Hello you lovely women! How’s the life of the entrepreneur? Need a boost of positivity? Hopefully I can infuse some magic into your minds today.

I am currently reading this book, The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz.

It continually blows my entrepreneurial mind! (I’ve added to my list of foundational readings in the Books section). Here’s just one highlight from the book.

THE GREATEST HUMAN WEAKNESS IS SELF-DEPRECIATION.

Read that line over and over and over a few times until it really sinks in. How many times have you decided that what you are good at really isn’t that amazing? In spite of how many times someone else has told you your talent really truly is? Many women tend to do that. In fact, we’ve been raised to undermine our talents and inner genius. Women don’t boast. Women should keep quiet. The entrepreneurial talents will speak for themselves.

Bullsh!t (oooops, did I really write that?)

Ariah, my daughter

There’s a woman in my neighbourhood, who is a mother to three beautiful children. I’ll call her Alison for the purposes of this article. Alison tinkers in photography. To the right, you can see living proof of her photographic genius. Granted, my daughter is gorgeous (!, grin), but let me tell you, this woman absolutely brings out the inner angel that is sometimes quite difficult to see.

All she did for her photo shoot was to set up a bail of hay, called over a bunch of kids (after getting parental permission), and began shooting images with her trained eye and camera.

I have tried time and time again to convince Alison that she has a transmutable skill, which is to say that she can turn her skill and passion into money, while positively serving the community. You should see this woman’s house! It’s like an art gallery when you walk into her home and see these pictures of her three children all over the walls.

And what does Alison say when I try to convince her of her talents? “Oh,” she says, “It’s nothing really, just something I do for fun. No one would ever pay me for that!”

Wrong, wrong and wrong again, I want to scream. But out of sub-urban politeness, I kindly disagree with her and then move on.

Ariah, my daughter

Here’s what happens when we learn a skill, ANY skill:

1. First, we aren’t aware of what we don’t know. Kids show us this perfectly every day. They do indeed KNOW EVERYTHING because they haven’t yet learned how much they don’t know. (BTW, in my opinion, it’s not our job to set them straight; it’s our job to guide them to knowledge once they come to whatever level of awareness they are entering.)
2. Next, we become aware of what we didn’t know. This is when you sign up for a course, read a book, watch a show, google it, and pursue knowledge and skill.
3. Then, you step out of your comfort zone and try out your new skill, and you are consciously and thoughtfully applying your new skills. This is also the make-or-break stage, where a certain amount of failure is experienced, and you will either work through it or give up.
4. Finally, you have mastered the skill and now you do it without thinking about it. You take it for granted. You say, “Oh heck anyone can do this.” And if you’re not careful, you undermine the previous three steps and self-depreciate yourself.

But here’s the thing (and the thing is this): Whatever it is you are good at, from learning to walk to singing to painting to organizing drawers, it’s a skill that someone else will appreciate. And if you are providing a service (ie something some else appreciates because they don’t have that skill or ability themselves), and if you VALUE your skill, then you too have a transmutable skill.

This book, The Magic of Thinking Big, makes it clear that each and every one of us is important, and worthy of BIG aspirations. It’s one of those timeless books, alongside the works of Napoleon Hill and Wallace Wattles.

Get it, read it, and GROW to be as gigantic as you deserve to be! And that’s BIG, baby, BIG!

To your success,

Britt

PS If you want to know more about “Alison” let me know.

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