Usually to celebrate International Women's Day, I write a reflective piece on what's been happening for women in the past year. This year I've decided to do a personal reflection, motivated to a certain extent by my last blog post - the top 10 lessons for successful entrepreneurs. My Women Leading the Future blog is where I talk about how being a woman impacts on my career, my dreams and my aspirations. My company is People Empowered. It has gone through some exciting changes in recent times and I've been thinking about what the factors have been that have inspired that success.

In a sense, it's a check list of 8 important Keys to Success in My Business. I hope it offers others inspiration and motivation.

1. Be Competent In Our Area of Expertise and Experience.