I Get by with a Little Help From My Friends

 I have a group of friends that I have never met face to face...{um, that seems to be going around lately doesn't it?} 

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All kidding aside, I DO have a group of friends that I have never met in person, only online, and they ROCK. Over the past 5 months, they have single handedly; talked me off the ledge when I was scared to make changes in my 15 year old business, helped me manage my time better to be more productive in my business, supported me by allowing me the chance to be a featured contributor to their blog and just day to day {Monday to Monday actually}supported me with things for my biz that I didn't even know I needed help with. Whew! That's a whole lotta help from people you have never met in person. 

Who am I talking about?  Mombiz.com and #mombizmondays {join us on Twitter on Monday nights at 10pm EST}. In particular Lara Galloway {Mom Biz Coach} and her biz partner Shelagh Cummins. They are REAL people...I promise. Check them out!

Why am I writing about them? Well, first off I really want more people to join the group of mom biz owners because we get better and stronger with more energy from more mom biz owners. The other reason? I'm trying to win a scholarship to their Mombiz Retreat in Chicago coming up on Valentine's Day weekend. I have been eyeing this retreat since I first found the group in August. Unfortunately, other things needed to come first in my biz budget and so, I didn't sign up. I did however, sign up for their MBA {Mom Biz Academy} and WOW I have only listened to two of the coaching sessions and I can't even begin to describe how much help they have been already! AMAZING does not even begin to cover it. 

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I feel like they've thrown me a life preserver. No Kidding. 

I'm still feeling a little unsure about throwing my hat in the ring for this scholarship....I mean, there are likely more deserving moms out there; younger moms and perhaps new entrepreneurial moms. Then, I think back to a podcast of Lara's  when she told another mompreneur, who was feeling that she wasn't worthy of the great business she was getting, "YOU ARE DESERVING." I hear them {Lara and Shelagh} saying that to me..."Jen, YOU ARE DESERVING." 

So today, I'm throwing my hat in the ring. 

What does this have to do with my blog here? Well, sometimes...you need to realize that part of Saying it with Style is putting yourself out there, going for what you want and letting others know about a GREAT resource you have found. 

As always, thanks for reading and I hope to see some of you mombiz owners join the group. 

Jen