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WBL Member of the month - Zuzanna Ritter

Written by WBL Editor | 15-Jun-2023 09:41:00

Member of the Month questions 

Who are you and what do you do? 

I am the director of Smart Choice Financial Services LTD, a company dealing with mortgages, protection, wills etc and career coach, sales and business trainer in Smart Choice Academy.  

What are you good at? 

Solving problems, planning, teaching

What do you love about your profession? 

Making a real change

What motivates you?

Curiosity – what would have happened if… but also when I can do something for others, upgrade things.

What are your hobbies?

 I need in my life a lot of good food, music, pretty places and traveling. 

What people do not know about you? 

I am a very sensitive artistic soul.

What is your guilty pleasure?

Exploring new restaurants :D

What is your worst nightmare?

Being useless. 

What is your favourite book?

As it was described in “The Braid” by Colombani Laetitia “That’s how it was: Giulia devoured books like other people devoured cannoli.” Zuzanna is the same 😉

What is your favourite film?

I never remember the titles.

What is your greatest ambition?

Be happy.

What is the best place you visited?

It depends. But I am in love with Costa Rica, Iceland, Madeira, Bali, Switzerland. I really like Sri Lanka, I was surprised by Oman and impressed with Denmark haha so there you go the whole list every place for different reasons.

Are you a cat or a dog lover? 

Cat lover but I like dogs too.

What advice would you give to your 20-year-old-self? 

Don’t be so serious, enjoy!

What would be your career plan B?

I do all my career plans to be honest 😊 

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 

For sure travelling :D 

What is the best business advice you were ever given?

Do it for other reasons than money (but money is also important)

What are you passionate about in your business? 

It sounds cheesy but I love helping people.

If you were starting over again, what would you do differently?

I regret some things of course but I wouldn’t change them. I am who I am because of my journey here.

How often do you learn something new? 

All the time

If you could have anyone over for dinner (dead or alive) who would you choose?

It would be a very long table, in general I hate deciding on 1 thing because I want it all.

What are you grateful for? 

My family, my drive, all the good people around

What is your superpower? 

Again – problem solving.

 

What is your greatest accomplishment to date? 

Business: building recognizable, respected company based on ethical values; personal: whatever happened bouncing back on track – being normal person same, as always