The Key to Creating a Power Partnership in your Urban Botanic Business

WomensCommunity.com shared a chapter of their ebook that really helps you to know what is important to you and how to work with yourself in a nutshell. I've included some great excersises I'd like us to do and report back on with the next conference call (or should I say ?) - we need to get a new name for that and I'll be sending out a separate email on the prizes for your effort!

The Key to Creating a Power Partnership
With Yourself to Live a Life of Joy


KEY # 1 KNOW YOURSELF



To build and sustain a successful business, it must begin with you! When you build a business “from the inside out” and integrate your personal passions into your business, you will be poised for immense success. Consider this “Partnership with Self” your most important partnership. It is the key ingredient and foundation for building a successful business.

It is critical that you have a clear understanding of:
your strengths
your interests
your knowledge and experience
the contribution you want to make
the areas in which you need to grow and improve
what you don’t like to do

This understanding will allow you to leverage your positives. It will also allow you to be aware of what sort of help you need and give you the courage to find ways to get that help!

Before you can build Power Partnerships with others, know yourself. Build the foundation—your Partnership with Self—and begin to celebrate the fact that you have laid the groundwork for a rock-solid business!


EXERCISES




Block out some uninterrupted time, take out a pen and paper, and answer the following questions:


1. What are you most interested in? What do you love to do? What are you passionate about?

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2. What are your greatest strengths?


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3. What are your unique talents and gifts? Which of these would you like to contribute to others?

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4. Recall some of your happiest moments. What made them so happy?

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5. What is the most satisfying, fulfilling, joyful work you have done? (Consider both work for pay and volunteer work, and/or work in the home.) What qualities made that work so enjoyable?

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6. What unique combination of skills, knowledge, and experience do you possess?
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7. What are your basic values and beliefs? How do you see yourself incorporating these values and beliefs into your business life? What would happen if you were to engage in a business that failed to honor these values and beliefs?
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8. Can these values and beliefs become an advantage of doing business with you versus the competition?

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9. If you could focus time and energy exclusively on what you truly love to do, what business activities would you pursue?

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10. What would your ideal business day look like? How would you spend your time?

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