Ann Robbins is a solo-preneur who has dedicated her second career to helping her clients with love and relationships. After 20 years in the corporate world, Ann has reinvented herself several times – always with a focus on learning, growing, exploring new avenues to help others lead whole fulfilling lives. Most recently she added an essential oils business to her coaching practice and now offers health, wellness and lifestyle coaching to her clients.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Ann’s Father
When business started difficulties overcame:
“one of the things I didn’t count on was how lonely it would be. I had a corporate job and I was used with team, I was used to having resources and help and staff and camaraderie and people to go to lunch with and all of that and now suddenly I am emptying my own wastebasket. So that was a big adjustment. To help with that I did a lot of networking, I joined a professional group, I got out there, I met you people”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) Book by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills
- Love In 90 Days: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Own True Love Book by Diana Kirschner PhD. Click this link to listen to the Dr Diana Kirschner podcast on The Entrepreneur Way
Favourite Quote:
- “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed” Michael Jordan
- “Never, never, never give up.” Winston Churchill
Recommended Online Resources:
- Entrepreneur Magazine is the a source for everything small business. Get the latest small business information
- The Branding Journal is an independent online journal covering news and case studies about branding strategies worldwide
- LinkedIn – LinkedIn 500 million+ members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“I think there is a lot that should be done prior to launch. And to me and is the most important thing, you have to listen to the entrepreneurial voice in your head but you have to do it in a planfull way. So if you haven’t started your business yet don’t just quit your job and then begin planning. Do all of that stuff ahead of time to try to avoid the anxiety and overwhelm. Once you have launched or you are already in business my biggest piece of advice is never forget why you started in the first place. You open your business for a reason. So when the going gets tough and it will, there will be times when it gets tuff ask yourself not just why did you start your business but what is the why behind the why ”…[Listen for More]
More About Ann Robbins:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.” Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ann Robbins:
- “If you don’t have dreams and you don’t have goals you are going to end up working for someone does”
- “I think the entrepreneurial spirit was instilled in me at a very early age”
- “nothing is going to happen unless you sell something”
- “while sales is the lifeblood of your business learned how to self without being salesy, I learned how to put focus on the customer rather than on myself and that has helped me tremendously in business”
- “do what you say you will do, be true to yourself, be true to your inner voice. Listen to what’s going on inside of you, look into your soul and decide what is really important to you. And Then above all put the customer or the client first. And I think if you do those things the money will follow”
- “I think staying true to your values, staying true to your core business, don’t get distracted by other outside stuff, and there is always stuff, stay focused and everything else will fall into place”
- “self-happiness spills over into all areas of your life”
- “self-love is a critical factor in our personal and professional lives. You have to be comfortable with who you are in order to be comfortable with everything else”
- “I feel like it’s okay to fail and if you fail you try something else. You just can’t give up on your purpose and you can’t give up on your passion because that’s giving up on yourself”
- “I try to connect with people who can potentially be helpful resource for me, also me for them… I think that’s an important key to LinkedIn, you want to develop reciprocal relationships, you want to make sure that if you are connecting with someone there is a mutual benefit.”
- “Coaching is an investment in yourself whether you are trying to make changes in your life or a transition into something new it’s so important to avoid overwhelm”
- “everyone needs a mentor, everyone needs a coach”
- “if it’s to be it’s up to me”
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