Today I took Center STAGE!

NO-not literally, BUT I took center stage to do a rocket pitch on the greatest product ever made- MY BAGS and you know what, I did great....I was chosen (along with one other classmate) to participate in another competition where I will be able to showcase why my business idea is the greatest....

Sometimes, I get discouraged when it comes to me being and Entrepre-New-Woman and I feel that the bumps in the road are larger than the solutions--well today, I was proven wrong and received validation that not only is my concept a good one--its a GREAT ONE!!!

Watch out now--the Entrepre-New-Woman is stepping up and stepping out!! Oh and if I move to much I might drop this thing in my hands (you know, the world)

The Re-INVENTION of HE and ME!!

Coming up on 3 years of marriage, I found myself needing to reinvent myself!! Being in a relationship for almost 9 years and 3 of them married-- I can't help to think there is something else I (we) should be doing.  Now its been a joy to be a wife, with a loving husband and child and I would never give that up... But sometimes its important just to check in to make sure I'm not missing anything...Or that he's not missing any thing. I continue to try to reinvent us BUT have found that - We're pretty good just as we are!!!

The Sun will come out TOMORROW!

In an article written by Melody Hobson posted at http://www.arielmutualfunds.com/--- I too believe after the Storm comes the Sun, but Melody certainly says it best:

"Indeed, recoveries do follow recessions,

and as a group we know that. In other

words, we are preparing for the possibility

of another downturn, even though we

look to the future with great hope. Losing

hope is debilitating, but remaining hopeful

opens up limitless possibilities. From saving

toward a rainy-day fund to building solid

retirement plans, to winning a presidential

election, that is the power of hope."

—Mellody Hobson

Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel

Investments L.L.C., a Chicago-based

money management fi rm serving individual

and institutional investors. She

is also a regular contributor to ABC’s

Good Morning America

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OCTOBER 2010