Being an entrepreneur..What does it really means? Part 1

I have been calling myself a social entrepreneur for the past year now. What does it really means to be a social entrepreneur. From the Wikipedia "A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change (a social venture). Whereas a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a social entrepreneur focuses on creating social capital."
I am a social entrepreneur, someone who believes that one can change his/her life by helping other change their life. But you may ask "How can you help other if you cannot even help yourself". That's where the spirit of social entrepreneur takes place. By helping other, you are helping yourself. How is it so? There are questions that you may not understand in your life, there are things that you are lacking, those are the same things that many others just like you might lack or do not understand. By helping others, you learn from others point of you, you listen to them, you try to understand why they are where they are and it helps you discover where you stand and the next steps that you can take to improve your business, your life. Basically, it is others who are helping you by talking to you and you being available to listen.
As a social entrepreneur, what motivates is the burning desire to be a part of a movement, or change. We want to change the way we live, the way we "think". What do I mean by changing the way we think.I mean, we want everybody to think that they can achieve anything they desire to. It is about what you have inside. I am sure many of you have heard or read the book "Think and grow rich", or "As a man think". Those two books focus on the mind, saying that "We are what we think". If you think you cannot guess what you will not be able to, until you change your mind set and realize that you can. You can do it all, We can accomplish it all, we just have to change the mind set of cannot,and switch it to the "Yes I can". You might be an entrepreneur, social entrepreneur, professional, job seeker...you may say to yourself I cannot do this or that because I have never done it, I do not have the experiences, I do not know any body, Who am I? Who will listen to me...you might have many negative thoughts about yourself, as long as you have those thoughts that were you stand, that's who you are, that's what define you. But once you say to yourself: "I do not know how to do it now, but I can learn, I do not have the experiences but I am a fast learner and I willing to learn, I do not know anybody but I am willing to go out and shake hands"...you start to change your mind set and you become someone else, someone who works in your advantage instead of against you.
I may have gone out of the subject of social entrepreneur to what you have inside is who you are. We have to understand that being and entrepreneur is a long process it does not happen in a day, it is just like a child, it takes time to understand and move with confidence..just like it takes time for a baby to crawl, and walk...

No matter how low you may feel inside...

It is all up to you to lift up your spirit, and believe in the NOW. We all face different issues in our daily lives. Rarely do we see the good in the difficulties. It is said in the problem lies the solution. It is easy to say than to believe. But really, why is it easier to relate with anybody through pain rather than through happiness. Is it because we feel more pain than happiness or is it because it is easier to acknowledge the pain than the moment of happiness?
Pain, suffering, fear, anxiety, I just hate those feeling that stop human being from being alive and themselves. The more we are in this state of mind, the more nothing is done, the more we feel confused. Why do we have to be afraid? why do we give more importance to sadness compare to happiness.
I do not know and I always wonder why sometime it is easier for me to let fear take over me rather than courage, confidence. When I know that it is through confidence and courage that all is created. The problem is fear, the solution is confidence. In the problem lies the solution. The problem is confusion, the solution is clarity of mind.
Be determined, Be confident,Be courageous, Believe in yourself. No matter what you do it takes time, just like it take time for a tree to grow, a child to become an adult. But always remember this there is a beginning for everything and an end to everything. No matter the difficulty that you are facing today there will be an end to it, just do what you have to, believe in yourself and hold on to this dream of yours. It is not easy but the reward is...I do not know what the reward looks like, but I see my dream, I see what it looks like and I am happy...And I say the reward is HAPPINESS...Who doesn't desire happiness, we all do!!!Believe anyway you have nothing to lose but all to gain. Life is a win win situation.

Femmes africaines-Aimez-vous vous-même?

En tant que femmes nous avons besoin de connaitre notre valeur avant que nous puissions décider de prendre n'importe quelle direction dans nos vies.
Qu'est-ce que je veux dire par là? Comment vous valoriser vous? Est ce que vous vous aimez?
Les femmes sont l'essence de la vie par les femmes la vie est créé et la vie est un cadeau et un cadeau est un geste d'amour.
Si les femmes avaient conscience de qui elles étaient, elles pourraient créer des miracles dans leur vie. Vous devez savoir que vous etes belle, vous etes intelligente, et vous devez avoir confiance en vous, vous devez vous sentir belle, vous devez vous sentir intelligente.
C'est une chose de savoir et c’est une autre chose que de resentir.
Vous ne devriez pas attendre que quelqu'un vous dise qui vous êtes, vous devriez être capable de vous regarder dans le miroir et voir la beauté en vous, la confiance en vous et la resentir. Vous devez comprendre que tout commence à l'intérieur avant de pouvoir briller dans votre vie. Si vous vous sentez misérable intérieurement cela se voit à l'extérieur. Si vous vous sentez belle à l'intérieur cela se montre à l'extérieur. Femmes, vous êtes responsable de tout dans votre vie, à commencer par vos propre sentiments. Personne ne peut vous rendre heureuse, mais vous. Personne ne peut vous rendre belle, mais vous.
Commencer a vous aimex avant de pouvoir chercher l'amour. Commencez à vous nourrir avant de nourrir tout le monde.

African Women- Do you Love yourself?

As women we need to understand how valuable we are before we can decide to take any direction in our lives.
What do I mean by that? How do you value yourself? Do you love yourself?
Women are the essence of Life through women life is created and Life is a gift, and a gift is a gesture of Love.
If women were conscious of who they were, they could create miracle in their life. You have to know that you are beautiful, you are intelligent, and you have to feel confident, you have to feel beautiful, you have to feel intelligent.
It is one thing to know and another thing to feel.
You should not wait for anyone to tell you who you are, you should be able to look at yourself in the mirror and see the beauty within you, the confidence within you and feel it. You have to understand that it all starts from within before it can shine in your life. If you feel miserable inside it shows outside. If you feel beautiful inside it shows outside. Women, you are responsible for everything in your life, starting with your own feeling. No one can make you happy, but you. No one can make you beautiful but you.
Starts Loving yourself before you can look for Love. Start nurturing yourself before nurturing anyone else.

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Les femmes Mon Inspiration

Les femmes sont l'essence de la vie de par les femmes la vie est créé. La vie est un cadeau et les femmes ont le pouvoir de donner le don de vie. En donnant le pouvoir aux femmes, nous créons un monde d'amour et de paix. La principale préoccupation des femmes est de donner le don de l'amour. Comme il est dit nous sommes nos pensees. Les femmes pensent a l'amour en permanence. Elles donnent de l'amour à tous dans leur vie non pas parce qu'elles veulent recevoir de l'amour, mais parce qu'elles saivent que c'est la bonne chose à faire. Toute personne qui donne sans aucune attente pour recevoir reçoit toujours dans l'abondance sans rien demander. Les femmes donnent Amour inconditionnel à tous, sa principale préoccupation n'est pas même son bien-être, mais le bien-être de ceux qu'elle aime. Elles prennent soin de leur enfants qu'elles ont porté dans leur entraille, protégé, nourri et aime de la conception à la naissance. Elle s'occupe de sa mère qui lui donne Amour inconditionnel, son père qui la protège, son mari, qui lui donne cet amour dont elle a besoin pour se sentir désirable.
Les femmes sont l'essence de vie. Les femmes sont la création de l'Amour.
Donnons le pouvoir a toutes les femmes pour une meilleure vie, un meilleure aujourd'hui et un avenir meilleur.

African Women- My Inspiration

Women are the essence of Life through women life is created. Life is a gift and women have the power to give the gift of Life. Bu giving power to women we create a World of Love and Peace. The main concern of women is to give the gift of Love. As it is said we are what we think. Women think of Love constantly. She gives love to all in her life not because she wants to receive Love but because she knows that is the right thing to do. Every person who gives without any expectations to receive always receives in abundance without asking for anything. Women give unconditional Love to all, her main concern is not even her well being but the well being of those she Loves. She cares for her child that she has carried in her womb, protected, fed and Love from the conception to the birth. She cares for her mother who gives her unconditional Love, her father who protects her, her husband who gives her that Love she needs to feel desirable.

Women are the Essence of Life. Women are creating Love.

Let’s Empower every women for a better Life, a better Today and a better Tomorrow.

Feed the soul and the spirit

It is said that we are what we read, and we are what we think. Imagine a situation in your life experience where you wanted something very bad and started to think of ways on how to get it. The obsession was in you, you were so obsess by what you wanted to have that it became you. How did it become you? It became you by the thoughts that you had, the thoughts that you were developing in your subconscious. There is a saying that goes like this: “"You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny."
– Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

It all starts with a thought and the rest unfold naturally.

As human being our first preoccupation is to feed our body. We feed our body with different type of foods depending on what we like, where we live and were we are from. It varies a lot. But we all nurture something that we have the same way no matter where we are from, where we live, either we are male or female, black or white. We feed our soul the same way, through the invisible. The invisible is something that cannot be seen with the human eyes but can be sensed by our feelings. We feel sad when we nourish ourselves with pain, resentment, we feel happy when nourish ourselves with joy, laughter. This type of nourishment is done by all of us, all around the world and no matter our religions affiliation, belief and so forth and so on.

Feeding our body permit us to stay healthy, alive, and energetic. Feeding our soul allows us to discover who we truly are, and what we truly want. How come very few people feed their soul and spirit? Is it because very few people want to know who they are and what they truly want? What is it to feed our soul and our spirit?
It depends on our belief system, some people pray, some meditate, some have their own rituals. Feeding the soul is to give to the soul the necessary words needed to feel happy, content, hopeful, fearless, determined, awaken, alive, enlighten.

Let’s go back to the thing that you want. The more you feed yourself with idea of wanting something the more you nourish that idea of wanting and believing in it.
A very simple example is this, the summer is here, and it is very hot and dry outside. You feel the heat all over your body, you are sweating, you are losing the water in your body, and your tongue and lips start to feel dry, you almost out of saliva. You start to feel thirsty. What will be the first thing that will come to your mind? Cold drink, you will start to imagine this bottle of cold drink, fresh out of the fridge with drips of water all over the bottle. You will feel the bottle in your hand and your hand will feel wet by the touch of this bottle. Your imagination will start to go wild and your tongue will start to feel moist, and in need of water. At this moment you become your thoughts, you become thirsty and in need of refreshment. Your instinct will be to drink something. Your body needs something, you listen to it and you give it the exact thing that it asks for.
What about your soul and your spirit, do you listen to your soul when it talks to you? Do you respond? And is it satisfied of the answer? How do you know your soul is satisfied and fulfilled?
It is by listening to our thoughts, to our conscience. In my opinion conscience is something that we cannot explain. Con-Science, “science” tries to explain everything and the “con” represents the opposite. So conscience is the opposition in wanting to explain everything. By listening to your conscience you become aware of what you cannot explain, your feelings. By becoming aware of your feelings and your thoughts you give yourself permission to discover, explore those thoughts and feelings, just like you gave yourself permission to explore the reason why your mouth was dry because you needed water.
Your soul might thirsty right now, what are you waiting for to give the right nutrient to your soul?