I never want to see an open door and be like no that door's not good enough.

I'm going to go through it. I'm going to see what's on the not good enough I'm going to go through it I'm

going to see what's on the other side and I'm going to see if there's any windows I can

climb through and maybe I can build a ladder I don't know. That's really important to

stay in tune with what is you and what's real to you because people will always connect with that.

Welcome to the Boss Bay Podcast, a place where we share with you the real behind the scenes of building successful businesses,

achieving peak performance and learning how to balance it all. I'm Natalie Ellis, CEO of Boss Babe

and your host for this week's episode. Focus, determination and action taking.

Three things that set apart the people who achieve their goals

and the ones who don't.

Every success story is filled with a series of challenges

and at each point along this journey a decision is made whether to push on or not.

If you know anything about me you know I really believe that we can design our own reality.

I mean if I look at where I was five years ago compared to where I am now

there's a pretty big difference. I was leaving university in debt in the north of

England and I had zero clarity about what I wanted to do with my life, but I had those three things.

Focus, determination, and a willingness to take action. I just focused on putting one foot

in front of the other, figuring out as I went along what felt good and exciting and what didn't. I took every opportunity even if I didn't

know where it would go or if it would be wasting my time and I truly believe this mindset helped me to get

the stage I'm at right now my journey. So here's a quick

story time for you. I remember I was at university and I was on Twitter at the time I was

scrolling through and I saw that someone had tweeted saying Richard Branson was opening a bank nearby.

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