MOM’S ADVICE FOR LIFE AND BUSINESS

Duda Owner IONOS • May 26, 2015

When it comes to business and just life in general, you never have to look far to find advice. I am not saying that all advice is automatically good advice. You still have to filter all advice to determine what makes the most sense to you in your situation.

Occasionally you come across advice that seems to be universal. It will work for everyone. That is exactly what I came across when Nancy Yost (owner of Nancy Yost Literary Agency) shared her mom’s advice about business and life in general (Kara Gebhart Uhl, Writer’s Digest , July/August 2015, p. 18):

[Business and life aren’t] about assigning credit or blame, or worrying about who’s right and who’s wrong. It’s about getting things done . . . in a way that satisfies as many people as possible. That mindset has saved so much energy and emotional baggage in all aspects of my life.

Try applying that to your life and your business. I think that is one piece of advice where we can say, Mom was right again!





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