Entrepreneur Diaries: I ACCEPT!

One of the key challenges of being an Entrepreneur, is the ability to ACCEPT the challenges and the thoughts without judgment knowing very clearly, that the vision creates from scratch all that needs to be DONE and delivers them unto you for the completion of the project.

Now, considering that I practice Gratitude as a core foundation intent in all my work, does not take away the challenges that present themselves to me or to the project at hand. Sometimes, Gratitude delivers unto you the greatest challenge of all “TO HOLD THE VISION in THE MIDST OF DIVISION”. This is a key practice in the alignment required to move from a BUSINESS person to an ENTREPRENEUR!

Business, well, anyone can do, the best in business are children. They know what to say and who to say it to, to get immediate results. However, in the case of an Entrepreneur, more like the PARENT of this child, immaterial of the profit or loss, must hold the “grown up version of the child” and chart his/her path for maximum outcomes when he/she turns 18! The path isn’t always all “green” there are patches of barren, there are needs that must be met, there are finances that must be planned and there is a vision that must be at the core of the up bringing. You have to match your vision, everyday to make the picture clear, first in your own mind. This radiates from you and becomes part of the mindset that attracts all that is required to complete the picture.

Entrepreneurs, I understand, have the keen ability to create a future in words and then, steeple chase through circumstances to get to the final “big picture” or the VISION! There is an INTERNAL ability to see the OUTCOME more often than the OBSTACLE course to get there. The Gratitude technique gives you the the prowess to HOLD ON TO THE VISION, even though the NOW of it is filled with CONTRADICTIONS!

I ACCEPT is a powerful affirmation that assists you in making PEACE with the CIRCUMSTANCES without losing FOCUS on the VISION/OUTCOME!

Here’s what I mean:

When I took up the Intern to Entrepreneur Idea and made an initiative out of it, I ACCEPTED, that there were people who would JUMP for an OPPORTUNITY to grow their lives. Be confident of investing in themselves and take this opportunity to grow their lives and grow their dreams into realities. I smiled, my intent, clear, to create a powerful and new eco-system of Gratitude Growth with the core values of Dedicated.Enthusiastic.Empowered.Positive!

I ACCEPT that they are scared to KNOW that it is true! They have more evidence of scams, they have more evidence that if it is as cheap as Rs.5000/-  there is a hidden agenda!

I ACCEPT that we’re learning too! Goodness doesn’t have as many takers as GOOD FEES do!

I ACCEPT that they won’t TRUST us to DELIVER on the promises. They’re more aware of promises that come with BIG TICKET fees that seem more promising!

I ACCEPT that everything is going according to a DIVINE HEALING plan! That for a lot of people, just the exercise of filling in the application maybe all they need to feel confident about themselves AGAIN and that will be a new beginning.

I ACCEPT that every delay is created by the intent, people are moving towards SELF CONFIDENCE, still not being able to truly trust their own instincts, leaning towards RESEARCH and TRENDS! Something as new as this, WILL TAKE DIVINE TIME, to make a place in peoples’ thought, then their word and finally their actions.

I ACCEPT that the signs of delay in the office set up and functioning too are divinely guided by Gratitude, it is OKAY, the office will come together by design, when the interns show up. The space is for them, they will inherit a PERFECT space to grow their IDEAS!

I ACCEPT that I was meant to create an initiative and share, it is an individual choice to be a part of it. It is now PUBLIC PROPERTY and those who are meant to grow from it, by CHOICE, will find it.

I ACCEPT that the challenge is to breakthrough the mindset FREEZE and open windows of individually inspired and empowered ACTION. The OUTCOME is a CHOICE that the INTERNS will make for themselves.

I ACCEPT the new ideas of growth coming my way and focus on how to maximise the reach and inspire and empower others to CHOOSE a beautiful new life for themselves, knowing that the CHOICE is theirs to MAKE, mine is COMPLETE in providing ANOTHER WAY for them to GROW!

I ACCEPT that Gratitude, Dedication, Enthusiasm, Empowered Action and a Manifest of the promises we’ve made is my PART. Wanting it for themselves is their part.

Above all I ACCEPT my place as Co-Creator with the greater ASK of all times, to create a brand new future! It is my deepest intent ONLY to take the journey of Gratitude towards the VISION of a Dedicated.Enthusiastic.Empowered.Positive business eco-system that will create a KNOW of personal, professional, social, local, national and global vision of abundance! There’s enough for everyone to live abundant lives, it is now time to ACCEPT it!

As I complete this post, I have learned something invaluable from it, that there is a powerful feeling of Gratitude that is filling my confidence RIGHT NOW, willing to surge ahead and do what I do best.

There is greater growth in acceptance than expectance!!

Entrepreneur Diaries: VISION is your Perfect Mate ;)

Today’s a light in thought day!

I just realised I had a brand new answer to the “why is someone like you still single?”

Smart Mind says: “Oh just tell them that you’re married to your Vision and that you now have two children, Intertainment & Foundation. That your Vision supports you and your children are still too young for you to have an Extra Marital Affair!

 

The one major lesson you learn as an entrepreneur, especially in the first TRIMESTER ( the first 3 years are the most volatile years) is that the more you become the brand, the brand grows through you and with you. It is a transformational experience both in the way you perceive and how you perceive life in general and work in particular.

A wonderful metaphor for raising your thought to HOW AN ENTRERENEUR should THINK, is to METAPHORICALLY transform your VISION into a LIFE PARTNER, someone you LIVE with 24/7 and may not always agree with or have great success with, yet, appreciate and learn from and learn to live with, over a period of time.

That one moment, when an VISION becomes central to you and you can’t do without it or get cold feet when you need to take action… well that is the moment you make the ultimate commitment, you either MARRY the VISION or ditch it. Divorces in real life, now seem like a sign, that there is a larger community of us who are “relationship claustrophobic” something I realised about myself late last year, and decided to REMEDY with intent in 2013. Fascinated, I am at HOW, one decision to CLEAR the block, has really filtered in many areas of my life. IF ALL OF LIFE IS CO-INSPIRED AND DESTINED, we are called to perspective changes in ALL AREAS OF OUR LIVES.

The Vision creates new relationships, you network, you share, you begin a life together. There is usually not a thought, word or deed, that doesn’t have a connect with your vision. CAUTION: This is the time, when people think you’ve lost your marbles or sold them to the “kabadiwala”, they snigger, they will tell you that you’re dreaming, the world is not a safe place to dream, they want to know how you are really securing yourself financially the most famous question “what is your revenue model”. Everyone, knows your vision, ONLY and ONLY by words, they haven’t met or seen it YET! There are always more reasons to ditch a VISION if you don’t feel like it will give you RESULTS/OUTCOMES/REVENUE and above all, SECURITY! When all of the deterrents haven’t made you change your mind, you are finally and truly committed… and you begin to CREATE with your VISION and that is when the real TRYST with destiny begins! The longer the courtship with vision, the more settled the emotions are… you’ve hated, dated, had your tantrums, been jealous, felt insecure and then comes the BIG MOMENT… Then comes the thrill, you speak, you romance, you make love to the vision, till you begin to feel and know the vision, like it was another person… and ideas are born!

This is the beginning of PARENTHOOD: Vision + You = Ideas

Ideas are like pregnancies, it takes 40 weeks of gestation, then again, there are premature ideas, miscarriages, abortions, surrogacies, 8 month scares and hormonal changes, mood swings, bloating, swollen feet… oh well, this is starting to read like a pregnancy manual! Then again, the truth is, you go through phenomenal changes, when an idea is set to become an identity, in entrepreneurial terms… well, team, revenue, funds, marketing, sales, social media, pr, advertising, engagement, planning and saving up and scrounging! Every tiny detail is felt both emotionally and physically. The fun part is all the ADVICE simply walks in and tears your PLANNING apart, more than enjoying the process, you get bogged down by “CAUTION ALERTS”, so you keep trying to figure out WHAT CAN GO WRONG and WHAT YOU NEED TO DO “IF” it does! You always know, that if the baby is healthy and handsome/pretty, the whole lot of people will love adore and want to adopt it. YOU also figure out, that if anything does go wrong, well, you’ll be the centre of a “pity parade”. It is this moment that you CHOOSE to focus on all the things YOU need to be so that when the IDEA matures and grows into an IDENTITY, the IDENTITY is strong enough to HOLD ITSELF and make you a proud parent.

I must also add here, that as an ENTREPRENEUR in the making, this is the most CRUCIAL PERIOD, everyone expects you to DELIVER and yet, no one can actually experience, what you’re feeling or how you’re dealing with the journey. Everyone, will walk in and congratulate you… they’ll ask questions, expect answers, tell you what you’re doing wrong. Everyone also feels free to recommend doctors and therapies and food and reading material and classes and loads of other “must do”, this is the most stress inducing time for an idea. You tend to get irritable and impatient and the only support you will ever really need though, is in the relationship with your VISION. The ONE most important relationship that gets SEALED is really the relationship with your VISION. When the time comes closer, your vision is the first co-owner, co-creator and co-energy. Your VISION needs you more now, since, the idea, is part of the both of you!

40 weeks is what it takes… and in these 40 weeks, you grow with your idea and feel the idea and breathe the idea and learn to GO WITH THE FLOW of the moment. Whether MALE or FEMALE, these 40 weeks are a given, if you have to GROW your RELATIONSHIP into a LIFE EVENT… a CHILD and GRADUATE from IDEA to REALITY or COUPLE to FAMILY or INDIVIDUALS to PARENTS. This is the time really when you grow from and INTERN to an ENTREPRENUR, a husband to a Daddy or from a wife to a Mother.

Most times, we get so bogged down by the MUST DO’s that we often don’t take time to enjoy the journey! When I look back at the last 3 years of being a parent METAPHORICALLY I am filled with a certain sense of divine intervention of the key “things that happened along the way”

• I courted the VISION of “I wasn’t created to do small things” since I was 17
• Been through many relationships really… from Wizcraft, to Executive Access, to Radio City, to Showtime, a flirtation with Freelancing, and got back to Showtime, then Times of India 360 degrees before I got a surprise promotion to Mumbai with Radio Mirchi! Every relationship taught me to love what I did and learn about what I wanted. The vision wasn’t LOUD, it was just there, lurking, waiting for me to choose to COMMIT. The kind of partner that loves you enough to let you know they will always be around till you CHOOSE them above all else!
• In 2009, I started feeling like I was missing something vital in all my communication I was alone, working everyday towards someone else’s vision. I quit worrying about the future and married my VISION. To take this big step I quit life like I knew it. My VISION promised me everything I ever wanted… a family, friends, feelings and a future. The PROPSAL was simple “hi I am DeePositive, will you MARRY ME!” I said “YES” and the life changes began!
• In Jan 2010: 27th Jan 2010, I quit my relationship with “radio mirchi” and committed to the DeePositive Vision. 27th was the day I returned to Delhi with the DeePositive Vision, in November the same year, our first idea was born, Intertainment! Strangely it took 40 weeks for me to finally Announce the Birth of DeePositive Intertainment on the 15th of November 2010. ( will need another post to tell you about all that happened ; ) ) The thoughts fears, the stress, distress, changes, advice and shattered state of being. The day Intertainment was registered, was when I formally became a Mother for the first time… glad I has my little sister… Prema Evelyn to HELP me consolidate my RELATIONSHIP with VISION and our IDEA into a reality! That was the day I graduated into what I know now as the term ENTREPRENEUR! The first three months of Intertainment were filled with Congratulatory moments of pure joy… by the time Intertainment was 5 months old, my baby had created a ripple… prodigy for a new born… international clients, international events and well a whole lot of national clients and glory. Intertainment walked strong! The experience so wonderful that VISION decided it was time for the NEXT leap in creating and we decided to have a second one, soon, so that the elder one, doesn’t get all lonely, also, before we completely indulged in stressing one IDEA into being all WE knew we were meant to be! It is a “parent patent” to stress themselves planning the child’s future from the very onset, we however, wanted to parent in a very different style, we knew, we needed more ideas to divert our attention from stressing Intertainment to be our only purpose. And that is when WE took the decision to create another idea, with a more global intent and we chose to create of GRATITUDE, the force that brought us together.
• Feb 2011, an idea called “Santa workshop” became our second idea that needed to breathe and Gratitude became our intent for the growth of this idea. This time around, courtesy Intertainment and our experiences, it was a more confident and knowing journey of 40 weeks and we knew, that Santa Workshop would only be the beginning, This second idea, we were co-inspiring and co-creating was meant to be more global, universal, more potent, reach more people, change lives, change perspective and create experiences. The 40 weeks that followed our decision, well, we nurtured ourselves, spent quality experiences trying what it would feel like, to expand Gratitude into an identity and how these experiences will change the world as we knew it. Our world and the world we lived in, how both would overflow with Gratitude and create again, from Gratitude itself.
• 16th November of 2011, DeePositive Foundation was born, proud parents with a wonderful team of God Parents Ashok Singh and Prema Evelyn D’Cruz, our first dedication to Gratitude, “Santa workshop” which we dedicated to Gratitude on the 18th of November and a brand new vision of Gratitude was born, today 18 months later, Santa Workshop is a an overflowing gift of gratitude to us and to those who connect with it. Foundation has created powerful experiences and continues to create through us. Now 18months old and yet, has grown to be known by its own name. Created ripples with Santa Workshop, G.I.V.E, GOLD, L.I.V.E and now with the Intern to Entrepreneur Programme, Foundation has become an identity with its own VISION… and the courtship with Gratitude has become the NEW US!
• DeePositive Vision is Gratitude and a brand new journey has begun, I graduated from an Entrepreneur to a Visionary, just watching my Foundation chart its own path and live out another vision.

oh… this post has filled me with awe… the metaphor… so perfect… As I looked back at how far we’ve reached, Dedicated Enthusiastic Empowered and Positive vision has been a perfect SOULMATE, a LIFE PARTNER without compare! And silly me, I was getting all worked up about being 36 and single! A perspective like this can TRANSFORM into a PERFECT FAIRYTALE, a happy ever after! *sigh*

Entrepreneur Diaries: When an Idea sinks in an entrepreneur is born!

The key to beginning is to really start. Every start begins with a THOUGHT, develops into an IDEA and then the more the idea sinks in, the idea becomes and identity. The process, isn’t like a 9 month pregnancy, where the basics are certain. Every identity is unique and matches the frequency of the originator of the idea. Much like a parent child relationship really… and it’s only the beginning METAPHORICALLY!

Today we begin accepting applications for the Intern to Entrepreneur Programme and to be honest, I have a flurry of emotions that I am going through, hormonal changes… ha ha ha… the role I am now taking on is “Vision” Centric and is embedded in the outcome of watching the seeds (interns) grow into trees (entrepreneurs)… feel like a gardener right now… amazed at the preparation that life has given me, to take to FARMING entrepreneurs! Maybe, just maybe, the point of thought or inspiration, none other than “Farmville” which I played till I began working on brand DeePositive!

The intent is pure and in an environment, where “SCAMS” are aplenty, I wonder if people truly have the mindspace to trust their instincts or follow our history to know we deliver blinders with Gratitude. It is now, a public affair, that will take this programme to its outcome. As the SOURCE of the idea, well, I feel like, it is NOW a matter of CHOICE! People will CHOOSE to either BELIEVE this to be true or to DUMP the idea saying “too good to be true”

Yet, my intent is pure, to CREATE a brand new BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM… a word I learnt while talking to students from different colleges, understanding that their fear to begin, began with the powerful “business criteria” made famous by word of textbooks! Yet, most entrepreneurs of repute will tell you, they followed and instinct and the instincts led them to their dreams becoming realities. They will all also have a story about how they almost gave up till they were so committed to an idea, that they learnt the art of following the INNER LEAD. They met with REJECTION too…. just that the rejection wasn’t as powerful as their instinct… they ALLOWED the PRESENT to BE and focused on the future, taking ONE LEAP at a time… even if it meant, WAITING for the RIGHT TIME, instinctively to STEP AHEAD!

I personally believe, that there is a plethora of people, waiting for the RIGHT moment to TAKE A LEAP, what they aren’t sometimes able to comprehend, is that the leap is in “PERSPECTIVE” and “VISION” not “CIRCUMSTANCES” alone. Then again, who really cares about what I have to say… this is another project that will speak for itself, it is now the people’s verdict.

This is how I also felt when I began “santa workshop” in 2011! History repeating itself with a BENCHMARK set so high, that I wonder if I’ll be able to SCALE IT UP again! What is thrilling though, is opening up a PORTAL of OPPORTUNITY to initiate a TINY CHANGE RIPPLE.

Another new day, being an entrepreneur is a blessing… dotted with experiences and grown with victories so tiny, that it is easy to miss out on them. I guess, I am going to have to watch my weight … and wait to LEAP with Victory… have taken the first step… a LEAP of GRATITUDE… now is when Gratitude will show me the way to the ENTREPRENEURS and THE ENTRERENEURS the way to DeePositive.

and yes, may I add, that setting up an office is a THRILL in pieces!

Another successful day begins at the office…

Entrepreneur Diaries: The Big Inning does have KINKS!

Just watching the carpenters work, is a thrilling feeling, I know that something is happening. This is the beginning of a brand new phase. A little nervous how things are going to turn out and yet I know that there is a divine rhythm in the way things are happening.

When I began my journey to where I am now… 3 years ago, I had no idea, how things were going to shape up. I just knew that there was something I had to do… something, I didn’t know much about and yet, most positively, the only thing I was sure of is the “have to take the risk” part of it! I wasn’t sure of what life would be like without the risk… today… 3 years later… I am so glad I began.

I look back… and the only thing I would’ve done differently, well, I may have started the “Entrepreneur Diaries” as a series earlier! However, I have always believed in Divine Timing of almost everything in my life… so maybe, right now as I begin a brand new entrepreneurial adventure, the time is right again to write again. So, as a gift to all entrepreneurs, I am going to write this column as regularly as possible, maybe, “the thing” I’ll do, just before I leave the office.

Just using the word “office” is a thrilling feeling… every entrepreneur BEGINS with an OFFICE…I have taken 3 years, by choice, to take an “office leap in faith”. I always have felt, that an office is a sacred place where you invest ENERGIES for GROWTH, yet, to this day, I didn’t feel the need to have one. Most of an entrepreneur’s work is really “communicating” and to do that… well, the INTERNET and TELEPHONE SERVICES was all that I have needed so far! Yet, now, with the Intern to Entrepreneur Programme, it is a given, that I need to create a space for GROWTH WITH OTHERS and FOR THE OTHERS that will now be a part of GROWING GRATITUDE really.

It is a given, that in the journey, there will be kinks, an entrepreneur is called to ADJUST the kinks to DESIGN the journey! Most times, this is what we refer to as our “struggle” period and this is the time, when you are more aware of “things that aren’t HAPPENING” for you. This is the phase when FINANCES are your KINK! The kind of KINK, you imagined, you’d sail through, when you began.

Then again, if the VISION is ENHANCED, the KINK is but a STEPPING STONE and I’ve just stepped over a STONE and taken a leap!