Ask and Ye Shall Receive

A friend recently said to me “if you don’t ask the Universe for what you need, how will it know what to give you?” What a lovely sentiment. Six months ago I would have thought this existential tosh but since red plume has really started to take off, I’m learning that the Universe might actually be looking to help a girl out.

The wise friend in question is herself an example of the Universe doing its thang. Karen and I are Creatives and at the beginning of our venture were much more enthusiastic about getting stuck in with the writing than say, creating a business plan, or setting some goals – you know, little stuff like that. The business was starting to gather speed and we were loving life, all except for a teeny-weeny but very persistent voice in the back of our heads telling us that it was time we sit down and address the hard stuff. And it was hard. It felt like the “we need to talk” conversation of so many relationships and left me wanting to curl up in a corner and take a nap.

Then, with a sprinkle of fairy dust, into our lives walked Giselle of CherryBranch Consulting. She sat us down and with an array of brightly colored pens and intelligent questions, got us to start really thinking about what the future of red plume looks like. Don’t be fooled, that fairy dust and pleasant demeanor doesn’t mean you won't get grilled – you just won’t realize it until you’re finished and are flaked out wondering why you feel so spent. Giselle was exactly what we needed.

Another example of the Universe finding a square peg for our square hole came in the form of an SEO Queen. She started asking us strange technical questions about our website to which she received long...blank...stares. She ran a report for us and it turned out that our website, while stunning, is invisible to the Google Gods. In this instance we didn’t even know we needed help and wham! up it shows anyway. Now our website is going to be like catnip for those Google spiders, and it has even got me interested in becoming an SEO Queen myself – there’s room for plenty in this Kingdom.

What Karen and I didn’t realize was that in sucking it up and networking, which Biznik believes we should view as a community rather than a tool, we were asking the Universe for help. We were telling the world that our business was out there, and worth paying attention to; any help or advice greatly appreciated. If you have something the world should know about, but there’s something holding you back, just take a deep breath and plunge in. As long as you ask for help along the way and are receptive to it you’ll do just fine, and you’ll meet some awesome people along the way.