OPHELIA UKE NIXON
Living The Life Of Abundance -The Entrepreneurs Blueprint
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CHAPLAIN OPHELIA NIXON UKE
uite often we allow negative happenings to stop us from excelling or walking in that place of abundance in our personal and professional lives, until ultimately we are hindered from seeing the visions we have for ourselves manifest. To achieve anything in life that is worth having, the work required
Your business must present some form of positive gain for those whom you are seeking to impact. must first be put in. Your mindset must also be in a place of oneness with your hearts desires and the goals you’re wanting to achieve. This life we are living is not a magical show wherein you snap your fingers, and success is brought to fruition. If this is what you have tricked yourself into believing, then your reality is going to present some very harsh disappointments that you just might really find yourself struggling to bounce back from. Walking in abundance is not a popularity contest for us to showcase the amounts of money we 8 | ENTREPRENEUR PLATFORM MAGAZINE | November/December 2019
may have, the number of degrees held, the expensive name brands worn or the size of our homes. This type of abundance is tied to morals and humility. Without those two things we are merely building empty businesses, which ultimately will reveal inadequacies when it comes to the values they are built upon. Just as we know, every house is not a home if there is no happiness or love within the four walls, as it is the foundation of what must be built upon for everyone to feel valued. So it is the same with our businesses. Those we’re seeking to provide services for should be able to feel the love we’ve invested as it makes them know how much they are appreciated as individuals, and not as a dollar figure. Many people who have chosen to jump ship, in the sense of giving up their ‘Corporate America’ status, to become an entrepreneur are definitely wanting to have contentment and some form of security in their lives. However, what many have missed in discovering what they want to do is, taking the appropriate time needed to figure out if in their decision will there be contentment. Contentment is not about status, it’s a heart attitude. A heart attitude that’s attached to something and someone bigger than ourselves.
CONTENTMENT The word content means: being completely satisfied with self and life wherein not even disappointments can affect or influence your space negatively no matter what, yet still not sitting complacent whereby you would
