740: Are You Willing to Live in the Fast Lane and Work Really Really Hard? With Judith Humphrey Founder and Owner of the Humphrey Group

Judith Humphrey is the founder of The Humphrey Group, a premier leadership communications firm. She is a communications expert whose business teaches global clients how to communicate as confident, compelling leaders. Judith is the author of three books (Speaking as a Leader, Taking the Stage, and the upcoming Impromptu: Leading in the Moment). She is also an acclaimed speaker and a columnist for Fast Company. She was awarded the 2012 YWCA’S prestigious Woman of Distinction award for Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

• Richard Branson
• Steve Jobs

When business started difficulties overcame:

“You have to face the fear, you have to face the fact that it’s not easy that you’ll have to work twice as hard as you did any other time in your life, you’re not going to have the same amount of money coming in initially. I took a pay cut the first year. I didn’t want to incur costs if I didn’t have to so I had an office the size of a closet”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

Biographies

Favourite Quote:

Martin Luther King Jr I have a Dream Speech

Recommended Online Resources:

Not asked

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Go into entrepreneurship if you’re willing to live in the fast lane and work really really hard, drive yourself, but most importantly, if you have an idea about offering something that the world needs, but it doesn’t yet exist, don’t just go into a business because you’re good at something, it doesn’t really matter whether  you’re good at something, go into a business because the world needs something you can envision and do it for them, and by doing it for them you’ll be doing it for you by creating something wonderful”…[Listen for More]

More About Judith Humphrey:

The Humphrey Group

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Other Quotes From the Chat with Judith Humphrey:

• “You have to be driven”
• “You can provide something nobody else can provide”
• “Can I create something for clients that nobody else has created, and that’s where you want to be, you don’t want any competition”
• “It doesn’t come easily”
• “If somebody else had done it, you wouldn’t be successful. You have to carve out that path”

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