“Vote for My Blog” in the Business Mums Network Blog Awards…

…please! 3 days to go…
Winning an award such as the Business Mums Network Blog Awards will help to bring the wonderful and inspiring stories of all entrepreneurial mothers, especially the primary breadwinners, out of the shadows. Given there are so many of us, and growing, what’s wrong with world domination!

All you have to do is click here and vote for this blog in particular. How simple is that!

Thank you in advance…

“Vote for my Blog” in the 2010 Business Mums Network Blog Awards…

…please!
Winning an award such as the Business Mums Network Blog Awards will help to bring the wonderful and inspiring stories of all entrepreneurial mothers, especially the primary breadwinners, out of the shadows. Given there are so many of us, and growing, what’s wrong with world domination!

All you have to do is click here and vote for this blog in particular. How simple is that!

Thank you in advance…

The Mayonnaise Jar – what a great philosophy…

Passed on by an exceptional woman and friend, Sally Rylatt…
thank you

When things in your life seem. Almost too much to handle. When 24 Hours in a day is not enough. Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 glasses of wine.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students, if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open Areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded
With an unanimous ‘yes.’

The professor then produced two glasses of wine from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
filling the Empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.

‘Now,’ said the professor,   As the laughter subsided,
‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things – family, children, health, God, Friends, and Favorite passions – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else – the small stuff.

‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’  he continued, ‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

So…

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play With your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.

There will always be time
To clean the house and fix the disposal.

‘Take care of the golf balls first – the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the wine represented.

The professor smiled.
‘I’m glad you asked’.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of glasses of wine with  a friend.’

touche! what a great way to explain to our children too…

How Not to Choke Under Pressure…

Regardless of what part of entrepreneurial mothering you tackle, there are always pressure point situations that come up. How well do you handle it?

“Being Clutch, Or How Not To Choke Under Pressure”
By Paul Sullivan for ChangeThis.com


Being great under pressure is hard work. This is part of the reason why we are so impressed by people who seem immune to choking. These people come through in the clutch when others don’t. If they’re business leaders, they become gurus other executives want to emulate. In politics, the person who runs the gauntlet wins the election, but if he can do so in a particularly cunning way, he becomes an example of strategic excellence. In combat, it is the leaders who come under fire and get their men to safety who are recognized as war heroes. If the people are sporting figures, their triumphs become legendary. We are so fascinated by these feats that we have created a nearly mythical aura around clutch performers…read on

Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely to Succeed…

this is a great article from Time.com; well worth reading…

For every person consumed with the need to achieve, there’s someone content to accept whatever life brings. For everyone who chooses the 80-hour workweek, there’s someone punching out at 5. Men and women — so it’s said — express ambition differently; so do Americans and Europeans, baby boomers and Gen Xers, the middle class and the well-to-do. Even among the manifestly motivated, there are degrees of ambition…

Read on

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