Dr. Susan OMalley is a former emergency room doctor turned speaker and author. In her book, Tough Cookies Don’t Crumble: Turn Set-Backs into Success, she outlines the strategies that transformed her from college drop-out and secretary to emergency room doctor and entrepreneur. She now helps leaders transform obstacles into victory teaching perseverance and resilience.

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• Susan O’Malley – Susan’s website
• Tough Cookies Don’t Crumble, Turn Setbacks into Success – Susan’s book
• Free Podcast Course – A free 15 day course on how to Create, Grow & Monetize YOUR Podcast!
• Trello – Susan’s recommended resource
• The Success Principles by Jack Canfield – book recommended by Susan

3 Key Points:

1. You are NEVER too old, it is NEVER too late.
2. Do NOT confuse struggle with failure.
3. Do the one thing that only you can do.

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Time Stamped Show Notes

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• [00:15] – Free Podcast Course – A free 15 day course on how to Create, Grow & Monetize YOUR Podcast!
• [01:15] – Susan lives in Connecticut with her husband and is a mother to 3 and a grandmother to 5
• [01:33] – Susan left the emergency room to open a medical spa
• [02:00] – Susan also has a speaking career
• [02:26] – Susan’s area of expertise is being able to pursue her goals no matter what age she is
  • [02:45] – Susan started medical school when she was 35 years old
  • [02:49] – Susan opened her business when she was 50 years old
  • [02:51] – Susan wrote her book and started her career when she was 63
• [02:57] – Susan realized she wanted to be a doctor and shares the problems she faced in achieving that goal.
• [04:59] – Susan was 35 years old, pregnant, and did not have a husband
• [05:05] – When people asked her what she was going to do, Susan answered, “Everything that I ever wanted in my life came at the same time. I’m going for it”.
• [05:32] – Susan chose to be an ER doctor because the schedule gave her time to be with her son, but realized later that she did not love being there
• [06:47] – Susan wanted to open her own business and address her own need in regards to aging
• [07:00] – JLD echoes Susan’s “You are never too old, it is never too late”
• [11:50] – Susan’s defining moment was when she refused money from a rude customer
• [12:25] – JLD reiterates the importance of following your gut and standing up for what you believe is right
• [12:55] – Susan got a short and long term lesson from her experience:
  • [13:00] – Short term lesson is to honor commitments you make to yourself
  • [13:15] – Long term lesson is don’t confuse struggle with failure
• [13:45] – Susan’s greatest AH-HA moment was when she realized that she helped change peoples’ lives through her book
• [15:40] – “If I went out of business tomorrow, anybody else could do the same things that I was doing, but I am the only person who could have written that book”
• [17:15] – The Lightning Round
  • What was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur? – “I didn’t know I could”
  • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? – “One day you’ll be 50 years old, you’ll either be a doctor or you won’t, but you will still be 50”
  • What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? – “I believe in coaching”
  • Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation – Trello
  • If you could recommend one book to our listeners, what would it be and why? – The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
• [20:15] – If you can solve your problem with money, you don’t have a problem
• [20:23] – Connect with Susan through her website

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