1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Debra Russell's BIO:&amp;nbsp; Debra Russell is 5’ of Heat!” exclaimed one participant after seeing her speak. An MBA and business coach with over 2 decades of experience, she has helped hundreds of passion-based entrepreneurs create profitable businesses doing what they love. Working with arts and entertainment industry professionals, professional athletes and entrepreneurs doing what they love as a business, she helps them systemize their business and improve their productivity so they are running their business and their business isn’t running them! As a speaker, she’s appeared at conferences like SXSW, Professional Organizations and Universities across the US, Europe and Australia In this episode, Virginia and Debra talked about Debra’s journey into business coaching The importance of planning The 5 roles of a business owner Planning vs. doing in business Systems and productivity in business &amp;nbsp; Takeaways:&amp;nbsp; Hire a coach. Stop doing it alone. Celebrate every small step. Planning makes all the doing possible. Know your why. Systems make everything possible. &amp;nbsp; Connect with&amp;nbsp;Debra Russell on her social media accounts to learn more about her work and insights into networking effectively: &amp;nbsp; LinkedIn URL https://www.linkedin.com/in/debrarussell Facebook URL https://www.facebook.com/CoachDebraRussell Instagram URL https://www.instagram.com/bizcoachdebra/ &amp;nbsp; Connect with Virginia: https://www.bbrpodcast.com/ Business by Referral Podcast http://passionpurposeimpact.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40916045/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/content/200920305