The Secret to Building Your Business from the Inside Out

The Secret to Building Your Business from the Inside Out
As a woman entrepreneur, have you ever wondered what the
secret is for building business success? Sure, it’s
important to have a mission statement, a business plan, and
a product or service that meets the needs of your niche
market. It’s also essential that you have funding to
back your venture, a support system in place to guide and
mentor you along your journey, and savvy business acumen.

Yet even if you have all these things, you still may not
hold the key. What is the key to business success for
women? The secret is to build your business from the inside
out. From a place inside that you as a woman intuitively
know and understand. From your Inner Samurai. If you are
an entrepreneurial woman committed to doing work that is
meaningful and important; if you see your work as a
mission, service, or calling; if your goal is to help other
people transform their lives and make a difference in the
world, then the key to making that happen is to connect
with your Inner Samurai. Connect with my Inner Samurai?
What’s that?

Connecting to your Inner Samurai means connecting to your
“inner knower”. This will empower you with the
strength you will need on your journey as you build a
successful business.

All You Need to Know about Your Inner Samurai

Who? Your Inner Samurai is known by many names. It has been
called the voice within, the inner knower, the still small
voice, God Self, Soul, God Within, and Spirit, to name a
few.

What? Your Inner Samurai is best defined by describing its
opposite — the voice inside the head, the monkey
mind, the ego. By contrast, your Inner Samurai is the inner
voice, the voice within. It is the quiet, sure, confident,
strong, vast, and powerful voice of inner knowing. Being
able to tell the difference between the rationalizing,
explaining, blaming, and chattering voice inside your head
and the calm, sure, wise voice of your Inner Samurai will
make all the difference to your business success.

Where? Your Inner Samurai is aptly named because it is the
voice within. Inner because the voice is deep within your
being (to distinguish it from the voice inside your head)
and Samurai because of how strong and powerful it is.
Understanding who your Inner Samurai is and knowing where
to connect with it are vital for your business success.

Why? Everyone has an inner voice. It is that part of us
that is the repository of all our life experiences, hopes,
and dreams. It’s so important to get in touch with
our Inner Samurai because it is our greatest source of
strength and knowing. It is the seat of our wisdom. It is
the place of our extraordinary uniqueness. It exists to
remind us of who we are. How? The most challenging part of
connecting with your Inner Samurai is realizing how it
communicates with you. Your Inner Samurai has a gentle, yet
very recognizable, way of doing so — I like to call
it “pulsing.” When you go inward and ask your
Inner Samurai a question, you will feel a pulse answering
you. This pulse will have one of two distinct qualities. It
will feel like either a yes or a no.

When? Once you know who, what, where, why, and how, the
last thing you need to know is when. When is the best time
to tune in and feel for the pulse of your Inner Samurai?
The answer is: always. Make your Inner Samurai the primary
voice you listen to. Turn to others for support. Turn
inward for guidance. When in doubt between your feelings
and thoughts, go with the pulse. Your Inner Samurai will
never lead you astray, do you wrong, or leave you hanging.
Your Inner Samurai pulse is right 100% of the time. So,
enjoy writing your mission statement and your business
plan. Get creative making your product or service the best
it can be. Develop positive relationships with your
investors and supporters. And don’t forget the most
important relationship of all — the relationship with
your Inner Samurai. It’s the key to building your
business success from the inside out.

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Susan L. Reid, DMA, Small Business Start Up Coach &
Consultant is the author of Discovering Your Inner Samurai:
The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Journey to Business
Success. Hailed as The Secret for business, Susan is known
for taking the fear out of small business start-ups for
entrepreneurial women. For intuitive small business
solutions, powerful attraction marketing tools, inspiration
and direction, visit http://SuccessfulSmallBizOwners.com