Happy Entrepreneurs Day!

Did you know that you and I, as Writers are Entrepreneurs?

Oh yes, my friend!

The dictionary definition defines an entrepreneur as someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.

I can see your eyes rolling and hear the protests now.

“Wait a minute,” you say, “I can’t call myself an entrepreneur because I write. I’m not a wheeler-dealer like Elon Musk, who has buku bucks to go buy Twitter!”

No one doubts Elon Musk is an entrepreneur. In that role, he has demonstrated to the world that he thinks outside the box and convinced many, many people to embrace his ideas.

I’m an entrepreneur as well. So are you. And I believe our ability to influence others with our stories and voices is priceless.

Entrepreneurs are individuals who are willing to go against the mainstream. Not only do they think outside the box, they also talk about it, write about it and share their thoughts with the world.

Writers are entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Writers take risks by putting their ideas into the mainstream.

Writers organize their words to convey their specific message.

Writers engage their imagination to create the vision to offer readers a plan of action. Action that helps the reader to solve a problem, learn a new skill, gain a new perspective, understand the other side of an argument, and ultimately be changed because they read what the writer wrote.

Writers are their own bosses.

Writing is a business. More than the bottom line of dollars and cents, the business of writing success comes when you collect the satisfaction of having an impact on your readers when they engage with you. You inspired them to pause in their line of thinking and consider your ideas.

Writing is something writers are compelled to do. We have a story to share, and so we keep showing up on the page to share it. For every writer out there, the story is different. The reader each writer is meant to impact is different. The result is the same:  writers write to share the story only they can tell. The story is meant to change the reader’s life with that writer’s unique story.

And I know this because I’ve seen myself in my favorite writers’ words.

And because I’ve had readers tell me they resonated with what I shared on my blog, in my talk, or in my books.

And that thrills me because that is what I set out to do when I write.

I risk being vulnerable on the page and sharing my struggles and challenges so that other women can see themselves in my words. More significantly, they can learn a way to cope with their challenges by reading about how I’ve come out the other side.

I’d love to help you write your untold story, the one you don’t even know is waiting for you to share.

Use this link to book time on my calendar today and let’s get started!