My Daughter, Future Entrepreneur

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Sue Hanson — No Comments ↓

Today I realized how many insights I have had over the past year. You know, those aha moments when you feel wise for about two seconds then realize how little you really know.

Take for instance that when your child learns something from you not only will that mold them as an adult but also their children and their children’s children. In other words, you are passing down more than your blue eyes or early grey hair.

When my daughter was born, like many parents my husband and I had to make the decision of whether I would be going back to work or staying home to be a full time Mom.  The plan was for me to return to work after my maturnity leave but when I faced the idea of having to leave my baby at daycare, I couldn’t do it.

(Also, the whole idea of having to pump in the bathroom at my office was not very appealing)

 

I still felt like a stranger living in another women (mom’s )body. 100_0078 I had not really spent that much time around babies and the entire concept that I was actually someone’s Mom still seemed a bit foreign, yet I already had that protective MOM instinc and didn’t feel right about leaving her.

 

Things changed two and a half years down the road when my precious bundle was completely attached to me and I started to realize when she got to school, she was going to FREAK, unless I got her around some children.

 

So, as hard as the first few days where on me, I dropped her off at daycare and went off to work as a Sales Consultant at a car dealership.

 

As we all settled into our roles as Mom, Dad, parents, and child, I quickly realized a few things. Firstly, kids have super sonic hearing when you are trying to have a private conversation with your spouse. Secondly, kids watch and listen to everything you do and start doing it too or using it against you.

 

This is where the weight of my responsibilities as a parent slapped me in the face yet again. I, of course, knew kids learned from watching us and would pick up the bad language if  that’s what they heard. I knew if my husband and I had a bad relationship 0r even that if we had a great relationship it could play a role in our daughter modeling a similar partnership role (s) in adulthood.

 

What more recently hit me, and I feel blessed to have gotten, is that when we say we can’t afford (even if we feel it’s true) or when we say don’t do that you might fall, get hurt, etc. or when we encourage our children to get a good education so you can get a “good” job with good benefits without also instilling the idea that she can do anything  she wants as a career including being an entrepreneur and finding a way to turn a passion into an income source, we are slowly planting seeds of fear of being hurt, fear of failing, fear of stepping off the conveyor belt to try something outside the status quo .

In other words, my aha moment is that I might be teaching my daughter to settle when she has the ability to excel, to soar, to create her own story where she is the star.

So, now, I make a huge point of sharing telling her why I like being a work from home entrepreneur. I share the inner workings of our brick and mortar business model as well as the differences between a brick and mortor and my online marketing career.

I point out to her how college is great and I would be happy if she attended but that it’s not the only path – she needs to be able to support herself and she can do that being an entrepreneur without the four year degree. Personally, I would trade my B.S. in marketing in for my online marketing industry experience any day. Real world experience  is always a better teacher.

I share with her how she can take her passions and find ways to turn them into profit centers and I let her brainstorm with me about my online marketing business.

I do not want her to have self limiting beliefs. And I realize that parents create some of our self limiting beliefs without intending to.

Owing an online marketing business is a great way to be home with and for your children while being a role model for them in demonstating that they can have a business of their own where they have to work but can have a flexible schedule, do something they love, and have unlimited income potential not achievable in traditional employee/employer models. I really see entrepreneurship as the way of the future. More and more positions are Independent Contractor based.

I am so happy to have found something I love doing, helping others learn to work from home as online marketers, that is helping teach my daughter skills she will be able to plug in as she transitions to a self supporting adult.

 

 

 

Sue Hanson

I believe we are meant to contribute something to make this world better for us having lived. Contributions come in many shapes and sizes, however, as I've grown and developed as a person and an entrepreneur, I've realized the more we grow the more potential there is for us to contribute. One of my beliefs is by helping people and families to learn to fish rather than just giving them fish, we change this generation and many future generations. For me, teaching people how to become financially self sufficient in a way that allows them to have a stable income, more time freedom, and thus, more opportunity to pursue their personal passions and live their dream lives is very exciting. I do this by helping people learn the skills they need to earn a living as online marketers so they can leverage their time, grow their income, and enjoy a better quality of life. I would love to connect on Facebook or just leave me a comment on one of my posts. Please watch my video...   Please watch my video...


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