Business & Life Lessons I received from reading Judy Davids’ book, Rock Star Mommy
This book pleasantly surprised me. I knew it would be a nice story (and it is) however, I didn’t expect 2 things: 1) how incredibly inspirational it is 2) the wonderful business tidbits of information it would contain
First I will address the inspiration part. Judy went through a lot of learning, asking questions, and asking for help to get to her dream…however she NEVER gave up. This sums up how it made me feel.
1) If you have a dream, go for it.
2) If you have a dream and people who support you, really go for it.
3) If you have times when you doubt yourself but it really is your passion, don’t stop going for it.
Secondly, this book has little tidbits, nuggets and snippets of great information any business owner can utilize in their business.
As part of this book, Judy wrote a whole chapter entitled Super Marketing. Great chapter! One of the tidbits of business info she provides in this chapter is the infamous all important essence of marketing via word of mouth. She mentions that a 40 year old probably knows more people and has more contacts than a 20 year old (so just realize who you know and how they may be able to help you).
I also like a snippet where she mentions “working all the angles”. Sometimes you have to take the unpaid “gigs” in order to get the word out there. Now to me, this can be an individual preference according to your business. I would say to only do that a few times, and then start asking for some compensation.
Getting a new business picture done? Judy Davids’ suggests you decide on what your message, like hers, “Look at me. I’m a mom with a guitar!” You can find more about this topic on page 93 of Rock Star Mommy.
Need tips about interviews, read Rock Star Mommy page 142 where she says, “Worried about what they will ask you? Don’t. Worry about what you’ll say instead.”
For those who wish to become or are speakers, on page 152, she writes about being on stage and how to make it a bit easier (as a rocker). However, I read it and thought about how it can be helpful to anyone speaking to a crowd. The helpful business nugget I received from this was to engage the audience possibly by asking for questions, doing small group sessions, etc. (Of course for Judy and the Mydols, engaging the audience is done by teaching them the chorus of a song)
So I hope that you will pick up Rock Star Mommy today and get inspired to follow your dream and passion.
Yesterday this blog tour was hosted at Kathie Thomas’ blog at http://www.blessedreading.com
Tomorrow this blog tour will be hosted at Beverly Mahone’s blog at http://bmahone.bravejournal.com/
Filed under: Writing & Speaking Business Lessons