Empowered business women and true success

For a very long time, my interpretation and vision of a successful business woman looked like Miranda Priestly from the movie The Devil Wears Prada. In other words I held the belief that in order for me to be successful in business I had to be ruthless, stern, completely dedicated to my work and let’s face it, kind of a bitch.

 Now, although I love my work, and have the ability to be stern, those other characteristics are not traits that I believed describe me very well, I considered myself to be more of the sugar and spice and everything nice kind of girl. 

Being aware of the large gap between how I thought I needed to be and how I thought I was, brought forward the fear that possibly I did not have what it took to be successful  in business, and that I may be “kicking oxygen” as we say in Bolivia.  

Ironically, last month I was invited to go to Arequipa Peru to participate in a Empowered Women seminar and workshop organized by Yente, a non-profit organization from the Netherlands that has the intention of strengthening female entrepreneurship via missions, matchmaking, network strengthening, exchange of information, it’s an online community for women entrepreneurs.A total of 20 women from Bolivia where chosen to participate and travel to Arequipa for this 3 day event and to my surprise I was asked to represent Bolivia during the event inauguration and give a speech about my experience of success with Knitting Peace.  I was flattered of course, but mostly nervous since I did not consider myself to be very successful, however with my heart on my sleeve I accepted the challenge and prepared a heartfelt story of Knitting Peace and how we were making a difference in all the lives we were touching. 

 At the end of the event what I learned was that woman of all walks of life and traits were leading successful businesses, and these women were amazing and not at all bitchy or intimidating. I also learned that I had nothing to change about myself in order to be successful, because I already am. Success is living in full alignment with one’s purpose and there is little room for ruthlessness in authentic success. 

This shift in awareness has brought me to a space of self acceptance and an inner knowing that I am not kicking oxygen, I am being fully guided at all times and being gifted with synchronistic miracles which have paved my path with inner peace and authentic self expression.  Which… YAY, is such a relief!

~Namaste