A continuation of business and life lessons learned from my half-marathon race:
Lesson 5: Sometimes you need to go slower than you wanted to – and that’s OK.
I admit it, I like to achieve my goals quickly. I set a high bar for myself (I bet you do, too) for most things. I had a race time [...]
A continuation of business and life lessons learned from my half-marathon race on Sunday:
Lesson #3: You’re going to stumble sometimes – the key thing is to keep going after you do.
Four times during that run a tree root jumped up, grabbed my ankle, and yelled “fall!” Four times, I stumbled. I never actually fell to [...]
A continuation of business and life lessons learned from my half-marathon race on Sunday:
Lesson 2: No matter how prepared you are, you’re going to encounter things you didn’t expect.
Generally speaking, I’m a person who likes to have a plan. I like to be prepared for every eventuality. I don’t like surprises. But there are times [...]
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I ran a half-marathon. This race was different, not just because it’s farther than I’ve ever run before (13.1 miles), but because I’m normally a treadmill runner and this was a cross-country race. The course was a trail run through the Alafia River State Park – and it’s nothing [...]
I came across this great article today based on the premise that WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS around going to be key in turning our economy around!
What are YOUR thoughts? A Million Woman TurnAround… Hmmmm….
Here is an excerpt from this article by Nell Merlino with the Huffington Post:
From my recent experience helping US women grow their businesses, I [...]
Here is an article that claims that women are paid less than men for the same jobs because they spend less time networking. In fact, many successful women state that their success can be credited to their deep relationships. Perhaps women can spend less time networking but they are better?
What do YOU think about this? [...]
Last weekend, our Advisory Board (Sue Reninger, Michele PW, MaryPat Kavanaugh, Laura Donnell and I), met to discuss future plans for Jane Out of the Box. It was an incredible few days in sunny Florida and I felt very grateful to have this extraordinary group of women entrepreneurs participating in lively discussion and setting strategy.
Everyone [...]
Saturday a week ago I was working out at the gym. I attend this really great Boot Camp class in the morning. There’s a woman named Niamh who recently started attending and I really enjoyed the spirit she brought to the class. She’s friendly, outgoing, and works hard in the class — and that pushes me to [...]
Welcome to the Jane Out of the Box blog!
Over the course of the past year, I’ve had an opportunity to meet many wonderful women business owners. The purpose of this blog is to share some of their stories, to discuss findings from the research we’re doing to help women business owners, and to share news, [...]