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What Fairy Tales Taught Me About Business

by Karen Keller

How can fairy tales help your business? Fairy tales. As we get older and life shows us what it truly holds around each bend, we begin to lose our faith that somewhere, sometime, there’s a fairy tale waiting for us.

Princes and princesses disappear and we see the monsters in the moat, the fire-breathing dragons. Well, we see everything that keeps us from getting where we need to go.

You know what I love about fairy tales? Everything. The beginning, middle and end, every trial and tribulation in between! Aside from imagining myself all dressed-up in corseted gowns and waving to my prince from a tower’s window, I think fairy tales have quite a bit to teach us about business. If only we’d listen.

I want to share three things that I’ve learned about being a woman in business from all those fairy tales of my childhood. Now, this doesn’t mean that the guys can’t share in these thoughts, but I’m a girl and I’m talking to my fellow princesses today!

Hire a Contractor: Remember the Three Little Pigs? That nasty wolf kept huffing and puffing and blowing their house down. This goes to show that do-it-yourself isn’t necessarily the best defense against the things you want to keep at bay in your business. Whether competition or an afternoon rainstorm, team up with those who know how to build what you need – and it’s most likely not one of the other two little piggies under your roof! (Tip: search for woman-owned general contractors and businesses if you want to keep it with the sisterhood!)

Watch What You Eat: If you want to end up in an oven like Hansel and Gretel, go ahead an gobble-up anything that’s put in front of you just because it looks tasty. There are a lot of people in the business world that prey on your desire to grow and prosper and they’ll sell you a bill of goods because you’re hungry. Do your homework, read the fine print and get referrals for those business snacks you’re about to eat. It doesn’t all taste as good as it looks!

Dreams Can Come True: Your glass slipper, your happily ever after – it’s all possible as a woman in business. There’s no “man” keeping you down and to be quite honest, if you find a fire-breathing dragon keeping you from your goals, I want you to email me a picture. Whatever you aspire to can become your day to day. Grab a white horse and a killer dress and go get that new client, small business loan or fantastic new logo design. You deserve it and if you envision it, you can have it.

12 Secrets to Unleash the Power of Your Creative Thought – Part 3

by Karen Keller

Part 3 of a 3 part series: Living Creative Results

Part 1 of this series helped you get started – discovering that you do have a creative side and how to access it.  Part 2 focused on dealing with the gremlins.  You know – the self-limiting beliefs that invade your mind.

Now it’s time to focus on what’s ahead.  What are your creative goals?  What do you dream about?  How will you share your creative genius?  You’ve accessed your creative energy, beat the challenges and now what do you do?

Bask in the creative genius you have uncovered, engaged and is fruitful.

Here are the remaining 4 secrets designed to support you in living your creative results.

Secret #1: Making the Hurdles.  When you decide to put your creative genius “out there,” be prepared for rejection.  However, these rejections are like hurdles.  You start running and jump one hurdle at a time – never looking back.  Better yet, be proactive.  Identify and overcome your hurdles before they appear on the track.

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12 Secrets to Unleash the Power of Your Creative Thought – Part 2

by Karen Keller

Part 2 of a 3 part series: Conquering Creativity Challenges

In my last article, I revealed the 4 secrets to finding your creativity – the first stage of three in actualizing your creative process.  Creative thought is the essence of every woman.

Every woman has the capacity or dare I say the responsibility to share her creativity.  But what happens when there are barriers?

Here are the 4 secrets to Conquering Creativity Challenges:

Secret #1:  Pledge to Self.  Creative, inspiring women practice the skill of self-focus.  Women are overcoming societal expectations in order to give high priority to self.

Self-focus does not mean a woman is abdicating her true nature of nurturer.  Rather, she is nurturing her soul and creative gifts.  Your success doesn’t mean someone else’s loss.

The quote, “When mama ain’t happy, nobody happy!” is more than words.  Here’s the message: when a woman gives to herself – her creative thought – she has abundance to share.

“And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.”  Marianne Williamson

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