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trying and trying it, and just was not work-
ing for me, but I really wanted to create a
place where I could manage everything in
my business and my team. And then Trello
came out, I am a massive fan of Trello
which is a free project management tool, I
basically live in Trello now, I call it my work-
wife. And it’s a new tool, it’s a complete
change, it took a little time for me to get
used to it, but once I got used to it, it has
changed the way I run my business. I am
actually able to take on more clients, if I
would like to do more everyday because I
have this system and I have created this.
But I have to accept that I needed to
change. I had to accept that I needed to try
something new, and there are possibly
things out there that might fit better with
me. I was on another example of this, I was
on a panel today talking with a Q & A. And
someone said, 'I used to build websites and
now I want to move into coaching, but the
people that I talk to keep asking me to build
their websites, you know what do I do?'
and I said, there is this awkward transition
that you are not going to be able to get
past, where you are going to have to say
no, to the things from before, so you could
say yes to the things of tomorrow. And I
think that is truly important, when you are
talking about change, you have to accept
that in order to embrace change, there are
things that you are going to have to start
saying no to, that you used to accept, andthings that you are going to have to start
saying yes to that you may be did not even
realise were there. But when you recognise
that, that is ok, that saying no to the wrong
things means that you have space to say
yes to the right things is what is going to
help you guide you through the change in
an easier transition and ultimately grow
your business.
Neil: What is your favourite book on entre-
preneurialism, business, personal develop-
ment, leadership or motivation? and can
you tell us why you have chosen it?
Dana Malstaff: Yes so actually you men-
tioned Daniel Goldman, and I believe he
wrote 'emotional intelligence' yes, one of
my favourite books. I also read focus which
he wrote, huge fan of him. So, I would ab-
solutely, 'emotional intelligence' is, get to
know that. Just that topic in general and he
is very well known in that. So that would be
a huge one.
A book I am reading right now, that I am in
love with and it’s 'Big Magic' by Elizabeth
Gilbert. And I think she is awesome, and I
love the way she approaches the idea of
creativity, so that’s great and one that I
think totally, like.
My husband has mentioned like, 'I don't get
it, this makes no sense for business' but
‘The Five Love Languages’ is an amazing
book because you think it is for like roman-
tic relationships, it’s by Gary Chapman. But
it’s not, it’s about every relationship and it’s