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Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Beth Kerly, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Beth's list:

1. Speak up! Use your voice when you have something to say.

2. Be intentional

3. Be paid what your worth and don’t be afraid to demand it

4. Working mothers are da bomb, don’t feel guilty

5. Tell your mother you love her any why

6. Hire a cleaning service

7. No one can tell your story better than you

8. Don’t think small, take action

9. Get into an exercise routine

10. Cut negative people out of your life, surround yourself with positivity.

Beth Kerly – Hillsborough Community College

813-732-8470

mkerly@hccfl.edu

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Jen McDonald, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Jen’s list:

1. It is ok to hit the RESET button on your whole life. Once you have concluded through a thorough review that this is ultimately what it is needed take the 1st step. The longer you wait the more time (of everyone’s) you are wasting.

2. Trust your gut, think it through, discuss with your mentors, & take the calculated risks.

3. You can make a living doing anything. Choose what you love and you will have a more fulfilling career.

4. If you need help ask.

5. No. (Period) is an acceptable answer.

6. Timing is not as important as persistence.

7. The only person who can set your priorities is you. If you feel like someone else has control of your life it is only because you are allowing them to do so.

8. You must schedule time for your “oxygen” the moments that are the breath that fuels the fire in your soul.

9. Everyone is on their own journey. Respect their process and respect yours also.

10. Schedule management is critical.

Jen McDonald – Merchant Insurance Solutions

813-215-833-7353

jenmcdonald@merchantinsurancesolutions.com

www.merchantinsurancesolutions.com

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Kristi Campbell, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Kristi's list:

LAUGH every day. Find something to laugh about or make your heart sing.

1. “No” means not now. Have the patience, stick to the vision, amend the plan as needed, just keep fighting for what you think is important. Knock or push on every door until one opens.

2. Listens to what feels “right” for you. So often we doubt our instincts, both good and bad. Slow down. Listen

3. Forgive yourself. You made the best decision with the information you had at the time. Forgive. Apologize. Fix. Move on.

4. Prepare/Plan for chaos. Change is the only thing consistent. By planning for chaos/change the normal affect of chaos lessens.

5. Be or do what fits for you. Your passion for who you are or what you do will help define your happiness which relates to your success.

6. Your greatest success is emotional and not financial.

7. Faith is knowing my reality will work out in the end.

8. Success is the momentum of multiple decisions. – Jim Collins

9. Treat Everyone as if They are important.

10. Share the Credit. – Pam Iorio

Kristi Campbell – Home Instead Senior Care

813-684-1972

kcampbell@aaxiomhealthservices.com

www.homeinstead.com/482

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Laura Sokolewicz, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Laura's list:

1. Have patience. It’s going to happen.

2. Hard "work always pays off” is not just a slogan.

3. Don’t get consumed by what the competition does. Listen to your instincts and stay the course.

4. Make everything simple and short, so everybody understands and complies.

5. Know your worth and believe it!

6. Do it, even if it’s not in your job description.

7. Be kind and patient, even if you don’t feel like it. “Fake it til you make it” is really working!

8. Keep your calm. Very important.

9. Sleep on it. It will wait.

10. Help others. It will come back.

Laura Sokolewicz – Academic Alliance in Dermatology

813-245-9162

lsokolewicz@tampadermatology.com

www.tampadermatology.com

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Michele Northrup, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Michele's list:

1. Jump first figure out the details as you go.


2. Always be braver than you are.

3. Be your brand everyday everyway.

4. Give folks more than they expect.

5. Co-promote as much as possible.

6. Figure out what makes you unique and make that SHINE!

7. Buy stock in Facebook.

8. Take time to thank people who help you.

9. Tell Jessica she is about to change hundreds of women’s lives forever.

10. Figure out how to make a flux capacitor work. (Just watched “Back to the Future”)

Michele Northrup – The Intensity Academy

813-299-3600

michelenorthrup@verizon.net

www.intensityacademy.com

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Brandi Morris, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Brandi's list:

1. Nobody really knows what they’re doing all the time, we’re all winging it sometimes.

2. Better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.

3. Don’t be afraid to take your time and do it right. It doesn’t matter of someone else can nail it in 30 seconds and it takes you 3 days. Make it right- unless you can just pay them to do it in 30 seconds.

4. Success can be just as terrifying as failure.

5. Take your space and be unapologetic about it. You have just as much right to be where you are as anyone else.

6. Be you. Authentic + Honest = Best fits in clients and networking relationships.

7. There is no such thing as work/life balance. It is all happening, all at once and you roll with it as comes.

8. You may not be your ideal client. Don’t assume what you would want, could pay for, or what attracts you would be the same for your client.

9. Busy does not mean productive.

10. It’s ok to say no.

Brandi Morris – Brandi Image Photography

727-515-6659

brandi@brandiimage.com

www.brandiimage.com

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Lana Walsh, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Lana's list:

1. Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody!

2. Smile a lot, a smile can make someone else’s day!

3. What you do today can improve all of your tomorrows!

4. Invest in yourself, you are awesome & worth every penny!

5. Don’t waste time worrying about what other people do, think, or say!

6. Have fun, enjoy what you do no matter what it is!

7. Count your blessing every day & give thanks to God!

8. Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable!

9. Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it!

10. Be TRUE to yourself, be authentic, reliable, & trustworthy!

Lana Walsh

727-798-8846

Lana.walsh@growfinancial.org

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Effie Santos, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Effie's list:

1. Know your personal values and stay true to them always…it is who you are.

2. You cannot change ANYONE…you can be the role model, lead by example and encourage.

3. You truly become the people who you surround yourself with.

4. Create written house rules with consequences for your children starting when they are toddlers. They will learn, become independent and feel accomplished. And you will stay a sane Mom.

5. Spend money on experiences and not “things”. At the end of the day all we have is our memories.

6. There truly is a Cinderella story…you just have to find him and not compromise your values and standards in the process.

7. Give yourself “permission”…to rest for a day, to start over in life, dive into your next chapter, etc.

8. Listen to your mom, she does have more experience than you and loves you unconditionally.

9. What you think about you bring about.

10. The only thing we cannot create more of is time…take time to be still. You will be surprised how much clarity you will gain.

Effie Santos – Red Root Strategies

727-688-9630

effie@redrootstrategies.com

www.redrootstrategies.com

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Patricia Rossi, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Patricia's list:

1. Backdoors, side doors, basement doors…more welcoming and opens faster!

2. Deep breathe, eye squeezed shut, ask for triple fee.

3. Side step gossip, embrace goodness.

4. Find mentor, latch on and listen. Be mentor, latch on and listen.

5. Childhood interests and troubles are short cuts to adult success. “Flaunt your Quirk”.

6. Your social sixth sense is your GPS. Trust it.

7. Fancy people are fearful too!

8. Give others the grace that you so hope to be given!

9. When you smell cra, cra…back away!

10. You, do you! Boo!

Patricia Rossi – Etiquette Coaching

727-375-0375

etiquettecoach@gmail.com

Join us for our 10th anniversary celebration at the Decade of Dynamic Women dinner where we will be celebrating honoree, Sharon Fekete, Founder of The Doctor Whisperer, among other dynamic women in Tampa Bay! Learn more here!

We asked each honoree if they would share 10 things they know now they wish they knew 10 years ago. Here’s Sharon's list:

1. I wish I knew I didn’t have to join any other organizations besides WWTB when I opened my business.


2. I wish I knew lunches could be an enormous waste of time.

3. I wish I knew how many events I would have to attend; I would have invested in uniforms.

4. I have always known the value of relationships in life and business.

5. I know now that when I see crazy, cross the street.

6. I know now to absolutely trust my gut.

7. I know now that happiness defines my success, not money.

8. I know now that my adversity in life is a strength in business.

9. I know now how vital it is to take care of my mental and physical health. Your health is your wealth.

10. I know now that it is simply a gift to choose what I want to do today versus someone dictating it.

Sharon Fekete – The Doctor Whisperer

727-420-2481

sharonfekete@gmail.com