In the rapidly-evolving discipline of nutrigenomics, Dr Yael Joffe RD PhD FACN is globally acknowledged as a leading expert in the field. She is a highly sought-after speaker, has co-authored two books, ‘It’s Not Just Your Genes’ and ‘Genes To Plate’, and has been published in multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals. Yael is at the forefront of nutrigenomic education and has helped develop and supervise nutrigenomics courses around the world, including her own Manuka and 3X4 Ed. courses, which have trained hundreds of healthcare practitioners globally. She is currently an Adjunct Professor, teaching Nutrigenomics at Rutgers University and MUIH. She is co-founder and Chief Science Officer of 3X4 Genetics.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Yael’s Father
- Dr Rosalynn Gail Garrison
- Ruth Debask
- Dr Christin Horton
When business started difficulties overcame:
“entrepreneurship is so hard. I often say to people I don’t think I ever made a conscious choice to be an entrepreneur. I worked for a corporate once in my life, I lasted three years, I hated pretty much every day of it and I realised that I just could not work in that environment. It’s not like I set out and go I am going to build businesses and I am only going to join start-ups. It was something that was kind of so natural for me that it was the thing I was drawn to. But so many obstacles and so many difficulties and of course those continue today. So, the first thing is the isolation ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs Book by Guy RazFavourite Quote:
- “find comfort in discomfort”
- “be brave and jump in”
- “failure and success is just part of the journey”
- “find something that pushes you out of your comfort so”
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“just get going, just try, just start, take that first step, don’t worry what comes after that, just try, just step in”…[Listen for More]
More About Yael Joffe:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” John F Kennedy
Other Quotes From the Chat with Yael Joffe:
- “I’ve always been lucky to find these mentors who come into my life just when I am feeling at the greatest loss”
- “I wish I knew then what I know now”
- “don’t build it just because you can build it because it aligns with who you want to be in the world”
- “there is so much failure in entrepreneurship and allowing for that. I think that I have always been extremely hard on myself that any failure was a personal failure. And I didn’t truly appreciate how difficult it is to build businesses. And I think I would have been a lot kinder with myself on the failures”
- “be kind to yourself, have courage and bravery, don’t fear failure, failure is as natural and part of the journey as anything. Understand it’s a journey, it’s not a start and stop, it doesn’t have a beginning and a finish, it’s all part of the journey. I think if you see it as a journey there is a sense of, I’ve succeeded or I’ve failed at any one time”
- “be kind to yourself”
- “don’t settle, don’t accept the status quo, challenge the status quo”
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