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Chapter Two  Work with What You’ve Got and Make It Work

On a scale of 1 to 10, are you building your business
on your own terms?

® What is your biggest obstacle to doing so?
® How many hours do you work per week?
® What does success mean to you?

If asking a local business owner questions seems too
daunting or you cannot get their attention, look for meet-
ups with businesspeople—for example, women in business
associations, chamber of commerce events, or your local
Rotary Club. Go with the intention of listening, with the
possibility that you may (or may not) make a connection
with someone.

Networking = Expanding your net and working it

Get to know the field you’re playing in. Listen and
learn the language of business, regardless of whether you
want to play by the rules or make up your own. Go to
local meet-ups. Talk to people you don’t know and who
don’t know you. Have fun with it.

“ One single real connection is what satisfies
when I go to an event. I never know how that
connection will play out but somehow it always
does, in time.”

—H ugh Locke, Social Business
Entrepreneur, Smallholder Farmers
Alliance—Haiti

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