founded Strap-Mate, a bra concealing business at age 70. Lastly, Mary Kay Ash, owner of Mary Kay Cosmetics started her business at age 45. These few got a late start in life, but the key is that they got started. They did not give up. They have proved that we are never too old to dream. Follow the theory of the GPS, (Global Positioning System). If we are following the GPS and we miss a turn, the GPS does not say, too bad, you missed your turn, you can’t go back, it says “recalculating.” No matter how many times we fail to heed the directions of the GPS system, when we miss a turn, it always starts off by saying, ‘recalculating.” So, for those of you who think you’ve missed the boat, those who think they’re too old, I say to you…, recalculate. Stay focused, keep your eyes on the prize and pretty soon you will be a part of that group who conquered whatever was keeping them from becoming the strong women they were meant to be.
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Why reinvent the wheel? There are so many strong women, find one you admire and follow their lead. Michelle Obama, Shonda Rhimes, Ellen DeGeneres, Melinda Gates, Oprah, Barbara Corcoran, our mothers, our grandmothers, these were and are strong women. What qualities in them do you admire? Why do you consider them to be strong? If not these women, who is it that you admire?
My great-grandmother was a strong woman. I loved to sit and listen to her stories. One story in particular is about she and my great-grandfather during a disagreement. "Joe, she told him, I ain't beholden to you, and you ain't beholden to me, so you're gonna get yourself together or that's gonna be it!" I liked how she stood up to him and she wasn't going to take his mess. I didn’t realize that women of her era stood up to their men. I thought they were the “Yes Dear,” generation. I purposed right then, that I would use the same tactics she used when I grew up, she was strong. She was not going to let him control the relationship, they were equal partners. She knew her worth and she reminded him of it. Everyone loved her. I take what she said to heart and I cherish it.
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Say affirmations every day. Say them two or three times a day if you need to. If there is a particular affirmation that speaks to your situation, say it more than one time during your