Moving From Fear to Love: #1 Key to Business Success

To build a profitable business, wise women entrepreneurs must have a high level of self-awareness and commitment to self-care.  In today’s economic climate, you may be experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, anger and resentment.  Perhaps you have lost your home, the equity on your home, your job, or a good portion of your retirement assets.  You may be feeling depressed and anxious, or perhaps you just lack the energy and motivation to keep moving forward.  These are very challenging times for all of us; however, there has never been a better time to create success through business ownership.

The movement from fear to love is an awesome journey that starts with going within, connecting with who you truly are, and accepting personal responsibility for all that you have created thus far in your life.  This requires a break from victimization, from feelings that “someone else did this to me and is responsible for what is not working in my life.”  If you reflect on your past experiences, you will realize that you had a say in every decision and that you had the power to decide differently; therefore, you are also responsible for the results.  Here is the challenge:  to accept that we made a mistake, that we had something to do with the decisions made, AND to forgive ourselves and all others involved.  This two-edge process of accepting responsibility and forgiveness is the key to finding inner peace and true wealth in our lives.

As business owners committed to personal and world transformation, it is critical that we continue to grow personally and spiritually.  Letting go of the past and understanding that there was a Higher purpose for all of our experiences will enable us to create the future that we desire.  As we are mindful of our thoughts and feelings, we will know when we are experiencing fear and when we are in the space of love.  We have the power to control our thoughts and feelings and we need to be very aware of them minute by minute.  Self-awareness and loving ourselves are our greatest challenges as entrepreneurs.  If we love and take care of ourselves with 100% commitment, our business, our money, and our life will flow as we move forward to manifest our vision for ourselves and the world.

How do we know we are moving from Fear to Love?  First, by connecting to our feelings.  Second, by our actions.  Here is a basic list of feelings and actions that are based on fear and love to guide us in the process:

FEELINGS
From Fear	To Love
Guilt	Forgiveness
Resentment	Letting Go
Anger	Acceptance
Complacency	Committed Action
Repression	full self expression
Looking good to impress others	being authentic
Cynicism	Hope
Depression	Inner Joy
Anxiety	Peace

ACTIONS
From Fear	To Love
Focus is on the “doing”	Focus is on the “being” (meditation and reflection)
lacks business knowledge	learns business basics
lacks business and financial planning	implements plans
Builds business alone	Collaborates and works in teams
Compulsive worker	Balances work and personal life
Eats poorly	Eats healthy

To conclude,  let us be mindful of our feelings and actions and strive to stay in the space and energy of Love.  As we practice, we will find ourselves in the space of Love more often, and we will transform our lives, our businesses, and the world.