She's Standing On Business

I went to a 'She's Standing On Business' event a couple of weeks ago. This event was curated by a businesswoman who gathered other successful entrepreneur businesswomen as guest speakers. One young lady was under 30 and had made her 1st million before she was 25, she was a bit nervous as this was her 1st time doing public speaking, but her message was loud and so very clear! Another was in her mid-thirties (I'm guessing because she could pass for being in her early twenties) and was not always happy with what she witnessed in her 8 years as an educator. During the pandemic she began tutoring youth in her parents’ basement which evolved into her opening the doors to her own business that also served the youth which further evolved to her getting a contract with the local public school district and furthering her goal to ensure the children of our future are properly educated.

Speaker after speaker made my hairs stand on end. It was so invigorating to hear their stories, all vastly different but very successful! The caveat for me was that they were all black women! Now don’t get me wrong I love hearing about and learning from anyone’s success story, but as a black woman, it was so empowering to be in a space with so many powerful women that look like me. If someone ever says representation doesn’t matter, I guarantee you that they have never lacked having representation for themselves.

This event reminded me of my own journeys throughout my life and with hard work and dedication dreams are achievable as long as you keep pushing. The only thing that may stop me from accomplishing what I set out to do would be myself! It’s so easy to give up when the going gets tough, but to stand in the face of what may appear to be defeat and keep fighting, now that’s a win in and of itself!

All this to say, that I had so many goals for my business when my daughter built and published this website. One of them was to write a weekly blog which I have not done in quite some time. Instead, I let my negative thoughts steer me away from one of the many goals I have set for my business. It’s effortless to not do something that you don’t feel like doing, especially when you feel like there’s no true benefit for doing so. This is something I am passionate about and I can’t even give myself a valid reason for not writing them other than my doubt that they are not going to be read. In my mind I’m like, “Why write the blog?”, but as I am writing this blog, in this moment I realize that GOD put this goal, this mission in my heart for me. Not for an audience. This is meant to be my outlet, my way of getting those things out of my mind that I don’t usually vocalize to anyone and for those that may read it…I hope it resonates!

So going forward, I will be publishing a blog every week. In my own words, from my own thoughts, and with my own emotions. I am not against AI for those that like it, I love that for you, but for me, I want my readers to sense the intimacy of MY words, thoughts, and feelings. No outside influence can defeat me unless I allow it to, because if I don’t stand on business, move forward, and be consistent, I will not see progress! Until next time, stay safe!