176: Building a Mindset of Resilience in Your Business

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Written By Michele Williams

176: Building a Mindset of Resilience in Your Business

with Ceil DiGuglielmo

I am so excited to welcome Ceil DiGuglielmo of the Sew Much More podcast back to share the podcast with me continuing a 4-year tradition of reviewing our year and preparing for the next. Ceil is the owner of the custom drapery workroom, Sew Much More, a podcast by the same name, the owner of the Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library, and the publisher of the Drapery & Design Digital Digest. Enjoy listening to us dig into the challenges and shifts that happened in 2021 and find out what books are on our holiday reading list.

Topics Mentioned:

  • Resiliency

  • Change

  • Favorite book of the year

  • Year review

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Key Thoughts:

  • I do love that about so many of the people in our industry, we just keep going. We got handed a curveball. Now let's pivot and let's figure something else out. Ceil DiGuglielmo (3:55) 

     

  • I think having the perseverance, the resilience, the tenacity, to hold on and to work through it. It is about making sure that that we are owning everything and that we're being intentional so that you don't get blindsided. Michele (5:04) 

     

  • I think that when we move back to more US based manufacturing, and we are really looking at the quality of what these craftspeople are creating, and the price that we're paying for it, I think it could shift us back to quality pieces that have longevity in the home versus such a throwaway mentality. Michele (13:31) 

     

  • I think there are so many wonderful things that came out of the pandemic that taught us how to be resilient and how to pivot. Ceil DiGuglielmo (19:25) 

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Michele Williams
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