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Are You a Manager
or a Leader?
www.teaguide.net
We all know that a leader motivates and a manager is
a technician, there to get things done for you.
However, as a leader and a successful entrepreneur,
your main focus should be to put systems in place
that will run your business for you, allowing you to
work on your business, not in it, and
the freedom you work for. Let the technicians run
the day to day operations while you motivate your
staff and make it all run like the proverbial
well-oiled machine.
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Fresh Cup Magazine/ October 2005
Does an Entrepreneur Have a Different Brain?
Have you ever wondered if there is a difference
between the mind of a true female entrepreneur and
that of other business owners out there? Why do some
people seem to turn all they touch to gold, while
others plug along, just earning a living, and still
others fail with what seems like a perfectly good
idea, or just never really getting their business
noticed past their immediate hometown? Why do some
seemingly tiny ideas grab the attention of the likes
of Oprah, and blossom into a huge enterprise, when
all these women are doing is reinventing the wheel,
doing what has been done before?
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Triad Living Magazine/ spring 2005 issue
Tea in the Triad: Spring Tea challenge
www.triadlivingmagazine.com
To put out my best china, light a candle and use my
favorite linen napkins says “You are worthy of my
time.” Opening your home to those you barley know is
exactly what hospitality means. Webster’s dictionary
says “The warm reception of guests and strangers”
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The Scope; Magazine of American
Association of Medical Assistants April 2005
It’s Ok to be Loose: Tea that is
If your idea of a good cup of
tea starts with plain tea bags from the grocery
store, you are likely missing out on truly superior
experience for you and your health. Before I explain
why loose tea is better, I just want to let
you know that I am mainly talking about generic
supermarket tea bags. There are some excellent
“whole leaf” bagged teas out there, made up of just
that; whole tea leaves.
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Guilford Woman Magazine/ April
2006
Mommy Dearest; or Dearest Mommy?
With Mothers Day around
the corner it makes me think. Is this holiday the
same reality for everyone? Let’s face it; just
because she gave birth to us, doesn't mean she is
necessarily the woman we would choose to include in
our girl’s trip to the beach. If women are lucky
enough to have a perfectly amazing relationship with
their mothers, or Mothers-in-law, bravo! You need to
write a book. But what if Mom, is more of a “Mommy
Dearest” than a Mommy? Or worse yet, you don’t have
a mother, she was abusive, or you are estranged from
her emotionally, by distance or even death? How do
you handle the foreboding of a pending Mothers Day
with all its sunny reminders at every card isle and
flower stand?
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Tea & Coffee Trade Journal/Winter 2005
Homespun Marketing; What You Don’t Know May Kill
You
Take it from one who knows. Get things in place to
minimize future failure, even in what seems like the
small stuff. When I started my business, I was bound
and determined to do all the labels and newsletters
myself without any outside help or taking out a loan
no matter how small. Plugging along was fine, I
thought I was doing so well. Newspapers and local
magazines were willing to cover the charm of my
product and I was on cloud nine. However, quandary
began when I began to being contacted by other big
named businesses for samples. In follow up phone
calls, I was getting feedback that about dropped me
to my knees. The main comment was always the same;
“We absolutely loved the product, but do you have
any other labels, or can we repackage this stuff
ourselves?”
I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach.
They want to repackage my product? What a polite
way of saying it looks SO bad they don’t even want
to put it on their shelves! To me it was just as
painful as if my husband pulled out a photo of a
model at cocktail parties claiming it was his wife.
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Guilford Woman/ April 2006
Take a Midlife Chance
My husband Scott had a dream of owning a motorcycle
again, like the one he owned as a teenager, back in
1974. Back when tearing up the neighbors' yard and
using an unsuspecting parent’s lawnmower gas, was a
great weekend pastime. From time to time, he would
mention that he would buy another bike someday. I
rolled my eyes and said "Yeah, like that will ever
happen." I always caught a slight look of hurt shoot
across his face after I said that, as I walked by
him with a load of laundry. I did feel a slight
twinge of guilt, because I usually got what I
wanted, including his undying support for my ideas
and many career changes over our 20 years together.
I was now forty years old and set in my ways I
suspect. He must be going through some “midlife”
crisis I reasoned. Not me, I knew who I was, and
don’t need some dangerous toy to make me feel young
again, or so I thought.
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On your market...set...go!
Biz Life Magazine August 2005
"How do you identify media and publicity
channels to best reach your target audience and
develop an image that translates to
professionalism? This can be the single most
challenging facet in business success.
Establishing media attention needs to be at the
helm of your ship. What about press releases,
marketing packets, interviews, Web design and
public speaking or your own personal image, a
commonly overlooked area?".....
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Newsletter/ Tea in Texas
Hospitality a Lost Art?
How can you work on your own hospitality? When
was the last time you spontaneously invited a
neighbor over for no reason? Is this favorite
past time becoming a lost art? Asking a new
acquaintance to come over for tea speaks
volumes. It says “I want to talk with you, spend
time and get to know you”. Hospitality is a
gift, bestow it on someone and watch their
reaction. To pamper someone changes things. Put
out your best china, light a candle and use real
linen tea napkins says; “You are worthy of my
time”. Webster’s dictionary says:
Hos´pi·tal´i·ty: The warm reception of
guests and strangers.
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