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鈥淚nternational Women鈥檚 Day is a time to stop and celebrate the strength, independence and grit of women around the world. For me it鈥檚 a day to appreciate the achievements that women continue to accomplish silently, loudly, and always brilliantly. It鈥檚 also a day to reflect; 听looking back on how far we鈥檝e come and respect the work we still have to do for true equality for all women.鈥�
鈥淲e are very good at spinning plates and covid has added extra caregiving responsibilities to the performance. My message is to be true and authentic to yourself and remember to lean on the support of other women. 150 years ago women couldn鈥檛 go to university, 100 years ago we couldn鈥檛 vote and even 50 years ago we weren鈥檛 paid the same (although still a long way to go). All of these positive changes were made by groups of women. We are very powerful together; emotionally, mentally and professionally.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檙e our biggest personal critics and can easily project this on to others. At the start of the pandemic, 听I started a business support group with other female shop owners. Together we have shared research, info, rants and laughter. I don鈥檛 know what I would鈥檝e done without it.鈥�
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鈥淵ou鈥檙e at work for that exact reason 鈥� work. It鈥檚 important to not feel intimidated around the workplace, therefore, trust your skills and experience. Equally don鈥檛 be afraid to ask what you don鈥檛 know; there is no need for bravado to prove anything, nor is there any need to be reserved 鈥� 听go for what you want. Unfortunately sometimes you will meet conflict and narrow mindedness. In my opinion it鈥檚 best to reach out to female peers if found in this position, no matter if it鈥檚 an isolated situation. Don鈥檛 except it as 鈥榦k鈥�.鈥�
鈥淧lan and plan some more. Many businesses start organically and grow suddenly, seemingly over night. If you haven鈥檛 got the structure and boundaries in place, you can become very overwhelmed very quickly. There is a point in a woman鈥檚 life where we are the main caregivers for parents, children and/or partners. Managing a business at the same time can be challenging if you haven鈥檛 got that structure in place.鈥�
鈥淭here are so many business courses out there, and I wish I had learnt more about planning, bookkeeping, Payroll, tax, marketing, PR etc in the early days rather than when I was in demand. Remember if you burn out, so does your business. So look after yourself and your growing business will thank you for it.鈥�
