The Importance of Peers

With just a week to go til The Mumpreneur Conference I am getting more and more excited about meeting ‘in the flesh’ so many people I have been tweeting with for months.

I have followed their ups and downs, their struggles and their successes as they have mine. I have learnt from them, been supported by them and on many an occasion, cheered up by them­­­. They have made what I do seem worthwhile. And knowing they are all out there, doing what they do, makes me feel inspired and part of one of the best ‘gangs’ there is!

Sometimes, more than others, it is difficult to value what you do. You lose your confidence, your vision and your enthusiasm. It is precisely at these times that you need your peers – people who understand exactly the challenges you face on a day to day basis, whether they be work or family-related. Locally we are so lucky to have a fantastic network of business mums who meet once a month, to remind each other what a great job we are all doing. Without it, I’m certain some of us might have lost our way.

No man is an island – and neither is a mum. We may try to hold everything together, to do it all and have it all – but we all need a support network to keep us afloat and to catch us when we fall. In an ideal world these are your friends, family and colleagues. But in the fragmented world we live in sometimes that support comes from people we have never met. Until next week that is………