“Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.” ~William Cullen Bryant
Hello readers,
I can’t believe September is here again. Summer has flown by as summers often do.
I have a confession to make. I have been ignoring some of my own business advice. Like to never get so caught up in working that you forget about your social life. Or my advice to business owners to take a vacation! Did you know 98% of small business owners work during nights, weekends, and vacations according to the Staples National Small Business Survey? I have been part of that 98% this summer except that I didn’t even take a vacation.
While I didn’t get a vacation, I did spend some time traveling to some amazing events for women as a special guest. One of those events was The Scoop in California, an event for CAbi consultants from all over the USA. If you’re not familiar with CAbi, it is a direct sales clothing company for women (check it out at CAbi Online). The clothes are fabulous but even more fabulous than the clothes are the women running their own CAbi businesses. To be around so many enthusiastic, entrepreneurial women who love what they do was an experience I won’t soon forget. From this picture you can probably feel the kind of energy that 4000 energetic women in a room create:
The fall always feels like the start of a new year for me; perhaps because we spend years starting a new school year each fall and it becomes habitual that fall is a time of new beginnings. New this fall for She Takes on the World is a newsletter that features great content for career-oriented women, exclusive offers, and more.
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If you haven’t already checked out The Women’s Business Academy, I recommend you take a look at some of our course offerings this fall. Certified Personal Brand Strategist, Lydia Fernandes, is offering her Practical Introduction to Personal Branding program to help you build a killer brand. Jacqueline Burgoa, an expert in building virtual organizations, shows you how to create a successful virtual business that works for you in Go Virtual! Creating a Virtual Business. And WordPress Queen, Amanda Aitken, will help you make yourself a website in The WordPress Course: Build Your Own Website in a Weekend.
How was your summer? What are you currently working on? What are you most looking forward to this fall? We would love to hear from you! Leave a comment below or feel free to write to us via our contact form. On behalf of all the editors and contributors at She Takes on the World, thank you so much for reading.
May the season ahead be filled with new opportunities, purpose, and prosperity,
[Full disclosure: I was invited to The Scoop as one of CAbi's special guest bloggers. She Takes on the World does not write paid posts and I was not paid to mention CAbi in this post.]
