Best selling author, thriving entrepreneur, dynamic speaker and coach, and world class trainer, Cornelia Shipley is known for empowering people to achieve their peak performance, strategically plan for the future and ultimately create a life and work that REALLY work!
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Valerie Burton
- Cornelia’s friend
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was in a critical state from a family perspective, I never actually wanted to be an entrepreneur, I was afraid of entrepreneurship and my father had a stroke and my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and I was an only child, so in the midst of those 2 very significant life events, I decided I was going to leave my company and start my business so the biggest challenge was finding the time to invest in the business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Book by Stephen R. Covey
- Energy Leadership: Transforming Your Workplace and Your Life from the Core Book by Bruce D. Schneider
- Think and Grow Rich Book by Napoleon Hill
Favourite Quote:
- “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right”
- “Design your life or somebody else will”
Recommended Online Resources:
- The Entrepreneur Way
- CNN Money – the latest news on global business and market trends from the international section of CNNMoney,
- Black Enterprise – Resource for Black Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Small Businesses
- Fast Company – inspires a new breed of innovative and creative thought leaders who are actively inventing the future of business
- Inc – get advice, tools, and services that help your small business grow
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Don’t wait, if you have an idea, imperfect action is better than no action”…[Listen for More]
More About Cornelia Shipley:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren’t there. The answers are there in the morning.” Alain de Botton
Other Quotes From the Chat with Cornelia Shipley:
- “If you’re beginning your entrepreneurial journey the biggest thing is to make sure you understand your numbers”
- “You need to be clear about who you serve, and why you’re the best to serve that market”
- “Be really good at what you do”
- “Be willing to ask for the referral”
- “If you don’t have the belief that you won’t be successful you won’t be”
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