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Beware the enemy at the gate if you want to achieve your goals
For solopreneurs, consultants, salespeople and parents
My Mum grew up in a time and place where the opportunities and expectations for women were limited. And for working class women even more so.
She refused to accept she was limited in her possibilities. Yet the path she thought she was going to take was taken from her when her dad died. She was 15.
At an age when many of her peers were thinking about boys and having a good time she went out to get a job, to help her Mum raise her much younger brothers.
Yet she refused to accept that was her lot in life and she set about re-inventing herself throughout a very varied career. Manchester’s version of Madonna…but without the singing!
From lab technician to nurse. From nurse to business owner, from business owner to health visitor from health visitor to parenting expert and trainer.
She didn’t start out with a level playing field, perhaps like many of you. She also experienced the usual politics, bias and discrimination that many of you no doubt have, and will continue to face but she refused to let that hold her back. A mindset she sought to instill in us as we grew up.
