1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Julie Ockerby tells us a great story of how she saw a problem in everyday life and created a successful business that solved it. When her father got ill she was disgusted at the standard of elderly accommodation she saw. Having worked with luxury hotel groups and having been a nurse herself, she built up Meli Studio and became an award-winning designer for residential and commercial homes for aged care. See some of Julie’s top tips below: ** Understand if your an extrovert or an introvert. Build your business to suit your strengths, i.e. if you're an extrovert make sure you surround yourself with many different voices. ** Delegate! Your business will never excel if you don’t take the time to build a team and delegate. ** Have a pier group of like-minded business people who you can lean on for support. It certainly worked for Julie. One monthly meeting can make all the difference. ** Don’t let things slide. If something doesn’t look right to your clients/customers take action on their timetable, not yours. ** Get out there and meet as many people as you can. Think about going to conferences outside of your own industry and learning a different angle. In this episode of Business Brain Food you will learn: ** How to acquire and existing business and take it forwards ** How Julie grew her business exponentially ** How to delegate properly ** Is international travel worth it? ** How Julie went from aged care to pioneering her own fabrics? Resources mentioned in this episode: ** If you’re a business coach, business adviser or would like to become one, go to: https://maxmyprofit.com.au/business-exceleration.html ** Check out Julie’s interiors company: http://www.melistudio.com.au ** All previous BBF episodes &amp;amp; show notes can be found at&amp;nbsp;http://www.businessbrainfood.com.au ** Join the Business Brain Food Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BusinessBrainFood/ ** Twitter:&amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/bfewtrell Call to action: We’ll end with a great piece of advice from Julie: “I don’t think anyone can appreciate success unless they have failed a few times.” Also, if you are enjoying these Business Brain Food podcasts, then make sure to share them via social media sites or email the links to family and friends. A lot of time and effort goes into producing each of these podcasts with the goal in mind of&amp;nbsp;the more people we can inspire about business the better. You can help us do just that! Until next time, have a profitable day! Cheers, Ben Fewtrell 02 8808 5500 Business Brain Food http://businessbrainfood.libsyn.com/webpage <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/11937263/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/11937263