Dr. Marina Theodotou, EdD is an incredible example of the fact that how we start does not have to determine how we finish.  She reminds us in this episode that “we don’t determine the cards we’re dealt but we do have a choice in how we play them “

At a young age she was exposed to having to flee her home country of Cyprus and grow up in a foreign country in Northern Africa.  Even in her description of that event she is careful to say that just because they lost every material possession, she did not lose everything because she had her family.  That experience and hardship along with the example of her parents and older siblings is what forged a mindset resilience and gumption

Her mindset of gumption allowed her the opportunity to have former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl as a mentor, pursue a Ph.D. in an entirely different field from her former experience, and make a mid-career shift where she has the opportunity to impacts the lives of thousands of people each day.

Losing a job is actually the catalyst and provided her with the freedom of newness that was the catalyst that led her to the next chapter that is even more gratifying than the one before.

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