In the last few weeks, I've experienced two full circle moments that reminded me of this quote by Napoleon Hill: “No mind is complete by itself. It needs contact and association with other minds to grow and expand"
In other words, we become powerful beyond measure when we pursue our visions alongside others (through the power of a mastermind). This was illustrated through:
In September, I found myself asking myself a series of questions
I know you’re thinking “Such as?”
Well…
Like: "What is it that makes me the most happy, and how can I incorporate that into my life on more of a daily basis?"
But that was very much at the beginning of the month
I think that anybody who knows me well, knows that I love traveling
Yes, it's because I get to experience different cultures and spend time with the people that I love and eat delicious food and all of that sort of jazz
But I also realise that part of what I love about holidays and traveling, is also the person that I am when I'm on holiday
I know what I'm going to wear on each day, and I'm hyped to wear those things. I know what I'm going to do, I know who I'm going to see
So, not only am I more relaxed, but actually, I am more organised
With this in mind…
In line with that, one of the things that I started to ask myself every day in September (after this realisation) was:
Earlier this week I attended the funeral of Mr Williams, my old secondary (or high) school teacher
He was my very first form tutor and my chemistry teacher throughout
More than that, though, he was one of my favourites
It's literally impossible for me to talk about my best memories from that time without mentioning his humour, passion and huge impact
One of the things I remember most about him is that he practised something called “peer teaching”
I.e.
If I managed to solve a problem or really impress him with my work, he would have me come up to the board, write out how I solved the equation and talk both him and my classmates through my process
But the reason that he did this wasn't because he thought I was a science genius, but because he wanted to:
Check my understanding (or that I didn’t cheat!)
Give the class the opportunity to hear an explanation in language that they could understand and relate to
When Mr Williams was calling me to the front of the class to help my classmates, he didn't require me to:
Become more of an expert
Gain more experience
Jump through a bunch of hoops to prove myself before diving in (or further)
That wasn't an issue or what he was even looking for
What he wanted was someone who knew just a bit more than his other students and could share it effectively
And that's all you need when it comes to PR too!
Before Sarah achieved her dream of conceiving Isaac, she disqualified herself- believing she was too old to do so
Hence the whole Hagar debacle
Yet Hebrews 11:11 makes it clear that she went on to receive "strength to conceive seed, and...bore a child when she was past the age..."
Which means that none of her "undesirable" circumstances changed in order for her to achieve her dream, so what did?
Sarah was able to do this "by faith" because "she judged Him faithful who had promised" (Hebrews 11:11)
In other words, she took her eyes off her perceived inadequacies and placed them on God
That was the game changer that helped her to get what she wanted and is the thing that has helped me in every iteration of my entrepreneurial journey, including my most recent one with Media Magic
My retreat for business women who want to uncover a quick and systemised process to pitch the media so that they can get onto more top platforms, be seen as industry experts, and start raking in larger paydays
Want to get out of the chokehold that imposter syndrome has on you too?
"So you really want me to do this, huh God?",
This was something I said to Him while I was actually on the plane to Mexico
It seems stupid now, and me and my loved ones have definitely laughed at this when I've told them about it...but that's how surreal it felt to be hosting my first retreat
A retreat where I would be teaching business women a quick and systemised process to pitch the media so that they can get onto more top platforms, be seen as industry experts, and start raking in larger paydays.
Thinking about it now, I know that this was because of a phenomenon called "confirmation bias"
Which, according to Steven Barlett is caused by the fact that "humans tend to search for, favour and recall information in a way that confirms or supports their existing beliefs or values"
In other words, I had no evidence that I could actually jump the final hurdle of hosting a retreat; so I still found it hard to reconcile that this was my new identity and reality
This, despite all the:
Praying
Planning
Meetings
Coordinating with and for attendees etc
That had got me up to this point
According to Bartlett this is typical as "the further [your] new evidence [or reality] is from [your] current beliefs, the less likely it is to change [your] thinking". This was especially true for me because of my background
You see, it's deeper than the fact that this was my first retreat
If you follow me on social media then you’ll know that I love to do monthly recaps
In these reels I, not only share what I got up to (visually) during a particular month, I also share what I learned (through a voice over)
When I think about July, it just feels like there were so many lessons learned
Which is unusual because I can usually distil it down to one thing/theme
The reason being because I achieved a major goal. I put on a retreat for women in business who want to go from stumped to savvy about how to get PR for their businesses (Media Magic)
See 👇🏾
On Christmas eve I got hit by a car
Luckily I was okay and the only sign that anything even happened is this scar on my elbow
But the fact that he made enough impact to make me roll onto the hood and then onto the floor makes me truly thankful that it wasn't any worse
Because, as one of the witnesses said afterwards, I "could have ended the night on a stretcher" and- if not for God's favour and protection- who's to say whether that would have been because of a broken bone or fatality?
See, what had happened prior to that was....
In last week’s musings, I mentioned that 2nd Timothy 2:21 calls us “vessels of honour”
Click here if you missed that post, sis!
In light of the scripture above, it's something that we just tend to throw around as believers but I really wanted to know- What does it actually mean to be a vessel?
Here’s what I discovered:
