“Establishing your brand by identifying your passion”
Starts….with
a vision of your purpose and is accomplished by goal setting
What is entrepreneurship? The capacity and
willingness to develop, organize
and manage a business
venture
along with any of its risks in order to make a profit.
www.businessdictionary.com
Brands
are built on what people are saying about you, not what you are saying about
yourself. CEO,
Guy Kawasaki
Your personal vision statement guides your life and provides the direction necessary to chart the course of your days, choices you make, helps you achieve your goals, guides you to apply what you’ve learned, and ultimately is the LEADERSHIP legacy you leave behind.
Webster’s
dictionary defines vision as…..
1.
A
thought, concept, or object formed by the imagination
2.
A
manifestation to the senses of something immaterial
3.
To
act or power of imagination
What is your Vision?
We
have all thought about the things we’d like to accomplish in our lifetime.
However, most never write these thoughts down. A vision statement describes how
you see yourself in the future,
but speaking it and writing it in the present tense. Meaning you have not
accomplished these things yet, but you are making the statement as if you have.
For example, ‘I am a motivational
speaker.’ ‘I am a business owner.’ ‘I am a president of a company that
resells used sneakers and b-caps. ’I am
happy.’ ‘I am smart.’ ‘I am an Author of a Best Selling Novel.’
‘I am a straight A & B student
and have become a 1st generation college graduate.’ “I am Press Secretary for the United
States.’ ‘I am a reporter for the NBA.’
‘I have been accepted into the White
House Internship program.’ ‘I am a
medical student at Harvard.’ ‘I am
an inventor and have been working with MIT to bring my idea to market.’ “I am a home owner’. ~
Although you haven’t accomplished these things we are speaking them into
existence.
ANSWER
Write
down three reasons why it is important for you to have a vision
statement which includes the following areas: FINANCIAL, (investments, savings,
money), CAREER (entrepreneurship, job, internships, business, social media),
FAMILY (children, parents, pets*), SPIRITUAL (faith, church, prayer,
meditation), HEALTH (fitness, doctors, eating, exercise), ACADEMIC (college,
grades, knowledge), and LEISURE (travel, reading, activities)?
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Write
down three reasons why it is important to your family that you have a vision
statement which includes the following areas: FINANCIAL, (investments, savings,
money), CAREER (entrepreneurship, job, internships, business, social media),
FAMILY (children, parents, pets*), SPIRITUAL (faith, church, prayer,
meditation), HEALTH (fitness, doctors, eating, exercise), ACADEMIC (college,
grades, knowledge), and LEISURE (travel, reading, activities)?
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First
create this vision for you. Remember you being your statements with ‘I AM’, but
then ensure that the 5 people you spend the most time with have vision
statements for their lives as well.
** Take this a
step further, but ONLY after you have a written statement ~ create a Pinterest,
video, or vision board.
Let’s take a look at some abbreviated SAMPLES
I am Tameka Jackson. I have earned a bachelor’s degree in
engineering with honors from MIT and have overcome the abuse I experienced growing
up as a child. I have been accepted into a national fellowship program. Starting
this summer I will be working in Boston, MA for the FBI and I volunteer on
my weekends.
My name is Michael Lawson. I am a graduate of Jeremiah E.
Burke High School. I secured an internship with the New England Patriots. I
take 3 busses from Dorchester to Foxboro just to make this internship every
week. At night and on my weekends I deliver pizza to make extra money. I have
started my own sports agency and have interviewed other sport agents to learn
how they started their own businesses. I just received a job offer to work for
a national sports agency, and I’m excepting while I continue to work my
business plan.
My name is
Nichole Smith I am in the best shape of my life. I have not let the fact that I
became pregnant at a young age, or the fact that I was homeless in my youth,
stop me from becoming my greatest self. I have a cosmetology certificate and am
able to do the best make-up in Boston. I am also one year away from earning by Masters
in Communications degree. I have two best friends, have joined an awesome
church, and I’m living a purpose-driven life every day. I live in a great
apartment, and make a good salary. Also, I get a call every year to do make up
for all the celebrities for Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week. I am happy.
C-Suite example: Within two years, achieve 40
percent market share in the computer headphone/microphone industry, receive the
J.D. Power highest quality rating in the industry, and receive 95 percent or
above good or excellent ratings on our customer-service surveys.
Natascha’s Past Vision Statement: “My
name is Natascha F. Saunders and I am a top certified career coach, dynamic
motivational speaker, sought after author, policy change agent, who is in
perfect health in mind, body, & soul. I have no financial debt because I am
a young entrepreneur who owns her own firm and I am worth 1 million dollars;
while being only 35 years old. I have earned my Doctorate in Educational Leadership
and I’m known for my research expertise in Career Development. You can read my
story in Black Enterprise, Ebony & Essence Magazine under successful
professionals under 40.”
TAKE ACTION
Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for
an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it will
tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. ~ Habakkuk
2:3-4
Write the FIRST draft of your
vision statement?
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Write the SECOND draft of your
vision statement?
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Write the FINAL draft of your
vision statement?
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NOW TIME TO MEMORIZE AND POST UP IN YOUR HOUSE!
Next steps ….
Take your vision and turn it into action by setting
goals….
GOAL
Webster’s
dictionary defines a goal as…..
1.
The
result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end
Describe the goal you hope to reach. Try to keep it between 1-2 sentences.
For example, In order for you to have been accepted into graduate school you
needed to obtain letters of recommendations, write essays, and earned good
grades. In order to start your own business I tend to recommend that my clients
conduct an informational interview with three business owners to ask questions
on how they got started. In order for you to find a job or a board seat, you
should make a list of the places you want to apply, select an outfit, print
your resume/CV, apply and follow-up with a phone call.
Review your vision statement and determine what steps (micro-goals)
you need to accomplish in order to make this vision come true! I’d like to see
at least five goals, 3 that you will do each month in 2015. Remember
they need to be small steps.
Goal 1:
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Goal 2:
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Goal 3:
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Goal 4:
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Goal 5:
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Lastly, the final step is for you to determine what you
will need in order to accomplish these goals (personal, academic, professional,
entrepreneurial). No one does anything alone!
MY RESOURCE LIBRARY
In this space, list all the available resources
that may help you reach your
goal such as friends, mentors,
board of advisors, sponsors, teachers, counselors, coaches, technology
(computers, internet, apps ex. Fitness pal), a business suit for interviews, BOOKS, and state how they can help you. This list will grow and change.
Reach out to me on facebook or twitter for help, if needed.
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Congratulations you now have a vision, you
know how to set goals and it’s time to put this into action!
*******Natascha’s Entrepreneurial Resources*******
BOOKS
o
Invisible Capital, By:
Chris Rabb
o
Little Black Book
of Connections: 6.5 Assess for Networking Your Way to Rich Relationships, By:
Jeffrey Gitomer
The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body
Language Can Help--or Hurt--How You Lead, By: Carol Kinsey Goman Ph.D.
o
Getting to Yes:
Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, By: Roger
Fisher and William L. Ury
…specific to teens
o Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide
to Turning Your Passions into Pay, By: Kenrya Rankin
o
Launch Pad: Entrepreneur Workbook for Teens, By: Mary L.
MacNeilly
o Campus CEO, Randal Pinket
WEBSITES | CENTERS
BUSINESS
MOBILE APPS
o …some others include: HBR Tips,
iTalk Recorder, Dragon Dictation, ScanBizCards, eWifi, oDesk, Fiverr
ARTICLES TO READ
A
few of Tascha’s Lessons in #Entrepreneurship
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There is value in internships, volunteer work and/or working for
someone else to gain experience that can be used in entrepreneurship.
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There will be disappointments such as: not getting a contract,
client bounce checks, clients not paying you for months, so save and plan ahead
and find a person you can vent to.
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Even if you work alone, you need many mentors. Find them by any
means necessary.
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Musts: resume/CV, website, blog, LinkedIn, and business facebook
page.
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Conduct informational interviews with anyone (no matter age,
gender or race) you admire for their leadership, education, the fact that they
own a business, know powerful people, etc.
WHO
IS NATASCHA?
Natascha
is a Career Coach, Entrepreneur and grew up in Roxbury, Dorchester and Hyde
Park. Natascha lives and travels throughout the United States and Abroad.
Natascha
struggled with self-esteem, ended up in a mental institution on suicide watch, grew
up in a home with alcoholism & domestic violence, survived a rape in
college and had a brother who was found dead in the Cambridge Charles River.
Yet, still focused she became a 1st generation college graduate. Academically, Natascha went from being a C and D student in high school with a learning disability, to earning a Bachelor’s Degree, two Masters Degrees, and now working on her Doctorate in Education with a focus in Leadership.
Yet, still focused she became a 1st generation college graduate. Academically, Natascha went from being a C and D student in high school with a learning disability, to earning a Bachelor’s Degree, two Masters Degrees, and now working on her Doctorate in Education with a focus in Leadership.
Natascha
is also an Executive Education Alum of both MIT Sloan and Harvard Kennedy
School and is trained in mediation from Harvard Law. She completed the Harvard
Mediation Training Program through Suffolk Superior Court; while serving as
Adjunct Faculty at Northeastern University and starting her own business, The
Youth Career Coach Inc. providing career coaching and professional development
workshops to youth.
Lastly,
Natascha is a featured chapter author in the book; ‘Obama and Black Loyalty’,
Chapter 5: Black Youth Unemployment, a former Miss Black Rhode Island, Member
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and has been featured in many media outlets
including: BNN, ABC/WCVB City Line with Karen Holmes-Ward, Color Magazine USA,
Metro, and Verizon Fios.
Natascha’s Motto is:
“Be What it is You Want to Attract”
