Archives for 2018

I hear a lot of talk about imposter syndrome…. Where entrepreneurs (women, mainly… it appears this is a PRIMARILY a female syndrome.) start to doubt their accomplishments and feel — essentially — like they’re not REALLY who they are showing up as… in business. The focus of “defeating” imposter syndrome is typically focused on the
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One of my favorite parts of working with Women Who WOW sponsors is seeing the PASSION they have behind solving just ONE problem.  Like Paige Bowser who created a lip balm that won’t melt in the car… or Ajah Hales who decided that the products we put on our skin SHOULD (and COULD) be made
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I am REALLY tired of the PURE CRAP being marketed to entrepreneurs in general, but women entrepreneurs in particular. Because it wastes time and money, of course, but MORE SO because it DEFLATES and DISCOURAGES those who COULD be (and SHOULD be) soaring in their businesses. Financially… Yes, but also SOARING in terms of freedom
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I can only laugh about the many (many) attempts I made at being an artist…. a MAKER… you know, of things. =) As a young girl, I’d disappear for hours, climb a tree and write poems. (For what purpose? Who knows… Just to be expressed, I guess.) At around 10, I decided to build a
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  Inconvenient truth: There are a lot of incredibly talented people DOING WHAT THEY ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AT DOING who cannot financially support themselves in business. Why? Because being incredible, being exceptional, even being THE BEST at what you do, isn’t TRULY a marketable advantage. In fact, some may even call it the “price of
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The tension. The stress. The constant wondering…. Are things going to go this way? or that? Will this be a scary storm that we are telling people about for years to come? Or a devastating one that we BARELY make it through alive? Today, my family is busily preparing for the impending arrival of Hurricane
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  This was a headline I saw recently aimed at business owners. NEED A CASH INFUSION? was another. DOES YOUR BUSINESS NEED CASH TO GROW? All fine headlines, I guess… but ALL led you to a loan approval process. A LOAN. That you have to pay back… with interest. CONFESSION: I have most certainly been
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The entrepreneurial journey is not for the squeamish, the easily offended or the faint of heart. Our daily life requires courage… and creativity… and confidence… and GRIT. The ENDURANCE and TENACITY to keep going when mere mortals would have long ago quit. Our work requires us to show up when it’s uncomfortable, when we feel
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