A Love Poem To The Naysayers

Iona Yeung

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Editor’s Note: Iona Yeung of Pretty Pickles dedicates this poem to the naysayers who drove her to achieve the very thing they said she couldn’t. Naysayers appear in all faucets of your life. When I was younger, I hated them. With their doubt and negativity, they instilled a fear of failure in me that was
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Every successful business owner will tell you about the long hours they put in before their business finally took off. They tell you about the financial and lifestyle sacrifices they made, how many times they traded a night out with the girls/guys for a night in crunching numbers. Yet I only seemed to see the
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I don’t have a short attention span but I’m surprised by how often I lose sight of my goals. When you get caught up in a daily routine, you can easily forget what you’re working towards. When I start to question the extra hours I put into my work, I turn to the 5 things
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I have always been one to do first and think later. There’s no better way to learn than jumping straight into the deep end. I set up and launched Pretty Pickles in a month and have been learning since. The momentum was great at the beginning but now I catch myself using the same excuses
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What would you do if money were no object? It’s a common question people ask when they are at a crossroads in their career. I’ve hit this fork in the road and am presently at a standstill. Whilst a lot of my spare time goes to Pretty Pickles, I still hold a day job in
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They say if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. It’s true to a certain extent. We all need a little direction but I encounter many peers who get stuck in the planning stages of a new business venture.

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