Many people I speak to wish they could start their own business or be their own boss. I’ve become a huge advocate for entrepreneurialism over the past year or so and I believe people can turn their passions into a successful business. However, is that the case for everyone? Can anyone just be passionate about something and turn it into a money-making business? Where do we … [Read more...]
Giving thanks
After a long hiatus, and a few busy weeks, I am back to blogging! It’s amazing how time flies and we don’t realize that we haven’t seen our friends in a few weeks, haven’t gone to the gym in a while, or haven’t had a decent meal to eat because of our busy schedules. One other thing we forget to do is to say "thank you" to our fellow colleagues or people who help us along … [Read more...]
Mentorship and success go hand in hand
“A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” ~ Oprah Winfrey If we look around, our personal relationships provide us with life mentors: our friends, mothers, grandmothers, our teachers, our dance instructors – the list can go on and on. But why is it that in a professional setting many of us think we don’t need a mentor? If you just started out in … [Read more...]
Crying at the workplace. Maybe a sign to leave?
I haven’t read Kelly Cutrone’s new memoir yet, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You, but the title got me thinking. How many times have I seen women crying on the job? Why would anyone want to stay at a job that brings them to tears?? This got me thinking about a couple of jobs that I had in the past and the several women that I saw … [Read more...]
Resources For New Entrepreneurs
If you have always thought about becoming an entrepreneur, or have recently started your own business, there are many resources you can use to help guide you. I have gathered together some of the sites that I visit and that I think are useful for those interested in taking the entrepreneurial route. Do I have what it takes? Some fun online tests to help you determine … [Read more...]
Risky Business
“A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.” ~ Henry Kravis In every job there is danger. For a construction worker it could be a collapsed building. For a police officer it could be a crazy hostage situation. For a pizza maker it could be a burnt hand (ouch). For entrepreneurs, it is the danger of the unknown! As an entrepreneur, a lot of a … [Read more...]
My love affair with social media
I’ve been battling a bad cold for the past few days and I could not sit at my computer long enough to send a Tweet - thank goodness for BlackBerries! As you can imagine, I had a lot of time to think between making my next batch of green tea and watching the Olympics in bed (Go Canada!). One question that came to mind was, “what would the world be like without the internet, … [Read more...]
Get over it! (…the fear of being your own boss, that is)
Lately I’ve been experiencing higher than normal anxiety, the fear that maybe it won’t all work out and heavy reliance on emotional support from friends and family. The reason for acting this way, and being totally uncool, is that I have finally decided to follow my dream of being my own boss. That’s right, after several years of working for others while wishing I was … [Read more...]