Stepping Out on Faith

Personal experience:

A little over a year ago I decided to take my financial future into my own hands and become my own boss. To me it was an easy decision to make. I had my future in mind. I was tired of making other people rich and other people’s dreams come true. I was ready to make my own dreams come true. So I stepped out on faith.

Since I was little I always had what some people would call a wild imagination. But it was only my dreams. I wanted to live in the biggest house with the nicest car and the biggest yard. I wanted to vacation in the most exotic places and do the things where money was no object. But like most people I was told that I had to finish school, go to college, and get a job. So that’s what I did. I brushed all my dreams under the rug and became regular.

But being regular is not me. It’s not fun. It’s not an option. All through college I had my mind on my work and I also had my mind my dreams that were so quietly swept under the rug. I had got to the point where I was tired of the regular routine of life. I took it upon myself to get out of the regular.

I tried several opportunities that didn’t work. Then the discouragement set in. I was starting to think that I was made to be regular and boring, to live a boring non-fulfilling life. This went on for several years. Every so often my dreams will show up and try to come out. But I would just shove them back under the rug. I had accomplished graduating from college and now I had to find a job.

For years I had been looking and looking for a job in the field that I spend four and a half years in school studying. And believe it or not, until this day I have yet to find one. I graduated in 2008. During these years of looking those dreams never would die. Funny thing about our dreams is that they always have a way of coming back no matter how much we try to leave them or forget them.

After years of no job or low paying retail jobs I was TIRED. I was tired of fulfilling other people’s dreams and wearing myself out in the process. I wanted my own dreams to come true. And I knew nobody could make that happen but me. I had finally come to my breaking point and my point of clarity.

A couple years ago I came across a couple opportunities that would allow me to pursue my dreams and help others with theirs. I thought, “How awesome would it be to be my own boss to become financially free and help others in the process.” I decided to jump on these opportunities. And am I glad I ever did.

I am no longer feeling the pressure of a life of regularness. Yes, I know it’s not a word. LOL! Knowing everyday when I wake up I am working to make my dreams come true and to help someone else excites me. It takes me from regular to particular. There are not a lot of us that run with our dreams. Will you run with yours?

Will you be particular?

 

No Fear, ALL FAITH

Fear is one of the biggest killers of businesses. Fear can get in the way of our business’s success. It’s not that we don’t believe in ourselves or our business, but rather we let the spirit of fear overtake our belief and faith. We need to get to the point where fear is not a factor.

Where does the fear come from? Fear can stem from a number of different things. Fear can be from a childhood failure and the fact that we don’t want to fail again we don’t try. It could come from a negative word from someone that makes us afraid to even try to succeed. It could even come from lack of confidence in ourselves.

Our childhoods are very important part of who we are. As children most of us are fearless, willing to try any and every thing. Sometimes those events grow into an obsession to be great risk takers. But sometimes those events make us pull back from trying things because we fail. However, failure is a part of life. Without it we will never know what we need to work on so we can grow.

There is always going to be someone in our lives that is negative towards our efforts at anything. Those negative words have an effect on us that have us thinking we are not capable of doing. In turn we don’t want to do or we want to do but we don’t believe that it will work out. We don’t put in the effort it takes to be successful because we are scared that those negative words are really true.

Some of us lack the confidence in ourselves. We are not like some that had the routing and cheering on all of our lives. So we really don’t know what we are capable of. We had no one to push us and encourage us. Because of that we have no vision or incite on what our future could be like. Our self esteem is low because of that and we don’t try because we are not confident that we can do it.

Fear has been a big part in some of our lives. For some of us, fear is all we know. We have gotten comfortable in our fear. We let the negative words, the lack of confidence, and the childhood failures overtake and run our lives. But being fearful will only hurt our efforts.

If we want our business to be successful we have to denounce fear. What do we replace it with? FAITH! Faith overrides fear any day. We have the power to speak against anything and speak anything into existence.

Matthew 17:19-20 says, ‘Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.’

Potray Business

It’s not enough just to say that we are in business. We have to portray business every day. We have to look the part and speak the part. We need the details to all be together to run a successful business. We have to work!

Often times people base purchases or business decisions on the way someone looks. If someone looks like they own a business or are part of a business, that person is more susceptible to gaining someone’s business as opposed to someone that doesn’t look the part. The way we dress is very important to the success of our business. We need to look like we have a mission to accomplish.

We need to be prepared to talk about our business at all times. There are going to be times that we are put on the spot to talk about our business and we need to be ready with any details potential customers need to know. Speak directly and fluently, confident in what is being said. Be excited and people will be excited as well. Make people feel what we feel about our business.

Be approachable. A kind face is the easiest thing we can do as a step to grow our business. Most people are drawn to kindness. Make people feel comfortable. Make people feel like we need them, which we actually do. The more comfortable the person feels the more likely they are to become a customer and in turn help promote our business. Combine our knowledge of our business with kindness and we will have better chances of gaining more customers.

Have adequate marketing materials at all times. Anytime that we get to market our business we need to do so. We can do this by having business cards on hand, any flyers that promote our business, business brochures, and some people have car stickers. Because let’s face it, there is someone always watching us. So in order to be more productive, we need to market our business at all times.

When starting a business it may not always be the first thing on our minds. However, we need to train ourselves to be more business minded. Our businesses will not grow without our efforts. Being in business is not easy. We have to work hard for our success and to stay successful. So every day we need to train ourselves to be more business-like.

We need to believe on ourselves like we believe in our business. Our business is not stand alone. We are our business. So when people see us they see our business. Our job is to make sure that what people see is that what we want them to remember about our business. What people remember is what will determine whether they will be customers or not.

We should be inviting, kind, knowledgeable, and presentable. Remember, potential customers are always looking. Let’s make our business stand out.