Wednesday Morning, Wednesday Wisdom, Inspiration for Women Entrepreneurs, Females
Yesterday was the first time I reached into a refrigerator and pulled out a syringe to inject myself with a new alopecia drug or a placebo for a new 2-year medical trial. Although I have somewhat selfish intentions to grow my hair back after six years of total baldness, I also have another reason – to help others.
If you believe in serendipity, then you understand that at the same time, I was doing this procedure, a woman whom I hadn’t heard from in a long time reached out to me about her loss of hair and devastation coping with it asking for support and referrals.
Her request wasn’t different from the phone calls and emails of advice I’ve received from hundreds of women thinking of, starting, growing, or closing a business. By sharing my personal and company story, others know me and feel comfortable asking for aid. It is the main reason I share intently on social media, answer the media’s calls for interviews, and blog, write, and author on many subjects.
Sharing one’s story might appear narcissistic at times but I believe it allows others the opportunity for guidance. Whether it is a working mother sharing daily schedules, trainers showing ways to exercise, accountants giving money tips, or women sharing recipes, most do it to share their lives knowing they might get the call to help someone out or converse.
Today’s Wednesday Wisdom is meant to remind you what you share publicly is a “calling card” of sorts for others to contact you. If you feel you post too much about a particular subject, don’t worry about it because somewhere someone is interested. You don’t know who is looking at, learning from, or writing down your name as a source for something particular, so keep it up.
I hope this new medical alopecia trial doesn’t just work for me, but for others on the same journey or for another generation to follow. These weekly injections will be a show of love and alliance for someone else one day, and that’s not painful but encouraging to know.
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