Our new adventure!

So... Long time no talk! :) I love how life always surprises me and the path God is leading me on!

I have been learning so much at the Women's Business Development Center Fast Trac Course the past few weeks that all entrepreneurs need to know to own a successful business. From having a business plan to knowing how much revenue you need to make in order to pay yourself a certain salary to marketing/advertising tips! I'm loving it! The diverse group of women also blows my mind! I can't help but mention Gabby of her children's clothing swap shop in Bridgeport Those are just my natural connectors working internally that I can't help but release! hehe :) Hence the reason for me creating my Connection business! And speaking of...... I have not lost hope nor am I giving up, but my amazing husband, Danny and I were offered a position working together! We'll be property managers for an independent living retirement community and we'll be living on site in Guilford, CT after our 5 week training in Lenox, MA. It is a phenomenal opportunity and I am unsure of what our schedule will be so I want to focus on this new experience and get settled into our new area and then continue on my path of the Connections business. Which leads to a whole new world of networking as we are required to encourage move-ins into the facility we'll be working at. This is such a new and exciting challenge and what a beautiful opportunity to work together with my husband in unity while serving others! We thank God every day for allowing us this opportunity! My husband and I have a beautiful and genuine relationship with God and we are eternally grateful!

On a personal note we went to a picnic in Southington, CT with our fellowship yesterday and God blessed us with such a gorgeous day! I haven't had such a good time in so long! We played volleyball for a few hours and it reminded me of how much I miss it and really enjoy playing! I was complimented on how well I played and it really made me blush! It brought out a healthy competitiveness and realization that I need to be more active (and not just at the gym) and remind myself to have fun in life! Because us ladies got laughing so hard and that deep down belly laughing!!!! :)

Until next time.... Big Hugs! :) Heather

Time for Celebration!

I have had such an amazing week and had to share! Smiles! :) I love my life and thank God every day for all my blessings! :) First I want to celebrate getting offered a position with a company I have been praying to work with for a few weeks now! WOO HOO! I will begin in a few weeks and am sooooo excited! My friend Karen Hinds of Workplace Success gave me some amazing tips to sit down and strategize before and during my employment there! Thank you Karen! I am so blessed to have you in my life. :) My husband is doing so well with his business and I am just so proud of him!

I am applying for an incredible program to help me develop my business plan through the Women's Business Development Center and am praying I get accepted! I feel that this course will really give me so many skills to help me as a business owner.

I am also very happy since I'm developing some speaking points for future presentations on Networking and building relationships. I'll be working very hard in the next 6-10 weeks to develop a teleseminar on How to Use Facebook Effectively For Your Business Success. I realize there is a lot of work that needs to go into this before I launch it, but am really excited to do this because I have been approached many times to help others with their Facebook pages because I can't stop talking about how amazing Facebook is!
But...... Most importantly after a magnificent breakthrough with my coach, Chris Makell I decided on my business name!

Heather Nieves 'Creating Positive Connections'!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone that does not have a coach, I highly recommend it! It is worth the investment! Regardless of the stage you are in life or your business, a coach can really take you to the next level and help you break through so many obstacles that you may not have been able to realize on your own! Some of the biggest and most successful people in the world have coaches and some of us might think, why do they have a coach when they are already so successful? I admire those that have coaches because to me it says they want more in their lives and realize they can continue to improve, whether it is in their personal or professional lives.

My spiritual life and relationship with God has never been better and I am so grateful for this. Until next time..... Big Hugs!!!!

Life's really been a fantastic roller coaster the past few weeks so I am sitting here this Friday afternoon reflecting on it! :) I believe everything happens for a reason and I haven't been miss positive all that much lately, but things turned around (as they always do!) I have been helping my husband with his business and this week it's really taking off! It had an awesome growth in October, was steady in November, but is taking off again in December, during this so called recession!!!! I love it!!!! The company is coming out with a weight loss product in January and we'll learn more about it when we go to Florida in January! Danny is really respected in the company and they have asked him to translate videos into spanish which has been a wonderful process to watch him complete as well! It's just so exciting to see my husband excelling at something that I've always known he could do, it just happens to be the right 'time' now.....

The same night I attended Rosa's magnificent Potluck/Networking Night and was just surrounded with the healthiest, most energetic, happy, inspirational people! :) What a wonderful feeling! :D And I was just flourished with love and gifts! My good friend, Chris Makell, who god brought into my life, gave me the best gift I've ever received that brought tears to my eyes! The most amazing part about our friendship is that we have only known one another for maybe two or so months, yet we connected immediately and are so close now! She is a career transition coach and is a phenomenal woman that I admire, respect and love!

I have been reading a lot of articles on starting your own business and am excited to be meeting with Chris and Amy in the coming weeks to brainstorm some more on how to get this business I have been talking about going!!! I promise to keep you all posted because I KNOW I CAN DO IT!! :)

Have an OUTSTANDING weekend and please, all comments and feedback are welcome! :) Hugs