BLOGPOST #1
As we continue standing for a transformed world beyond our leadership journey, many of us have declared that we want to start or grow a business, non-profit, or charity. This takes not only leadership skills , but some basic business resources to support our goals so that we can maximize our results and be our highest possibility.
Over the past several decades the word Entrepreneur has become the gold standard for small businesses and thought leaders who have great ideas. Once a term that referred only to business leaders in history that lead the worlds most powerful corporations and business enterprises, the modern entrepreneur is often an individual that has a niche idea, brand, or concept. They have taken their idea from good to great, and developed a loyal fan base or following. By definition an entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. Entrepreneurship is really about looking at the world differently. We live a world of endless possibilities, and have the opportunity to move, touch and inspire everyone we connect with. Entrepreneurs are often individuals (solopreneurs) who work alone or lead small teams that change the world in a big way.
Having run a small business that supports the filmmaking and archival communities for 35 years , the basic principles of entrepreneurship have become second nature to me. These include taking a risk, meeting a deadline, having integrity, honesty and authenticity in the work I provide. As I have continued on my Momentum Education journey I have learned some new ways of being that will help me to be at MY highest possibility in many areas of my life. As a business owner, team leader and speaker/author/messenger, applying the distinctions that have empowered me to stand for a transformed are now also part of how I run my business. Through this, I look at myself transformed from the way I have showed up in the business community, with my clients, colleagues. and most definitely to my work team. I consider myself a Momentumpreneur.
So what is a Momentumpreneur? For me Momentumpreneurs are people creating businesses , products, services and brands that are not just operating from honesty and integrity , but being their highest possibility and standing for a transformed world. A world where people create a business culture that is loving, giving, connected, authentic, vulnerable, honest, transparent and lifting people as they climb. A Momentumpreneur is creating a business culture that is living in committed action, applying the distinctions of daily living to all parts of their business and their life inside and outside the workplace.
This got me thinking about the impact that can be made in the business community. Imagine a world where business leaders have a contract and apply the distinctions and ways of being that we have learned through Momentum Education to their businesses? Whether we are talking about a Fortune 500 company with thousands of employees, a Government Agency, a small family run business, a non-profit or an individual creating a personal brand, the world would be transformed in countless ways affecting billions of people if business leaders had a contract and were applying the distinction and principles of committed actions as taught through Momentum Education .
Many people who have been in Momentum LT declared on their LOA’s that they wanted to start, grow, or change their business. or career. Like most goals that we have had to figure out during our Leadership journey, some things we tried just worked better than others.
As a person who wants to run their business or brand like a Momentumpreneur, there are many hundreds of resources available to us. In support of people embarking this journey of Momentempreneurship it would be useful to take a look at some of the resources I have found that have been invaluable to be in growing and sustaining a busines. Many powerful thought leaders have messages very much in line with the work Momemtum Graduates have experienced in our course. I share these resources with you here. As you read this list, I would love for you to leave a comment , and of course add additional suggestions for resources, books, or workshops that will support a vision of business leaders who are Momentumpreneurs.
– Rhonda Vigeant (c) 2015. Rhonda is an author, speaker, radio show host and business owner living in Burbank CA. She is in Momentum Education LT4 – LA
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