Taking a step back...

Evening bloggers! Here I am, taking a step backwards in my journey. But how many believe that often times when you take a step backwards it can also help you leap forward? Just picture an athlete right now...do you see it? Yes, after such a halting experience, one could either give up, give in or take the time to reflect, make the necessary changes and move on to bigger and better things. I must be honest in saying that it took me a few slaps in the face from loved ones and a lot of prayer to get me to say this and really mean it! Now I have to hold myself from doing too much too soon. I'm trying to take things one day at a time. My husband is on my case everyday so that I don't work too much so that I can actually recuperate right. How many feel me when I say that it's very hard to take it slow when you're so used to being on the go? After I got over the 'I'm so stupid, how could I let this happen' phase, I really could receive the thought that this has been good for me. As it says in Romans 8:28, ALL things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. This is unequivocally true for me I tell you.

Among the many many benefits, this has been a time of serious soul searching that will have a great impact on the rest of my life. I'm sure that this happens to all of us that have had a near death experience. One thing I can say is that this experience has revealed that I am indeed a leader more than a manager. I found this really cool site where you can test yourself to see if you are a leader or a manager. Of course, I scored 13/15 for leader. Here is the link: http://www.schulersolutions.com/leadership_self_test.html. I'd love to get your feedback on how you scored!

This has also made more clear (as I've always known) why I would be more skilled as a business owner than as a self-employed entrepreneur. A business owner is a leader while the self-employed entrepreneur is a manager. But the self-employed have to be both leader AND manager, and this is where my issue is. I'm more of a big picture person so I've been managing the day to day operations of MOMpowered as a leader. I basically structured the company according to the big picture and then tried to manage the day to day operations of a huge corporation by myself! Obviously it was bound to catch up to me! So now I have no choice to switch from self-employed to business owner or I can kiss my MOMpowered dream good bye. Stay tuned for updates on this! Have a blessed evening!