Scream loud and proud-I’m in business! People are listening

Days after arriving from beautiful St. Lucia! It’s insanely gorgeous! I rested. I relaxed. I geared up. Time to play ball.
Blogging from the fashion capital of the world –at least my NY-centric world. Attended a fab workshop this week on the coming color trends – always gotta stay a little ahead of the game and grab knowledge where you can. That’s one aspect of business ownership I love-asking questions, getting information-my past media training helps with that-I ask, ask, ask, soaking up what I can. My husband always says “If you don’t ask, then the answer is automatically no.” Today I saw proof of that-A few years ago, when I left my first media gig to pursue other opps I freelanced for a Capitol Hill newspaper. I loved it, I really got to seek out and develop stories and follow up with any developments! I got to own stories there. I was there a few months before I moved on to another political publication and ultimately to the Capitol itself working for Rep. Charles Rangel of NY. They always remembered my story of forward movement-freelancer to hill staffer and held it up as an inspiration to other interns-I learned that today when I contacted them about possible interest in running something about Kingley&Posh and how a hill staffer is now pursuing her (my) first love of passion. So to make a long story short-they’re running something in an upcoming issue! How great is that? We live in a helpful world. Don’t you on a daily basis feel the urge to help? Others feel it too. Don’t underestimate others' helpfulness. That’s the lesson for today.
Second lesson! Set deadlines and take tiny steps daily to meet them. Working to submit my business plant, took discipline and diligence and pacing myself. The plan itself had plenty of parts and I had to complete everything thoroughly. I working to amp my organization skills and giving organization a higher priority for me. Sometimes I’ve taken pride in accomplishment amid paper chaos but no longer is accomplishment an excuse to forgive not accessing/using organization tools to make life easier. It’s time to organize our lives. Our businesses will thank us!
OK I have an early bus tomorrow heading back to DC and then off to a great weekend where my two baby nieces, Marisol and Aliana get baptized. They’re the female business owners of tomorrow-I can feel it.

Spring into it!

Wow! What a week-I signed up for the Ladies Who Launch biz incubator and I can definitely say it was an amazing experience. If you’re constantly behind your computer working 12-18 hr days, get out now. I knew it was important to get out and meet people in similar positions of launching business but I don’t think it’s important anymore-it’s vital to not only to your growth and sanity but to that of your business too! Take a business class, join a business network. If you’re a lady, join LWL-if you’re a man, ask your wife, girlfriend, sister, friend coworker who’s in LWL how it went-you’re sure to learn something. A plant can’t grow without air. And a plant shouldn’t grow without other plants growing around it!
So am just catching up from a few days focused on the incubator. Amazingly enough, hours away from my computer and email did not cause the world to end. I think I grew more for my business away from the business than I did at my computer working on my business, if that makes sense. Hubby of course was super supportive of it all. It’s amazing how lucky I am. He’s also going to school to get his engineering degree so if you have someone important in your life giving you support, make sure you’re taking care of them to.
The weekend is the weekend to get organized and wrap up my biz plan to take to SCORE. If you haven’t met with them, make an appointment now. Look for the local chapter and make an appointment if only to chat. I need help with numbers. So make a list of what you need help with and they’ll match you with someone who’s been there done that. A mentor! How great is that.
And follow me on twitter @ Kingleyandposh. I’m having more fun on it than I thought. STAY CONNECTED. Yes your biz is important but life still is happening all around you. Don’t miss out on exercising, enjoying the beautiful weather, catching up with friends and family. Your business will be there when you get back!
Off to get some lunch and work on my biz plan-outside! It’s too gorgeous of a day to miss out!