Our teenage and early 20s years are there for experience, and life lessons to be explored. However, it is not completely sunshine and lollypops. The teenage business woman will experience tests of adversity, however she will work to overcome the difficulties through remaining ambitious. The Business Woman Media has narrowed down five crappy moments that the young business woman may experience. We have decided that a helping hand is least we could give.
1. Heartbreaks
If only we could go back to those playground days where we were convinced that boys had an infestation of cooties. We won’t sugarcoat the pain. It hurts to be let down by the person you trusted. Your first instinct will be to shut yourself away and cry into your pillow for a week. As tempting as it sounds, it will achieve nothing and it will be more damaging for you in the long run. Live your life normally, get up and go to work and continue working just as hard for the career success you have been aiming for.
What to do
Look after yourself, try to get out with other people as much as possible and don’t monopolise the conversation with incessant analysis of your break-up. The rule is you can discuss it with each friend once, one-on-one. In a group, focus on talking about your future, your job, your plans. Not that idiot you’re frankly better off without.
Sure… allocate yourself some ‘sad time’. Crying is an important process in healing. But do that in private or with your closest friend.
Collect your favourite inspirational quotes. Post them up where you can see them at home and at work, and carry the list with you on your phone.
Remember that no male determines your worth. Romance should never interfere with your work goals. Keep it separate.
See work as potentially a very useful distraction, and launch yourself into it. He will fade into the distance of your life as you march forward to make your mark upon this world, and the extra energy you’re burning on the work ‘distraction’ could give your career a lift.
2. Friendship Breakdown
Friends can boost you up and provide useful motivation. However, friends can sometimes become infected with Tall Poppy Syndrome. They can become jealous and can end up trying to undermine your success. Fallouts with friends are bound to happen through high school, and the same applies through university and as you progress into your career. You will discover that the friends that stick by you through the thick and thin along the journey are the ones that matter.
What to do
Surround yourself with positive people, don’t feel the need to change because you friends think negatively of your ambitions.
Avoid gossip. And if you feel your own ears could possibly be burning, just shrug and rise above it. You are moving up the ladder and leaving behind the negativity.
Concentration is vital for the teenage business woman, so ensure to take away any unnecessary distractions.
3, Education Struggles of a young business woman
It is so important to work hard for the road that you want. Failing an assessment should not be something you dwell over, but use it as motivation. Don’t allow it to push you down to the point where you can’t get up.
Work harder and you will receive the outcome you want. Sometimes you have to stumble before you become the leader of the pack , this is a lesson that the teenage businesswoman will carry with her into a successful career.
It is important to remember one fail doesn’t lead to excessive failure. Consult with the teacher and ask what the problems were so that you can improve. You are learning. You need to soak up as much as possible which will in turn help your marks long term.
The teenage business woman is hungry for knowledge looking to source information and help when needed. Asking for guidance and picking yourself back up after failing is a skill that will become an asset in future endeavors.
4. Getting Fired
To many students that job at McDonald’s is important. There comes a point where many parents expect their teenagers to support themselves. Financially supporting yourself is no easy task, so learning from a young age is valuable.
Even a part time job helps pay for a social life and saving up to buy a first car. More importantly, it also is a form of early experience for what the business world will be like.
Getting fired or losing your job is something that can be quite detrimental to the teenage career woman’s confidence. Bouncing back is difficult, but you just have to find the will (where there’s a will there’s a way!).
Brush up your resume and send it out everywhere you can. Don’t get lazy with your CV experience. You should always be looking for extra training and experience to add to it, giving yourself further opportunity when you apply for jobs.
5. Parents of a young business woman
Believe it or not, parents aren’t intentionally setting out to ruin the life of their teenagers! But it sure can seem that way sometimes. At the end of the day they only want to do everything they can to ensure you have the best possible future. In the times where all they seem to do is fight against you, they are actually your biggest support. They are on your team.
Parents don’t always have all the answers but they will do whatever they can to find them out. [tweet_quote hashtags=”#teens #business” ]Parents provide confidence to face the world alone[/tweet_quote]. They set us up for difficulties such as employment gaps, loser boyfriends, unfaithful friends, and the trials of school or university … and more. The lessons taught by parental figures can be carried out once the teenage business woman starts her career.
It often feels like the world is caving in on you during your teenage years but you have to remember to get up and keep fighting. At such a young age, hiccups are common but along the way will fade into the past quickly. The successful young business woman looks back at her teen years thanking those hiccups for making her a stronger person.
