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Starting a Business – Your Way!

More people than ever before are choosing to leave their current positions in search of success and new possibilities through the creation of small businesses.

If you could create anything in business, would you do it the way everybody else does it? Or would you forge your own path? If you left the corporate world for the world of business so you could do things your way, are you creating that? Or have you simply started fitting into another version of other people’s expectations?

You need to ask different questions if you desire to create a different future. While small business used to mean local business, now a small business can have far-reaching effects and global impact. Are you aware that every choice you make, makes a difference to the world, not just to the people around you?

How do you choose where to start creating your business?

What if it is not about the legal, the brand or even what you are selling? What if you start the creation of your business by asking questions about the difference you desire to make…and what if those questions can inform every choice you make?

What if you create your business from the perspective that no business is small, and that every choice you make creates an impact in the world?

Everyone is seeking their niche and their competitive advantage. What if you start your business with the question of what would it take to have a continually expanding creative edge? Niches limit your creative choices; being on the creative edge invites you to go where no other business has gone before. You can stop comparing and start creating!

What if you could take a different perspective on the resources you have available?

Most people create their businesses from a lack of something - lack of money, lack of time, lack of know-how, lack of customers, etc. You know what’s on your ‘not-enough’ list. And yet, have you ever asked to have more of all of these things? “Ask and you shall receive” is one of those ideas that truly works. When you place your energy on what you desire, rather than what you don’t have, your choices show up differently. They may not always look how you expect, but it’s likely there are far more (and greater!) possibilities available to you right now than you have acknowledged. Try asking ‘How can I use what I have to create more than I currently have?’ You might be surprised at what shows up!

What if what you are being is more important than your brand, your website or what you are doing?

Yes, this sounds odd, until you look at it. ‘Fake it until you make it’ has become so commonplace that there is little trust in business. When you step into being a leader, being as brilliant as you are, being different, being creative and being a contribution to everyone you meet, your business growth is formed on a platform that can expand and grow with you.Your reputation builds the trust that others pretend to have.