How She Built Her Confidence, and Then an Empire with Krissy Cela | E57

Honesty really, really matters, and I think much of the reason why I started this podcast was to give the world the much needed honesty it needs, but often doesn't get. You hear success stories that are glamorized and that are over-simplified, but that's rarely, rarely the case. This week's guest will give you exactly that: raw, unfiltered honesty, like you've never heard it before. And in some points, honesty that might make you a little bit uncomfortable. It made her uncomfortable. It made me uncomfortable. This week, I'm joined by Chrissie Chella. She's an unbelievable, and in my opinion, heavily underrated entrepreneur, running multiple multi-million pound businesses. She's one of the- the UK's number one fitness creators, athletes, whatever you want to call her. She's an author. Her book is coming out in January. She has a remarkable story, one that starts from very, very humble beginnings as an immigrant that was bullied on the playground in the UK. And what you'll find out about her is inspiring. It's captivating. It's real. One of the most amazing conversations I've ever had on this podcast, and I'm so glad that we can bring you her story in this way, told with total honesty. Without further ado, I'm Steven Bartlett, and this is the Diary of a CEO. I hope nobody is listening, but if you are, then please keep this to yourself. (instrumental music plays) As I did a little bit of research on you and I got to sort of uncover your story, and I got to stalk you a little bit on social media, um, the more and more that I observed and sort of looked past your Instagram feed, the more I saw a pretty remarkable entrepreneur and business person. And one of the thoughts that came to my mind, and, you know, this podcast is all about speaking your truth and being honest, was this question, which is, do you think that you get the credit you deserve?

As an entrepreneur?

That's the question.

Um, it's not about me. I haven't built a community about me. I've built a community about helping other women.

Mm-hmm.

And I think that it's never fully been about me, and the credit that I get is seeing other women thrive and succeed and come together. And that, for me, is enough credit. I don't need an award. I don't need someone to say, "Oh my God, you're the best businesswoman in the world." For me, when I see or when I read another woman's story, that for me is enough.

Mm-hmm.

I don't need anything else. So yeah, I do.

So like, 'cause I was... When I- I was watching some of your stories on Instagram, and you- you run an office, right?

Mm-hmm.

O- people. You run multiple businesses.

Mm-hmm.

Right? And I typically think that people are very, very quick to arrive at judgment when they see a pretty young lady who's worked out on Instagram, who has a big following, and they t- and this is just being completely honest.