Taken from my Huffington Post article on 11/18/13: We American women need to kick-start a paradigm shift in the way business, education, and work/life balance are all viewed in this country. We need to come up with different solutions and outcomes, so that all people can flourish; not just pockets of people, scattered across this great country. There is much we can learn much from the history of the Pilgrims; about life, about entrepreneurship. Here are 3 lessons I've learned that I wanted to share at Thanksgiving time in the USA, November 2013.

1. What the Pilgrims Can Teach
Female Entrepreneurs
by Penina Rybak MA/CCC-SLP
Author: The NICE Reboot

2. What the Pilgrims Can Teach
Female Entrepreneurs
November 2013
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3. Thanksgiving.....a time to hit the "pause" button and
collectively reflect on the bounty we've been given; tangible
and intangible. That's something also becoming more scarce
in today's on­the­go mindset of busyness vs. productivity....

4. A cultural shift is in order, about the nature of free
enterprise and the global economy. We American
women also need to kick-start a paradigm shift in the
way business, education, and work/life balance are all
viewed in this country. We need to come up with
different solutions and outcomes, so that all people
can flourish; not just pockets of people, scattered
across this great country....

5. There is much we can learn much from the history of the
Pilgrims; about life, about entrepreneurship. Here are 3
lessons I've learned that I wanted to share.....

6. 1. On Business:
Having a moral imperative facilitates one's mission
statement and implementation of it.

7. The Pilgrims crossed the ocean, braving
weather and illness, to start anew in a country
they were unfamiliar with, where they could
live a life of religious and economic freedom.
The two were intertwined.

8. There is a moral code by which all entrepreneurs
need to live by, so that there is both civic
engagement and leadership, as well as profit, for
others to benefit from. Philanthropy and honesty
are two crucial character traits to hone. Today's
global consumers are craving meaningful thought
leadership that inspires, and transparency that
fosters trust....

9. 2. On Education:
Having a willingness to collaborate and barter one's
services for it facilitates one's networking and
creativity.

10. The Pilgrims suffered greatly, that first winter of 1620 at
Plymouth Plantation. Food was scarce, and only 50 of the 102
settlers survived the hunger and disease. Enforced isolation
and a mistrust for "outsiders", especially the surrounding
tribes of Native Americans, further exacerbated the situation.
The Pilgrims needed to be educated on the resources and
agricultural realities of their new habitat. They needed to
learn creative problem solving skills, especially their
negotiating skills with others, to survive. They needed to
study new "primers" and work together and network, so that
they wouldn't perish.

11. Successful entrepreneurship hinges on educating oneself
about problem solving to produce disruptive innovation;
a game changing service/product that helps people with
their quality of life. Collaboration involves education
about variables and the viewpoints of others, and
learning how to problem solve and barter one's
skills/services in order to have opportunities to be
mentored and mentor others. It's a necessary cycle that is
easier than ever, thanks to our shrinking global
neighborhoods and the meaningful use of social
technology.....

12. 3. On Work/Life Balance:
Having a "minimalist mentality" facilitates one's cash flow
and longevity.

13. The Pilgrims were notoriously frugal and even said to
live rather austere lives. Part of it may have been
circumstance and part of it may have been faith. But a
streamlined life helps one do work that really matters.
Living with less makes one more appreciative and
innovative about life.

14. A bootstrapping entrepreneur learns the danger of wasting
company resources by outsourcing what you can really do
yourself, pacing yourself financially, and understanding
what is essential to marketing your business and what is
"swag". An entrepreneur with environmentalist tendencies
learns the value of promoting sustainability and recycling
efforts for the greater good. A visionary sees the value in
cognitively harnessing time and avoiding perfectionism,
for better work/life balance, ability to live in the moment,
and understand of the Big Picture.....

15. We can learn to better balance our own
humanity and inner voice with the voices of
others, spread by social technology.....

16. We can better balance our needs and
wants; the "stuff" clamoring to be
purchased, the instinct to hoard
knowledge/resources, the peer pressure to
remain static, to conform.....

17. Like the Pilgrims, we need to take the first step
to true autonomy.....

18. Let that first step begin now!

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20. by Penina Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, TSHH
CEO Socially Speaking LLC
Director: The NICE Initiative for Female Entrepreneurship
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