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Rachel Hall shares
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Poor To Porsche1980’s Britain, a country under Margaret Thatcher, the decade of the Falklands war, Charles and Diana, IRA bombings, yuppies, the mobile phone, BMX bikes, New Romantics, U2 and Band Aid. A nation torn apart by economic divide and whilst the South ‘never had it so good’; the North was besieged by unemployment, miners strikes, poverty and ever increasing political unrest.
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Rachel explains,
It was during High School that Rachel realised her flare for science and a fascination for the workings of the human body. Though she was gifted at Chemistry, at aged 13 she surprised everyone when she announced she was going to be a dentist:
Despite her wayward tendencies Rachel was a focused and dedicated student, driven to get the grades to make it into Dental School and get away from the hand to mouth existence she had grown up with.
After graduation Rachel took up practice in a local NHS dental office where she quickly learned that the only way to make a semi-decent living was to see as many patients a day as possible and be very effective at time management.
Working NHS dentistry for 8 years and living frugally to slowly be able to pay off debts as a graduate of a 5-year dental degree Rachel’s income was only just above the National average.
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By 1999, 8 years of constant grind had taken their toll, this was a tipping point in Rachel’s life where she realised that –
2000 saw the move to Australia in search of a better life and a less stressful way of working with a role in a private practice in Brisbane.
And so began the year of deep soul searching, looking for answers and trying to find her purpose. Seeking what was missing in her life Rachel turned to self-help books (which fell short) and the practitioners she saw seemed just as messed up and devoid of answers as she was.
Today Rachel Hall is now a successful dentist and business owner who loves her work and her life but she doesn’t measure her success based on her possessions and monetary wealth.
Living in a riverside home in a semi-rural area of Brisbane with her partner of 30 years and young son, Rachel is every bit the picture of success as she roars up the street in her sleek and powerful black Porsche 911. Yet when you speak with her she is down to earth and very humble.
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