Sabrina Stocker on the Role of Mistakes in Business and on The Apprentice UK: Lessons from a PR Expert

<p>Finalist on The Apprentice UK</p> <p><a href="https://markgraban.com/mistake189">Show notes, video, transcript, and more</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #189 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is <a href="https://sabrinastocker.com/">Sabrina Stocker</a>, a tennis player turned entrepreneur, an international speaker, and a <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/qkNk7nvFdYRgnZHBV3ttGt/sabrina-stocker">finalist for the BBC One show, The Apprentice</a>.</p> <p>She’s founded multiple businesses, and she is now a publicist and the Founder of <a href="https://www.twocommapr.com/home-authority">Two Comma PR</a> – a Public Relations firm. She wants to inspire and help others to become the best versions of themselves, specifically through helping start and scale their business.</p> <p>In this episode, Sabrina tells her favorite mistake story about listening to somebody else's advice when she was running a startup tennis events business. Why was she “fueled by fire” when she returned from a long break and was that a mistake to be driven by frustration and a desire to beat a rival instead of an intrinsic drive to serve customers? Did she make mistakes on The Apprentice?</p> <p>We also talk about questions and topics including:</p> <ul> <li>As a tennis player, what was your perspective on mistakes? Mistakes in strategy, when to adjust? Mistakes on a particular shot? Coaching players how to think about mistakes?</li> <li>“Unforced errors” as a phrase in tennis…</li> <li>As a leader — can’t blame… “human error is always going to happen”</li> <li>The Apprentice UK&nbsp;— tell us about Lord Alan Sugar</li> <li>Mistakes while on The Apprentice? Did you get fired because of a mistake?</li> <li>More room to recover from a career mistake at your age?</li> <li>You’ve done a lot at a young age… started your first business at 14 — what was that?</li> <li>Benefits of learning from mistakes at a young age? Was that anything you were aware of?</li> <li>Social media mistakes?</li> <li>Mistakes related to P.R.?