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5 Practical Tips for Every Current and Aspiring Businesswoman

Not too long ago, I found myself listening to Jessica Alba, actress and founder of Honest, a successful company that has brought transparency to the retail world. Her company promises to tell customers the truth about where its home and baby products come from, what’s in them, and what their impact on the environment is. During her talk, she made a comment that stuck with me. She said, “I didn’t think I was smart for a really long time.” It resonated because I, too, always considered myself ‘less than’ in the intelligence category. I realized many women suffer the same misconception — that they aren’t smart, so they’d better be funny, pretty, friendly, wealthy, or something more to compensate. Why do so many women in business feel like they need to overcompensate?

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The current environment is complicated by conflicting expectations. On the one hand, it tells us that we’re plenty brilliant enough to perform in whatever field strikes our fancy. On the other hand, it tells us we’ve got to be fashionable, in shape, friendly and helpful. It can be difficult to navigate all of these expectations and determine which to try to exceed, and which to ignore.

Some of us navigate all of these factors and find ourselves in a position where we feel fully realized as entrepreneurs. Of course, that doesn’t mean we’re out of goals — but we’re able to look in the mirror and greet the powerful forces we are. We can see, concretely, that we have succeeded: we are successful businesswomen. That’s a crucial moment for us to feel proud of ourselves and reflect on the steps we took to get here.

So here’s some practical advice to women climbing up the ladder — or creating their own ladder to climb — who may be feeling ‘less than.’

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Nicole Smartt is the owner of Star Staffing. She was awarded the Forty Under 40 award, recognizing business leaders under the age of 40. In addition, Nicole co-founded the Petaluma Young Professionals Network, an organization dedicated to helping young professionals strive in the business world. For advice on advancing in your career, go to www.nicolesmartt.com.

BusinessCollective, launched in partnership with Citi, is a virtual mentorship program powered by North America’s most ambitious young thought leaders, entrepreneurs, executives and small business owners.

How To Stop Being Taken For Granted By Your Spouse Once You’re Rich

Next time you go out to eat, notice who digs in first, who refrains until others have their share, and who decides to serve others before eating. The person you want to marry is the person who helps everybody first, and then helps herself. They are so rare that if you find someone with such thoughtfulness, never let them go.

Chances are high that everybody will help themselves first at a restaurant. This is the default setting in America. Nobody can fault someone for feeding themselves first before others. It’s a survival instinct that is ingrained in all that we do. Me first. You second.

I want to share a reader question about how he feels his wife takes him for granted now that he makes a lot of money. She used to be the one who helped others first. But now, it doesn’t seem like she cares anymore.

My Wife Takes Me For Granted

Jim writes in,

“Dear Sam,

Now that I earn a sizeable income, I feel like my wife takes me for granted. We met 11 years ago and were college sweethearts. She was a freshman and I was a junior. We got married five years ago, and over the past several years, things have totally changed for the worse!

When she first got out of college, she had a tremendous amount of passion for pursuing her music career. She’d practice until the wee hours of the morning and constantly apply for gigs, large and small. Back then, I wasn’t making much money, so we were both kind of struggling to just get by.

Three years ago, I was able to win some big clients for my small business. My income went from $70,000 a year to around $500,000 a year. Like you, I still drive an economy car, don’t buy designer clothes, and constantly look for ways to save more money because I never know when my business income will end. I’m in unchartered territory here! Maybe I’m cheap. I don’t know.

Unfortunately, as soon as I started making multiple six figures a year, I noticed my wife no longer seemed to have the same passion for music. She stopped applying for smaller music gigs. After my first year of making big money, she stopped applying for gigs altogether. She also began getting up late because she’d be out partying with some of her underemployed musician friends the night before. Meanwhile, here I was waking up hours before her to work on the business. Oh, and she also doesn’t remember the cost of things when I ask her how much she spent. Isn’t this a sign of not giving a damn about money?

I feel very distraught because I feel my larger income has corrupted her desire to pursue her passions. She has no desire to make money anywhere. I’m starting to wish I was back to making only $70,000 a year. She makes me not want to get up early and hustle anymore. Why bother if she’s not? I don’t really need to earn this much money. I’m a simple guy. I’ve also lost some respect for her. I hate being taken for granted. What should I do?

– Jerry”

Taking People For Granted Is Inevitable

The problem with being with people you love is that eventually you always take them for granted. Having money ruins people who don’t have a strong appreciation for what it takes to make money. It’s kind of like eating until we’re obese because we have no clue there are millions of malnourished people in the world. If we did, more of us would be fitter.

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Here are some of my suggestion for you, Jerry. I hope the community will share their own suggestions as well.

1) Tell her exactly how you feel. Sharing a feeling is an absolute. You can’t be judged for how you feel because your feelings are real. It’s important to tell your spouse exactly what is making you feel terrible. Do not let resentment build up. If you are afraid that your business might one day disappear, tell her. If you feel her inaction is causing you anxiety, speak up. Explain to her about your own prior financial difficulties and how you feel it necessary to work and save as much as possible when times are good.

2) Explain to her exactly what you do to earn. Ever since we were kids, it’s felt incredibly annoying to work with someone who doesn’t pull his or her weight, especially if you go above and beyond. It’s imperative you tell her exactly how much work you do to provide a better life for the both of you. The more she knows that you wake up at 6am every morning to speak to East Coast clients about business, the more she should appreciate you. If she continues to wake up hours after you with no idea what you do, then she can’t be faulted. Send her calendar invites about your events or share your entire schedule with her so she is more aware.

3) Show her exactly what you do. Sometimes, explaining things is not enough. If it’s not, take the next step and show her exactly what you do. Take her to work and introduce her to your colleagues. Take her to the gym to see how much you sweat. The more you can make her part of your life, the more she will understand what you have to go through. Seeing is believing.

4) Encourage her to play for you. An artist needs to be read or heard. Tell her how much you love her music and ask her to give you a show. The more you can compliment her on your music, the more motivated she will be to make more music. As a writer, I get demotivated when nobody shares my posts or comments. But the more my work gets shared and discussed, the more I want to write. I am absolutely sure she will feel the same because we artists constantly get rejected. At some point we don’t want to try anymore because rejection hurts too much.

5) Sacrifice even more to make her realize her good fortune. The best example I have about how to help sway someone to appreciate you more is the story I tell about a client who to motivate his son, started driving part-time for Uber while maintaining his full-time job.  Prior to Uber, his son lacked perspective because he lived in a million dollar home, attended private school, and all his classmates were rich. After seeing his dad slave away for several hours until midnight, his son suddenly realized how hard his dad worked to provide for his family. Overnight, the son started getting better grades and stopped getting in trouble.

Relationships Take So Much Work

A good deal is when both sides feel like they’re winning. If you constantly feel like you’re losing, then you’ll eventually break up. Therefore, if you truly love someone, you’ll at least put in as much effort as it takes to make the relationship feel even.

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Readers, what are your recommendations for Jerry? Have you ever been in a situation where one side starts taking you for granted? Has having more money ever gotten in the way of a relationship? How did you end up making your relationship better? 

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Think of the last time you sent an email. It was probably not very long ago, or if you’re like me you could have another tab open in the middle of writing one now. In either case, emailing has become a standard part of our daily work lives. And like any element of your job, there’s always a little room for improvement.

These are a few Gmail extensions I’ve found to not only improve my email communication, but also simplify some actions, too.

Just Not Sorry

This is one of my favorite extensions. There’s a time and a place for beating around the bush in communication, but business emails aren’t one of them. You’ve got a small amount of time to relay important info – do it right. Just Not Sorry underlines words that diminish your voice and the confidence in your email messages:

• “I think”


• “Just”


• “Sorry”

It doesn’t erase the words, so you can make the choice about whether to keep them or not. I definitely recommend this extension as I’ve already seen it help strengthen my own emails.

Gorgias Email Templates

Gorgias’ handy tool lets you create replicable templates in Gmail and create keyboard hotkeys (key combinations) for specific phrases. Using the same language across your emails ensures consistency and helps your contacts know where to find pertinent information. Plus, shortcuts allow you to save time when writing emails. Templates and hotkeys can be particularly useful when:

• Using the same phrases in your emails – “See the attachment I have provided.”


• Sending update emails – “This week, we had a total of [#] contacts and they did [action], Bob sold the most chinese finger traps at [#], etc…”


• Needing variations of an email signature – Cell number vs. office number, hyperlink to different company pages

Sidekick by Hubspot

This is a really powerful data collection tool brought to you by, in my opinion, one of the best marketing platforms currently on the market. Sidekick by Hubspot shows you who opens your emails (and clicks on any provided links), gives you aggregated data about your contact’s online presence, and allows you to schedule emails to send out later. The 4.5/5 star reviews from over 8,700 reviewers says a lot about the extension, too.

Do you use any of these extensions? If so, let us know how you like them and add others you’ve found helpful below!

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