by Marcy | Inspiration, Personal Development
The commitment to take action on a big project, goal or business initiative is definitely a form of nurturing. Nurturing a vision, nurturing creative urges, nurturing internal shifts, nurturing your business and nurturing the contribution you want to make. The question is – what will truly support you to achieve those important goals.
Here are some questions to help you identify the support you need to pave the way for success.
1. What’s the environment that will nurture my movement and success?
2. Who are the people close to me that will support and nurture my success?
3. How do I like to receive support? What types of words or actions really land?
4. Who are the professionals (or types of professionals) I need to move forward?
5. What are the practical things – maintenance things that need to be attended to so that I can be successful?
6. What information do I need (how to's, technical, resources) to be successful?
7. What does my body need to help me be successful?
8. What does my mind need in order to help me achieve this goal?
9. What does my heart need for me to be successful?
10. Whats the help you would love to have but are afraid to ask for?
Your answers provide the "MAP" of your support needs. Consider making it an actual visual map to remind you to put these things in place and lean into them as needed. Stepping into greatness requires support!
The commitment to take action on a big project, goal or business initiative is definitely a form of nurturing. Nurturing a vision, nurturing creative urges, nurturing internal shifts, nurturing your business and nurturing the contribution you want to make. The question is – what will truly support you to achieve those important goals.
by Marcy | Resources
There is a great new webzine for women called girlphyte.com.
It’s all about women helping women and redefining success. It’s packed with
interesting articles, and resources on every topic imaginable. You can even
find an article by yours truly. It’s called Playing For Success Not only is it a fun site to visit – I would encourage the solo-preneurs out there to explore opportunities to write an article for them while they are still new.
by Marcy | The Friday Spark
A Humble
Beginnings Spark By Melanie Keveles
How DID they start? Big success can come from amazingly humble
beginnings. May their evolution to success inspire you to start your
special dream … now!
Life Is Good
Anyone who has tried to make a living selling t-shirts knows that life can be
tough. After all, t-shirts are a dime a dozen. Brothers Bert and
John Jacobs set out to sell t-shirts in dormitories on East Coast college
campuses and found themselves barely scraping by for five years. Until
they created a focus and a logo for their business that seemed to strike a
chord – Life is Good! They credit a guy named Jake on a poster they had
in their room for coming up with a logo and an approach. When you see his
unique smile on the back of one of the t-shirts or on the lifeisgood.com Web
site, you’ll instantly know how Jake had a hand in making this business come
alive.
As the brothers tell their story on their Web site, when they were desperate to
make their business go, they decided to print Jake’s smiling face and
optimistic comment about life being good on 48 t-shirts in September of 1994.
They brought these shirts to a street fair and by noon, they were sold
out. They realized at once they had a hit – and a success in the making –
in stark contrast to the difficulty they had previously had to selling their
products.
Today their Massachusetts
based company provides clothing, pet items, children’s items and otherwise
“cool gear” to retailers nation-wide.
What unique focus is
waiting right under your nose that could propel your business to a success
beyond your wildest imagination?
Sparkers – Humble Beginnings © 2006 Melanie Keveles for Coaching Toys Inc – Sparkers & the Coaching Toys Blog, all rights reserved.
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