I Am Pregnant!

I can't keep this to myself anymore.
I started noticing the change a few months ago. It started with the craving. You know that kind of hunger that is insatiable.

Don't get me wrong...I am grateful to God for the ones he has blessed me with. It is just that the more I think about it , the more I am convinced that it won't hurt to have more.
What makes it even more appealing is the liberty and flexibility that would come with the birth of this pregnancy.
I will finally have enough time to be the PTA president.

Sometimes, I would catch myself daydreaming, that is, until I am jolted back to reality. "How can this thing be", I would ask myself, "seeing that..."
I would give myself a thousand and one reasons why my dream may be delayed.

But, one day, I decided that I would no longer hold back. I can be/have/do anything I set my mind to.
I decided that I will cross the river when I get there.
For all you know, I am currently making a mountain of a molehill. God will provide.

That was when I got pregnant.......... Pregnant with ideas! (what did you think?)

I don't know about you but I am getting increasingly fed up with this idea of getting up every day to go work at someone else's time.
I am seriously desiring to have my own business. Set my own time and report to myself.
I am not talking about my own business that I would still have to report to an invisible boss. No, that one is called "partial freedom".
Someone might say...Ha, Dimaanu! Don't you know that it costs a lot of money to be your own boss?
Like I said earlier: Let's cross that river when we get there. Meanwhile, I can dream and I know that sooner than later, I will be recruiting.

So, here comes my palava, which I know that other people will benefit from: I need business ideas, including the pros and cons.
Never mind the location. If it sounds good, I can relocate to Sudan and partner with liloldlady.
Every idea will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your candid suggestions.

[NextLevel]

A bit confused here - are congratulations in order or am I missing something deeper?

[Dimaanu]

Originally Posted by NextLevel

A bit confused here - are congratulations in order or am I missing something deeper?

Ha, NL! (MD. OB/GYN)

Go back and read again.

[VOR]

Don't do that to me AGAIN!!!Lady!!!! One DW stunt is enough!!

[Dimaanu]

Don't do that to me AGAIN!!!Lady!!!! One DW stunt is enough!!

Olori and NL,

I take God beg una. I will report your posts o!
Villagers will soon think that I am not serious.

Btw, Don't be mentioning DW on this thread. He still owes me for that aso-ebi.

[Lalakokofefe]

Phew!!!!!!....... Don't do that again pls.......

[NextLevel]

Originally Posted by Dimaanu

Olori and NL,

I take God beg una. I will report your posts o!
Villagers will soon think that I am not serious.

Btw, Don't be mentioning DW on this thread. He still owes me for that aso-ebi.

I read it carefully the first time. You didn't answer my question.

[Vade Mecum]

Lolo Dimaanu,

You successfully arrested my attention by the dramatic caption you picked for this thread. You have demonstrated great talent, dexterity and creativity; evidenced by the caption that you very cleverly chose for this thread. Trust me, you would do well in the advertising, movie and writing industries.

Truth is: You are just breaking out of your protective egg shell. You are now courageous and determined enough to face life and live life on your own terms. Your deep, true, inner self is now taking over. Your inherited aspects, and environmental, educational institutions, societal and parental packaged self must now give way. An era in your life is over. Like every human being, you were presented with a whole lot of life lessons. You have learnt and successfully mastered your lessons. Now you have been promoted. It's a new season in your life. Your soul has been awakened. Girl, you will never be the same again. You are now entering a new season. There would be new lessons and new tasks. Most importantly; it's time for you to fulfill your real life purpose cum mission on planet earth

Dimaanu has come of age and must now fulfill her mission on planet earth. Girl you have finally arrived. Now you must identify your true life mission and live it to the fullest. Your true call is beckoning on you. Only you can precisely identify your values, guiding principles, interests, turn-ons and turn-offs. As you set out to find your true life purpose and mission on earth, all the fixed factors and variables in your life, must be accommodated in the equation. Thus, why we can advise, only Dimaanu can make this all important decision.

Well, my advice: Your mission in life would be found where your deepest passion and the world's deepest hunger meet. Find it, grab it and get totally subsumed in it. That is / would be your call in life.

Remember to thank God for this advice, when you win your NOBEL prize, as you fulfill your life mission. Go girl.

[ISL]

Any word on who the father is?

[liloldlady]

Sis I am with you 110%.....
GO FOR IT...Yep.

What are your talents?
What niche have you seen in the market that you can fill with your ideas, innovation or said talents?
Are you self motivated? or is your strength in bringing out the best in a team who shall assist you and run with your ideas?

YOU DO NOT NEED MONEY TO BIRTH THIS IDEA....KEEP FLESHING IT OUT and THE CAPITAL WILL FIND YOU.
(sorry for the Caps..I am so excited for you, I almost wet myself)

The bright stars we see and read about in business, did not have all the answers they needed from the get go....
It came to them as they harnessed the goodwill, cerebral power, and strenghts of those around them, to give breath to their dream ventures.

Keep asking questions, surround yourself with positive people who are not afraid to keep pushing you and make your light shine even brighter.

In Conclusion, I want to let you know right now that with the skills I see in you already and I do not even know you...Skills like
Patience...You have shown that you can hang in there even in not so great times
Courage...You have demonstrated strength, are capable of keeping working your vision till it bears fruit
Wisdom...You have exhibited awesome wisdom for one so young, wisdom to not give in or take the easy but short sigted route.
Humility..You have demonstrated this here on NVS and I do not doubt you can stoop to conquer and be willing to learn from, and reach out to those, who can help you when need be, no matter whom.
Tenacity...You have demonstrated a tenacity to hang in there, even as the punches seem ceaseless.
You have shown an Ability to make some awesome LEMONADE, when life deals you a bushel of LEMONS.
Reliability...To take on what you have, and more or less excelled at it, at such a young age...come rain, come shine is worth commending.
Discipline...It takes a very special person, like you have shown yourself to be to not lose sight of what is at stake...you kept your eyes on the ball. At all times.
Fairmindedness....You have shown it on this Board...I need not say more
Kindness...Ditto
OK OK I am so excited I better stop here.

[Dimaanu]

Originally Posted by Lalakokofefe

Phew!!!!!!....... Don't do that again pls.......

Dis LKF sef.
Why are you gasping "phew!!!!!" like you fell off a tree?
Please do you have any business ides that I might consider?
I'm serious o.



@NL:
Congratulations will definitely be in order when you post your ideas on this thread to help me birth this pregnancy.
Anyhow, you may wish to congratulate me in advance 'cos I will get there.

[Dimaanu]

Originally Posted by Vade Mecum

Lolo Dimaanu,
You have learnt and successfully mastered your lessons. Now you have been promoted. It's a new season in your life. Your soul has been awakened. Girl, you will never be the same again. You are now entering a new season. There would be new lessons and new tasks. Most importantly; it's time for you to fulfill your real life purpose cum mission on planet earth.

Pastor VM,

Hmmm...I caught that. Confirmed.
Thank you.

[Dimaanu]

Originally Posted by ISL

Any word on who the father is?

Our In-law, ISL:

I will report you to Countess o!

[Dimaanu]

Originally Posted by liloldlady

Sis I am with you 110%.....
GO FOR IT...Yep.

What are your talents?
What niche have you seen in the market that you can fill with your ideas, innovation or said talents?
Are you self motivated? or is your strength in bringing out the best in a team who shall assist you and run with your ideas?

You have great insight.
Those are questions I have asked myself and I am gradually exploring and expanding on my findings.

YOU DO NOT NEED MONEY TO BIRTH THIS IDEA....KEEP FLESHING IT OUT and THE CAPITAL WILL FIND YOU.
(sorry for the Caps..I am so excited for you, I almost wet myself)

Amen o!
There is an appointed time for everything and I believe that where there is a will, there is a way.

The bright stars we see and read about in business, did not have all the answers they needed from the get go....
It came to them as they harnessed the goodwill, cerebral power, and strenghts of those around them, to give breath to their dream ventures.

Keep asking questions, surround yourself with positive people who are not afraid to keep pushing you and make your light shine even brighter.

My sister,
That's why I came to the good people of NVS to ask questions. Shey, you see what they are doing?
I can see that these people are really wishing me pregnancy (as in real babies).
Anyway, I am waiting for berra people with berra ideas to stop by soon.

In Conclusion, I want to let you know right now that with the skills I see in you already and I do not even know you...Skills like
Patience...You have shown that you can hang in there even in not so great times
Courage...You have demonstrated strength, are capable of keeping working your vision till it bears fruit
Wisdom...You have exhibited awesome wisdom for one so young, wisdom to not give in or take the easy but short sigted route.
Humility..You have demonstrated this here on NVS and I do not doubt you can stoop to conquer and be willing to learn from, and reach out to those, who can help you when need be, no matter whom.
Tenacity...You have demonstrated a tenacity to hang in there, even as the punches seem ceaseless.
You have shown an Ability to make some awesome LEMONADE, when life deals you a bushel of LEMONS.
Reliability...To take on what you have, and more or less excelled at it, at such a young age...come rain, come shine is worth commending.
Discipline...It takes a very special person, like you have shown yourself to be to not lose sight of what is at stake...you kept your eyes on the ball. At all times.
Fairmindedness....You have shown it on this Board...I need not say more
Kindness...Ditto
OK OK I am so excited I better stop here.

You are sooooo kind and generous. I am humbled.
I should include your name as a referee if I ever need a loan from the bank.

[Shoko Loko Bangoshe]

Na wa for all of you o!

Dimaanu asked this simple question:

I need business ideas, including the pros and cons.

but she has received no answer yet.



No problems... I shall be back. But you know me - as is the custom in Naija, I must answer a question with plenty of other questions too.

S.

[Vade Mecum]

Originally Posted by Shoko Loko Bangoshe

Na wa for all of you o!

Dimaanu asked this simple question:

I need business ideas, including the pros and cons.

but she has received no answer yet.

No problems... I shall be back. But you know me - as is the custom in Naija, I must answer a question with plenty of other questions too.

S.

Dear Air Marshall Shokos,

Perception of what the gravamen of Dimaanu's palaver is, varies. Viewpoints, diagnosis and prognosis ought to and should derive directly from the combined study, understanding, consideration and application of every letter, phrase, sentence and paragraph in Dimaanu's palaver.

Pursuant to our different backgrounds; opinions and perspectives would and should be expected to come in an array of colors.

Reproduced below for your reading pleasure, analysis, voluntary advice and or opinion, is Dimaanu's complete Palaver.


Cheers.


Originally Posted by DIMAANU

I can't keep this to myself anymore.
I started noticing the change a few months ago. It started with the craving. You know that kind of hunger that is insatiable.

Don't get me wrong...I am grateful to God for the ones he has blessed me with. It is just that the more I think about it , the more I am convinced that it won't hurt to have more.
What makes it even more appealing is the liberty and flexibility that would come with the birth of this pregnancy.
I will finally have enough time to be the PTA president.

Sometimes, I would catch myself daydreaming, that is, until I am jolted back to reality. "How can this thing be", I would ask myself, "seeing that..."
I would give myself a thousand and one reasons why my dream may be delayed.

But, one day, I decided that I would no longer hold back. I can be/have/do anything I set my mind to.
I decided that I will cross the river when I get there.
For all you know, I am currently making a mountain of a molehill. God will provide.

That was when I got pregnant.......... Pregnant with ideas! (what did you think?)

I don't know about you but I am getting increasingly fed up with this idea of getting up every day to go work at someone else's time.
I am seriously desiring to have my own business. Set my own time and report to myself.
I am not talking about my own business that I would still have to report to an invisible boss. No, that one is called "partial freedom".
Someone might say...Ha, Dimaanu! Don't you know that it costs a lot of money to be your own boss?
Like I said earlier: Let's cross that river when we get there. Meanwhile, I can dream and I know that sooner than later, I will be recruiting.

So, here comes my palava, which I know that other people will benefit from: I need business ideas, including the pros and cons.
Never mind the location. If it sounds good, I can relocate to Sudan and partner with liloldlady.
Every idea will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your candid suggestions.

[Auspicious]

+

Hey, Dimaanu.

[You achieve The Dream when you become your own Boss - Anonymous].

Sorry, I can't think of any name for your expected Pikin as of yet..

But congratulations on the forthcoming BIRTH of your (American) dream!

As we say in Yorubaland, Asokale Anfani o! (Godspeed!)

Auspicious.

[emj]

When Thomas Edison defined genius as 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, he could have been talking about starting a business. Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the key to business success is not the original idea, but how well you execute on that idea.


My Dear Dimaanu what do you have in mind?
What Sector are you interested in?
Are u looking at carving a niche for yourself in the said sector?

If u're clear above the above, then u can set forth at dawn



You will need a business plan...i got this from a resource that belongs to some people am involved with....

Start-Up Check List

Do the groundwork that will improve your business’s chances of success. At every step along the way, seek advice from your support team.

Take these steps and you will be clear about what you are doing have the fundamental building blocks of a business plan and be able track your progress.

What should you do?
1 Write a sentence describing what products or services your business provides.
2 Write down who your customers are and why they will buy from you over the competition.(Price, quality, innovation, service, convenience?)
3 Research your market before investing in resources. For example: products, customers, competition, traffic patterns, parking, rents, employee availability, labor costs. .
4 Decide how you will get your product or service to your customers-how will they learn about your product or service. For example, directly to customers through retail, distribution arrangements or over the internet.
5 Decide where you will conduct your business. Can you work at home or do you need an office, a plant or a store? Choose a location that balances all your important criteria such as budget, traffic and visibility.
6 Forecast your finances: Create realistic income statements and cash flow projections. What will your costs, sales and profits be for the first two or three years? Will you have sufficient cash flow to survive the start-up? What is your break-even point (the point at which you begin to make money)? Talk to your accountant and banker.
7 How will you obtain raw materials or other crucial supplies? Are there backup sources to draw upon?
8 Decide how many employees (if any) you need, and find out whether it is easy to hire people with the required skills in your market area.
9 Set up your advisory team: Get professional advisors, partners and mentors behind you.
10 What are the key risks your business will face? (Consider problems such as the failure of a key supplier or customer, product-performance issues, legal disputes and illnesses befalling key employees-including you.) What will you do to deal with these risks?


What's in it for you?
1.You have a short statement that tells people-investors, customers, family members-what you do. You'll use it all the time.
2.You get a mental picture of the ideal customer, including demographics, and the way the customer thinks. It's very helpful in your marketing and other decisions such as pricing, distribution and so on.
3. The more you know, the better. Try to get real numbers, not estimates, to use for your projections.
4. You can now put some costs to these items and make sure the methods you choose are linking up to the customers you have identified and their reason for buying from you. You will also begin to recognize any problems or bottlenecks in your strategies and develop solutions or alternate plans.
5.This will lead to concrete information about the cost of rent or real estate, labor and distribution. You may also be able to determine traffic patterns, customer parking availability and other important considerations.
6. These will prove to yourself and indicate to lenders and other backers that your ideas are based in reality. You must show that your plan has a definite timeline and will make money and pay back investors.
7.With a list of suppliers and alternatives, you are prepared if one goes out of business or cannot meet your requirements.
8.You will know what skills you will be looking for and you will have a better understanding of what you will need to pay, including benefits, to attracts employees and fully staff your company.
9.You get the benefit of their experience with other companies that have gone through similar situations.
10.You will be prepared for most foreseeable situations. You may wish to buy insurance for certain risks.

And you will find this refreshing from a woman entrepreneur in North Pole

Nine Rules to Entrepreneur By

Nancy Smith, The NextMedia Company Ltd.
Toronto


Like many women who eventually discover they are born entrepreneurs, for much of her career Nancy Smith felt slightly out of step with the corporate world she was working in. As a successful television executive, she constantly challenged the status quo and asked the tough questions that made others uncomfortable. Finally, she realized that "the most rewarding moments in my life were those when I did colour outside of the lines" - and that the world's view of success just wasn't a view she shared. Seven years ago, she founded The NextMedia Company Limited - a new breed and integrated advertising, communications and business consulting agency - and has never looked back. In 1999 and 2000, her company achieved recognition in Canada's Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs list.

Here, Nancy reflects on the vital importance of mentoring for young women and female entrepreneurs today, and shares nine guidelines she's adopted for running her business and her life:

"Mentoring is one of the most important ways any of us can spend our time - whether we are being mentored or actually doing the mentoring. When I left school, there was no opportunity for a woman to be formally mentored (at least none of which I was aware). Rather, there were preconceived ideas of the roles women could play. The only strong models I was exposed to growing up worked within specific lines as teachers, nurses, mothers, wives, secretaries and clerks. These women were capable and played a vital role in society, but what if you wanted to do something else? What if you wanted to colour outside of the lines? All of my life, I have coloured outside of the lines. For many years, I viewed this as a terrible affliction and wondered why I didn't always react like many of the people around me - why did I always ask so many questions, challenge the status quo? And later in life - why did I have so much trouble with the world's view of success?"

"As I progressively pushed the envelope at home and work, I came to a great discovery: this wasn't an affliction; it was a gift. Over time, I realized that the most rewarding moments in my life were based on colouring outside of the lines: developing an independent lifestyle, forging new paths, constantly learning and evolving."

Here are nine points that have worked for Nancy since making that discovery and gaining the freedom to make her own rules. She has applied them in different ways through the various stages of her personal and professional life and through changing times and circumstances.

Rely on instincts but marry them with intelligence.


1. Make Sure You're In The Right Place
2. Live Your Own Version of Success
3. Develop Your Emotional intelligence
4. Take Care of Body, Mind and Spirit
5. Don't Let Anyone Grind You Down
6. View Change as Opportunity
7. Take Considered Risks
8. Be Who You Are
9. Live Entrepreneurship

1. Make Sure You're In The Right Place
If you are not in the right place, you can't soar. Matching your strengths and personality to the culture and values of a company is essential. For me, being in the wrong place is like being slowly poisoned. At first I don't feel well -- a little off-centre -- then unsure, frustrated and ineffective. At one time, I would have stayed too long in the wrong place. But my instincts now kick in early - a kind of natural barometer - when a place is toxic for me. Don't underestimate how important it is to your life to be in the right place. If you're not, you won't achieve your goals and will be poisoned a little each day, hurting yourself personally as well as professionally.


2. Live Your Own Version of Success
Your own version of success may be entirely different from the stereotypes promoted by the media and your associates. One of my favourite scenes is from the movie "Good Will Hunting." It's when the Robin Williams character is confronted by his old schoolmate, a highly acclaimed academic who looks down on Robin's chosen work and obviously considers him a failure. Williams responds: "This isn't a screw-up. This is a choice." Williams was successful, even if part of society didn't think so.

Here's how that scene relates to my life: I was one of the most senior women working in television -- an industry which at that time was predominantly male dominated. I had a high profile, lots of awards and recognition. But I chose to leave it behind to create my own company. I heard it depicted this way: "She did a belly flop off the high diving board."Yet, I felt like running my own company made me more of a success than anything I'd ever done in my life.

Fast-forward three years later and there was another shift in perceptions even though nothing had really changed: "She's so successful she was named Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the year." This is what had changed. I'd won an award that gave me an external stamp of approval and therefore all of the attendant perceived power. I was "successful" again. I was still the owner of an independent business. But I was a winner because the outside world said I was.

If your self-worth depends on having an external spotlight shine on you, you're in for a rough ride. Let the spotlight shine from within. Live your own version of success.


3. Develop Your Emotional intelligence
This is a critical ingredient for success. Ten percent of life is what happens to you. The other 90% is about how you react to it. We spend a huge amount of our life developing the intellectual side of ourselves but too little developing the emotional. I know there have been many times in my life when I have not achieved what I could have, at work or home, because I was emotionally too immature or undeveloped to respond in a manner that would have enhanced my life, the lives of those around me and the job I was doing.

As an employer, I have seen people commit a form of suicide over and over again, because their emotional maturity just did not fit their capability. In fact, I've seen it scuttle entire careers. Conversely, I've seen people do very well with little other than a lot of emotional intelligence. They know how to stick-handle their way effectively through life. Put as much time into developing your emotional side as you do your intellectual. It will be one of the best things you ever do.

4. Take Care of Body, Mind and Spirit
All three are important. A balanced life is the key to health and well being. And I've discovered that the greatest high of all is feeling well. It is impossible to be well if you're not nurturing body, mind and spirit. You know that sinking feeling that you should be happy but you're not. This is especially jarring when you have achieved a lot of your professional goals and find it doesn't translate into satisfaction. The hole we feel in our centre sometimes exists because we haven't found balance. What good is being a professional star if inside we're unfulfilled? If you buy into the concept that 'we are what we do', sometimes it's necessary to change how and where we work to gain balance. That's what happened to me in television. And it's one of the main reasons I made the change.
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5. Don't Let Anyone Grind You Down
An international broadcast guru signed off all of his presentations with the line: "Don't let the ba.s.t.a.r.d.s grind you down." And the audience always let out a huge cheer. Everyone identified with that statement.

For much of my career, I was the only woman within senior management. I found over time that women are often more vulnerable to getting ground down by competitive peers. Because I worked for entrepreneurs rather than within highly political environments, I learned very late the value of learning how to navigate my way through corporate politics. While my peers were in each other's offices bonding, I had my head down in my office working. I didn't even notice it was important - I just thought that doing good work was what mattered. It was late in life that I discovered that political acumen was essential to keep the wolves at bay. And that in every workplace there are people who cannot only grind you down but also dramatically limit your ability to soar.

After the light went on, I gained some new-found respect for what I once thought of as a non-skill: political polish. And then I learned how to be slightly better at it. Finally, I created as unpolitical an environment as I could at NextMedia, putting in place a values statement that focused on respect, integrity, empowerment and quality of life. At NextMedia, bastards need not apply.

6. View Change as Opportunity
View every change as an opportunity. For me, imposed change instinctively led to resistance. I am learning to approach change as adventure, and to stay cool and determine how and if it can work for me. This is easier to do if you are not overly stressed and are balanced. When I started NextMedia, I was on an emotional roller-coaster and would get high and low on a daily basis depending on whether I was winning or losing. I had to learn to have faith that if I kept on putting one right foot in front of the other and roll with change, it would work out fine.
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7. Take Considered Risks
Considered risk is not an oxymoron, not if you do your homework, apply what are usually good instincts, and don't risk anything you can't afford to lose. We grow up admiring risk takers but not all risk is admirable. It is my nature to fly by the seat of my pants but I've learned to slow down, let the adrenalin hit pass, and do my homework. I still rely on instincts but marry them with intelligence rather than pure adrenalin.
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8. Be Who You Are
Do work that fits your nature and skill set. Know yourself. Know what elements you need to live your version of success. Understand your basic "chemistry" - "what you're made of" and how you relate to people, places and circumstances. Stretch yourself only far enough to grow, not break. And be true to your own internal self while continuing to learn and grow.
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9. Live Entrepreneurship
In today's world, we all have to act like entrepreneurs whether we're working for ourselves or a multinational corporation. When I started my own company, I realized I had operated entrepreneurially throughout my career. I always worked for entrepreneur-owned businesses because I knew they were the best place for me. In the days when I was attempting to break out professionally, entrepreneurs were gender-blind. As long as I helped them reach their goals, they were prepared to let me work as much as I wanted. And they rewarded out-of-the-box thinking.

The entrepreneurs I worked for were men but they were very unique men. They were wildly innovative, viewing and living and working in a way that was very different from the "normal" people I knew. In fact, these men became my mentors. They showed me how to lead, create new products and forge new paths. Men like Moses Znaimer from CityTV and Much Music, and Izzy Asper from Canwest Global, as well as many less well-known but equally brilliant people.

If you are not in the right place, you can't soar.


Working for yourself is the dream of many people. But it can turn into a nightmare without the right foundation. Entrepreneurs are supposed to start a business for one reason: so they can build the asset and sell it. My motivation was simply quality of life: I wanted to create the kind of place I felt good about going to everyday - while doing the work I wanted and making money. At that time, I was bumping my head on the glass ceiling. I'd had the best jobs in TV at a time of incredible creative freedom, but the specialty television channel I was going to head wasn't licensed. I wanted a level of freedom it was impossible to get working for someone else. It was time to move on.

It's now seven years later. The company is successful, internally and externally, and I find myself looking for the next new challenge and wanting more personal time. I seem to operate in seven-year cycles. It will be interesting to see if I can effectively move to the next "good place" for me - one where I can tip the balance to more personal rather than work time, remain stimulated and still make money, albeit possibly less than I have been earning. This is my next goal and I believe it's achievable.

Eherm Dimaanu, wats ur flavor flav? What do u have flair for?

[Vade Mecum]

Originally Posted by emj

4. Take Care of Body, Mind and Spirit

All three are important. A balanced life is the key to health and well being. And I've discovered that the greatest high of all is feeling well. It is impossible to be well if you're not nurturing body, mind and spirit. You know that sinking feeling that you should be happy but you're not. This is especially jarring when you have achieved a lot of your professional goals and find it doesn't translate into satisfaction. The hole we feel in our centre sometimes exists because we haven't found balance. What good is being a professional star if inside we're unfulfilled? If you buy into the concept that 'we are what we do', sometimes it's necessary to change how and where we work to gain balance. That's what happened to me in television. And it's one of the main reasons I made the change.
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8. Be Who You Are

Do work that fits your nature and skill set. Know yourself. Know what elements you need to live your version of success. Understand your basic "chemistry" - "what you're made of" ........Stretch yourself only far enough to grow, not break. And be true to your own internal self while continuing to learn and grow.

Perfect, powerful and profound

[Marin]

I am in the same place as you Dimaanu. But not yet pregnant with ideas, just desiring to conceive and trying to receive fertility treatments(I am speaking allegorically o, before the trouble makers come and hijack my statements)

I pray you get a revelation of what you should be doing - I found emj's pasted resource really useful.

Make you invite us to launching, abi na baby dedication. As Auspicious said, Asokale Anfani.