Rachael Welford is the founder of Welford Wellbeing and host of Things I Wish I’d Known Podcast. Her infectious energy drives her mission to release the stigma around mental health after her diagnosis of clinical depression and anxiety. She shares tools and knowledge which empowers those suffering to take back control & build lasting positive change. In the short time she has been running Welford Wellbeing, Rachael has worked with with a variety of companies including Reuters, UN Women, lululemon, TFL and Barbican as well as being voted one of London’s best therapists by Timeout.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Shaa Wasmund
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- Dr Joe Dispenza
- Danielle LaPorte
- Oprah Winfrey
- Brené Brown
- Caroline Myss
- Mary Portas
- Cephas Williams
When business started difficulties overcame:
“mainly my mental health. I was really ill. And actually, sometimes I look back now and I think I can’t believe that I actually set a company up in the midst of recovery from a breakdown… Really I’m probably only maybe 18 months maybe even a little bit less than 18 months into doing stuff full-time. And in that time, I’ve managed to overcome my depression, my anxiety, my panic attacks. last year I was in therapy every week…”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine Book by Mike Michalowicz
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Book by Brené Brown
- Work Like a Woman: A Manifesto For Change Book by Mary Portas
- Selling to win The best book Ever Written on selling Book by Richard Denny
Favourite Quote:
” What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Toggl is the a time tracking app for agencies, teams and small businesses. A simple time tracker with powerful reports and cross platform functionalities
- Canva – Create beautiful designs with your team Use Canva’s drag and drop feature and layouts to design, share and print business cards, logos, presentations and more
- The Freedom Collective. with Shaa Wasmund is a private, invite only group for brave entrepreneurs who are ready to take big risks because they know that’s how you get the big wins! If this is you, then join our buzzing community…
- Wave Invoicing – Free invoicing software made for small businesses and freelancers Send unlimited, professional invoices
- YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
- The Entrepreneur Way – Learn from successful Entrepreneurs with Free Daily podcast interviews that reveal their business success secrets
- Insight Timer – Free Meditation App for Sleep, Relax & More. With the world’s largest FREE library of more than 30k guided meditations, 5k teachers the world’s most loved meditation Timer
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“just keep going, like you have totally got this. If it’s your soul calling and you will know whether it is a not… If you wake up every day and you think oh God, I really wish I was in a job maybe you need to go get a job again. And that’s actually okay as well. Because I think that’s the other thing a lot of the time being an entrepreneur isn’t necessarily for everyone. It can be scary, it can be you don’t know when your next paycheck is coming from, it can be pretty hairy stuff”…[Listen for More]
More About Rachael Welford:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t worry about who gives up on you in life, just make sure that you NEVER give up on yourself.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Rachael Welford:
- “there isn’t really a formula it’s just hard work and being consistent and knowing what you are good at and just driving yourself forward”
- “the reality of if your business isn’t working it makes it so much harder to focus on the things that matter because then you end up in this essentially where you’re desperate for someone to pay you to do something which no one wants to pay a desperate person”
- “I would say definitely shortcuts of focusing on sales and your product and making sure it is clear what it is and what people come by. And also, I think don’t waste time on things like website and branding and whatever. People can find you online by your Facebook page for example. You don’t have to spend loads of money on a flashy website that no one is going to see yet because you have got no traffic. Build your client base that’s the most important thing”
- “knowing what I know now I would have focused on sales a lot earlier. I think I found sales icky, I found it embarrassing to self-promote myself… I would have focused a lot more realising my worth and working on sales”
- “Don’t bullshit yourself. If you’re not actually good at something you are not actually good at it… It’s the same in your business there is going to be things that you are really good at and there is going to be things that you are really not good at. And the things that you are good at, double down, chuck everything at it, really go for it. The things that you are not good at don’t try and get good at them you are probably not going to is just a waste of time, just pay somebody who is good at it. You can’t be good at everything”
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