Osnat Bresler’s Blog

March 15, 2009

Transition from Employee to Entrepreneur

Posted by Osnat Bresler on March 15, 2009 at 8:04pm

I spent many years getting the best education and then working for the best corporation I could possibly have hoped to find. After a year or two of experiencing the demands of corporate life, I realized that for me personally, there must be more to a career than that. However, I had really fallen for the myth that I had been indoctrinated with – “get a good education, find a good job with a pension and benefits”, as Robert Kiyosaki describes in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad. For that reason alone I stayed put for years, until I became eligible for early retirement. I jumped at the first chance I got.

Since I was still relatively young, and didn`t quite know what I was looking for, I allowed myself to spend a few years enriching my soul with spiritual work, holistic body-mind practices, studying Far Eastern philosophies, and expressive arts. It was a wonderful time for me, especially since my husband had also opted for early retirement and was also doing his own soul searching . However, during this time, it became increasingly clear that for many years I had been stifling dreams to do wonderful things to help my family and friends; dreams of becoming independently wealthy, so as to enjoy the full extent of what life has to offer, and help others do the same. I had been stifling these dreams because the previous belief systems that had been dictating my choices in life, made no room for such dreams.

I started looking around for a vehicle to make my dreams come true, and finally came upon the network marketing model. For those of you who are not familiar with this model, please have a look at www.explorefreedom.com/dolife , in which the short film “Brilliant Compensation” explains how this model can be perfect for beginning entrepreneurs who share my experiences and feelings. I also spent time looking for the best company around and the best people to partner with. And the rest is history. My family and the friends on my team are now on the path to freedom, and to making their own dreams come true.

Each one of my team members is independently building his own business internationally and choosing to partner with the people they work best with. We enjoy supporting and encouraging one another, having fun and laughing, while building our dream teams and growing our circle of friends. For people who love people, and cherish their own independence, could there be any better kind of work?

March 1, 2009

Success is a journey

Filed under: Uncategorized — osnatbresler @ 10:33 pm

Sunday, March 1st., 2009

Focus on the journey…

 I went to visit my mother`s exhibition of paintings today. I looked around at the paintings, thrilled by the layout, and the abundance of colour and energy displayed. There it was – staring me in the face – Success is indeed a Journey.

A selection of about 20 of the many works painted by my mother over the past 60 years. A “life`s work”. Selected to show the progression of the creative talent expressing itself. She had never sold any, as she could not part with them. She had never exhibited her work. This was a record of her journey through life, through good times, and times of crisis, and it had always been private – her journal.

Of course I know each and every one of her paintings. I was usually there as they came to life. But they came to life one by one. Each one mirroring a fleeting moment, a bursting emotion. And there it was all in front of me, arranged by the curator to show the progression of her life.

The exhibition is a huge success. It is getting wonderful reviews, a series of lectures will be given on her work. She had never intended to be successful. She just kept working at it, immersing herself completely into the work, never losing focus.

There is a great lesson for me here, which I can apply to my own life and my own business. I believe in what I am doing, I love doing it, and I must never lose focus. Just keep working and doing what I love to do, building our team, teaching and helping new team members, with the same devotion my mother put into her paintings.

It rarely happens to me that some external event brings home such insight in a flash. I am sharing this with you because some of you may be able to apply this realization to your own journey through life, and I hope you enjoyed reading about my experience.

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