Two key reasons for reading "Moms Mean Business" are:
1. You work--a lot. In the hope that you will make more money, you continue to work harder and longer than you should.
2. You don't have time to plan your time. Planning is great for people who don't have a lot going on.
It was Gloria Steinem who said, “I’ve yet to hear a man ask for advice about how to combine marriage and a career.”
Aspiring women deserve a solid “heads-up.”
Women who ascend the corporate ladder are expected to give up, to go up. This is a critical consideration for woman with children. Whoever first noticed that we get what we wish for was right. We need to make sure that our career goals coincide with our personal goals—and if, at present, they don’t appear to, we should think long and hard about how to make them harmonious.
Countless mothers of young children have surprised themselves by creating professional opportunities while they’ve been home with children. Others have impressed themselves and others when they demonstrate how their organizational abilities at work translate well on the home front, in locating the right support network and helpers to make both work and home function smoothly.
After spending time in the corporate world, many women choose to open their own businesses so they have more control over their time.
Moms Mean Business is a powerful, portable reference book that helps you create a successful and happy life as a mom entrepreneur. Enjoy the stories and interviews from the women who have gone before you. Enjoy the process of figuring out what will work best for you.
When Doing It All Won't Do: A self-coaching guide for career women (Workbook Edition) helps you explore your natural talents, focus on what you do best and how to manage your stress and default behaviors. You can benefit from getting a better understanding of how your personality impacts others and how, too often, we “get what we tolerate.” There is no longer need for you to self-sabotage or embrace limiting behaviors. You can also challenge yourself to change some of your outdated beliefs. It is not all that difficult.
Sources: Erin Baebler: Moms Mean Business: A Guide to Creating a Successful Company and Happy Life as a Mom Entrepreneur (paperback)
When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition (paperback)
Women and Time Management (ebook or paperback)