Written by: Sarah Tricker Alchemy, Executive Contributor
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Being an entrepreneur isn’t for everyone. Unless you have actually taken the leap and left you’re paying job you’ll never really know if you have the minerals do to it or not. That in and of itself is something that a lot of people never get too. For those who jump through the fear and take a leap of faith it is true that life will never be the same again.
My personal journey into entrepreneurship has been a lot about healing the paradigms of my life. There were certainly aspects of me that were already very suited to going it alone. I am the type of person that has an idea and can work for the long term. The ability to literally work for years with the trust that in the end everything will pay off. The law of compensation says so – right?
My energy level also gives me the ability to be able to get up early and work long hours. Especially when I set my mind to completing a task. This has shown up in more areas than just my business. When we were renovating our home I would set a task that needed to completed and keep going until it was done. Going to university for my education degree keeping the teaching job as the end goals as motivation. When I ran my store front I would be there early preparing for the day and often long hours after.
Another key piece is the support of my family and friends. My husband is a key player in helping me believe that I am capable of doing this. When I wanted to get my teaching degree and then leave said teaching career to start my own business, he was there. Many people around me thought I was crazy. This is at the core of our relationship. We have been together since we were teenagers and as we have grown we have always supported each other’s career aspirations. Even if that meant moving or financial and emotional support. I can’t imagine it any other way.
There have been many lessons learnt on the way. I started my business on the side in 2015 when I was a teacher. One full year later I left my career full of grand ideas and goals. Creativity and ideas flow very easily from me so being able to offer services, pivot, and change has been the easiest part of my journey. Money mindset has been the main paradigm that I have had to shift. This I discovered was a generational curse that had been passed down for at least three generations before me. Don’t forget we live in a world that is constantly bombarding us with the message that you can make a million dollars in 90 days and if you don’t create material wealth, fast, you are a failure.
Investing into your business is key. I had made it a point that I didn’t want to borrow money against my business. That as I grew I would invest the profit back in. I have seen many people speak of the years at the beginning where they weren’t paying themselves large wages, buying flashy cars, and expensive homes. I played the game with this in mind. I moved from a rented room doing my readings, to a small store, larger, and even larger store. Each time I moved I had increased my student base and my earnings.
Heart lead entrepreneurs!
There is something that I noticed on this journey. I was teaching many womban to start up their own healing businesses. They were learning the tools of the Tarot, Mediumship, and becoming Reiki Practitioners. Through these journeys they were healing themselves as they began the journey of healing others. However, something else stood out. Womban’s businesses are lead from their heart space.
Everything about womban entrepreneurs is attached to the heart space. As womban we are nurturers. For those who bare children and get married, the career paths that womban take; teachers, nurses, and service based industries. Even in a wor
ld with equal opportunity for womban the majority still choose careers based on this part of our nature. My husband worked up north in the oil industry and he said there was one womban who worked outside on the rigs. I am not here to debate gender ideology these are my personal experiences that have been formed through the journey of working with womban in my business.
Womban’s brand is intricately connected to who they are as a person. As I, and the womban who came through my programs, created their businesses and plans it became clear there is a big difference in how womban show up in business compared to the male entrepreneurs in my life. A womban’s business is a part of who they are. It becomes almost like a child that they nurture and grow. Men don’t seem to be emotionally attached to their business. It’s often about money, numbers, and strategy. When a business isn’t working or fails, file for bankruptcy and move on. Men often have multiple businesses that are run by others. Start to pay attention to womban’s businesses and how their brand if often them, their service, their gift to the world.
Womban’s nature is often giving and not receiving. This is also something key that tends to show up in womban entrepreneurs. There is a steep learning that has to be overcome for most womban, which is to accept their worth. Unfortunately, some womban never really move through this part of their journey. They will trade services, set prices, and then discount them as someone can’t afford to pay it, or just give their service or product away for free. More often than not womban spend many hours creating their handmade products and never accept the real value of their work. In an industrialized world where products are cheap and we don’t ever really pay the value of the materials and time that have gone into producing a product it is hard to ask for the true value of home crafted items.
Where do we go from here? You may now notice that womban work from their heart. Their business branding is who they are. That they are giving more than they will ever accept in return. As womban do we continue to strive to create businesses the same as men? Should our main focus be on profit margins and success valued at the amount of money we are making? Should the focus shift to the service provided? The changes we make in others’ lives with the creation we gift them? Once womban take the pressure of creating success the way in which men does success comes in ways they would not expect?
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Sarah Tricker Alchemy, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Sarah Tricker Alchemy is a change-maker and has the ability to see what lies in the unseen and unexplained. After realizing her dream to become an educator, Sarah soon understood she herself was not fulfilling her life purpose. In 2016 she began the journey of entrepreneurship and had been forging her way to true authenticity. Sarah is a Public Speaker & Spiritual Empowerment Coach helping women who are in transition within their life. With her gift as a healer, she facilitates women in finding their authentic selves as well as their life purpose. Every moment is a miracle, and there is always opportunity even when you cannot see it.
