One of the best things about being your own boss is having an unlimited earning capacity. Having no management to answer to and no longer having to submit leave forms is one of the joys of working for myself. Also, diversify so you don't rely solely on one income use vision boards make work fun for you and your staff and always have three months' living expenses in your account as a back-up." That way you can focus on other things without being distracted. One way is to set up an autoresponse email which says, ‘I respond to emails at '. You can do more work in less time if you can learn how to focus properly. "It's been proved we spend 80 per cent of our time doing 20 per cent of our work and vice versa. To people wanting to do my job, my advice would be. "Resourceful, strong and very dedicated." "The freedom to travel and to be creative." Being creative is one of my passions and I would love to explore acting different characters and being even more dynamic on stage." "I wish I had taken acting classes when I was younger. Looking back, if I could have done something differently. Also, because I am not there, I maintain strict protocols and procedures outlining exactly what happens to safeguard my operation." I liaise with them by having conference calls, which are often at odd hours. The operations and ‘service delivery' are handled by my staff in Australia and the Philippines. "I'm very involved in the strategic management of my company, as well as the marketing and the finances. I've done a lot but I haven't achieved a quarter of what I want to yet. I've got some business plans in the pipeline and want to have my own show in the Mena region. "Now I'm focusing on presenting and hosting while running my HR company remotely. It's a great feeling knowing that you've helped someone achieve their goals and I believe that what you put out into the world is what you get back. Help me get this sewing machine, or this plough, so I can feed my family.' I admire them. Help me.' They are saying, ‘I want to work and to be independent. When people ask me who inspires me, I always say, ‘The people on Kiva.' They're not saying, ‘I'm poor. "Over the years, I've invested nearly Dh40,000 through different Kiva profiles and that money has been through hundreds of different people, who have all needed to borrow a certain amount for a certain period of time. I give money to different charities and I'm a big believer in it, but with Kiva, if you put Dh100 in, you actually get it back. "I'm an ambassador for not-for-profit organisation Kiva ( which enables anyone around the world to lend money to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Having my own finance company was a great experience - I'm glad I have that background in finance as I believe it's the backbone of any new project. It really inspired me and so, after six years, I sold my finance company (at a profit), but not before setting up my HR and recruitment company. The ‘new rich' are people who use technology so that they can work from home and negotiate their own terms. The ‘old rich' are those who think they need to go to an office to earn money. "About three years ago, I read a book called The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss, in which he talks about the difference between what he calls the ‘new rich' and the ‘old rich'. Finance was so hands on that I realised if I wanted to travel as much as I do, I needed a company that would run around me, rather than me running around it. "I've always been into travelling and used to have a dream that I would eventually live in Paris. I love interviewing entrepreneurs as I like being able to ask educated questions and to be able to have an informed discussion on a topic I'm truly interested in. I started out doing it for free and paying for my own hair and makeup on Australian TV channels until I started getting paid for it. It was just something I had always wanted to do. So, when I was 25, I took a month off work to do a TV-presenting course. I enjoyed it and it was really lucrative, but it wasn't creative enough to keep me satisfied. When I was 24, I set up my own financial-support company. "I loved finance and studied it at university. My mother is a chef and my father is in engineering, and me, I've always been a talker so my dad used to joke that I'd either be a TV presenter, or a lawyer. She’s also a TV presenter, an event host and a charity ambassador Job: Shereen has a recruitment consultancy in Australia, which she runs from here. Nationality: Australian, but her parents are from Egypt
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