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Wow, am I ever jealous of Francoise Gri.

She was named by Fortune as one of the “International 50 Most Powerful Women in Business” and has made the list for the fifth consecutive year. This is quite an honor and exhibits an obviously stellar performance and track record by Francoise.

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I said no again today.

No, I will not help with the PTO fundraiser.
No, I will not serve on the community board to raise funds for a new park.
No, I will not bring 2 dozen brownies to my son’s first grade class party.
No, I do not have a “second” to chat.
And, finally, no I do not want that credit card offer/lotto winnings/a free ice-cream maker/fill-in-the-blank.

I said no and it felt good.

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Being in business, whether you’re a freelancer, work-from-home woman, corporate exec or a telecommuter, I’m sure you’ve found maybe three reasons just today as to why …read more

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I work from home as a freelancer, and have been trying to get to the four-day work week for about a year now. No dice.
In order for me to get to that coveted four-day work week, I’d have to go up on my rates and work more hours of course during the other four days. With kids in school, activities and other outside family interests, it may not be possible to slide in extended days for the enjoyment of one extra day. But for the trade-off, I’m willing to give it a shot.
I figured I could work four …read more

As work-at-home moms, we work multiple jobs in addition to being busy moms. On any given day, you can probably name five “jobs” that you do in the course of that day.
Here is a cute article that I found written by a stay-at/work-at-home mom who “manipulated” her resume. What can you add to the list?
Wendy Surber
123 Hair Torn Out Ln.
Premature Gray, Ca. 43210
Phone: (805) IAM-INHELL
Objectives:
To get through at least one day without the uncontrollable urge to runaway from home! To improve communication gaps. Such as figuring out what part of “no” and “stop fighting” don’t the understand.
Employment/Experience …read more

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What would you tell your 10-year old daughter to do with her life, if she asked you?
Loaded question, isn’t it? I’ve offered my (now) 11 year old advice on numerous occasions about her life and career. I always, always, always encourage her to go to college and then all kinds of opportunities open up for her.
What would you tell your little girl to do with her life as a business-woman-to-be?
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Copyright 2008 – Bridget Wright

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It’s Monday morning everywhere (just about) and women small business owners, online marketers and female power executives are gearing up to have a phenomenal Monday. They’ve lined up their call resources, targeted which area of town they’re going to cover and have decided that they’re going to finally approach that business they’ve been wanting to cold call for a month.
But, is today a good idea to do it?
Why not market on Mondays?
A couple of reasons come to mind initially as to why it wouldn’t be a good idea to market your business on Monday mornings. …read more

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Copyright 2008 – Bridget Wright

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I was at a PTO Board Meeting this morning, and something interesting was brought up at the meeting that I think would benefit the business women here at Biz Chicks Rule. As business women, part of our job is marketing (of course), and often having to market to people and companies that you just prefer to not deal with. It’s just part of the business of being in business. We often have to deal with people that we would prefer not to.
Anyway, the interesting topic that came up was how we should approach local businesses in the community …read more

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At the beginning of the year, we talked a lot about goal-setting and priortizing our business lives. So here I am in August with over a third of the year almost over to check in with you and see how your goals are coming along.
Did you set any business goals in January? How many?
Have you accomplished any of those goals yet? Halfway? None?
With only four more months left in 2008, what will you do differently to meet your business goals?
For me, I have not met all of my goals yet. One of my goals was to add one …read more

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Really quick, before you think…what did you spend your stimulus check on?
If it’s all a blur to you (as it was with me), then get ready to do it all over again. Maybe. President Bush and the White House are currently debating and deciding if in fact another tax rebate payout is needed to further stimulate the economy. Things are just not going ideally or as planned and they’re toying with the idea that perhaps the first round of payouts wasn’t enough. With the ever-increasing gasoline prices, the lending market just about tanked and the housing crisis going …read more