What’s your dream? Did it get shuffled to the back of the closet? Or to the bottom of the to-do list?
Step 1. THE UNEARTHING. I performed a little archeological dig on mine the other day.
I presented at NCRC: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
It was with two rockstars. (Samira Cook-Gaines of the DC Women’s Business Center, and Donna Gaines formerly of ABLE who has held leadership positions with The Rainbow Coalition).
Step 2. GOING THERE. What reminds you of your goals and dreams? Can you go there? (Mentally or physically).
NCRC reminds me of mine.
I am completely obsessed. Why? This equation:
Institutions with money + people who actually do things = Real Change.
It’s electric!
These folks are re-building and re-charging communities. They’re not just talking.
It’s a good model, because I want to do a lot less talking, and running around responding to email, and roll up my sleeves and do some stuff this summer. See my goal – below – in comments.
Step 3. STAKE YOUR CLAIM. What’s yours? Or do you have none, falling victim to the evil vortex of dream sucking multitasks?
Even if it’s just one thing, I say, “let’s do it.”
Are you so sick of being multitasked to death? Seriously.
Let’s win against the evil vortex of dream-sucking multitasks.
Blog mentoring is open. Stake your claim on your dream (or vent about your challenge).
Just like our earlier blog mentoring.We’re standing by.
Go.
All who participate in this will be emailed our super special Hot Mommas Project resource packet given out at the NCRC conference.
The Hot Mommas Project goal / dream is to test Guerrilla Mentoring with three trainers this Summer in three different areas of the country!
Any ideas where this will take place?
We just recruited a new pilot site, so now we’re up to four for this summer. We’ve got:
1. Bethesda, Marlyand
2. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
3. Abilene, Texas
4. St George, Utah
I’ve lost my vision. I got caught up making someone else’s dream a success and forgot that anything you give 100% to should belong to you. Now I’m trying to regain my momentum and look out for me.
Thank you for your honesty Sjk. If you are female, remember that we are born with a neurology that can be considered an advantage – but at times we must be aware of when it’s “overkill.” The number one most important thing to the female brain at birth? Relationships. This is according to Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of the New York Times best seller, “The Female Brain.” I teach about it in my class often. You wouldn’t think it would have a place in a women’s entrepreneurship class in a business school – but, it does – for the exact reason you said. When the “Giving Tree” is no longer a children’s book, but becomes our day to day existence, we need to stop, say ‘Where does someone else’s life stop, and my life start” and realize we must have points in the bank to have something to give away. Secondarily (or, in many cases PRIMARILY) we must think: “What behavior am I modeling right now? Is this what I want my kids, nieces, nephews doing?” Giving is beautiful. But at the point where it becomes un-beautiful, and it is ugly, and hard, and absorbing, and we have lost ourselves – it is time to reassess. So, here you are, reassessing. Congrats. Next, your Rx is read the mentoring blog posts in our Power Plays for Women https://hotmommasproject.com/category/power-plays-for-women/
Way to go. Kathy and the Hot Mommas Project team
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