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Business Owners: Where Innovation Unfolds

July 27, 2017 by Lisa Mininni Leave a Comment

You are present. You are open to new ideas. You are a visionary. You are resilient. You are adventuresome. You are resourceful. You are optimistic. You are intentional. You are integrous. You are prolific.

Do these entrepreneurial traits describe you right now? This minute.

What I’ve learned in over 14 years mentoring small business owners is that there is a glaring element that is missing when entrepreneurs are in the heart of a challenge. This element is incredibly simple. It’s so simple business owners laugh when they realize it’s what has been keeping them from achieving new levels of success.

Regardless of what you’re up against, you can resolve, breakthrough, solve, or achieve the hurdle you’re experiencing when you adopt this element.

So, what’s the secret element to solve the challenge you’re facing? Choosing. Choosing who you are being in any moment.

Well, think of your greatest challenge right now. Who are you choosing to be about that challenge? Are you choosing an empowering element or disempowering element?

Are you choosing to be…

Present or distracted?
Open or closed?
Visionary or overwhelmed?
Resilient or stuck?
Adventuresome or restrictive?
Resourceful or inactive?
Optimistic or pessimistic?
Intentional or unwilling?
Integrous or unreliable?
Prolific or ineffective?

Once you choose the empowered element, what action could you take?

For example, if you’ve been denied that loan to invest in new technology that would scale your business, who are you choosing to be about it? Pessimistic or stuck?
What if you choose to be optimistic and resilient. Then, ask yourself, what are all of the options, ideas or actions an optimistic and resilient leader would create?

Talk to another lending resource?
Look for grants or other funding sources?
Ask your business mentor for other options?

Can you see how new ideas are generated by stepping into the empowered element? The untold element to a successful entrepreneur is choosing. Choosing in any moment who you will be. This is where innovation unfolds.

Mastering Your Inner Entrepreneur: It’s Like Riding a Bike

February 23, 2017 by Lisa Mininni Leave a Comment

Think back to the first time you learned to ride your bicycle without your training wheels. Perhaps you felt excited, fearful, or even a little apprehensive.

You got up on the bicycle not knowing. You didn’t know if you could ride by yourself. You didn’t know if you would get hurt. You didn’t know if you would succeed.

In that moment, you decided to get back on the bike. You discovered by riding what worked and what didn’t. You pedaled faster and faster and faster until you mastered it.

You lost your balance. You fell.

You got up again. You tried again.

You got better each time. Each time you went a little further.

You didn’t stop yourself despite the falls.

You didn’t say, “I’ll think about.”

You didn’t say, “Maybe some day.”

You didn’t say, “I need to do this perfectly.”

Right?

Then, why do you say these phrases while running your business?

To learn ways to Master Your Inner Entrepreneur and become unstoppable, register today for the:

Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp for Business Owners on April 27-28, 2017 at Davenport University in Livonia, Michigan.

What If Your Company Was A Person?

March 24, 2016 by Lisa Mininni Leave a Comment

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Isn’t it interesting how people talk about companies? You even hear employees use pronouns to describe how “they” did this or that. The employees aren’t even referring to anyone specific in the company.

So, what if your company was a person? It’s a bold question to ask. You might find, if you ask the question, that the company you would like to be is nothing like the company that you actually are.

As a leader, you need to listen openly and respond courageously when asking this question. You may be surprised at the words people use to describe your company.

So if your company was a person, how would you want others to describe it?

Is it young or mature?

Formal or informal?

Traditional or trendy?

Serious or fun?

All companies have a way others view them. How do you want the world to view your company?

If you want to discover how to consciously create a business that is in alignment with your values and full contribution you want to make in the world, then join us at the Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp for Business Owners on April 25-26, 2016.

If you haven’t registered, you’ll want to register by Thursday, March 31 to take advantage of the Early Bird Scholarship.

Simply register at http://www.wakeupprofitable.com Enter and Apply Promo Code: 2016EarlyBird

One of the first things that will happen is that you receive a welcome call. This call is designed to have you powerfully positioned to walk into the Wake Up Profitable Boot Camp.

When you walk in, you’ll start networking with other small business owners, just like you, and we will get right in to learning a powerful framework to:

-Develop and lead a high-functioning team
-Be up to 40% more productive
-Increase your sales 90% in 30 days
-Systematize a year’s worth of marketing in 1 hour

What would that open up for you if you could achieve those results like our clients have?

Head on over to http://www.wakeupprofitable.com and apply promo code: 2016EarlyBird upon check out. The Boot Camp is regularly $1997 so this is a great opportunity for you to get your seat for only $530 when you register by March 31, 2016.)

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