Turning your TAONGA into a BUSINESS: (Turning your GIFT into a BUSINESS)

By Arihia Witana

This is a Self-help book turning your Gifts or Talents into a Business

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tablo Publishing
• Release date: Jan 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781922381446

Book preview

TE TIMATATANGA - THE BEGINNING

Taku Taonga:   My Gift / Treasure

Taku Mōhiotanga:   My Knowledge

Taku   Mātau ā-wheako:   My Experience

Before you start reading this book. Make sure your mind is clear and ear is open to receive knowledge. As the author I don’t expect you to take everything on board in this book. But, I hope that you can use this book from my experiences as a way of helping you to keep on searching for more knowledge or information to help you be successful in business. Each of us have our own story and in our own way we set the path and the example for others to perfect their own TAONGA. (Their own treasured possession / gift.) And turn that TAONGA into something beautiful.

If in doubt always go through the right legal or professional channels to get the answers you need to make the right decisions whether you go into business or not. It’s good to have information that is relevant to now and the correct resources where to get your answers as business is always evolving.

TAUTOKO / SUPPORT

Some helpful tips to reading this book.

For those that are still in the Business Idea Stage. Recommended to read page 3 then continue throughout the book when you are ready

For those that want to Fast Track to Armor for your Business pages  10, 11, 12 & 13

For those that would like to know How I put my business together pages 3,4,5 and 9

For those that would like to just fast track to Sales, Marketing and technology pages 14, 16 & 17

Being that this is a short book you may read all of it anyway as it is a pretty quick book to read. Hopefully you will get some enjoyment of reading this as much as I have putting this short self-help book together.

HE Māori AHAU (I am Māori)

CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE BUSINESS WORLD IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

Ko wai au? Who am I? Who am I in the Business World in another country? When you make that big step to move to another country, it’s not always green on the other side. You grow to really appreciate your identity as Māori when you must learn to adjust and integrate into another country and another system. We all have our reasons for moving away from home. Yes, there are many things we miss such as our whānau(family), hapu(sub-tribe) and iwi(tribe) environment, to the kai (food), to the feeling of belonging, the feeling of acceptance etc. For me it was starting a clean slate, wanting a change, wanting to do something better in the world. And a promise made between myself, my grandmother and aunty. When the opportunity was made available to move to Australia permanently nearly 11 years ago, I took it. The one thing we must remember is we need to be strong, reach those goals in business, maintain our identity. Yes, we get mamae(miss) for our whenua (land). But we are here in another country so we make the best of it. We haven’t got time to moan about what we don’t have. As our tīpuna(ancestors), koroua(elder male) and kuia (elder female) back home do. Be resourceful. Utilize the taonga (gifts) we have to make things happen. One saying that always resonates with me came from my