A Brilliant Gamble

A Brilliant Gamble

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A Brilliant Gamble episodes

  • Doing the deep work, with Edina De Jong-Hodzic
    We often think that we’re working up to a big change, that the hard part is making that change happen. So we spend years planning how we’re going to leave our job with the hope that, once it finally happens, we’ll be living the life of our dreams.
    When Edina De Jong-Hodzic became a mum it was a wake up call for her and although she didn’t leave her corporate job immediately a series of events made it clear to her that her future lay outside the corporate 9-5. And THAT’s when the real journey of change begun.
    51 min
  • Do you have to be a dazzling outlier? with Rebekah Bostan
    Brought up during apartheid in South Africa, making a difference is in Rebekah's genes.Her mother ran an illegal mixed race school, bringing children from Soweto to learn at a school with white kids and Rebekah learnt that it’s always possible to do something to change things.
    Today she combines her corporate career with raising the profile of flexible working, diversity, inclusion and the menopause.
    45 min
  • Should You Ever Work For Free?

    I had a great discussion over elderflower cordial the other day with fellow business ladies about our relationship with money and, specifically, whether you should ever work for free.

    Most people who run their own business today create a lot of free content, they blog, they create free downloads, they write for other publications, they do TV and radio spots, they have a podcast! None of this ever makes us money but it takes a huge amount of time and we bring a lot of our expertise to it. So what differentiates the stuff we do for free from the stuff we should be charging for?

    In today’s show I share 3 concepts to help you decide whether you should be charging for what you do or not? Which are the bits that have a cash value and which are the bits that have a value that isn’t financial?

    I talk about:

    • Marketing your business
    • Calculating value
    • The concept of visibility, credibility and profitability
    • What stops us charging our worth
    • When you shouldn’t charge
    • Other than money, how we can get something back for our investment of time and expertise

      • I am opening a thread about this on our Corporate Escapees Facebook Group so head over and join in the conversation.

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      34 min
    • Make Money from Podcasting, with Debbie Arcangeles
      This week I’m talking to podcaster and digital nomad, Debbie Arcangeles.
      Debbie makes money from podcasting even though she doesn't have a huge audience and she’s found a business model that allows her to live wherever she likes for as long as she likes.
      57 min
    • Being Fierce, with Eleanor Beaton
      In this episode I talk to Eleanor Beaton, an award winning Leadership expert for women entrepreneurs. A former journalist at CBC and the Globe and Mail in Canada, she helps women create globally recognised, profitable businesses.
      Our conversation is mainly about how to position yourself so that you’re taken seriously, so that your voice is heard and so that you are credible with your future customers and clients.
      57 min
    • Get the money in first, with Blaire Palmer
      There are lots of things to keep yourself busy when you run a business and many of them are important. But unless you set aside time to do the activities that get the money in you’re going to find yourself back in a 9-5 job.
      I learnt these lessons the hard way, by nearly going out of business because I was spending my time doing what I enjoyed most and not making sales, closing and keeping prospective clients moving through the funnel.
      25 min
    • Driven Woman, with Miisa Mink
      This week's guest is Miisa Mink, Founder and Chief Doer at DrivenWoman – an accountability club for women who want to achieve their goals and dreams - and the creator of Festival Of Doers.
      Miisa has worked with hundreds of women who want to change their lives and in our conversation, she not only tells her own story of finding her joy, but shares the number one trait that stops other women from doing the same.
      47 min
    • 121 Funny Business, with Marc Hogan
      Marc Hogan, took a £1 bet that he couldn’t put on a one hour show at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival within 12 months. This was 10 years ago and on today’s show Marc explains how this changed everything for him.
      1 hr 13 min

    About A Brilliant Gamble

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    Do you struggle with work life balance? Are you excited to get out of bed and work on something you truly love, that feeds your creativity and passions and that allows you to make an impact? Or do you feel success in one area of your life requires sacrifice in another? Well, work doesn’t have to be this way.