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Yesterday, I was faced with a dreaded situation: My car wouldn’t start. As my two pints of Häagen-Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream proceeded to melt in the backseat, I panicked. With no friends close by, I collected some courage, walked back into the grocery store and asked around for help. It turned out to be no big deal. A friendly fellow shopper jumped at the chance to jump-start my car, and I was driving home 15 minutes later. I’m unsure why I felt so scared to ask a stranger for assistance. I guess I was being needlessly self-conscious. It made me realize others are usually eager to help; we just have to ask. Lesson learned! Today, let’s all put on our big-girl pants when our first instinct says otherwise instead of trying to accomplish every dang challenge alone. The post Eileen Gittins: Go From Entrepreneur to Boss appeared first on On The Dot Woman.