Stories by maria elena paiva : Contently

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Practice. Progress. Perfection Results

Practice makes perfect. And what is perfection? Perfection is a perception. What might seem perfect for you will look otherwise to another person? Perfection is not absolute theory. It’s the amalgamation of grit, effort, desire, and passion for churning out a result as per your perception.
Perfection is a myth (no wonder we always say, God is perfect!)
Strive for practice, progress and not perfection
There’s still the next step
When was the last time you achieved something that can be deemed ...

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Marketing Lessons From My Salon Didi

The art of selling is best learned and developed through day-to-day life chores. And I get my dose of marketing strategies and techniques from my local service providers. One of them is the lady working on my eyebrows at my local salon - I call her my Salon Didi (Didi means older sister!)

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I Want Thick Eyebrows. But “Parlour Didi” Won’t Give Me One!

I want thick eyebrows. But my “parlor didi” won’t give me one!
As a teen, I was Frida Kahlo for an eyebrow. Yeah, a ‘unibrow’ that is. But it was the late 90s and on the verge of 2000s, when pencil-thin eyebrows were catching up pop culture and seeping into the desi-trend wagon too.
“Get Your Legs Shaved!”
I didn’t get my eyebrows done until I was 16. It was not exactly peer pressure but a force of reckoning from my parents, mostly my dad – who was the first one to point out that I gotta shav...

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MOM. ME.

Nine Months’ Wait
It was a nine months’ wait before we could cradle our little one. Nine months of thinking, dodging, tripping, being apprehensive of the future with our little one. Should we have one? Can we manage our life with a new member? We haven’t done this before, so can we succeed in the art, spirituality, patience, commitment, passion, the perseverance of parenting? Do we possess the competence to take care of another life?
Life-Reconstructing Decisions
So many questions and a hint ...

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Designing eCommerce for Confidence and Customers

eCommerce is surging rapidly more than Uber prices. Everyone is selling something or the other today. And this growing eCommerce trend is creating a cutthroat competition in the industry. Whether you have a small business or big – you need to follow a few key points and prepare to engage new customers and retain the previous ones. The most crucial aspect of having a successful eCommerce business is its framework, features, and functionality. Designing eCommerce store to command customer confi...