November 9, 2009
35 years ago, a very small group of women saw the value in banning together to support each other, form an ‘official’ group to create a united front for so many reasons…. This organization is National Association of Women Business Owners . Did you know that there are 10.5 million women business owners in this country? If you are one of them, why not support a group or the groups that are all about:
- Politically making it their mission to make the path easier for women who have businesses
- Create venues big and small to promote, educate and celebrate women business owners
- Educate women business owners on current and real issues we face
- Come together as groups for buying power, lending power and media impact
There are many other women business organizations each that do various things:
So many times we ask, what will the organization do for me, but I do think it is also important to ask what can we do for such organizations? They need leadership. They need advocates. They need your stories! They need your passion about other women business owners.
What You Can Do
I have been traveling to various women’s gatherings all around the country the past few months and it is so refreshing to be among those that love what they do…. And in this tough economic time, it is important to surround yourself with others that are of like mind or in the similar situations… any women that has a business knows what it is like to run a company, have a family and be in a challenging economic time…. You never know when you might need that uplifting message and you can count on the fact that if you are doing great, your message is needed out there. Join one of these organizations committed to advancing and making it easier for women to build great businesses together.
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November 2, 2009
The Need to BE or DO
A number of years ago when I started coaching, I was written up in the Investor’s Business Daily for having integrated both an Eastern and Western philosophies together to help people achieve success. When they first wrote it up like that I never saw it that way myself but the truth is that is truly who I am. I believe that the power is in the combination between the 2 philosophies rather than either or.
To make this point even more clear, in all of Big Fish Nations program we talk about important ‘things to do’ to become more successful but with that always, we discuss how we need to be ‘being’ as we ‘do’ those activities/actions.
3 Acts of BEING
1. If you are doing all the ‘right’ steps to complete a sale but you are not excited and being authentically ‘on fire’ about what you are selling it will greatly inhibit your sales bottom-line.
2. If you are the CEO of your company but standing up in front of your group to acknowledge them at the Christmas holiday party or accepting an award at the local chamber throws you off, you will not be ‘being’ in alignment with the leadership model you want to portray.
3. If you are saying all the right things during a conflict with your employees but you are not walking your talk and doing the things that you are advising them to do… being incongruent with your advice, how do you think your advice will be received?
Being Matters
You see, how are being matters as much as what we are doing. Doing a good deed in an angry way, is not worth doing.
So today, notice, see if your ‘doing’ is aligned with who you are ‘being’. And if it is you are going to find you are probably experiencing more ease in the course of your day. If not, you are probably feeling like you are working too hard! Being Matters!
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