Women Together Inspiring Entrepreneurial Success

Women Together Inspiring Entrepreneurial Success (Women TIES)is successfully creating a regional marketplace for women entrepreneurs in Central New York. Women TIES is dedicated to promoting, educating and inspiring women entrepreneurs not only in CNY but nationwide. Women TIES provides a vehicle for the exchange of success strategies through a quarterly publication, weekly emails, seminars, luncheons and online directory.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Clarity and Vision

"On a clear day, I can see forever," are words from an old song that rang through my car this morning. It seemed appropriate on this cool, sunny day with crystal blue skies abounding. As a Central New Yorker you know, not every day is a clear one. As an entrepreneur you know, you must have a clear vision of your business to be successful. But entrepreneurs don't always know what they are doing, how their business is progressing, or what lies ahead. Some days the future of our company is as crystal clear as this beautiful morning, on other days it seems shrouded in midst. How do you feel today about where you are? How clear is your vision for yourself, your business, your future? Today's Women TIES wisdom, on this beautiful crystal clear day, provides suggestions to help you clarify your entrepreneurial vision.

Remember You Are Doing Something That Counts: Women entrepreneurs differ from men in many ways. One way we differ is in the type of businesses we choose to create and the true purpose in creating them. Women are generous, intelligent, giving souls. For the most part, we create businesses that we know will 'help' others. Whether it's a fantastic product or service, many of us had an altruistic reason for starting our business. Although growth, expansion, and income are all desired outcomes for an entrepreneur, women know doing something useful with our lives is really what counts. Remind yourself today how you and your company are truly making a difference in the life of your clients.

Accept Disappointments And Move On: Sometimes we can't accept where we are today because our vision is clouded with mistakes that have occurred that we simply can't get over. Each of us has experienced disappointments with a bad company decision, unfortunate business relationships, and failure to achieve corporate benchmarks. But entrepreneurs are people. People make mistakes. But as smart women we know, you can never go back, only forward. Think about a few business disappointments, realize what has occurred, accept them, and keep moving forward.

Dedicate Yourself To Your Business Again: An entrepreneur must be dedicated to their business to sustain it over time. It doesn't mean the business we envisioned ten years ago, needs to be the same business today. Life changes everything, everyday. Sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. A company changes as the world we live in changes. To sustain a successful business, entrepreneurs must dedicate themselves to their ever-changing company. Take an hour this week to analyze what has changed in your business for the good and bad. Revise your vision if you have to and dedicate yourself to it.

In entrepreneurial spirit, Tracy Higginbotham

1 Comments:

  • At 11:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Thanks for posting this! There really are days where it can be a bit cloudy. These are great things to keep in mind for myself and other
    women entrepreneurs.

     

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