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Mom’s The Boss

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As an entrepreneur and a mother you need a steel resolve and almost epic determination. Running a business is a very scary thing and the unique challenges presented by motherhood have a tendency to further complicate an already complicated situation. This is a situation close to my heart, so I am always on the lookout for companies and websites that support mother entrepreneurs.

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If Failure is NOT an Option, Then Why Do I Want It?

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I don’t actually want to fail, but the fact is that we learn near to nothing when everything is going along perfectly. Last Friday I was speaking to the National Speakers Association, Illinois Chapter, and was relaying that over the years the best lessons I’ve learned as a speaker do not come from the positive feedback I receive, but the insightful comments on how I can improve.

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Leadership Leaps: Into the Unknown

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I saw this quote and could not find anyone but “ anonymous ” to give it credit. It sounds like it really must be from a woman’s lips. “ To get what we’ve never had, we must do what we’ve never done ”. The quote seems so fitting as we watch a planet in crisis. Can you remember back to March 20, 2003? We had just entered the war in Iraq, that time of shock and awe.

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Another Women’s History Month is Here

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Post by Jane K. Stimmler , contributing Women on Business writer. March is National Women’s History Month and it has me frustrated about the excruciatingly slow movement forward for women in leadership positions. While it’s important to look back at the many brave and determined women who have made significant contributions in history – when I look at the here and now, I see a bit of a stalemate.

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