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Find Your Fierce

 Since you're one of my readers, you're a world changer. You want to have impact with your business.

You'll have a lot more impact if you get in touch with your fierce.

In a virtual meeting I was in recently, we were talking about winning vs. collaboration (as if they were two diametrically opposed things!). A young man touted the old party line about business being all about competition, that you have to crush your opponent (the competition) in order for your business to thrive. I could hear the grunting and fist pumping in his voice. The meeting went silent.

At first, I was taken aback. Flashback to the Dark Ages. Does anyone really hold this view anymore? Well, I just have to look around me in the news to know that there are those who do. I was disappointed to see it being perpetuated in this young man.

You see, I believe that collaboration and business success go hand in hand. I not only believe it. I've SEEN it in my own businesses. Whenever I've put collaboration with people who were supposed to be my competitors first, we ALL made more money. We ALL had more impact.

Even though I was taken aback at first by his vehemence, his fierceness, I responded with my own brand of fierce. I spoke up calmly. I disagreed. I explained my own experience. I was quietly forceful in making my point of view heard.

No one else responded, and the discussion moved on to other things. Later, one of the other young men in the meeting emailed me to ask, can we talk about what you said about winning vs. collaboration?

In that request, I see that I made a difference. There is an opening for us to have a conversation. He may shift his views as a result, to a more collaborative approach to his own business. To more IMPACT. That'll be up to him to decide, but I have the opportunity to share my own experience.

I haven't always been solid in my fierce. When someone was fierce with me, I used to shut down. I'd pull away, retreating from the strong energy. It felt like too much energy to deal with. It frightened me. It felt like anger.

Other people do respond to fierce with their own anger.

You have a choice. You can respond, if that is a conversation you want to have, with your own fierce.

No one is going to have your impact but you. To have it, tap into your fierce.

The word, fierce, can be interpreted as angry and aggressive. That's not what I'm talking about here.

Fierce is strength. Fierce is clarity. Fierce is courageously holding to your boundaries. Fierce is a focused commitment to your impact.

Cultural norms about how someone is 'supposed to' behave can get in the way of fierce. Fierceness in people of color or women in particular is often not welcomed. There's often a concerted effort to shut you down, especially when your fierceness conflicts with a norm that serves the status quo or the patriarchy. Look at what happened to US Senator Elizabeth Warren when she fiercely defended her right to speak. And yet, she persisted.

You too can persist.

We are in a unique time. Old structures are collapsing under the weight of this pandemic. We have an opportunity to remake things, to build a better future. Finding your fierce allows you to be a bigger part of that. Wouldn't you like to have a say in what the future looks like? How would you like it to be? I would love your contribution to be a part of the world that is now being created.

Once you start to tap into your fierce, it can start to really light a fire in you. In fact, you may even want to burn the house right down. A societal structure that is serving no one but a privileged few. A practice that is doing harm. That can be a sign that your fierce is really and truly activated.

Metaphorically burning things down may or may not be the way you decide to go. It may not be needed. We all have our own ways to have impact, in that worldchanging way that you alone have.

I still feel that frisson of fear when someone sends their fierce in my direction. My first impulse is to keep silent. Leftovers from the past, when laying low kept me safe. But now, I acknowledge it and tap into my own fierce. Oof, that's liberating! And potentially worldchanging.

How do you find your fierce? Tap into something you're passionate about. Your Impact Purpose is the best way into your fierce.

Then use your fierce to keep your own inner fire burning and to make a difference.

May the fierce be with you.

Ursula Jorch is a speaker, business coach and consultant who helps entrepreneurs grow a successful business that makes a difference in the world. A 21-year successful entrepreneur herself, Ursula helps you define the difference you want to make in the world and develop strategy and marketing so you have ever-expanding impact.

Find Ursula on her podcast, Work Alchemy: The Impact Interviews where she interviews impactful entrepreneurs and leaders like Seth Godin and Marianne Williamson, and at WorkAlchemy.com for free resources for you and your business.

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Do You Have What It Takes To Become An Succesful Entrepreneur?

 These questions can help you can narrow down your choices and finally find your place in an entrepreneur world.

What are your interests?

While you don't need to be an expert in the business you choose to start, it will help you get ahead of the game if you have some interest in it already. If you have a passion for it, all the better for you. What's more, if you are actually an audience member for your business idea, then that's even better because you will already have a lot of the information you need to get started.

How much starting capital do you have?

Don't panic if you have nothing to get started, but it's good to be accurate and know what you have. Figure out if there are things you can sell quickly to gather some money to get started. This is not the time for pie-in-the-sky thinking - this is a time to be realistic.

What skills do you have?

Often starting with your target audience is the best way to choose a business. If you can narrow down your skill level and the type of people you want to work with, you can get far in choosing a business to start.

What skills can you buy?

When you start a business it's important to realize that you can't (and shouldn't) do everything. If your budget is super tight you might have to start with what you know instead of what you can buy. However, knowing what you can buy will help you imagine the future as your business grows.

What skills should you learn?

If you've realized you have holes in your skill level, are they skills you can learn? If something has come to mind that needs licensure, can you get it? How long will it take? What will it cost? How will you get to the class; are they online or offline?

What resources do you have?

Some of the resources you already have might be a computer, internet access, and even your skills and people that you know. Make a list of any resource, be it a person, place or thing that can help you reach your business ownership goals.

What resources do you need?

As you listed resources you have, you likely came up with some resources you do not have but need. Don't panic. Just make the list and think about listing them in order of "must have" to just "want to have."

How much time do you have to devote?

If you currently have a job that you have to go to, and want to start a business part time, it's important to still identify how much time you can realistically devote to getting a business off the ground right now. Even if it's just two hours a night after dinner, there is something you can do to start a business.

Being an entrepreneur can be overwhelming and exhausting. So how do some people seem to thrive and achieve their goals and dreams while others struggle? The answer is mindset. To start taking steps today to embrace a success mindset get a copy of my free checklist, Cultivating A Business Mindset at https://jonallo.com/mindset.

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