Valerie Love is a public speaker, author, and the president and founder of The Power of Love Worldwide, a ministry that teaches others how to use the power of love to become the most magnificent and excellent version of themselves that is possible.
Valerie has been a guest speaker at American Express, Rock International Church, Financial Destination Inc., United Faith Church of Deliverance (2006 Women’s Conference), FEW (Federally Employed Women), Life International Ministries, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and more.
She is currently studying under spiritual life counselor and author, Iyanla Vanzant, at the Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development, pursuing a certification as a spiritual life coach. She will complete the program in 2008. Valerie lives in the Washington, DC metropolitan area with her husband and three of the couple's four children.
Valerie when did you cath the entrepreneurial bug?
I began as a teenager when I did babysitting and found that I loved offering a
service and being compensated for it. I watched kids and the parents (who
were friends of my parents) paid me. It was my first taste of using my natural
abilities to make money.
Since then I've owned and operated several businesses, including a newspaper
distributorship, a financial planning practice, and most recently, a large and thriving network marketing business.
What would you say was your biggest challenges:
The biggest challenge has been managing my own mind and my emotions.
Setbacks are typical in business, and managing emotional ups and downs
is critical to success. Some of the things that happen in business don't feel
good, but they all turn out to be valuable lessons in the long run.
Managing my mind is critical to success also, as the mind creates reality.
What was the best discovery that you made in the course of business, that you wish you would have done in the beginning?
Build solid relationships and keep all contacts in a database that allows
you to reach out and touch your contacts often. This enables you to keep
your business at the top of your prospects' minds. When they need your
product or service, they'll turn to you first if you've done a good job of
keeping in contact with them. Don't just bug people, find a way to offer
valuable little tidbits when you reach out to them. Make the contact
valuable to the consumer, not just a way to advertise to them.
What is the thing that you would never advise a person to do in there business
Never procrastinate! I've learned to move ahead even when I don't have
ideal circumstances. So many people never pull the trigger because they
are waiting for things to be perfect. Perfect circumstances never come,
they are created.
Valerie has been a guest speaker at American Express, Rock International Church, Financial Destination Inc., United Faith Church of Deliverance (2006 Women’s Conference), FEW (Federally Employed Women), Life International Ministries, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and more.
She is currently studying under spiritual life counselor and author, Iyanla Vanzant, at the Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development, pursuing a certification as a spiritual life coach. She will complete the program in 2008. Valerie lives in the Washington, DC metropolitan area with her husband and three of the couple's four children.
Valerie when did you cath the entrepreneurial bug?
I began as a teenager when I did babysitting and found that I loved offering a
service and being compensated for it. I watched kids and the parents (who
were friends of my parents) paid me. It was my first taste of using my natural
abilities to make money.
Since then I've owned and operated several businesses, including a newspaper
distributorship, a financial planning practice, and most recently, a large and thriving network marketing business.
What would you say was your biggest challenges:
The biggest challenge has been managing my own mind and my emotions.
Setbacks are typical in business, and managing emotional ups and downs
is critical to success. Some of the things that happen in business don't feel
good, but they all turn out to be valuable lessons in the long run.
Managing my mind is critical to success also, as the mind creates reality.
What was the best discovery that you made in the course of business, that you wish you would have done in the beginning?
Build solid relationships and keep all contacts in a database that allows
you to reach out and touch your contacts often. This enables you to keep
your business at the top of your prospects' minds. When they need your
product or service, they'll turn to you first if you've done a good job of
keeping in contact with them. Don't just bug people, find a way to offer
valuable little tidbits when you reach out to them. Make the contact
valuable to the consumer, not just a way to advertise to them.
What is the thing that you would never advise a person to do in there business
Never procrastinate! I've learned to move ahead even when I don't have
ideal circumstances. So many people never pull the trigger because they
are waiting for things to be perfect. Perfect circumstances never come,
they are created.
When did you realize your gift and that you could get paid for it?
I've know since grade school that I was talented with speaking and writing. My teachers wanted to skip me because my reading level was always so much higher than the grade I was in. When I got to high school, one of my teachers was so impressed with my writing and she told me so. I began to take my writing seriously and wrote for the school paper and the yearbooks.My writing was written up in the New York Times when I was a teenager under the heading "Great Writing by Young People". It was a thrill. Today, it's a thrill to know that soon my books
will be in the hands of people everywhere. It is a lifelong dream.
I've know since grade school that I was talented with speaking and writing. My teachers wanted to skip me because my reading level was always so much higher than the grade I was in. When I got to high school, one of my teachers was so impressed with my writing and she told me so. I began to take my writing seriously and wrote for the school paper and the yearbooks.My writing was written up in the New York Times when I was a teenager under the heading "Great Writing by Young People". It was a thrill. Today, it's a thrill to know that soon my books
will be in the hands of people everywhere. It is a lifelong dream.
Why do you think life coaching is so important for entrpreneurs?
I am being coached, even though I am a Life Coach. Everyone needs three major benefits from coaching:
1. mapping out an action plan for life by clearly defining exactly what you want based upon who you are;
2. being shown that our potential is so much more than
we may currently realize;
3. being held accountable to reach the dreams we say we want.
Coaching is critical to advancement in any and every phase of life. Every successful person I know had mentors and coaches
along the way. It is impossible to reach all of your dreams and
desires completely on your own.
I have been mentored and coached for years, and I will continue to be both a coach and a client. Coaching is invaluable!
I am being coached, even though I am a Life Coach. Everyone needs three major benefits from coaching:
1. mapping out an action plan for life by clearly defining exactly what you want based upon who you are;
2. being shown that our potential is so much more than
we may currently realize;
3. being held accountable to reach the dreams we say we want.
Coaching is critical to advancement in any and every phase of life. Every successful person I know had mentors and coaches
along the way. It is impossible to reach all of your dreams and
desires completely on your own.
I have been mentored and coached for years, and I will continue to be both a coach and a client. Coaching is invaluable!
Valerie Love how do you define success?
I define success as having the 7 F's of life. I am developing this into a workshop that will be offered soon:
1. Family -- including intimate relationships
2. Friends -- satisfying relationships
3. Fulfillment -- living your Divine Life's Purpose and using it to touch others's lives
4. Fun -- knowing how to relax and give yourself pleasure
5. Fruitfulness -- having enough money/resources to meet all your needs and enough to build reserves to help others who you feel led to assist.
6. Fitness -- having a healthy body that is energetic
7. Faith -- the most important aspect of all: your spirituality
We truly can have it all.
Thank you Valerie for taking time to speak with us here at Just Leap.
If you are interested in participating in one of Valerie Loves retreats, you can go to elephantfinancialgroup. I have been to three of them and I must say they are life changing. Valerie challenges you to be the you , you were put here to be.
