I
was just thinking, as an entrepreneur or someone who is paving your own
path do you ever hear about the the silent period? does anyone ever
tell us or prepare us for the silence in-between the wins, the
successes, the breakthroughs. Literally where the phone doesn't ring,
no-one comes to visit you, the emails are restricted to the websites you
have subscribed to. The loneliness, wow. You have to fight those
thoughts, the feelings of rejection and realise it's your testing and
preparation period, you must indeed learn to monitor your thoughts and
lift yourself up. All truly great men and women go through this. An
Eagle has a period when it pull it's talons out and sits on the top of a
mountain somewhere hidden from sight, and waits for new claws/talons to
grow back. This ofcourse is a dangerous and vulnerable time for this
mighty bird, but once it survives that it comes back stronger and more
powerful! This is not a good time to get into a relationship or make
major decisions until you win the mental fight for your strength. Don't
operate from weakness or desperation. This is why it's important to have
a schedule from when you wake-up, knowing that whatever happens, you
excersise in the morning, you read, you rehearse, you write etc
preparing for the suddenly to happen, because trust me it will happen
suddenly. Suddenly some company will give you the contract, suddenly you
will meet the love of your life, suddenly you will be met with a
life-changing event, suddenly someone will bring you good news. This is a
good time to fight the good fight of faith, no-matter how it looks,
NEVER say die, never speak of failure or the possibility of it, Only
keep speaking success, ignore what you are seeing and sometimes feeling,
keep speaking abundance, command the phone to ring, call in those
orders!
Here is wisdom: In returning & rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength Isaiah 30:15
Well
I've never been one for patience, I sometimes struggle to properly plan
things out, because I want to hurry up and do it and get on with it.
God has a sense of humour because he will allow everything to come to a
standstill so you can learn patience! I'm learning. In the quiet
periods where no money was coming in, when my company was going through a
slump I learned to be still, listen, plan instead of rushing to
act-Flesh must be tamed!
So in one of these periods
after prayer I asked sis Buhle my helper in jest, are you praying for
this and that because im still waiting, she turned to me and said, YOU
HAVE ORDERED A SPECIAL MEAL, you'd do well to wait for it because it
isn't fast-food. she continued, when you enter a resturant and see
somebody's order arriving way before yours don't complain, because they
might have ordered fast-food and you have ordered a special meal!
I
was startled, not because of her wisdom because I know she has that,
but by how simple her message was, but powerful. How many times we ask
for something: God please give me a husband, then while we are waiting
we start complaining, when is this husband going to show up? when is my
company going to take-off? God, do you hear my prayers? etc this mere
act is tantamount to undoing the order you have placed. If you have
ordered something, know that you have ordered a special meal, don't look
and say but why are my freinds getting theirs sooner etc. If you have
believed for something and you have ordered it, you'd do well in the
waiting period to expect it, receive it and no matter what you don't see
keep confessing and planning for it's arrival. Lest you spend 40 years
walking around in circles not reaching the promise land BECAUSE OF YOUR
MURMURINGS!
So I realised how right sis Buhle was (MY
WHAT WISDOM) I remembered that I detest fast food, junk food, and
microwave meals, im a oven baked, oven cooked kind of girl, slow
roasted, boiled delicious meals, I rarely order fast-food. I prefer
vegetables in abundance with a starter and sometimes with desert.
Goodness I don't even like microwave popcorn, I pop it in the pot.
So
in this world of rat-race, fast-paced everything including
relationships -I SAY I DON'T! you've got to woo, you've got to court,
there must be a build-up, there must be a waiting period, none of these
microwave things, you meet someone today, tommorow you are in each
other's faces, no more time apart. It is all tied to self-worth
ofcourse. Queen Esther waited to be chosen as queen by the king in the
waiting chambers 12 months, but she didn't murmur, instead she trained
her spirit to be a Queen, and what a queen she was she saved her people
(the Jews) from horrific death.
So
if you have believed for a husband, prepare for the house, the wedding,
start reading the books, know how to do a budget, how to run a
household, how to be a proverbs 31 woman, you cannot attract that which
you are not, if you want a King, prepare & learn to be a queen. If
you have ordered and are believing for a house start choosing the
furniture, planning the rooms, the paintings on the wall, how will the
house run? If you are believing for a business, have you done the
business plan, have you registered the company, have you started a
customer database, if you are believing for a child have you started on
the nursery, names? schooling plan? Have you read the books on raising
children. If you have ordered the rain, prepare the land for the rain.
Let
me tell you the consequences of ordering fast-food, it doesn't last,
then you are hungry again, it's bad for your health, your skin, and it
makes you fat and heavy, no mental alertness, YOU CHOOSE fast-food or
MEAL? Questiong are you with Mr Right or Mr right now,
lol!Tuesday-choose well freinds, & if you have ordered a special
meal you'd do well to wait and prepare for it.
FAITH- the substance of things hoped for but not seen, for we walk by faith and not by sight
And as I had declared it, there was manifestation. Suddenly I met amazing African men, men who I had rivetting MasterMind conversations with, I met amazing young women who hugged me as I shared my road to being a film-maker and the testimony of my life at Kidshaven in Benoni.
On Wednesday the 23 August 2012, spurred on by my neighboor,stand-up guy- fellow film-maker, Smaka- I decided to take to the streets to show my sales staff that I'm a sales person first before I am a business woman or a fancy marketer, I have the gift of selling and it is theirs for their taking if only they believe AND FEAR NOT, only be courageous and of good faith. Again fear not, neither be afraid. Let the selling begin!
And here is the trailer:
We started in Bree street, selling to the mechanics that fix taxi driver's cars, SOLD! they bought the dvds, they were impressed that I wrote, produced and acted in my own film, ofcourse Smaka was also selling my autograph. Next the taxi drivers, SOLD! the 15 dvds were gone in an hour and 45 minutes. Ofcourse I had to contend with the occasional, may I have your number, would like to date you thing, but hey that is a compliment to a woman right? Oh how great it was to be on the street, with the people, on the pulse of South Africa's heartbeat, and not in some office behind a laptop. I was so greatful to find HUMAN BEINGS who were loving and encouraging, "go sell to those over there, don't lose hope!" they would spur me on, ungapheli umoya. Arise and shine Africa daughter of Zion your light has come!
On Saturday as I was collecting money from Sandile a gentleman in Randburg who owns a bar and had bought a dvd. Sandile was seated with 2 other gentlemen. I immediately introduced myself and told them I was an independent film-maker and whipped out copies for them to purchase, the first guy immediately bought loving my assertive behaviour. The 2nd was hesitant, I don't watch movies he said. I then I told him, it doesn't matter you buy it for your girlfreind, you are buying from a black independent film-maker, and contributing to us owning our own products and Industry, well after that he whipped out the money immediately.SOLD to the businessman who would not be sold to! hahahahaha! He ended up advising me to sell my content online to the company he works for, SOLD, she sells one dvd and ends up getting a business lead for billions-Let's go! let me not leave you behind are you following, Eagles only please.
I sat down and discussed with them colonialism, the importance of Africans owning their own African Industry and products & education. well these gentlemen were smiling ear to ear and nodding. I was in heaven because anyone who knows me knows I love intellectual exchanges, it is my food it edifies me. Next we went to the video rental shop in Craighall. Again I introduced myself and SOLD to the gentlman renting dvds, and that conversation lasted almost 2 hours because well he is in private equity and ofcourse being that I want to have business dominion in Africa OFCOURSE im interested in private equity, mergers, acquisitions, buying and selling companies- keep talking, im listening! IM SO SUPER INSPIRED, who said Africa is the dark continent was delirious and not of sober mind.
It's Sunday, PANCAKES ANYONE?-would love to make & share with someone;-)
Monday, 20 August 2012
READY FOR FLIGHT-
Monday-(Mind day)20 AUGUST 2012
I believe I'm an Eagle, I have been studying the bird for a while now. I didn't always know that I was an Eagle, I fought it so many times. Recently through some pruning I've been going through it, it is settled. I'm happy to fly now at that level.
It is the 20th of August 2012. I have been thinking about this blog over and over in my mind. Nothing in my life has had a reference that sometimes I really wonder WHAT! is going on, then I remember - the Eagle, not like any other bird. I listen to other people's testimonies and really it doesn't sound familiar. So I've completely surrendered to the journey and the process instead of fighting against it, God is on the throne.
I have been learning about discipline, waking up at the same time early every morning. Starting with silence prayer, communion and prayer. having a schedule and sticking to it. So I signed up for Netball every wednesday im there, whatever happens im there. I had made a commitment to start swimming last year & I did in October, I've been good about it, but still learning. Most of all I've been learning to be still, alone, and listen.
Where do I start? I am an actress & a film-maker, a mother. At first I thought I could just continue doing videos, auditions, playing other people's scripts etc, etc NO I had to learn not to compare myself to anybody else, there isn't only one way to be whatever it is that is your VISION i'm still unlearning so many things that I thought I had to go through to be an actress, a film-maker. All that hollywood, popular stuff happens to very few in comparision to the number of entrants, if it is truly a numbers game- then WHOA. So I have learnt we have to do a new thing, write our own scripts, cast ourselves, hire our own people. It is almost like the answer to South Africa's unemployment is Entrepreneurs,therein is where the answer is. Believe me this isn't easy, it is easier to get a job and work for someone else's vision and collect a salary, pay bills and not rock the boat, it is easier but it isn't GREATNESS. It is not selflesss either, in order to solve humanity's challenges we have to built wealth and greatness. Isn't that the greatest love to accumulate for distribution, to build schools, instead of complaining about the state of education, the recession etc.
I've always wanted thousands of freinds, I never really had any. I've always had that one or two people that will always be there for me, not more. In really difficult and wilderness experiences I will find myself alone, but I believe this is only for a season. I believe my emotions have been my weakness therefore I had to learn self-mastery Im still learning! We have to learn to do what's right, even while it feels wrong. we have to do what's right even when everyone and everything else is showing us the opposite.So I end off with this note: Write the VISION, and make it plain upon the tables, so he may run that reads it. For the VISION is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
I
was just thinking, as an entrepreneur or someone who is paving your own
path do you ever hear about the the silent period? does anyone ever
tell us or prepare us for the silence in-between the wins, the
successes, the breakthroughs. Literally where the phone doesn't ring,
no-one comes to visit you, the emails are restricted to the websites you
have subscribed to. The loneliness, wow. You have to fight those
thoughts, the feelings of rejection and realise it's your testing and
preparation period, you must indeed learn to monitor your thoughts and
lift yourself up. All truly great men and women go through this. An
Eagle has a period when it pull it's talons out and sits on the top of a
mountain somewhere hidden from sight, and waits for new claws/talons to
grow back. This ofcourse is a dangerous and vulnerable time for this
mighty bird, but once it survives that it comes back stronger and more
powerful! This is not a good time to get into a relationship or make
major decisions until you win the mental fight for your strength. Don't
operate from weakness or desperation. This is why it's important to have
a schedule from when you wake-up, knowing that whatever happens, you
excersise in the morning, you read, you rehearse, you write etc
preparing for the suddenly to happen, because trust me it will happen
suddenly. Suddenly some company will give you the contract, suddenly you
will meet the love of your life, suddenly you will be met with a
life-changing event, suddenly someone will bring you good news. This is a
good time to fight the good fight of faith, no-matter how it looks,
NEVER say die, never speak of failure or the possibility of it, Only
keep speaking success, ignore what you are seeing and sometimes feeling,
keep speaking abundance, command the phone to ring, call in those
orders!
