Shirley Novack Got Surrounded by Secret Service; Interior Design Business Mistakes

<p><a href="https://markgraban.com/mistake209" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Episode page with transcript, video, links, and more</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #209 of the <a href="https://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake</a> podcast is Shirley Novack, Owner and Interior Designer at her firm, S. Novack and Assoc.</p> <p>She originally graduated with a degree in Laboratory Science.  After marrying and having three children, she went back to school and has run her successful interior design business for almost 40 years. </p> <p>As a first generation daughter of Polish/Russian parents, she has recently published her first book, a Historical Fiction novel called <a href="https://amzn.to/3HGcU1Z">The Story Of…</a> — This book is loosely based on the life of her father, a Russian immigrant…</p> <p>In this episode, Shirley shares her favorite mistake story about being in the wrong place at the wrong time — taking a wrong turn in a van at Boston&#39;s Logan Airport and getting surrounded by Secret Service. We also discuss her novel and mistakes made running her interior design company, and more.</p> <p>Questions and Topics:</p> <ul> <li>Not the only time she was suspected of being a terrorist? </li> <li>Was getting that degree as a medical technologist a mistake?</li> <li>Your initial message to me said, “still running my design practice trying to keep from making any more mistakes.”</li> <li>Do you have methods for trying to prevent mistakes? Or prevent repeats?</li> <li>Also said, “making mistakes is human, as long as I&#39;m not the surgeon operating on the wrong appendage.” It’s good to remember that right?</li> <li><a href="https://www.markgraban.com/s1e70-the-surgical-mistake-and-the-bad-decision-that-followed-dr-david-mayer/">David Mayer, MD — Episode 70</a></li> <li>Dealing with mistakes that employees might make?</li> <li>Her “most expensive mistake…” in the interior design business</li> <li>Firing her officer manager of 20 years — why?</li> <li>Interior design mi