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The Ultimate Homemaker’s First Home: Martha Stewart’s Early Days

“I’ve always felt that life should be an adventure,” says home-style guru and multi-millionaire Martha Stewart. “Every day should be important.”

Living the Good Life: Stewart Creates an Empire

“All the things I love is what my business is all about,” says Stewart. After the success of Entertaining, she continued to pursue her passions through different avenues. Stewart branched out into videotapes, dinner-music CDs, television specials and continued to author books relating to cooking, baking, entertaining, holidays and house restorations. With appearances on television shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Stewart was making both her face and her brand instantly recognizable.

Lesson #1: Make Your Passion Your Life’s Work

“Without passion, work is just work, a chore,” says Stewart. “Passion is the first and most essential ingredient for planning and beginning a business.”

Lesson #2: Connect with Your Customers

“To be a really successful entrepreneur, you must constantly strive to understand your customers. You must also appreciate them and care about their happiness, ” says Stewart. “There are no people more important to me in my business life than my customers.”

Lesson #3: Be Realistic

“Passion can be a wild thing, taking you in many directions. Try to grab it by the reins,” advises Stewart.

Lesson #4: Embrace Your Obstacles

“When faced with a business challenge, evaluate or assess the situation, gather the good things in sight, abandon the bad, clear your mind, and move on,” says Stewart.

Lesson #5: Build a Great Team

“Good employees will energize you and your business,” says Stewart. With over 650 people working for MSLO, Stewart has become a bonafide expert in the realm of human resources. Some have been with her from the very beginning and some have joined along the way, but all of Stewart’s employees share the talent, energy, passion and optimism that Stewart herself has for her businesses.

It’s a Very Good Thing: Stewart’s Path to Success

“It is within everyone’s grasp to be a CEO,” says Stewart. “You really can do anything.”

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