of gentle sanity, may you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.
b) What's wrong with the world? Oh I love this world but oh how I hate how no one sits still
c) What does the world need more of? Blessings around uncertainty
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? one red paper clip
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Margaret Atwood: Depth
Carl Sagan: Endless
Pema Chodron: Heart
f) What's your cocktail line? Let's scram and go watch a movie at home.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Hope
h) What problem do you solve for people? I make them feel less alone
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? This I do not know yet
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? If I think about it enough it will become lighter
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Overwhelm
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? #1
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Awake
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How do you decide where to start

Elizabeth Ballantyne
(soon)
(Twitter-phobic)
Bay area

a) "There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost." --Martha Graham

b) Not enough connection.

c) Love. Kindness. Truth. Clean air and water.

d) Kiva

e) Ammachi--compassion
B.K.S. Iyengar--fierce
my husband--solid

f) I don't drink.

g) Connection, acceptance, awareness, action, freedom, vitality.

h) The particularities vary by person, but in general, I help people uncover who they really are and live their truth.

i) Current: somatic psychotherapist intern. Intended: psychotherapist, group facilitator, teacher, writer + some online mojo (ebooks and/or courses).

j) I used to believe that I didn't matter. Silly and sad.

k) Overwhelm, for sure. Too many thoughts and feelings happening all at once, which prevents me from acting and leaves me feeling...well, stuck. The FSS will provide me with structure and direction, like a riverbank to my internal flow, you know what I mean?

l) I pretty much always start at the beginning of books, so: Session 1: The Burning Questions.

m) Happiness.

n) What do you do when you feel overwhelmed?

Your Name: Colette Gabriel
Website: http://www.unconventionalabundance.com
Twitter: colettegabriel
Location: Chicago, IL

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
-Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way or another

b) What's wrong with the world?
Nothing that can’t be solved by people taking personal responsibility for themselves and being willing to lend a hand to others.

c) What does the world need more of?
Art, beauty, peace

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Facebook

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My mother, Sue – courageous
Chris Guillebeau – adventurous
Tim Ferriss – unconventional

f) What's your cocktail line?
Increasing creativity through discipline

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A rigorous program to help people get disciplined in creating what they want

h) What problem do you solve for people?
There are many many ideas on how to better focus and cut out distractions – I am bringing the best into a coherent easy-to-follow program

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I have a newborn baby blog I intend to focus on, using ideas I generate there to turn into the aforementioned creativity through discipline program

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I was stuck in an office job because I was too scared to be a risk taker

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My biggest obstacle is that I am a detail person, rather than a big idea person. It seems like I’ve been stuck for quite awhile at product inception, no knowing what to create.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The one about finding and focusing on true strengths / passions

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Freedom

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How can I learn to think in big picture terms as an entrepreneur, when I’ve been a detail-oriented employee?

Your Name: Elizabeth Kempkes
Website: n/a
Twitter: n/a
Location: Kent, WA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish." - Laurie Olson Williams

b) What's wrong with the world?
Fear vs. Hope

c) What does the world need more of?
Hope! And compassion.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
DIY hamster burial kits.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My best friend Pamela - Determination
Julia Cameron - Inspiration
Lauren Bacon & Emire Mears - Ambition

f) What's your cocktail line?
I don't have a line. Just enthusiasm.
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g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
My various businesses will each bring something different. Compassionate touch, self-expression, and clothes for fat girls!

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I want to help women feel good about their bodies!

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Private massage practice, plus size clothing biz, craft biz.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe that happiness would have to wait until the rest of my life was sorted out and "ready" for it.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My biggest obstacle currently are my self-limiting beliefs. I think The FSS will help move away from mere survival and help me thrive.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
SESSION 11: Money: More is More. Plenty is Enough.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Happiness.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What does it feel like for you when you get a bit "YES!" from your gut? Do you always listen?

Your Name: Jiveny Blair-West
Website: http://www.jiveny.wordpress.com
Twitter: JivenyBlairWest
Location: Australia

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Enjoy Everything. Need Nothing" - Neale Donald Walsche

b) What's wrong with the world?
The world is perfect as it is, though at times that can be a hard thing to appreciate. Sure there are things i would like to change about the world...perhaps the best thing that we could to do kick-start global evolution is to create better visibility in business industries so that consumers and employees, managers and company stakeholders alike, would be armed with the knowledge to make better choices and use their influence for the good of society.

c) What does the world need more of?
Honest leaders and people of power.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
The iPhone haha.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Paulo Coelho – inspiring
Regina Spektor – fun
Karin Dreijer Andersson - truth

f) What's your cocktail line?
“I explore, I write, I create, but over all I’m just here to have a good time.”

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Insight, inspiration, freedom, love of self.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Their lack of trust in themselves.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current: I work in the advertising industry as a copywriter and I make couture Jewellery on the side out of natural found objects like shells and feathers.

Intended: My passion is writing and I wish to share the wisdom of the collective consciousness through creative storytelling. I also desire to run workshops and spread the love and light through speaking and hands-on teaching.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That ‘normal’ is worth striving for. While normal can help a kid fit in a school without being picked on (the root of this thinking), normal is not natural and will never result in greatness as I am sure you would agree.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Choosing where to focus my energy, defining my business identity and creating a brand voice that reflects me authentically.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Module 1, Session two – past purge…I think it is so SO important to let go of any unwanted baggage before embarking on a new adventure and I look forward to what you have to say on the subject!

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
JOY

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do I start ?

Rebecca Stees
http://artyowza.com/
http://twitter.com/artyowza
Alameda, CA

a) Surprise yourself.
b) The world is. I can change my perspective.
c) Bold Creative Fun
d) Silly Bandz / Glympse
e) Aaron Sorkin (inventive) Maira Kalman (surprising) Bill Murray (witty)
f) What can I do for you?
g) Creative Thinking and Freedom Structures
h) Access to Joy
i) Camps, Classes and Parties + new daring innovations
j) Join the club. Now I make the party.
k) Collaborations
l) I’ll roll the I Ching.
m) Impact
n) When do you want to play with me?

Your Name: Macky Chuca
Website: http://www.mostros.info
http://www.etsy.com/shop/moonandlion
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/moonandlion
Location: Palma de Mallorca

Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“Submissive to everything, open, listening. Be in love with yr life” The typo is Kerouac’s own, not mine.

b) What's wrong with the world?
Too much selfishness, and a belief that you’re supposed to live you life according to what they expect from you.

c) What does the world need more of?
Passion and nonconformity.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Google

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My grandmother China – strength
My friend Lara – reinvention
Renu Li – womanhood

f) What's your cocktail line?
I’m a rock singer who writes.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Joy and motivation.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
They say I’m giving them answers, but what I do is making them ask their own questions.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current: a steady/confortable/safe/draining-the-hell-out-of-me job I already left 2 days ago. Intended: my art, my music, my writing. See? I have a renaissance mentality.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That people cannot change.
That you should fear change.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I have only a little, very intuitive marketing notion, and no preparation at all, so I really hope The FSS will make me help discover what I can be better at, among the things I’m already great at! And to gain some more self-trust in order to make yet another big leap.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I’m torn between Session 4 and Session 3. You see, I believe books, words, can change your life. But I’m also a reader who likes to savour books, so I’ll probably start at the beginning.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Freedom.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How to unburden myself from the notion that one cannot make money while “fighting the good fight”. I believe you’re reconciling one or two things in that realm, that’s why I’m here.

a) 'Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it.Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either.
White hot and passionate is the only thing to be'-Roald Dahl 'My Uncle Oswald'
b)Lack of imagination, courage and kindness. Mediocrity to often pushed as the only viable life choice.
c)Kindness, for ourselves, each other and the world.
Gentleness, it is not the same as weakness and is too often mistaken as such.
Time, give youth a chance to work out for itself what to do, given enough time we all make the right decision.
d)speech recognition software.
e)Richard Branson: innovation
James Hogg:strength
Stephen King: prolific
f)Be sure to stop at two, lest your ideas sound like drivel.
g) a voice for learning disabled writers and artists
h)I listen, without judgement and love,always.
i)current
I work as a housekeeper part-time and write and run a blog the other time.
intended: have my writing published and run writing workshops for learning disabled students.
j) That my dyslexia was a giant cosmic joke when I love writing. It's not a joke but a gift of epic proportions.
k) Where to focus now that I have begun, without selling out my morals.
l) Session 11, Money: More is More. Plenty is Enough
m) Happiness.
n)How do you remain inspired?

Your Name: Heike van Zyl
Website: not yet ready
Twitter: @HeikevZ
Location: Pretoria, South Africa

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. “You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.” Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

b) What's wrong with the world? Too little tolerance

c) What does the world need more of? … Tolerance and understanding of other cultures

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Google

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. Nelson Mandela for his forgiveness, Princess Diana for her grace, my kids for their unconditional love

f) What's your cocktail line? First impressions count

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Helping people manage their first impressions and personal brand when applying for jobs by improving their CV’s/résumés

h) What problem do you solve for people? Help them get to interview stage

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Current: full-time job. Future: selling e-book and re-doing CV’s/résumés for a fair fee

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? To be successful, you must have a good job.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Getting started and surviving the dips.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? SESSION 8: It’s All Self-Promotion, Baby (This is difficult for me, an introvert)

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Being happy doing what you love.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How did you come up with your idea?

Your Name: Antonia Macukat
Website: in development
Twitter: hippiecosmique
Location: Rijeka, Croatia

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Truth is what sounds right.
Beauty is what feels right.
Beware of symmetry."
Paul Williams
b) What's wrong with the world?
Most people is what's wrong with the world.
c) What does the world need more of?
Rest & enjoying the now & reconnecting with what's true for us
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
I like inspired businesses, such as yours, Everett Bogue's, Gala Darling's. Identity & clear message is what turns me on.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Antero Alli - superhuman
my friend Marta - gorgeousgenius
Gala Darling - ultrainspiring
f) What's your cocktail line?
I wasn't aware of needing one. Where I live, people just don't do cocktails. ;)
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Hopefuly it'll inspire people to do what they love no matter how ridiculous (other people think) it is and it will help them enhance their creativity while constructing the self.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
I help them organize their lives in creative & tailor-made ways.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
My intended revenue streams are photography and (very modern) astrology. My current revenue stream is teaching english in private & astro-consulting in beta stage.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe in the system (as in go to school, get a degree, find a job, die).
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Finding courage to express myself fully and everything, really. That's why I want the FSS - it seems like an ultimate biz guide and I truly admire your style.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session One. I really like to savour everything from the beginning.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Success = Self-confidence
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Do you ever get scared of anything and what?

Your Name: Rebecca Carney
Website: rebeccacarney.com
Twitter: n/a
Location: Brooklyn, NY

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"...quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention." -Julia Cameron

b) What's wrong with the world?
Trying to change others before oneself.

c) What does the world need more of?
Awareness.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Lifebooker.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Ruth Barron: Love
Anne Davin: Dedication
Alice McCarney: Energy

f) What's your cocktail line?
What do you not want me to know about you?

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Appreciation of nature.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
"I want something beautiful."

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Graphic design and yoga.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Dieting.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you
turn it to ashes?
Disbelief it is possible for me, now.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 8

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Freedom.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you direct someone with a fear of direction?

Name: Tanya Monteiro
Website: http://www.survivingorthrivingnow.com
Twitter: tanyamonteiro
Location: London

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life?
"I don't think of work as work and play as play, to me its all living", Richard Branson
b) What's wrong with the world?
I prefer to focus, enhance, work on and cultivate what's right with the world.
c) What does the world need more of?
People living on purpose with meaning in their lives
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Etsy
e) name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Oprah Winfrey - Determined
Joanne Wilson - Successful
Mandela - Compassionate
f) What's your cocktail line?
What's your passion?
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Options. The ability to share meaningful global gifts and how anyone can choose to Thrive after adversity.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
Breaking the silence on sexual abuse. Giving them the freedom to talk about it and share.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
2011 - £29,000
2012 - £65,000
Increase by 15% annually
j) What did you used to beleive that you now think is silly?
It's always going to be a problem for me
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will the FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I've not run a busines before nor do I know, first hand allot of people who've run successful businesses. The FSS will help with steps to apply and exposure to people actually doing it for real, not in a corporation.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
How to stand in your present power.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Power
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Am I crazy to re-morgage my flat for my business to kick off?

Danielle's Birthday: May 25th
Danielle never went to University (and neither did I, yahooooo)
The world Domination is happening in Portland June 4,5 2011

Thank for the opportunity to participate, really appreciate all that you do in the world!!
tanya

Your Name: Amanda Lipnack
Website: http://aloft.typepad.com
Twitter: amandalipnack
Location:Philadelphia, PA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life: And, in the end, the love you take/ Is equal to the love you make
b) What's wrong with the world? We seem to have forgotten that we're all in this together.
c) What does the world need more of? Understanding
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Facebook - I love the connections that it brings
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
my dad: tenacity
albert einstein: brilliance
dar williams : joy
f) What's your cocktail line? love and support makes anything possible
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? a way for people to live their dreams
h) What problem do you solve for people? getting over the self-confidence hurdle
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? one on one coaching, retreats and workshops
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? that if I disappeared no one would notice
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? I struggle with self-promotion and streamlining my business plan. The FSS puts that all to rest!
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? Integrity Branding
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? joy!
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How did you jump into your first big business adventure?

Your Name: Alyson Earl
Website: http://www.alysonearl.com
Twitter: @AlysonEarl
Location: Pennsylvania

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw
b) What's wrong with the world?
The exact same things that are wrong with me.
c) What does the world need more of?
Self-awareness
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Twitter
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Seth Godin - prescient
Martha Beck - insightful
Chris Guillebeau - courageous
f) What's your cocktail line?
Hi. My name is Alyson.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Courage to live authentically.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
I give them the inspiration and permission to break out of their boxes.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Writing, Coaching, Speaking
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Trickle-down economics works
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Converting big ideas to nitty-gritty details. The FSS is full of great ideas for implementation.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Module 3, Session 8: It's All Self Promotion, Baby
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Connected
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What is most frustrating to you when working in one-on-one sessions?

Your Name: Audrey Shallow
Website: My website
Twitter: Not yet!
Location: Cork, Ireland
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“To thine own self be true” - Shakespeare
b) What's wrong with the world?
Nothing’s wrong with the world. We who live here just need to slow down and remember a lot of simple things that are all based in the heart.
c) What does the world need more of?
More connection to the heart. More people practicing living courageously from the heart, seeing from the heart, speaking and living from the heart, and in doing so inspiring others to do the same.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
There isn’t one actually, although I’m inspired by and appreciate plenty!
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
1. Gabrielle Roth - Pioneering, 2. Kelly Rae Roberts - Courage 3. HH the Dalai Lama - Compassion
f) What's your cocktail line?
This is an endless work in progress! (Hoping FSS will see this birthed ☺)
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
It currently brings beauty, love and light into the world by providing a means for people to uplift, inspire and connect with each other through meaningful gift-giving. It will fundamentally be about creativity, the heart and inspiration.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
I create simple yet beautiful gifts that communicate from the heart and bestow a personal wish on the receiver. They allow people to create a gift that’s uniquely theirs to gift for any occasion from the birth or Christening of a Baby, to Wedding & Engagments gifts that are lifelong keepsakes. More recently I have been requested to make Baby Remembrance gifts, which whilst very sad, it also very heart-touching and rewarding as I’m told these gifts matter and are hard to find.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current: Sales of my handcrafted personalised gifts for Life’s Milestones. Intended: To expand my product range and offering that allows me to reach more people and with more ease, more creativity, to share more inspiration.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I had to ignore my own feelings to keep other people, as I perceived it, ‘happy’!
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Fear in it’s many guises. The FSS will help me to blast through the blocks that I’ve been allowing to hold me back, whilst more importantly reconnecting me with a sense of vision, passion, and purpose that I have become distant from in recent times.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I’d like to start from the beginning, though know I’ll probably jump to ‘Fear and Other Tough Stuff’ as it’s relevant right now, and then back to Sessions 3 and 4 to get reconnected to my whys.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Freedom
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What’s your best advice for a creative person to get and stay organized and moving on all fronts, whilst remaining motivated, passionate, and focused?

Your Name:Annette Stokes
Website:Alifeafterloss.blogspot.com
Twitter:
Location:Jackson TWP, Ohio USA

a) Life is short, have fun!

b) Too much greed!

c) Love and kindness.

d) Velcro

e) My mon-kindness
My grandmother-determination
The Dalai Lama-peace

f) Don't really have one anymore. I guess I would just say hello.

g) Beautiful things, some new and some repurposed for people to wear and enjoy. I am helping to keep unused items out of landfills by creating treasure from trash.

h) I supply them with unique one of a kind items that they can't buy from anyone else.

i) I sell advertising and work at a small store on the weekends.

j) Money will make you happy.

k) Myself---I get so bogged down I lose focus. I think that with the FSS I can have a plan to bring it all together and stay on track.

l) Module one-session three.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Happiness. I think success can equal happiness if you let it.

n) Do you have any advice on how I can live my dream and financially support my family at the same time?

a) "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
- George S. Patton.
b) There is a lack of true engagement in life
c) Forward motion
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
e) Liz Lambert - "The Last Days of the Hotel San Jose"
Heather Armstrong - Honesty
Mike Sorrentino - Self-promotion
f) A question, people love to talk about themselves. Listen 1st, talk 2nd. If your "cocktail line" relates to their experience it's more likely to be remembered.
g) Social Frivolity breeding Social Responsibility.
h) No need to feel guilty for indulging, let me make sure your extravagance makes a difference.
i) Resourcefulness and on hand capital. As little debt as possible.
j) Education is the antecedent for success.
k) Feeling guilty for being confident and successful. FSS is intolerant of such ridiculousness - I'm ready to see that kind of dark thinking gone.
l) Chapter one because of what Jennifer Louden said about it
m) Passion
n) Can the kind of panache that leads to true success be developed or is it innate?

Your Name: Deanna Gibbons
Website: http://www.greenwoodblogdesign.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deegibbons
Location: Greenwood Village, Colorado

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. - Albert Einstein

b) What's wrong with the world?
People are not taking personal responsibility for themselves.

c) What does the world need more of?
The world needs more creative, free thinkers acting on their ideas.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Microloans like Kiva offers. A great way to help others achieve their dreams.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Oprah - powerful
Einstein - brilliant
Mother Theresa - selfless

f) What's your cocktail line?
Building buzz about your business through blogs

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
My business gets small businesses on the web but still connecting with their customers locally.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Staying connected to local customers by having a website/blog.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
current revenue - freelance design business that is slow going
intended revenue - multiple streams ebooks, business starter packages

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That you should only look at the good in all people. I used to believe it but several times in my life have proved otherwise. You have to see them for their flaws in order to better interact and help them.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I don't have the passion for the work, but I believe it's my day job that is killing in. I need to get it back.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 2 - Rooting Into Your Present

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Freedom

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you keep the passion for what you do going when you are burnt out?

Name: Jennifer Hallissy
Website: http://www.thewritestart.typepad.com
Twitter: otjenh
Location: Port Washington, NY

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard

b) What's wrong with the world?

Rampant unrealized potential.

c) What does the world need more of?

Love, sweet love.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?

Etsy.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.

J.K. Rowling – determination
Julia Cameron – motivation
my husband - confidence

f) What's your cocktail line?

I believe that every child has a story to tell, and it’s my job to help them get it down in writing.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?

I am leading a writing revival, starting with the littlest of people (who often have the BIGGEST of ideas).

h) What problem do you solve for people?

Many parents want to support their young writers, but don't know where to start. The Write Start points the way, providing simple, no-fuss, intuitive solutions for parents who understand that a love of writing, learned right from the start, lasts a lifetime.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?

I have a book, The Write Start, being released Dec. 28, 2010. I would like to attract more freelance writing gigs, develop writing-related products, and provide courses, consultation, and content for people interested in raising writers.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?

I used to believe that, when writing, you had to start at the beginning. I now know the beginning often writes itself at the end.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?

FEAR. The FSS seems jam-packed with mojo motivation, and I think mojo may be the anti-fear.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?

I want to read the first chapter first, and ride the wave that is FSS.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?

Happiness.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?

If you were starting all over again, what would you do differently?

Thank you, Danielle. These questions gave me a jump start already. Good luck to all the other inspiring applicants!

I left this out
d) Yoga studios

Your Name: Patricia Michel
Website: http://www.LivingfromEssence.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/PatriciaMichel
Location: Milford, New Jersey, USA

a) “Remembering who we are is the most important thing we can do on the path of Conscious Living. It means that our attention and belief are no longer up for grabs. It means that we have accepted the responsibility of our joy and our power, and are no longer willing to squander ourselves in reaction and contradiction” - Philip Golabuk

b) Nothing
c) Consciousness / Enjoyment
d) Glamping
e) Merlin - magic / Rima Staines - otherWISE / Lester Matey - joy
f) Harnessing power and possibility through authentic living
g) Clear Space
h) Connection to Self
i) Individual clients / Groups / Workshops. Future: yet unknown
j) That the future was bleak
k) Overwhelm. I want to hear a clear voice - other than the one in my head!
l) First one, I am thorough
m) Freedom
n) How do I shape what I’ve got and make it vibrantly real?

PL Vevea
no website
no twitter
Western Slope, CO

a) "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt

b) Too much fear

c) Generosity

d) Any free city bike exchange program, or Kickstarter, it's a toss up.

e) Buckminster Fuller--Visionary. Pema Chodron--Compassion. My mom--Fearless!

f) FSS, I need you!!

g) Path to financial independence to small family owned cocoa farms, and awesome chocolate to you.

h) Pretty much same as above: Independence for indigenous cocoa farmers, and delicious cruelty free single source chocolate for you.

i) Current revenue: I design colors for architectural firms, I train people to teach aerial skills to at risk women and children to help build self esteem. Future: Chocolate + Self Esteem skills.

j) That Ayn Rand was a good writer.

k) How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet.

l) Your Virtual Real Estate

m) share

n) It's easier to take care of others than it is to take care of myself. How do I balance this out so that everyone benefits more?

Thanks for reading.

Name: Jessica
Location: Vermont

1. Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“Genuine art tells the truth” -Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

2. What's wrong with the world?
Ignorance.

3. What does the world need more of?
Attention.

4. What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Community-Supported Agriculture.

5. Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Passion=Rumi
Persistence=J.K. Rowling
Perspective=the Dali Lama

6. What's your cocktail line?
I’m trained as a conservation biologist, and artist, and an educator; but what I really do is rekindle a sense of childlike awe for the natural world in people.

7. What does/will your business bring to the world?
My business will illuminate scientific discoveries for people by translating dry, disconnected, technical papers into engaging stories.

8. What problem do you solve for people?
Right now, scientific literature is the only venue for reporting discoveries about the world we live in, and these papers are largely inaccessible to non-scientists because of the way they’re written. The content, though, has the power to truly change the way people see themselves and their place in the universe. It just needs to be freed from its trantional genre. I can do this.

9. What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I’ve been shedding possessions and making some money from them. I also have a regular, full-time job that supports me, for now. I’m still unclear about how exactly I’ll monetize my business idea, and that’s a big part of what I’m hoping to get from The FSS.

10. What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That all you need is love. It’s important, but love isn’t all you need.

11. What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Self-promotion. I’m not afraid of it, but I’m lacking the know-how I expect to get from The FSS.

12. What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I intend to start at the beginning, but I’m especially looking forward to Session 7.

13. For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Purpose.

14. What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you maintain brand and innovation simultaneously?

Traditional, not tranitional, obviously.
And Dalai Lama--I do know this--so embarassing.

Your Name: Gail Blesch
Website: http://www.moreyourself.com and http://www.mynameismom.com
Twitter:gailblesch
Location: Vancouver

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
There is always a third option, even if you haven't seen it yet.

b) What's wrong with the world?
A short-view insistence on band-aids and pain-killers rather than addressing the deeper need to heal a mind set that would intentionally neglect the long-view.

c) What does the world need more of?
Less clamoring, more clarity.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
It might just be your approach to marketing the FSS.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My daughter - present
Cesar Milan - centered
Pix Riddle - compassionate

f) What's your cocktail line?
May I have another? (Just kidding - sort of) Tell me more about what steals your attention from whatever you're 'supposed' to be doing.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A collective sigh of relief as people recognize their unique value, take up their place and share their gifts, rather than continue to struggle and suffer through a bad fit. For every need in the world there is someone uniquely suited to fulfill it and my work brings them together.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Resolve the irritation and discomfort of a bad fit between a person's strengths and the work they do.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
- consulting fees
- e-course sales

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I had time to do it all and that I could manage without support.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Coming out of the closet with my work in a measurable, meaningful way so that I can get it into the hands of the people who need it most.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The first one. I love beginnings.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Love

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What are the best indicators that it is time to walk away as opposed to persevere or implement core changes?

Rachael Maddox
http://rachmadlove.blogspot.com/
@rachaelmaddox
Washington, DC, USA

a) "Your silence will not protect you." -Audre Lorde

b) A lack of awareness, which creates a lack of motivation to innovate for a better world or to enjoy what already is; these are our deepest problems.

c) The world needs people who have come alive! Alive with awareness, compassion, action and joy.

d) Couchsurfing.org: Fostering trust in the unknown and cultural exchange, free of cost to travelers world-wide. Brilliant.

e) I admire Jen Lemen for her VOICE, my partner Brian for his ACTIVISM, and Joni Mitchell for her RAWNESS.

f) I'm Rachael Maddox, founder of Small is Beautiful Arts Collective. You can find me hosting monthly Arts Festivals, conspiring daring individuals, and organizing for a creative revolution.

g) My business fosters a movement of radical love, respect, and resource collaboration that teaches artists they don't have to be starving or in it alone. A currency of community, friends. It's golden.

h) I show people their own power by engaging them in a community that needs it, then showering them with gratitude for what they offer.

i) I host Art Festivals with a cover charge and collect donations for booze. It's worked for the current scale of operations, but we're ready to streamline bigger bucks that aren't as dependent on alcoholic consumption!

j) I used to believe that in order to get help with my dreams, I had to compromise my vision. Oh, how wrong I was!

k) Collaboration creates challenges. Knowing when to decentralize and when to hold on to the thrown is my biggest one. The FSS will foster clarity of my vision, my strengths and my weaknesses--letting me know when to give it up and when to hold on tight.

l) Session 14: Supporting Characters. Because I'm not interested in being a Renaissance woman. I want conscious partnerships that let this baby thrive.

m) Success=FLOW

n) Danielle--How would you suggest my business could generate more money, without creating an elitist reality that excludes people who have less money?

Your Name: Catherine McCarthy
Website: http://www.CiaoCatherine.com
Twitter: @ciaocatherine
Location: Washington, DC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“Don’t let nobody take care of your business better than you do.” – James Brown

b) What's wrong with the world?
Excess of artificial and misplaced desire: this breeds sadness, frustration, waste and greed.

c) What does the world need more of?
Knowing what we really want. I like to think meditation is the surefire way to access this.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Netflix.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Nubby Twiglet. Cohesive.
Grace Coddington. Visionary.
Wanda Jackson. Indominatable.

f) What's your cocktail line?
I help clients convey in their messaging what they need, so they get what they want.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Clearer messages: fewer smoke screens, more ideas spreading like wild fire.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I help them step outside their own head for a paradigm shift that makes their message clear, concise and desirable.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I freelance as a copyeditor and music journalist. I used to work in non profit communications. I want to build my clientele into a diverse but cohesive base of individuals I really click with.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
There is only so much good in the world, i.e., if something good happens for me, surely it will be followed by equal or greater strife and sorrow. What a backwards way to live a life.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I need to whittle down my interests to the core of what I'm meant to do. The strategies outlined in FSS have helped so many people do just that, and it shows!

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The Strategy of Desire.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Innovation.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do I narrow it all down to what I'm truly meant to do?

Tessa Zeng
Website: http://rethinkingstyle.com
Portfolio in-progress: http://tessazeng.com
@teezeng
Providence, Rhode Island

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Creativity is the supreme freedom. It is a freedom that requires discipline and rules, yet it is boundless for the person who taps into it.” – Anna Deavere Smith

b) What's wrong with the world?
We are constantly told What to think and How to live, instead of guided to think and thrive in our own rights.

c) What does the world need more of?
A combination of direct telling and the unusual re-imagining of truth, to fully empower the worlds both inside of & around us.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Pilobolus Dance Company- how they extend their brilliance to work with corporations and organizations worldwide in movement choreography and innovation. BAM.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Danielle LaPorte- Presence
Chris Guillebeau- Genuinerosity.
Andrew McMahon- Drive.

f) What's your cocktail line?
I want to inspire people to think independently, hone their own radical visions, and inspire others in turn.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Lightning bolts of creativity fused with rad social philosophy.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I help them break down the barriers between passive living and creative engagement. I aim to immerse people in thought-provoking experiences, through divining connections from the intuitive to the intellectual to the visual and back again.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Website, e-books/products, independent fashion line, multidisciplinary collaborative productions, consulting, freelance writing, books (novels, nonfiction, poetry & a combination of all three). All very much intended for near future (I'm 19 and graduating design school in two years).

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I had to work under someone else for years before branching out on my own. Um, this girl's vision can't wait!

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Lack of detail orientation. I'm practical, but so much of a top-down, big-picture thinker that I need clear guidance on how to make it all happen! And this inexperienced art student sorely needs some business advice.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Session 12 on Fear + Other Tough Stuff! I'm a passionate nut with a tender shell (who also rarely reads sequentially.)

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Alive-lihood.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What's a first step I can take towards achieving financial independence?

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Love what you've done here, Danielle. Even without a prize, just the process of answering these questions is a conduit of revelations!

As my favorite band says, “I can tell as you turn, I smell the sulfur so clear- and fire’s a beautiful sound.” New beginnings are already crackling.

Your Name: Martha Latta
Website: http://www.sundayafternoonhousewife.com
Twitter: sundyaftrnoonhw
Location:Indianapolis, IN

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. "I would rather regret the things I have done, than the things I have not." Lucille Ball

b) What's wrong with the world? People have lost touch with the Earth. Few know how to live off the land, to grow their own food, or what it means to travel without using fossil fuels. When you loose touch of the things that gives you life, you don't respect life anymore at all.

c) What does the world need more of? The world needs more victory gardens, farm animals, bicycles, hand-me-down clothes, upcycled beauty, pause-and-reflect time, silence, and spayed and neutered dogs and cats.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
I wish I had thought of cell phones that were like personal computers in the palm of the hand.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My 6th and 7th grade Humanities teacher, Mrs. Berry: Inspiring
Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching: Entrepreneurial
Ann Reifel, a previous college professor: Encouraging

f) What's your cocktail line?
I don't need a line. I need vodka, club soda, and a lime.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? It makes people happy to watch people pick out a piece of my jewelry that means something to them personally. It makes me happy that people read my blog and feel informed. I want to bring people the same: happiness and useful information.

h) What problem do you solve for people? I am really good at listening. That may not seem like a problem, but people like to have someone to talk to that really listens and doesn't butt in or tell them what to do. I am honored to listen when people need someone to talk to who truly cares about what they have to say.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? My only intent is that I can make enough money working for myself so that I can support myself and my husband while he works on his Ph.D. I really don't want to go back to working for other people who treat my time like a resource they can exploit at their will.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? Disney. Nothing in life is as perfect as the world of Disney leads a child to believe.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? My biggest obstacle is that I do have to spend time working for others which means I can not devote all my time to working for myself. I hope that The FSS will give me the tools to do what it says, to help me, "combine passion with pragmatism, to get to fulfillment and cash."

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I would first read "Your True Strengths + The Metrics of Ease" because I do need to get better at what I am best at!

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Happiness.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? I would want to know, if you knew my business well, where you think I should focus my time: on making product, on blogging, or on creating more e-courses.

Your Name: Hannah Mayo
Website: hannahmayophotography.com
Twitter: @hmayophoto
Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. -- "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Gil Bailie
b) What's wrong with the world? -- Most people have forgotten how to listen to their hearts.
c) What does the world need more of? -- Love, passion, and real beauty.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? -- Online handmade marketplaces such as Etsy.com
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. -- My mom: Strong. Denise: Passionate. Sarah: Free-spirited.
f) What's your cocktail line? -- I capture authenticity and convey stories.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? -- Beauty, captured and shared. Specifically the beauty of love. I believe that love and true beauty have the power to change the world.
h) What problem do you solve for people? -- The need for photography that is real and artful.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? -- Wedding and family photography, sale of fine art photography, and (intended) writing.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? -- That is was impractical to pursue a career as a working artist.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? -- Marketing. I believe that The FSS will help me by helping to solidify my vision and brand and convey it strongly to my market.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? -- "The Burning Questions", because I plan on eating it up from "cover to cover".
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? -- Independence.
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? -- What is the key to making it in a crowded and competitive industry such as photography?

Jeremy Peesker
ThePeacemaker.ca
Twitter: Be_In_Bliss
Calgary, AB

a) The universe has a purpose - the fullfillment of human creativity and happiness. Deepak Chopra

b) There is a surplus in materialism, and a defficiency of consiousness. The average person spends too much time consuming both 'things' and media, and not enough time in quiet contemplation, and actively working on the creative ideas that emerge from spending time there. Let's give more attention, affection, and appreciation to ourselves, and each other.

c) The world needs people to spend more time communicating and discussing real issues and creative ideas, rather than "typical", "shallow" conversation, or worse "lack of" connection. It also needs individuals to get to know themselves better and love themselves more.

d) Selling Books Online and making suggestions based on your buying/browsing history. Thanks for Amazon Mr. Bezos.

e) Usain Bolt - Efficiency
Deepak Chopra - Insight
Martin Luther King Jr. - Captivating

f) Dip your toe in the pool of silence and discover a new world

g) 1) Get people meditating, and being comfortable in silence

2) Unleash the creativity locked inside the individuals within a select group of corporations.

3) Reduce Stress levels while improving relationships and communication between colleagues

h) Destress the minds within an organization and unleash the individual and collective creativity.

i) In this venture I will ask for a monthly retainer from companies to "Be" their internal meditation consultant. Additional revenue will be from employees that become interested enough to take a full training course. For the public, I also run weekend workshops quarterly.

j) That a fullfilling relationship is about being "in love." ("In love" in the sense of mutual attraction)

k) That I need to be x, before pursuing y, and accomplishing z

l) Session 3

m) Freedom

n) Multi - tasking multiple projects, while executing them all well?

Ridlon Kiphart
http://www.live-adventurously.com
liveadventurous
the World, really

a) adventure is a way of being and thinking that ultimately manifests itself as a way of doing and living ~ me

b) too many people are not realizing their greatness

c) adventure in their life, marriage, relationships, business and communities

d) Kiva

e) Bono, compassion; Jacques Cousteau, vision; Helen Keller, badassness

f) Don't have one

g) a way to enrich life by applying the Eleven Principles of Adventure to everyday life

h) I don't like my life/I'm not doing what I'm here to do/I'm disconnected/I'm incongruous with my purpose/My job sucks

i) Book, diving adventures, sponsorships

j) I used to think I was sooooo cool

k) implementation

l) I want to read every page

m) freedom

n) What are the 3 things I'm not doing right now in my business that would make the greatest impact on me reaching my goals.

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right. Henry Ford
b) What's wrong with the world?
I think we need to be more social ‘acting’ to help the world survive.
c) What does the world need more of?
Love, of course!
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
PET ROCK, what a classic!
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Martha Stewart- BALLSY
Dalai Lama-HAPPY
Bill Clinton-CHARISMATIC
f) What's your cocktail line?
At my core I am the source of enthusiasm – I motivate and inspire people to be their very best. I encourage the faltering spirit and cajole the professional. To me presentation is everything, can I have another olive?
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
My business will bring confidence to the world through my ability to present and inspire. I want to empower women (and brave men) to find their power and enthusiasm for life.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
Honestly. I am still working out that detail. I could make something up but it would sound like a beauty contestant answer.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Intended revenue streams would be speaking engagements, book and a really cool product.
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That there are “RULES” that should be followed, but I’ve learned that there really are no rules.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
FEAR and how will I actually make money by using my passion and talents.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The first one, I don’t want to miss a spark!
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
SUCCESS=WINNING
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Should I quit my day job before I really get things nailed down and started in my new business?

Name: Nichola Bendall
Website: bendalltherules.com
Twitter: Nope
Location: UK

a. I hate to love like other people.
I hate to write like other people.
I wish my mouth were a church and my letters were bells.

b. That we have to leave it

c. Harmony

d. LiveAid

e. Nabakov - talent. Joan of Arc - bravery. Gandhi - chutzpah.

f. Hi I'm Nichola. Wordsmith, rule-bender, paradigm-poker. Let's bendall your rules!

g. Inspiration and hilarity. Zest. Debate and Joy.

h. Fear

i. Words

j. Daleks

k. Focus... oooh, look: a pretty butterfly...

l . Past Purge

m. Flourishing

n. Tell me, Ms LaPorte: when you're wearin' your thin-skin, how d'ya keep the world at bay?

Your Name: Tara Comer
Website: http://www.trikulacoaching.com
http://www.offthematadventures.com
Twitter: Tri Kula (TRI - for yoga -mind, body and spirit and for triathlon and KULA - is the sanskrit word for community)
Location: Rhode Island, US

a) "As we let our life shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence actually liberates others"

b) Too many people are living in their stories- in their drama- in compulsive thinking, which prevents them from connecting to their true essence/purpose and to the people and world around them. They are not living from place of inner peace and outer compassion which would lead them honor and live from their connection to everyone and everything.

c) (free) outdoor music festivals -connection to nature, people, music, fun and laughter

d) Wanderlust Yoga and Music Festival or Iconoclasts

e). 1.Dr. Paul Farmer - Altruism

2. Aimme Mullins - Grace

3. Luma Muffleh - Dedication

f) After taking a sip of red wine or a swill of beer, I think to myself "Sh*t, I wish I had a copy of the FSS so I could have a kick ass cocktail line"

g) Making miles and time on the mat meaningful. Yoga and endurance coaching practices that awaken the connection between Body - Breath- Inner Peace - Outer Purpose - Contribution and Connection.

h) Helping yoga students and triathletes discover their untapped potential. Endurance coaching that seeks to create a balance of speed and spirit in the athlete, channeling physical and mental energies into effortless performance. Yoga classes/workshops that create a sacred space of community and connection - awakening the grace and power that comes from linking movement with breath.

i) yoga classes, workshops, coaching athletes. I'd like to add - Costa Rica yoga retreat, private yoga sessions, triathlon race visualization audios, coaching a tri team and collaborating with other visionaries on yoga, triathlon, and wellness workshops/projects. To be part of or create something big and fun like the Wanderlust Festival.

j) Superstitions ie; Lucky numbers, knocking on wood, etc. It is the energy and intention behind the action that will help things manifest not superstitions actions or luck.

k) Identity and Branding - Clarity around why students and athletes would choose me over the 1000s of other yoga teachers and tri coaches.

l) SESSION 3: Your True Strengths + The Metrics of Ease

m) Abundance

n) I have some great ideas and visions for my business but lack the budget for all of them. How can I find the money to invest in things that will take me to the next level ( ie; buying FSS to help me create a cocktail line, hiring a web designer to create a web presence that is authentically and powerfully me, hiring a VA to handle all the admin work so I can focus on teaching and coaching which is what I love to do)?

Thank you so much for this opportunity Danielle!! This exercise alone has been a fire starter meditation for me. I hope I can bring as much generosity, inspiration and fun into my vocation that you bring into yours.

Okay. Tec issues whilst submitting entries is not a good sign. i. above re income streams current and future should read:
Words. By mouth, website, e + print books + film scripts.
Thanks, and loving the generosity of the 7 gifters!
Nichola Bendall

Your Name: Todd Clarke
Website: http:\\fireundereverybutt.com
Twitter: toddaclarke
Location: Seattle, WA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Gonna help the people to find their G(enius) spot and operate with a smart-on to achieve more in life while blurring the lines between work and play.

b) What's wrong with the world?
Yearly performance reviews that address improving weaknesses, thus creating cultures of strong weaknesses versus passionate, outrageous results.

c) What does the world need more of?
A punk-rock, straight-ahead, let's get some giddie-up-in-our-butts-and-go approach to apply bold, new ways for achieving business and personal success.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Burning Man

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
John DeMartini: surreal. Captain Kirk: venturing. Micheal Jordan: soaring.

f) What's your cocktail line?
"How do you get, be, and stay LIT in whatever is most important for you?"

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
A rump-roasted dose of gusto in creating highly productive civilizations yielding remarkable results by operating with clarity, conviction, focus and verve.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Get clear, simplify everything and focus on what really, really matters.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Consulting, speaking, and informing via the net

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Fitting in.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Standing on a virtual mentor's shoulders to keep-on-keepin' on.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
True Strengths.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Simplicty.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What and where are your go-to's when you get mentally side-tracked?

Your Name: Whitney Staples
Location: Vancouver, Canada

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"A lot of people enjoy being dead, but they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. REACH out. Take a CHANCE. Get HURT even. But play as well as you can.[...] Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room." Maude, from 'Harold and Maude.'

b) What's wrong with the world?
Somewhere along the way we forgot that we were all once perfect, whole, beautiful, emotional little creatures, who found satisfaction in mashed pees and potential in a cardboard box.

c) What does the world need more of?
Hugs, high-fives, congrats, meaningful eye contact, and miniature ponies.

d) What's one great business idea you wished you thought of?
I just read applicant Liz Snyder of http://www.ieatreal.com's contest entry, and I think her idea is brilliant! I love it! (Shout out, Liz!)

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My Mother: spirit-in-the-face-of-exceptional-challenges
David Bowie: renegade-in-tight-pants
That lovely old bus driver man that drives the horrible Number 99: saintly

f) What's your cocktail line?
Hello there, I'm Whitney: Equestrian, Artist, Explorer. Head in the stars and feet in practical footwear. Currently a lady of elegant leisure, I have my degree in Tongue-in-Cheek and am certifiably sane. And you? You must be a wrestler?

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Goodness, passion, connection, beauty, satisfaction.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I am able to see straight through the lies that people tell themselves and call "BS!" (with tenderness.)

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current? Nada.
Intended? Smash-hit NYT best seller novel, equestrian coaching for fellow enthusiasts, sale of all my possessions on Ebay, sale of crafts on Etsy, high school PE instructor, supporting role in gorgeously controversial French film, lead set designer for vibrant theatre company, la la la...you get the gist.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That emotions need to be processed and managed, and that Logic and Reason trump all virtues.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Cash flow and fear (of incredible failure/unbelievable success.) I already know what can help with the Cash flow problem (it starts with an 'M', ends with "ployment"... ) and I'm confident that the FSS will give me some tools for coping with the F-word issues.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Chapter 1, baby!

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Simplicity.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Are you hiring?

Shawn Miller
http://www.unconventionalexistence.com (its up but its a work in progress)
shawnymiller
Van city baby

A. You are a much greater person than you ever dreamed or imagined yourself to be.

B. Nothing. I think it's just that the things we label wrong we don't understand. God surly has a bigger plan.

C. For people to stop asking themselves what the world needs and start asking themselves what makes them come alive because what the world needs are more people who are alive.

D. Facebook of course.

E. Danielle LaPorte-Inspiration
Wayne Dyer-Wisdom
Malcolm Gladwell-Clever

F. Tanqueray martini, dirty, extra cold, three olives.

G. Not too sure, something around people becoming the best expression of who they were made to be.

H. Not crystal clear on this one either, something around awakening people to their genius.

I. Coaching, speaking, book and info products.

J. That God send people to Hell. Silly boy.

K. Direction and clarity, enough said.

L. Chap One

M. Cowabunga!

N. How do you cultivate inspiration?

Your Name: Kelsey Joy 

Website: in the process/not live
Twitter: KelseyJoyG (this is a new account, so no tweets yet)

Location: Denver, CO

a) “To call an achieved work ‘good art’ and an unachieved work ‘bad art’, is like calling one color ‘good red’ and another ‘bad red’ when the second one is green.” Muriel Rukeyser from "Art Objects"

b) Nothing is “wrong” with the world per se. The world is lovely and has everything that it and we need. Many of us seem to forget this. That is where the “wrong-ness” resides. There is a disconnect in many of us between ourselves and the world. We forget to respect the fact that the world is lovely as it is and has everything that we need. We need to reconnect to the fact that if we treat the world and everything in it with respect and care, then it can, in turn, respect and take care of us.

c) Wild Dancing


d) Project 7. Mixing business + philanthropy + 7 Deadly Sins. Genius.

e) Kris Carr: Inspirational
Mother: Persevering
My friend Caroline: Free-spirited

f) Yup. No Idea. Hence the need for the Fire Starter Sessions.

g) Specifically targeted at the “Millennial” generation, but really for anyone for which it resonates, my business will inspire others to move their way towards feeling authentically, ridiculously and awesomely alive.

h) I don’t think I solve problems. I think by listening, acting and shifting my own perceptions, I provide an example of how people can solve their own problems.

i) Current: As I search for a job/create my own business, I am involved in many random gigs, including: “Salsa Slinger.” Hence why I have no money to buy the miraculous Fire Starter Sessions.
Intended: Website Business possibly leading to “coaching,” writing a book, or something even more amazing that I have yet to conjure up.


j) That other people’s opinions of you mattered.

k) Defining exactly how to turn my website/idea into a business. Right now I have ideas, an insane amount of drive, and the ability, but not enough focus. My entrepreneurial spirit needs some streamlining. I know the Fire Starter Sessions can sleek up my vision.

What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The First.

For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Authenticity

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Danielle, where do I start the fire?

Your Name: Neelima (Julia) Baird 

Website: bluecirclepress.blogspot.com

Twitter: twitter.com/bluecirclepress

Location: Albany, NY

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“That upon which you meditate, you become.”

b) What's wrong with the world?
There is too much emphasis on the extractive economy and instantaneous gratification through “stuff”. Too many isolating pastimes and gadgets masquerading as entertainment. Too much waste.

c) What does the world need more of?
The world needs more people willing to get beyond their nonsense to form communities in which we really have each-other’s backs. We need awareness of the impact of our actions on each-other and the planet. Connection, Cooperation and Common Decency.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
A local lady bought a vintage double-decker bus and painted it pink, then added the silhouette of a 1950’s style woman in apron and beehive. She makes homemade cupcakes and sell them from the bus, wherever it is parked on a given day.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Michael Pollan: truthspeaker
Danielle LaPorte: tireless
Eddie Izzard: bold

f) What's your cocktail line?
I go places where people are living sustainable and self-reliant lifestyles, and bring back what I see. I focus on the Inner Work involved in living this way, and I’ve created an online community for people to literally practice living in community. It’s the vicarious experience of a lifetime.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
It will offer a forum to uncover and practice the Inner Skills needed to live well during a time of uncertainty and transition. It will be a place to practice taking the “highroad” without losing your dignity (or your shirt), in the company of others learning to do the same.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Most of the writing around self-reliance, sustainability, and eco-awareness focuses on the “how to Do...”, while we are still in need of a place to practice “how to Be...” when it comes to living in community with others. I’m creating a place for people to experiment, learn from each-other, and grow into themselves without the pressure or high stakes involved in joining a community physically. It’s like training wheels for the way we’ll hope we can live together when the oil runs out.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Presently I have a “regular job” in addition to my home-based business consulting in regard to natural health using exceptional essential oils. I also write and I’m a baby blogger working to create an online community; I’d like to arrange it so that my writing funds my travel to existing eco-communities, where I can research and bring what I learn back into the writing.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to believe that I required a University degree attesting to the fact that I’m wicked smart and that what I have to say is legitimate.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My biggest entrepreneurial obstacle is figuring out how to get paid for what I do (!) so that I can do more of it from a broader base. Because I’m a sucker for transformation and totally willing to burn for it, I sense that the FSS will help me find the voice behind my excuses, hone the message in my ramblings, and find the peeps who want what I’ve got.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I want to start right at the beginning with Burning Questions and What to Stop Doing, even though I’m tempted to jump right into session #7, “Making Stuff That Feels Good to Make”.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
santosha~ it’s sanskrit for a sublime kind of contentment that springs from within (note to grammar police: there are no capital letters in sanskrit).

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How can I turn myself into my business?

Your Name: Brittany Jade Trubridge

Website: JadeShakti.com

Twitter: BrittaTrubridge

Location: Long Island, The Bahamas

a) "Sell your cleverness, buy bewilderment" -Rumi


b) If it's true that the world is a reflection of ourselves, then perhaps this question should be redirected at my own flaws. In this context, I find the greatest one to be simply thinking that something is always wrong.


c) Less.


d) http://www.OperationBeautiful.com

e)
William (lover): Breath
Alanna (sister): Eccentricity
Tina (mother): Glitter


f) A yogini seeking a balance between truth and a creative articulation of that truth.

g) A catalyst to a bubbling quantum leap.

h) Blocked energy and dualistic thinking.


i)
Current: yoga, guided meditation, book-editing.
Intended: groundbreaking author, mind blowing musician, and a school of thought.


j) That I am enlightened.


k) Fear and cash flow. Through eradication and initiation.


l) Module 4, session 12.

m) Vibing.

n) May I please be your P.A.?

a) "Life is what you make it" - Talk Talk
b) Nothing, I see it as it's meant to be.
c) Tolerance, Understanding, Love.
d) Google comes to mind.
e) My Father's KINDNESS, Husband's HEART, Best-friend's STEADFAST.
f) 4 Tequilas OLE!
g) Love, Beauty & Creativity.
h) I assist people in creating their visual reality.
i) Wholesale, Retail, via the web & direct mail
j) That girls don't fart
k) Obstacle: Cash Flow, FSS will help with Inspiration & Information
l) If I have to pick one, SESSION 9: Your Virtual Real Estate
m) Freedom
n) How to more effectively connect with my audience.

Name: Patsy Kay Kolesar
Website: http://www.pkkdesign.com
Twitter: @patsykaykolesar
Location: Vancouver, BC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things:
to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing that your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. Mary Oliver

b) What's wrong with the world?
That people seek answers outside of themselves.

c) What does the world need more of?
Yoga. Bliss. Strong independent women.

d) What's one great business idea you wished you thought of?
Ceramic Artist Lori Koop sends out an "Upword of the week" every Sunday to inspire, and make you think. She connects the word to her ceramic work every week. It's brilliant. moveupword.com

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Pema Chodron - Peace
Kelly Cutrone - Entrepreneur
My Incredible Dad - Stability

f) What's your cocktail line?
I turn stories into metal.

g) What does your business bring to the world?
I create beautiful, original, colourful works of art that can be worn, cherished, and adored. I want women to connect with a piece and the story behind it, and when they put it on their body feel bold, passionate, and alive.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I save amazing women from feeling blah, ho hum, boring.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Wholesale and consignment sales to boutiques.
Direct sales to customers at art shows.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I could save someone from themselves.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle and how will the FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I tend to get caught in the research and the ideas and have a tough time moving into action. I hope that it will give me more creative focus and the ability to move forward without being blocked, by lack of money, time, fear.

l) What chapter in the FSS do you want to read first?
Module 1 : Strength and Desire

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Independence

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you balance the personal with the public?

Your Name: Jess Lundie
Website: http://www.openlybalanced.com
Twitter: openlybalanced
Location: Olympia, WA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in seeing with new eyes – Marcel Proust

b) What's wrong with the world? Too many people reacting based on fear rather than responding with love.

c) What does the world need more of? Compassion.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Microfinance.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. My mom: heart. Marianne Elliott: authentic. Fran Drescher: fierce.

f) What's your cocktail line? I help people live more consciously and sustainably in the realistic context of their daily life.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? I hope to reconcile sustainability with contemporary living, and build awareness about the connections between the well-being of planet, healthy communities, and individual happiness.

h) What problem do you solve for people? I help people reframe sustainability-related choices and goals in ways that make them seem attainable, realistic, and desirable in the context of their actual day-to-day lives.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Consulting (business and individual), and potentially ebooks, ecourses, and a membership forum.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? That you have to wait for external authority to give you permission to go forth and live boldly.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? I struggle with "big picture overwhelm." I see too much at once in my head and have a hard time breaking it all down and prioritizing individual tasks. Sometimes it feels like everything needs to happen at once, which of course means nothing actually gets done.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? SESSION 12: Fear + Other Tough Stuff

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Abundance.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? What are my first five steps?

Krista Gorrell
kristagorrell.com
no twitter
Jackson Hole, WY USA

a) "An artist is always in a state of becoming"- Bob Dylan
b) Lack of understanding and compassion towards those different from themselves.
c) compassion, understanding, love
d) An on-line based library, like netflix for bookworms.
e) Amy Tavern - Inspiring
Lauren Bacon- Successful
Megan Auman- Smart
f) "Thanks... I actually made it."
g) A chance to teach people of the benefit and beauty of using naturally based fibers for clothing and accessories.
h) A fulfillment of vanity mixed with the functional purpose of warmth and protection from the elements.
i) Currently: wholesale, retail craft shows, consignment, selling supplies, etsy store, alterations and waiting tables
Intended: All of the above minus the coffee-slinging.
j) The smaller the jean size the easier everything in life would be.
k) My biggest obstacle is finding the time to do what I REALLY want to do instead of dealing with the burnout and time struggle from the 'operation' of my business. I want the FSS to light a fire under my ass and help me remind me what I am working so hard for.
l) Everything listed in Module 4, but mostly ch13.
m) Independent
n) What am I doing wrong?

Your Name: Kiyasu Oka
Website: http://www.kiyasugreen.com
Twitter: N/A
Location: Taipei, Taiwan

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"If life is a dream, then make yours lucid!" - Erin Pavlina

b) What's wrong with the world?
Nothing, other than there seems to be something "wrong" with the awareness that life is a dream—that we have unlimited potential within us to be the sparkly
stars we were meant to be!

c) What does the world need more of?
Awareness (lucidity), clarity, gratitude, childlike awe and wonder, and self-love.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Gala Darling.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Eckhart Tolle: isness
Rhonda Byrne: alive
Gala Darling: magical

f) What's your cocktail line?
Diamonds and glowing bells!

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Inspiration, beauty, self-realization, kindness, love, appreciation, and miracles!

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Self-esteem and self-realization problems, healing "incurable diseases," and English writing.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Selling things, commissions, public speaking, drawing, and kindness.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
Life is "serious" and "real," and that to be mature, educating people on the "realness" and "hardness" of life is one of the things to do.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Lacking a sense of clarity and direction on where and how to start, and what kind of things to do.
The FSS will ignite the soul inside me and I will know; the fire will be lit enough for me to proceed!

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
SESSION 1: The Burning Questions.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Aliveness.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How am I able to ignite the burning soul within and let it guide me on how, what, and where to begin?

Your Name: Deidre Miller
Website: lovedeedums.blogspot.com
Twitter: lovedeedums
Location: Washington, D.C.

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. Always be smarter than the people who hire you. - Lena Horne

b) What's wrong with the world? The “isms”

c) What does the world need more of? Uppity women and girls

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Etsy.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why. Hattie McDaniel – undaunted; Zora Neale Hurston – prolific; Lena Horne – activist

f) What's your cocktail line? I create stationery for the 21st century chick. Think the style of Lena Horne and substance of Langston Hughes gave birth to great-grandchildren - on paper, of course.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Diversify the greeting card marketplace for people of color and the people who love them.

h) What problem do you solve for people? Eliminate stereotypes and trite images. How does a card with a Kente cloth pattern represent the contemporary black woman’s experience? Right! It doesn’t.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Day job and freelance PR contract

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? A graduate degree will deliver me to the promise land.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Finances. Putting my money where my heart is with clear intention and committed action.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? Fear and other tough stuff

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Affirming

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How can I hire a creative without getting screwed over?

Your Name:Rebecca Grantham
Website:http://www.rebeccagrantham.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rebeccagrantham
Location:Ohio Outside in Nature

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

b) What's wrong with the world?
What's it in for me attitudes and entitlement mentalities

c) What does the world need more of?
More Beauty, Faith and People letting their light shine

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
A Painting a Day by Duane Keiser

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
1 Anyone who owns their own business! awesome
2 Edison. Persistence
3 Monet. Beauty

f) What's your cocktail line?
Hopeless romantic, landscape painter of Nature's Beautiful moments around us everyday.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Encouragement and Inspiration to the world, to artists- "hey there is plenty of pie. go for it."

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Courage to be real and Encouragement to find the beautiful in themselves and their daily lives.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Original artworks in many galleries, small gift items online some direct from the artist others from p.o.d's, affliate marketing.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I didn't realize the power of our thoughts, and now I am amazed how are our lives are shaped by them.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Self Promotion, if this starter kit is anything like the little taste I've had of Danielle's writings with fire and promotion, it will help me burn down my barriers.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I always start at the beginning! so I can enjoy plucking the pearls of wisdom.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
SHINING

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Who are your mentors

Your Name: Erin Sullivan
Website:
Twitter:
Location: Raleigh, NC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Carl Buechner

b) What's wrong with the world?
People have forgotten how to believe in love.

c) What does the world need more of?
Passion. Laughter. Really good chocolate.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Spanx

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Christine Kane – authentic
Kelly Rae Roberts – colorful
Andrea Scher - inspirational

f) What's your cocktail line?
I create happily-ever-afters.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
You know when you take a bite of a really fantastic dessert and have to close your eyes and sigh because it’s just so damn good? A really good novel does the same thing. It’s as satisfying and tantalizing as crème brulee, but on an emotional level.

h) What problem do you solve for people?

I’m a storyteller. I provide a means of escape for some people and a springboard toward hope for others.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I write. These days, it’s mostly to help other people achieve their dreams. Business plans, press releases, brochure copy. I intend to create revenue writing both articles and novels. Love stories from me to the world.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That really successful people have some inherent characteristic that makes them successful.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I am a writer, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t require branding as much as any other business. I need to figure out how to get past my fear that being my own champion will be seen as egotistical.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Identity & Branding

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Peace

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
When you have new ideas, how do you choose between the practical and the possible?

Your Name: Sandra
Website: Working on it.
Twitter:
Location: Berkeley, California

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
Lily Tomlin

b) What's wrong with the world?
More kindness, please.

c) What does the world need more of?
Love, sweet love,

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Eco-travel.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Bruce Springsteen: Dynamic; Patti Smith: Perseverance; His Holiness Dalai Lama: Compassion.

f) What's your cocktail line?
Pay them a compliment. Ask them where they are from. Followed closely by me saying something engaging/humorous.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Satisfaction, contemplation, generosity, creativity and sharing.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
If there is a problem, then there is probably a solution. Can I help you with that?

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
My current job is my current revenue stream; my intended revenue stream would be advertising and/or a membership program.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I might get fired.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Finding the right people to help me do what I want to do.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
14

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Philanthropic.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Will you be my mentor?

Your Name: Christie Strike
Website: Not yet...
Twitter: christiestrike
Location: Hobart, the tiniest capital waaaay down south of the great southern land called Australia

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"Energy flows where attention goes" MAKIA: Hawaiian Huna Principle

b) What's wrong with the world?
Public healthcare. Period.

c) What does the world need more of?
Alternative health practioners trained in modern medicine, and vice versa. And put more of these well rounded non-egocentric practitioners into hospitals.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Oxygen facials. Divine... If I'd invented them I'd have one a week, minimum.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Joseph Pilates: Sage
Gary Vaynerchuk: Zealot
My Mum: Mentor

f) What's your cocktail line?
"Feel my butt. Pure ballet barre booty, baby..." (OK so I don't pull this one out at ALL cocktail parties. And never on husbands or boyfriends, tacky).

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Hardrock bods, bendy muscles. Translation: strength and flexibility.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Flab. Oh and sore backs, stiffness, lack of me-time, and self esteem issues.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Currently a small but glam Pilates/Barre fitness studio in Hobart CBD, open just one month and running a only a few classes which have filled via word of mouth. Actual launch date is set for beginning of December (a massive Barretini party is in the planning process), and world domination set for early next year... Website will offer online on demand classes in the near future.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That food is hardly an issue; eat what you want, when you want, and as much as you want. Now I get that it's a fairly major part of the living healthy equation, quite silly to think otherwise.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Business growth beyond just little moi... the studio is the first of it's kind in the state (dedicated to Barre and Pilates), built with TLC by my very crafty husband and finishing arty touches by myself. I am searching for the way forward in sharing the Pilates/Barre love with more folks-in-need.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I already have your "True Strengths and Metrics of Ease" chapter, and re-read a gazillion times, so the next on my preference card would be Module 3, Session 8 - Self Promotion, coz' I do REALLY struggle with it, I think where I need guidance is balancing ego vs proving that I rooly do know what I'm talking about.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
"Bollinger" (that is, being able to buy said bubbles for friends and family for celebrations, or even just on a whim).

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Would you please come to Australia to give one of your amazing talks??

Your Name: Kimberly Sullivan Hansen

Website: http://www.pinxitcreative.com
Twitter: pixiefeathers

Location: Santa Barbara, CA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"…so that I feel I am myself a small bird with a terrible hunger, with a thin beak probing and dipping and a heart that races so fast it is only a heartbeat away from breaking - and I am the hunger and the assuagement, and also I am the leaves and the blossoms, and, like them, I am full of delight, and shaking."
Mary Oliver "Summer Story"

b) What's wrong with the world?
The prevalence of heart/mind disconnect


c) What does the world need more of?
Authenticity


d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
The FireStarter Series :)


e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
3 women from 3 of my circles:
Letty Rising: Indomitable
Frinee Warren: Perspicacious
Judy Hawkins: Visionary

f) What's your cocktail line?
"So tell me, what have you been reading lately?"


g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
In Circle, women undergo beautiful and radical transformation. This affects who they are and how they interact with their families, their work, and their communities. This is a change in consciousness at the grassroots level, and it makes a profound impact as it ripples outward.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I give them the space to discover that they know the answer already, and are capable of acting upon it.
Circle also provides an opportunity to heal the place inside that feels isolated, excluded, invisible, or inadequate.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Current: I am a graphic artist.
Intended: Launching and facilitating women's circles, leading workshops and retreats, and writing e-books about how to create a space for women to be authentic and real in all of their shadow AND light, so that we can shine in our true luminescence and support each other in being our highest and best selves.


j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That my ability to shine was dependent upon something/someone extrinsic to myself. That other's needs were paramount to my own. That abuse was a given. 


k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I have 3 boys I am raising by myself and find I get distracted from my vision by a combination of warring valid and important needs + financial stress + pure exhaustion. When I get back to working on my "true work," it takes me awhile to find my place. FSS will keep me focused, step by step, with clear worksheets, practical guidelines, and mind-expanding teachings.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
8

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Thriving.

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Please talk to me about time: your perception of it and how you organize yourself around it to be most effective.

Your Name: Michele Madrigal
Website:
Twitter:
Location: California
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Do, or do not. There is no try. Yoda:)

b) What's wrong with the world?
There is nothing "wrong" with the world. The world, as dysfunctional as it may be, is perfectly dysfunctional. Just as each of us are perfectly us.

c) What does the world need more of?
Maybe cliche but it's true...love. Love between all things. Love is acceptance and forgiveness.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Etsy.
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
My dad-integrity
My grandma-perseverance
My son-innocence

f) What's your cocktail line?
Helping people enjoy themselves one party at a time.
Making todays mom as fabulous as Ms. Cleaver.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
Enjoyment, smiles, warm fuzzies, beauty, passion, and light.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
I solve their organization and connecting problems.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I want to sustain a comfortable lifestyle for my family through event planning and crafts.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That I'm not good enough.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
I don't know very much about business. My background is in medicine so I know how to communicate with people, but selling them "me" is still a little intimidating.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
Module one. I have so many ideas, I just don't know where to start. The beginning sounds like a good place to start.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
abundance

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do I light the match?

Your Name: Cindy Jones Lantier
Website: http://www.lantier.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cjlantier
Location: Helendale, California, USA

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller

b) What's wrong with the world? Not a thing

c) What does the world need more of? Hope

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Post-it notes!

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
*** Christine Mason Miller – Touching
*** Patti Digh – Amazing
*** Julie Prichard – Sassy

f) What's your cocktail line? I haven’t been to a cocktail party in years, so I have no line!

g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Inspiration

h) What problem do you solve for people? I remind people to think good thoughts for themselves, and that there is hope in the world.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Art/craft shows/fairs, Etsy, gallery sales, and a book (the later three are all intended).

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? That I wasn’t the kind of person who could ever really be successful.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? My biggest entrepreneurial obstacle is my lack of confidence in myself. I expect The FSS will help me see my inner strengths.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? Session 16, Visioneering

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Freedom

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How can I balance right and left brain activities in my business?

Thanks for this amazing opportunity!

Linda Giella
Venice California USA
a) "Knowing love, I will allow all things to come and go, to be as supple as the wind and take everything that comes with great courage. Life is right in any case. My heart is as open as the sky."
b)Ego
c.)Love!
d.)Netflix
e.)JK Rowling, perseverance; Robert Redford, action; Maria Shriver, power.
f.)What's something you love to do that's unrelated to work?
g.)Public education that leads to higher awareness.
h.)Connecting people with the resources they need to create their version of happiness and fulfillment.
i.)Intended: $70K/year for consulting + $60K/year for licensing and commissions ($130K combined)
j.)There's plenty of time
k.)Fear which leads to procrastination. FSS will provide the inspiration and encouragement to hatch this Baby!
l.)The game-changing practice of getting better at what you’re best at...
m.)Creative flow
n.)Can you relate to the word "retire" and what does it mean to you?

Life is a song, sing it (a)
The world is full of fear (b)
It needs more hope and dreams ©
From you and me, my dear

I'll write a picture and paint a book (i)
Think Amazon.com (d)
I'll dedicate it to 3 people:
Jesus, my dad and my mom (e)

For Jesus is love, mom is so real and dad, my inspiration (e)
My art will sing MY song, and then, (g)
be true illumination (h)

I used to think we were created
to work, settle, retire (j)
Now I need and want to have
a "Strategy of Desire" (L)

"Me, inc"? How to get here? (k)
FSS will shed a light (k)
It's all in me anyway
Success (fulfillment) is my birth right (m)

If I said "I use words to write and paint" (f)
How would you respond? (n)
Thanks, Dani, for singing YOUR song
You really are THE BOMB!

by: Sandra B.
Website: is just in the blueprints for now.
Jupiter, FL

Your Name: Melinda Zito O'Brien
Website: http://www.acumenbiologics.com/www.myhealthresults.com
Twitter: melindazo
Location: Austin, TX

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt
b) What's wrong with the world? Fear: fear of following dreams; fear of losing it all; fear of differences; fear of change; fear of not 'fitting" in; fear fear fear....
c) What does the world need more of? Open hearts and soul connections - we really are one.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of? Ben & Jerry's
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Mother Teresa - compassion; Heidi Klum - tenacity; Madeleine Albright - strength
f) What's your cocktail line? Everyone's their own chemistry set and we have the technology to begin the path to figure this out.
g) What does/will your business bring to the world? Information and an understanding of an individuals current state of health and a global perspective of how to improve it. Empowerment and options.
h) What problem do you solve for people? Access to affordable blood testing and educational information about what the results mean from a global perspective. Part of the solution of the health care crisis.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams? Intended revenue streams: 10,000 suscribing Physicians; 50,000 Direct to consumer 4 Other strategic alliances
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly? I used to believe I was not creative.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? My company is a distruptive technology - lacks understanding as it is very much out of the box. FSS will make stuff happen - bring clarity of messaging to attract customers and key connections.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first? Chaper 1 - ready to start at the beginning and go!
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"? Better
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me? How do you find and connection with key influencers to champion your cause or business?

Your Name: Danielle Gauld
Location: Vancouver BC

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Through love, all pain will turn to medicine. - Rumi

b) What's wrong with the world?
A sense of meanlinglessness, distraction, disconnection, disenchantment, and a culture of judgement, self-hatred, valuelessness and empty power.

c) What does the world need more of?

Uncompromising, fierce and brave: vision, celebration, healing, gratitude, wonder, truthtelling and fabulousness. An expanded sense of what is possible, and people who are able to be clear channels for their gifts.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?

PostSecret - I love the (nearly lost) art of mail, I love when people find the courage to share what is alive and real in them and the community that happens when they do.

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.

Thich Nhat Hanh - courage
Cesar Millan - passion
Frida Kahlo - intensity

f) What's your cocktail line?

What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?

People who are supported to bring a renewed sense of purpose, vision, clarity, heartfulness, and inspiration to their lives, and who are able to walk through the world grounded in a sense of their inherent worth and unique gifts.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Old coping mechanisms and defense mechanisms that no longer serve us, outdated habits that don't let us share ourselves, a sense of scarcity around time and the ability to find connection to ourselves and others, empty traditions and that no longer nourish us, and a lack of literacy and skillsbuilding around emotions that is holding us all back.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
I currently work with youth, doing peer education around issues of HIV and sexual health, gender, and social justice and supplementing my income through freelance journalism, workshop facilitation, and selling my art. I am ready to move into being self-employed and earn my living at the intersection of learning, healing, creativity, spirit, community-building and social change through workshops, e-courses, retreats, blogging, e-courses, and coaching.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That life had to be hard, that everything was work, and that I was doomed to be a terminally intense individual who had to do it all alone. Silly indeed.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My biggest obstacle is getting started! The FSS will be my virtual mentor, providing me with the guidance and confidence to do the work that lights me up from the inside and offer it to others.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
I'm torn between "Your True Strengths and the Metrics of Ease" and "The Strategy of Desire". The names and descriptions of these chapters alone reach into some hungry part of me and deepen my yearning for more truth in my life.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Transformation

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
What are the most vital kinds of support that you surround yourself in order to stay centered and fully engaged in the work?

Your Name: Robindra Fari
Website: twitter.com/robindrafari
Twitter: @robindrafari
Location: Vancouver
a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life:
Let the beauty you love BE what you do!

b) What's wrong with the world?
Lack of ethics. If we had a healthy dose of integrity and ethics applied to the corporate world and on an interpersonal level we would see a much better world. The world would be filled with ethical people in charge of large corporations who are ethical, governments who are truly ethical. Ethical being not causing harm to this world and the purpose of our existence as an organization and individually is to create value that serves our fellow people and generations to come.

c) What does the world need more of? People taking 100% responsibility for how they feel, their states, their results, everything... Creativity over consumption. If we could all be producers, if we could all let go of the emotional wounds that hold us back from consistent thinking we would all be in love with life and creating from that space.
d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Samasource
e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Gwen Bell: Consistency
Saul Williams: Truth.
Leila Janah (Samasource CEO): Compassion

f) What's your cocktail line?
Whats your passion?
g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
My business helps people realize their potential that they are highly creative producers and that they can create the life of their dreams. In the future, it will influence corporations and leaders to be more ethical.
h) What problem do you solve for people?
I help people understand the process it takes to complete a project. I appreciate excellence and share my vast experience in production in many areas of marketing, life, yoga with those looking to bring an idea to fruition. Often its a dream that they have had but never knew how to start. I start the fire.
i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Currently its consulting as a strategy director to organizations looking to create special programs and applications (iphone, ipad, andriod, facebook) for their business. I would love to move it towards a people organization helping people grow their sense of self so that they can be producers themselves. A strange mix of things I know but that is who I am and what I do. I inspire. I act. I create. I am an act of love expressing itself right here and now :)
j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
I used to think that material things mattered. I really do think they are silly, I used to want all the shiny things, but I've moved my life towards creating more than I consume.
k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes? Bringing all the opportunities together that are here and now and turning them into a plan and also to help clarify my deepest desire and creative expression so I can share that more with the world. Today.
l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The last.
m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Persistence.
n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
I'd love to learn about your process. Business question, how do you get to the heart of what someone really wants to express and help them turn that into a business?

Cesarina
Brooklyn, NY

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
"The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out." - Alan Cohen

b) What's wrong with the world?
There's a lack of compassion, humility, kindness and understanding. Humanity continues to slowly slip away.

c) What does the world need more of?
There needs to be more listening going on instead of just hearing what is being said. More meditation instead of constant preoccupation. More acceptance instead of rejection.

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?,
PayPal

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.,
Angelina Jolie - Humanitarian
Dalai Lama - Hope
Deavon Di Prima - Timely

f) What's your cocktail line?
I want to show women that there is beauty in strength and strength in beauty.

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?,
I will help women increase their outer strength, and hopefully their self-image and self-esteem will increase as level. On a physical level, I will help to decrease chronic diseases and aliments, such as osteoporosis and heart disease. Plus, physically strong women are badasses!

h) What problem do you solve for people?,
I help dissolve stereotypes of what building physical strength does to a woman. I help women embrace their body and its great capabilities.

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?,
My current revenue is my savings from my last job. After this Friday, when I take my personal trainer certification exam (which I know I will pass!) and get insured, I will set up discounted sessions for friends and acquaintances. This will help to spread word-of-mouth, as well as bring in income to get my first set of equipment.

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
That there are things girls shouldn't do.

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
My current obstacle to how to stand out among trainers right from the start, sell big, yet still manage to remain authentic.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?,
I want to read "Session 8: It’s All Self-Promotion, Baby" first. I need to discover how to stand out among the rest of the personal trainers out here in NYC while remaining authentic in the process.

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Sweat!

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
Where did you look for mentors?

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! I always miss your special releases :( Last time with the name your price, and now this! Argh. Anyway, I adore your generosity!

Wow everyone - steep competition! Bring it on. Good luck to you all!

Your Name: Gail Piccirilli
Website: under development
Twitter: I only use twitter with family members
Location: Northern California

a) Give us a quote that explains how you see life.
Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. ~Albert Einstein

b) What's wrong with the world?
Black and white thinking, the grey areas are much more interesting!

c) What does the world need more of?
Compassion which requires listening skills and an open mind

d) What's one great businesses idea you wished you thought of?
Whole Foods

e) Name 3 people you admire and 1 word on each of them to describe why.
Eric Heiden (Olympic athlete, pro cyclist, orthopedic surgeon) -focus
Billy Jean King (tennis pro, founder of the Women's Sport Foundation) - heroic
Lisa Hunt (former pro cyclist) - authentic

f) What's your cocktail line?
Hi with a big smile

g) What does/will your business bring to the world?
The joy of athletics to people over 45 who were always the last picked for the kickball team.

h) What problem do you solve for people?
Make exercise fun, a sense of accomplishment and improved health

i) What are your current or intended revenue streams?
Corporate sponsorships and membership dues

j) What did you used to believe that you now think is silly?
my shoes and handbag need to match and white after labor day is taboo

k) What's your biggest entrepreneurial obstacle, and how will The FSS help you turn it to ashes?
Sustaining my belief that I can make my goal reality.

l) What chapter in The FSS do you want to read first?
The strategy of desire - life changing experience: Here I come!

m) For you, what word is interchangeable with "success"?
Living - life - on -my-own-terms

n) What's one business question you'd like to ask me?
How do you stay motivated?

So wish I got in on this. I had one very long, un-interrupted hot flash that put me out of commission for the last 4 days. Good luck to everyone who applied! I'm pretty sure I'll be going through every drawer in the house collecting coins to buy the FSS.

Hey, I just wanted to say hi to all my sister/brother applicants, and to those who made the finalist list, you are all AWESOME! There wasn't any way to leave a comment on our 'competition' page, but I did want to tell you how great it is to find out about all of you and the visions you carry. Good luck!