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Limits to Liberation: Building Resilience in Business (Part 3)
Read part 1 here and part 2 here. Running your own business can be a huge challenge, and sometimes it feels like it’s a PhD in patience and confidence, just entering that arena. Running a business while living with a health challenge can seem like it requires a super-power. But many people are turning to entrepreneurship due to chronic illness. It has lots of positives; you can often work from home, set your own hours, take rests in between tasks and make a living doing what you love. However adding the pressure of work to a life already struggling with pain and exhaustion can be a powder keg. I have…
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Limits to Liberation: Building Resilience in Business (Part 2)
Read part 1 here and part 3 here. Entrepreneurship is not for the faint hearted. It’s like a Phd in patience and positivity combined. But it’s a journey with unique rewards. I am a social entrepreneur. I’m living with chronic health challenges. I’m working hard on healing and living the best life I can. We try to balance our challenges and still be successful. I’ve found that to be able do this, or rather to keep doing this, I have to be resilient. It’s a requirement. Factors which make up resilience include: a positive attitude, optimism, the ability to regulate one’s emotions, and the ability to see failure as a form…
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Limits to Liberation: Building Resilience in Business
Read part 2 here and part 3 here. I didn’t plan to be an entrepreneur. It was a necessity that grew out of the life I was living, and the challenges I was managing. When you can’t sit up, can’t move your arms of legs but need to change the world and earn a living what else is there? However, I did choose to learn to be resilient, which allowed me to run my business successfully… Maybe you have health challenges too or perhaps you are dealing with a day job, caring for a loved one, children or a rapidly expanding company. I believe That we can live a full-hearted life…
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Reflections on the UK Election From A Disabled Entrepreneur
Something big is happening. Something seismic that may affect me, and everyone I love. With the exception of a postal vote, I have no say in how it will shake out. Perhaps you’re in the same boat, feeling helpless, unheard, unnoticed, unsafe – often disrespected – by a system of government set to vote on issues central to your wellbeing. Your life. I generally don’t write about politics here. But there is so much fear at the moment. And I’ve never been one to ignore the difficult parts. It takes a certain type of privilege to be able to cut funding and support for those with disability and illness. The…
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Entrepreneurship and Disability
Are you dreaming of starting your own business but don’t know how? Want to make a difference in the world yet struggling with illness? I’ve been there, and in the face of multiple disabilities, I not only consistently defied my prognoses; I overhauled my diet, earned a degree (with honours), built a global business, & launched a worldwide non-profit foundation. When you have a change-the-world-build-a-business dream and want to see it become a reality, then head this way. Too many of us are held back by the illness/no time/no money struggles and the world needs what you have to offer. I want to help you live your business dreams too, that’s…
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