YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
It was an eye-opening experience.
As I read through the accomplishments of these 20 women, I was impressed by their motivation and leadership – in community service, education, business ownership, government and finance.
They devote time and labor to their communities. They lavish care on their families and businesses. And they have no more hours in the day than the rest of us.
How do they do it? I can only tell you what I’ve learned from reading about them.
They set priorities. They take a can-do approach. And most importantly, they believe.
They believe in God.
They believe in themselves.
They believe in the future.
They believe in their communities.
They believe in taking action.
Looking at all that these women accomplish, I am inevitably reminded of the bumblebee.
According to the laws of physics, the bumblebee should not be able to fly – its wings are too small for its body. But the bumblebee, having never read the laws of physics, pays no attention.
It has a job to do, and doubt never enters into it.
Looking at all these women do, it would seem they, too, would be unable to fly, weighed down by their many responsibilities, roles and commitments.
Yet they soar.
But what the bumblebee does by instinct, they do by believing.
They have jobs to do, and doubt never enters into it.
Which brings me to the greatest, unifying factor of all these women: They believe in the power of positive thinking.
This is a concept that I am working into my own life: to embrace the basic truth that there is nothing but thinking makes it so.
If you believe you’re going to succeed, you will. Conversely, if you believe you will fail, you will.
It sounds so ridiculously simple, but it all comes back to “The Little Engine That Could.”
I think I can.
I think I can.
I think I can.
I knew I could.
I hope SBJ readers will join me in celebrating the accomplishments of the 20 Most Influential Women of 2005 – and witnessing the power of positive thinking – at the MIW luncheon Oct. 14 at University Plaza.
The event begins with networking and the MIW business expo at 10 a.m., and lunch is 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Networking and the expo continue until 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available through SBJ Circulation Manager Diana Weber at (417) 831-3238.
I hope to see you there!
Clarissa French is editor of Springfield Business Journal.
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