Entrepreneur

       *YOU ARE HERE.  Where is here? It is at the crossroads of success and satisfaction. I turned 40 this year and have half my life behind me and the other half ahead of me. I have lived so much life as a stay-at-home mom of four kids, a successful entrepreneur and businesswoman, a philanthropist who hasraised almost a million dollars while working with celebrities and communities. I could be the poster child for the person who had it all…just not at the same time.      I am here. Where is here? Stepping away from a successful career to go back to school. I don’t need a degree to continue being and doing everything I was. However, it was no longer satisfying. Don’t get me wrong, I loved helping so many people. I loved everything that I was able to do and succeed at, and even fail at. It wasn't for naught. It was my alma mater, The School of Hard Knocks. The reality is that the Lord has bigger plans that I could imagine. I mean I thought I was a...

When I think of an Entrepreneur, I think of someone who has started their own business. This takes a lot of risks, faith, and fear. I learned from my courses this week that self-confidence is needed even to consider being an Entrepreneur. I don’t know if confidence or naivete I have created a few businesses, some very successful that I have since sold. Others were moderately successful and have ultimately not been worth continuing. Most of these, I started out of naivete and a whim. That probably helped me to jump into it without much fear and moderate faith. If I knew then what I know now, I probably would have hesitated to the point of not doing it because it is a LOT of work. Blood, sweat, and tears may be cliché, but it is the most accurate I could think of. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. So I am glad I didn’t know any better because I didn’t let fear overwhelm me.  I am most excited to learn what I don’t know about being an entrepreneur and how I can be better at owni...