10 Things A Successful Woman Should Possess
1. Integrity and Character:
Lack of integrity devalues you and decreases your impact. If you have no character or guiding principles, how can you navigate accomplishing your goals? This also prevents you from taking credit for other’s work, stealing ideas, or being a fraud. You can only avoid the inevitable (being exposed) for so long.
2. Inner Happiness and Inner Peace:
Some call it being centered, being balanced, or their relationship with God, and understanding the universe—I call it the depths of my soul and the closest place to my heart that feels whole and accepting of all my parts. It’s a love story of self-love and gratitude. I was created to love.
3. Multiple Streams of Income:
Owning land, investments, legal side hustles, writing, consulting, blogging, podcasts, and community ventures are all ways to make additional income. Capitalize your niche. Some streams generate income faster than others.
4. A savings account that’s not her Rainy-Day Fund:
- Save money/cash to demonstrate discipline
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Have a healthy relationship with money. Treat it with respect. Don’t just throw it away.
- Spend more time having it than not having it.
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Remind yourself daily that you do have money, you’re not in debt and watch it continue to grow.
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Don’t feel bad about the money you’ve earned, saved, or increased.
- Don't brag about your money.
5. A friend or friends who are successful too:
The conversations are better and should not be about unhealthy competition. Be mindful of jealousy. A jealous friend can set you back just like a bad relationship.
6. Problem-solving skills:
In difficulties and dilemmas normalize that you can create healthy options if you pause and process the situation. How can you best eliminate the problem? Decrease its impact? Or work around it or through it?
7. A hobby or hobbies:
These provide balance. It should never be all work. Choose a hobby carefully. A hobby shouldn’t break the bank.
8. An authentic personality:
Allow people to love the real you. Women get called moody because they experience their emotions and are judged by their emotions more harshly than men. Being fake or pretending to be someone who has everything under control and doesn’t get upset or feel things is a sure way to explode when you can no longer pretend. Whoever you are is valued when you surround yourself with the right people. We all get to feel. And sometimes those feelings are triggered simply by the date. Hold other women accountable who misinterpret you, discredit your emotions, or use them to mislabel you. I’ve learned to correct someone who feels comfortable enough to tell me what I am not feeling. I used to have this inner dialogue, saying to myself, Man she is so wrong about me, until I realized that people were missing out on knowing the real me because I never bothered to correct their miscalculations or assumptions. Fake connections.
9. Time Management skills:
There are 24 hours in a day. The two most important times of the day are when you wake up and when you sleep. Sufficient sleep helps productivity. Next, during your waking hours, prioritize your obligations and make time to maximize self-care daily. Driving to and from work was a time I dedicated to gearing up for the day and winding down from my day. Once at my respective places, I was ready to have a great day or fall into a deep sleep without worries. I avoided taking calls that would interrupt my flow in the morning or ones filled with toxic commentary on my way home. And if I did take such calls, I tried to end them before going to my job or into my home.
10. Self-Determination:
You must first set the compass. Next, be so determined you are comfortable with making necessary adjustments on your journey. And lastly, once you accomplish goals and make achievements, ask yourself: what’s next? There should always be a next step, another goal, or something new to learn.
Choose Yourself
Your success is counting on it!
When no one is around, who are you?
Your inner happiness and inner peace are your responsibility.
You create ways to have multiple streams of income.
Your ability to save money is a lifestyle and part of your selfcare.
Your inner circle is comprised of other successful women with money and each has a healthy relationship with money.
Problems are viewed as ways for you to grow. You hone your problem solving skills routinely.
Hobbies are non-negotiable.
Be you. Be True.
Mastering the constraints of time removes the procrastination factor. Manage your time, manage your success.
Be determined to be successful. Put it in the universe. Set your sights on success.