13. Ali Flynn: From having a stroke to running 3 businesses

For this episode we are joined by Ali Flynn who has a truly remarkable story.

After studying and working as a psychologist, the shift to motherhood left Ali with uncertainty around her future career. A suggestion from a friend prompted her to try her hand at personal training but before things could get too far disaster struck when she had a stroke and was hospitalised with a long road to recovery.

But that didn’t stop her and she went on to launch and run 3 businesses with a team of 23 all while battling health disasters in her family and her own growing serious health complications.

Today she is the founder of Altitude fitness Armidale and the co founder of Tri-altitude Performance.

In this episode Ali shares:

• She shares the journey that took her into starting a business when she had never considered doing so
• What happened when she had a stroke when she was just starting her business
• Her advice for how to manage your work load when you’re sick or have a major health complication
• What happened when her daughter developed a kidney disease and she developed a major debilitating health condition when she had 23 team members and 3 businesses
• Her advice for how to set ups a business so that it can survive such a set back
• Why vulnerability is important and how she figured out how to utilise it

Key Quotes

"What's really hard today is going to be a lesson tomorrow."

“Systems are really good to fall back on, but the systems are only as good as the person who is working it.”

“When I got sick I was able to talk to me team about, I don’t know what is happening, I don’t know what the future holds.”

If you want to find out more about Ali Flynn

http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au

For her other business you can find it through the websites:

www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au

Or you can follow them on Instagram:

@Altitudefitnessarmidale

@trialtitudeperformance

You can also follow her on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliflynn/

If you want to find out more about what Wayne does, check out his business via the website:

http://engage4performance.com/

Or you can follow him on socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reuben-engage4performance/

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