Category Archives: Natural Entrepreneurial Thinking
Take Initiative.
“Whatever you dream or dare to dream, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” – Goethe
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Tagged Initiative, small business, start-up
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Let your vision pull you and look for a match.
When we are true to our vision, looking for a match can pull us right into what we have imagined.
Have you ever searched for a four-leafed clover? In case you do not live where there are grass lawns it goes like this. First, we imagine the four distinct leaves we have heard about, but never seen. Our vision of the four-leafed clover is unlike the common three-leafed plants that are everywhere in the sea of green grass. We have to imagine the four-leaves, so that we will recognize it, and not pass over it by mistake.
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Tagged Alignment, match, opportunity, Vision
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Listen to Desire, Body Wisdom, and Inspiration.
Let’s start with a tangible experience of Desire, see how it is the root of Body Wisdom, and combines with Inspiration to make you unstoppable.
Wherever you are, find a way to pretend with me for a moment while we create two physical experiences for you to compare.
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Tagged Desire, Inspiration, listening, should
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See opportunity.
Opportunities abound when anyone wants to:
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Opportunity comes from the Latin word opportunitatem which means “fitness, suitableness, favorable time.”[i]
It is often said that:
“Every problem is an opportunity.”
“Change is the only constant.”
Seeing opportunity is about noticing that, at this fleeting moment in the flux of things, NOW is a favorable time for …
- something
- someone
- somewhere
- some way
Noticing what would be GOOD right now is noticing opportunity.
In all life experiences, people can encounter challenges. To some, they will be insurmountable problems. To you, they will be playful challenges inviting your creative genius to join the mix.
If you wait for problems to appear, in order to see your opportunities, pesky problems will surely come along. But why wait? Opportunities abound to make something good even better!
No matter what the circumstance, when starting your own company, there are lots of problems to solve. Many people get addicted to the rush that can come from all that problem solving.
The result is a bit like crossing a busy street and only looking in one direction, ignoring the traffic from the other direction. Sound dangerous? It is.
Fixing problems helps you feel smart and accomplished. Intoxicating stuff if you are coming from a dead-end job, where your talents and efforts were not appreciated. Don’t let problem solving become the only food your company eats.
Make sure you see all the opportunities, especially in good times. Look always for opportunities! They are flowing to you from all directions.
[i] Modern Language Association (MLA):
“opportunity.” Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 23 Feb. 2010. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opportunity>
See what is present. Fill in what is missing.
What if you could have it all? No compromise. Win-win, as they say in the conflict resolution seminars. When we employ natural entrepreneurial thinking, we look for ways that a situation could be whole. We look for what we can fill in, even if what we are filling in is more space to breathe.
Always ask both of these questions, when looking for opportunities or solutions:
- What is present that is working?
- What is missing that, if it were present, would make things better?
Keep asking these questions. The answers are like puzzle pieces that can come together to give you a vision of what is possible. Translate and convert any negativity into something that is missing.
