She Did It Her Way

She Did It Her Way

By Amanda BoleynBusinessEntrepreneurshipEducationSelf-ImprovementMarketing
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She Did It Her Way episodes

  • SDIHW 038: Customizing Your Career
    In college, Lisa Rissetto dreamed of being the next big movie star. When she realized those dreams would not come true, she studied her other passion: fashion and merchandising. Lisa has worked her way up the ladder in the fashion industry, starting in a buying office fresh out of college, to becoming president, CEO, and owner of G. Hensler & Company. On top of that, she brought life to her own vision and created a luxury leather accessory brand, Rissetto.
    42 min
  • SDH 037: Anything But Average with Yvonne Lyngaas
    In 2009, Yvonne Lyngaas started her own creative merchandising firm, Monarch & Company, in Chicago. Monarch & Company gives companies the opportunity to express who they are, and develop emotional connections with their audience through personalized products and apparel. With only 18 months of experience in her field, and no business plan, Yvonne’s determination guided her to make her vision come true and the path she followed was anything but average…
    41 min
  • SDIHW 037: Anything But Average
    Anything But Average With Yvonne LyngaasIn 2009, Yvonne Lyngaas started her own creative merchandising firm, Monarch & Company, in Chicago. Monarch & Company gives companies the opportunity to express who they are, and develop emotional connections with their audience through personalized products and apparel. With only 18 months of experience in her field, and no business plan, Yvonne’s determination guided her to make her vision come true and the path she followed was anything but average..

    Extraordinary Topics With Yvonne

    -Recognizing that your mind is a powerful tool

    -How her vision has changed from when she was 24, to now at 31

    -Realizing the job she wanted because of the adrenaline rush behind it

    - Leaving a job that made her unhappy & starting her own company in her parents’ basement

    -The value of having support of family & friends

    -Why she thinks being average is “gross”

    -How to not think of your employees as tools, but as people

    Rare Reactions Quoted:

    “I don’t think I have a great story.. I did not have this huge plan of what I wanted to do. There are a couple things I did have and I carry them with me.. I had a vision, and determination.”

    “Growing up it was engraved in me that you can be anything you want as long as you set your mind to it. Your mind is a very powerful tool and you are a very important person, and you are different than everybody else.”

    “The word comfortable makes me uncomfortable.”

    “If you are not always looking for change, embracing change, challenging things, and asking questions, you are doing yourself a disservice in life.”

    “Own the fact that you are unhappy. Identify the things that are making you unhappy, and write down things that will make you happier. Put those in front of your face everyday, whether it is when you are brushing your teeth, or after you get home, to remember what you are working towards. ”

    “If you could surround yourself with a network of people that genuinely care about you, and you care about them, I think you can find the answers to some of the things you are looking for.”

    “I didn’t have a plan. I have written so many business plans,70+ pages long,and when I started this, it all went out the window. Because to me, it was more about how ‘I will figure it out’ and I have.”

    “It is really easy to just look at your employees as tools, and the second you start to think that, you have to take a step back and bring everyone in as people again.”

    “I always used to worry about what other people were thinking. But, I pushed that aside and focused on growing and what was good for Monarch. The other people that think like that will gravitate towards me, and that is what happened.”

    “You probably will fail, but you look back to those situations and say ‘I am doing more than everybody else.’ For me, it goes back to being average. There is something that grosses me out about that.”
     

    [Connect with Yvonne: Twitter (@monarchandco), Instagram (@monarchandco) Website(Monarch & Company) Monarch & Company Blog]

    RESOURCES:

    • Google Drive

    • La Colombe Coffee Roasters

    • iCal

    • Simon Sinek

    • The Everygirl

    • Day Designer
    41 min
  • SDH 036: Filling in the Blanks with Liz Lidgett
    Liz Lidgett has had a passion for art ever since she received her first art lessons for Christmas around age 5. Although her love for art was incorporated in her corporate job for the Department of Cultural Affairs for the state of Iowa, her entrepreneurial tendencies - passed down from her parents - left her craving more. She started her own business called Liz Lidgett Fine Art, which expanded to an even larger audience online as Adore Your Walls. Today, Liz is able to help a variety of people, with varying budgets, finally fill that blank wall that has been bothering them forever with a piece that is uniquely molded to fit their personalities.
    41 min
  • SDIHW 036: Filling in the Blanks
    Liz started her own business called Liz Lidgett Fine Art, which expanded to an even larger audience online as Adore Your Walls. Today, Liz is able to help a variety of people, with varying budgets, finally fill that blank wall that has been bothering them forever with a piece that is uniquely molde
    41 min
  • SDIHW 035: Bold is the New Black
    It is hard to find a job right out of college, let alone start a business, yet Lauren McKeague defied the odds. She took a leap of faith and created her own clothing company, Pink Slip Boutique. This is her story about creating a successful clothing company.
    43 min
  • SDIHW 034: DO WHAT YOU LOVE, FULL-TIME
     
     
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    SDIHW 034 – Kat PummillDo What You Love, Full-time

    Kat is a full-time yoga instructor in Chicago and writes a health and wellness blog called the Fit Girl’s Kitchen. She is a certified holistic nutritional health coach through The Institute for Integrative Nutrition and runs the wellness website, Fit Girl Wellness, offering retreats, nutritional coaching, and yoga to the world.

    We Talk About
    • Kat’s transition from running global marketing for a hedge fund software company in Chicago to where she is now.
    • Her experience with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and yoga teacher training
    • Her “I can always go back” trick
    • Changes she has noticed after making her transition
    • Working in a male-driven industry
    • Kat’s advice to those who don’t feel aligned with their career
    • The making of Fit Girl Wellness, yoga retreats and traveling for work
    • Introduction to meditation through yoga and how to develop mindfulness
    Notable Quotes:

    “I liked my job, I liked what I did, but I wasn’t really fulfilled.”

    “It was more natural for me to write about something that I loved, that I was passionate about, and that I enjoyed.”

    “I noticed that’s where my energy went, naturally, and that’s what I wanted to spend my time doing. […] How could I weave in what I love into what I’m doing full time?”

    “I can’t half-ass my job and half-ass this yoga thing. That’s never going to make me successful. I need to fully commit to one or the other.”

    “You can’t listen to other people’s opinions of what you’re doing, and you can’t think about how people are going to perceive you or judge you. You just have to know within yourself that this is the choice.”

    “I was using things like alcohol and shopping to counterbalance the stress I was putting into my career, and now that I am more internally satisfied with what I’m doing, I don’t feel the need to do those things anymore.”

    “Be comfortable with your silence and start listening to yourself.”

    “Mindfully act instead of react to situations.”

    “Have a positive mindset and approach things from a standpoint of ‘I have enough’, and anything beyond this is just icing on the cake.”

    [Connect with Kat: Twitter (@fitgirlskitchen), Instagram (@fitgirlskitchen), Her blog: Fit Girl’s Kitchen and website: Fit Girl Wellness, email: [email protected]]

    Resources:

    Fit Girl’s Kitchen

    Fit Girl Wellness

    Eat Real Food NYC

    Deepak Chopra Podcasts

    Headspace – online guided meditations

    Living with Intent – Mallika Chopra

    The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - Deepak Chopra

    Related Episodes:

    • SDIHW 015: Create A Life That Lights You Up
    • SDIHW 025: Career and Life Changes
    • SDIHW 026: Exiting the 9-to-5
    49 min
  • SDH 034: DO WHAT YOU LOVE, FULL-TIME with Kat Pummill
    Kat is a full-time yoga instructor in Chicago and writes a health and wellness blog called the Fit Girl’s Kitchen. She is a certified holistic nutritional health coach through The Institute for Integrative Nutrition and runs the wellness website, Fit Girl Wellness, offering retreats, nutritional coaching, and yoga to the world.
    49 min

About She Did It Her Way

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Welcome to the She Did It Her Way Podcast where we dive into all of your most important questions about starting a business and when to make the leap of going full-time as an entrepreneur. Every week, host, Amanda Boleyn delivers fresh content on productivity hacks, different business strategies, how to confidently transition out of your 9-5 and become a full-time business owner. Along with sharing her business savvy tips, she interviews women who have also gone out and done it their way (Amy Porterfield, Jenna Kutcher, Julie Solomon, Lori Harder and many more).