Self-love and growth

How easy it is to divide a community.

This really got my attention, so I wanted to share it with anyone interested in history. Copied and pasted. I thought this was an important lesson to save.

One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter’s high school class recently. They’re learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their teacher told them they were going to play a game.

“I’m going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you’re a witch or a regular person. Your goal is to build the largest group possible that does NOT have a witch in it. At the end, any group found to include a witch gets a failing grade.”

The teens dove into grilling each other. One fairly large group formed, but most of the students broke into small, exclusive groups, turning away anyone they thought gave off even a hint of guilt.

“Okay,” the teacher said. “You’ve got your groups. Time to find out which ones fail. All witches, please raise your hands.”

No one raised a hand.

The kids were confused and told the teacher he’d messed up the game. “Did I? Was anyone in Salem an actual witch? Or did everyone just believe what they’d been told?”

And that is how you teach kids how easy it is to divide a community.

Keep being welcoming, beautiful people. Shunning, scapegoating and dividing destroys far more than they protect. Do not allow the political elite to divide us. We must remain united against those who would do so. ♥️🙏♥️

Be Honest. Be True. Be you.

It’s way more exciting having your own adventures and following your own path. If you want to do something, then you should do it. There are enough nay sayers in the world. Don’t give them power of you or allow them to set your limits. Be awesome. Be true. Be you.

Your life does not get better by chance

Are you prepared to change to make things better?

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” -Jim Rohn

Definition of Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

You have to be prepared to make the changes necessary and take action to make things better. You can either be exactly in the same place you are now this time next year OR you can be better off! Your choice. This applies to life, finances, business, health, and family…take control. You aren’t where you are in your life by chance… the change and the choices you have made got you there.

I challenge you to Embrace the change and work towards something new and exciting!

Success or Failure: Push Past Your Comfort Zone

Your success or your failure is dependent entirely on you and what you are willing or are not willing to do. It’s not fair to blame someone else for what you are not willing to do to be successful. No one can motivate you, no one can make you take action, and no one can make you step out of your comfort zone to do what is necessary to succeed. Don’t quit. Be a finisher and use those resources out there. No excuses! 🙂

It’s All About Perception

It’s all about #perception!

The great thing about an entrepreneur is that they are very motivated to succeed. They know that the results of their efforts will flow directly to them. Because of that, they invest in whatever time and energy it takes to get the job done, knowing that they will be the beneficiary of that investment.

Here is a story that makes my point – that illustrates the entrepreneurial approach to business (and to life).

Many years ago two tribes in the remote region of the Anders were feuding. One tribe lived in the mountains and the other lived in the lowlands. One day a village of the highlanders raided a village in the lowlanders and kidnapped a baby.

The next day the lowlanders assembled a team of warriors to rescue the baby. But the lowlanders did not know the trails up the mountain, nor were they skilled at mountain climbing. They struggled to ascend the mountain but they only made it half way up. Discouraged, they turned to descend.

Suddenly, to their amazement, they saw a frail woman coming down the mountain with a baby in her arms.

One of the warriors approached her. He recognized her as a woman from his tribe. He realized that the infant was her child.

“How were you able to scale the mountain?! How were you able to find and rescue your child? We are trained warriors. We did our best and could not get even half way up the mountain!”

She answered, “it wasn’t your baby.”

This story speaks to the entrepreneurial approach. Although you are just beginning your journey, as an entrepreneur you are building something that can change your life. If you stay the course over the next 100 days and beyond…you may end up with a business that provides you with income, freedom, satisfaction, and pride.

Since your business is “your baby” you should be motivated to find ways to work through setbacks. And there will be plenty of those. But, where others are deterred (the lowlander warriors), you will not be.

Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy. There will be times when you will doubt your journey. When you will question why you considered an entrepreneurial venture in the first place. When you have to squint to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But, your business is “your baby” and where there’s a will, there’s a way. If you stay committed, f you continue to do the right things, if you get up every time you get knocked down, well then, you have a shot at seeing “your baby” grow into a tall, strong, and thriving adult.