The Self-Employed Life

209:Terri Sjodin - Getting Scrappy


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Too often entrepreneurs get stuck thinking they aren't ready, or they don't have the resources or money to advance their business. It doesn't have to take a lot to have success; sometimes you just have to get scrappy! A scrappy strategy can make the difference between being heard or accepting less than. Today we're discussing how being scrappy could be the best play in becoming an innovative and creative warrior.

Terri Sjodin is the principal and founder of Sjodin Communications, a public speaking, sales training, and consulting firm. She is the author of Small Message, Big Impact: The Elevator Speech Effect and Scrappy: A Little Book About Choosing To Play Big.

For more than twenty years Terri has served as a speaker and consultant for Fortune 500 companies, industry associations, academic conferences, CEOs, and members of Congress. She has appeared on The Today Show, MSNBC, and Bloomberg TV.

Highlights -

Earning the right to be heard

Dealing with socially acceptable excuses

Allowing room for serendipity

Advancing a scrappy strategy

How to activate new possibilities

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Books Scrappy: A Little Book About Choosing to Play Big

Small Message, Big Impact: The Elevator Speech Effect

Mentions -

Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive

"Don't say no for another person." Harvey McKay

"You can wish, dream, hope, and pray, but when you pray move your feet." African Proverb

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