I bet there are a lot of savvy women and mum’s with their own businesses that could be this year’s Telstra Business Woman of the Year!
LADIES LEAD AUSTRALIA OUT OF RECESSION
With their ability to multi-task and their focus and determination, recent research has shown that women are proving to be a critical element in the health and recovery of the Australian economy.
Aussie ladies are set to lead the country through the recession, recent research by Telstra for its Telstra Business Women’s Awards has revealed. 88% of women feel confident about leading their business successfully through the downturn, giving them the edge over their male counterparts.
The research coincides with the launch of the Telstra Business Women’s Awards today – where you can nominate and enter outstanding women in business (entries and nominations open May 26th and close July 31st). In today’s climate, it’s now more important than ever for Australians to recognise successful, innovative and inspirational women in business.
Go to www.telstrabusinesswomensawards.com.au to nominate.
Click here to find the media release with more information.
At its best, entrepreneurship captures the essence of childhood imagination and adult endeavour. This slick video, written and produced by Sonja Jacob and designed by Ben White, reminds us that creation and determination, fused with possibility, can create great success.
Thank you Anthill Magazine for bringing it to our attention… enjoy!
Wouldn’t it be great if every day could be as special as Mother’s Day?
More time at home with family, rather than at work?
Well. “that’s what we’re talking about!”
the entrepreneurial mother is about designing that lifestyle for all mum’s (and dad’s)…
By continuing to be a part of the entrepreneurial mother community I show you how you can work less and still earn an income!
What this means?
Doing the stuff you want to do rather than have to…
Well what have I been up to? I am trekking around the globe with my daughter (lucky me!). This time we are visiting beautiful Spain, Morocco, Portugal, France and the UK. If you’re interested in hearing more about our adventures, check out the blog at https://www.theentrepreneurialmother.com.au/blog
So as I am kind of in ‘holiday-mode’ I will keep it short and sweet this time around.
The first of the ‘Design your Business’ workshops run in Mornington June 4.
This is about doing just that; designing your business around the lifestyle you want…
interested in knowing more? email mother@theentrepreneurialmother.com.au
Further in June, it is set to be a great month with the official launch of ‘MEinc’.
Services will include:
* Workshops on how to design the lifestyle that you deserve
* Online lessons for MEinc. members that teach the same
* A full-interactive MEinc. website
* Plus much much more!!
Watch this space!
Know anyone that may want to know more about this sort of stuff?
Please have them email mother@theentrepreneurialmother.com.au
https://www.theentrepreneurialmother.com.au/enews/temenewsmay09.htm
I read Alain de Botton’s latest gem whilst swanning around Spain, on “adventures with daughter”. I really enjoyed it. I do like the way he writes; and I do like what he says, and how he says it. I am a fan of his offerings I must admit.
I’d like to see him extend that to the Pleasures and Sorrows of being Entrepreneurial…I’m sure there would be many a good tale to be told and many great questions to ask.
I am particularly encouraged to see that he, and noted others, are putting their money where their philosophy is, and have set up The School of Life. Oh to be involved in something like that here in Australia…
Been back nearly a week now…my, where has that time gone?
Slowly but surely getting back into the routine and rhythm of what is our daily life. Can’t wait for the next adventure though. But until then, daughter has basketball training this evening!
OK, so I’ve been thinking…now might be just the right time
to get that business idea off the ground!
Uncertain economic times and less job security
= a greater need to put our financial destiny into our own hands.
Why not introduce someone you know that would also benefit with…
1. how to combine MOTHERHOOD and BUSINESS
2. how to get what you want by combining the two…
To help work out whether this is for you?… a gift
“What is it?” I hear you ask… the 10 best business tips ever!
It’s the So You Want to Start Your Own Business 10-step checklist. It’s yours if you join the entrepreneurial mother community…
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What have I been doing the last few months?
Denise has had her Entrepreneurial Mother Story included in the
Entrepreneurs.About.com. Startup Stories #2
(a part of The New York Times company) click here to see for yourself.
Plus she has just got the go ahead for the inaugural
“Design your Business” program for the Mornington Peninsula Shire in June 09. Very exciting!…
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Want more of this sort of stuff? the entrepreneurial mother will be bringing
on-line and face-to-face learning straight to YOU…
ask me what I can do for YOU!
Email mother@theentrepreneurialmother.com.au
A nice little piece from The Age this morning…
I don’t know about you, but I believe midlife and the change involved is something that you constantly go through, not just as a one off event. For me, it all started when I took 6-months leave-without-pay and travelled Africa. If you know my story, then you also know what happened upon my return. For those who do not, my life did a complete 180 degree turnaround; from being an international management consultant to being single, unemployed, homeless and pregnant, at the ripe old age of 36! Suffice to say, change was required, and has been constantly required ever since.
My view on midlife “crisis” so to speak is not that at all but rather that of disappointment. Midlife disappointment, that’s what it is. Disappointment around all the stuff you have had on your dream list, and have yet to tick it off. Better get started then!!
Don’t put any of it off a day longer. Mind you, it doesn’t mean all has to be done tomorrow, but by the time you time is up, you want to have ticked off that list, or as many as has been realistically possible. Work out what design you want your life to take, and then start living the design. Not difficult, just needs some considered planning, and taking the time out to consider it in the first place.
If you need some help to get you started, just let me know…
“Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall,” the late American scholar and author, Joseph Campbell, said.
If you have reached middle age without pausing to contemplate the fact that you are, at best, probably halfway through your life’s journey, you are unusual.
There are several things that typically happen somewhere around life’s halfway point: physical attractiveness begins to wane; energy levels drop; health problems arise; parents are ageing; responsibility at work increases; children are becoming more independent; and relationships often break down.
What’s not to have a crisis about?
Despite the classic stereotype of a greying, ageing man at the helm of a shiny, red sports car, the midlife crisis is not a solely male domain. In January last year, researchers at Britain’s University of Warwick and the US’s Dartmouth College studied data from two million people from 80 countries and concluded that for both men and women, the probability of depression peaks at about 44 years of age.
“Some people suffer more than others but in our data the average effect is large,” says Professor Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick. “It happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poor, and to those with and without children.
“It looks from the data like something happens deep inside humans.” read on
