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E267: "It’s Not Failure Unless You Stop” – Annette Houston Interview
This was an incredibly moving and real conversation to have. Annette has survived some rocky moments in her life, and she shares how, when she was a child, her father’s sudden illness almost caused the family to lose their business and did cause them to lose their home.
This potentially traumatic moment turned into one of Annette’s driving forces: she began to help around the business and noticed that her actions were making a difference. She knew from an early age that being someone else’s employee wasn’t for her – she liked being her own boss.
Family, hard work, and nostalgia (she loves all things Disney World – yes, it must be Florida) are still driving forces in her life. Settle in for a conversation with a person who knows the value of hard work and entrepreneurship, how to rest, and what giving back to one’s community truly means.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The next time you start to feel upset about a particular obstacle, try looking at it as an opportunity instead. Literally say that to yourself. Reframing things in a positive sense helps you to find solutions you might not otherwise.
- Sometimes the only thing you can do to move your goals forward is to hang on to start another day. Learn to look at the bigger picture if your “failures” are starting to get you down.
- There is no such thing as a mistake.
- Have a life outside of your business, even if your business combines both your income and your passion. It is important to know how to rest and be involved with other things.
BEST MOMENTS
“I caused myself (lost, in our business) and me -- so much trouble by not understanding that I didn’t know it all and not understanding that there were other people who were able to do things more efficiently…whatever role that it was, it wasn’t my strength.”
(On being the owner of a business) “What job doesn’t have its challenges? Look at the opportunity you have in front of you to have a positive impact on people, whether its on your clients, your staff, or your own family? There’s opportunities in front of us every day if we choose to look at it that way.”
“For anyone who likes to go, there’s a place on the way in to the Magic Kingdom where you come under the arch, go round and you can see the castle…there’s this feeling, you come in, and the sun’s beaming down and you start to smell all the smells: the popcorn and the bakery and the hotdogs…there’s a lot of people who get emotional. You only get that feeling when you leave and when you come back. This is what I work for.”
“I love learning. If I’m not doing four courses, I’m not well. I always have something on the go that I’m trying to get my head around.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Annette Houston was born and raised in Donegal. She is a wife, a mother, and a huge Disney fan. She is also a business owner -- currently she owns several cleaning companies. She’s gotten a master’s degree in Innovation and Leadership from the Letterkenny Institute of Technology, and prides herself on her curiosity which keeps her learning.
CONTACT METHOD
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/annette-houston-64504514/
Annette’s Businesses https://fmservicesgroup.ie/
Annette’s Twitter https://twitter.com/Annetteh76
ABOUT THE HOST
The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire in The Belly’.
Pete is an entrepreneur, mentor, coach, property Investor, and father of three beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in project management and property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire in the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.
Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire in The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions section.
The ‘Fire in The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development courses, and rapid results mentoring.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.facebook.com/mightypetelonton/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mightypete
https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/
Support the show: https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/
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This was an incredibly moving and real conversation to have. Annette has survived some rocky moments in her life, and she shares how, when she was a child, her father’s sudden illness almost caused the family to lose their business and did cause them to lose their home.
This potentially traumatic moment turned into one of Annette’s driving forces: she began to help around the business and noticed that her actions were making a difference. She knew from an early age that being someone else’s employee wasn’t for her – she liked being her own boss.
Family, hard work, and nostalgia (she loves all things Disney World – yes, it must be Florida) are still driving forces in her life. Settle in for a conversation with a person who knows the value of hard work and entrepreneurship, how to rest, and what giving back to one’s community truly means.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The next time you start to feel upset about a particular obstacle, try looking at it as an opportunity instead. Literally say that to yourself. Reframing things in a positive sense helps you to find solutions you might not otherwise.
- Sometimes the only thing you can do to move your goals forward is to hang on to start another day. Learn to look at the bigger picture if your “failures” are starting to get you down.
- There is no such thing as a mistake.
- Have a life outside of your business, even if your business combines both your income and your passion. It is important to know how to rest and be involved with other things.
BEST MOMENTS
“I caused myself (lost, in our business) and me -- so much trouble by not understanding that I didn’t know it all and not understanding that there were other people who were able to do things more efficiently…whatever role that it was, it wasn’t my strength.”
(On being the owner of a business) “What job doesn’t have its challenges? Look at the opportunity you have in front of you to have a positive impact on people, whether its on your clients, your staff, or your own family? There’s opportunities in front of us every day if we choose to look at it that way.”
“For anyone who likes to go, there’s a place on the way in to the Magic Kingdom where you come under the arch, go round and you can see the castle…there’s this feeling, you come in, and the sun’s beaming down and you start to smell all the smells: the popcorn and the bakery and the hotdogs…there’s a lot of people who get emotional. You only get that feeling when you leave and when you come back. This is what I work for.”
“I love learning. If I’m not doing four courses, I’m not well. I always have something on the go that I’m trying to get my head around.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Annette Houston was born and raised in Donegal. She is a wife, a mother, and a huge Disney fan. She is also a business owner -- currently she owns several cleaning companies. She’s gotten a master’s degree in Innovation and Leadership from the Letterkenny Institute of Technology, and prides herself on her curiosity which keeps her learning.
CONTACT METHOD
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/annette-houston-64504514/
Annette’s Businesses https://fmservicesgroup.ie/
Annette’s Twitter https://twitter.com/Annetteh76
ABOUT THE HOST
The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire in The Belly’.
Pete is an entrepreneur, mentor, coach, property Investor, and father of three beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in project management and property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire in the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.
Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire in The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions section.
The ‘Fire in The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development courses, and rapid results mentoring.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.facebook.com/mightypetelonton/
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mightypete
https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/
Support the show: https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/