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Do you stress when it comes to money? Quiver at the thought of asking for a raise? Feel nervous talking about your rates?

Well, it’s about time to step up and take control of your financial future!

Last weekend the passionate and sassy miss Beena Kavalam led a Daring Divas USA workshop to help women do just that.

Here are some key takeaways from Beena’s workshop:

• women still earn less than men, $ 0.77 for every $1, infact. Why?
  • Women often leave the workforce to have kids.
  • Women usually accept an offer without negotiating, while men typically negotiate.
• Women must start commanding what we’re worth. To do this, we must understand:
  • How to negotiate.
  • The unique skills we bring to the table.
• Beena led us through a powerful exercise that helped us clarify our unique skills and practice saying them with confidence.
• Once we felt confident with our skills, she helped us understand that to negotiate successfully, we must do our research first:
  • Know what a person with our unique skills and background earns.
  • Know what the employer needs so we can address how we can meet those needs.
• Finally, we talked about how to charge what we’re worth as small business owners. Many women at the workshop felt scared to charge what they’re worth because they feared losing the sale all together. They’d rather have half the money than no money at all. Can you relate?
  • The problem with this view is that it puts us into a cycle of being undervalued and underpaid. When we undercharge, we undervalue our time and the quality of our product or service. When we value ourselves, others will start to value us too, and pay us for that value.

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