Leading Behind The Scene

How did your entrepreneurial journey start? Was it your choice or a decision outside of your control? Today, I'm going to share my journey and how I became an entrepreneur. Don't miss this first episode of Leading Behind the Scene. 

 

"I wanted to find a way that I could still work and do something that I love and contribute to my family, but still be in a position to have the flexibility to take care of my health." - Gwendolyn Young.

 

Highlights from today's episode include:

• Who I am and how I got started (0:54)
• The diagnosis that rearranged my life (1:46)
• The realization that changed my life (3:15)
• A piece of encouragement for YOU (4:37)
• Take action now (5:51)

 

Have you sat down and made a plan and spoken to people who have done it or are doing it? Get ideas and feedback, brainstorm with them and do some research. Come share with me on social media! 

 

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Thanks for joining me on today's episode of, Leading Behind the Scene! If you enjoyed today's episode, please head over to iTunes or Spotify, give me a 5 star, and leave a review to help me reach even more entrepreneurs who are ready to make their move. Also, don't forget to check out my website, visit me on Facebook, or hang out with me on Instagram to stay up-to-date on what's in store for you.

Leading Behind the Scene is the podcast for you if you are ready to build an online business that has a solid foundation and is designed in a way that supports the life you want to live! 

Gwendolyn Young will share tips, tools, and strategies to help service-based entrepreneurs like you excel in your business and life. 

Join her here each Thursday to learn the best practices to effectively operate your business, manage your time, and create the business you desire so you can live the life you deserve.

 

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“The first rule of any technology used in business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is the automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”  ~Bill Gates

 

The key to a successful business in this century is the inclusion of automation tools. Utilizing processes that can maximize time and resources more effectively and efficiently can catapult any business to the next level rapidly. With the vast changes in technology, it is critical for business owners to automate and use various tools to leverage their business’ overall productivity. Automation not only saves time and resources but also minimizes cost. Creating a systemized approach to handling your business matters will improve productivity and increase accuracy. Listen in as we share five powerful ways to automate your business.

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Achieving excellent governance requires a conscious decision to be made at the top leadership level.  An organization must genuinely want to operate from the highest level of governance, ensuring that it consistently looks toward the future while ensuring its current operation is ethical, stable, and cohesive at every level.

 

What do you know about you? Are you constantly exploring the land of you? Are you growing or are you stuck?

Do you sometimes feel as if you are experiencing something similar to the Ground Hog day movie with Bill Murray? Are you re-living the same familiar situations and circumstances throughout your life, or had you noticed?

By now you may be saying, why all the questions? Change begins with awareness. We simply cannot change that which we are unaware of.

Tune in as Dr. Jacqueline Barnes shares insights on becoming aware of what's going on within you and around you.

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When starting a business, entrepreneurs sometimes neglect to give focus to or it never crosses their minds how important it is to keep accounting records.  Many times, it is not until circumstances arise that require records to be presented for audit or to potential business partners or investors, or a huge tax debt at the end of the year.  In this podcast, we share the importance of looking at your financial statements, understanding the financial health of your business, and ways to build business credit. 

It is important to note that running out of money is the number one reason why entrepreneurs run back to looking for a job and why small business owners go out of business. Don't let this be your story.

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In studying the 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John Maxwell, John states and we agree that personal growth is the only vehicle by which individuals arrive at their full potential. To get where we want to be in life, personal development cannot be overlooked, postponed, or taken for granted.

So, with that in mind we must be intentional about our personal development, because growth doesn’t happen. Growth is not an automatic process. If we are going to grow we have to do it on purpose. Tune in for more.