Lightbulb moment 4: Jo Malone CBE (founder of Jo Loves), on fixing the greatest mistake of her life

Imagine if you could go back and fix what you perceived to be the greatest mistake of your life. Then think how incredible it would feel to find that perhaps it wasn’t a mistake at all. 

When Holly talked to the one and only Jo Malone CBE on her Conversation of Inspiration podcast about the devastating error that changed her life — and what she did about it — it wasn’t so much a lightbulb moment that went off as a whole light show. 

Despite Jo’s undeniable success, in this short clip, she shares the mental, physical and emotional challenges she faced in both her personal and business life, and the ultimate choice she made — which at first seemed to ruin her future and then turned out to be the very thing that made it. 

A true inspiration, Jo has changed the world of fragrance, by building a global brand not once but twice. Holly explains why Jo’s story resonated with her so much, and how having just one magic power, one passion that ignites happiness from within, can be all you need to succeed. 

Listen to Jo Malone’s episode here.

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