Today's guest, Kara Goldin, is an energetic spirit of fearless solutions.  She is a magnet attracting KINDNESS in CULTURE that continuously discovers answers by asking questions. One of the most endearing traits that I found in Kara is her willingness to share WHAT SHE HAS LEARNED so freely with the world.   

She has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, Fortune's Most Innovative Women in Food & Drink and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California.

In her life she has always led with authentic curiosity to learn more.  And then she ADVANCES forward.  

She owns her mistakes, accepts things, absorbs lessons, shares learnings, and moves forward.  She laughs a lot and appropriately, as a reminder to NOT TAKE OBSTACLES too detrimentally serious.  She will find a SOLUTION. 

      "IN 2004, I HAD TERRIBLE ACNE, ZERO ENERGY, AND I WAS 45 POUNDS OVERWEIGHT. SO I DECIDED TO SEE A DOCTOR.

      Almost immediately, I found the culprit — diet soda. I was addicted to the stuff at that time, drinking upwards of 10 cans a day.

      I’ll be the first to admit that the word “diet” had totally fooled me. Gosh, I thought I was being so responsible.

      When I read the full list of ingredients and didn’t even recognize most of them – I thought, what the heck was I drinking?!

      That day, I decided to cut diet soda out of my life and started drinking water instead. Three months later, my acne was gone, I was bursting 

      with energy, and I had lost 40 pounds!"

We discuss:

-Grass roots selling, finding your tribe of ambassadors to request your product 

-Approaching every opportunity with a "What’s the worst that can happen" attitude

-Creating a KINDNESS CULTURE where employees and co-workers could THRIVE, when she found a lack of KINDNESS at other jobs

-LEADING BY EXAMPLE, and only asking others to do what she would do

Read her book (Undaunted, published by Harper Leadership) to learn about her encounter with a rattlesnake and two coyotes. And how that defined and symbolizes her life.

The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.

She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs and other disruptors across various industries.  More can be found at karagoldin.com and her social media influence @karagoldin. 

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