Book Review
Do you want to create the life and business of your dreams? In this debut book from award winning candlemaker and inspirational #SmallBusinessSaturday winner, Jo Macfarlane, founder of the brand that carries her name, you'll learn a host of useful insights and advice about business and entrepreneurship.
It's too easy to hope and wish that your life and business will be a success. You have to act and act fast to create everything you've ever hoped for. That's the message and mission of award winning candlemaker and inspirational #SmallBusinessSaturday winner, Jo Macfarlane. She thinks that if you Ask, Believe, Receive and ACT, you can achieve the business life you wish for.
In Ask & Act: 10 Inspirational Tips to Get You Started on Your Entrepreneurial Journey, you will learn:
why you have to act fast to create everything you'd ever hoped for
how to manifest and visualise your dream life into fruition
the foolproof strategy and '5-9 9-5 5-9'TM method to set up your own side business
the many tools at your disposal as a small business owner to watch your business grow and your revenue increase
why your environment is everything from your home to your workspace, the people you hang out with and those you want to network and connect with
how to be brave in business and act with courage, tenacity and grit
the importance of impeccable customer service and how Jo's decades working in the air travel industry shaped her first-class business
how to use spirituality to your business advantage and manifest all your desires
Jo has created a life she loves with determination, discipline, grit and a little bit of magic. With no-nonsense advice coupled with a touch of spirituality, Jo has crafted a powerful memoir and tool bag of hints and tips for anyone looking to set up their first home business or take their entrepreneur journey to the next level.
"Business tips with a sprinkling of spirituality thrown in - from the founder of Ignite Your Creativity supporting female entrepreneurs."
Author Quotes
I decided that as part of my dedication to helping entrepreneurs realise their dreams and build businesses that they love, I would write this book and share my entrepreneurial experiences.
My motto is ‘if it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. I adore a challenge, and over the last five years I’ve pushed my boundaries and my comfort zone to set myself goals in different areas.
My business has given me the time and motivation to be the very best version of myself - whether I’m wearing my mum, eco-warrior, runner or candle making hat.
Running your own business is one of the most rewarding experiences, yet it comes with many challenges.
Being an entrepreneur can sometimes feel like a lonely and isolated experience. Still, I hope you’ll find a friend in me in between these pages as I share with you my own life story along with giving you value and things to implement along your own entrepreneurial journey.
About the author
Jo Macfarlane is an award winning Scottish hand poured luxury scented candle maker, based in the beautiful East Neuk of Fife. She is a highly driven creative with an insatiable appetite for learning and sharing knowledge. As a candle maker who runs Jo Macfarlane candle school™ workshops, she is passionate about helping people build a business from their kitchen table. Why? Because she wants to empower people to learn new skills and startup their own businesses. When not making candles at Candle Towers, Jo can be found running Marathons, Duathlon’s, skydiving, skiing, cycling and taking part in Triathlons. With a voracious appetite for reading she completed 100 books in a year challenge in 2016 and is undertaking it again in 2020.
Why LoA loves it….
Passion driven businesses stand a much better chance of success as they are led by founders who lead from the front, sharing their business vision with clients and employees alike. In this fascinating and insightful book, Jo Macfarlane takes us on a journey through her life and business building enterprise, through the challenges and the triumphs, all told with a down to earth approach. This is a must-read for any aspirational woman business owner who has a passion of her own and wants to use it to create a life and business she loves. Filled with inspiration and motivation, what’s not to love about it? — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa