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How Being A Mom Has Helped Me in Business
Written by: Adrian MillerArticle Overview: For most women, becoming a mother is a turning point in their career. It’s a time in one’s life that’s rife with challenges, frustrations, and uncertainties, but it’s also when many of life’s most rewarding achievements and miraculous moments occur. What many new moms figure out rather quickly is that the skills that they use every day while taking care of children are also very applicable in succeeding in business. Nurturing a needy newborn isn’t all that different from managing a high-maintenance client, and trying to juggle chores and kids can be strikingly similar to the multi-tasking required to manage a large list of prospects. Here are just a few of the skills that are fine-tuned and mastered the minute you take that leap into motherhood.
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How Being A Mom Has Helped Me in Business
For most women, becoming a mother is a turning point in their
career. It’s a time in one’s life that’s rife with challenges, frustrations,
and uncertainties, but it’s also when many of life’s most rewarding achievements
and miraculous moments occur. What many new moms figure out rather quickly is
that the skills that they use every day while taking care of children are also
very applicable in succeeding in business. Nurturing a needy newborn isn’t all
that different from managing a high-maintenance client, and trying to juggle
chores and kids can be strikingly similar to the multi-tasking required to
manage a large list of prospects. Here are just a few of the skills that are
fine-tuned and mastered the minute you take that leap into motherhood.
Patience
Colicky infants, whiny toddlers, defiant teenagers – If you
didn’t have patience before you had children, you quickly developed this virtue
as a parent. And, the patience required for childcare definitely helps you increase
your tolerance threshold in business. Difficult clients and prospects are
plentiful, and patience is the key to unlocking their buying potential.
Time Management
As any new mother knows, time can be a scarce commodity and
shouldn’t be wasted frivolously. Whether you need to meet a specific deadline
or only have an hour before your child wakes from a nap, time management skills
are essential to getting things done. Parenthood does wonders for enlightening
women (and some men) on the need to budget time wisely, and this skill
certainly gives moms a distinct competitive edge over their child-free
colleagues.
Multi-Tasking
If you’ve ever changed a diaper while on the phone making a
doctor’s appointment, while reading an email, you understand multi-tasking.
Sure, we’d all love to be able to focus on one task at a time, but in this age
of technology and information, the ability to multi-task is a necessity if you
want to be competitive in the market. Motherhood promotes multi-tasking skills
tremendously, and these skills remain with mothers long after the diaper
changes cease.
Training Skills
One of the primary jobs of a parent is to teach your child what
is needed to succeed in the world. This requires you to be a dedicated, skilled
trainer. The same skills are required in business. Whether you’re training a
classroom of seminar attendees or guiding a client through the sales process,
the training abilities you’ve acquired as a mother will certainly come in handy
in the business world.
Flexibility
Children are full of surprises, and staying flexible is a
necessity to maintain sanity. Everyday is full of challenges and interruptions,
and if there is one thing that is consistent about parenting, it’s the fact
that it’s ever-changing. Inflexibility doesn’t work for parents, nor does it
work in business. People can be indecisive, situations can change, and even
your role can evolve. Having the flexibility to gracefully manage the
unexpected is a skill that will always serve you well, whether with the kids or
in the office.
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