Piloting your Life

Terri and her producer Jacqueline sit down over a bottle of California bubby to talk about what Terri wanted to be when she grew up, growing up in a family business, being an identical twin, and what she would do with a magic wand. Show Highlights

• Terri and Jacqueline are enjoying an Iron Horse Vineyard Ocean Reserve in celebration of Terri's birthday
• Terri and Jacqueline talk about the badass women they interviewed for upcoming podcasts and that Terri will not be actively looking for men to be on the podcast.
• Terri commented on how contrasts can provide clarity on what is important in our lives for us to take action.
• Terri shares how the last few weeks have re-enforced the need for her to recognize her value in all of her decisions.
• Jacqueline talks about how difficult it is for her to feel comfortable getting paid for the work she is doing and the value she is bringing to other people's lives.
• Terri is wondering whether the startup advising she is doing is being valued because she is doing it for free.
• Jacqueline asks what Terri wanted to be what she wanted to be when she grew up.
• Terri talks about not wanting kids until she was around 22 when one of her ex-boyfriend's sisters had twins and she got to spend a lot of time with them.
• Jacqueline and Terri talk about daycare for their children.
• Terri talks about her experience working on and off for her parents in their accounting firm between the age of 9 and 26.
• Terri talks about working in a family business and the dynamics including marital dynamics, kid/parent dynamics, and founder dynamics. Terri talks about disappointing her dad by not taking over his CPA firm.
• Terri's diverse work experience came from working for all of her parents' friends' companies as she was growing up.
• Terri talks about her relationship with her identical twin sister. They've always had a contentious relationship which continues to this day and makes Terri very sad.
• Terri talks about how the universe gave her an older sister in Patty Nykodym who she met at the newborn parenting class when she was pregnant with her son. They ended up sharing a birthday and then delivering their first children (both boys) 4 hours apart at the same hospital by the same doctor.
• Terri talked about having to learn, in college, how to be a good girlfriend to other girls because having an identical twin, despite how difficult the relationship was, gave her an automatic friend.
• Terri talks about how hard it's been to not have her sister active in her life because it feels like she's lost a limb or part of her soul is missing.
• Jacqueline asks what Terri's big lesson learned: own your destiny and be the pilot in your own life.
• If Terri could wave a magic wand, she would wave it over her family to eliminate whatever trauma or resentment exists in her family and create a new, functional and happy adult dynamic.
• But she would truly, rather wave the magic wand to make her friends with some very sick kids, make the kids all better.
• Jacqueline talks about how Terri built an amazing family atmosphere in her house that makes it fun to come over and hang out. It's Jaqueline's favorite co-working space.

Call to Action What would you do with a magic wand? Share your wish with Terri and Jacqueline at [email protected] or on Twitter and tag @PilotingLife hashtag #PilotingYourLife. References in the Podcast

• Iron Horse Vineyards: http://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/Shop-Wines/Sparkling-Wines
• IEEE WIE: http://ieee-wie-ilc.org/agenda/
• Brian Alvey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianalvey/
• Clipisode: https://www.clipisode.co/
• Amanda Lettmann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandalettmann/
• Cru: http://www.cruredwoodcity.com/

Contact You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @tipsycopilot or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at [email protected]. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Terri continues with her series on angel investing with a recap of her activities over the last week including her regular, weekly startup advising, her first syndicated deal, what a syndicate is, and the convergence of her work in life sciences and her investing.

Show Highlights

• Terri recaps why she is doing this series of podcasts: create a mesh network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders who aren't necessarily getting the attention from mainstream angel and venture investors despite having very promising and investable startups.
• Terri talks in greater detail about syndicating her first deal on AngelList and what a syndicate is
• Terri shares details about her regular advisory meetings, various meetings with startup founders and investors, and how her life in life sciences is converging with her angel investing

Call to Action

Subscribe to one podcast or one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. [email protected]

References in the Podcast

• The Guild: https://theguilded.org/guild/home/index.html#/
• Quinn Style: https://www.quinnstyle.com/
• Tech Futures Group: www.techfuturesgroup.org
• AngelList: https://angel.co/
• Sendaride: https://sendaride.com/
• Bolt: https://bolt.io/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at [email protected].

Terri talks to Holly Ruxin about her journey into discovering her heart and getting out of her head to lead a more authentic life and help her clients at Montcalm TCR invest in alignment with their personal values.

Who is Holly Ruxin?

Holly founded Montcalm TCR, a female-led wealth management firm in San Francisco combining over twenty years' experience in risk management on Wall Street with a transparent process that empowers clients. Holly has an extensive background in finances having begun her investment career at Goldman Sachs in the fixed income derivatives division, where she learned indelible lessons about risk management and cultivated an expert understanding of money. She later managed assets and led private client teams at Morgan Stanley, Montgomery Securities, and Bank of America.

Show Highlights

• If Holly had a magic wand she would change the existing power infrastructure where everyone leads from their heads and have everyone lead from their hearts.
• Holly talks about following your heart and your gut to be more grounded in your decisions.
• Terri talks about having spent the last two years stripping out the adaptations and the accommodations to succeed in a man's world
• Holly shared her experience being on Wall Street where she was taught to be very good at leading from the head but later realized there was another way. She spent several years working with coaches to unravel 'her head.'
• She talked about the difference in the 'masculine' versus the 'feminine' values and how hard it is to undo the values one is trained to follow.
• Terri talks about the current situation in the world presenting us with the perfect opportunity to shift in the way we operate in the world and embracing values that are no longer serving us in the world.
• Terri talks about working with a coach over the summer to learn to embrace her intuition as the decisions she made intuitively have been some of her best decisions.
• Holly talks about how women differ from men in having not only just fear/flight but having fear/flight and building of community.
• Holly has spent the last few years learning to build new 'super highways' in her brain to operate in the world differently.
• The contrasts in the world are providing people with the opportunities to speak up and say they want to come from a more authentic place.
• She had her third child in 2008 when the financial markets were crashing and she had two other children at the time. Her oldest child started losing his motor skills and language and she couldn't get a diagnosis even after having gone to a number of prominent medical facilities in the SF Bay Area. She resorted to looking to non-western medicine to get answers. This led her to start thinking about being more authentic in the world.
• She saw that it was possible to bring this new way of thinking and this new value system into the financial world.
• She thinks that love is about truth and authenticity. It is important to be grateful and not have judgment.
• The nature of the C corporation is that legally it has fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders; they must make profits higher.
• The B corporation must support people, environment and profits. With the change to B corps, there will be different motivations.
• Terri talks about the need to redefine the definition of success.
• Holly started her wealth management company Montcalm TCR to give…not just extract which is what was expected of her at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America.
• Holly provides her clients with the opportunity to ask questions to engage and understand and feel empowered with her money and their investments.
• Terri asked Holly about Stash Wealth for millennials to get better service as they are building their wealth and want to invest in things that aligned with their values.
• Holly talks about how we have lost our community banking where there was connection in the community and one was able to borrow because they were known in the community.
• Holly talks about how some of her very wealthy clients being very nervous about losing all of their money. People who are scared come from a scarcity perspective and she works with them to reduce that fear to create greater abundance.
• Holly says that people are afraid because they really aren't invested in their investments
• Holly talks about the Last Mile and how it helps inmates in the criminal justice learn to code. She talks about NPX Investors and how it is providing a different and new way to have money flow and build sustainability for people.
• Terri puts Holly on the spot in asking her about CNote. CNote is tied into community developed financial institutions. They give the investor a chance to be involved in the cash flows.
• Holly continues to ask about how you can continue to focus on transformational behavior.
• Jacqueline asks Terri to ask Holly about how to become a more heart-centered investor…Holly responds by encouraging you to ask questions. The questions are: What do I own? What do I owe? What do I earn? What do I need? These bring it out of your head and into your heart.
• Terri talks about her semi-annual financial review to get her concerns out of her head and focus on the reality. It reduces a lot of stress for her.

Terri's Key Takeaway

It is possible to collaborate and have all stakeholders win. Life is not a zero-sum game.

References in the Podcast

• Stash Wealth: https://www.stashwealth.com/
• Carolyn Leonard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-leonard-2549631a/
• SheInvests podcast with Carolyn Leonard: http://www.sheinvests.com/carolyn-leonard-quest-change-misconception-women-money-episode-15/
• Last Mile: https://thelastmile.org/
• NPX Investors: https://npxadvisors.com/
• CNote: https://www.mycnote.com/
• Suzanne Andrews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannemandrews/

Contact

Holly can be reached through her website http://montcalmtcr.com/ or through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyziegelruxin/ or on Twitter @hollyruxin.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at [email protected].

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Show Highlights

• Terri answers Jacqueline's questions about pitch events and demo days
• Terri talks about the Ada program in Berlin to encourage more women to be founders and entrepreneurs where she will be a mentor in their first cohort.
• Terri talks about the SwissNex event last year where she met Anne Cocquyt of The Guild where she had to ask to be on the all-male panel and the facilitator said they would be declaring the king of the evening. Terri had to shout out "or queen." The winner ended up being a female founder.
• Terri comments on how she dislikes pitch events where winners are declared but there's no actual financial reward.
• Terri attends events to learn about what is going on, the latest technology, and potentially find new startups to invest in. She also looks for founders/startups to help even if she doesn't invest in the startups.
• Terri clarifies her understanding of an evergreen fund for her own investing.
• How long does it take a company to exit? Typically, 7-10 years. But it depends on the business and the exit strategy (IPO, acquisition).
• What is an accredited investor? Terri talks about the discussions around investing in startups and the SEC requirements and that the net worth and income requirements limit who can invest regardless of knowledge and experience.
• Terri shares what she is listening for at the various pitch events. It depends on which hat she is wearing. In addition to the standard pitch elements, she is looking for ability to communicate.
• Is Terri looking for leadership style in the pitches? Indirectly, yes.
• The point of the pitch is to pique interest for follow up conversations.
• In early stage startups, you are generally investing in the team.
• Terri is excited about one of her investments, Zum, that just announced their $19M Series B raise. Zum is on demand and scheduled rides for kids ages 5-15. They have a female co-founder/CEO.
• At what point do big VCs invest in startups? What are the various rounds? Seed, Series A, Series B, etc. Terri talks about the current landscape with more money coming into startups earlier and VCs investing earlier in the startups. Geography impacts this as well.
• Terri talks about when she invests in convertible notes versus priced rounds.
• Terri is excited about the first deal, Sendaride, she is syndicating on AngelList. (This is not a solicitation for funds). Terri is sharing out to folks in her network who she knows are accredited investors to get them onto the AngelList platform. Terri found getting onto the platform a bit confusing without a specific deal to invest in.
• Terri and Jacqueline were saved by the bell when Terri's neighbor, Sean, came over with a cocktail to discuss cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICO's.

Call to Action

Subscribe to one podcast or one newsletter about angel investing and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. [email protected]

References in the Podcast

• The Guild: https://theguilded.org/guild/home/index.html#/
• Founder Institute: https://fi.co/
• Sand Hill Angels: http://www.sandhillangels.com/
• Terri's Medium post on what she looks for in a pitch: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/pitching-to-angel-investors-or-at-least-to-me-30696345ebe6
• Y Combinator: http://www.ycombinator.com/
• 500 Startups: https://500.co/
• Acceleprise: http://acceleprise.vc/
• Alchemist Accelerator: http://alchemistaccelerator.com/
• Ada Accelerator (Ignore Gravity): https://www.ada-accelerator.com/
• SwissNex: https://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/
• Terri's Medium post on cryptocurrency, blockchain, ICOs: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/cryptocurrency-and-ico-resources-55766cae29e
• GoBambino: http://www.gobambino.com/
• Ben Narasin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/
• NEA: http://www.nea.com/
• Accredited investor requirements: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/accreditedinvestor.asp
• SeedInvest: https://www.seedinvest.com/
• Jason Calacanis: http://calacanis.com/
• Launch Festival: https://www.launchfestival.com/
• Jobs Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act
• Clara Brenner of Urban Venture Fund talks about the Series A crunch at a Founder University event: http://thisweekinstartups.com/founder-university-clara-brenner/
• Sequoia Capital: https://www.sequoiacap.com/
• AngelList: https://angel.co/
• Sendaride: https://sendaride.com/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at [email protected].

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Terri continues with her series on angel investing with a recap of her activities over the last two weeks including events with Springboard, office hours at Bolt and InTeaHouse, her weekly advising of three startups, and plans for her trip to Europe in June/July with InTeaHouse. Show Highlights

• Terri recaps why she is doing this series of podcasts: create a mesh network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders who aren't necessarily getting the attention from mainstream angel and venture investors despite having very promising and investable startups
• Terri attended Springboard's Digital Health cohort final presentations and the pitches for the new cohort of biotech companies.
• Terri talks about the deal she is working on syndicating on AngelList called Sendaride. She is performing due diligence not for her own investing but for others who will be considering investing alongside her. She looked at the deal, the company, the management team, financials, projections, technology, the product, market opportunity, and sales.
• Terri talks about the office hours she held at Bolt on Brannan St. in SF.
• Terri did some office hours for some founders at InTeaHouse with about 20 founders with startups that crossed all industries. She provided some advice and guidance to the founders while she was there.
• Terri had registered for a MedTech Women event but had to skip it due to her busy schedule.
• Terri handles emails, calls, research on a daily basis.
• Terri is advising three companies including The Guild, Quinn Style, and Lisa Health and picked up half a dozen new clients through Tech Futures Group.
• Terri loves learning things in one place and applies it to other companies and people.
• Terri learns by doing and is learning as she goes along. It's painful to see how ignorant she was two years ago and how much more needs to be learned.
• Terri talks about the European fireside chat tour she is going to do with InTeaHouse where she will be visiting Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Slovakia, and of course, Paris.

Call to Action Subscribe to one podcast and one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. [email protected] References in the Podcast

• Angels with Wings: https://www.wingpact.com/
• Springboard: https://sb.co/
• Blumio: http://blumio.com/
• Tech Futures Group: http://www.techfuturesgroup.org/
• Pheronym: https://www.pheronym.com/
• AngelList: https://angel.co/
• Sendaride: https://sendaride.com/
• Women's Startup Lab: https://womenstartuplab.com/
• Bolt: https://bolt.io/
• Kate McAndrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateprestonmcandrew/
• Monique Woodard: http://www.moniquewoodard.com/
• InTeaHouse: https://inteahouse.com/
• The Guild: https://theguilded.org/guild/home/index.html#/
• Quinn Style: https://www.quinnstyle.com/
• Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/
• Startup Sesame: https://www.startupsesame.com/

Contact You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at [email protected]. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Terri talks to Fei Wu about how she researched coming to the US from China to study when she was a teenager and picked a school in Fryeburg, Maine so she could play ice hockey. Fei talks about launching her podcast in 2014 in order to have something of her own that didn't require multiple rounds of client approval. She looks forward to using her platform to bring people together to make the world a better place. Who is Fei Wu? Fei Wu is from Beijing, China and came to the US in her teens to study in Fryeburg, Maine. Fei left her job in marketing and advertising to build a company of her own called Feisworld, LLC, with a mission to help small businesses and people tell better stories, find more customers and create new revenue streams. Fei is the creator and host of Feisworld Podcast which has listeners from over 40 countries. Show Highlights

• Fei tells the story about how she came from China to study in the US and how she looked for a school that had ice hockey and ended up in Fryeburg, Maine.
• Terri shares her story about how first experienced ice hockey at a Give Hockey a Try Day last year.
• Terri talks about exchanging houses with families in France and how valuable the experience was in terms of being forced to adapt to a different culture and language in developing empathy.
• Fei teaches art at a local high school and encourages the kids to travel and get exposed to other languages and cultures.
• Fei talks about how she was excited to come to school in the US and didn't think she was brave or courageous at the time.
• Fei launched her podcast in October 2014 because she wanted to create something on her own without requiring approval from anyone else. She was influenced by Krista Tippett and her podcast On Being.
• Fei loves being able to learn about other people through her interviews with people on her podcast.
• Terri likes that she can be 'nosy' when she interviews people for her podcast.
• Fei learned how to actively listen as a podcaster which was somewhat in contrast to the way she was raised in China. Being an active listener is so important when interviewing for podcasts because it brings the listeners along with the process.
• Fei talks about how she learned to use her podcast as a platform to gain new consulting clients. Dorie Clark encouraged her to write an eBook about this (which is available on Fei's website). She is seen as someone who delivers and is trustworthy.
• For Fei, 2018 will define who she is and who she will be in terms of her consulting work. She now chooses who she works with and doesn't feel the need to say yes to everyone.
• If Fei could wave a magic wand, she would love to use her platform to bring people together.

Terri's Key Takeaway Empathy is the key to reducing the divisiveness in the world. References in the Podcast

• Fei's website: https://www.feisworld.com/
• Fei's World podcast: https://www.feisworld.com/podcast/
• Make More Marbles: http://makemoremarbles.com/
• Fei's eBook series: https://www.feisworld.com/ebooks/
• On Being podcast: https://onbeing.org/
• Dorie Clark: http://www.dorieclark.com/
• Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/videos/
• Unraveling Pink: https://unravelingpink.com/
• Unraveling Pink podcasts on women ally moments: https://unravelingpink.com/2018/03/01/happy-womens-history-month/#more-713

Contact Fei can be reached through her website https://www.feisworld.com/ or on Twitter @feisworld or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/feisworld/ or on Instagram @feisworld. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at [email protected]. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Show Highlights

• Terri introduces the new series on angel investing and provides a list of resources to start to get educated on the space
• Terri shares her experience at a Bay Angels Fashion Tech pitch event in San Francisco
• Terri shares her lofty goal of creating a mesh-network of like-minded investors to invest in the startups and founders that are not getting the attention and funding they so richly deserve.

Call to Action

Subscribe to one podcast and one newsletter and get into the groove of listening and reading. Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors. [email protected]

References in the Podcast

• Angel the book by Jason Calcanis: http://bit.ly/AngeltheBook
• Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson: http://bit.ly/VentureDealstheBook
• Masters of Corporate Venture by Andrew Romans : http://bit.ly/CorporateVentureBook
• The Twenty Minute VC: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/
• SheInvests: http://www.sheinvests.com/
• Hera Labs: https://www.heralabs.com/
• AdAstra Ventures: https://adastra.ventures/
• The Pitch by Gimlet Media: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-pitch
• The Full Ratchet with Nick Moran: http://fullratchet.net/
• Fred Wilson's blog: http://avc.com/
• Brad Feld's blog: https://www.feld.com/
• CB Insights Newsletter: https://www.cbinsights.com/newsletter
• PitchBook Newsletters: https://pitchbook.com/subscribe
• Inside Venture Capital: https://inside.com/?ref=newsletter
• MobiHealthNews: http://www.mobihealthnews.com/
• Fierce family of newsletters: http://bit.ly/FierceNewsletters
• Mercom Healthcare IT: http://store.mercom.mercomcapital.com/healthcare-it-reports/
• Digital Health Today podcast: https://digitalhealthtoday.com/podcasts/
• Rock Health podcast: https://rockhealth.com/tag/podcast/
• A16z podcast: https://a16z.com/podcasts/
• This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
• Bay Angels: http://bayangels.com/ns/
• Quinn: https://www.quinnstyle.com/
• Fashion Incubator of San Francisco: https://fashionincubatorsf.org/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at [email protected].

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Jacqueline's Webinar March 8th is International Women's Day and Jacqueline has partnered with FairFunders to provide a webinar for 100 women who want to take it to the next level. During the webinar on March 8th, Jacqueline will walk you through how to better understand what influences our confidence, how we represent our confidence to the world, ways that we erode our own confidence, show you ways to build confidence both short and long terms. You will leave with an action plan to apply confidence in your quest for greatness. The webinar is on March 8th at 12:30 PM pacific time and tickets are only $10. To register go to the FairFunders website which is https://fairfunders.org/fave.php. Jacqueline's event is The Confidence Empowerment Series. Space is limited so register now to avoid missing out on fabulous opportunity to get you moving on your quest for greatness. Contact You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @jacquelineStee or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at [email protected]. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Terri talks to Dorie Clark about how to get heard above the noise and shares her playbook on being recognized for your expertise through content creation, social proof and your network. Who is Dorie Clark? Dorie Clark is an adjunct professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an "expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives." A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. She is also a producer of a multiple Grammy-award-winning jazz album. You can download her free Entrepreneurial You self-assessment workbook and learn more at dorieclark.com/entrepreneur. Show Highlights

• Dorie believes there is a science to breaking through to be heard above the noise which is different from being good at what you do; if we give people the playbook, we will lift all boats
• Dorie wants to live in a world where the best ideas win, not just the loudest
• She emphasizes the importance of being recognized for your expertise and there are three keys: content creation, social proof, your network
• Content creation format is less important than getting your ideas out into the public sphere; give people an opportunity to discover you
• Social proof is your credibility; this is what gives you authority or credibility on a particular issue
• Your network is valuable to help you refine your ideas and amplify your ideas
• She finds that really accomplished people are really in touch with their weaknesses; it may be a good sign to have imposter syndrome because of the humility that comes with it
• Dorie talks about innovation and the importance of having a different perspective to look at something in a new way to create new ways of doing things.
• Dorie emphasizes the importance to stay focused when one encounters obstacles, keep the higher purpose in mind.
• Dorie was a philosophy major as an undergrad and decided that if she didn't understand theology, she couldn't fully understand philosophy. She got her doctorate in theology to dive into the background on religious forces.
• Dorie is a fan of doing anything that makes one a more interesting person.
• Dorie believes that to optimize people's lives, you need to optimize people's work
• Professional speakers have a range for a few topics because there is a narrow band of expertise for most people. Dorie keeps it fresh by understanding the audience and the client's goal for the event. Clients want to pay for what you are good at.
• Dorie practices what she preaches in terms of moving into a new space with her foray into musical theater writing.
• If Dorie could wave a magic wand, she would get animal over-population under control.

Terri's Key Takeaway Content creation is so important; if you don't get your ideas out there for people to discover, how are you going to be perceived as an expert or authority in your field? References in the Podcast

• Sylvana Rochet: https://www.theinsightfulexecutive.com/
• Entrepreneurial You: https://dorieclark.com/entrepreneurialyou/
• Reinventing You: https://dorieclark.com/reinventingyou/
• Stand Out: https://dorieclark.com/stand-out/
• eMyth: http://bit.ly/EMYththeBook
• Make More Marbles (Dorie's interview): http://makemoremarbles.com/dorieclark/

Contact Dorie can be reached through her website: https://dorieclark.com/ or on Twitter @dorieclark You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. Feel free to email Terri at [email protected]. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Terri joined Diana Silva aka Molé Mama on her 12Radio program to talk about building community over food, the importance of cooking and dining as a family, her love for her French cooking,

Show Highlights

• Diana introduces Terri by reading her bio and providing her own perspective on Terri
• Terri talks about the importance in showing vulnerabilities, showing that even if something is hard, that we can work through the challenges
• Terri loves to cook, is a self-professed Francophile, and would love to spend part of every year in France
• Terri shows her love for other people through her cooking and entertaining and bringing people together

• Terri tells the story of the Monday night white-trash party in her front yard and how it was the catalyst for Terri and Zeke to build an outdoor sitting area in the front yard for regular entertaining
• Terri loves setting a beautiful table because it adds to the dining experience and helps people relax and celebrate the little beauty in life
• Terri purchases linens, dishes, glasses, candles on her various trips and adventures and enjoys reliving the memory of those adventures
• Diana prompted Terri to talk about her family's annual scarefest and how they like to entertain or have activities at Halloween to not focus on begging for candy. Terri loves Halloween and loves to dress up. The themes have been everything from mad scientist to zombie café, to fairy tales gone bad, to HellthScare 2017. This is too scary for Diana and her house is the caring and loving house for those people who get scared at our house.
• Terri likes to bring women together to meet, support each other, and enjoy a nice dinner wearing tiara nights. Her friends connect personally and/or professionally and simply enjoy each other.

• Diana comments on how whimsical Terri's events are and Terri uses these as an opportunity to explore her creative site and have a creative outlet.
• Terri learned about home exchanges from high school friends and arranged from a month in Paris in 2013 and two other exchanges in France in 2015.
• Terri likes to cook things that are amazing and easy but appear to be hard. Terri likes clean flavors and food and cooking French with a California twist.
• Terri talks about her favorite recipes including handmade pasta, Bolognese sauce, ciabatta, potato dauphinoise, Eton's mess, and panna cotta.
• Terri's daughter Rachel is a great baker because she is precise and able to follow directions. Terri prefers to cook because the precision isn't as necessary.

• Terri had Diana's husband over to experiment with creating cocktails.
• Terri talks about one summer when they did two different home exchanges in Paris and Provence and how she made gazpacho with some fresh vegetables from the garden.
• Terri shared the story of how they went from dining at Chez Serge in Carpentras, France to getting an invitation to the owners' house for dinner with other amazing people and ultimately getting a backstage view of a French family circus.
• Terri discusses the importance of being gracious guests in foreign countries and how well she's been treated as a result
• Cooking with her family is important and making sure her kids know how to cook is important to Terri; she wants to make sure her kids will be eating more than ramen when they leave the house.

• While her kids generally hate it, Terri tries to make sure that her family sits down for dinner as often as possible. It's important to her to make sure that she and her husband are around when the kids decide to talk.
• Diana asked about Terri's podcast and what prompted her to start it. One of Diana's favorite episodes is when Terri interviews her son Adam.
• If Terri could wave a magic wand, she would make people comfortable in their own skin.

References in the Podcast

• Chez Serge: http://www.chez-serge.com/

Contact

You can find out more about Diana at her website: http://www.molemama.com/. Don't forget to try some of her recipes and read her book.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.

Feel free to email Terri at [email protected].

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