the entrepreneurial mother

Are you a bit over positive thinking?
Whilst I agree that it is well worth the effort in the majority of cases, just some times you have to call it as it is. If life is dealing out a shocker, then so be it. This is the premis of the following article by Trish Bolton for TheAge...

I don't know about you but I'm over being positive. I'm over looking for the silver lining when there isn't one, over moving forward rather than reflecting on past mistakes, and over saying I'm having a nice day when basically I'm having a pretty crap one.
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time to make this absolutely true
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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...
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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 GO

January 2010; this conversation has now commenced...
the entrepreneurial mother mentoring program is at the developers
want to know what I know? do what I do? yes you can?
are you ready?

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by Frances Cole Jones for ChangeThis.com

The knowledge that you’ve done the research, considered the risks, paid attention to every detail.

It’s the calm that comes from no-regret living. The confidence that says, 'I have something to offer.'

Unfortunately, however, we rarely access our Wow Factor.
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by Seth Godin for ChangeThis.com

Years ago ... the system set out to persuade you of something that isn't true.

Not just persuade, but drill, practice, reinforce, and yes, brainwash.

When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?

I think each one of us needs to start with that.
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As FastCompany.com so eloquently explains...

You picked 'em and clicked 'em. Now we're taking a stroll down memory lane--and the traffic stats we follow, obsess over, dream about several nights a week--to bring you the 10 most popular FastCompany.com items of 2009. They're almost as fresh as they were the day you read 'em. Almost.

1. Infographic of the Day: It's a Small World, Afterall
2. Daddy Givebucks: Lessons Learned When Warren Buffett Hands You $1 Billion
3. Artist Turns Fast Food Trash into Delicate Paper Trees
4. Top Jobs for 2009
5. Creepy Mute Button for the Real World
6. Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone
7. The Simple, Secret iPhone Tethering Fix
8. Ten Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade
9. Would You Live in a Shipping Container?
10. How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

To read the articles themselves, click here...
Interestingly iPhone features twice, and the "Top Jobs" that aCE had also featured early in 2009...