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Faizan
The words, personal power, always make me think of Tony Robbins (I obviously have watched way too much late-night infomercial TV!). Don't worry, this is not a hype-fest, exhorting you to (punching fist in the air) take control of your life. It is, though, a gentle call to action. More about that in a minute.
As a business owner, you have lots of opportunities to use your power. You are the one who gets to decide not just the WHAT of your business: your offerings, systems, and so on, but also the HOW. And it's the HOW that sets you apart, distinguishes you from everyone else.
So, having access to your personal power is so important. That access lets you know what your Inner wisdom tells you is right for you and your business. And it's the doorway to making the authentic decisions you need to make, and taking action from them.
Your work is important. You have meaningful things to offer your clients, and the world. And HOW you do it is a reflection of how empowered you allow yourself to be!
So how do you access your personal power in those everyday situations that, together, to create our business lives?
Let me first say that by power, I'm not talking about dictatorship (however benevolent) or manipulation or any other kind of power that means coercion. And I especially don't mean having that kind of coercive control over your own Self.
Nope, what I mean here is the recognition of your own ability to decide how you're going to respond to a situation.
We tend to think of response as some visible action. And that is certainly an important part of it. But I also mean, and this is just as important, our response on the inside, right down to what we decide to think and feel.
For those of you new to this idea, I want to be clear. You can and do have the ability to decide what you think and feel.
We've been taught otherwise in our culture, to a large extent. Even if you're lucky enough to come from a family where the thinking and feeling was mostly positive, we've all got some deliberate work to do in getting our thinking and feeling in alignment with where we want to be.
This kind of clarity about where we want to be is an important part of having a successful business. Notice the patterns you slip into in the day-to-day of your business. You might notice, as I have, that the more I step outside my comfort zone, the easier it seems to slip into old patterns.
Here's one that might pop up for you. It sure has for me! When undecided and a little scared, or even just thinking of stepping outside of your comfort zone, **poof**, you can manifest someone to hand your power over to in an instant.
As a business owner, you have lots of opportunities to use your power. You are the one who gets to decide not just the WHAT of your business: your offerings, systems, and so on, but also the HOW. And it's the HOW that sets you apart, distinguishes you from everyone else.
So, having access to your personal power is so important. That access lets you know what your Inner wisdom tells you is right for you and your business. And it's the doorway to making the authentic decisions you need to make, and taking action from them.
Your work is important. You have meaningful things to offer your clients, and the world. And HOW you do it is a reflection of how empowered you allow yourself to be!
So how do you access your personal power in those everyday situations that, together, to create our business lives?
Let me first say that by power, I'm not talking about dictatorship (however benevolent) or manipulation or any other kind of power that means coercion. And I especially don't mean having that kind of coercive control over your own Self.
Nope, what I mean here is the recognition of your own ability to decide how you're going to respond to a situation.
We tend to think of response as some visible action. And that is certainly an important part of it. But I also mean, and this is just as important, our response on the inside, right down to what we decide to think and feel.
For those of you new to this idea, I want to be clear. You can and do have the ability to decide what you think and feel.
We've been taught otherwise in our culture, to a large extent. Even if you're lucky enough to come from a family where the thinking and feeling was mostly positive, we've all got some deliberate work to do in getting our thinking and feeling in alignment with where we want to be.
This kind of clarity about where we want to be is an important part of having a successful business. Notice the patterns you slip into in the day-to-day of your business. You might notice, as I have, that the more I step outside my comfort zone, the easier it seems to slip into old patterns.
Here's one that might pop up for you. It sure has for me! When undecided and a little scared, or even just thinking of stepping outside of your comfort zone, **poof**, you can manifest someone to hand your power over to in an instant.
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