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Speech On Brave New World

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There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." - Aldous Huxley There is no doubt about it. The winds of change are upon us. The degree to which you succeed in your life and your business will be your willingness and ability to adapt to change. And during trying economic times, your degree of adaptability is going to either make you or break you when it comes to your business. This is not the time for us as women to pull back and retreat into our cushy comfort zone. This is the time for us to step up to the podium, claim our personal power, and be recognized as the movers and shakers in our businesses that we really are. This is the time for us to dump the 'shrinking violet' syndrome and be …show more content…

o We don't always have enough confidence in ourselves so we hold back. o We allow others expectations of us to determine our own actions. o We are afraid to raise our fees because some of our clients might leave. o We settle for less than what we really want because we feel like we don't have any other choices... about much of anything! The good news is that there is a solution! Defining and living your life on your terms, in your integrity, and YOUR Core Values. It is using your Core Values to make all your decisions. Core values are your own personal standards of excellence - your own personal set of 'rules' if you will. Core values are who you are, not who you want to be or should be. Now, I know on a practical level you have a sense of what your Core Values are, but do you really have a sense of who you are and what is important to you on a core (heart and soul) level? Probably not! I'd like to ask you to do the following exercise. This week, take some quiet time by yourself and with paper and pen, ask yourself some soul searching questions. For example: o What is most important to you? o When are you at your happiest? o How does that happiness feel like to

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