Are you a woman who owns her own business?

I believe that empowered, successful women are one of the keys to causing our world to change to a more peaceful and community oriented society.

Maybe through your business you want to make a difference in your community and in the world. You also want to have prosperity for yourself and your family.

Did you know that women are now contributing to nearly half of all new businesses?

According to the Women’s Financial Network, women start businesses at two times the rate of men. While women are starting more businesses than men, they often find it harder to get things going and to sustain them over the long term.

Business is all about relationships.

You have probably noticed that women are more relationship oriented and having that natural bent serves us well in the business world. Women tend to be better listeners and develop stronger relationships with customers, clients, and vendors.

Developing supportive relationships is also what sustains women.

One woman I have worked with shares,

" Building my business has been about creating a team and investing energy into each person, knowing that I cannot do all this alone. Men like to be the alpha male and do it themselves. But I need and want to be part of a community."

Another woman shares.

"Mentoring has been crucial for me. I have enjoyed having a female mentor that shows that it is possible for me as a woman to make it."

Women need a community and to be with other women entrepreneurs. Fulfillment comes from sharing business, personal, financial and spiritual fulfillment through connections with other like-minded women.

Women's support comes from being in a circle, talking, and sharing. In the earliest women's enterprises, this is how it has worked, whether it was quilting bees or canning vegetables in the kitchen. Women have always needed to connect with one another and talk. The benefits include:

• Reducing work stress
• Confidence building
• Self- esteem growth
• Laughter
• Sharing challenging situations
• Life-work balance
• Learning from each other

Would you like to join a Free telephone discussion with other women entrepreneurs on this topic?  

Tuesday March 25  4PM-5PM Pacific Time. Just fill in the form.

contact me if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

"It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always."
Oprah Winfrey

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