How to overcome opposition when serving your community through your business enterprise
By: Andrea Choonoo
Tags: Joy, Ambition, Global, Opposition, Business

We all have a story about how the underdog rises. We all love a good underdog story about overcoming every obstacle. But what do you do when you are in a community where you face hostility or rejection repeatedly for the type of business you provide based on race or just plain small mindedness. Receiving opposing opinions effects what you put out there for a response.

Particularly Fine Art and Design which can take less of a place if its not seen as a form of worship if you have faith or frivolous to those not connecting with it because it ain’t their cup of tea or seen as an essential item.

How do you break out of constant unfair judgement if you are accused of serving self interest and having ambition which takes a lot of time and sacrifice to begin with and appeal to an audience that are are struggling financially to begin with but now also facing inner conflict because of the message that they receive to instead of supporting your neighbors business out of love to rather support a global mission which already is thriving and has a large support and following of millions.

Sometimes you can be a small fish in a big pond with no leverage or authority and so marginalized and relegated to the fringes with very little hope to survive or thrive and be fruitful. Or you can be too big of a fish not knowing how to connect with an audience that feels overwhelmed by the magnitude of your scope breath and width of your vision.

Sometimes we support those who don’t necessarily support you in return. We do this because we don’t recognize where our bread is really buttered. No money and income does not grow on trees and we all have to work for it but it you are constantly feeling like there is something else that you need to give and what you create or provide whether service or product does not meet expectations to those who will always set the bar just a bit too high for you and then correct you when you get it wrong in their lofty standards then something about what you are involved in or see as community is very unhealthy and needs to be addressed as misleading.

We all have something amazing to offer and should be celebrated not just the chosen few who shine above all. It may not come in a neatly wrapped worship song or in a little children's book that appeals to many but what we offer in a unique way as service is crucial to sustain the economy and to provide value to those around us whether nearby or far away. So don’t feel guilty or be guilt tripped by people who don’t know what it takes to run your own business and livelihood whether full time or side hustle. Not everyone is meant to walk the same path and because you have taken this time to invest into the foundation of a sustainable business they see you as being selfish then they simply don’t want to see you thrive as an entrepreneur or they just don’t want to know you or have nothing to gain from your business themselves no matter how much you give, give and give. People pleasing can only cause you harm because you are not fulfilling the role or the potential destined for you towards the community nearby and faraway. The Local and global market.

If this empowers and encourages you to be able to wake up another day feeling refreshed to run your business then follow, applaud and recommend.