In our fourteenth podcast episode we are talking about building a soul-led business with the wonderful Sammy Blindell from One Drop Movement. Sammy is a multi-award winning international speaker, nine times best selling author, CEO of How To Build A Brand and of course the founder of One Drop Movement.
BUILDING A BUSINESS WITH SOUL
Sammy shares her unique experiences and approaches in business that really pushed her beyond the old 3D paradigm business models of ‘hustle and bustle’ and into a new beautiful co-creation made with her soul and the universe.
Sammy talks about her inspiration behind One Drop Movement right at the start of her entrepreneurial journey. During a training workshop she read the following - ‘individually we are one drop - together we are the ocean.’ This quote was her best lesson in business and from that point forwards she knew she wasn’t meant to build her business on her own. She built her first 5 companies using this approach.
After several years Sammy started to experience burn out and many health warnings that her body and heart was giving her - asking her to slow down. She was rushed to hospital 4 times in 4 months with a suspected heart attack, which turned out to be panic attacks (or so the doctors believed). It was a changing point in how she wanted to work. She knew she needed to stop ignoring her soul.
Not long after that Sammy and her business partner sold their lucrative business worth 7.8 million to their creative director for £1 - they gave it to him as a legacy.
A core foundation for how Sammy does business now is to do it because it’s the right thing - don’t do it for the money or visibility - follow a heart and soul-led approach.
After taking a year out Sammy asked herself - what could I build if I took my Grandma’s spirit of generosity and the one drop philosophy - what would be my ripple of impact today? She set out to build the worlds largest brand building resource for entrepreneurs of purpose driven businesses.
She went from number 473 in the google search rankings to number 3 in just twelve weeks. People started to reach out asking her to appear on TV, Radio, in Forbes magazine, speaking events and feature in many books. Sammy was making £18,000 a month from these revenue sources - and it all started from a daily blog giving others free resources for them to build their best brands and make their own ripples! She started requests to teach others her approach, so she did and How To Build A Brand was born.
Sammy feels passionate about you showing up and stepping into service, making your contribution and infusing this with the spirit of generosity. If you do this then your soul is celebrating with you all the way.
When you start getting on purpose - your purpose finds you. Don’t TRY to find your purpose, just take steps and start moving with something.
When you do follow your gut instinct, you don’t have to worry about your decisions. Things evolve through the ‘doing’ of something when it is heart-led.
Your tribe needs you and can’t see you if you’re not visible! Sammy talks about her One Year No Fear Podcast - the 5 cycles of change episode that explains the 5 emotional cycles of change and why it’s so difficult when you are building a business.
Sammy believes that if you have something within you that could be a ripple in someone else’s life - then you owe it to yourself to do it. You’ll only ever know of around 1% of the impact you’ll ever make, so keep the faith and keep going.
To find out more about the amazing Sammy Blindell, you can visit her website: onedropmovement.com.
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