From Unemployment to
Self Employment
Choosing self employment is a possibility worth exploring for many who have suffered job loss or need a change. In Canada and around the world staggering job losses are mounting with the economic melt down. The loss of a job and so-called security can be shocking and painful.
Yet, many people coming through my workshops have found relief being released from a job they had not enjoyed for years but couldn't live without the pay check. No where in today's world are we guaranteed protection from the tidal wave of technology, information and change deluging our planet.
We certainly know self employment does not guarantee security. Ultimately, our security must come from within. Our jobs are not the source of life's abundance and goodness (and yes, we need to pay the bills.)
However, rather than feeling hopelessly trapped within a job (or without a job) people are considering self employment and learning the benefits of
working from home,
in numbers never seen before.
At some level, the entrepreneurial spirit resides within each of us.
Rekindle Your Entrepreneurial Spirt
Rekindling our entrepreneurial spirit is not about re-mortgaging the house or going into debt. The entrepreneurial spirit is about listening to, and acting upon our inner authority and dreams. It is about taking a few chances in life and believing we have something to offer the world.
It is about the desire to be one's own boss, have more time freedom and enjoy self employment. Even if we work for someone else, we can hone our entrepreneurial spirit by thinking of ourselves as the head of our own company, "Me Inc."
You are in charge of your life and work even if you work for someone else's company. This spirit can light our way anywhere and add depth and sacredness to our work.
This entrepreneurial spirit burns within each of us.
We are constantly being given glimmers of our talents and uniqueness. We need only to listen, to trust and to follow through. What do you have to offer that is unique and special?
Do you find it easier to help others find their unique niche rather than your own? Do you just naturally enjoy coaching, supporting and encouraging others to find their answers and be their best? Perhaps, you can take a first step by exporing the world of coaching.
Life and work coaching is a fast growing industry. Explore possibilities with one of the largest coaching communities in the world
CoachVille.
Here is a partial quote of a poem by - Martha Graham and Agnes Demille - that affirms our unique gift.
"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening
That is translated through you into action,
And because there is only one of you in all time,
This expression is unique.
If you block it,
It will never exist through any other medium
And will be lost.
The world will not have it.
It is not your business to determine how good it is;
nor how valuable it is;
Nor how it compares with other expressions.
It is your business to keep it yours, clearly & directly
To keep the channel open."
We need to trust our own unique expression! Heeding our inner authority will help us survive todays uncertain, volatile times. Why not start taking small steps now toward something different?
Every Journey Begins with a Single Step
Stretch your comfort zone even a little bit. Consider taking a correspondence or night course in something that interests you.
Try volunteering a few hours in a field you are interested in to determine if it feels right for you. Talk to people working in the industry you're interested in and learn what it would take to work there.
Investigate starting your own business and more fully expressing your passion. Everyone has a passion or a keen special interest.
Spend a few minutes researching
successful sites built by SBI owners
and you'll see your special knowledge is being sought on the Internet. Through viewing these sites we realized we could do what they had done.
Millions of jobs have been lost because of technology but untold work and opportunity has been created because of it. You may be thinking this stuff is only for artists or great business minds. No!
We all have a special knowledge and unique background to write from! Most of us just need the help getting it out there.
Are you wondering if Site Build It, can work for you? We used an SBI's phone/chat/e-mail advisor to help us make that decision.
These free advisors will answer any questions you may have about SBI. Get your questions answered and decide if SBI is your best option for launching or updating your website.
You could be operating a business as simple as this one.
You do not have to be a technological wizard or web designer to begin your own web business. Steve and I are very basic computer people and have managed to build this site.
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The World Needs Your Talents and Gifts
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There is vast work to be done on this planet and the world needs what you have to offer. Only you can express and offer your gifts and talents! You're not clear on what you have to offer?
You may be surprised how much you have to offer the world if you will take some time to answer the following questions. List any ideas or answers you may have to following questions - without judgement.
1. What do you love to talk about, read about, or do for fun or as a hobby? What have you learned just by doing it?
2. Do you have some great advice for single moms, hockey puck guys or how to groom dreadlocks? Do you have solutions to problems in your home, family, workplace, or the world?
3. Would you love to write book reviews, movie chatter, resumes, recipes; edit e-zines, e-books, essays for others; or write about animal care or the stars...? What courses or schooling have you taken that you feel passionate about? Any of these could be successful self employment options!
4. Now, don't forget to review your past. Ask yourself these same questions but going back 5 - 10 - 20 years into your past. Do not allow your inner critic to invalidate your ideas before you begin!
You have special knowledge that other people value. No one can express what you know in the manner you see it. You are unique. Opportunities are endless; but you must begin with a single step.
"Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is an elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can - begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Read on for more ideas how to take those first steps into creating self employment through
work-at-home.
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