On this International Women's Day I'm talking about how we address failure and deal with change in our lives and businesses. As women we see old paths ending too often as failure, we need to seem them for the new opportunities that they give us.

We all have unfinished plans, and I'm no exception, with a mountainous to do pile always in progress, learning to forgive myself for not completing everything perfectly has been a tough journey at times, but I've learned that crucifying myself is not necessary and that a moment to take a pause to recoup and refresh has more value than working myself into the ground.

Opportunities abound and they will not always end in perfection and success, we should view it like trying on shoes, there are always hundreds on the racks in the shops and we will try many on to go with the outfit we need to align them with, but sometimes it takes a little while to find the perfect fit.

On IWD we should honour ourselves as women, our peers and the women of humanity who in all their forms may be struggling today.