A little about me today...I'm a life coach and therapist with a BA in Politics and a passion for democracy and social justice. It's been a long journey but somehow I find myself today with an interest in the small business community.
Perhaps this love affair won't last with greater familiarity but what I see is that owning your own business is a unique opportunity to step forward as a leader with a specific vision. It's a chance to express that vision both in who you are in the day to day challenges and in the environment you create for yourself and every person who works for you, supplies you and buys from you.
A business reflects it's owner. It is his or her statement of values to the community. The statement is made in the efficiency, the generosity, the caring expressed through this business. I believe the standards of our community are enhanced by the kinds of businesses we create here. Is the service attentive? Do the employees feel included in decisions about products? Are they allowed to share their best talents in the work they do? Do customers feel they have a relationship with this business or is a sale simply a transaction? Do your customers want to return because they know they are welcome and valued?
And, if you are an owner, does your business reward you, excited you, challenge you? When you come to work, are you in your creative flow-manifesting things that are important to you?
It seems to me that the more "yes" answers an owner has to the questions above, the more powerful, effective and satisfied he/she will feel about their ability to manifest a dream. And, if each of us has a leadership role to fulfill, a business is an amazing experience of your own ability to lead!
With courage for change,
Marilyn Fahrner
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