Sharon Cully is the founder of Simply Processes, where she helps entrepreneurs find the time to grow their business, make more money and create more freedom. With 15+ years’ experience working with leading global brands, Sharon has helped companies around the world increase performance, minimize costs and meet customer’s needs. She now helps entrepreneurs scale up by gaining control of their business processes.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I would say it was most challenging for me to first of all take the step away from the world that I knew, the corporate world and the comfort, the level of comfort that I had in operating in that world. Moving into the small business world and being a business owner where I have to find my own clients, I have to find my own work and on a daily basis I wouldn’t necessarily know what the best action to take would be. Whereas in the book corporate world I had a very clearly defined role and I would know on a daily basis what I would need to do to move forward”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie ForleoFavourite Quote:
“If at first you don’t succeed,: Try, try, try again.” Proverb
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“what I found was the skills and experience that I have seem quite ordinary to me but that others find those skills to be very helpful. And so things that come naturally to me and I think will surely if I can do it everyone can do it, actually that’s not the case. So I have learned that it’s a great idea to figure out what your strengths are, what you find easy, what people thank you for and to go after those as a basis for your business if you are interested in going into business for yourself. And that way you will not only enjoy the work that you do but you will be able to help others who really don’t find it as easy as you do to do the things that you do ”…[Listen for More]
More About Sharon Cully:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.” Mary Kay Ash
Other Quotes From the Chat with Sharon Cully:
- “there are always other ways to get around the results that you are getting or lack of results that you are getting. There are always other ways forward, there is other support that you can get”
- “persistence is key… Just keep persisting and keep going and you will get there”
- “there are very few things that will lead to a total disaster”
- “if I could go back in time and reassure myself that it’s going to be okay, you will be okay, even if it takes longer than you think”
- “the main difference between big and small business is processes and systems and making sure that the results that you want are repeatable through putting those processes in place”
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