Girl Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Success, Sanity, and Happiness for the Female Entrepreneur

by Cara Alwill

describe living a life where you feel powerless, trapped, and chained to an existence that does not feel like your own. They talk about the struggle between desperately wanting to blaze your own trail but feeling stuck and following the path you feel you “should” be on.

sense of desperation you feel as your life passes before your eyes and you struggle unsuccessfully to control and shape it. It is about the perpetual conflict between the path you want to follow and the path you are compelled to follow.”

Rather than focus on the people who don’t support what you are doing, focus on the ones who do. Celebrate the people who celebrate you.

You can’t feel jealous or envious when you’re genuinely pleased with your own world.

I promised myself I would never fall into the trap of waiting for a man to buy me something I wanted.

By connecting to your true self, you have an opportunity to reclaim your free will and think for yourself.

get going, then your business can evolve into what you want it to be as you learn and grow.

Your business cannot grow if you never plant the seed. Stop waiting and start doing. Perfect is boring anyway.

quickest way to give up on all your dreams? Spend your time being jealous.

We often experience jealousy when we see someone moving forward in her life, especially if we feel stuck in our own.

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” —Nora Roberts

“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” —Dita Von Teese

Ladies, we’ve got to get over the fear of being annoying, the fear of being “too much,” and the fear of promoting ourselves. That fear is simply a lack of confidence. We’ve got to learn to start believing in ourselves because if we don’t—who will?

Think about a successful woman you admire. Do you think she’s worried about being too annoying? Hell no! She believes in herself and her work, and she wants as many people to know about her as possible. That is the frequency at which you need to be operating at all times.