This book excites me! I’ve read it three times and I still love it! Nick William’s book The Business You Were Born to Create wakes up the entrepreneurial senses and gets your creative juices flowing. I find this book so timely, when everyone in the world is in survival mode and most people are feeling like they can’t rely on the old crutch of corporate America to provide for them anymore.
It seems like everyone I talk to today is rethinking how they work and how they offer their talents to the world. Most people I know are consultants in various fields or have entrepreneurial businesses as a result of being laid off, divorced, or having doors slammed in their faces because they’re over the age of 40. People are at their breaking point. They can’t find the energy to deal with the online job boards anymore and apply for job after job and have their resume go down a black hole yet again. The thought of going on another interview where the company doesn’t even have the courtesy afterwards to send you a ‘No Thank You’ letter or email is enough to drive them to…no, not drink—start their own business! Think of the title of this book, The Business You Were Born to Create...deep down inside, doesn't everyone have a secret dream of being their own boss? How many times have you had an idea and pushed it aside saying, "I can't do it. I need the money from a full time job." Or, "No one will buy what I make. How could I ever attract customers? I'll be a failure in public everyone will talk about me."
Nick says that the world is waiting for your talents! He says, “Your calling and your gifts are community property: What you love doing will be a blessing to someone. You are a unique part of creation and have been imagined and created for a particular purpose—to inhabit a special corner in creation that is completely yours. No one else had the special combination of insights, experience, and understanding that you do. When you show up authentically, you will be the answer to somebody’s prayers.”
In his book, Nick shares his personal stories about being self employed and those of his clients to let you know that you're not alone in your fears and manifesting your dream business. He wants you to learn from his experience. He presents practical ways of putting yourself out there sprinkled with his special brand of inspirational guidance. Nick is a student of A Course in Miracles and uses that background to help you bridge your fear of the new world of self employment.
The book is set up into eight sections. I love every section but if you force me to pick favorites, I love Section 3, called Being An Artist and Creating Your Own Brand. Nick wants you to start thinking of yourself as the supplier of your own products and services. I love where he gives you twenty examples of what being a worker vs an entrepreneur looks like:
• #3 Workers tend to do work that is created by others, whilst artists [entrepreneurs] create their own work.
• #15 Workers are encouraged to fit in, whilst artists [entrepreneurs] are comfortable standing out, being seen and becoming known for their work.
• #17 Artists [entrepreneurs] love evolving and improving on what they do. Conventional work is often about doing the same stuff over and over again.
I also like Section 4 called Being a Pro in Your Work and Business where Nick talks about taking baby steps to get your business going. "You don't take baby steps for the distance they cover, but to put yourself in the receivership of life's magic. As you take baby steps, the Universe gets behind you."
I know exactly what he’s talking about. When I started to write my novel, people just started showing up in my life to help me get to the finish line.
I know exactly what he’s talking about. When I started to write my novel, people just started showing up in my life to help me get to the finish line.
There’s a section where he talks about people who have shadow careers that really stuck with me. In Out of the Shadows and Into Your Brilliance, Nick says a shadow career is where "you support the talents of others, rather than acknowledging and developing your own talent."
I know in my own life, I love books and supporting authors in the spiritual metaphysical space. Last year, my friends pushed me into the Next Top Spiritual Author contest. They kept yelling, "Come on Robin, this is your chance. Write something for the contest!"
I always thought that if a book was inside me, it would scream to come out. But, I was wrong. Just before the deadline, I was washing dishes in the kitchen and the whisper of a love story came to mind. I mapped it out in outline form and the love story came to life! Who would have thought that I would write a love story when all I read is non-fiction?? The book is completed in draft and being edited now. For me, coming out of the shadows is very freeing.
If you’re in a rut and tired of the same ole work routine that’s killing your spirit, you’re unemployed and looking to reinvent yourself, or you've always known there's a great business in you waiting to be born this book is for you. Not only will Nick Williams inspire you, he’ll offer you a system of support with his
Inspired Entrepreneur series of webinars, books, and lectures to hold your hand through the process.
Inspired Entrepreneur series of webinars, books, and lectures to hold your hand through the process.
It took me way too long to write this review, probably because I was too busy dreaming about my own business inspired by Nick’s great book! Get inspired and start your own business. The world is waiting for your talents! (if you read this article all the way to the bottom, the universe is giving you a big fat message today). Go for it! Don’t delay.
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