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In 1996 my speaking colleague, Lori Kleiner Eckert, published the book, With This Ring.\u00a0 <\/em>Excerpted from the forward of her book: \u201cUpon her grandmother\u2019s death, Lorie inherited her grandfather\u2019s ring.\u00a0 Recently, separated herself, she slipped her grandfather\u2019s ring on and slipped off her own wedding band.\u00a0 Feeling that some sort of vows were appropriate, she decided to make vows to herself \u2014 to become a quilt lecturer and teacher, to trust her inner voice, and to love herself.\u201d\u00a0 This is the dream Lorie pursued.\u00a0 The beautiful book is filled with photographs of her quilts, that include powerful and inspirational words.\u00a0 My personal favorite is the one you see to the left with the words, \u201cIf Not Now, When?\u201d\u00a0 This picture lives on my desk, in my car, on my desktop, in my journal, etc.\u00a0 These were words that rang in my head often, in the month of July, when I landed in the hospital quite ill.\u00a0 Many of the followers of this newsletter know about my bizarre bout with being sicker than I have ever been in my life.\u00a0 This experience gave me a lot of time for reflection and a perspective shift.\u00a0 My thoughts shifted to career dreams that have been conceived but not come to fruition.\u00a0 I know I am not alone in dreams deferred.\u00a0 This newsletter is dedicated to YOU<\/strong> my clients, followers, friends, and colleagues.\u00a0 If not now, when?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are soooooo many things that may cause you to put off career\/business dreams: \u00a0fear of failure, fear of success, perfectionism, money, time, life stage, lack of clarity, opinions of others, etc.\u00a0 My hospital stint reminded me of the fragility of life and that no more days are promised.\u00a0 My dear readers, if not now, when?\u00a0 Let\u2019s take a leap into moving your career dreams into reality!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s focus on the obstacles before we move to my four-step process of getting these dreams out of your head and into reality.\u00a0 Some of your obstacles are quite real.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say you are currently in a job that is not using your talents and strengths to the fullest, but you have a side hustle that you love.\u00a0 You have a dream to expand your side hustle into a full-time business.\u00a0 Money may be a significant stumbling block for you.\u00a0 There is no doubt, there is gender disparity when it comes to lending.\u00a0 Data from the annual Federal Reserve Banks \u201cSmall Business Credit Survey\u201d shows that women-owned businesses apply for financing at similar rates to businesses owned by men, but women-owned businesses, on average, seek out smaller amounts. They also are less likely to receive the full amount they sought\u00a0(43% vs. 48% of men).\u00a0 Women still have a long way to go to gender equality in the lending market.\u00a0 The Biz2Credit research found that the average size loan for women-owned businesses was 31% less than for male-owned businesses ($70,239) in 2018.\u00a0 There may be several legitimate challenges to your dreams, that doesn\u2019t mean they are insurmountable.\u00a0 The dream starts the process but the action brings it into reality.\u00a0 This process below will help you get that ball rolling.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want to suffer the regret of unfulfilled dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the four steps I use with my clients, let\u2019s explore each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n