Comments on: What You Want May Be Different than What You Will Settle For

By: Kelly King Anderson

Kelly King Anderson — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:45:29 +0000

Wendy’s presenting at blogher!

By: jen lemen

jen lemen — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:49:36 +0000

reading the dip right now, too, and totally appreciating the parts you quote especially. any chance you’ll be at blogher?

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Karlana’s Blog - My Life » Interesting links I have come across today — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:23:17 +0000

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By: Ungeek It » Blog Archive » Friday - Five Great Posts

Ungeek It » Blog Archive » Friday - Five Great Posts — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:07:56 +0000

[...] at Home What You Want May Be Different than What You Will Settle For. Wendy Piersall, who is an inspiration to me, talks about the challenges she faces with her [...]

By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:47:04 +0000

Wendy:

I identified exactly what you were talking about when you said, “…settling for the drunk.” I think all of us have experienced something along the lines of settling for something. And it’s not a good feeling. It’s like a kick in the stomach. What a good post!

Wendy, I’m doing an interactive experiment at “Adversity University” and would like to invite you to participate. We’ve all encountered adversity and I bet you’d write up a really interesting post about how you’ve dealt with it – like the drunk husband experience – perhaps you’ve got other stories to share with the rest of the world? The link to that is http://adversityuniversity.blogspot.com/2007/06/secrets-of-dealing-with-adversity.html

By: Karen Lynch

Karen Lynch — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:01:47 +0000

Great Post! Love this one!
I think there must be a lot that I can learn about growing my business here but where do I start???

By: Todd Jordan

Todd Jordan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:14:51 +0000

Wow, talk about a kick in the pants! You have wonderful energy and you share it well. Can’t wait to see what comes next.

Along the way, I hope to learn and grow myself. I’d love to wake up each day and dig into something I’m truly passionate about.

I believe that even being a Christian, I’m meant to have happiness and success in life, and importantly to help others reach the same.

By: Make Money Online Pros » Make Money Online Reads For The Week

Make Money Online Pros » Make Money Online Reads For The Week — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:52:32 +0000

[...] What You Want May Be Different Than What You Will Settle For by eMom. This is a very interesting and original post that talks about how we often will settle for much less than what we want. We will often settle for much less than what we deserve. [...]

By: Jessica Duquette

Jessica Duquette — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:08:34 +0000

You go, girl!

hugs,

Jessica

By: Sharing Words of Wisdom

Sharing Words of Wisdom — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:44:11 +0000

[...] What you want may be different than what you will settle for. Is Wendy talking to me? Uh, maybe! Balancing a successful business with being a successful Mom is a constant push and pull scenario. Wendy reminds us to take stock of our goals and the goals of those around us and to make sure that we are not just settling because it is the most comfortable route at the time. [...]

By: tanya

tanya — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:14:21 +0000

Adding my “great post.” It really reminds me of the quote that I live by and which helped me make it through grad school – from Marie Curie, “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

By: AgentSully

AgentSully — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:55:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing this very personal story. Wow. Congrats that your marriage survived. That’s beating the odds!

By: derek

derek — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:54:48 +0000

This is a very insightful post and one that hits quite close to home for me in a few ways.

I just posted on my site about my need to be a better husband to my wife and what that means to me. This relates to your discussion of settling for something as I think both my wife and I have fallen into that a little bit.

As for your goal, your are accomplishing that with me. While I am not under-earning, I am in a job that I do not love and trying to find a way to get out from under the burden of sticking with a well paying job I don’t love in order to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams.

In addition, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what I have been put here to do and I find a lot of inspiration in your posts.

Wendy, your site helps in more ways that you likely know and I just wanted to take a moment to share that appreciation with you. Thanks!

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:30:42 +0000

Wendy, what an inspiring post! A reminder to us all that no matter who we are or what our background may be that we have a mission in life whether we realize it or not. Our job is to determine what it is and how to overcome the obstacles to accomplish it.

Kudos to you especially for hanging in there and doing what you felt was best to make your marriage better for you AND your DH. Best wishes to you both!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:29:08 +0000

We are doing the wave for you Wendy

I think you may have had people a little nervous after your post last week, that you were going to leave us.

You really are astonishing! That quote gave me a tingle. You have given me a great buzz to start the day with as usual, Thanks Wendy!

By: Aaron M. Potts

Aaron M. Potts — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:13:36 +0000

Wendy – You have just stumbled upon the worst part of the Internet…

You can’t see it when people stand up and cheer for you!

Great job, Wendy, and great vision. Can’t wait to see where it goes.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:35:59 +0000

Well I am not a mom (I’m a Dad) but your blog inspires me so much. Keep up the great work. My sister is looking to start a blog and I shared your site with her.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:59:44 +0000

I love the blog, especially the last two sentences. I love it. I love it. I agree and can be one with it….

Women who speak up aren’t loud, we’re just HEARD.

By: Kelly King Anderson

Kelly King Anderson — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:54:44 +0000

Glad you’re reading the Dip, I was going to send it to you!