Career Conversations with Kellie Nissen

The Traveling Introvert

Kellie Nissen is an author coach, editor and dragon boater with Dragons Abreast Canberra - Goanna. Canberra born, she still lives in Australia’s capital city, along with her husband, two teens and two pugs. Between work, writing, dragon boat training and pug duties, Kellie has no time to engage in any more conversations with cancer.

Social media links

https://www.linkedin.com/company/just-right-words/

https://www.facebook.com/KellieNissenEditWrite

https://www.instagram.com/justrightwords/

Link to website

https://justrightwords.com.au/

Overcoming Breast Cancer: "I need to start believing in myself and start being who I want to be and doing what I want to do and not saying yes to everything."

— Kellie Nissen [00:03:05 → 00:03:16]

Starting a New Business After Overcoming Cancer: "If you fail, you fail."

— Kellie Nissen [00:05:06 → 00:05:07]

Overcoming Challenges: "Dare tell me I can't do something. And that sort of stuck with me."

— Kellie Nissen [00:05:53 → 00:05:58]

The Reality of Being an Author: "Authors make a lot of money from their books, episode, which anybody out there who's listening and who has published a book either with a publisher or under their own steam would be like, no. We definitely we don't. We don't."

— Kellie Nissen [00:07:39 → 00:07:54]

The Cost of Book Publishing: "You get $100 worth of editing versus some proper, some real in-depth editing."

— Kellie Nissen [00:08:36 → 00:08:40]

Finding the Right Editor: "An editor who understands what you're trying to achieve I think is really, really important."

— Kellie Nissen [00:10:47 → 00:10:54]

Finding success in business with a business coach: "I didn't start working with a business coach until, I'd been I'd started the business about 3 years because f I could I actually couldn't afford a business coach. So because they're they're not cheap, but they are worth every cent you pay them."

— Kellie Nissen [00:12:28 → 00:12:44]

Overcoming Networking Anxiety: "I really had to convince myself that even now, if I go to a network meeting, I'm like, you know, what if, you know, what if I say something silly or whatever? And it's I think it's just putting yourself out there."

— Kellie Nissen [00:13:52 → 00:14:02]

Stepping out of your comfort zone: "So, I suppose, in answer to your question, on a daily basis or a weekly basis, I try to find something where I can put myself out there. So whether it's doing it's meeting with my business coach. It's going to a network meeting. It's connecting with somebody who I know might be able to help me in some way or, doing a Facebook live or something like that. That's still scary."

— Kellie Nissen [00:14:02 → 00:14:36]

Aussie Sausage Sandwich: "If you buy those, you throw away the white bread, you throw away the sausage, you eat the onion, you're probably a winner. Yes."

— Kellie Nissen [00:18:11 → 00:18:18]