Michelle Lynne is the owner of ML Interiors Group, a successful design firm based in Dallas, Texas. She started her firm in 2008 while still working in Corporate America. It was also the year she got married and purchased her home… AND the year the market crashed. More than a decade later, she is still happily married and her interior design business is thriving.

Michelle is also the owner and founder of Designed for the Creative MindTM, where she teaches interior designers and decorators the proven practices, effective processes, and profitable systems to run their business with purpose and efficiency — leaving them with more time to design. Through her comprehensive online courses, Michelle inspires interior design business owners to weave intention into their business strategy and identify who they really are so they can refine their processes and attract more of what they want in their interior design business (and life!).

Michelle has been published on Forbes.com, where she inspires other entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Greater Dallas area. Michelle adopted a newborn in 2018, loves Jesus (but swears a little), and believes gratitude is the key ingredient to happiness.

In this episode, Karen and Michelle discuss:

• Success Story of Michelle
• Commit to Get Leads
  • You have to get out and network, and network with the right people. Find the sweet spot in your industry that will work for you. 
• Consult to Sell
  • Follow your internal practices every step of the way (such as Michelle’s 16 Steps of Sanity with the ML Experience). It helps both the clients as well as your team. 
• Connect to Build and Grow
  • If you keep consistent with your processes and protocols you can focus more on each individual client as you do not need to recreate the wheel every time. 
• Success Thinking, Activities and Vision
  • Infuse your processes with fun and personality throughout the entire project. Love on your clients. Throw out the mindset of perfection. 
• Sweet Spot of Success