In this episode, Jeannette talks to Lyndsey Thomas who is an award-winning tourism marketing & comms expert, multi-business owner and entrepreneur. She established a female-focused travel brand just before Co-Vid struck. But Lyndsey persevered and today, the brand is growing fast.
She and Jeannette discuss how Lyndsey pivoted and turned what should have been a disaster into an opportunity. Including how she pulled together with others to get things done. They also talk about how she coped with postnatal depression and several other challenges she has faced lately.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
When times are tough, you have to pivot and find a new way to get things done.
Appreciate the strength of the people that you have around you. The right support is paramount.
You can use negativity to fuel yourself.
Working on your mindset is crucial, it creates the resilience you need for entrepreneurship.
Understand you and focus on what works for you.
Social media is extremely powerful, but you need to be careful with it. Lyndsey shares a cautionary tale, in the episode.
BEST MOMENTS
‘You have to have tenacity; you have to have focus and vision. ´
‘The people around you are what make your business flourish.’
‘You have to ignore the haters.’
This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It’s never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you’d like to join Jeannette’s FREE Business Impact Seminar just DM Jeannette at info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com or sign up via Jeannette’s linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970
EPISODE RESOURCES
Website : https://girlabouttravel.co.uk/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Lyndsey Thomas is an award-winning tourism marketing & comms expert, multi-business owner, and tourism marketing entrepreneur. She is the founder of Girl About under which sits GA Comms, The Girl About Blog Squad and Girl About Travel. Lyndsey launched a pioneering new female-only online travel club at the start of the pandemic, and through sheer grit, determination, a lot of pivoting, and resilience, she is starting to see the fruits of her labour. She advocates for people and purpose over profit across the travel industry, and her mission is to help women travel better and discover more.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
CONTACT THE HOST
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
