Did you start by helping out in your partner’s trade business because he couldn’t manage the overwhelming administrative workload, then quit your career to go all in? It’s a whole new world for you. It’s a whole new world for your partner. It’s a whole new world where love, leadership and doing the laundry has turned into a battleground. The trouble is, you’re winging it — and it isn’t working, is it? You are not alone. Women in trade businesses everywhere share a similar story.
Written by Angela Smith, co-founder of Dr. DRiP Plumbing and Lifestyle Tradie, co-host of the podcast, The Tradie Show — Together in Trade Business, and co-author of Start Up, Scale Up, Sell Up, Tradie Wife: Why Winging It Isn’t Working (And Breaking Old Habits Will Help) is packed with relatable lived experiences, practical, evidence-based tips, along with advice from leading habit researcher, Dr Gina Cleo, to help you gain your wings in life and business.