Knowledge for Entrepreneurs- Accessing Solutions to Biz Problems
6 Key questions we face as small business owners and related tips.
No matter how technical and complicated a problem, small business owners have a universal source of information.
Consultants are expensive. When you contract a consultant, you are paying for expertise that you do not have. This can be very valuable. Indeed, I have benefited greatly from “selling” my knowledge to those that do not know what I know. And I have earned every bit of financial reward gained through helping others where there’s information necessary to succeed in one area or another. Looking to experts for knowledge is very helpful, especially when you are an entrepreneur interested in success.
One might say that it is impossible to know everything that one needs to know to run a successful business, whatever size it may be. And this would be true. Except when it’s not. Sometimes we look to experts because we lack confidence in ourselves or because we do not believe that we know the answers to the questions we seek. At times we may even know what we need to know but we lack the courage to execute. In these instances, we are paying a price for ignoring that we know more than we think we do. Or, that we can achieve great things through sheer perseverance alone, for example.
No matter how technical, no matter how complicated a problem, what if you could tap into a universal source of information that would allow you to connect with what you need to thrive in your business? Maybe we can’t download information about how to fly a helicopter the way the character Trinity in the movie The Matrix does, but I believe we all have access to an infinite amount of knowledge that is stored in the universal memory banks. This information is accessible through our intention.
The human mind is an incredible machine capable of receiving and already possessing much more information than we can ever imagine. Science is teaching us through quantum physics that all knowledge is stored within the very DNA housed in our cells. By activating our so-called “Junk DNA,” we can discover the unlimited potential we have within us to create and manipulate the universe.
We have only to set aside our limiting beliefs, step into our full power and trust in the capacity we must move through every opportunity with wisdom and grace. For entrepreneurs, there is no greater challenge than to understand the seemingly complex nature of the structure of a business.
6 Key questions we face as small business owners:
- What makes a business succeed?
- How can technology be used to empower the very structure of our business?
- How can we wisely utilize human capital to support our profitability?
- What are the financial models that work for us? How can we establish credibility for our brand?
- What limits us in causing our business to succeed at the level of our wildest dreams?
These are all questions we face daily as business owners. Most of us do not believe we can answer these questions on our own. And often when we try, we fail. Fear gets in the way, belief systems we acquire in our childhood, such as “I am not good enough” or “there must be something wrong with me,” stand in the way of our success.
If we can put aside these limiting patterns in our behavior and in our mindset, we will begin to utilize the Inner Knowing that we have come here with and that we have acquired through the evolutionary process of our species. First, we must believe in ourselves and then we must trust that we CAN have this access!
Everyone has experienced what is called an “aha moment.” These moments of enlightened truth come to us from the very source of Inner Knowing that I am referring to. Usually these aha moments occur randomly in our lives. And when they do, we are often astonished and amazed at the truth and wisdom within them. How can we cause aha moments to come to us at will?
How can we conspire with the source of Inner Knowing to bring truth and wisdom to our experience whenever we choose?
Below are my top three tips to bring truth and wisdom to your life so you can succeed in your business in the way that you have always dreamed possible:
- Spend at least 15 minutes a day in silence, 30 minutes is even better.
This sounds easy and almost silly. But I can assure you that it is neither. We live in a very noisy world. Inside our head there is a voice that is constantly speaking to us, and it is not always saying positive things. Our reality is shaped by the thoughts we entertain. Therefore, make sure to entertain only those thoughts that support your goals, your dreams, and your possibilities. In moments of silence, we can reconnect with these ideals and find creative ways to think and speak to them into existence.
Meditation is an amazing tool now being used by corporate executives across the globe. Join the movement!
- Stop each day to listen with your heart instead of with your head.
Close your eyes and center your attention in your heart. Science is discovering that the heart holds an intelligence that is far greater than that of the brain. The HeartMath Institute is studying heart intelligence and is providing “scientifically validated and market-validated tools and technologies that activate the intelligence and power of the heart to dramatically reduce stress while empowering health, performance and behavioral change in individuals and organizations.” According to “Let Your Heart Talk to Your Brain,” a Huffington Post article by HeartMath, “… the human heart, in addition to its other functions, possesses a heart-brain composed of about 40,000 neurons that can sense, feel, learn and remember.
The heart brain sends messages to the head brain about how the body feels and more. Use your heart to uncover the answers to the everyday problems your business is experiencing!
- Use the power of your dreams to find solutions to complex problems.
Often, I have gone to sleep at night not knowing how to handle a certain problem in my business, only to wake up with the perfect solution. I’m sure you have experienced this too. Dreams carry messages from our subconscious. These messages, when accurately interpreted can bring amazing insight and information to us. Nobel Prize laureate Otto Loewi dreamed about the experiment, which would prove his idea that nerve impulses are chemically transmitted! Practice these techniques to eliminate worry and to bring full clarity to those situations that ultimately actually do require expertise beyond your own level of knowledge. In other words, use experts only when you have exhausted your own Inner fountain of information.
Believe in yourself. You are more powerful and more knowledgeable than you can comprehend!
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