I took time out, got married, travelled and tried to see life from a different perspective.
I knew I always wanted to start a business but wasn’t sure what in. I’ve always had this inner drive to improve, be better, be successful. One day, my father in law said “why don’t you start catering? We have all the equipment anyway”. So that’s when we first started.
Since then, I decided to go back to full time training and become a GP, whilst in the background try and pick up catering orders. I relied on word of mouth and “seeing how it goes” rather than any concrete advertising. People started whispering “gosh she’s quit her job to do catering” and “she doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life” etc. As a team, we kept trying, we kept building. We have certainly had a lot of ups and downs but we have learnt so much together in the process.
Our Business has gone from strength to strength. We have grown together and supported each other. Over the years I’ve engaged and learnt from other Small Businesses.
I am still a full time GP.. Being a medic is who I am, but I am also creative, imaginative and innovative. Building my own business has given me this opportunity.
I named our family catering business after my Father-In-Law, mainly because he was the one person who didn’t laugh at my ideas and he was the one person who inspired me to make a change. If you are reading this and thinking about starting your own business (whatever that might be), here is my advice:
⭐️ Stop dreaming and start doing!
⭐️ To be successful, you need to be passionate about something!
⭐️ Mistakes will happen, but don’t let it put you down - learn from them!
⭐️ Always keep challenging yourself!
⭐️ Finally, don’t worry about what people think of you - You will always find people who will support and encourage you!
