Learning Who You Are Through Business

The good Lord uses many avenues to teach us about Him and about ourselves. For the small business owner, whether brick and mortar, home-based or on-line, tackling hurdles as you start or grow a small business can be an amazing learning experience.

With an open, grateful and willing spirit, business owners can discover so much about themselves and their mindset while walking through the maze of business ownership. The challenge comes in finding, concentrating on and developing abilities instead of focusing on weaknesses.

Remembering and using our strengths and gifts glorifies the Lord - since He's the one that endowed us with these "talents" to begin with. To stay focused, it's helpful to acknowledge and give thanks everyday for these skills. And since we know that He does nothing without purpose, to me it's imperative that we ask each day how He wants us to use them so that we many serve Him throughout the course of running our business.

It's so easy to get caught up in the daily grind, money, tasks, schedules, marketing and the thousands of other aspects of running a small business. But in order to succeed, we must first remain grateful for what we have. Then we can concentrate on our weaknesses (things that we don't have).