Making it happen
A couple of weeks ago I was down in the stunning Nelson/Marlborough area speaking to the Nelson and then the Blenheim Her Business networks – a wonderful bunch of women in business, led by the dynamic coordinator Kate Webb.
(me, Kate, Sue Morton coordinator of the Oamaru HerBusiness Network and Cheryl Keene, sponsor of the evening from Zeald.com)
As well as sharing the ‘Her Business story’ and a little about entrepreneurette.com, I was championing all things web 2.0 – blogging, online communities and virtual worlds…
That meant I didn’t have time to share some valuable nuggets of advice that have helped me over the years… so here they are:
Fiona’s 7 tips for women in business for making your dreams happen
1.Take time to just think!
Create a vacuum in your life; don’t be tempted to fill it with ‘busyness’! Your most powerful ideas and creativeness will come from these times when you’re quietly thinking.
2. Find role models
Be inspired by other people’s success and let it open your mind to the possibilities that await you! Read about, and listen to, and even meet people whom you admire.
3. Believe in yourself. Make your dreams bigger than your fears
Realise your fears are just excuses and that you do have choices. You create your own reality so ‘put out there’ the future you choose to have.
4. Have an undying commitment towards your dreams/goals
Be very clear about what your dream/goal is. What will it feel like? What will it look like? What’s the first action you’ll take? How will you get around the obstacles?
5. Focus on your core business activities/ core values and passions
Think of Kiri te Kanawa, the singer. She doesn’t set up the stage or sell tickets to her concerts; her passion and her expertise is singing – so that’s what she focuses on. Determine what activities in your business are goal orientated and passionate activities and which activities can be delegated or outsourced – and begin to delegate! The result: you spend your time doing things you love for the most amount of money and get to go home early!
6. Ask for help/get support
Set up your own focus group or brainstorming group. Meet every three weeks and take turns discussing issues within your business (and even personal) life. Or enlist your own informal board of directors, each with a specific area of expertise.
7. Commit to living an extraordinary life
What other sort of life would you want to have? But until you choose to live it that way, and consciously plan your life, it may never happen. Enjoy the process of the journey –because when you get ‘there’ it will become ‘here’ and then you will have another ‘there’.
"When you do the thing you can do you’ll find the way and the way will find you." (Winnie The Pooh)
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I’m passionate about social media – I founded the online community entrepreneurette in 2006 and flokka, the blog network in 2008, after a decade and a half in magazine publishing. A typical ‘maven’ I love to share what I’m learning, researching and implementing - as well as what’s working for my clients, my students and my network members, in the worlds of social media and business in general. I’m Fiona Powell and this is my blog. 
