Let’s celebrate our achievements

So here’s an interesting question for you - when you proudly speak about your business to other people, do you find yourself using the word ‘we’ instead of ‘I” because you don’t want to sound as if you are bragging? Can you imagine our male counterparts doing that when talking about their businesses? I don’t think so! As women entrepreneurs, we are often guilty of this approach, we find it hard to own our achievements, to have the confidence to speak about them to others using the first person. I hear it all the time from women when they speak about their businesses - and, I have to admit, I have been guilty of it myself in the past too. But we will never the change the narrative around women’s entrepreneurship and our value as economic drivers if we don’t start owning and talking about our achievements. It’s important for us to say, I have a vision; I built this business; I created these jobs. It’s not bragging, it’s just recognizing our value and our contribution to society.

Have yourself an inspired entrepreneurial day! — Melanie