406: Humility Is Necessary to Grow and Evolve with Teri Dreher Founder and Owner of North Shore Patient Advocates

Teri Dreher is a career ICU nurse and owner of the Chicago based North Shore Patient Advocates, as well as a public speaker. She is also the author of Patient Advocacy Matters, a consumers’ guide to modern healthcare, rich with stories that inspire, shock, teach and challenge all patients to step up and become active participants in their own healthcare.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

None said

When business started difficulties overcame:

“When I started my business I really knew nothing about business at all. It was frightening to learn something brand new, it was as if I was starting a whole new career when I was in my mid fifties but I knew I could do it, I had been in other positions before where I was asked to do things that was above my pay grade so to speak, above my education and I had excelled at them and so I knew that I could do things that I wasn’t trained to do so it was a step by step process”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy Book by Lewis Howes

Favourite Quote:

“Never ever ever ever ever give up” Winston Churchill

Recommended Online Resources:

Michael Hyatt – Get the clarity, confidence, and tools you need to win at work and succeed at life

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Get a great business coach, if you have a really good business coach that can guide you through the business development portions that you’re weak in and can help you work on developing those areas of weakness, that would be the best money you’ve ever spent”…[Listen for More]

More About Teri Dreher:

North Shore Patient Advocates

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“To get answers of life, ask questions” Sukant Ratnakar, Open the Windows

Other Quotes From the Chat with Teri Dreher:

• “I don’t want to hire anybody who isn’t teachable, humility is necessary to grow and evolve”
• “Perseverance pays off”
• “It’s probably 10% smarts and instincts but I think to be a successful entrepreneur, there’s got to be at least 90% perseverance”

 

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