The first article of our online blog marks the purpose of our website. The journey of Biz in Heels that recognises women in business. It is the beginning of a fruitful connection of women that thrive for success around the world. Biz in Heels illustrates how women in business embody characteristics such as inspiration, empowerment and motivation to help others accomplish their goals, and create win win relationships in all areas of life.

The world is changing, the business landscape is going through a huge transformation right now, big and small. Are you going to set back and do nothing? What is your game plan?

The word ambition, by definition, is aligned with determination and drive. It is the desire to achieve something through hard work. But what is the definition of an ambitious woman?

An ambitious woman is any woman who find a flexible way to blend work, family and building her own empire. Only those willing to innovate and adapt to change will continue to survive and thrive. Will you let this stop you in your tracks or will you take action to create a new way of doing things?

Women play a very important role in shaping the country’s growth and development. There were times in the past when women didn’t have their basic rights. Women of today have a choice to be independent, have a career and fulfill their needs and ambitions.

It is with no doubt that ambition requires a combination of unwavering tenacity, hard work and dedication. While it may seem like ambitious women have an endless supply of these qualities, being a goal oriented and a go getter often comes with its very own pitfalls, something we will analyse in the next article.

We all have a desire for something and a determination to succeed. Ambition is part of our life and is what helps us to get up in the morning. Whether it is as simple as learning how to drive a car, finishing school, trying to get the next promotion. The only difference from one ambition to the other is that some people as better at capitalising on the drive and desire to get what they want or where they want to be.

Therefore, Know Your Strengths. One of the challenging things in life is to actually figure out and recognise your strengths and weaknesses. Don’t be afraid to go for it, if you are not sure about it get some formal education, master your strength so that you can adapt at it.

Learn From Your Mistakes, you don’t have to be perfect at something to achieve. Most succesfull people made mistakes before achieving their masterpiece. Having experience and knowledge at what you do is a valuable asset as long as you learn from it and build upon it.

Capitalise Your Talents, don’t expect success will come by itself. Unless you put the hard work, effort and continues development, only then your vision and goal will come. When the time is right!

Stop doubting yourself and start believing that you can do this. Learn to breakthrough the common trends.

To all ambitious women now is your time to thrive. Make a plan and execute, don’t wait to settle with change. Create a Plan A, don’t settle with Plan B. Take the Lead.

What about you? Are you ready to build your own empire and thrive in business?

Let us know in the comments below.

Have you ever wonder how to stay motivated during working hours? Have you ever felt that during work and daily tasks you are not motivated enough?

Where does motivation at work really come from?

It doesn’t matter if you are working 9-5, a 12-hour shift or run your own company, you need a motivation to work. I’m sure we all have faced and experienced at some stage in our careers a burnout from long working hours and high levels of stress. There may even be a time when you experience boredom due to the lack of challenges at your workplace.

How can you get motivated at work If you don’t get relaxed at home, and how can you relax at home when you are stressed at work. This vicious cycle sounds endless right?

In both cases, leaving your job to seek opportunities may seem like the most ideal solution, however it is almost impossible to guarantee that you will not face the same situation in your next job or even worst. Rather than looking for an exit opportunity, an escape solution, you may want to consider strategies that will keep you motivated, to prevent burnout or boredom.

Motivation is like a burning fire. When you continue to sustain fire by adding coal it will keep burning than to revive one that has been put out. To keep fire going, you must recognise what truly motivates you. Motivation can come either through internal or external factors, providing monetary rewards, growth opportunities or simply organizing the way we work.

Below are some ideas / strategies where you can use daily to keep the fire of motivation going.

Set Personal Goals

Create your own personal goals, keep the fire going. Think and note down what do you want to achieve in your life. This can be as little as learning a new skill that will help you at work. Once these goals are completed, make sure to celebrate these mini milestones and reward yourself for your achievements.

Challenge yourself to develop a comfortable pace, which can help prevent boredom at work. Focus and work on your personal goals which can in return can set your mindset away from the daily stress.

Suggest new ideas

Unleash your creativity and suggest new ideas during working hours. Be more involved in creating and implementing new ideas, this way you will feel more engaged and motivated to work.

Plan your Schedule

To keep the motivation going, you might need to plan and schedule your activities for refilling that fire. Take time to plan your schedule and create a to-do list. Not having a plan in place, might cause overflowing of endless deadlines and suffer from burnout and stress much faster. Pace yourself by organizing an agenda with breaks to let yourself recharged and reconnect.

Create friendships

We are spending more time at work with our colleagues than with our families and friends.  Try to create friendships at work, this is a great motivation at work, having people to speak and communicate at work. You become more engage at your job and produce higher quality of work.

Last but not least be Yourself.

Be Yourself

Show your truth and authentic self at work. Stay true to who you are and you will be able to know what you want to achieve in your job. Don’t follow the crowd, stand out by being you and be motivated to strive towards it.

Set your motivation to a different level. Try out these strategies and let us know in the comments below how they helped you at work.

Have you ever came to that point of your career that you struggled to find your own motivation?

We often become so familiar with our processes and goal setting, we fall into a rut. No one is inspired to do well. No one is encouraging others to participate. When this happens, the original purpose is lost and we begin to ask, ‘why do we do this?’ ‘why do it this way?’ ‘who cares?’ If this is happening to you at work, it’s time to step back and reassess your approach to leading. Perhaps we are the ones who needs a change!

When we set out to achieve a long-term goal the beginning is always easy. You are full of vitality and determination to face the challenge. What is difficult though is our precious goals don’t happen quickly. Achieving goals, it takes hard work, time, persistence, and discipline. When we don’t see results quickly as we were expecting we have the feeling of frustration, disappointment and we have difficulty staying motivated. Do you agree?

Being motivated in a fast-growing world requires long term commitment, courage and perseverance. You must find a way to give yourself a boost when you need it and avoid giving up when something is not going your way.

Below are some ways to stay motivated no matter how much you feel like giving up:

Simplify

Create a life of simplicity regarding motivation. Simplicity will allow you space in your head and heart to become creative, open minded and grow through challenges. Create a selection of goals and not all of them at once, focus on some not many. This way you will simplify your life and stay aim to master in one area.

Manage your expectations

Having set high expectations for your goals might work negatively as you may not see progress as quickly as you expect. You should stay motivated to find ways to manage stress and emotional distraction and keep going. Once you believe in yourself that you can do it, nobody will stop you.

Surround yourself with supportive people

The most important way to stay motivated is to have people around you that support you and help you with your mission and goals. It is very important to be in an environment work and home to be supportive and engaged to your goals. Being in an unsupportive environment on the other hand will only trigger psychological and physical distress that has a negative impact towards your goals and motivation.

Break down large goals into small steps

Break down your goals into small steps. This way it will help you focus and celebrate wins. Sectionalize your large goals into doable tasks so you can celebrate the small wins as you achieve them. This way it will keep you motivated and continue to work towards you big goals.

Practice gratitude

During the process of achieving your goals take a note of what has happened, what has worked, see the positive outcomes even though they are small. Have a gratitude practice that will help you feel proud and how far you have come and what you have accomplished. During this process it will uploft your motivation and open new doors and opportunities.

Celebrate success

When your tasks and goals are fulfilled don’t forget to stop and celebrate, give yourself some credit after all the hard work. Make yourself feel like a superstar despite having small or big wins. You deserve to reward yourself.

Don’t forget to celebrate your successes every step of the way because pursuing a big dream isn’t easy, but you are worth it.

Can you pause for a minute and take a look at your life. Your job and relationships?

Can you note down your definition of success?

How does that definition drive your behaviors, attitudes, your beliefs and your habits? How does it affect your life?

Can you define what it is that you are working so very hard for?

Are you doing this for:

• Satisfaction
• Pleasure
• Money
• Fame
• To be heard
• To be seen
• To fit in
• Love
• Approval
• Passion
• Fear

You do all this hard work to Move up, Level up, and Step up.

It’s a non stop journey, what is enough at the end of the day? When will it be enough? When you will say I have reached my destination I need to slow down?

Do you know the answers to these questions?

Are you being truth to yourself?

There are so many definitions of success throughout our life, but do we have a clear version of the success we want to achieve? Where we want to go? Are we doing this for us or others?

Stop for a minute and rethink and revalue your purpose in life, what do you what to achieve and succeed.

We often seeing women trying to do more, put more efforts to achieve more in order to feel equal either in a workplace or in community.

Write down your goals, the objectives and your actions. Once you have a clear vision of what you truly want to achieve, then you will be able to focus and follow the journey without any disruptions or hesitations.

Everyday is a new surprise – take it as it comes.

What is your definition of success?