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"Be daring, be different, be impractical. Be anything..." 3 Things that will contribute to your Success!!

"Be daring, be different, be impractical. Be anything that will assert imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of common-place, the slaves of the ordinary." - Sir Cecil Beaton

Let's be honest, none of us really wants to be considered ordinary. Even if one thinks that ordinary is enough, there is a deeper vision that has probably been buried inside the self-conscience. In my world I want to be the extreme opposite of ordinary. I am not talking about the obvious either; you know ordinary with the black skirt, white shirt and plain blazer vs. red spiky hair, tattoo showing through the fishnets and leg warmers as bracelets (I am not offended by either). I am talking about taking my business to the next level and steps I am taking to do so.

I believe that this quote identifies 3 of the most important attributes that a successful businessperson needs to posses. I will give you the details as to why you must consider using these ideals, how I have used them and how they have contributed to my success.

1. Be DARING…Be DIFFERENT : I have heard …Dare to be Different… many times in my life and in all different settings and circumstances. However, the most important situation that I have had to consider being different and daring was when my son was born. I had many friends that worked full time jobs and parented, and I had many more friends that we the “stay at home mom” types. I, however, didn’t really feel like I fit into either category. I truly didn’t want to go to an eight to five and send my infant to daycare and I didn’t necessarily want him to be my full time job either. I needed a very healthy balance for parenting to work for me. Trust me, I tried my hardest to believe that I could be “ betty home maker”, however, turned out I was terrible at it and miserable at the same time. Not good for the mental health of anyone in our household. I needed a very healthy balance for parenting to work for me.

I also knew that running my own business (KLC Accounting, LLC and GetBusinessSolutions) would take a very dedicated and self disciplined person. That is a person that I have DARED to be. To own your own business you must challenge yourself to be what you may not be. You must dare to be different than your family, your friends and your social network. You must consider the benefits and drawbacks of working for yourself and for me also working from home. In all these areas I was different, at the time that is, than everyone that I knew. I didn’t know any other “work at home moms”. I DARED to be a great mother and a successful business owner, and thus far I am very happy with my successes.

2. Be IMPRACTICAL : A lot of things come to mind for me when the word impractical comes up. You see, I believe I may have a bit of a impulse shopping habit, so much of my impulse shopping can be attributed to impractical items. However, being impractical has been the best thing for my business and its growth. I have read and listened to and bought into many a sales pitch for “internet products”. You all know the ones…make money doing this or that, writing, posting, selling…I know you have heard the pitch. Well, one of those pitches became GetBusinessSolutions and Desperate4Votes was not long to follow. My impulse purchase of the blog GetBusinessSolutions was the creative outlet I needed to realize that I could make money on line. It also taught me so much that when I needed to create Desperate4Votes I had the knowledge to do so. My point is…being IMPRACTICAL can be vitally important to ones successes when owning their own business. It can be the key to taking the next step towards reaching the higher goals…sometimes impractical decisions are the ones that turn dreams into reality. It did for me!

3. IMAGINATIVE Vision : I wish I could sing the tune for you that I use to explain the way my brain works. It sounds similar to the CIRCUS and goes do do dodadoda, di di dodadoda, di di doda, di di doda…you are probably so not getting it, however, point is my brain runs on high speed always. Creatively I am always looking for the angle that I can take as a business owner to make a good idea GREAT!
I would not be writing this blog if it were not for the contest I entered. I was having issues with my computer, impulse buyer that I am went to the Dell site to see what was on sale, saw a contest “Dell Means Business” where they were asking how any business could use a technology make over. My imaginative vision kicked in immediately as I feverishly typed an essay about how I would spend $25K in technology. This vision that I had and WROTE landed me in the top 3 and now I need the votes of every Small Business Owner so that I can actually bring that vision to life. I believe that I can win and I hope that all of you reading this see my vision…my hope and my dream come to life by voting for me.
Back to imaginative vision, once I found out that I was in the top three that circus music got to running and I created Desperate4Votes…my way to let people know more about me while offering incentive ($50 & $75 Visa Gift Cards) before voting at DellMeansBusiness. I now have a future vision for Desperate4Votes and I believe it will be very successful…so my point is you must have a Vision, clear or blurry, in order to take your business to the next level. I believe that if it can be imagined it can be…

Thank you for taking the time to consider my 2 sense and how I have used my ability to BE Daring, Different, Impractical and have used Imaginative Vision to get to where I am today. I hope you will consider voting for KLC Accounting, LLC at Dell Means Business. You can vote just ONCE a day and the voting will be finished on the 11th of December.

SO I ASK YOU to take 10 minutes (1 vote=2 minutes, 2 min * 5 Days = 10 Minutes) out of your life to change my life forever! www.desperate4votes.com

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Mario Zuniga Comment by Mario Zuniga on April 10, 2009 at 6:41pm
I love your article and it rings a familiar tune with me, as I have always been different and completely unafraid to vrnture into new industries through out my life.
Mikko Mäkelä Comment by Mikko Mäkelä on January 14, 2009 at 12:48pm
Now let´s hope that Dell will work ok for you Kelly :)

Mikko
Debbie Pipkin Comment by Debbie Pipkin on January 14, 2009 at 10:37am
The best ways we, my partner and I, have that's makes us different are 1) our store design. We are a contemporary clothing store and our colors are white, black, and red. We have a very open space and very modern furshings. The other contemporary store in our area are all about the same, no real different.; 2) we have price almost all our items under $100 which is considerable lower that the other contemporary store here. Both of these, we feel, have helped us so far. WE know we are the new kids on the block and have to try harder to make our customer see us as diffferent.
Donna Friedman Comment by Donna Friedman on January 9, 2009 at 2:18pm
I feel a bit leery of the "impractical" advice. Educated-impracticality or maybe informed-impracticality would be better for me.
william clements Comment by william clements on January 7, 2009 at 2:13am
I agree these are important to contribute to your success but there are more ways of course!!!

William Clements
Andrew Leo Hughes Comment by Andrew Leo Hughes on January 3, 2009 at 3:19pm
As a writer one is always reaching for that right word, one after another in order to say something that will ring true. Every word committed to paper is a risk. A dare. Andrew
Marlo T. Comment by Marlo T. on December 29, 2008 at 2:37pm
We wouldn't have the inventions we enjoy if it weren't for the daring inventors!
James Witmer Comment by James Witmer on December 28, 2008 at 11:24pm
I love the post. I agree that in order to be truley successful with your business you need to be all 3 of those. The only ones that are remembered are the ones that are different, impractical, and imaginative. Great information, keep putting up post like that.

James Witmer
Bob Wagner Comment by Bob Wagner on December 28, 2008 at 2:47pm
Enjoyed it. It is always the things that are off the wall and non-typical that stand out in our minds!.
Prakash Pujar Comment by Prakash Pujar on December 28, 2008 at 1:10am
Hi,

Wonderfull reading your blog. It is mind blowing and inspiring to all readers

Regards

Prakash

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