Top Signs You Might Be A Successful Female Entrepreneur Donna Haghighat

Donna Haghighat

Top Signs You Might Be A Successful Female Entrepreneur

July 14 2012

When you see your doctor because you can’t sleep, she tells you that people require less sleep as they age. You immediately look on the bright side and figure you’ve just found an extra 2-3 hours to devote to your business.
You take satisfaction knowing you made the right decision putting the money most other people put into renovating their kitchen, into your business. You're so busy, you don’t have time to cook. Who care’s what the kitchen looks like?
When someone tells you she's on Cloud Nine, you wonder if it has more storage capacity than Dropbox.
Taking a day off means taking a day off from your paid job.
Your favorite read is now Entrepreneur Magazine.
You coordinate your dress or suit color to your company logo.
You wonder why Steve Jobs couldn’t have made the iphone fonts or the iphone itself slightly bigger. Never mind that it's the same size font that you had no trouble reading before you started your business venture.
When you hear the word ‘pitching’ on the radio, you turn it up, thinking it must be a segment about securing investors. You turn it off when you realize it is only the sports news. You then turn it back on because you should be up on sports as future would-be investors are likely to be men.
You give out more business cards than compliments.
You realize you give out more business cards than compliments, so you try to give out compliments as you give out business cards. (a. example of an accounting entrepreneur: “Wow, that is a really nice organizer you are carrying. You are super organized I am sure, but if you ever want to simplify your life and not worry about your taxes, I would be happy to talk to you about your accounting needs, here’s my card.” b. example of an e-commerce entrepreneur: “I was admiring your bag, it is so cute. We carry a similar larger tote on our website, check it out when you get a chance, here’s our card.”)

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