Mary Kelly, PhD, CSP, CDR, US Navy (ret). Leadership Expert, Economist, Best-selling Author, Keynote speaker. Mary Kelly improves profit growth. As an economist, corporate strategist, and leadership development expert, Mary translates economic data that leaders can use to make the right decisions for their business. Cited in Money Magazine, Entrepreneur, Success, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and by over 500 TV and radio stations, Mary translates theory into action. Author of 13 business and leadership books.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Neil Ball
- Robber barons
When business started difficulties overcame:
“one of the lessons I learned early was don’t take other people’s advice if they are trying to extort money out of you. You have got to be very careful about who you trust with your advice. I got some really bad advice that I paid for, and it was horrible advice and I did it and it cost me even more money because it was terrible advice. So, I was a little bit naïve. And I think we all have to go through those periods of being naïve and figuring out what works best for our business. But some people allow that to make them jaded and then they don’t try or they get discouraged. And every business has challenges on the issue there is what kind of advice are you taking? And what is a struggle for you?”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Competent Leader: 19 Critical Skills Any Manager or Supervisor Must Know Book by Peter Stark and Jane Flaherty
- A Mind for Sales: Daily Habits and Practical Strategies for Sales Success Book by Mark Hunter
Favourite Quote:
“be the person your dogs think you are”
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“surround yourself with a mastermind of other entrepreneurs who are doing either what you want to do or successful in their lanes… I am a huge fan of creating a mastermind or a board of advisers or joining something where you get other people’s perspectives”…[Listen for More]
More About Mary Kelly:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.” Malcolm Forbes
Other Quotes From the Chat with Mary Kelly:
- “I read a bunch of business books, I went to the seminars, I went to the conferences, I just think I had to make a series of mistakes in the first couple of years and figure it out. Honestly there is no real shortcut. Get smart as you can but just understand you are going to make mistakes and you are going to make bad decisions and those bad decisions are properly going to cost you and hopefully you won’t do it again”
- “I think the secrets to success are knowing your strengths and knowing your weaknesses and then hiring for the things that you are bad at doing”
- “there are people out there who are better than me at doing a lot of things and I need to hire them”
- “hire people not like you, hire people who think differently from you because if everybody in your organisation thinks the same way then somebody is redundant and it maybe you. You need different approaches”
- “if you really want to succeed you need to work like your life depends on it”
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