A Penny For Your Entrepreneurial Thoughts…

One thing I’m learning in this season is that if you don’t ask for what you want, you won’t get it.

I’ve been thinking about what I want for my business and how to ask for in a way that is sincere and authentic to my own personality and brand. Asking can be as simple as telling your graphic designer that you prefer red to blue as the featured colour in your promotional material, or as risky as sending a proposal to a funding organization for a grant.

Bottom line is, that if you don’t ask, you won’t receive. And the worst thing that could happen is “no.” Because what if they say “yes?”

What are you asking for these days?

The Dream is Free. The Hustle Isn’t.

Over the past few years, I’ve had a dream; a dream to work for myself and own my own business. The process hasn’t been easy. It’s been a journey through a ton of “nos” and very few “yeses”

Throughout the journey, I’ve been:

Changing, shifting, shedding and gaining…
Learning, people-pleasing, sifting through happiness and disillusionment…
Praying, gaining faith in myself and my business and losing it within seconds
Living in abundance and being broke, like reeeaaally broke….
And loving… Loving with all my heart….

At the center of all the the chaos, drama, change and many false starts, the dream has stayed alive and somehow has taken form. These four words describe the last few years of hustle–where I’ve come from and where I’m going:

Evolve. Discover. Inspire. Sacrifice.

Yup, the dream is free but the hustle is costly…