Remember Your Purpose: Don't Get Distracted !!!

The truth is every single day of our lives will bring a distraction!  

Whether it's a delay from home, traffic jam making you late for work or appointment, missing a deadline, kids acting up in school or a leaking geyser!  Fact of the matter is ....S#*% HAPPENS!

Something unexpected constantly comes out of the woodwork causing us to put our dreams, our mission, our passions and our plans on hold (yet again) for another day.  Sad thing is, there will always be an excuse to put something off until tomorrow until you decide to make it a priority today.

Although we cannot change the storms that life may bring, we can adjust our wings.  If you learn to see distractions as merely something sent to deter you from your mission and purpose, you will start to recognize that you have the choice of whether to allow that intended distraction to stop you or not.  Life is not about what happens to us but rather how we respond to it, learn from it and grow from it. We can't continue to give up during every "unexpected" moments.

We are the most hardest on ourselves when we expect things to be perfect!  We want the perfect timing, the perfect life, the perfect business, the perfect relationships and the perfect bank accounts when perfection does not exist and is merely the perception of each individual based on his/her morals, values, beliefs and experiences.

Today I challenge you to push through regardless of your circumstances. 

Flourishing Empowered Women
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Transition Time

During major transitions in your life, the enemy will expose itself and those that are no longer aligned on your journey will fall away! Be still knowing that it is simply God cleaning out your closet...don't try to fight it or hang onto things he has thrown out! He is preparing space for those aligned for your next season!

"When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been....but it was too late, she now had WINGS!🦋 " - Dean Jackson

Change scares those who are content with remaining the same so everyone won't understand your new journey, won't be comfortable with it or supportive about it! That is ok...continue to fly anyway, the journey is yours not theirs! You have missions to accomplish and no time to waste! One day they'll know your story but until then keep soaring high and continue to give God the glory! It's time to transform from caterpillar to butterfly my Queens regardless of the naysayers...while they keep talking, you keep praying, slaying and accomplishing unapologetically!

Flourishing Empowered Women

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IG: @flowrishingwomen @milkflow 

Twitter: @milkflows 

Being Empowered is Being Self-Aware

As you go through life, you will be exposed to many thoughts and ideas. Sometimes those thoughts and ideas can be so strongly impressed upon you that you begin to believe them and they become part of who you are. 

Being empowered is being self-aware and having self-control. Although you can’t always control what thoughts come to your mind, you can always choose to adjust them or erase them. You can choose if your thoughts become words or actions. You can choose if and how your thoughts affect other people. 

Before you allow a thought to become a thing, I encourage you to fact check it. Take what you think seriously as your thoughts have the power to manifest things into your life, influence the people around you, and impact future generations. 

Just imagine how much different the world would be if all racists and misogynists thought like this.

Flourishing Empowered Women

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Twitter: @milkflows 

The cost of delayed action is high; the cost of no action is even higher

I say this all the time:

1. Identify where your competition is uncomfortable and/or unwilling to go

2. Then go there as hard and as often as you can

The thing is too many businesses think about those words and apply it to themselves but forget that some of their competition are also doing the same thing.

Your competition is always waiting for one of two things to happen:

1. You give up

2. You play it safe - get left behind

Now as entrepreneurs,

One is less likely. 'Giving up' tends to not run in our DNA.

Two is far more likely. Many entrepreneurs ‘play it safe’ and therefore get left behind by their:

A) Market

Or 

B) Competition

Now ‘playing it safe’ can mean a number of different things.

Playing it safe could mean:

[+] Hoarding your cash without ever investing into assets 

[+] Not investing into advertising because “It’s too risky"

[+] Never attempting change up your advertising strategies (Taking risks with new copy, offers, etc…)

[+] Refusing to pay for help because you think you can “do it on your own” (consultants, coaches, better employees, etc…)

The last one draws into the question of what the time value of money is for you.

The bottom lines is, as soon as you stop innovating, taking risks, and setting the bar, that is when your competition moves ahead and takes the lead.

>> As soon as a gazelle forgets that there can be a lion among the grass is when the lion makes its move.

A moving target is always harder to catch than a still target.

What are the best ways to keep moving forward? How do you continue to build your business?

Flourishing Empowered Women
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IG: @flowrishingwomen @milkflow
Twitter: @milkflows

Empowerment Over Ego

Today's Definition of Women Supporting Women in Social Media Land!!!

I sit back and observe daily.......

• The level of shade thrown constantly
• The hateful competition and the slandering
• The blocking and deleting
• The relishing in other's misery
• The users and opportunists
• The accusations and lack of integrity
• The fact that many of the ones screaming "support" are also the ones doing the backstabbing, blocking and sabotaging...expecting others to bow down and worship them!

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Then there are those who use quotes from the #bible to justify their indiscretions whenever they can! Not to mention the fake clapping, smiling and passive aggressiveness!

What hurts the most with everything is that these things often come from those claiming to be advocates for "Women Supporting Women!"

It seems like nowadays some sisterhoods are just another glorified way of telling the next woman...."you can't sit with us!"

Yes, this is the new Social Media world we live in!!!

With just one click of a button people have become experts in fields they've NEVER mastered and provide lessons in subjects they've never taken, while God has become the justified reason for stealing work from the competition and tearing down anyone who seems to be doing better than them has become the new mission!

This is now the world we live in!

WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER my #Queens!

Just my humble opinion! 

Flourishing Empowered Women
http://flowrishingtheewomen.blogspot.com
IG: @flowrishingwomen @milkflow
Twitter: @milkflows

iKamva Le Zintombi: Peers in Pyjama Drive

A lot of times when we get together, we empower and learn from one another. That’s self-serving.

But this time iKamva Le Zintombi is reaching out to the mass for even a greater purpose. Winter is here and the ladies have started a Pyjama drive for all sizes and genders until the 1^st of June 2018. As you prepare for winter, please consider our brothers and sisters out there who are not fortunate enough to keep themselves warm.

We might never get to meet the people we are helping but this is for a great trajectory.

As we give we open hearts, we sending a message of hope to those in the cold out there, telling them this is not the end of their chapter.

Let us strive to introduce hope, inject solutions with a method and a plan. Giving back has never made anyone poor.

Flourishing Empowered Women
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IG: @flowrishingwomen @milkflow
Twitter: @milkflows

Wing it, Then Win it!!!

The truth that’s not always told is that, most of the successful people you know "winged" it to the top!  ...

No amount of degrees and titles can spiritually prepare you for the daily challenges of life and no amount of money can surpass God's anointing and favour over your life!

People will tell you that you can't make it because you don't have a degree; you don't have money or you are not part of a certain "clique"....don't believe the hype my dear! There are people with money, degrees and cliques still not making it! 

The truth is no one can see the future and no one knows what tomorrow brings. Many successes are the result of trial and error...more than once! Stop letting a lack of funds, support and education stop you from moving forward! 

All it takes is one huge leap of faith to move mountains! Show up daily, research your industry, read books, go to classes, learn from the best ...then take that next step! Trust me when I say God will handle the rest! 

"WING" it, then "WIN" it my friend!  

Flourishing Empowered Women
http://flowrishingtheewomen.blogspot.com
IG: @flowrishingwomen @milkflow
Twitter: @milkflows