Karen Keller
The time has come for you to stand up and stake your claim as an entrepreneurial woman. Yes, you! You’re never too old or too young to see yourself as – and be - an entrepreneur. When I graduated from college my mindset was finding a job, working for a paycheck and paying my bills.
After a few years of doing just that I wasn’t happy. I reasoned that was because I wasn’t a very good employee. I seemed to have a way of ruffling feathers where ever I went. It started first with my boss, then a board of directors, and finally the state legislature where I lived. Now, I need to share that I didn’t do this haphazardly, but rather, to support and further a cause I believed in.
Where’s Your Entrepreneurial Spirit?
So, as I continued to pursue this journey I realized that I had the entrepreneurial spirit all along. I was just in denial. I bought into the belief that someone else had to provide for me the money I needed to live. Finally, I reconciled to myself that there was no need to continue the charade. I was an entrepreneur.
Accepting this fact made me come to terms with what being an entrepreneur meant. I realized there were three qualities – the Triple A’s - that pushed me over the edge into entrepreneurialism.
Authority. Not only did I command it I questioned it. Only on the grounds of did it match my core values and beliefs. It was natural for me to believe in myself and my power. I was a leader. I wanted to be taken seriously.
Attitude. I didn’t tolerate being told ‘no’, or ‘you can’t’ or ‘it won’t work’. I was confident and capable in my abilities. I was willing to learn what I didn’t know. I believed I had what it took to build a mountain from nothing.
Amendment. Finally, I knew how to change with the flow. When I had it wrong I made it right. I accepted early on that change was a significant sign of growth. Moving out of my comfort zone was a sure sign that something good was going to happen.
Where are you with these three entrepreneurial qualities? How do you allow them to guide and support you in your entrepreneurial experience? How do you fuse your life passions with your professional drive?
[Editor’s Note: Exploring one’s possibilities can be a scary thing. Sometimes we feel content and ‘safe’ in the world we created not realizing that by closing our options we also close doors. If you’d like to awaken your spirit, open doors, and escape your comfort zone, click here now!]
