Leslie Strong is the CEO of The Sandboxx. The Sandboxx is a sponsorship technology that accelerates leadership, inclusion and engagement in organizations. As an empowerment coach Leslie wrote ‘The YOU Factor, walking women through regaining their personal power in all areas of life.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Leslie’s Father
When business started difficulties overcame:
“when I first started Gender Mark, which was the company that trained marketing and advertising companies, people looked at me like I had five heads because first of all talking about gender differences… There is still a conversation about that and about whether it exists or it doesn’t exist. So really it was an uphill battle trying to talk to people about something I really believed in. And whether or not they believed the same thing as me. And they didn’t have to but it’s trying to talk to people about something and to show them that there might be a reason why I’m having this conversation and why I believe that it will impact their business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know Book by Malcolm GladwellFavourite Quote:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” Marianne Williamson
Recommended Online Resources:
Caroline Myss – is a five-time New York Times bestselling author and internationally renowned speaker in the fields of human consciousness, spirituality and mysticism, health, energy medicine, and the science of medical intuition.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Know that that’s who you are, to know that you are an entrepreneur. And if that is who you are then to just go for it, trust yourself, take those leaps of faith. I think there is a crazy stat that for 80 companies or 80 projects that entrepreneurs starts only one will be successful. So I think failure is really just knowing that failure isn’t failure it’s just leading us to the next place and it’s just a way of being. Being an entrepreneur is just a way of being and we just have to accept that and keep going and not letting anyone tells different”…[Listen for More]
More About Leslie Strong:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Remember that failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.” Zig Ziglar
Other Quotes From the Chat with Leslie Strong:
- “technology companies are very expensive to start… I don’t think I understood how expensive a technology company is to start… We have a product and products are really, really tough to get right and to make them work and to have a product that is easy to work with and then you go and sell it… If I look back, I would have had more of an understanding of the monetary concept and then been able to reach out to people and investors earlier. So, I was much more attuned with how to do the technology quicker, faster, better from the get go”
- “I think timing is a huge thing. Some people are really good at knowing it’s the right time but I think sometimes it’s luck… When you get the right timing it’s just lucky. Because I think timing can be everything”
- “you have to believe in yourself a lot”
- “People are complex and you can’t put anyone in the box”
- “shining our light and not being afraid of our light, not being afraid of how beautiful and wonderful and great we are. And it doesn’t mean we have to go and be arrogant about it and to 2 toot our own horns and tell everybody about it. Because I think when we bring light to the world, we just are that light. And what comes of that light is love and acceptance and compassion. And I think that’s what the world needs a lot more of right now.”
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