Corporate School Dropout: Inspiring Stories of Ditching the 9 to 5

EP 055 - Wanda Scott, the founder and CEO of WE, LLC Consulting Solutions, has always had a passion for technology and followed her career path from graduating with a Computer Science degree, internships, and on to developing a professional career with Microsoft as a Network Engineer. However, after years of growth, Wanda found herself in a 24/7 work culture, hitting the glass ceiling, and realizing that she wasn't fulfilling her goal of helping others in a meaningful way. Wanda talks about her wake up call in this episode, and how she desired to do so much more for herself and others. We talk about how she pivoted her career paths several times and found happiness and joy by practicing more self-care. I love the advice she offers the listeners, at the end of the episode, to take a vacation!

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Today, we launch The Dropout Social Network.

This is your community that I've been talking about for a year, so today, it's live!

This Group Is For You:

• If you're looking for a support community to help you through the dropout process.

• If you're looking for a change in your life because you know you're meant to do so much more.

• If you're tired of sitting at a desk or driving to work listening to podcast of people who are achieving great things and now you want that for yourself too!

• If you're ambitious and not afraid to call yourself a Corporate School Dropout.

Tell Me More:

• The community is limited to 20 women because we're all about building relationships and support.

• We'll meet monthly via Zoom for workshops, training, and master classes on various business and mindset topics.

• We'll have a members only Facebook group were participation is key.

• We'll support each other's goals and uplift our dreams together.

• We'll build businesses, explore opportunities, and create a safe space for learning.

Visit the Website: www.corporateschooldropout.com

Sign-up today, we start on July 9th, 1 pm ET.

The Pre-Sale is open from June 19th to July 3rd at midnight.

Episode 054 -Casey Gromer, the founder of Wave Marketing, started her corporate career like many of us who were eager to climb the ladder and find success in the corporate environment. Casey enjoyed her 20 years leading teams for multi-million dollar programs for large, well-known corporations. She took her position remote and continued to thrive; however, the travel schedule took a toll and she decided to take her talents out on her own. Casey describes how she tried a few different ways to start her business, and ultimately landed on her perusing her passion for strategy and marketing for female founders. She built her business from the ground up since not finding anything on the market quite like what she envisioned for herself. Take a listen to the full episode as Casey describes building a business that's authentic and feels good vs following someone else's formula.

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Episode 053 - Alyssa Mopia, co-founder of Future's Past and host of Coffee and Convos podcast, started her corporate career in communications and social media management for a large retail company. You'll hear in this interview how Alyssa utilized all the skills she learned in her corporate career to build systems, processes, and structure for the customer experience within her company. Alyssa and her business partner have learned to change and pivot in order to create a business that aligns with their vision and mission to support creative businesses and entrepreneurs. Grab a pen and paper to take notes on how Alyssa built her on-boarding and customer experience processes, it's definitely a highlight and must need for your business. Do you want to write your own dropout story? Visit the Website for more episodes and connect with Lauren.

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EP 052 - Vincent Pugliese, the founder of Total Life Freedom podcast and community, got his start as a newspaper photographer, and he had just won the International Sports Photographer of the Year Award when the shift to change his path in life unfolded. After a talk with his dad, he realized that he had more talent and more to offer the world than settling for a salary and benefits. Vincent said, " I want to live in a world where people want to grow, be inspired, change, and do things." In this episode, he talks all about his life transitions, writing a book, building communities, and how connection and relationships enable him continued success. This episode is powerful with lots of inspiration and good advice. Vincent didn't see a path laid out for him, so he built it, and so can you.

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And for your listeners, they can get the audio version of my book, Freelance to Freedom, for free! https://members.totallifefreedom.com/free-audiobook?r_done=1 Is it time to start your dropout story? Visit the Website for more episodes and connect with Lauren.

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EP 051 - Jackie Simek, the founder of Jackie Simek Mind Shift, started her career in finance, and after years of two week vacations, she took a three week trip to Asia that changed her life. Jackie committed to herself after that trip she would find a way to travel more to explore and find her purpose in life. One year later, Jackie set out on a 10-month adventure, her Eat Pray Love moment. Though, the trip wasn't a poetic as Elizabeth Gilbert made it to be, Jackie did experience profound change in the months and years that followed. Jackie's journey has a double dose of dropping out, and she has turned her passion of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) otherwise known as Tapping into a full-time coaching career. Tune into Jackie's episode for loads of life lessons, twist and turns, and coming out the other end as an emotionally healthy practitioner, who is on a mission to empower one million women.

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Curious what's holding your back, take the quiz today: Link for the success block quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/5e7e7776d960000014495e28 Is it time to start your dropout story? Visit the Website for more episodes and connect with Lauren.

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EP 050 - John Nemo, bestselling LinkedIn Author and Trainer, started his career in journalism and corporate PR. After years of building his career, in 2012, John dropped out with one client and enough money saved to last for 30 days. John's whole journey began at that moment, and he used LinkedIn to generate 6-figures in business within 90-days. His goal was the build a business that allowed him the life he desired. Since then, John's gone on to write eight books, multiple online courses, and become a highly sought out trainer and expert in all things LinkedIn. This interview is great and full of detail on how to build and use LinkedIn for your business growth. Grab a pen and paper for this episode, you'll sure be taking notes.

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Get a free copy (audiobook or digital version) of John's Bestselling Book "LinkedIn Riches" online at https://linkedinriches.com/ Listen to John's Podcast "Nemo Radio" online at www.NemoRadio.com Connect with John on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirejohnnemo/

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EP 049 - Christina Lael, the founder of Lael Tax LLC, started her career in Human Resource Management, then went back to school for accounting and passed the CPA exam, and then went back to school again for a law degree. Christina said she thought she would have stayed in corporate America forever, but while she was in school she started working on a side hustle by providing tax prep services for her fellow students. She got the idea that she could do this for a living, and after years of chasing the corporate ladder, Christina knew there was so more to life than making money. Over the last ten years, Christina has been building her business, hiring employees, and learning all the lessons of entrepreneurship along the way. This episode is full of helpful information for every business owner.

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EP 048 - Today's episode is a little different, we are following Eric's dropout journey over the next year. Eric shares his story of leaving the corporate world behind, and how he's in the pursuit of building a business. Not only has he learned to fail fast and recover, but his ideal plan was derailed by the impact of Covid-19. We talk about networking, building relationships, and the key to success is showing up every day. I hope you enjoy Eric's episode and will continue listening throughout his journey.

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EP 047 - Danielle Hayden of Profit Planner and Kickstart Accounting Inc. talks about her path to entrepreneurship in today's episode. She began her career as a hairdresser, and then went back to school and fell in love with accounting. Danielle worked her way up to a top C-level position and enjoyed the fun of building businesses and working alongside investors and the Board of Directors. After several years in her corporate role, she turned her focus on small businesses that needed bookkeeping and accounting services. She and her business partner slowly built their first company as a side hustle. Danielle discusses that by starting off slowly she and her business partner were able to grow and pivot thoughtfully as their client base grew. This episode is full of helpful advice and offers support for business owners who are ready to understand their numbers and begin the financial planning process.

Free offer: Danielle would love to share her financial goal setting worksheet with you! This financial planning tool will help you build a strong foundation for success through goal setting, planning, and financial education. The link for that financial goal setting worksheet will be profitplannerbookkeeping.com/CSD.

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