LFYC | S3 E25 – Obi Abuchi interviews Penny Power | The Magic of Self-Empowerment
On this week’s Leading from Your Core Podcast and Vodcast, Obi Abuchi interviews Penny Power.
Penny is an entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Author and Community Builder who believes in “Community Led Growth’, her belief in business has always been highly personal. Her latest book “Business is Personal’ helps thousands of business owners to find their success and happiness in business. This book has been Penny’s philosophy; she manifests this belief through communities, herself, and to aid clients with their creation.
‘Business Loneliness’ is a mental challenge that impacts the financial results for many, however, Penny focuses on this aspect of mental support through building and serving business communities.
She was awarded her OBE by the Queen in 2014 for her ‘contribution to entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy, citing the work she and her husband, Thomas, achieved to bring community to business owners in 1998 before LinkedIn and Facebook (who followed 4 and 6 years later). ‘Academy’ grew across 52 Countries with 650,000 members. Working with Business Owners and their dedication to Community values has been their life ever since.
Penny and Thomas launched an exclusive Business community for "Experts" in 2020. Business owners who have decided to devote their lives to a skill that will benefit others. The BIP100 community reflects their beliefs in small intimate groups,' ensuring intimacy, privacy, trust, and support for business owners, where they can grow and support each other with strong kindness values. To maintain community intimacy, the BIP100 Group will never have more than 100 members. They also run a Community Accelerator to teach others how to build a community as a central revenue and customer retention strategy.
She is a mother of 3 Adult children and married to Thomas Power for 32 years.
In this episode:
- The power of self-empowerment
- The essence of choosing happiness in the face of adversity
- The significance of self-compassion and love for others
- The advantages of finding happiness in yourself
- Being self-aware of self-empowerment
- Recognizing happy moments during difficult times
- The Influence of Mindfulness
- overcoming adversity and embracing self-development
- Understanding your constitution and determining whether it works for or against you
- How to progress if your constitution is working against you
- How to gain control of outside forces that control us
- Recognizing that our self-worth is not dependent on the opinions of others
- The value of celebrating success and failures
- Incorporating love into business to boost resilience
You can find out more about Penny via the link below:
LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennypower/
Whatsapp - +447771 543478
Twitter- @pennypower
Instagram- @pennyfpower
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/obiabuchi/
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