039 Overcoming Paralysis when Starting a Business, with Louise Jowsey
Today’s episode is an interview with Louise Jowsey. Louise is a single mum to 2 teenagers. She published her first book last month called “50 things I learnt about life by 50”. Louise wrote this book for her daughter. Her friend inspired her to publish a book and 100% of the proceeds are going to a charity of which Louise is a trustee. “50 things I learnt about life by 50” is available on Amazon, Kindle and as a paperback edition priced from £2.95. All monies raised go to a Cambodian based charity that Louise is involved in, “The Sorn Foundation”. The charity built a school last year, today it has 72 pupils on roll. With Louise’s help, the charity uses education to empower women and children and fight poverty and inequality. Louise also has a free guide she’s giving away containing handy tips she’s used to build her brand on LinkedIn. It is a LinkedIn profile optimisation guide. And of course some book recommendations (see list below).
Here are some of the key takeaways from this episode:
- Overcoming paralysis when starting a business.
- Getting a boost to start your business.
- Balancing her own business and helping a charity.
- Struggles, challenges and fears that come along with starting a business.
- Feel the fear and do it anyway.
- Having a pre-existing understanding of your clients/audience.
- Using a strong sales pipeline to see where demand is and where services best fit.
- The importance of systemisation in business.
Find Louise at:
_stablehomes_ – Instagram
Louise Jowsey – LinkedIn
Books, Podcasts, resources and businesses mentioned during this interview:
7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey – Book or Audiobook
Dext – Receipt logging software