Formerly an Aerospace Engineer, Ali Boone is now a lifestyle entrepreneur, business consultant and real estate investor. She left her 9-to-5 to pursue ultimate freedom—being able to work from wherever she wants, whenever she wants. Her ultimate goal is to someday challenge Tim Ferriss to a lifestyle design duel.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I couldn’t make it happen in the way I thought I needed to, in engineering I problem solved my way to the solution, in entrepreneurship I had to reverse my thinking because I couldn’t problem solve my way to the end, I had to kind of reverse and just do the best I could every day not knowing what was going to happen”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The E-myth, why most businesses don’t work and what to do about it Book by Michael E. GerberFavourite Quote:
“Don’t take advice you wouldn’t trade shoes with”
Recommended Online Resources:
Books
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Seek to find what comes natural for you. Make a business off of something that you’re already doing. Taking that time to, a hobby may need to stay a hobby but I think it’s building from scratch, it’s not coming up with the end result and working backwards and I know a lot of businesses start that way but in my case it was starting from the ground and letting it build itself, building it organically and if you can have the patience to do that and the willingness to be open-minded to what that is, that is when I think the answers start presenting themselves, the more success is available and you’re the happiest”…[Listen for More]
More About Ali Boone:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.” Alison Gopnik
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ali Boone:
- “If you’re good at making pies, running a pie shop is completely different than making pies and people need to be aware of that because I see so many people go to their trade trying to make a business and they’re confused as to why they can’t make it happen”
- “I don’t want people to overeducate them self and never make the move because they feel like they don’t have enough information but take the time to explore and figure out what your goals are”
Ali Boone
Hi everyone! I’m so excited Neil wanted to interview me. I really had a blast talking with him. I’d love to be in touch with anyone who wants to reach out, so message me anytime! Be sure to let me know you found me through this podcast so I can give Neil mad props for sending folks my way 😉
Neil Ball
Thanks Ali for your kind words. It was awesome interviewing you.