It took me straight back to the early days of my own sons schooling and how proud I was to be able to participate in his first and most precious memories.

Just like my friend whose words were… “The rewards of being able to work for myself and be able to participate make up the “GOLD NUGGETS” in my day.

These are PRICELESS  MOMENTS!

In the next breath she was filling me in on the absolutely  awesome, gigantic deal she is about to pull off that will set her apart in the entrepreneurial world as one of the best!

As we talked about the campaign and the strategy I felt the gratitude that I and all my female entrepreneur friends feel as we get to experience the best of both worlds….

I wanted to remind us all that our vision, our dreams and goals for ourselves and our families are worth all the effort,  the stress, the hardship, the worry – the daily annoyances to reap the reward and benefits of being in control of our own lives and our own destiny’s.

The spirit of the entrepreneurial Mum is alive and well – and today a little boys eyes are sparkling and his heart is singing because his mum had the courage to take their financial future into her own hands.

I feel so proud of her and all of us “spirited women” who are out there making it happen….

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We hear this statement often in our circle and yet I wonder how many of us really know what it means to be an entrepreneur or if in fact we are one.   My mission is to help other women develop their entrepreneurial spirit…so to help with this mission I have put together this set of critieria that I believe encapsulates the spirit of the Entrepreneurs.

On our path to rise to our Entrepreneurial Spirit we should:

• Own a vision:  Write down your vision and keep it in a place where you can see it every day. Next draft a plan of action, execute it and remain focused specifically on your goals until they are accomplished. By doing this you will be crafting your own life and making your dreams come true.
• Stand firm against the negative things that people have to say to  you or the negative attitudes you encounter in your daily life..  Stay focused on your  mission and be  “unstoppable”
  Lead the way. Don’t wait to be told what to do. Focus your energy into being productive.  Rather than rely on the opinions of others , do your own research and evaluations and come to your own conclusions.
• Focus on what works… do not always try to reinvent the wheel, you must have the “if it’s not broken don’t try to fix it attitude to life.
• Find your niche and dedicate time to developing in that area.
• Learn from your mistakes.  Try not to waste precious time wallowing in self-pity, crying over spilled milk or sweating the small stuff.  You need to know how to learn from your mistakes and move on. Know how to take responsibility, be accountable, not procrastinate, and be decisive. Do not justify or condemn; you are in control.
• Take inspired, prompt and precise actions to get the job done. Make proactive steps quickly and decisively and follow your “gut reactions” and your intuition.
• Be teachable and coachable. Be open minded and willing to learning new skills and improve upon the old ones.
• Spend time and money seeking out knowledge, information and building yourself up. Attend training seminars, listen to motivational and inspirational recordings, read books and stay with the current trends. Self development should be a continuous process.
• To help propel yourself through your entrepreneurial process, find experts who walk their talk and pay them well to show you how to implement cutting- edge strategies to assist you in your success journey.  Simply put, you pay people to do the things you can’t achieve alone.
• Be eager to share your wisdom and knowledge. Have a passion to bring out the best in others and in yourself. You want to always be on the cutting edge and to assist others in getting what they want…in doing so you will get what you want.
• Be a team players, mentor and resource guru. You know that when knowledge and wisdom are applied there is POWER. Share your knowledge because you understand that the more you “give” – the more you “get” .
• Listen attentively.  Know that  good listening skills are an asset to your success. Know that listening to what the customers need , is one sure way to build relationships and please them. Understand the power of word of mouth marketing.
• Never be afraid to ask questions. Formulate the right questions to get the desired answers.
• Be gratuitous and have a “giving spirit”.  Study and apply the universal laws of success…and generously give back to society.
• Know your products inside out and how to maximize their benefits.
• Be the CEOs of your company as well as the CEO of your life.

I hope this list inspires you to fire up your “Entrepreneurial Spirit” and move strongly in the direction of your Dreams…. hopefully you’ll read these again over a deliciously, piping hot “cafe latte” and take reflection.

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Now how’s this for the law of attraction… this book jumped back into my hands several days ago and  as I started to reread it I got very excited about what was jumping out of the pages.  The next millionaires according to Pilzer are those that capitalize on the internet,  and he goes on to say why home based business entrepreneurs will be among the richest in our new economy.

Fortunately for us we are still well within the 10 year times span that Pilzer predicts.   As he says in the ten years from 2006 to 2016, we’re on track to creating in excess of more than 18.5 million millionaires.   And they way to go is to develop your own successful home based business.

Now, for those of you who know me, you’ll know that I am passionate about helping others (especially my women friends) to create better business lives, to shift the focus from having a job to integrate both our family and business lives and still have time to indulge ourselves in the odd “cafe latte”.

Making the transition to home based can be simple if you follow the steps I will be sharing with you over the next few weeks.  First it’s important to know what the common mistakes people starting their own home based business make… so here’s the first one..

1.    The problem most business owners have is that they develop their product first.

Your product or service must solve a problem for a ‘group’ of individuals. It must identify their pain and take them to pleasure. Discover their problems and give them a solution.

Do you know the thing that keeps them awake at night, takes up their thought processes, or is on their mind from the moment they wake up in the morning.

If your product or service can solve this problem then it is worthwhile pursuing.

We work from the premise that you should find your target market first, find out what they want, what problems they have and then formulate your product or service around this existing market.

Rather than launching into your business and hoping that it will succeed – it is critical to do your research first. The internet is a quick and inexpensive way to find out if your idea will “fly”.  (Key word searches, looking at the competition and searching for niches will all assist you)

Build it and they will come – is not the catch cry of business today – you need to be a ‘savvy marketer’.

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This got me thinking about how important it is to spend time with friends and mentors, people who have a positive influence on your life… it’s about creating your own “Dream Team”.

In order for you to realize your Big ideas, dreams and goals, you need to have people in your life who support you in your quest.  I would not be where I am today without all of my coaches and mentors—my “dream team.”  It has been a key factor in my success. Your life success also will be about the books that you read and the people you associate with.
If nothing else – knowing these two concepts has the potential to change your life, and whether you control the input or not, they will influence your life both now and in the future.

If you take a moment to reflect back into your life and look at the influences that have impacted you in a positive way and caused you to make changes in your life, can you attribute it to something you have read or someone that influenced you?

I am sure if you look back to any negative changes that have affected your life you will see a similar pattern evolving. Was that change influenced in any way by either someone you listened to or something that you read?

Powerful isn’t it?

So it’s the books that you read (and yes, magazines and news articles count) and the people that you associate with, that really make a big difference.

I have also heard it said that if you look at your current income and then average the incomes of your five closest friends, you will find that there is a direct correlation there.  Scary?
The good thing you can actually control the input with a very simple formula.

1. Turn off the TV.
2. Cancel the newspaper delivery.
3. Read for 15 minutes every day – from a positive, uplifting or instructional book.
4. Choose your mentors, coaches  and friends wisely and spend time with them

By the way…  if anything important is happening in the world that you really need to know about – believe me, someone will tell you. You still get to hear about tsunamis, bombings and interest rate rises and the Queen Mothers passing even when you don’t read newspapers or watch the news – trust me, I know this first hand.

More about “books” in my next chat… until then make a conscious decision to spend more time with people who can influence your life in the direction that you choose and less time with those who are going in the other direction.

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