The Bliss Bean Show

007 | Starting a Purpose-Driven Business & Why it's All Figure-out-able w/ Amy Giddon

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How do you know you're on the right career path? After working as an executive and management consultant, Amy Giddon was inspired by a wall filled with post-its in a subway in New York to start her own business and create the daily self-reflection app Daily Haloha. On this episode we talked about:

  • the progression of Amy's career (1:20)
  • how the idea for Daily Haloha came about (3:18)
  • how you know that you're on the right career path and the factors to consider (8:52)
  • what characteristics of art projects like Humans of New York Amy embedded into the app (12:38)
  • the skills that helped Amy start Daily Haloha and what areas she sought help in (21:37)
  • how long it took her to get from idea to launch (25:52)
  • why the idea of overnight successes is misleading (28:31)
  • how Amy found a co-founder to work with on the app (29:58)
  • where beginners can start learning about business (36:13)
  • why Daily Haloha's features are purposely limited & the layers of human connection (40:00)
  • the problem of loneliness (49:29)
  • how to design your own social wellness "recipe" (53:57)
  • Amy's 5-4-3-2-1 mindfulness exercise (1:00:12)
  • Amy's book recommendation (1:02:28)
  • favorite quote (1:03:42)

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