I was talking to a gentleman at a networking event last night. We were discussing how to capitalize on what a community already has going for it. His parents were in agriculture. They would marvel at those around them who kept planting things that simply wouldn't grow in the conditions given. The same people would spend crazy amounts of time trying to get rid of what WOULD grow.
So often, we spend a horrible amount of time either lamenting what we don't have, or wracking our brains to figure out how to get it. To quote Sheryl Crow, "it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got." I'm not talking about complacency here. I'm talking about re-framing.
What if we stopped pulling what grows naturally and looked at what's desirable about it?
We can take this to an individual level or mom-trepreneur level...
- What knowledge do you currently hold that you could expand into "expertise?"
- At what are you habitually successful?
- How could you do that bigger, better, more often?
- How might you assimilate what's working well in your life/business to other areas that frustrate you?
I'd love to hear what you come up with. Please share!
1 comment:
hey Girl...This will be my thought for the night. I'm always so critical of myself (my house, my schedule, even my family at times)I am excited to look at what happens naturally in these situations and learn to accept them and nurture them so they can flourish. I need to spend more time adjusting to what works naturally rather than working against it.
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