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Today I'm A Goose By Victoria Knox

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Lessons from a Goose As a transformation coach, I see transition and change in everything.  I love the subtle but direct messages I get from nature. Changes in the trees from one season to another, quiet ponds that turn into sheets of ice, and the occasional flock of geese, which fascinates me the most.  While most days I compare myself to a strong, keen eyed eagle, there are many days I feel like a simple goose. On any given day when traveling down certain streets, I purposely slow down for the geese.  I look attentively as they move in procession across the road causing the busy traffic to halt.  Whether it’s early morning or sunset, the geese don’t give a ‘flock’ about how much of a hurry everyone else is in!  They take their time and concentrate on getting to the destination.  They are focused and steady.  They don’t speed up because of the traffic or noise around them, in fact, they don’t seem to notice or care, but everything stops and waits patiently for them to get

You don’t have a business…you only have an IDEA By Katrina M. Harrell

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Companies like Apple, Facebook, Instagram and Google all get this and that is why they are as successful as they are even in what seems to be a short amount of time. Entrepreneurship for many is a term that is often misused, many new business owners and self-employed individuals have dreams and aspirations of entrepreneurship but never fully become an entrepreneur because of lack of understanding the importance of what entrepreneurship IS, what it isn’t and what impact or contribution they truly make to the world. In studying entrepreneurship for nearly two decades and myself having started two entrepreneurial endeavors I’ve learned very early that your business isn’t the THING you do, or the product you offer. It’s not even the service you provide. Your business or your role as an entrepreneur is only in exploring one critical thing that sets entrepreneurs apart from the rest of the world that drives you to invest all of who you are into a business venture despite the lack of