Interior designer Anouska Lancasteris the founder of Noushka Design. With a background of being trained as an artist, Anouska is a gifted individual with an impressive portfolio of projects and awards to her name. As one of the most talented professionals in the business; Anouska has an uncompromising skill for drawing out the very best qualities of your property and dusting them with her effortless style, class and taste.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“It was believing in myself, I’d never run my own business, done anything like this and it’s such a daunting prospect to take on board. I really suffered from imposter’s syndrome, which is basically the feeling that you don’t have it takes and don’t know what you’re doing, when actually you do. But it’s about overcoming that fear and gaining confidence. I often compare it to motherhood, because when you have a baby, they don’t come with a manual, and I took great comfort from that. That’s how I see my business, as my other baby, and I’m learning as I go all the time”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Find Your Extraordinary: Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms Book by Jessica HerrinFavourite Quote:
“Extraordinary only exists outside of your comfort zone”
Also mentioned:
“Life is determined not by your past, or by your circumstances, but by what you do next”
“You can only become truly accomplished at something that you love”
“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity against the play-it-safers”
Recommended Online Resources:
Houzz – the new way to design your home. Browse 10 million interior design photos, home decor, decorating ideas and home professionals online.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Surround yourself with positive people and have a great team of people around you. When I’m with upbeat and positive people, it’s contagious, it’s impossible to feel negative. It’s also a confidence boost to have people around you that believe in you, that share your goals and are happy for your successes. If you surround yourself with people who are jealous or who want you to fail, I believe you will, because it’s a lot easier to believe the negative, and I’ve found that so true being an entrepreneur. Don’t let there be room for negativity in your mindset, hang on to the positive, be positive and it will make a difference. It’s so much more fun being around positive people, if you hang around naysayers and toxic people; it will rub off on you. You don’t have to completely cut these people out of your life but time is precious. Go for lunch with people who are inspiring and cheer you up and get you ready for the next day because they’re the people you want to be with”…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.” Norman Ralph Augustine
Other Quotes From the Chat with Anouska Lancaster:
- “I treat my clients like my friends”
- “I appreciate the bumpy road on the way to success”
- “Mistakes I make are learning curves for me”
- “My clients always come first”
- “When you are an entrepreneur you are constantly having things thrown at you that terrify you, and when you do it, it gives you a real confidence boost, because you think not only was I really good at that, but I really enjoyed that”
- “Every difficulty you overcome builds you as a person, builds your confidence, and builds your business”
- “I’m not a follower of trends, I’m very confident of my style and what I do”
- “Fail is a word I tend not to use”
- “The world’s waiting for all of us to show our potential and if you go in with a negative mindset, you won’t achieve your goals”
- “You will only be treated the way you treat other people”
- “I really think that success comes from people liking you and wanting to spend time with you”
- “I don’t think anything can develop unless someone’s brave enough to take risks”
- “There’s no point having a great website if no one’s going to come and visit it, you could have a perfect website or business card but if you’re not handing them out and no one’s looking for you, no one will see what you’re doing. For me, I’m really hands on, to me my clients, meeting people and getting myself out there has been a priority for me”
- “Every difficulty you overcome builds you as a person, your confidence and your business. Next time you have an opportunity and think I can’t do that you can pull on through this experience and think hang on, I didn’t think I could do what I did there, and I did it and I was really successful. SO I’ve got things coming up that are making me nervous but I know every day I’m learning, building confidence and my brand is getting stronger, it’s all about turning that negativity and fear into excitement.”
- “Public speaking and things like that really take your business to another level because you’re reaching out to so many people, and it’s a way of people getting to know you”
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