In Finding Our Strengths, We Find Our Beginning
Ever have one of those weeks where you feel like the wheels are turning but you're not going anywhere? In fact, maybe even moving BACKWARDS? Yea, that seems to be like every week for me! Between single motherhood and building a business, there is never a dull moment in my life. (Who am I kidding? It's boring!) I dream of writing like Carrie Bradshaw and living a fabulous life in New York City. At the same time I constantly remind myself that amongst the (many) cosmos, fashions, handsome men, and book signings that even she has her fair share of rejection in the business world.
In the midst of the chaos last week I stopped and took the Strengths Finder 2.0 test. The results were interesting to say the least. My 5 strengths were identified as: ideation, self-assurance, futuristic, strategic, and relator. Based on their definitions I questioned a few of these results. In all fairness I did not go back through and try to identify what I felt the results should be. I've had a week to really sit on those strengths and figure out how they apply to my life. Here's what I learned.
Building a vision for the Legacy Connection Community comes natural and exciting to me. Underneath the inevitable chaos I have to channel those strengths by developing and implementing new programs, ideas, and opportunities for our members. In many respects I'm always in the beginning stage. I'm fabulous at generating ideas and even developing the marketing strategy to move forward. However sometimes I find myself getting stuck on the implementation. Why? If I can vision the future and have an understanding of what people want then this actually doing it shouldn't be so hard!
The point I'm trying to make is that I'm in a constant state of learning and growing - personally and professionally. I can never be all things to all people. It's OK for me to always be generating ideas but for me to be successful I need to seek out others who can keep the cycle going. Just like any entrepreneur I am in control of my future and there are no corporate ladders that need to be climbed.
NOW is the time to begin. Watch out Carrie Bradshaw... I'm coming after you. And your red stilettos.