“I LOVE EMPOWERING WOMEN entrepreneurs to earn the income they deserve, rather than settling for an industry average, and without compromising on their core values and priorities.” – B. Michelle Pippin, USA Weekly interview.
At the risk of really disappointing some people, my core purpose in life isn’t “just” to grow businesses. It IS to empower women NEVER to settle. Period. To empower women NEVER to settle in life…. in marriage…. in business. To empower women as wives and as mothers and as women in general.
It just so happens that I think the BEST and FASTEST and SUREST and MOST FUN way to empower women is entrepreneurship. =)
Working in a “job” often comes with a bunch of things you “have to do” for money…. to support your family. Maybe it’s missing EVERY morning with your kids as someone else gets them ready for school. Maybe it’s driving 30 minutes (OR MORE!!! ) EACH WAY to show up, as commanded, at a certain time, 5 days a week. Maybe it’s dressing a certain way… even wearing heels when you’d — you know — rather not.
I see movies of corporate women driving a LONG way home, only to sit down and take off their uncomfortable shoes and rub their feet…. just before walking into the kitchen and starting on family stuff… you know, shift #2.
I hear stories of women… even educated, professional women in their 40s… talking about how when a boss hit on them, they felt uncomfortable due to considering “the financial implications” of standing up for themselves. HINT: there is only ONE occupation that requires you to consider the financial implications of performing a sex act. I’m pretty sure this is NOT your occupation.
Women settling in all sorts of ways.
Compromising on things as IMPORTANT as family, or dignity, or desire, or faith.
Acquiescing to the desires and demands of others…
To be sure,
I don’t really consider myself able to truly EMPOWER anyone.
You were born empowered.
Empowered to choose.
Empowered to live by your own priorities.
Empowered to succeed wildly.
Empowered to make a difference.
You were BORN this way…. fully empowered.
MY purpose, I guess, is just to remind you of this fact.
But back to business…
I want to empower women NEVER to settle for industry average. I want to empower women to ALWAYS set goals that inspire (and maybe even intimidate) them… and then,
of course…
to reach those goals,
and then exceed them,
in purpose-driven pursuit of NEW goals.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE TRULY INSPIRED BY… YOURSELF???? BY YOUR OWN HUSTLE? BY YOUR OWN DRIVE? BY YOUR OWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS?
Anyway, you have NO moral or spiritual or any other obligation to settle for mediocrity, or to accept outside interference with HOW you show up and serve. You have NO obligation to settle in ANY WAY. IN fact, I’d argue that YOU — you woman who roars — have an obligation to do EXACTLY the opposite:
To show up AUTHENTICALLY.
To dream BIG.
To DO bigger.
To make some noise.
To inspire other women to do the same.
If this is YOUR heart and commitment…. you can join Women Who WOW at WomenWhoWOW.com.There is an entire tribe of purpose-driven, seriously driven, never-settling women entrepreneurs waiting to welcome you.
