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- 022 – Create The Job You Want – Melissa SmithMelissa Smith is the CEO of The PVA (Personal Virtual Assistant) and Founder of the Association of Virtual Assistants. She is also the bestselling author of the books, Hire the Right Virtual Assistant and Become A Successful Virtual Assistant.As a former administrative and executive assistant, Melissa Smith has always been a service focused person. She’s never been afraid of a challenge and during the recession of 2008, she worked three jobs simultaneously. Then, in 2012, her husband died and she became the sole breadwinner in her household. She expanded her business to match virtual assistants with her clients who needed administrative help.Would you leave an honest rating and review on Apple Podcast? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration!In this episode we discuss:* How Melissa got started as a secretary, then administrative assistant, and then executive assistant, all inspired by the example of her mother.* Her decision to start her own business, the fact that she knew nothing about it, and the most important skill she took with her: “Nothing prepared me for being a business owner more than the fact I am a person who has always known that I will do what it takes to make it work.”* How Melissa learned about coaching and decided to hire a career coach.* Her journey from starting her own business to becoming the CEO, Founder, and author she is today.* How Melissa discovered her first niche and how that helped her to write her first book.* The different ways Melissa made every job one that she enjoyed.* The Association of Virtual Assistants Melissa just started, its purpose, and how it will help both VA’s and clients in need.Links* Melissa Smith on LinkedIn and Twitter.* https://associationofvas.com/* https://www.thepva.com/Books mentioned in this episode:* “Hire the Right Virtual Assistant: How the Right VA Will Make Your Life Easier, Create Time, and Make You More Money” by Melissa Smith* “Become a Successful Virtual Assistant: Learn the Business Side & Ditch 9 to 5” by Melissa SmithOther Resources:* National Association for Women Business Owners (NAWBO).* Association of Virtual Assistants (AVA).Interested in booking Tammy to speak? Visit her website to learn how she guides audiences through the skills and techniques that yield success by taking an interactive approach. Her presentations equip participants with essential tools that can be u...42 min
- 22: Create The Job You Want with Melissa Smith
Melissa Smith is the CEO of The PVA (Personal Virtual Assistant) and Founder of the Association of Virtual Assistants. She is also the bestselling author of the books, Hire the Right Virtual Assistant and Become A Successful Virtual Assistant.
As a former administrative and executive assistant, Melissa Smith has always been a service focused person. She’s never been afraid of a challenge and during the recession of 2008, she worked three jobs simultaneously. Then, in 2012, her husband died and she became the sole breadwinner in her household. She expanded her business to match virtual assistants with her clients who needed administrative help.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Melissa got started as a secretary, then administrative assistant, and then executive assistant, all inspired by the example of her mother.
- Her decision to start her own business, the fact that she knew nothing about it, and the most important skill she took with her: “Nothing prepared me for being a business owner more than the fact I am a person who has always known that I will do what it takes to make it work.”
- How Melissa learned about coaching and decided to hire a career coach.
- Her journey from starting her own business to becoming the CEO, Founder, and author she is today.
- How Melissa discovered her first niche and how that helped her to write her first book.
- The different ways Melissa made every job one that she enjoyed.
- The Association of Virtual Assistants Melissa just started, its purpose, and how it will help both VA’s and clients in need.
Links
- Melissa Smith on LinkedIn and Twitter
- https://associationofvas.com/
- https://www.thepva.com/
Books mentioned in this episode:
- “Hire the Right Virtual Assistant: How the Right VA Will Make Your Life Easier, Create Time, and Make You More Money” by Melissa Smith
- “Become a Successful Virtual Assistant: Learn the Business Side & Ditch 9 to 5” by Melissa Smith
Other Resources:
- National Association for Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
- Association of Virtual Assistants (AVA)
Stay Connected:
- Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn
- @TammyGoolerLoeb on Instagram
- Work From The Inside Out Website
- Subscribe to newsletter
42 min - 21: Be a Maestro of Your Different Parts with David Kolb
David Kolb began his working career as a builder and general contractor. He has been an executive coach, educator, and leader himself. And as he often says about his professional work…I’m doing the same work. I simply changed the raw materials with which I work. He is the author of the book, Leadership From The Inside Out, which offers practical and proven applications to leadership.
David’s energy and easily understood writing style come from decades of combining his varied life experiences, with his training in psychology, and applies all that to the environment, culture, and inner processes of emerging and veteran leaders. He shares his framework of seven capacities that people need to be able to navigate the transitions in their lives. Using the metaphor of a maestro, he says we must conduct our different parts to bring them together to what works best.
In this episode we discuss:
- David’s premise that we all have many parts within us and as we go through a transition, we need to understand and orchestrate those parts like a maestro of an orchestra.
- His career journey that started in construction and moved to psychology and coaching.
- How a near-death experience awakened his spiritual journey and how that process led into some of the biggest transitions of his life.
- The “putting a new coat of paint” analogy he uses to describe how people try to remodel their lives without looking at a deeper level.
- How important it is for people to dismantle their expectations to grow.
- David’s book and the seven different capacities that are essential to being a leader.
Links:
- David Kolb on LinkedIn and Facebook
- www.insideoutleaders.net
Books mentioned in this episode:
- Leading From The InsideOUT, by David Kolb
Other Resources:
- Listen to my interview with Michael O’Brien who was deeply inspired by David
- Learn more about WYSE – World Youth Service Entreprise
Stay Connected:
- Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn
- @TammyGoolerLoeb on Instagram
- Work From The Inside Out Website
- Subscribe to newsletter
46 min - 020 – Fight Through the Failures – Nelson McmillanNelson Mcmillan is a British Royal Navy veteran and former warship Commanding Officer with 19 years of leadership, innovation, and strategy experience ranging from NATO and the UN to Fortune 100 companies. He is a Harvard Business School alumnus, a Stanford entrepreneurship graduate, and has innovated commercially for American Express, Goldman Sachs, and Nokia.Nelson is a Thrive Global contributor and founder of a consulting practice that helps organizations Strike Deep with their people through intrapreneurship.Nelson Mcmillan has a long list of impressive credentials and accomplishments, yet he is the first person to tell you that he failed hugely at each stage of his life and that his life has not been all about success. In this podcast, he shares all of his setbacks and how he turned them around while deepening his self-knowledge. He says, “In order to realize potential, you have to know yourself.”Would you leave an honest rating and review on Apple Podcast? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration!In this episode we discuss:* Nelson’s first venture out of high school, when he joined the British Royal Navy and climbed the ranks while learning about international leadership and strategy.* How failure shaped his path and taught him to fight through it for big successes.* Nelson’s thoughts on intrapreneurship.* The importance of finding a balance between under-preparing and over-preparing.* How Nelson evaluates his life and the direction he is headed through SWOT analysis.* The benefits of taking a longer gain view instead of seeking instant gratification.Links* Nelson Mcmillan on LinkedIn and Twitter.* Nelson Mcmillan on Thrive Global.Other Resources:* Learn more about Dorie Clark.Interested in booking Tammy to speak? Visit her website to learn how she guides audiences through the skills and techniques that yield success by taking an interactive approach. Her presentations equip participants with essential tools that can be utilized immediately and throughout their careers.Interested in individual or group coaching with Tammy? Start here.Stay Connected:* Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn* @TammyGoolerLoeb on Twitter* @GoolerLoeb on Instagram* Work From The Inside Out Archive.Subscribing and leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts helps this podcast be discovered.Affiliate Links: Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links above are “a...41 min
- 19: Work in the Context of Life with Diana Wu David
Diana Wu David is a former Financial Times executive, author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration, and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School EMBA Global Asia. She works with global leaders to enhance their ability to adapt, contribute, collaborate and grow and with organizations and boards that seek a competitive edge by enhancing leadership and engaging multi-generational talent.
Diana Wu David has had a diverse professional background. She studied international relations in college and after graduation, answered a job ad that landed her a role working for Dr. Henry Kissinger, who served as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to US Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. From there she went to business school and followed a traditional route of working as a management consultant and in several start-ups. Life took a sudden turn when a close friend committed suicide and she decided to make several meaningful changes in her professional and personal life. Her book, Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration, draws from her experiences and from that of others who have reinvented their careers to more meaningful and fulfilling paths.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Diana’s journey took her from “doing the right thing” in the corporate world and then eventually into entrepreneurship.
- Her journey to working for Henry A. Kissinger that began with her responding to an anonymous ad in a newspaper.
- How Diana ended up living and then staying in Hong Kong.
- How losing a close friend started shifting her mindset about what life and work were really about, and how that shift eventually led to her leaving the corporate world.
- Diana’s expanded learning since owning her own company, especially with regard to self-awareness, balance, and living life with intention.
- How she uses approaches like journaling to evaluate what is important to her and guide her decisions.
Links:
- Diana Wu David on LinkedIn and Twitter
- https://dianawudavid.com/
Books mentioned in this episode:
- “Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration” by Diana Wu David
Other Resources:
- Learn more about the Recognized Expert course with Dorie Clark
Stay Connected:
- Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn
- @TammyGoolerLoeb on Instagram
- Work From The Inside Out Website
- Subscribe to newsletter
40 min - 018 – Make Uncommon Choices – Mark DyckMark Dyck started his career in information technology working for a telecommunications corporation. After many years, he left that job and opened a bread bakery which he and his wife ran for 5 years. Today, he still bakes 150 loaves of bread on the weekends in the brick oven he built in his backyard. Additionally, he runs an online community for business owners and is working with ProsperCity, a company focused on closing gender wage gaps and salary discrimination. He is also the host of Rise Up!, a podcast for bakers and bakery owners.Mark Dyck has made several uncommon choices in his life. After a successful corporate career in IT, sales, marketing and service development, Mark opened Orange Boot Bakery, a neighborhood artisan bread bakery in his hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan. He closed the bakery in 2016 and is now pursuing several projects, including nurturing an online community of business owners called The Right Company, closing the gender wage gap and ending salary discrimination at ProsperCity, baking for a private bread club of friends and neighbours and hosting Rise Up!, a podcast for bakers and bakery owners and everyone who makes The Good Stuff and brings it to The People.Would you leave an honest rating and review on Apple Podcast? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration!In this episode we discuss:* How Mark was raised to believe he should get a government job, keep his head down, work for 30 years to get his pension, and then retire.* Mark’s first leap of faith in business when he decided to go part time at his “secure” job to spend more time at home with his wife and kids.* How his passion for bread baking led to him building his own brick oven and then eventually starting a bakery.* Mark’s discovery that he is a people-centric person and how he uses that knowledge to determine what projects he will try.* His work with The Right Company and with ProsperCity.* Mark’s belief in taking leaps, making transitions, and doing all of it for the connections with people.Links* Mark Dyck on LinkedIn and Twitter.* https://markdyck.coBooks mentioned in this episode:* “Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable” by Seth GodinOther Resources:* Learn mohttps://www.amazon.com/Purple-Cow-New-Transform-Remarkable-ebook/dp/B00316UMS0/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=purple+cow&qid=1554235399&s=gateway&sr=8-1re about the altMBA program with Seth Godin.* Learn more about The Right Company and Bernadette Jiwa.* Learn more about ProsperCity and Rebecca Channer.Interested in booking Tammy to speak?35 min
- 18: Make Uncommon Choices with Mark Dyck
Mark Dyck started his career in information technology working for a telecommunications corporation. After many years, he left that job and opened a bread bakery which he and his wife ran for 5 years. Today, he still bakes 150 loaves of bread on the weekends in the brick oven he built in his backyard. Additionally, he runs an online community for business owners and is working with ProsperCity, a company focused on closing gender wage gaps and salary discrimination. He is also the host of Rise Up!, a podcast for bakers and bakery owners.
Mark Dyck has made several uncommon choices in his life. After a successful corporate career in IT, sales, marketing, and service development, Mark opened Orange Boot Bakery, a neighborhood artisan bread bakery in his hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan. He closed the bakery in 2016 and is now pursuing several projects, including nurturing an online community of business owners called The Right Company, closing the gender wage gap and ending salary discrimination at ProsperCity, baking for a private bread club of friends and neighbors and hosting Rise Up!, a podcast for bakers and bakery owners and everyone who makes The Good Stuff and brings it to The People.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Mark was raised to believe he should get a government job, keep his head down, work for 30 years to get his pension, and then retire.
- Mark’s first leap of faith in business when he decided to go part-time at his “secure” job to spend more time at home with his wife and kids.
- How his passion for bread baking led to him building his own brick oven and then eventually starting a bakery.
- Mark’s discovery that he is a people-centric person and how he uses that knowledge to determine what projects he will try.
- His work with The Right Company and with ProsperCity.
- Mark’s belief in taking leaps, making transitions, and doing all of it for the connections with people.
Links:
- Mark Dyck on LinkedIn and Twitter
- https://markdyck.co
Books mentioned in this episode:
- “Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable” by Seth Godin
Other Resources:
- Learn more: about the MBA program with Seth Godin
- Learn more about The Right Company and Bernadette Jiwa
- Learn more about ProsperCity and Rebecca Channer
Stay Connected:
- Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn
- @TammyGoolerLoeb on Instagram
- Work From The Inside Out Website
- Subscribe to newsletter
35 min - 17: Freedom to Choose with Marie Incontrera
making her way to Carnegie Hall and being highly touted in the New York Times. Yet, as much as she loved it, she’s burning out on normalizing the financial struggles as a working artist. Today, she has taken her talents in additional directions and is happy with her choices.
Marie Incontrera is a social media, publicity, and speaker consultant for authors, thought leaders, coaches, and consultants. She is also a professional composer, pianist, and bandleader, and has appeared at Carnegie Hall. Marie is a fitness enthusiast who loves martial arts and has recently taken up roller derby.
In this episode we discuss:
- How her career transition was more like a career addition.
- Her joy in working in consulting because it allows her to express her creativity in a different way.
- How her consulting career enables her to enjoy the best of her music career.
- Her love for trying new things and some of the endeavors she has tried.
- How having a tribe has helped her immensely through her growth and development process.
Links:
- Marie Incontrera on LinkedIn and Twitter
- www.incontrera.com
Books mentioned in this episode:
- “Social Your Book Launch” by Marie Incontrera
- “Spread Your Idea: Bringing your TED-style idea from the blank page to the stage” by Marie Incontrera
Other resources:
- Learn more about Dorie Clark
Stay Connected:
- Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn
- @TammyGoolerLoeb on Instagram
- Work From The Inside Out Website
- Subscribe to newsletter
35 min - 16: Live with greater intention with Arza Goldstein
Today, after 11 years as a hospice nurse, supporting hundreds of terminally ill patients and their families, Arza Goldstein established a private practice as an End of Life Doula, helping patients and their families make their remaining time together less stressful and more meaningful. Most of us don’t like to talk about dying, but stay for the conversation and see how thinking about death and dying makes us live our lives with greater intention.
Arza Goldstein is an entrepreneur, journeywoman and advocate. Her career path has taken her from training and development to sales, investment banking, real estate, birth doula to hospice nurse and community organizer. She has a private practice as an End of Life Doula and is the co-founder of Living Wisely, Dying Well, an organization designed to encourage conversations about death and dying.
In this episode we discuss:
- Arza’s career path that led her through sales, real estate, birth doula, hospice nursing, and now as an End of Life doula.
- How certain indescribable feelings served as cues to her that she was ready to move on from different jobs during her career.
- The fears that she confronted when she was not an income earning member of her family, and how those led her to pursue her nursing education.
- How Arza views death and how she uses her insights to help people live better while preparing for end of life.
- The various services she performs in her role as an end of life doula.
- Arza’s strength at helping people journey through the end of their lives.
Links:
- Arza Goldstein on LinkedIn and Twitter
- https://arzagoldsteinendoflifedoula.com/
Books mentioned in this episode:
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Stay Connected:
- Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn
- @TammyGoolerLoeb on Instagram
- Work From The Inside Out Website
- Subscribe to newsletter
41 min - 015 – Success is not linear – David Shriner-CahnDavid Shriner-Cahn is a recognized authority on entrepreneurship, leadership development, and the host of the business podcast Smashing the Plateau. Featured in Forbes and Inc. Magazine, over 400 episodes of Smashing the Plateau offer a wealth of personal experiences and practical advice about achieving business breakthroughs. Davids mission is helping solopreneur experts do what they love.Entrepreneur David Shriner-Cahn talks about his early professional years as a chemical engineer. He then engaged in an interim career as a contractor, before moving into his second career as a non-profit executive. After 20 years in the non-profit sector, he transitioned into self-employment as a consultant to support the strategies of solopreneur experts, building more stable and consistent recurring revenue in their business.Would you leave an honest rating and review on Apple Podcast? They are extremely helpful and I read each and every one of them. Thanks for the inspiration!In this episode we discuss:* How David smashes the plateau by stepping outside his comfort zone and trying paths he is may be unsure about.* David’s career transitions and how that shaped his view of life not being linear.* How he took time between his engineering job and starting to work in the nonprofit sector. He needed time to figure out what he was doing and where he was going.* His current role as an entrepreneur and podcast host, and how he helps people think strategically about sales and marketing.* How David values being part of a group of like-minded individuals to help bounce ideas off of through different career transitions and experiences.* David’s passion for helping other people as they are growing their businesses.Links* David Shriner-Cahn on LinkedIn and Twitter.* www.smashingtheplateau.com* Schedule a free 30-minute call with David.Other resources:* Life Work Design https://bestworkinc.com/life-work-design/Interested in booking Tammy to speak? Visit her website to learn how she guides audiences through the skills and techniques that yield success by taking an interactive approach. Her presentations equip participants with essential tools that can be utilized immediately and throughout their careers.Interested in individual or group coaching with Tammy? Start here.Stay Connected:* Connect with Tammy on LinkedIn* @TammyGoolerLoeb on Twitter* @GoolerLoeb on Instagram* Work From The Inside Out Archive.32 min
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Work From The Inside Out is a biweekly podcast focused on helping people to pursue work they will love. Inspiring stories of real people who overcame the barriers and unhappiness that kept them…
feeling stuck in a career are featured. Practical tips and approaches for moving into more meaningful, satisfying, and fulfilling work are shared by experts in the field. Go to www.tammygoolerloeb.com/podcast to learn more!