1/8/2022

3 Ways Taking a Course Makes You a Better Entrepreneur

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In my 25 years as a business owner, I’ve spent an estimated 1,123 hours learning in at least 13 different programs.

Those were hours spent on formal learning, not on homework or reading. Some courses were from traditional institutions, spanning several years and culminating in a diploma, like my MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, which I devoted to the Entrepreneurial Resilience of Rural Women Business Owners. Others were short, skills-based online courses like this #Ship30for30 digital writing course I’m taking now.

Without a doubt, every hour helped make me a better entrepreneur.

Here’s how:

  1. Learning something new: Every single one of these courses helped me acquire a skill I did not have before. I learned how to overcome money blocks with Denise Duffield-Thomas’ Lucky Bitch course, and how to document my business’ Unique Process with The Strategic Coach.
  2. Unlearning bad habits: Some courses showed me what I’d been doing wrong. In Ship30for30, I found out how perfectionism was keeping me from sharing ideas and helping my community, while my friend Betty Healey’s MeFirst taught me how self-care is a required time investment when you are self-employed.
  3. Relearning lessons I’d forgotten: Sometimes I had to take several courses to fully learn key concepts. For instance, self-care was a central theme in at least three of the courses I took over the years. Each time helped me deepen my practice.

As an entrepreneur, taking courses helped me develop new capabilities, stop doing things that were harming me, and create a new appreciation for the fundamentals.

What Do You Think?

What’s been your learning journey? How could enrolling in a course help propel you and your business forward this year?

Please share your experiences and thoughts below. Let’s learn from one another and celebrate each other’s successes.

Thanks for reading!

In my 25 years as a business owner, I’ve spent an estimated 1,123 hours learning in at least 13 different programs.

Those were hours spent on formal learning, not on homework or reading. Some courses were from traditional institutions, spanning several years and culminating in a diploma, like my MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, which I devoted to the Entrepreneurial Resilience of Rural Women Business Owners. Others were short, skills-based online courses like this #Ship30for30 digital writing course I’m taking now.

Without a doubt, every hour helped make me a better entrepreneur.

Here’s how:

  1. Learning something new: Every single one of these courses helped me acquire a skill I did not have before. I learned how to overcome money blocks with Denise Duffield-Thomas’ Lucky Bitch course, and how to document my business’ Unique Process with The Strategic Coach.
  2. Unlearning bad habits: Some courses showed me what I’d been doing wrong. In Ship30for30, I found out how perfectionism was keeping me from sharing ideas and helping my community, while my friend Betty Healey’s MeFirst taught me how self-care is a required time investment when you are self-employed.
  3. Relearning lessons I’d forgotten: Sometimes I had to take several courses to fully learn key concepts. For instance, self-care was a central theme in at least three of the courses I took over the years. Each time helped me deepen my practice.

As an entrepreneur, taking courses helped me develop new capabilities, stop doing things that were harming me, and create a new appreciation for the fundamentals.

What Do You Think?

What’s been your learning journey? How could enrolling in a course help propel you and your business forward this year?

Please share your experiences and thoughts below. Let’s learn from one another and celebrate each other’s successes.

Thanks for reading!

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Denise Sukkau
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We are entering a time when women need to take our place, fill up our space and be who we are without apology. I have difficulty with this and thus I try to keep expanding, keep learning, keep letting go of those past experiences that have kept me small(er). Our culture and past societal 'norms' in a patriarchal time have diminished our voice in addition to other past traumas to women. In supporting each other we can rise together without guilt or shame for being a b*tch or any other shadow expression of our soul, to embrace our power that is within. (Please note I have recently come off of a feminine empowerment retreat called Rise Sister Rise.)
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Moumie
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Bonjour Doreen, J'aime cet article, c'est bien dit... !!😄 Je rajoute, tu es aussi pour ma part, dans ton rôle, de pouvoir encadrer les choses autant que tu peux car, gérer les êtres humains est une tâche énorme pour n'importe quelle occasion. Je viens d'apprendre aussi une chose intéressante, la philosophie de Ted Lasso, je ne connaissais pas cette série, je vais la regarder. Merci de partager cela. Donc, en un mot, tout ca est intéressant moi, je te trouve en tout cas authentique :)!! Bravo pour ton leadership👍
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Lexine
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Huh - ma première réaction - 41% ont plus de 6 employés. Il serait intéressant de voir combien sont des sous-contractants VS part-time VS full-time, et les liens aux revenus bruts?
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