{"id":3194,"date":"2015-10-12T00:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T05:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2015-10-09T18:41:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T23:41:21","slug":"the-best-personal-development-course-money-cant-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/the-best-personal-development-course-money-cant-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Personal Development Course Money Can’t Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"

How long have you been an entrepreneur?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Days? \u00a0Months? \u00a0Years? \u00a0Decades?<\/span><\/p>\n

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No matter how many steps you\u2019ve taken along your business journey, you\u2019ve surely realized one truth by now\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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When you choose the path of entrepreneurship, you choose the road less traveled. <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

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And with that choice comes an onslaught of amazing experiences and some not-so-pretty experiences. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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After interviewing hundreds of super smart business women on <\/span>my podcast<\/span><\/a>, one major theme keeps coming up:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Entrepreneurship is the BEST Personal Development Course You Will Ever Take!<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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What does that mean, exactly?<\/span><\/p>\n

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When I quit my job to pursue my life as a business owner in 2009, I was so confident that the savings I had earmarked for my \u201cno paycheck\u201d journey would be more than adequate. \u00a0<\/span>I could live off of this for 12 months if I REALLY needed to…I\u2019m good!<\/span><\/i> \u00a0It would be easy, I thought to myself. \u00a0Just sell your books and make tons of money.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Yup, that\u2019s right…my life as an entrepreneur started with a product…a $47 eBook on how to find the true love of your life. \u00a0I had created it, put it up on my website and just <\/span>knew<\/span><\/i> it would be a bestseller within weeks, driving <\/span>tons<\/span><\/i> of cash into my PayPal account!) [insert thick sarcasm here]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two months later and two – count them, T-W-O – sold books later, I realized that perhaps this thing called a \u201cbusiness model\u201d was a little more complicated than I had originally thought. \u00a0Simultaneously, I was watching my then-boyfriend\u2019s brand new business take shape and decided to \u201chelp out\u201d on the side. \u00a0By the next month, I was fully dedicated to building out his company (he seemed to understand revenue generation a bit better than I did!).<\/span><\/p>\n

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That money didn\u2019t last me a year. \u00a0It got stretched out with credit cards that enabled us to live off of no income for the first few years of our business. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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And I completely freaked out over this. \u00a0All the time.<\/strong>\u00a0 I had regular crying jags completely stressing about our lack of money. \u00a0I was a corporate gal! \u00a0I was used to\u00a0a decent chunk\u00a0of dough in my savings account, a 401k that was fully maxed, an annual IRA contribution and, of course, a bi-weekly check! \u00a0And even though I could mentally \u201cget\u201d that I had to think about money differently, I couldn\u2019t completely <\/span>own<\/span><\/i> this concept. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was miserable. \u00a0And constantly stressed about money. \u00a0I thought of my diminishing cash reserves as a ticking time bomb…<\/span>I have 2 more months until I can\u2019t pay my mortgage anymore<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fast forward to the present moment and life is 180 degrees different. \u00a0I\u2019ve figured out the sweet magic of revenue generation for business, but most importantly\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have absolutely no stress about finances. <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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What changed?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I evolved.<\/strong> \u00a0I had to! \u00a0I had to learn about my relationship with money. \u00a0I had to become educated about value exchange in business. \u00a0I had to learn how to pivot my entire business model according to the market…many, many, many times! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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As an entrepreneur, you have to\u00a0<\/b>become the person <\/i><\/span>who runs a successful business<\/b>. <\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Mentally, emotionally, spiritually and professionally. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This evolution is what my guests have referred to. \u00a0This need to <\/span>become<\/span><\/i> the person your business needs you to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is personal development at its finest. \u00a0And there\u2019s no \u201ccourse\u201d you can take that will ever compare to you being active and present in your own evolution!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why the smartest and most successful entrepreneurs know that the learning is never done. \u00a0You never truly master this game. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the game forces you to master yourself. \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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How have you most evolved since you started your company? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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