My response to Entrepreneur’s article: “3 issues that have held women entrepreneurs back…”

Jane Wesman- author of ‘Dive Right In – The Sharks Won’t Bite: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Guide to Success’- wrote this article featured on Entrepreneur.com (posted on August 6th, 2018). I strongly recommend that you read it, as some of what she wrote certainly hit home for yours truly.

In it, Wesman discusses the fact that three issues she explored in her book (published in the 1990s) remain obstacles for female entrepreneurs today. Such obstacles include: women’s need to achieve perfection before taking action (i.e. when launching a business); discomfort about discussing money/guilt about striving to achieve vast wealth; and, craving likability in business.

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#MeToo #TBT (*Discretion advised)

My Body, My Rules
Work of art by Dixie Foxton (used with permission), “My Body, My Rules” #MeToo #TimesUp

Donald Trump: “I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.” (Transcript, New York Times)

Well, that ends that, I thought (very naively). Upon reviewing this interview, I assumed that then Republican candidate, Donald Trump, would never be President of the United States of America. (I was wrong, obviously. We all know what happened…)

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