75. The motivation behind starting a business
I want to share with you a story that brought me to where I am today.
My grandma had to quick school and couldn’t finish primary school. She became a seamstress, self-taught and a very gifted one at that. With other opportunities, she could have been a fashion designer. But she didn’t have those opportunities. She struggled to make ends meet and raise two daughters on her own.
My mom couldn’t finish high-school. It was hard to make ends meet and she quit school to start working very young, she was still a minor.
I grew up with these two women at home. They bore in my head, in my subconscious and in my heart constantly and continuously that I HAD to study, I HAD to have a career and I HAD to be independent.
Since I started working, I have only stopped for three years when my second son was born and we were as a family on a foreign assignment, but then I went back to school to become a photographer.
This experience with my mom and my grandmother is the reason why I am so passionate to work with women becoming successful and independent.
I have a confession to make…(breathe)...
When I see women, who are unable to make their own decisions, financial or otherwise without consulting their husband, uff! It triggers something in me… I think it is really engraved in my subconscious (thanks to my mom and grandma) that I just have this urge to help them become independent.
Ok, I understand it might not be everyone’s need or wish, and I don’t go around “pushing” people…
But for those who want to and are committed, I am excited to help.
Steve Jobs said:
“I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” It is so hard. You put so much of your life into this thing. There are such rough moments in time that I think most people give up. I don't blame them. It's really tough and it consumes your life. (...) Unless you have a lot of passion about this, you're not going to survive."
I believe that the more that you understand the underlying reasons that motivate you to do something, like being an entrepreneur, the better you can successfully accomplish it.
If you are starting your business journey, here is an article I wrote:
Recommendations to start a business: Six things I wish I would have known before starting my business.
If you need help getting started as a Personal Brand:
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Hi there! I’m Blanca!
I’m a Brand Photographer and Personal Branding Coach, helping female entrepreneurs to create a Personal Brand online that STANDS OUT.
I bring your vision to life, help you come up with one and take you by the hand into the online World if you need me to.