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Trust Your Gut

Do you have an idea for something?

Have you told someone your thoughts or plans? Did they like them or think it was terrible and in their words, “SHIT”

Well, I have grand plans for things this year and some have been poohed poohed and made me feel terrible.

I kept on coming back to the same idea and thoughts and then realised, this is my idea, my baby, my creation, my work, my money invested. Not someone else’s.

If you keep on coming back to the same ideas and they will not go away, you owe it to yourself to give it a go.

Trust your instincts, believe in you and keep on going until you achieve what you want. Who knows, you might be hugely successful. You don’t know what will happen if you never try.

Do you find that you have an instinct on what will work and what won’t? Have a feeling about a person, a situation and know what to do. I do and I need to trust my gut more and more.

So for all the mums that have projects and ideas that they wish to achieve, trust your gut, your instinct is good. Believe in you and just achieve your goals with small steps.

Surround yourself with people that understand your vision, support you and motivate you to achieve.

Sign up to online forums, facebook groups and face to face meetups are great. Don’t give up!

The people who are closest I find seem to have more resistance to success and find issues in your ideas. If your idea is super successful I am sure they will be happy and want to share in the glory.

Power on all those with fabulous ideas. Be a powerhouse, be successful, work for a better you, a better outcome for family (More money helps everyone and also a happy mum means a happy house).

Let me know what you are working on and I can help cheer you on and support you. 

 

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5 years and beyond

Budding Entrepreneurs

The girls announced the other day that they wanted to make a cookie stall. I asked why and of course they said, “To make money!” how very enterprising of them.

We all went shopping and I purchased some cookie making ingredients. We got ingredients for chocolate chip and ones with smarties in them. Both batches ended up very yummy indeed (You will have to take my word for it)

As you might imagine the twins were excited about helping and then got distracted. I ended up making them and got it all organised. Friday (yesterday) was meant to be the day of the stall however it was over 80km winds and just not a nice day to be outside. It was also the day of all the fires here in the mountains and of course the day I had to drive to the airport to pick hubby up.

Since it was not to be yesterday, today was the day for the cookie stall. Kids were so excited I set it up while I was still in my pajamas and not yet had breakfast.

Just opening the Cookie stall. The girls are very excited.
Just opening the Cookie stall. The girls are very excited.

I set the kids up at the front of the house to allow passers-by, next door neighbours and anyone going to the bus stop to purchase. Some people were very generous and gave more than they were buying so that was nice, and thanks for those that did that.

The girls were so excited when they got their first sale from our lovely next door neighbour, then the other sales made them giggle with delight and they raced to count the money that have earned. Very cute to watch.

Happy with their first sale!
Happy with their first sale!

 

Wow $7.90 it was a success! Kids happy
Wow $7.90 it was a success! Kids happy

They were counting the number of coins not the amount or value of what the coins represents. I told them that the number does not match the value. I counted the money with the twins and they managed to get $7.90 out of their first day trading at their cookie stand.

Eating the profits. Yum!
Eating the profits. Yum!

We did have issues of them getting a bit bored due to low foot traffic in the street and spilling milk over the sign at one point. The girls had a good time and now are planning what else they can sell tomorrow. Maybe this has created business monsters? Who knows?

Have your kids created stalls? What did they sell? Send in your comments.