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Entrepreneurial Spirit Requires Ingenuity and Gratitude
Life without power was my big challenge a couple of weeks ago. Here’s a photo of the bugaboo keeping my neighborhood in the dark.
Born with an entrepreneurial spirit, I found a way– I blogged from Panera Bread where there is free wi-fi (before the public library opens), showered at my fitness center, put on my makeup by daylight coming through the kitchen window for my Remarkable Women’s Network event that evening.
Also, I let my clients know by text that they’d need to call my cell phone for our sessions. I sat in my car with the motor running (fortunately, I drive a hybrid, so it didn’t use up any gas) and coached from the driver’s seat. Appropriate, no?!
By day four it was getting old. But here’s what I’m grateful for:
- That I live in a country where I am completely assured that this will get resolved.
- That it’s Daylight Savings Time and I can still see things in my house without the benefit of my battery-powered lantern until about 7:30pm.
- That I have owned a MacBook since last June which retains its battery power for 4-5 hours, or about 3 hours longer than my Dell laptop held out.
- That good friends offered me showers and a place to stay should I need it.
- That 21 Remarkable Women showed up for the event in spite of whatever was going on at home. One woman even saw an added benefit of the evening that she could charge her cell phone there while networking. I love being around positive, action-oriented people.
What keeps you going when you face circumstances beyond your control? Please share your thoughts on my blog.
Highlights from My Blog
What Would You Do?
My daughter Laura and I had scheduled a two day getaway to Kripalu (3/17/19) as her birthday celebration. We made the plans a good two months ago, well before last week’s storm prediction or its aftermath. Fairfield County was hit hard – no power for 5 days. So, when Laura and I took off on Wednesday morning at 11:00am with still no sign of connectivity I knew that I could have cancelled… Read more.
A Great Reminder
This morning I finished reading Gretchen Rubin’s best-selling book The Happiness Project recently recommended by a new friend, Cathline Marshall. I thoroughly enjoyed it, nodding at the pieces I have already undertaken, jotting down some new ones to test-drive. At the end of her book, Gretchen offers an Afterword that includes a link to a one-minute Internet movie she created. It’s a great reminder that the things we slog through today are... Read more.
Fearless Fridays – Sandy Weiner
I don’t come across someone fearless every week, so these Fearless Friday posts are special. When Sandy Weiner (seated, right) called me excitedly to tell me her news, I remembered back to our past Mastermind Sessions and her putting out this ‘reach’ goal. But I’ll let her tell the story… Read more.