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6. Check your pride at the door.
“Great leaders understand that they are not the best at everything, 
but rather realizing their greatest asset is deciphering valuable 
information and how to action it quickly. Business owners have to 
be able to make tough decisions, but they need good reliable facts. 
Leaders who listen to their teams come out ahead and complete 
a better execution vs. leaders who only believe their way is always 
the right way.

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LISTEN AND 
LEARN.
--Kim Landi, founder of fashion and accessory brand 
ModerneChild
7. Never give up.
“My daughter would say my favorite saying is ‘Never give up!’ 
It sounds trivial, but there are so many times that if I accepted 
‘No,’ I would not have moved along the pendulum. It’s a delicate 
dance of fortitude, polite aggression and compartmentalized fear. 
Sometimes you just have to hit at it from a different angle. I often 
conceptualize chipping away at the wall. Different angles, different 
tools and a little muscle. Rarely you get the answer you want out 
of the gate and often times through the process you find you need 
to adjust your approach, but the end goal always the same.”
--Jodi Scott, cofounder of Green Goo, formulas created using 
homeopathic herbal wisdom with natural ingredients to produce 
food for skin
8. Surround yourself with positive people.
“Social media has become a cesspool for the haters and trolls. 
Don’t let negative people hold you back. Understand that 
negativity generally comes from unhappy people and those 
who envy you. Happy successful people don’t tear others down. 
Surround yourself with ambitious, positive people. It’s too easy to 
focus on the negative and there’s just no upside to that.”
--Lisa Steele, author of Gardening with Chickens and Let’s Hatch 

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KEEP SOME 
BALANCE IN 
YOUR LIFE.
Chicks; and founder of the website Fresh Eggs Daily