Too many moving parts, that’s what the entrepreneur signs up for. It’s what I love and hate most about entrepreneurship. When you are a creative entrepreneur it’s worse because your bread and butter are tied to being inspired so throw that in your already overwhelming list of things to do “stay inspired”.

Inspiration is not overrated. How do you keep coming up with commercially viable designs and stay passionate and profitable. How do you keep them coming in and out of season? 

I have a podcast on staying inspired. In the middle of all you have to juggle , know that your creativity must be fed and protected. It ain’t easy though but nothing great ever is. #

Still on lessons from 2019.
Happiness is not overrated. Joy is power. I’m not talking about putting up a show for Instagram (except if that feeds your joy ) I mean taking deliberate steps to do what makes you happy. I don’t know who sold us the lie that a successful business starts with a happy customer, no it starts with a happy business owner and her happiness is contagious, rubbing off on her customer and her entire ecosystem.

It’s SIMPLE, do what makes you happy. It’s easy to loose your spark as you get busier and your business gets bigger. You take on more, you diversify, you get into survival mode and then you wake up one morning uninspired, not excited about what you do anymore.

Your passion is precious please guard it jealously. Your passion, joy, happiness is where your grace lies. That is where you find limitless energy, your unique selling point, your unfair advantage, your secret sauce.

Doing what makes you happy is your most strategic business move. So in 2020 don’t throw yourself into busy-ness without finding out what happy is. Let your joy guide your work. 

The pressure that comes with the new year, now its a new decade we have to contend with . As an entrepreneur you can’t afford to panic. Panic is bad for business and it’s not great for your creative energy either. As usual we will be inundated with goal setting tips, classes,courses ,programs etc and if you are lucky, all that buzz will last you till March and then the adrenaline wears out and reality kicks in and you are back doing the same old thing and waiting for another year to count down… no that’s not the plan.

So what do you do as an entrepreneur to prepare for 2020? Well let me tell you what I do. I’m not jaded by the new year….I never have been. I however take note of my wins in the year and then try to document what made them work, then I do them again and again until I have a winning formula.

We don’t give our wins enough attention. When you get something right, go on and supersize it, it’s yours ,perfect it , repeat it and own it. Stay present in 2020 . I had several wins in 2019 and I’m going to capitalize on them in 2020 so watch this space. I hope I made sense. By the way I’m back and I have a lot to share.