The Business of Friendships Diamonds Got Nuthin’ Over a Girl’s Best Friend — Her Girlfriends!
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Marilyn Kleinberg
Marilyn Kleinberg is the Executive Managing Director of eWomenNetwork South Jersey Chapter. eWomen Network is a membership-based marketing and media company designed and created to provide women with opportunities to promote, grow and transact business with other women business professionals. A high tech, high touch organization with a focus on each member from a holistic point of view - healthy mind, healthy body, healthy business - eWomenNetwork events are designed to educate and enlighten so women work smarter, with better tools and better understanding of the process of success.
By Marilyn Kleinberg
Published on December 14, 2009
Did you ever notice how a girlfriend can sense when something is off? And no matter if it is business or personal, a few words of encouragement and a hug can make you feel better.
Did you ever notice how a girlfriend can sense when something is off? And no matter if it is business or personal, a few words of encouragement and a hug can make you feel better.
If you are smart, you have surrounded yourself with all kinds of girlfriends. A network of girlfriends, if you will. My best friend (or chosen sister as another friend calls it) lives a thousand miles away in Florida, but she’s there for me and visa-versa. I also have my “go to girlfriends” for when I need an immediate answer to a problem or as a reference or referral. I have my “femtor girlfriends” (yes ladies, that’s a female mentor) who I turn to when I need a new set of eyes to review a situation, kick me in the butt when I get stuck in a rut. Then there are my “coach girlfriends” who tell me what I need to hear, not just what I want to hear and give me words of encouragement to push past the slippery slope of self doubt. I have girlfriends who I admire for their wisdom and strength, and girlfriends who admire me for my inspiration and leadership.
We laugh, we cry, we share, we bond, we support, we teach, we lift, we encourage, we dare to be honest, and through the mix of it all, we empower each other to succeed.
Being a serious business woman doesn’t mean abandoning what makes us special together, it means using these traits to build alliances and forge new opportunities to connect and grow — personally and professionally.
I am blessed to have a lot of girlfriends. In fact, now that I think about it, they’re a lot like a diamond. Brilliant. Strong. And make me feel good!
Most are business women just like you. They’ve pulled me through many murky moments. I call them my eWomenNetwork....Not a member? Visit www.eWomenNetwork.com or call me at (609) 601-1333 about a special offer for readers of Burlington and Camden County Woman.
If you are smart, you have surrounded yourself with all kinds of girlfriends. A network of girlfriends, if you will. My best friend (or chosen sister as another friend calls it) lives a thousand miles away in Florida, but she’s there for me and visa-versa. I also have my “go to girlfriends” for when I need an immediate answer to a problem or as a reference or referral. I have my “femtor girlfriends” (yes ladies, that’s a female mentor) who I turn to when I need a new set of eyes to review a situation, kick me in the butt when I get stuck in a rut. Then there are my “coach girlfriends” who tell me what I need to hear, not just what I want to hear and give me words of encouragement to push past the slippery slope of self doubt. I have girlfriends who I admire for their wisdom and strength, and girlfriends who admire me for my inspiration and leadership.
We laugh, we cry, we share, we bond, we support, we teach, we lift, we encourage, we dare to be honest, and through the mix of it all, we empower each other to succeed.
Being a serious business woman doesn’t mean abandoning what makes us special together, it means using these traits to build alliances and forge new opportunities to connect and grow — personally and professionally.
I am blessed to have a lot of girlfriends. In fact, now that I think about it, they’re a lot like a diamond. Brilliant. Strong. And make me feel good!
Most are business women just like you. They’ve pulled me through many murky moments. I call them my eWomenNetwork....Not a member? Visit www.eWomenNetwork.com or call me at (609) 601-1333 about a special offer for readers of Burlington and Camden County Woman.