by theEmother | Dec 22, 2009 | entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women, MEinc
Are you feeling a little black and white?
not sure what GLOW 2010 will bring?
ponder no more,
your Christmas wish is about to come true…
remember what you promised yourself in 2000?
it’s been 10 long years now… have you done it? if not,
are you ready to take on your 2010 challenge, with help this time…
I know I am…
You know the feeling; a sense of starting a new year synchronicity in the air, with both your heart and your intuition wanting to work in unison to bring the right clues, at the right time.
It’s where they are both on the same page, instead of your heart telling you one thing and your instincts another, that you know you need to trust and go with the flow.
Then someone like the entrepreneurial mother™ comes into your frame;
providing the focus and light initially, slowly developing the picture
preparing you to snap into the next shot…
My gift (and New Year pledge) to you is that together;
we work out what makes you GLOW
we work on how to make it GROW
and when ready, we work out how to GOJanuary 2010; we commence this conversation…
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Be part of the entrepreneurial mother™ship…
Could you use a desk for a hour/day/week, away from the hustle and bustle of home? Especially over the holidays? What about when you’re coming to Melbourne, and need somewhere to base for the day? And at the same time, have access to like-minded business people to energise what you’re doing? Then look no further, you are invited to join the entrepreneurial mother ™ hub, based in Camberwell VIC.
Interested? email mother@theentrepreneurialmother.com.au for further details.
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Let’s create a future that is our own….starting now
ho ho ho
by theEmother | Oct 29, 2009 | entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women, MEinc
Please join me (fingers crossed!) and the CurrentMom team at a fabulous entrepreneurial conference that doubles as a spa getaway. We’ll be heating up Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Feb. 1-3, 2010 with inspiring speakers, small group coaching and networking opportunities galore.
Did I mention that registration includes three free spa treatments at the on-site Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa?
Reserve your spot now! The early bird deadline is Sunday. Please share the link with friends.
http://www.currentmom.com/currentmom/dont-miss-the-currentmom-2010-conference.html
by theEmother | Aug 17, 2009 | entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women
I’m an older woman, disillusioned with corporate life, and needing a change, but wanting very much to be in a position to enhance other people’s life experience. I have always been drawn to the vocation of civil celebrant, so took formal training and began to set up my business. I became very ill and had to freeze all my plans for eighteen months until I recovered, and then found myself totally lacking any motivation to start again.
At that time I was presented with Denise’s story, and I realised that I could get up and get going again. True grit and determination to succeed, arming yourself with information by further study and finding the right people has been Denise’s lesson to me through this story – and it’s working for me now as I practise it.
Both my children are adults and yet there is a great deal in this story of Denise’s love and nurture of her daughter which has lessons for me even now!
A really refreshing story, and one which should cause us all to stop and think about whether we are really going after our goals, or do we want them served to us?
Jen McLennan
Jennifer McLennan
Civil and Marriage Celebrant
www.life-matters.com.au
by theEmother | Jul 9, 2009 | entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women, MEinc, so you think you're in business
Yesterday saw the almost conclusion of Mentoring Session #1. 10 hours of mentoring is included as part of the program. So over last week and this week, I’ve managed to sit down with all but two of the businesses noted in 5th June post, and got to understand where their business is at, and where they in turn are also.
A diverse lot, at all stages of development, ranging from the new concern starting out to the well established local icon owner turning over what many of them would be aspiring too.
Its very energising having these conversations. The beauty is that I can see how they can grow each of these businesses in leaps and bounds, but they have to decide that its what they want to do. That’s the key. Growing a business will often take you away from doing the stuff you may really enjoy doing ie the hands-on reason you started the business in the first place.
However it doesn’t always have to be that way. As long as we create additional cash flow to cover the costs of outsourcing, then it is all doable. And that you’re prepared to do the initial additional hard work to be ready to hand over. You can grow and have your hands-on fix as well. The proof will be in the pudding as we journey through the remaining 8 hours of mentoring…
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode…
by theEmother | Jun 23, 2009 | adventures with daughter, entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women, MEinc
In bathrooms, boardrooms, buses, bagel shops, and everywhere else, we all need to imagine a little girl following us around, repeating everything we say and everything we do. Think about all the things you want for yourself and your daughters, granddaughters, and girls everywhere – and teach them by living it yourself.
Nell Merlino in
“Stepping Out of Line: Lessons for Women Who Want It Their Way in Life, in Love and at Work (Broadway)
What a quote.
What a reminder.
What a fact, worthy of that constant consideration
Are you living it?
by theEmother | Jun 9, 2009 | entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women
An interesting question I think…
What? I’m not jumping up and down on the spot saying “you have got to be joking!” I hear you cry… well no I’m not actually.
As discussed in the Age this morning (for love or money?), there is some merit in raising this question, if it suits you to do so. I for one can not and have not ever been able to seriously go down this path, but hey, horses for courses I say, and here’s why…
1. Most marriages for love don’t last (and good luck to those that do).
2. Many women, once on their own, are not well equipped to earn their own money.
3. It worked in Jane Austens day, why not now? Although you’d want to be able to do your own choosing of prospective suitors surely. After all, not all things historical are outdated.
4. If you can combine love and money, all the better!
Flippancy aside…
what I do know is that of the many women I meet (who claim to want to build a business and be in charge of their own destiny etc etc); if they found themselves in a situation where their cashflow stopped all of a sudden… they really don’t know how to start the cash flowing again in an kind of hurry. Or if they did, they know even less about how to make it work around the life they want to have with their children/family. And that’s a very scary prospect.
So maybe marrying for money takes care of all that!
assuming you’re looked after in the will that is…
