Random thoughts on opportunities

Opportunities. How do you know which ones to take? How do you know which ones are from God? How do you know which risks to take, or when to take them?

I was recently turned down from 3 job opportunities that I was well overqualified for. Now, I was puzzled, but someone pointed out that God may have closed those doors for me on purpose, because I would have settled for less than what He has for me. For someone that’s been fasting and breaking curses in her life though, I think… well, maybe there’s a point there…

And also maybe God knew I wouldn’t really like those jobs even though it would have been decent money. I got a job offer today, maybe two by the end of the day, and I’ve got another interview at the end of the week that I’m pretty sure I’ll get the job if I want it. Which, is kindof a cool problem to have.

A job is not really what I’m after though. I’m wanting to start my own business as a life coach. I’m teasing out things in my mind. I would like to work with caretakers, but also I think high achievement or high performance coaching would be fun. How you coach a caretaker and how you coach a high achiever may be different approaches. I probably need to stay with one niche. However, I just… I have a lot of thoughts. I don’t know that I would charge a lot for a caretaker. And I would need to offset that deficit. I mean, I don’t think I’d do it for free, but having a coaching business costs money. And, I actually do want to make money. High achievers have no problem investing in themselves. Seriously.  If you listen to personal development gurus, they’ll tell you to take 10% of what you earn and invest it in personal development EVERY YEAR.  So, if you make $100,000, take $10,000 and invest in personal development. Actually, it might even be, take 10% of what you WANT to earn in a year to invest. So, if you WANT to earn $250,000, fork over that $25,000 for a coach, a mastermind, seminars, conferences, etc etc. Now, caretakers on the other hand, often don’t have the resources to do that. They may not be able to work full time for caring for a loved one. They I’m sure could USE the advice and help of a coach, but affording one for thousands of dollars is just unrealistic. And I get that. I don’t know that I’d feel comfortable asking for even a few thousand dollars from someone in that situation. I’ve been there, done that. I’m a caretaker myself.

               I have thought about doing it by donations, knowing some wouldn’t give anything, but maybe some would give A LOT. I still might, but I might try to figure out how to make it work to coach both types of people. (I know, if you know me, coaching high achievers seems laughable.) AHHH I just got an email from Brendan Burchard. He’s someone I would love to emulate. Learning from him is expensive, but he would be one of the best. I just, I’d like a coach to give me some advice about this. Jonah is inaccessible now though. (He was my coach a few years ago.)

               You may be thinking, no one who knows you would use you. That’s true of most people. So, you go virtual. That opens up your clientele. And if you market well, you’ll attract your niche. Anyway, I wouldn’t charge a close friend of family member, except maybe ask for a review or testimonial 😊 I don’t know though, if friends and family take all your time you’ve got nothing left to make money!

               So, there’s all that… I want to go after it, I don’t know how to put one foot in front of the other, but I am just going to go for it and learn as I go. I’ll get some free guidance… but, I was trying to think, could I pull off a coaching business with an 8-5 job.  Should I work somewhere 7-3, or 6-2, instead. What if the 8-5 is substantially more money than the 6-2, probably the same as the 7-3. What if the 7-3 varies in what you make so it’s hard to budget with. What if you really need the 8-5 to get out of your mom’s house asap? I’m pondering so many thoughts. I’m leaning towards the 8-5 job, knowing that pulling off coaching at first will be very very very tricky. But… I want to go after the coaching. It seems like God is telling me to move forward with it. So I’ve just gotta go with it.

               Maybe I should ask which job would allow me to do short term missions trips once or twice a year. Talking about opportunities. There are a few opportunities I’d like to do next year, but I think finances are going to factor in, as this trip I would plan on paying for myself. So I guess that makes things a little more clear, what opportunities to pursue.  I will say, I’ve always been on trips with my old church, but what opportunities are there at my new church, if I even stay at my new church. I feel I don’t belong at either place 100%. I believe in prophecy and deliverance, and not that I don’t believe in healing, I don’t believe healing is as simple as just having faith and believing. I don’t think it’s right to say, well they had faith for salvation but not for healing. Or to put that pressure on someone, to make them second guess their faith if they aren’t healed.  I do think sin can put up blockades, but I don’t think anything is 100% always how it works. I don’t know. I just know I’m not down with the standard Pentecostal view. And this disagreement is making me wonder if I should instead stay at my old church.  But a friend told me, I won’t get deliverance at a church that doesn’t believe in deliverance, and that I could even get demons from people in that church that don’t believe. So… I’m perplexed as to what I should do.