Wednesday Wisdom, Inspiration, Motivation for Women Entrepreneurs and Female Runners
The periwinkle sky was yearning to share its hue. The wild wind from the past weekend subsided. The final ounces of snow melted by the March sunshine. With one week to go until the race I was training for, it was time for a test run.
The words ‘test run’ instantly conjured up memories, like the beta test for the Women TIES website twenty years ago, ensuring it was ready for the public to use, or the dress rehearsals at Le Moyne College’s annual galas I managed. Anything worth presenting to the community should be tested more than once to ensure it looks, sounds, and works good.
If we dedicate weeks, months, and even years into creating something new or improving a system, we shouldn’t send it off without final analysis. Sometimes our own eyes can find areas of improvement, but other times others less involved with a project or goal has useful criticism. We mustn’t shy away from hearing what’s wrong, so we produce the best new version of our work.
If you aren’t a race runner, you might not know the value of testing nourishment intake, clothing comfort, split times, and earpad battery life to ensure you are set for the big race. Today, I tested all of these, made notes, and will be prepared for Sunday’s Syracuse Half Marathon. Without testing, I’d be less confident and anxious.
Today’s Wednesday Wisdom is to remind you to build in review time, by yourself and others, when working on reforming, redoing, or adding a new service or product to your business. If you are writing a book or launching new webpages, solicit proofreaders or editors to assist or key customers and staff if you want to create a new logo or mission statement. Give yourself enough time, with input from others, to make adjustments to your work before it goes live.
Leo Tolstoy said, “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” I’ll take that with me, running 13.1 miles on Sunday if you promise to remember it.
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