Jul 4
No BS Lesson 1: Self Analysis & Duct Tape
(The following is one of my journal entries at the New Order Business School. As part of my scholarship, I agreed to keep a success journal of my progress for all to see!)
Well I’ve never had a business lesson which involved duct tape before. For a while there I was kind of wondering what I’d gotten myself involved in! hehe. But anyway, here goes…
According to this self analysis thingy, “You are in touch with your dreams and have a great deal going for you. (Well Duh!) The course is probably all you need to begin pulling it all together to make those dreams come true”. (Hooray!)
Here is the breakdown of my current totals from the assessment:
- Dreaming: 7/7
- Planning: 6/7
- Resources: 2/7 (Gulp!)
- Personal Vision: 5/5
- Status Quo: 4/5 (not entirely sure what this means?)
My Business 1 Year from Today
Today is the 25th June 2009, and my business is booming! I am in my new home office, in our recently renovated home, consulting with my support team (yes- the business has grown so much that I have had to employ staff to cope with the high demand for our services!) Together we are discussing last minute preparations for the company’s first trade-show experience, this weekend when we are exhibiting at the Mind Body Spirit Festival. We are well on our way to becoming the number one, most popular holistic/ new age store on the Internet, and our free Magazine has one of the largest subscriber bases for its kind in Australia (over 20,000) and is taking off Internationally as well as we expand into the American Market. At least one of our team members is a well-known, best-selling author and speaker. Each of us absolutely loves the work that we are doing together, and we are grateful that so many blessings are coming out of it, and that together, we are making a positive impact on thousands of lives around the world.
Some Currently recognised Self Quotes
- “It’ll probably take me a while before I can get started”
- “It’ll probably take ages before I actually make any money” (-I realised the only reason I say that is because that is the limiting expectation they taught us at university!… But they obviously weren’t thinking of some of the newer Internet businesses when they taught us that!)
New Self- Quotes Re-Written (Affirmations!)
- “I am Decisive, Focused, and Creative. I have all the resources I need to get my business up and running within the next month”
- “I am a super-savvy and highly creative business woman and marketing guru-ess. I am preparing to make a fortune through my business within the first year of operations. My business is growing so fast that I will be more than able to replace my current job income within the next two to three months”
P.S. I was a good girl and didn’t require any duct tape this time hehe
