What is your influence?

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This morning I came across a quote by famous silent comedian Charlie Chaplin that made me smile, "Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles."

When I think of the state of Freeport, I take comfort in these words.

And I think God is trying to tell me something because all around I keep hearing positivity ... maybe its just what I'm looking for purposefully, but from Instagrams' Prosperityquotes this morning I got these words, "do not worry about anyone's current position in life. Keep doing what you're doing and the end results will show. You can't lose focus on where you're going ... or else it'll be a disaster at the turning point."

We are all looking forward to a better Grand Bahama. We have many thoughts on what would bring that about, but there is so much negativity and doubt that those with money would not put it in the economy to make it what it can be.

We need to change the mindset.

In the words of daily.dose on Instagram: "Being a source that connects multiple outlets together is the trick Global enterprises use to create collective-bargaining. If you can bring people togeteher you can bring corporations together. It's all about influence.

What is your influence?

Talking with a young entrepreneur in Freeport yesterday he said to me, the reason Nassau makes it better than Freeport is that a number of young entrepreneurs come together to make money together and share profits, instead of the seeming attitude of Freeport that every man is for himself.

Collectively I feel we can make great changes.

This will also be dealt with at our upcoming Bahamas Womenpreneur taking place on Monday July 20 and Tuesday July 21 here in Freeport at the Pelican Bay Resort beginning at 10.00 am. It's a call to come together to make a big change in Grand Bahama.

It's been long in coming but we hope to see you there.





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