What I am passionate about is the integration of our inner truths with what we do in business. I discovered my niche – a place that blends my deepest passion, greatest gifts and heart-felt values. It is my passion and purpose to share what I have learned and lived in my own journey with others – to help others uncover their life purpose and create a viable business living it.
I call it “The Seven Pillars of Purpose-driven Entrepreneurship.”
1. Follow your inspiration: When we are inspired, we innovate, push beyond status quos, and find creative solutions. Our inspiration leads us to uncover our greatest gifts and make our greatest contributions. In turn we enjoy our greatest fulfillment and success. It makes us come alive and brings life to our projects and those around us. Follow your inspiration, it will not steer you wrong.
2. Believe in your ideals: It is by the real that I exist; it is by the ideal that we live. Great countries, institutions and companies are created by a set of beliefs and ideals by their founding members. Believe in your ideals, live by them and inspire others to co-create value-based organizations. Our business is an extension of who we are. Let it reflect that, and make the world a better place than when you found it.
3. Think with your heart: In Chinese character, the word “think” is illustrated as a brain on top of a heart. In the West, we are trained to think with our brain using logics. In the East we believe the key to life and business mastery lies with our heart. It contains all the answers we need to know in order to navigate through seemingly complex life and business landscapes. Think and lead with your heart.
4. Find your niche: Each one of us can do something in a certain way that is better than anyone else in the world. So is the business we create. Finding out or even creating a niche that we can be best in the world at is one of the keys to business success. It takes experimentation and refinement, and sometimes failures. See it as an evolving process to define and refine your core signature on earth.
5. Create value and impact: According to the Law of Compensation, each person is compensation in like matter for that which he or she has contributed. To build a successful business, we need to be a value creator, constantly thinking of ways to increase the value of our contribution to the markets and communities we serve, and create a culture that is based on love and service.
6. Become a hub:Relationships are everything in life and business. The ability to cultivate and build long lasting and mutually beneficial relationships is invaluable. It takes time, energy and conscious efforts. Become a hub or at least an invaluable link in the web of relationships that make up your industries and communities.
There is an incubation period for a seed to grow into a healthy tree bearing fruits. It takes patience, consistent and persistent efforts to build a successful business. We need to put in our hours, energies and resources to create it, build it and grow it. This is given. If we are doing what we love, then why in such a hurry!
A hero’s journey begins from within, and extends out to those around us. Our business is an extension of who we are. It is a vehicle for us to fulfill our purpose and live our ideal. We are all heroes, writing our own journeys on earth.
-Jing Jin, guest writer for Wejungo (please connect with her at http://www.facebook.com/jinjinga)
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