Here is a easy place to come and connect with business like minded professionals by networking to assist other organizations with collaborative and partnership opportunities.

There is a time and place for everything. People are strong and struggling from hurtful relationships and things that may have been avoided. Time will tell of the painful hurt that amongst humans. Every person will not care what you’re going through in life. It’s up to individual to handle their business and events and move on to the next phase in their journey.

5 Steps to move forward without past hurt and regrets.

1. Owning up to your own faults and forgiveness to what you have done to others.
2. Taking mental notes of what is the root of your emotional states and triggered factors.
3. Get your life in order by creating new things to do and eliminate what is not helpful and serving happiness.
4. Facing fears is a life lesson that is attainable and necessary.
5. The ultimate goal is to love yourself without others around you and not being clingy to others.
6. Start a weekly happy list to complete and reward personal points to test yourself to something nice and don’t feel bad about it.
7. Trust the process to your happy endings.

One main thing you will learn in doing business with anyone is they may switch up on you in a heartbeat. You must do research on people and their credentials. Everyone is NOT who they say they are and then some. Looks are deceiving and can be misinterpreted by how one acts and good with words.

Doing a simple Google search is necessary and important. When you are freelancing on these sites you can’t tell right away how someone is a great pretender. People will play on your intelligence and praise you in private then will do a 360 degree in public with negativity. Certainly, you may pick up on shady vibes if they talk long enough and asking them questions.

If something doesn’t seem right and you get that gut feeling of wrong doing on the other end then shut down business quickly and this is in any industry. It’s a shame you must have a third eye on your forehead and one in the back for a backup. Receiving referrals are great and you still have to be cautious. Every experience for others will not be your reality it depends who and what you come across. You can check out some companies on Better Business Bureau, Yelp and Trust Pilot, for nonprofits on CharityNavigator.org and IRS.gov. If you feel wrongly for defamation of character let the person know how you feel and tell your side of the ordeal.

1. Before you seek a Grant Proposal make sure you are creating a nonprofit and it’s what you really thriving to accomplish for a long term journey.
2. You are serving a mission and Not in the mix to try and make a quick buck.
3. Write down your cause and why is this important to you and how will it make a difference in the community?
4. Create a Mission Statement this is, why do you exist?
5. You can start with three Board Members who is willing to be volunteers without paying them.
6. Registering the nonprofit’s name is essentially necessary so no one can take the name.
7. Then you can go to the Internal Revenue Service website and type in the search box, ‘Starting a Charity’ and download the application to receive a unique identification number to verify that you’re exempt from taxes.
8. Take your time and fill out the form correctly and there are books on how to do it.
9. After approved within three months if no discrepancies then once receiving your certified letter of approval. Yeah, Congratulations!
10. Now, you can start fundraising and seeking grants and type a letter of inquiry in which is a brief structural synopsis of who you are and what you do and whosever benefits?

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton