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Being Prepared

July 24, 2008

At the beginning of every Women TIES event date, I think to myself, “Today is going to be a great day because I will be surrounded by 45 fabulous women all working hard to make their dreams a reality.” It doesn’t matter if the sun is shining, if some attendees leave early, or if there isn’t enough time to cover the whole business topic; there’s always enough positive energy in the room to surpass anything negative that could happen.

Early this morning when Carol Zenzel, our guest presenter, and I arrived, we discovered we both had major incidents that occurred to us the night before that could have set a bad tone for the day. My computer crashed right after finishing what I needed for the event. Due to a horrible evening storm, Carol was awaken by a different kind of crash in her house that kept her awake the rest of the night. Luckily none of our members crashed their cars on the way to the event, since ‘crash” was the popular verb of the morning.

But like other women entrepreneurs, we didn’t let our unexpected situations change our mental attitude, responsibilities or focus on this morning’s program. In life, unexpected things happen all the time. In entrepreneurial life, unexpected things happen as well. It is how we handle these unexpected circumstances that help us regroup, refocus and move on.
 
As Carol spoke about the importance of women entrepreneurs being prepared with legal documents, the right legal counsel, and the right business formations, I realized there are many aspects of business we must be prepared for – many of them are formalities and documentation to protect ourselves and our enterprises. Even the simple process of backing up a computer, can help ease the pain if our hard drives fail. Today remind yourself to make sure you are preparing the best you can to protect yourself and your business.

Remember when the unexpected happens, and you aren’t prepared as you wish you were, there’s always the present moment to take action to ensure you are ready next time.

One Comment leave one →
  1. optimistundersiege's avatar
    July 25, 2008 2:24 pm

    Thanks for the shout out at my own blog, Tracy. Your organization of women sounds like something I would really enjoy being involved with. I will definitely sign up. Thanks for the invitation and encouragement, and good luck with the new blog!

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