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Following Your Passion All The Way To Success – with Emily Dolan-Davies
Making a living at the thing you love is a dream we all have, and our guest today is doing exactly that!
Emily Dolan-Davies is a drummer born and bred in North London, who’s been lucky enough to “hit things professionally” for the past eleven years. She has toured the world, playing music with many artists and brands including Howard Jones, The Darkness, Bryan Ferry and Kim Wilde, and in 2016 opened her own studio, enabling her to record drums remotely for artists across the globe.
This business has been incredibly successful, so how has Emily enjoyed the transition from musician to entrepreneur, and how does she deal with being a woman in a male-dominated space. You’ll find out the answers, along with the story of Emily’s incredible life so far, in this week’s episode!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Emily always wanted to play music, but couldn’t quite decide where it was that she fit in. Drumming just clicked for her. As soon as she began to play, she knew that it was where she belonged, and has followed her heart ever since.
Diversity is a crucial ingredient in what makes Emily love her job. She far more enjoys being a session musician as it allows her to switch between different groups of people and different types of music.
Part of being an entrepreneur is to recognise when something doesn’t fit, and being brave enough to admit that something is not working.
In every entrepreneur’s journey, there is always a time when it becomes almost too challenging. We are offered the choice to walk away or keep going, and choose the latter is often the more-difficult.
Self-worth can often be linked to how often the phone rings, or how many sales are made. But validation should always come from the content you create, the product you produce, or the service you offer.
Finding out your business purpose is crucial as an entrepreneur, and part of that is remembering that your business or brand is not always about you. It can also be about the people you serve. You can take inspiration and motivation from knowing that the things you make can help people.
Be kind to yourself. Have self-belief. You need to recognise that have a choice in everything, and that you’ve already come such a long way as a business owner.
Find something that you would do for free. Whatever you choose to do, you have to love it more than anything in the world. There will be times when you ask yourself why you’re doing this, and as long as you can answer yourself, things will be alright
BEST MOMENTS
‘If you can have that much fun while you’re working, then it isn’t really working’
‘You can’t find where you fit unless you try different things’
‘I was looking for an external fix, when the real issue was internal’
‘It doesn’t just motivate me. It genuinely inspires me’
‘I’m no perfect. In fact I’m far from perfect’
‘If you really love this, keep going, keep pushing’
‘Luck is just persistence and timing'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Women Rockin Business Podcast
Traci’s Website
Emily on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Emilydrums
Emily’s Website - http://www.emilydolandavies.com
Emily’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/emilydrums/
Emily on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/emilydolandavies
Emily’s YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/emilydolandavies
ABOUT THE GUEST
Emily Dolan-Davies is a drummer, born and bred in North London, who has been lucky enough to hit things professionally for the last 11 years.
She has toured the world playing music with many artists/bands and in 2016, and has opened her own studio to record drums remotely for artists across the globe.
ABOUT THE HOST
Traci Cornelius is a Speaker, Business Coach, Mindset Coach and mum to five girls. Like many, Traci’s story is not really a succinct one. It is long with many twists and turns (which is like business and life itself!).
"Many of the twists and turns have helped me to learn, to grow and to become a successful entrepreneur."
On a professional level, she runs many businesses. On a personal level, she is a Mum to five wonderful, adorable, courageous, independent and challenging girls.
“I discovered exactly where I had gone wrong in my previous businesses. Everything I had been through, the good the bad and the ugly started to come together into the best discovery of all the “5 Power Principles” I implemented them, first in my business and then in others and so they then became the “5 Power Principles” that other people wanted to know about!”
–Traci Cornelius
When it comes to starting and scaling your business, whilst juggling family responsibilities and taming your mind monkeys, Traci is your go-to-gal!
CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraciCornelius22
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WomenRockinBusiness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TraciCornelius
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WomenRockinBusiness
Official website: https://tracicornelius.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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By Traci CorneliusMaking a living at the thing you love is a dream we all have, and our guest today is doing exactly that!
Emily Dolan-Davies is a drummer born and bred in North London, who’s been lucky enough to “hit things professionally” for the past eleven years. She has toured the world, playing music with many artists and brands including Howard Jones, The Darkness, Bryan Ferry and Kim Wilde, and in 2016 opened her own studio, enabling her to record drums remotely for artists across the globe.
This business has been incredibly successful, so how has Emily enjoyed the transition from musician to entrepreneur, and how does she deal with being a woman in a male-dominated space. You’ll find out the answers, along with the story of Emily’s incredible life so far, in this week’s episode!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Emily always wanted to play music, but couldn’t quite decide where it was that she fit in. Drumming just clicked for her. As soon as she began to play, she knew that it was where she belonged, and has followed her heart ever since.
Diversity is a crucial ingredient in what makes Emily love her job. She far more enjoys being a session musician as it allows her to switch between different groups of people and different types of music.
Part of being an entrepreneur is to recognise when something doesn’t fit, and being brave enough to admit that something is not working.
In every entrepreneur’s journey, there is always a time when it becomes almost too challenging. We are offered the choice to walk away or keep going, and choose the latter is often the more-difficult.
Self-worth can often be linked to how often the phone rings, or how many sales are made. But validation should always come from the content you create, the product you produce, or the service you offer.
Finding out your business purpose is crucial as an entrepreneur, and part of that is remembering that your business or brand is not always about you. It can also be about the people you serve. You can take inspiration and motivation from knowing that the things you make can help people.
Be kind to yourself. Have self-belief. You need to recognise that have a choice in everything, and that you’ve already come such a long way as a business owner.
Find something that you would do for free. Whatever you choose to do, you have to love it more than anything in the world. There will be times when you ask yourself why you’re doing this, and as long as you can answer yourself, things will be alright
BEST MOMENTS
‘If you can have that much fun while you’re working, then it isn’t really working’
‘You can’t find where you fit unless you try different things’
‘I was looking for an external fix, when the real issue was internal’
‘It doesn’t just motivate me. It genuinely inspires me’
‘I’m no perfect. In fact I’m far from perfect’
‘If you really love this, keep going, keep pushing’
‘Luck is just persistence and timing'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Women Rockin Business Podcast
Traci’s Website
Emily on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Emilydrums
Emily’s Website - http://www.emilydolandavies.com
Emily’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/emilydrums/
Emily on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/emilydolandavies
Emily’s YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/emilydolandavies
ABOUT THE GUEST
Emily Dolan-Davies is a drummer, born and bred in North London, who has been lucky enough to hit things professionally for the last 11 years.
She has toured the world playing music with many artists/bands and in 2016, and has opened her own studio to record drums remotely for artists across the globe.
ABOUT THE HOST
Traci Cornelius is a Speaker, Business Coach, Mindset Coach and mum to five girls. Like many, Traci’s story is not really a succinct one. It is long with many twists and turns (which is like business and life itself!).
"Many of the twists and turns have helped me to learn, to grow and to become a successful entrepreneur."
On a professional level, she runs many businesses. On a personal level, she is a Mum to five wonderful, adorable, courageous, independent and challenging girls.
“I discovered exactly where I had gone wrong in my previous businesses. Everything I had been through, the good the bad and the ugly started to come together into the best discovery of all the “5 Power Principles” I implemented them, first in my business and then in others and so they then became the “5 Power Principles” that other people wanted to know about!”
–Traci Cornelius
When it comes to starting and scaling your business, whilst juggling family responsibilities and taming your mind monkeys, Traci is your go-to-gal!
CONTACT METHOD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TraciCornelius22
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WomenRockinBusiness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TraciCornelius
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WomenRockinBusiness
Official website: https://tracicornelius.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.