Let Freedom Ring
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There has been something bouncing around in my head since I heard Aretha Franklin sing and President Obama give his inaugural address. It’s about freedom. Which I have long known is one of my most cherished values. Our President was speaking about freedom and at the same time he was speaking about responsibility. The two are inescapably intertwined. His words said, “… greatness is never a given. It must be earned.” And “we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work”. He could have been talking about an entrepeneur – he could have been talking about you as you build your coaching business.
The freedom of being an entrepreneur thrills me on a daily basis. I love to be the one who makes all the choices. What to do, where to be, who to talk to, how to do it. The list of decisions goes on and on and I don’t have to answer to anyone else who would do it differently. It is my way. Pure joy for my freedom loving heart. At the same time, I am acutely aware that there is a lot of hard work involved to make sure that I make good decisions, ones that are tempered by information and input from others. This is the responsibility of freedom.
Being an entrepreneur requires an amazing amount of hard work. As is true for our country in this time of change, “everywhere we look, there is work to be done.” This is not something to feel discouraged about. All your hard work in your business will reward you magnificently. Too many coaches in the past have chosen fear and given up their dream. Don’t follow them. The information and support you need to succeed in freedom as an entrepreneur is out there. This is the time for action.
A diffilcut task well done is one of life’s richest rewards. My coaching business brings me joy and freedom every day. Yours can, too. I think President Obama summed it up when he said, “Nothing is as defining of our spirit as giving our all to a difficult task.” Let’s get to work.
