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How can I bring my inner power out through my business?
By Laura Watson of Venture Coaching
Cassie Cambell, captain of Canada’s Olympic gold winning women’s hockey
team recently shared her ideas for bringing out our inner power:
1) Learn from challenges - Our challenges represent our greatest
opportunities to learn and grow. Our challenges keep us from becoming
complacent. They help us feel alive and they represent the “bigger game” for
us to play in our life.
2) Be responsible for our actions - Be accountable when no one is watching.
As business owners, the buck stops with us. We are responsible for
everything. This also means we have the power to make anything happen!
3) Get out of your comfort zone - Staying in our comfort zone feels safe and
prevents us, and our business, from growing. Embrace scary opportunities.
Create a support network that encourages you to stretch yourself so you and
your business can grow into its potential.
4) Have fun! - We can choose how we want to view our circumstances.
Physiologically, fear and excitement feel the same in our body. When the
scary feelings show up, choose to view them as exciting. By doing this,
building your business feels fun!
5) Believe in being a contribution - How do you and your business make a
difference in the world? Profit is exciting and paramount to our
sustainability. But profit feels empty when we are not connected to how we
are contributing to our families, our communities and the world at large.
6) Prepare - The secret to success is to prepare better than anyone else.
Building a business is not rocket science. It requires us to do our
homework, plan our actions and follow through. These are simple, yet often
ignored steps that make THE difference between growing a successful business
and “flying by the seat of your pants”.
7) Communication - Effective communication reduces stress. Learn to use
accountable language and to problem solve with others in ways that create
win-wins.
Create a daily practice of using and implementing these ideas. It’s not
enough to just think about these ideas, try them once in awhile and give up.
Consistent, daily practice is the key to authentically expressing your power
within. Cassie does it, and so can we!
For more practical business advice, contact Laura Watson of Venture
Coaching at 403.669.8684 or email
laura@venturecoaching.ca
www.venturecoaching.ca
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