Do you create your entrepreneurial atmosphere or does it just happen around you? What does the ambience that greets your customers tell them about you and the services they will receive?
“In its highest and purest form, good feng shui signifies perfect alignment between inner and outer worlds.”
― Lada Ray
We are moving into a new office building that is under construction and therefore have the privilege and fun of choosing wall colors and cabinets and counter tops and flooring. I know what I like when I see it, but I don’t always know how to get it there. So I have to ask the opinions of others who have a better eye for decorating than I do. And I had to look up how to spell feng shui and still can’t really tell you what it means! I’m also sure I’ve never experienced “prefect alignment” either!
How important is the ambience and the atmosphere in your workspace? Is your workspace just for you and your team or do your clients and customers visit you there? What other than good decorating sense do you need to understand to create a place that ministers to others and is in line with your mission and vision?
We have a counseling and coaching and supervision organization based on Biblical principles and therefore it is very important to us that our clients are comfortable when they visit us. It is very important to us that they see and hear and receive a testimony from us that God has solutions to all of life’s problems.
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”
2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
Everything seems to be happening at once: we are moving into a new building, we’re launching a brand-new website fully branded, we have just added two new associates to our team, and we have just launched brand-new services and products. I am most frustrated when everyone involved in these processes has asked me over and over who we are and who our clients are and what our mission and vision statements are. And yet, answering these questions again and again has refined and clarified our mission and our team so well that the face and even the atmosphere of Karen Bourg Companies today is very different than it was as few as nine months ago. I’m willing to bet that face and our ambience will change again over the next nine months if we continue to ask ourselves really good questions.
Take a moment to really think through the answers to the following questions.
· Who does God say that you are?
· What has He called you to do in this entrepreneurial venture?
· How does He want you to serve Him and others?
· When and where will you minister to others?
· Why do you feel led to serve in this way?
May these answers unfold and lead you to know the Lord, know yourselves, know your customers, and build a business that honors Christ and serves others in a more effective way than ever been before.
Feng Shui Away! Create an AH! Ambience!
Blessings,
Karen Lindwall-Bourg
“Achieve Levels of Success Worth Celebrating”
*Founder, Karen Bourg Companies http://karenbourg.com
*Owner, President {Inter}National Association of Christian Women Entrepreneurs/International Christian Mompreneur Network http://nacwe.org
*Founder, RHEMA Publishing House http://rhemapublishinghouse.com
*Founder, RHEMA Lakeside Retreat Center https://www.facebook.com/rhemaretreat/
*Founder, RHEMA Counseling Associates http://rhemacounseling.com
About Karen Lindwall-Bourg
Karen Lindwall-Bourg is the President of the {Inter} National Association of Christian Women Entrepreneurs [est. May 2010] and the new President of the International Christian Mompreneur Network [est. July 2010], both at http://nacwe.org . She and the NACWE Operations and Leadership Teams work diligently to provide
· Community
· Networking
· Education
· Missions
opportunities to Christian Women Entrepreneurs, Mompreneurs and Nanapreneurs alike all over the world!
Our Core Values are
· Community – we value Connection, Collaboration and Contribution
· Networking – we value Nurture, New relationships and New and innovative offers
· Education – we value Encouragement, Excellence and Expressiveness, and
· Missions – we value Ministry and Making a difference
Karen is wife to Fred, Mommy to 6 kids and 5 in-loves, Nana to “going-on” 12 grandchildren, and treat provider deluxe for a herd of Great Pyrenees who protect their north TX ranch! She is an entrepreneur coach, author, publisher, retreat hostess and more! Learn more about Mastermind groups and “Celebration” coaching with Karen at http://karenbourg.com .