Journey Blockers to Walking in Your True Purpose.

How many times have you been asked about what your purpose is in life? How many times have you had a good answer? Even better, how many times have you given an answer that was full of fluff intended to appease the listener?
Your purpose first and foremost isn't to give other people an illusion or to walk in the shoes of or the path of others.

Your ultimate purpose is to successfully conquer and overtake what you're supposed to be pursuing! Walking in your purpose is truly about following the predestined path exclusively set out for you. You'll know when you're really walking in your purpose when every step you take evolves into a well mapped out journey where every street, highway and corner has your name ingrained on it. Walking in your purpose does not only pertain to those wanting to start a business. Your purpose could be to become a principle of a school or a general manager or an involved parent and the list goes on. Your purpose is whatever your heart desires with deep inner passion and drive. Your purpose is something that brings you total satisfaction and a sense of completeness.

So, are you really walking in your purpose? Do you have journey blockers on your path? Have you created a journey that has your name all over it? Are you dealing with a little traffic or complete roadblocks? Until you map out your journey, you will constantly encounter detours, roadblocks and flooded streets. Let's look at four things I call journey blockers to walking in your true purpose.

Detours: These things occur because you really never knew what your purpose was. Therefore it's easy for someone or something to come around and totally take you off of your path. These detours will cause you to doubt yourself and change courses very often. You go from pursuing a degree in medicine to pursing an engineering degree. You switch from pursuing your own business to pursuing the top managers position of someone elses company. Detours occur when you are unclear about your purposeful journey.

RoadBlocks: This happens because you are not ready to give your all to your purpose. In this instance anything can and will cause you to walk away from what you are supposed to be doing. You will start down the path, but you will not be willing to complete the full journey. You neglected to internalize what your purpose would require from you. Here is when you start something and stop it at the drop of a hat. You will register and start on your masters degree, but either a new baby or a new job will cause you to delay it, which really means to drop the course. RoadBlocks occur when you are not committed to your purposeful journey.

Flooded Streets: This is the most disheartening journey blocker I have every seen. These hinderances actually cause you to completely fade out the concept of a journey as if it never existed; leaving you confused and unwilling to go after anything else. As soon as something happens or someone says anything negative, you switch gears and totally ignore the path that you started on. It's so deeply moved from within that you don't even dream about it again. Flooded Streets occur when you are trying to take a path that was never intended for you. This is when you wear shoes that don't fit you or walk down paths that never had your name on it.

Traffic: Is the most common and expected journey blocker many people will face. Traffic on your path to your purpose is a temporary pause that allows you to restrategize and restructure what you're doing. During these traffic stops you gain knowledge, opportunities, resources and direction. The most accomplished people know how to willingly embrace then successfully conquer and overtake traffic. Traffic occurs only to those that know what their true purpose is and are committed to it. This is the defining moment where you either gain strength and momentum or you break down and lose your inner drive to go after what's rightfully yours.

The Journey Blockers to Walking in Your True Purpose will depend on whether you know what your purpose is or you are guessing about what your purpose is.

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What's the point of Networking?

Networking is one of the most powerful and beneficial forms of growing your business and your circle of associates. However, it is the easiest and most frequent tool overlooked and underused for growth. Networking has been going on for centuries, we just have additional ways of doing it now. First, to appreciate networking you must understand networking.

Networking is a gathering and collaboration of like-minded individuals going after the same end product. It is designed to facilitate the exchange of and the establishment of mutually beneficial information and relationships. Networking and Relationships go hand in hand. You can't create and achieve one without the other.

Networking is not only for business related purposes. You can network on a non-business level as well. For example, a group of mothers or parents develop a networking group to establish relationships in order to create an internal babysitting or driving pool service. A group of women develop a network system to encourage one another. A group of college students develop a network system of experts in a subject and offer tutoring services. You see, networking is a goal oriented system.

Two of the highly ineffective networking behaviors and tactics that I have personally observed are poor communication and poor reciprocation.
In order for networking to be effective and beneficial you have to be willing to do four main things, regardless of business or non-business related purposes.

One: Be able to clearly inform others about your business or your intended goals.
- If you have a difficult time clearly expressing what it is that your business
does or what your intended goal is, you are not going to be able to develop a
strong networking system. You will be perceived as confused and
unorganized. The worst thing for you to create is an external perception that
you are not capable of making a decision.

Two: Have open ears and be willing to listen to what others are saying.
- When you speak you want and expect others to listen to you, right? Therefore,
returning the respect of doing the same should be standard etiquette that
comes as second nature for any person. When you choose not to listen to the
information being placed before you, it's considered taking the risk of
missing out on a valuable connection. Open your ears and listen to what
people are saying.

Three: Be willing to patron another business or participate in an event.
- Opening yourself to the possibility of utilizing a fellow entrepreneurs
service or participating in another persons event demonstrates support,
builds relationships and establishes camaraderie. This is three of the four
core elements to effective networking.

Four: Have a system in which you refer business to business and clients to business.
- This is one of the four external components to achieving successful growth.
Be readily available to tell someone else about a service, an event and a
business owner. You are not effectively networking if you are not referring!
Even when you are unable to use a service or participate in a persons event,
tell someone else. The recipient of your referral will remember it and will
usually reciprocate. I must enforce that unless you are in a mutual based
agreement where monetary exchange is expected, refer without personal agenda
or reciprocation expectation.

Now that you have been equipped with the basics of effective networking you know why it's important to network. The point is until you reach out, others won't reach back! I hope you can compartmentalize what this truly means. We all need a helping hand in this world, even those at the top of the mountain. The top CEO of a monster company reached out first and then someone reached back to pull them up. The student that is trying to successfully pass a difficult class has to reach out so that someone can reach back and pull them up to the next level. Now, do you see what I mean by "Until you reach out, others won't reach back"?

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The True Strength of an Entrepreneur

What does it take to be an Entrepreneur? How do you know that you've made the right decision to start your own business? When do you take your vision and turn it into reality? Being an Entrepreneur takes hard work, diligence, sacrifices and an over-abundance of determination. Assuming the title and role of an Entrepreneur takes more than deciding to start a business, putting up a website and telling a few people that you are about to do something.

First you have to be able to envision what you are setting out to do. You have to have a plan and an outline for what you are seeking to achieve. If you don't know what your intended purpose is then how can you reach out to anyone else?

Second, you have to be able to wear several hats at the same time. As an emerging or existing Entrepreneur it is your responsibility to understand each area of your business even if you begin to outsource certain aspects of the business or hire staff to fulfill a role. The moment you start to be unaware of how a particular area of your business works is the moment you begin to giveaway the success potential and growth of your business.

Third, a successful Entrepreneur constantly seeks to gain more knowledge and usually encircles themselves with knowledgeable people or like minded individuals. If you desire to have a successful IT business then you can't encircle yourself with only electricians and construction workers. The same holds true for those seeking to reach that Millionaire status. Hanging around impoverished minded individuals is not going to take you anywhere near your desired status.

Poverty is a mindset! It's not a way of life. It's the way you think about your life. Change your mindset!

The fourth thing that will increase your strength as an Entrepreneur is to be willing to sacrifice somethings, tactile the challenges and get the bull's eye focus on your destiny.

Take these four principles and apply them into your life as an Entrepreneur and watch your strength grow.

So I want you to share your thoughts, express what you think it takes to be an Entrepreneur that is ready to bring reality to your vision?

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