The Sleeping Queen: The Divine Awakening of the Entrepreneurial Woman

by Bettina Langerfeldt

Overview

The Sleeping Queen is a timely message that offers a fresh perspective on the role of the woman entrepreneur as a powerful contributor to the prosperity level of families, communities, and economies worldwide. It unveils myths about feminine entrepreneurship that have been silently accepted for centuries and banished women to a place of little or no relevance in their society. It also sheds new light on the spirituality of entrepreneurship, money and wealth creation by women, and offers an eye-opening, biblical viewpoint of why women can and should fulfill their authentic role as feminine influencers. The reader of this book will discover the amazing contribution a woman was created to make to society with her unique feminine gifts and the priceless enrichment her divine calling to the business world is meant to have. As you journey through these pages you’ll experience how historical barriers that have deterred women for ages from engaging in successful feminine enterprises are exposed and broken. The sleeping queen inside of you will awaken! Your mindset about true womanhood and female entrepreneurship will be powerfully renewed. You will feel inspired and released to confidently step into the God-given position of empowered leadership and wealth creation you were always meant to have.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630479008
Publisher:	Morgan James Publishing
Publication date:	09/20/2016
Series:	Morgan James Faith Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 2.70(d)

About the Author

Bettina Langerfeldt is a Transformational Catalyst, Thought Leader, Business Consultant and Money Coach. Since 2007, she has created a successful online business in the Spanish market. Now she’s taking her inspiring message and expertise to Christian women worldwide. Bettina empowers Christian business women to heal their relationship with money so they can build a thriving business by bringing their divine calling into the marketplace while embracing themselves as “Queens” in their business and life.

Read an Excerpt

Although it is has become more common to see women launch their own companies, statistics clearly show that the creativity and entrepreneurial potential of women is a largely underexploited source of economic growth worldwide.

There are still countless barriers holding women entrepreneurs back from fulfilling their promise as feminine leaders, so they can contribute fresh and creative business ideas, thereby creating new sources of prosperity for themselves and their community.

Some of these barriers are very evident and are a direct consequence of the historical discrimination women have been the victims of worldwide: less education, stereotypes and difficulties accessing financing and to networking.

The World Bank’s 2011 Report of World Development suggests the productivity of some countries could increase by as much as 25% if discrimination against women disappeared.

This realization has spawned government programs promoting and supporting women who want to open their own companies. Nevertheless, other barriers exist that are rarely addressed by government programs that assist feminine entrepreneurship:

Most often it is the woman herself who establishes hidden, but powerful obstacles that do not allow her to prosper once she goes into business and worse, cause her to never give herself the necessary permission to step into a feminine leadership role as a businesswomen, even when the doors of opportunity are wide open.

The main source of these barriers is a deeply engrained misconception about what true womanhood and entrepreneurship are really about. For example, very often it seems society accepts for an educated woman to open her own company, but at the same time, it’s considered to be extremely unspiritual and greedy for her to pursue wealth and money.

The result is that the woman who receives the God-given calling to business constantly struggles to reconcile her inner drive to create wealth for herself and her family with the counterproductive shame, disdain and unworthiness she gets from herself and her environment.

Having to fight her way through a man’s world adds to the dilemma of adopting masculine formulas for success that affect her inner feminine integrity. This lack of empowerment of the woman entrepreneur in society has huge consequences:

The lack of a sense of accomplishment triggers feelings of disappointment, unworthiness, anger and resentment in herself.

These emotions are reflected in her business, because they directly affect her level of leadership, the choice of her market niche, the amount she charges for her services, her marketing decisions, a diminished ability to set healthy boundaries that protect her time and finances, etc. The ripple effects in the global economy are huge: less jobs and prosperity, less economic growth and a lower level of family well-being.

This book offers a fresh perspective on the role of the woman entrepreneur as a legitimate—and highly needed—leader in society and powerful contributor to the prosperity level of families, communities and economies worldwide. It unveils myths about feminine entrepreneurship that have been silently accepted for centuries and banished women to a place of little or no relevance in their society.

It also sheds new light on the spirituality of entrepreneurship, money and wealth creation by women and offers an eye-opening, biblical viewpoint of why women can and should fulfill their authentic role as feminine influencers, which is so badly needed.

The reader of this book will discover the amazing contribution a woman was created to make to society with her unique feminine gifting and the priceless enrichment her divine calling to the business world is meant to have. As you journey through these pages you’ll experience how historical barriers that have deterred women for ages from engaging in successful feminine enterprises are exposed and broken.

The sleeping queen inside of you will awaken! Your mindset about true womanhood and female entrepreneurship will be powerfully renewed. You will feel inspired and released to confidently step into the God-given position of empowered leadership and wealth creation you were always meant to have.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

A Special Thank You

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Sleeping Queen—A Call to “Wake Up”!

The Lack of Feminine Leadership and Entrepreneurship

What Exactly Happens When Only Half a Country’s Labor Force is Allowed to Develop Their Entrepreneurial Spirit?

How Feminine Submissiveness is Engrained from Childhood

Let’s Talk About Submission

The Powerful Synergy of Man Plus Woman

Boy, Can She Reign!

Chapter 2 The Virtuous Queen—God’s Plan for Feminine Leadership

Why Absolute Truths are Valuable and Life-changing

My Own Journey in Search for Truth

We are Queens Who Successfully Reign as Co-stewards of this World

The Virtuous Woman

God Gave You an Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Do You Doubt You Could Ever Be Like Her?

Become an Agent of Change for the Future Generations

Chapter 3 The Spiritual Queen—The Entrepreneurial Woman in God’s Eyes

Business and Spirituality: Two Opposite Journeys?

The Entrepreneur in God’s Eyes

Entrepreneurship is Godly and Spiritual

Why Do People Struggle With Having Extraordinary Ideas

Renewing Your Mind: Your Own Mental Chains

Will the True Gospel Please Stand Up?

Believe and You Shall Receive

Chapter 4 The Victorious Queen—The Secret Battles of the Woman Entrepreneur

The Evident Barriers

What About Government Programs?

What are Those Secret Battles Women Struggle With?

Analysis Paralysis: How Do You Overcome Perfectionism?

No More Victim Mentality

The Inside Job: How To Build Your Inner Strength

The Courage of Setting Boundaries

Chapter 5 The Queen Mother—The Business Woman and Her Family: Either, or…or Both?

My Story

How Could They Possibly Fit In Together In My Life?

The Virtuous Woman and Her Husband?

The Submissive Woman: Hiding Out In Motherhood

A Word About Mothering Versus Smothering Your Children

How Your Personal Development Affects Every Person Around You

Chapter 6 The Reigning Queen—Women in a Man’s World

Women and Their Vulnerability

The Weaker Sex?

The Power of the Media

The Villain Woman

Is Ambition In a Woman Really a Bad Thing?

Egocentrism Versus a Spirit of Service

Feminism, Redefined

She’s the Boss!

Men Are Missing In Action within the Family

The Important Contribution of Women to the Business World

Don’t Play the “Girl Card”

Chapter 7 The Confident Queen—How to Own Your Value

Why Women Undercharge

Created To Serve

Don’t Mis Your Charity With Your Business!

Money is Not Important?

True Prosperity

How to Heal Your Relationship with Money

A Short Word About Your Niche and Your Marketing

My Offer Is Not Too Expensive, It’s Just that You Can’t Afford It…

How Do You Know You Are Ready to Raise Your Fees?

What is Your Time Worth

Chapter 8 The Authentic Queen—Goodbye to Miss Perfect

Never Good Enough

Why Do You Over-Deliver?

Soon They Will All Know: I’m a Fraud!

The Successful Queen Who Never Was

How Can You Overcome the Impostor Syndrome?

Three Steps to Stop Over-delivering

Chapter 9 The Wise Queen—You Can’t Help Everybody

The Hidden Controversy of Serving More People is Better

How Do You Know You Have to Adjust Your Niche?

Common Niching Fears and How to Deal With Them

Once You’ve Decided, How Do You Change Your Niche?

How to Find a Highly Profitable Niche

The 3D Niche Defining Exercise

Chapter 10 The Compassionate Queen—How to Reach Those You Were Called to Help

Women and Marketing

How Do You Deal With Marketing Fears?

It’s Not About You, It’s About Them

How to Quickly Position Yourself as an Expert in Your Market

Your Spirit and Your Visibility

Your Identity and Your Visibility

Your Beliefs and Your Visibility

Five Ways to Quickly Position Yourself as an Expert in Your Market

What Does This Look Like in Your Day-To-Day Business Life?

One Last Word About Your Environment

Chapter 11 The Wealthy Queen—The Businesswoman and Her Money

Money Affects Everything

My Money Story: Fear, Shame and Hypocrisy Around Money

Seven Symptoms of a Bad Relationship with Money

The Effects of a Bad Relationship with Money

Wealth Creation is Spiritual

Money, the Root of All Evil?

Chapter 12 The Overcoming Queen—How to Heal Your Money Story

What Are Your Core Beliefs Around Money?

Powerful Money Lessons from God

The Good News

A Powerful Spiritual Journey in Intimate Relationship with God Himself

Afterword God Loves You, But You Have a Part to Play!

You Can Choose to Participate in God’s Plan for You

About The Author

Bonus Offer

Index