Wisdom Wednesday: Find wise Counsel

I am well on my way of finding a new circle and this is why . . .


I love my family and my friends, but I am quickly starting to see that they do not know what I want to know about business.  They only know what they know and therefore they can only teach me what they know.  I am understanding that the people around me know how to play it safe. Playing it safe is not a characteristic of an entrepreneur.

I am just starting to build my business on this online platform and I am building it from scratch.  I do this blog to practice my writing and my editing skills.  But now it is time to go the next step.  But how do I go the next step if I don't have the know how?  I have to seek wise council in the area that I want to grow in.

They say that if you are the wisest person in your group, then you have to find a new group . . . I don't totally agree with this statement. I want to keep my friends.  I think I picked some really great ones.  I think that there is something special in each and everyone of us.

The truth is that you have to surround yourself with what you want to know.  Why?  Because it is a biblical principle.  "Faith comes by hearing . . . and hearing . . . and hearing."  You will start to believe what you put yourself around.  If you have a goal that you want to achieve, you don't want to fill your head with a bunch of non sense.  No, you have to get focused.  You have to surround yourself with knowledge that is going to help you grow into your purpose.

I know that a good foundation is key.  Therefore, I am not the person to cut off my family or leave my church family behind.  This is my foundation in the Lord, and I know that God put me right where he needed me to be.  The reason why he places us where we are, is so that we could provide the gifts that we have with others; so that they could share theirs with us for our growth .  However, for those who are bringing constant drama and gossip; they got to be kept at a distance because they can stunt our growth.

Our purpose is to grow!

Everyone's purpose is to grow.  So, I started to ask myself why do so many chose not to grow?  A lot of people I know find their comfort zone and they stay in it. But the word of God always talks about the process, about sowing,  watering, and growing.  I thank God for the seeds that he has planted in me.  I thank God for the increase.  What seeds did he plant in you?  What are you supposed to be sharing with others?  I'm so glad that God made each and everyone of us special.

Glory be to our God!

With that said, I am ready to learn more.  The Holy Spirit is leading me into deeper understanding about growth.  One of those revelations is that you have to seek after what you want to know.  Sometimes this means you have to find the people you know the things that you don't know.

In other words: Seek wise council.

I prayed to God for wise council.  I thank the Holy Spirit for guidance and for the opportunity to live my journey.  Yes, this is my journey and you have one of your very own.  My desire is to learn more about being a writer and  to learn more about how to make it a profitable business.  Let me share with you who I'm listening to and reading about.

Mark Batterson 

He is a pastor and author of "Draw the Circle" and many other books.  He teaches on prayer and has great wisdom in this area.  By reading his books I am learning about how to be bold for Christ, how to pray by faith, and how to believe the promises of God.  Check him out on his site:

https://www.markbatterson.com/

Seth Godin

He is an author who taught me about how important it is to write everyday if I really wanted to improve my skills as a writer.  My favorite quote from him so far is from his book "Tribes," or it could have been "Linch Pin." I just know that it stuck with me!

"No one is going to see your PowerPoint presentation and give you a million dollars!"

. . .At least this is how I remember the quote and it means so much more than what it actually says . . . to me anyway.  Check his blog out, he definitely takes time to think about education, about entrepreneurship, and about leadership.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/

Tiphani Montgomery

Woman of God! Woman of God!

She is the Founder of the Millions Conference and business woman extraordinaire.  This is who God sent to me to let me know that he has awesome plans for all of us.  She is an entrepreneur/speaker/motivator/author for women who are looking to make bold moves for Christ.  Just an awesome energy to be around.  

In the video below she is talking about the 9 things she learned about being an entrepreneur.  One of those things was,  "not everyone is going to be able to come with you!"

Terry Savelle Foy

Terry is awesome for the beginner looking to follow their dreams.  She is the motivator of dreams.  That is her gift.  She is an author/speaker/motivator/entrepreneur.  She has helped me so much in my journey.  Check out her book "Dream It, Pin It, Live It."  It had a lot of motivational stories about achieving your dreams, goal setting, and mindset. Check her out.

Alyssa

I just found Alyssa and I think she is awesome!  She has a channel on YouTube  called "Awesome Acts" where she talks about the awesomeness of God.  She has some great testimonies and I really like listening to them. Check her out.

Kytia L'amour

I'm just going to say . . . She's my friend now! Hey Kytia.  Entrepreneur/model/woman of God.  Hawaii native doing her thing representing our Lord and Savior!

I'm running out of time, but I love you guys.  Check out my new friends especially if you are an Christian entrepreneur, business owner, or author trying to find your way.

Live your life on purpose.

Until Next Time

-Tamorra

Since My Last Post

It has been 15 days since my last post. . .  and I am thinking to myself . . . nobody really cares.  Well except maybe my mom . . .


When I talk to my mom she always asks me, "Did you write today . . . how is the book coming?"  Her words are comforting and makes me feel like someone actually is taking my career change seriously. 

And I respond with a matter of fact tone of certainty and pride "Yes, the book is coming along . . . I'm actually editing it now . . .big things are happening!" 

However, I am having a problem.  I have been editing this book since January . . . I'm finished the book!  I just keep changing the book!  I am procrastinating on the next step and I don't know why.  I'm actually realizing that I am developing a habit of procrastination!

Yeah, that series that I was supposed to do for this blog, never completed it.  Probably because I am also developing a habit of not finishing things.  SMH, what is becoming of me?  I'm starting all kinds of projects and I am not finishing anything.  I have idea, after idea, after idea but I can't seem to make things come together.  Then I start to feel anxious about what I am not doing and I let everything fall to the ground like a discouraged juggling clown that has given up all hope.  I feel so silly!

Truth is, I like writing this blog and finding tidbits of inspiration because it is what I need.  If I need it, I know other people need it too.  I just haven't found the confidence to be bold enough to constantly promote my blog as something credible.  After all, who would listen to a beginner writer and entrepreneur wanna be with no real prior experience at being successful?

But that is "Stinking Thinking."  I have too change my mindset.

God redirects me every time I get to this point and he tells me that I am exactly who I am supposed to be.  I am exactly where he needs me to be.  I am being prepared to learn the lessons that I need to learn in order to become more like the person he needs me to be.  So, in my failure, I still grow.  I am still growing, and I forgive myself for my short comings so that I don't get trapped in them.  I talk to God so that he can lift me out of these tough processes and I start again.  I'm so glad that God gives second chances, third, forth, hundreds and hundreds upon thousands of chances to start again.  I know my redeemer lives.

So did I write my series?

Yes and No . . .

Sort of?  But then I realized that I should probably submit it to publisher because it was becoming such a long post.  Also, I was pouring myself into it and was just moved by the content.  Then I thought that it would go good in a book that I had already started to write . . . and so that is what I am going to do.  Pray for me.  I need an editor.  I need someone who is going to help me get this thing done.  I need to change my thinking, yet again . . .

I Finish Things 

I used to affirm this to myself all the time.  I would say it out loud and convince my self that I finish what I start.  So, right after this post I will spend 30 minutes commenting on what I said I would comment on . . . Better late than never!

Now, I say I need to change my thinking yet again because this is always happening to me.  I'm full steam, ready to change the world, but then I get around people who have no mind for change.  The people in my circle are always complaining about life or just don't have the same idea of determination and hard work as I do.  I am always being told that I need to get a job, I need to have  health insurance, and that I need to support my family.  These mind sets see security in the field of education.  I don't . . . I don't see the security in it, not anymore.

I read my bible more and more.  I get to know my savior more and more.  And he says that I don't have to worry about supporting my family, having health insurance, or trying to feel secure by holding traditional employment.  I understand I have to work, but now I have a different idea of what work is.  I serve my Lord.  He is developing my talents so that I work according to what he needs me to do.  I no longer depend on myself, but I depend on my God.  Hence, I need to start guarding my mind from those negative people.  Until I can learn how to deal with that, I just choose to avoid them as often as I can.

I'm Refocusing

So, I change the way that I make decisions.  I am going to stop hesitating when I have an idea.  I am going to complete my projects starting with  "Transitions" (The book that I am working on).  I am going to make those small necessary decisions that will change my life starting now. I am refocusing. Right Now . . . Oh how liberating!

This whole thing reminds me of a post that I wrote sometime ago about "The Five Second Rule,"  by Mel Robbins.  This book is still on my have to read list. I found another video on it, that I want you to check it out.  She says a lot about changing you mind habits and that way that you make decisions.  That is the good stuff of her speech . . . She also says that motivation is crap but I disagree with her on that . . . but I think that perhaps our definitions of motivation are different. 

The very fact that she is speaking about this idea (of changing your decision making habits) to so many people is motivation within itself.  Many minds have been changed and therefore so many lives.  Truly we know as Christians that all great ideas come from the almighty God, and it is awesome that he has used Ms. Robbins to interpret this concept and relay it to us for proper application.  This is  the motivation that one takes hold of  as truth and then downloads it in their understanding to which it then forever imprints inspiration.  This is what this idea is doing for me.  And because I found another video of her explaining it, I have a better idea of how to use it.  Check out the video.  And when you get a chance check out the book: "The Five Second Rule."

Until Next Time

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