be doing every day? What would the weather be like,
your home, your routine? How would your life change,
and more importantly, how would the lives around
you change and be effected because you feel this happy
and live each day using your gifts…live each day doing
what you were meant to do?
How far away are you from this life? How could it
work? What steps do you really need to take in order
for you to get there? If there are 20 steps, can you break
them up into four
groups of five steps to
help create a timeline?
Having a time frame
will help you see the
reality of reaching
your goals and help
motivate you to keep
going.
Being an entrepreneur almost always
signifies that what you
have to offer for money (you have to make a
living) is going to help
people. In some way,
you will offer your ideas, skills, gifts, time, or products,
and it will help solve a problem for them and change
their lives. Even if you are selling clothes, a simple
product offer at a discounted rate can mean the profit
from their purchase from you goes to a charity. There is
always a way to help others, especially a group of people or a community that is personally important to you.
I do this with my own businesses, and we help several
charities now. It feels amazing to be able to give. If you
could help a group or a community of people, what
impact would you like to make? How improved would
their lives be because of your donations?
Why would this not work? Several reasons. It doesn’t
“No matter
what path you
start, your
gifts are a
living call to
you to return
to the setting
where you
really thrive.”
Photo: Kara Hoffman Photography
S
o you want to do some “crazy business”
on your own despite the opinions of others who say it would never work. Right?
You wrote out your intentions, created
a list of goals, pasted up some vision
boards, meditated on it, and have no idea
where to start taking action. Well I, for one, am absolutely elated for you.
I know first-hand what this means for you—using
your gifts to help others, intending the success, firing
up your passion to drive you into action, and personally reaping the benefits. It means despite obstacles,
nay-sayers, negative opinions, fear, and maybe even the
fact you view past trials as failure, you are going for it
anyway. But hey, who are we to tell the thousands of
women all over the globe who are major success gurus
that it cannot be done?
Success is a wrapped gift box. Each one is wrapped differently for each person; the vision is unique for everyone.
What does an entrepreneurial empire look like to you?
Write a list of people who you know, or admire, who
are doing what you want to do and are who you aspire
to become. Read about their history. You will find out
many started without being set up for success and figured it out along the way, paid laser focus and attention
to their own inner voice and guidance system, and
went for what made them feel happiest.
Remember five years ago when you had that vision of
what success would mean for you? How close are you
to that goal? Have you been listening to doubt and the
opinions of others? Get yourself around 5–10 people
who are more successful than you are. Listen, learn, ask
questions, and feel good, and that vibration will return
to match it.
If you are reading this, chances are most likely that
you have read it all before. But just in case, let’s list the
keys to success, and see which ones you need to polish.
What makes you happiest? The answer here is a key
to finding out what your gifts are. How would life look
for you? Where would you be living? What would you
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