Yesterday I went to my graduation ceremony for my Certificate III in Micro Business Operations – the course I did from April to June thanks to the Australian Government who paid for it – and met up with students from the last several courses.
I met up with the young lady who put me on to the course in the first place; a lovely and talented photographer that I have known since she was a little girl in pigtails (if it weren’t for Rosie rosaliesweeney and her father, I would not have a single photo of my daughter’s 21st birthday party).
I realised that even though I’ve only been in business for just over a month, I have quite a bit of valuable wisdom (from my advanced years, more than my actual business experience) and advice that I can pass on to her and help with her confidence boosting in running her business.
I have taken on board a lot of advice from many sources, so it felt really good to be able to give something back.
We went to a networking event run by the Working Women’s Network last night, and Rosie told me afterwards that she admired how I could just go up to a group of complete strangers and just introduce myself and join in with their conversation. This used to be something that I too, found really daunting; I told her that it is just a matter of practice, and more importantly acknowledging to yourself that you are valueable and have a valuable service to offer.
Imagine if we all gave just a little bit more than we received, how much better might we sleep at night? When my children were young, we used to have little hand written A4 posters around the house with inspirational messages, and one of them said
“To be successful in business, give people more than they expect, and do it willingly, with a smile”
Have a lovely day – the sun is shining (even if it’s cloudy, it is still shining above the clouds!)
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