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Have you ever felt like a fraud in your own success, like you're constantly on the edge of being found out? In this episode of the Win Monday Podcast, we revisit our powerful conversation with Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author Laura Gassner Otting, who shares invaluable insights on building unshakable confidence, finding true fulfillment, and overcoming imposter syndrome. Whether you're grappling with the weight of high expectations or struggling to align your career with your true potential, Laura offers practical strategies to break free from self-doubt and embrace your authentic path to success.Tune in now and take the first step toward living your best life with confidence! Don't forget to subscribe and share this episode with anyone who could use a little encouragement on their own journey to fulfillment. Key TakeawaysUnshakable confidence is the key to success and happiness—define your own path and align your actions with your true purpose.Overcome imposter syndrome by recognizing it as a common challenge for high achievers, and build your confidence through competence.Unlock your full potential by sharing your knowledge and empowering others, while defining success on your own terms. In This Episode:[04:31] Is the journey to "Wonderhell" worth it?[06:37] Practical steps for climbing from the wrong ladder to the right one.[07:10] How to define success and achieve alignment with your true self.[09:36] Why prioritizing your own definition of success is crucial.[10:44] Embracing the reality that new levels bring new challenges.[12:45] Navigating imposter syndrome and reshaping your self-perception.[13:23] Understanding the "looking-glass self" theory and its impact.[18:17] The difference between following your passion and investing in it.[19:36] Laura's biggest flops and the lessons learned.[20:03] The power of owning your role as a confident businesswoman.[25:21] How to manage burnout and recognize your own value.[31:27] Building unshakable confidence from the ground up. Notable Quotes[13:32] “We're not who we think we are, we're not who others think we are. We're who we think others think we are.” — Laura Gassner Otting[16:58] “In the end, I think we have to remind ourselves that, you know, we're so afraid not to be perfect, and we're so afraid to fail. But in every one of our moments of growth, it's come out of failure.” — Laura Gassner Otting[23:07] “If you want to get past impostor syndrome, the best way to do that is to teach somebody something that you've already done.” — Laura Gassner Otting Our GuestLaura Gassner Otting is a Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, keynote speaker, and Executive Coach. With over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, including serving in Bill Clinton's White House, Laura brings a wealth of expertise on personal growth and leadership. She's the author of Limitless and Wonderhell and has appeared on Good Morning America, Oprah Daily, and more. Laura specializes in helping others find their true potential by defying conventional definitions of success. Resources and LinksMonday Momentum (sign up here)Monday MomentumWin Monday Community (join here)Win Monday CommunityPaul EpsteinConfidence QuizWebsiteLinkedInInstagramLaura Gassner OttingWebsiteLinkedInLimitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life - https://www.amazon.com/Limitless-Ignore-Everybody-Carve-your/dp/1940858763Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It - https://www.amazon.com/Wonderhell-Success-Doesnt-Should-About/dp/1646871227
What if the discomfort of success isn't a breakdown, but a breakthrough? Laura Gassner Otting challenges us to embrace this idea in what she calls “Wonderhell”—the space where new success unlocks untapped potential while also bringing doubt, anxiety, and bigger goals. Laura's journey is a testament to bold reinvention. From dropping out of law school to working in the White House, founding a global executive search firm, and becoming a bestselling author, she's built a career anchored in core values and fearless decision-making.Her story is more than a career blueprint; it's an invitation to rethink how we view success. Laura believes that passion lies in what you're willing to fail at until you master it and that aligning with your values can transform uncertainty into growth. She reframes midlife as a liberating time to hone skills, grow quietly, and then make your biggest impact. Laura's insights are a rallying cry to anyone ready to push through discomfort and claim their full potential.Key Highlights:Rethinking Passion: Passion is what you're willing to fail at repeatedly until you succeed.Wonderhell Explained: Success reveals untapped potential but also brings doubt and ambition, creating space for growth.Core Values Matter: Staying rooted in your values helps guide decisions and build authentic success.Midlife Opportunity: Laura sees midlife invisibility as a time to refine and prepare for major impact.Leveraging Skills: Past experiences and transferable skills are key to creating new opportunities.About Our Guest:Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief.She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares audiences to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges by helping them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.Laura's rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor's presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps.She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss's definition of success didn't align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest growing search firms in the country, partnering with the full gamut of mission-driven executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team who helped her build it, both because she was hungry for the next chapter and because she held an audacious dream of electing our nation's first female president. (Whomp whomp.)Since that time, Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list (right behind Michelle Obama), has been translated into Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, and German, and which Good Morning America'sRobin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her latest book,...
I'm so excited to share this special 20 min episode stack as a highlight with a powerful message. I'm publishing this curation to help you make the most of your time. The episode features segments from the episode 044, 045, & 046 featuring Laura Gassner Otting and the following Aftercast & Solocast. https://richie.libsyn.com/laura-gassner-otting-limitless ====== Richie Norton interviews Laura Gassner Otting and they discuss success and happiness in life and business surrounding the principles in her book Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. "Laura helps readers discover their consonance — how they align what they do with who they are — to achieve their limitless potential. With lessons learned over 20 years of interviewing hundreds of nonprofit, corporate, and government leaders, all of whom were in the midst of massive career change, Gassner Otting helps readers discover their greatness and encourages them to forge ahead and become the best versions of themselves." This powerfully helpful conversation dives deep into The Four Elements of Consonance (Calling, Connection, Contribution, Control) and how you can create greater freedom, success and happiness even amidst hard times like COVID19. Laura Gassner Otting is a serial entrepreneur and a globally touring professional speaker (from colleges to conferences to corporations around the world--from the US Army base in Japan, to a TEDx stage in Boston, to The TODAY Show and Good Morning America). She is the founder of Limitless Possibility, a niche consulting firm working with entrepreneurs, philanthropists, executives, and thought leaders to get them unstuck and achieve extraordinary result. Laura is also the founder and CEO, NPAG (executive search firm serving nonprofits, foundations, universities, advocacy orgs) and former Political Appointee to The Clinton White House (helped found the national service program, AmeriCorps, in which more than 1M Americans have now served). Get Limitless book here: https://amzn.to/2A7Lf9Y Get Laura's online Limitless course here: https://lauragassnerotting.com/limitless-course/ Continue the conversation here: RICHIE NORTON SHOW COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/richiepodcast RICHIE NORTON SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES: http://www.richienorton.com/ RICHIE NORTON SOCIAL: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/richie_norton LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnorton FB: https://www.facebook.com/richienorton TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/richienorton
In this episode, I talk about creating more boundaries, knowing what your ethics and values are so you know not to cross them, protecting your creative freedom, knowing what's in alignment and what's not, saying no more and often and more! Discussed parts of Hugh MacLeod's book, Ignore Everybody… check recommending book list below for a copy.Follow me on Instagram @mattgottesmanJump on my weekly texts for the soul here 480-530-7352My writing mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel (The Niche is You™) - Designs by me - thenicheisyou.com→ Recommended Book List - CLICK HEREFREE WORKSHOPS:→ Need MORE clarity? - Here's the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play→ Need MORE focus? - Here's our FREE Goal Planning Workshop 1-page templates for focus, priorities & defining clear, actionable next steps→ Need MORE money? - Here's our FREE Get Paid For Your Genius Workshop - steps to align your value with what you get paidMASTERCLASSES:→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & incomeCOMMUNITIES:→ Need a CREW to run with? - Join our… Build 1 Thing Creator Community (Weekly Live Coaching & Monthly Workshops) - Get unstuck, avoid burnout, hack habits, create & execute fluidly… accountability & growth group for artists, creatives and entrepreneurs.OTHER RELATED EPISODES:Don't Do It For the Applause… Do It For the FreedomApple: https://apple.co/4e6jD31Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4cTGIVG
Why doesn't success bring happiness? Why are we always seeking more? How do we create our own luck? Laura Gassner Otting, Author of Wonderhell & Limitless, joins Susan Hobson from Elite High Performance to answer these questions and more. Check out the Elite High Performance Legacy League community and get 30-day free at www.elitehighperformance.com/legacyleague Laura Gassner Otting, Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author. Keynote Speaker. Media Personality. Executive Coach. A Kick in the Ass Wrapped in a Warm Hug. Author - Wonderhell - Why Success Doesn't Feel like it Should Author - Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life Find Laura at the following links: https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgo/ Find Susan Hobson, Founder & CEO of Elite High Performance, Top Leadership Coach & Author, at the following links: https://www.elitehighperformance.com/leadership-consulting/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jumpstartliving/ https://www.instagram.com/susanlhobson/ https://www.tiktok.com/@susanlhobson Find Rob Kalwarowsky, World-Renowned Leadership Coach & TEDx Speaker, at the following links: www.elitehighperformance.com https://www.howtodealboss.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kalwarowsky/ https://www.instagram.com/bosscoachrobk/ https://www.tiktok.com/@bosscoachrobk
Dive into "Limitless," the best-selling book by Laura Gassner Otting. Join us as she reveals the keys to unleashing your untapped leadership potential. You've got so much more in the tank than you realize! In this episode, discover how senior leaders can redefine success, overcome common barriers, and craft a personal leadership narrative. Join the conversation with podcast host Danny Ceballos and reignite your leadership mojo! Danny and Laura talk about ... Laura's unique approach to leadership development through her books "Limitless" and "Wonder Hell." The concept of consonance and how aligning what we do with who we are leads to extraordinary results. The journey from success to 'wonder hell,' where high achievers navigate the challenges of their own potential. Strategies for embracing ambition, reframing imposter syndrome, and thriving in discomfort. The importance of adaptability and embracing the learning curve in personal and professional growth. The balance between authenticity and effectiveness in the workplace. Recrafting leadership narratives to align with personal values and the mission of the organization. The role of self-awareness in identifying when leadership roles do not align with personal goals and values. The impact of prioritizing tasks that align with one's strengths and passions to combat burnout. Encouragement for leaders to evaluate their impact and ensure they are in roles where they can bring their best selves. Laura Recommends ... Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life by Laura Gassner Otting Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should ... and What To Do About It by Laura Gassner Otting Get in Touch with Laura ... Website: https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heylgo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylgo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heylgo TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heylgo Get the full show notes and more information here: https://unleashedconsult.com/podcast/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! © 2022 - 2024 Danny Ceballos
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Laura Gassner Otting is today's guest and she's fiery, adventurous, and insightful. She is one of the few guests to make an encore appearance on the "Success is a Choice" podcast, hosted by Jamy Bechler. Jamy and Laura covered more of her story back in 2019 but they still managed to talk about some exciting things currently going on in Laura's life, including her most recent appearance on Good Morning America and her new best-seller Wonderhell. LGO has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three books, including Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should… and What to Do About It, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, and Mission-Drive: Moving from Profit to Purpose. Her books have been translated into five languages. Connect with LGO ... Twitter: @HeyLGO Bio: LauraGassnerOtting.com/about Website: LauraGassnerOtting.com Instagram: @HeyLGO Facebook: Facebook.com/heylgo Linkedin: Linkedin.com/in/HeyLGO Previous Success is a Choice Appearance: JamyBechler.com/HeyLGO - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you. - - - - The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible by TheLeadershipPlaybook.com. Great teams have great teammates and everyone can be a person of influence. Whether you're a coach, athletic director, or athlete, you can benefit from this program and now you can get 25% off the price when you use the coupon code CHOICE at checkout. Build a stronger culture today with better teammates and more positive leaders. If you like motivational quotes, excerpts, or thoughts, then you'll want to check out Jamy Bechler's book "The Coach's Bulletin Board" as it has more than 1,000 positive insights to help you (and those around you) get motivated and inspired. Visit JamyBechler.com/BulletinBoardBook. - - - - Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a quick review on Apple podcasts. Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?” - - - - Jamy Bechler is the author of five books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter.
On today's episode of the Entrepreneur Evolution Podcast, we are joined by Laura Gassner Otting. Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares audiences to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges by helping them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others. Laura's rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor's presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss's definition of success didn't align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest growing search firms in the country, partnering with the full gamut of mission-driven executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team who helped her build it, both because she was hungry for the next chapter and because she held an audacious dream of electing our nation's first female president. (Whomp whomp.) Since that time, Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list (right behind Michelle Obama), has been translated into Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, and German, and which Good Morning America's Robin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her forthcoming book, Wonderhell, is expected in April 2023. Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women's philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women's PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed five charity-inspired marathons, projects emblematic of her passions and values. She's turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like, just ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and troublesome puppy with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA. To learn more about Laura and get her books, visit https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/ We would love to hear from you, and it would be awesome if you left us a 5-star review. Your feedback means the world to us, and we will be sure to send you a special thank you for your kind words. Don't forget to hit “subscribe” to automatically be notified when guest interviews and Express Tips drop every Tuesday and Friday. Interested in joining our monthly entrepreneur membership? Email Annette directly at yourock@ievolveconsulting.com to learn more. Ready to invest in yourself? Book your free session with Annette HERE. Keep evolving, entrepreneur. We are SO proud of you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/annette-walter/support
Have you ever wondered what it would take to write a best-selling book? Imagine going from a phone call, to crafting an inspiring narrative, to becoming an acclaimed author. This exhilarating journey comes to life in our conversation with accomplished author and motivational speaker, Laura Gassner Otting. Laura shares her extraordinary evolution as an author, the importance of a book as a marker of legitimacy, and her unique perspective on public speaking. Laura also dives into sales techniques and the life-changing transition from working in an executive search firm to launching her own venture. Laura's emphasis on the significance of client trust and her candid admissions about the role it played in her success are truly enlightening. She also gives us an insight into her fight against self-doubt, and how her achievements served as stepping stones to fulfilling her potential. Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three books, including Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should… and What to Do About It, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, and Mission-Drive: Moving from Profit to Purpose. Her books have been translated into five languages. What we discuss: (0:00:01) - Laura's journey into literature and public speaking (0:05:29) - Sales techniques (0:13:40) - Overcoming self-doubt to fulfill potential (0:25:46) - Influence of your social circle (0:30:02) - Embracing ambition and overcoming doubt (0:40:17) - Gaining strength through belief (0:45:34) - Success, networking and recognizing self-worth (0:52:09) - Emphasizing the importance of support Key Takeaways: 1. Self-doubt and fear can act as catalysts to success: Laura discusses how she navigated self-doubt and used it to fuel her ambition. Instead of letting self-doubt hinder her, she harnessed it as a driving force towards achieving her full potential. She also shares insights on how to manage fear, particularly in public speaking, viewing it as an invitation to adventure rather than a deterrent. 2. Surrounding yourself with the right people is crucial: Laura emphasizes the importance of the people you surround yourself with in shaping your journey to success. She warns about the dangers of having the wrong people in your circle and stresses the need for a supportive network that encourages and sees your worth. 3. Embracing failure and understanding that it's a part of the journey: Laura shares her perspective on failure, seeing it not as a finale but as a fulcrum from which we learn and grow. She suggests making a list of your proudest achievements and acknowledging the failures and lessons along the way, as these experiences contribute to personal growth and reaching your next goal. Thank you to our sponsors: Go to HelloFresh.com/50hustle and use code 50hustle for 50% off plus free shipping! Go to cozyearth.com and get up to 35% off site wide when you use the code “HUSTLE” Go to blissy.com/HUSTLE and use code HUSTLE to get an additional 30% off You can save 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ at HVMN.com/JEN Head over to www.pendulum.com and use code JENCOHEN for 20% off Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off. Head over to oneskin.co and use code HUSTLE15 for 15 % off your entire order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares audiences to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges by helping them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others. Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three books, including Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should… and What to Do About It, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, and Mission-Drive: Moving from Profit to Purpose. This show is dedicated to Laura's journey, this conversation is what we make it. This, is Counsel Culture. Learn more at: www.ericbrooker.com | www.limitlessassessment.com | www.wonderhell.com | www.enterinter.xyz
Some of our favorite conversations are with thought leaders from outside veterinary medicine—there's something refreshing about realizing that the challenges we face in vet med aren't always unique to our industry. Laura Gassner Otting, or LGO, is an executive coach and author of two books, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), and Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should... and What to Do About It (2023). Both books debuted at #2 on major bestseller lists, and we have a feeling it's not only because LGO has appeared on Good Morning America and TODAY, given TED talks, and served as a presidential appointee in Clinton's White House – she just has a knack for putting tough concepts into terms that resonate. Many of us in vet med spent our whole lives working towards a goal—getting into school, being credentialed, finding that first job. But as a lot of us find out, working hard for years to get somewhere doesn't protect us from burnout, disillusionment, or feeling lost without another star to aim for. In this episode, LGO talks about why success sometimes feels as scary and difficult as it can feel great. Find out more about LGO at lauragassnerotting.com. Central Line is made possible with generous support from CareCredit. Registration is OPEN NOW for AAHA's reimagined annual conference, AAHA Con! Don't miss your chance to join us in San Diego in September—register now at aaha.org/aahacon. Wish you could watch these conversations? Catch Central Line on YouTube. Got something to say? We're always up for constructive comments and conversation. Send us feedback or questions anytime at podcast@aaha.org. This episode was produced by Clear Contender LLC with generous support from CareCredit. This content is subject to change without notice and offered for informational use only. You are urged to consult with your individual business, financial, legal, tax and/or other advisors with respect to any information presented. Synchrony and any of its affiliates, including CareCredit and Pets Best (collectively, “Synchrony”) makes no representations or warranties regarding this content and accept no liability for any loss or harm arising from the use of the information provided. All statements and opinions in the recording are the sole opinions of the speaker. Your receipt of this material constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions.
Key TakeawaysUnshakable confidence is the key to success and happiness — no compromises!Ready to find the right ladder? Why you should define your success, align with your calling, and connect your actions to your goalsRemember, personal growth means priorities changeImposter syndrome is common. You're not alone.Break the cycle of pretending to be confident. Open up and have real conversations.In This Episode:[04:24] Is it worth going to Wonderhell?[06:32] Tactical steps to go from the wrong ladder to the right ladder[07:09] Defining success and consonance[09:41] Prioritizing personal definition of success[11:02] New levels equal new devils [11:22] Imposter syndrome and self-perception[13:20] The looking-glass self-theory[17:51] Following your passion vs investing in your passion[18:39] Laura's biggest flops or face-plants[19:40] Laura's story on the importance of being a grown-up business lady[25:06] Managing burnout and realizing your importance[31:20] How to build unshakable confidenceNotable Quotes[05:16] “If what you're pursuing is somebody else's version of success, then the answer's no, it's not worth all of it. But if you're pursuing your own, then actually the stress of the uncertainty, the anxiety, and the envy and all those things are actually not crappy feelings, they're actually signs that we're on the right track because we're living in that discomfort that we know is the only path to growth.” – Laura[13:00] “Every time we achieve something we haven't achieved before, we find ourselves in a room we've never been in before. And then we think we're impostors because we're like I didn't expect to be here, people are going to find out. But it turns out that everybody else in that room also didn't expect to be there either.” – Laura[13:32] “We're not who we think we are, we're not who others think we are. We're who we think others think we are.” – Laura[16:58] “In the end, I think we have to remind ourselves that, you know, we're so afraid not to be perfect, and we're so afraid to fail. But in every one of our moments of growth, it's come out of failure.” – Laura[22:58] “If you want to get past impostor syndrome, the best way to do that is to teach somebody something that you've already done.” – LauraOur GuestLaura Gassner Otting is a Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, keynote speaker, and Executive Coach. Laura's debut book, Limitless reached #2 on The Washington Post Bestseller List. She is also the author of Wonderhell which was released in April 2023. With a 30-year entrepreneurial career, including serving in Bill Clinton's White House, Laura has a wealth of expertise. She has appeared on Good Morning America, TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, and Oprah Daily. Recognized for her ability to see greatness in others, Laura is an instigator, motivator, and provocateur.Resources and LinksPaul Epsteinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/paulepsteinspeaks/https://www.paulepsteinspeaks.com/Laura Gassner Ottinghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgo/https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life - https://www.amazon.com/Limitless-Ignore-Everybody-Carve-your/dp/1940858763Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It - https://www.amazon.com/Wonderhell-Success-Doesnt-Should-About/dp/1646871227
You've likely heard the phrase “Success breeds success,” but you may not have heard the full quote from Felicity Kendal where she said, “Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.” I found that interesting because, often, success too can lead to a sort of fallow period. A time where we thought we should be thrilled and celebrating our victories but perhaps found ourselves even more overwhelmed. Even more stressed. And struggling even more with imposter syndrome. If you've ever achieved success and then still wondered what the heck you're doing there and what you're supposed to do next… you're not alone. That's what we're covering in today's episode of Partnership Unpacked. Welcome back to Partnership Unpacked, where I selfishly use this time to pick the brains of experts at strategic partnerships, channel programs, affiliates, influencer marketing, and relationship building… oh, and you get to learn too! Subscribe to learn how you can amplify your growth strategy – with a solid takeaway every episode from partnership experts in the industry. Think about the last time you accomplished a big goal at work - maybe you launched a really successful campaign, or perhaps you brought in a huge partner deal. Or maybe… just maybe… you managed to book an interview with a celebrity author and speaker. That was great, wasn't it? But what happened next? Were you expected to accomplish even more the next time? Did you wonder if you could? Did you question yourself and wonder how you managed to get that point at all? That's Wonderhell, and that's what Laura Gassner Otting is here to help us with. She's a frequent contributor to Good Morning America, the TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, and Oprah Daily, and has had a profound presence in corporate America for over thirty years. And our friend Mitch Joel writes, “When doubt creeps in (or when the ego wails, ‘You deserve this!'), Wonderhell is here to provide balance and a healthier approach to keep things going in the right direction.” She's worked in the White House, her own tech start-up, and with the full gamut of mission-driven corporate and nonprofit executives. Partnership Unpacked host Mike Allton talked to Laura Gassner Otting about: ♉️ How CMOs and Partnership Leaders can more effectively visualize goals and success ♉️ Why it can be so hard sometimes to deal with success and look beyond to the next goal ♉️ What the keys to overcoming failure and impostor syndrome are Learn more about Laura Gassner Otting Connect with Laura Gassner Otting on LinkedIn Connect with Laura Gassner Otting on Twitter Resources & Brands mentioned in this episode Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life Subscribe to the show calendar: agorapulse.com/calendar Learn more about Agorapulse with a free demo Full Notes & Transcript: https://www.thesocialmediahat.com/blog/how-marketing-executives-ride-the-roller-coaster-of-success-w-laura-gassner-otting/ Brought to you by Agorapulse: the #1 rated social media management solution. Music by Jumbo, "Peripheral" (feat. Plum Soul) Produced and Hosted by Mike Allton
Success can be a double edged sword; when you meet or exceed your goals, the first thing you feel is a rush of elation and pride. But often, right around the corner is a lurking sense of anxiety, stress, and fear. Authors feel this sensation at many points in the writing process. You manage to get the manuscript drafted, but you worry it might not connect with readers after it's published. You publish it and it's a massive success, but what's next? How do you follow up a bestseller? What if you can't do it again?If you've felt sensations like this, but didn't know how to describe it, Laura Gassner Otting has the perfect word for you: Wonderhell. In this episode of The Author's Corner, Robin sits down with best-selling author, keynote speaker, and executive coach Laura Gassner Otting, to discuss this common feeling of self-doubt, stress, and even fear that come up when we encounter an amazing opportunity or achieve success. It seems counter intuitive, but successful people wrestle with this feeling all the time. Laura's newest book, Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should... and What to Do About It aims to help readers navigate this strange experience. Laura also gives some insight into her writing process, such as the importance of sharing your own story, walking the fine line between inspirational and relatable, and how the content for Limitless took twenty years to experience, and six weeks to write.Key Takeaways from This Episode:Why Laura believes there's no endpoint to success, there's just a waypoint to what else we can do.Why imposter syndrome is often more intense for writers.The fine line between being inspirational and being relatable.Why Laura wants wonderhell to be in the dictionary.And much more...Resources Mentioned in this Episode:Laura's websiteLimitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life bookLaura's InstagramAbout Laura Gassner Otting:Laura's secret superpower is seeing your greatness and reflecting it back on you, so that you can get "unstuck" and achieve extraordinary results. A frequent contributor to Good Morning America, the TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, and Oprah Daily, Laura's 30-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected national search firm to expand a tech start-up; and founded, ran, and sold her own global search firm, partnering with the full gamut of mission driven corporate and nonprofit executives. She is the author of two books, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life and Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should... and What to Do About It.
Success can be a double edged sword; when you meet or exceed your goals, the first thing you feel is a rush of elation and pride. But often, right around the corner is a lurking sense of anxiety, stress, and fear. Authors feel this sensation at many points in the writing process. You manage to get the manuscript drafted, but you worry it might not connect with readers after it's published. You publish it and it's a massive success, but what's next? How do you follow up a bestseller? What if you can't do it again?If you've felt sensations like this, but didn't know how to describe it, Laura Gassner Otting has the perfect word for you: Wonderhell. In this episode of The Author's Corner, Robin sits down with best-selling author, keynote speaker, and executive coach Laura Gassner Otting, to discuss this common feeling of self-doubt, stress, and even fear that come up when we encounter an amazing opportunity or achieve success. It seems counter intuitive, but successful people wrestle with this feeling all the time. Laura's newest book, Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should... and What to Do About It aims to help readers navigate this strange experience. Laura also gives some insight into her writing process, such as the importance of sharing your own story, walking the fine line between inspirational and relatable, and how the content for Limitless took twenty years to experience, and six weeks to write.Key Takeaways from This Episode:Why Laura believes there's no endpoint to success, there's just a waypoint to what else we can do.Why imposter syndrome is often more intense for writers.The fine line between being inspirational and being relatable.Why Laura wants wonderhell to be in the dictionary.And much more...Resources Mentioned in this Episode:Laura's websiteLimitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life bookLaura's InstagramAbout Laura Gassner Otting:Laura's secret superpower is seeing your greatness and reflecting it back on you, so that you can get "unstuck" and achieve extraordinary results. A frequent contributor to Good Morning America, the TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, and Oprah Daily, Laura's 30-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected national search firm to expand a tech start-up; and founded, ran, and sold her own global search firm, partnering with the full gamut of mission driven corporate and nonprofit executives. She is the author of two books, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life and Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should... and What to Do About It.
Gina's special guest, Laura Gassner Otting shares some pretty incredible takes on success and what that looks like in the midst of it. Somewhere between who you are, and who you are becoming, is WONDERHELL. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three books, including Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should… and What to Do About It, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, and Mission-Drive: Moving from Profit to Purpose. Connect with Laura https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/ https://www.instagram.com/heylgo/ _____________________________________________ Connect with us on all social media platforms! ✅ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/revitalizedwomanhood ✅ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revitalizedwomanhood/ ✅ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@revitalizedwomanhood ✅ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6kO4VA94zZlKY3VS3cdbeP?si=3ec91bf5ea4c43a8
Are you living your life according to your own definition of success? This episode of the I Own It podcast welcomes another talented woman to our roster, Laura Gassner Otting. She is an Executive Coach, sought-after inspirational speaker, and author of “Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life” and “Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It”. Laura believes that hitting our goals isn't the end-all-be-all of one's happiness but being able to move forward and push harder. Why stop there? Only the chosen ones get to experience the feeling of “What's next?” And you could be one of them! Great leaders are those that build relationships with their employees. Laura encourages you to practice the art of communicating and making everyone feel heard – even the best speakers are the best listeners, too! Tune in as Laura Gassner Otting talks about the importance of defining your own success, getting clear on your business goals, where self-limiting beliefs come from and how to stop them, and focusing on the things that matter the most to you. Timestamps: 01:11 Laura's “Aha!” moment in life 03:52 Actions are more important 05:59 How to open up to new changes 11:24 Define your unique happiness 15:38 Figuring out your business size 19:03 Getting rid of self-limiting beliefs 21:13 Filter the voices that matter 23:47 Key points in “Wonderhell” 26:59 Advice for public speaking 32:42 What makes a good leader? 36:18 Lessons from executive recruiting 44:22 Organizations and charity work 46:58 A time when Laura didn't own it 50:53 Laura's advice to her 16-year-old-self 53:52 What would Laura's last meal on Earth be? 57:26 Laura's favorite artist Quotations: “It's not my job to provide answers. It's my job to provide catalyzing questions that help you get to the answers that you probably already know.” - Laura Gassner Otting “The more nos you get, you get closer to the outcome you want in life.” - Ben Reinberg “If your purpose in life is curing cancer, I say, “Awesome. That's great.” But if your purpose in life is working your ass off so that you can get out of debt... that's awesome too... I'm not going to purpose shame anybody.” - Laura Gassner Otting “If we could focus on what's your real purpose, the money will flow with it.” - Ben Reinberg “It's a lot easier to change a habit than to change identity.” - Laura Gassner Otting “Sleep is the number one road to health.” - Ben Reinberg Get in touch with Laura Gassner Otting. Website: https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/ Twitter & Instagram: @heylgo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heylgo/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgo/ More resources: https://www.heylgo.com/ Order Laura's new book “Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should... And What To Do About It”: https://www.wonderhellbook.com/ Connect with Ben: benreinberg.com Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @therealbenreinberg LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/benreinberg Facebook: facebook.com/TheRealBenReinberg Check out Ben's firm here: https://alliancecgc.com/ #iownit #leadership #success
Laura Gassner Otting is today's guest and she's fiery, adventurous, and insightful. She is one of the few guests to make an encore appearance on the "Success is a Choice" podcast, hosted by Jamy Bechler. Jamy and Laura covered more of her story back in 2019 but they still managed to talk about some exciting things currently going on in Laura's life, including her most recent appearance on Good Morning America and her new best-seller Wonderhell. LGO has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three books, including Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should… and What to Do About It, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, and Mission-Drive: Moving from Profit to Purpose. Her books have been translated into five languages. Connect with LGO ... Twitter: @HeyLGO Bio: LauraGassnerOtting.com/about Website: LauraGassnerOtting.com Instagram: @HeyLGO Facebook: Facebook.com/heylgo Linkedin: Linkedin.com/in/HeyLGO Previous Success is a Choice Appearance: JamyBechler.com/HeyLGO - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you. - - - - The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible by TheLeadershipPlaybook.com. Great teams have great teammates and everyone can be a person of influence. Whether you're a coach, athletic director, or athlete, you can benefit from this program and now you can get 25% off the price when you use the coupon code CHOICE at checkout. Build a stronger culture today with better teammates and more positive leaders. If you like motivational quotes, excerpts, or thoughts, then you'll want to check out Jamy Bechler's book "The Coach's Bulletin Board" as it has more than 1,000 positive insights to help you (and those around you) get motivated and inspired. Visit JamyBechler.com/BulletinBoardBook. - - - - Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a quick review on Apple podcasts. Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?” - - - - Jamy Bechler is the author of five books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter.
Laura Gassner Otting is an American author, speaker, and consultant with a career that spans over 20 years. She has helped countless individuals and organizations to find their purpose, build their dream careers, and achieve their goals. Laura is known for her dynamic and engaging speaking style, as well as her ability to inspire and motivate audiences to take action. She has served as a White House appointee under President Bill Clinton, and as a nonprofit executive director, founder of Limitless Possibility, a company that helps individuals and organizations to clarify their purpose and achieve their goals. Laura has also served as a keynote speaker for numerous events and conferences, and is the author of the bestselling book "Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life." Her work has been featured in a wide range of media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company. In this conversation we get into why imposter syndrome can break you and your business, why Laura doesn't like that term actually, how so many of us face it but so few of us recognize, and how you can overcome it and build confidence to take a bet on yourself. Follow Laura Gassner Otting on IG… https://www.instagram.com/heylgo/ Learn more about her books… https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/books/
Laura Gassner Otting reveals the surprising reason why success can sometimes feel like a burden—and what to do about it. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why success often makes us feel conflicted. 2) How to turn impostor syndrome on its head. 3) How to find your confidence when doubt settles in. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep857 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT LAURA — Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her most recent book is Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It (2023). • Book: Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It (website) • Book: Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life • Website: heyLGO.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future by Dorie Clark • Book: Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi • Past episode: 426: How to Feel Limitless in Your Career with Laura Gassner Otting • Past episode: 001: Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Laura Gassner Otting is an author, catalyst, and executive coach who inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. LGO, as she is often known, drops by Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract to discuss her latest book, "Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It." Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Laura's rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor's presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss's definition of success didn't align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest growing search firms in the country, partnering with the full gamut of mission-driven executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team who helped her build it. Since that time, Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and HR Magazine as she now delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes to organizations across the world. Visit http://www.danpontefract.com for more information about Dan and the Leadership NOW program. Visit https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/about/ to get to know LGO.
Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares audiences to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges by helping them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others. Laura's rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor's presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss's definition of success didn't align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest growing search firms in the country, partnering with the full gamut of mission-driven executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team who helped her build it, both because she was hungry for the next chapter and because she held an audacious dream of electing our nation's first female president. (Whomp whomp.) Since that time, Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list (right behind Michelle Obama), has been translated into Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, and German, and which Good Morning America's Robin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her newest book is Wonderhell. Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women's philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women's PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed five charity-inspired marathons, projects emblematic of her passions and values. She's turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like, just ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and troublesome puppy with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA. www.wonderhellbook.com
Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief.She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares audiences to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges by helping them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.Laura's rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor's presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps.She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss's definition of success didn't align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest growing search firms in the country, partnering with the full gamut of mission-driven executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team who helped her build it, both because she was hungry for the next chapter and because she held an audacious dream of electing our nation's first female president. (Whomp whomp.)Since that time, Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list (right behind Michelle Obama), has been translated into Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, and German, and which Good Morning America's Robin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her forthcoming book, Wonderhell, is expected in April 2023.Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women's philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women's PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed five charity-inspired marathons, projects emblematic of her passions and values. She's turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like, just ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and troublesome puppy with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast. https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I'm excited to bring you an episode of What's Next! Podcast with a dear friend of mine, Laura Gassner Otting. For this episode, I'm sharing my February 22nd LinkedIn Live chat with Laura as we dive into the tricky territory that lies between success and happiness. Laura Gassner Otting's rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor's presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss's definition of success didn't align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest-growing search firms in the country. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team who helped her build it and since that time, has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show. Laura's writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose, and is soon to release Wonderhell. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anybody trying to make sense of the emotion-filled limbo that lives between success and happiness. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… success can bring complicated emotions. On the one hand, it's exhilarating. On the other hand, we tend to quickly jump to the next goal and become overwhelmed or stressed about the rising challenge of the next steps. Laura explains how to navigate the “wonderhell” of this tension and find happiness in the process. WHAT I LOVE MOST… the idea of being a student of the process. Approaching big moments with openness to learn gives us a great awareness of the wonder and possibilities around us. Running time: 29:00 Subscribe on iTunes Check out the LinkedIn Live Chat Find Tiffani on Social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Find Laura Online: Official Website Twitter LinkedIn Laura's Book: Wonderhell Laura's HBR Article: Are You Pursuing Your Vision of Career Success — or Someone Else's?
This week's guest made such an impact on me the first time I had her on True Grit and Grace, I invited her back as a repeat guest! Not only did we get to catch up in person and in studio, it also gave us a chance to catch up on her new book. If you're struggling to find happiness and peace amidst a stressful circumstance or huge growth chapter, this conversation is for you. Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. Laura's rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor's presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss's definition of success didn't align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest growing search firms in the country, partnering with the full gamut of mission-driven executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team who helped her build it, both because she was hungry for the next chapter and because she held an audacious dream of electing our nation's first female president. (Whomp whomp.) Since that time, Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list (right behind Michelle Obama), has been translated into Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, and German, and which Good Morning America's Robin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her forthcoming book, Wonderhell, is expected in April 2023. In this episode, Laura teaches you how to manage success when you achieve it, how to stay healthy amidst a busy schedule, and how to understand your own potential in a way that nourishes happiness instead of anxiety. Here's what you will learn: How to find and release the burden of your potential (5:21) How to spot energy vampires and protect yourself from them (14:30) How to overcome your limits by casting out seeds of doubt (22:29) Why imperfection is part of our collective truth (33:27) How to understand seasons and when enough is enough (44:20) Discover the 4 building blocks of good health to help you to succeed (53:28) Tune in to this episode and learn something new! Share it on Instagram and tag me at @amberlylagomotivation and @heylgo then share it with a friend! Follow Laura: Facebook Instagram Twitter Website Links mentioned: Limitless the book Wonderhell the book If you are ready to leave your mark by discovering your message and sharing it with the world, you've come to the right place!! Let's work together to build your influence, your impact, and your income! Join the tribe you have been waiting for to activate your highest potential and live the life you deserve! Join the "Unstoppable Life Mastermind!" and let us know you are ready for greatness! Read the "True Grit and Grace" book here and learn how you can turn tragedy into triumph! Thank you for joining us on the True, Grit, & Grace Podcast! If you find value in today's episode, don't forget to share the show with your friends and tap that subscribe button so you don't miss an episode! You can also head over to amberlylago.com to join my newsletter and access free downloadable resources that can help you elevate your life, business, and relationships! Want to see the behind-the-scenes and keep the conversation going? Head over to Instagram @amberlylagomotivation! Audible @True-Grit-and-Grace-Audiobook Website @amberlylago.com Instagram @amberlylagomotivation Facebook @AmberlyLagoSpeaker
In this episode of Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee, Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal sits down with Laura Gassner Otting, executive coach, media personality, and the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life.You may already recognize Laura as a repeat TED-talker, but through this conversation, you'll get to know her at a much deeper level. She takes time to talk about her pre-coaching career and her early experiences of the coaching industry as a client. Laura first encountered coaching as she sold her mission-first business, and she tells Alex how a coach helped her stay honest and accountable to her values throughout the process.Together, Laura and Alex also tackle the age-old question of “how hands-on should a leader really be?” They discuss the differences between leadership and management as well as the unique skill sets required to succeed in each. Using the metaphor of composers vs conductors, Laura shares how she learned that the person who created the vision isn't always the person who should execute it.Laura's book Limitless is about finding your own path in the face of external expectations, and in this episode, she connects its message to the “Great Resignation” and other post-pandemic phenomena. She also shares her writing process and the real-life experiences that lie behind the book's philosophy.Need a little energy and inspiration? Since Laura's focus is on getting her clients and readers “unstuck,” you may find this episode blows the cobwebs away. Listen in now to learn what drives Laura Gassner Otting's success - and why she doesn't believe that success equals happiness.Resources: Laura Gassner Otting - https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/SocialsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgo/Twitter: https://twitter.com/heylgoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heylgo/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylgo/Books:Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best LifeThe Mission Driven Handbook: A Resource for Moving from Profit to PurposeChange Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit SectorAlex promoting the Coaching Champions Masterclass.
Episode 260 features Laura Gassner Otting, an Author, Catalyst, and Coach and through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo.Find Laura Online:Website: http://lauragassnerotting.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylgoTwitter: https://twitter.com/heylgoYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKtrsI8y-nZ-iLizqUz_2CQFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heylgoAbout Laura:Laura Gassner Otting helps people get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results.Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and a catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes.Laura's 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at a respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission-driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for those moving from profit to purpose, and most recently the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list, right behind Michelle Obama, and which Good Morning America's Robin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019.Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women's philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women's PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed three charity-inspired marathons—projects emblematic of her passions and values. She's turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like.........Thank you for listening! If you wanted to learn more about the host, Brian Ondrako, check out his “Now” Page - https://www.brianondrako.com/now or Sign up for his Weekly Newsletter and 3x a Week Blog - https://brianondrako.com/subscribe/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on The MiFit Podcast I chat with Best Selling Author, Executive Coach, and Motivational Keynote Speaker Laura Gassner Otting. Laura started her career working in the White House where she was an integral part in creating the AmeriCorps program under President Bill Clinton. Since then she's traveled the world speaking to thousands of people on how to get unstuck, create alignment, demand what you deserve, and life a life full of happiness. Laura has also appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, and the TedX stage.Topics-Why people get stuck-Living someone else's version of success-Defining consonance -Understanding the 4 C's (Calling, Connection, Contribution, and Control)-How can I help? vs. What needs to happen?-Follow your passion vs. invest in your passion-“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”If you enjoyed this conversation please leave a rating, review, and refer it to a friend. Your 5-star feedback helps the show grow tremendously while also helps to bring on more amazing guests like Laura. Thank you all for the continued support - Enjoy the show!
Learn how to ditch other people's comments and prioritize what's good for YOU Understand why it is important to be confident and its relation to being competent Discover what are the four important things you need to think about and prioritize first Resources/Links: Wanting to Find Out How to Break the Boundaries and Become Limitless? Learn more about how you can live the life that YOU want instead of what others want: www.myfourquestions.com Summary Have you always been listening to what other people want for you instead of listening to your inner voice and heart? Are you constantly tired of trying to live up to other people's expectations of you? Do you want to know the four powerful things you need to think about and prioritize to unlock the door to living freely? Laura Gassner Otting speaks with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to get them past the doubt and indecision that consign their great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking and well-honed wisdom informed by decades of navigating change across the star-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. In this episode, Laura talks about the key to unlocking the life of your dreams without other people's comments, negativity, and dictation. She also shares her key tips on how you can carve your own path to build the life, self, and business you've always wanted. Check out these episode highlights: 01:22 – Laura's ideal client: “My ideal clients are people who are entrepreneurs. They're either working for themselves or intrapreneurs, inside of organizations helping other people claim their dreams.” 01:35 – Problem Laura helps solve: “The problem I solve is helping people get unstuck. So we are all pursuing this idea of success that has been written for us by somebody else. This whole long list was handed to us by a guidance counselor or a career counselor at some point, telling us what success.” 02:08 – Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Laura: “The people who experience this problem are the ones that got a checklist when they were 16, 17, 18 years old that said, “A good job”. What makes a good job good?” 03:03 – Common mistakes that people make before they find Laura's solution: “I think some of the common mistakes they make is being all things to all people all the time. They say yes to everything. They try to solve all the problems, then all they end up doing is solving their own ego's need to help.” 05:11 – Laura's Valuable Free Action (VFA): “My top tip is to stop defining success, as it has been handed to us externally, but to start thinking about it in terms of four different things: calling, connection, contribution, and control.” 07:04 – Laura's Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Check out Laura's Website: www.myfourquestions.com 07:36 – Q: Does everybody need all four of these things? A: The answer is no. The answer is you only need as much of each of them as you need. And at different ages, in different life stages, it's going to be different. Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode: “Failure is not the finale. It's a fulcrum. It's where we learn and we grow. We innovate and we change.” -Laura Gassner OttingClick To TweetTranscript (Note, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast) Tom Poland 00:10 Greetings, everyone, and a warm welcome to another edition of Marketing the Invisible. My name is Tom Poland beaming out to you from little Castaways Beach in Queensland, Australia, joined today by Laura Gassner Otting. Laura, a very good afternoon, I guess this few. Welcome! Where are you based? Laura Gassner Otting 00:24 I'm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Tom Poland 00:26 Boston, Massachusetts! There's a song about that somewhere, which I will not break into right now. For those of you who don't know Laura, she's got a terrific book out called, “Limitless”, which we're going to discuss in a moment. But she speaks with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, donors to get them past the doubt and indecision that often, you know, consigns great ideas to inertia and limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, informed by decades of navigating change across the startup, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. It sounds like it's been a rich journey for you, Laura! The title today is, “Limitless:”, the same title as the book, “How to Ignore Everybody-“, subtitled, including your parents. Laura Gassner Otting 01:11 It does. Absolutely! Tom Poland 01:13 “Carve Your Own Path and Live Your Best Life.” Love it! Inspirational stuff. Laura, our seven minutes is going to start now. Question number one, who is your ideal client? Laura Gassner Otting 01:22 My ideal clients are people who are entrepreneurs. They're either working for themselves or intrapreneurs, inside of organizations helping other people claim their dreams. Tom Poland 01:30 Perfect! Thank you. Question number two, tell us about the problem you solve for them. Laura Gassner Otting 01:35 The problem I solve is helping people get unstuck. So we are all pursuing this idea of success that has been written for us by somebody else. This whole long list was handed to us by a guidance counselor or a career counselor at some point, telling us what success would look like. And then we fulfilled it. And we all felt empty anyway. So I help people figure out what's actually going to make them happy. It's not just success as written by the outside world, but how do we define it internally ourselves? Tom Poland 02:00 Perfect! Thank you for that. Six minutes left. Question three, what are some of the symptoms of the people who are going to be experiencing who've got that problem? Laura Gassner Otting 02:08 Yeah, the people who experience this problem are the ones that got a checklist when they were 16, 17, 18 years old that said, “A good job”. What makes a good job good? Is the money, is the leader, the mission, the skills you're going to learn, the prestige, etc. But they were never told to prioritize that list for YOU. What makes a good job good for YOU? So the 16-year-olds that are making decisions about the rest of their lives, before we literally have a frontal lobe to make good ones, are dictating who we are at 26, 36, 46, 56. And then we wonder, why am I having this crisis? Tom Poland 02:37 And they're programming the voices, “Keep going”. So tell us where- you know, you work with people that are pretty ambitious. You know, we got startups. We got not for profits. People who want to make a difference, as well. So they're going to be trying stuff. They want to get ahead. So tell us about some of the common mistakes that you see people making when they're trying to solve this problem of happiness and fulfillment and playing live on their own terms? What are some of the common mistakes they make before they find your solution? Laura Gassner Otting 03:03 Yeah, I think some of the common mistakes they make is being all things to all people all the time. They say yes to everything. They try to solve all the problems, then all they end up doing is solving their own ego's need to help. So they ask, “How can I help?” as opposed to what needs to happen, and they end up being in the center of all of the solutions, but they aren't actually the solutions that are getting calm that they want to solve. And so they exhaust themselves, costume changing, and code-switching all day long, so they can be all things to all people. And they don't actually stop and say, “Strategically, what is the best thing I can be doing right now?”, “Who was the best person that helped me get there?”, “What do I need to learn in order to be where I want to be three years from now, five years from now, 10 years from now?” They don't stop and think about what actually will matter to them. And so that's what I do is I help clarify that for them by taking up this idea of success and talking to them about this idea of continence, alignment, harmony, the flow of when what they do matches who they are. Tom Poland 03:56 Do people say that you help them to get very conscious about life? Because it sounds like a lot of those questions are stimulating that. Laura Gassner Otting 04:03 Yes, I help them to get conscious but also confident. I think a lot of people don't feel confident because they're told, “Follow your passion.” And then they follow their passion only to find that it's hard. And they're like, “Well, if I followed my passion, but now it's hard. Maybe it wasn't my passion after all. Maybe I should do something else.” And so I help them understand that confidence actually comes from competence. It comes from failing and falling and getting up and learning and figuring it out. Because failure is not the finale. It's a fulcrum. It's where we learn and we grow. We innovate and we change. And so I help people understand how to develop those muscles so that they can get gritty and get resilient and get competent about what they want to do so they can be confident about the changes they want to take and the risk that they want to take. Tom Poland 04:44 Perfect! Thank you. And that a wise person once said to me, “Tom, the word “no” can be a complete sentence.” Laura Gassner Otting 04:51 The word no is a complete sentence. Tom Poland 04:54 Use it sometimes, right? So thank you for that. Very well articulated! Three minutes left. Question number five, I want to give people an action item, a step they could take to fall in the right direction. It won't solve the whole problem. It's not the whole journey, but it's going to start them off. What's your top tip? Laura Gassner Otting 05:11 My top tip is to stop defining success, as it has been handed to us externally, but to start thinking about it in terms of four different things: calling, connection, contribution, and control. Number one, calling. What is the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, that driving force, the business you want to build, the practice that you want to develop, the bottom line you want to grow, the cause you want to solve, the leader you want to serve, the family you want to nurture? What is that calling? Connection. Does your work matter? What's in your inbox, your to-do list, your calendar? And does it actually get you any closer to that calling at the end of the day than at the beginning of the day? Number three, contribution. Connections are all about the work, contributions are all about you. Does this job pay you the lifestyle that you want, give you the life flexibility you need? Does it allow you to manifest your values? Is it inspiring you? Is it giving you the career trajectory that you want? Does it contribute to the life you want? And then lastly, control. How much agency do you actually have over how your work impacts your life? Can you control how much your work connects to your calling, and how much it contributes to your life? And when you figure out those four C's, how much you have, how much you need, you're actually able to define success for you, and not all those other people that are telling you what it should look like. Tom Poland 06:21 Perfect, thank you. Can you give us the four C's again, please? Laura Gassner Otting 06:24 Calling, connection, contribution, and control. Tom Poland 06:27 And it would be terrific, folks, if you just start with the first one and figure out what your calling is. Get out your legal pad and a blue pen and start doodling, brainstorm- Laura Gassner Otting 06:36 And what do you actually care about? And you don't have to just have one. People aren't born with a calling. We have different callings throughout our lives. And by the way, you're calling only has to be your calling. If you want to cure cancer, that's awesome! If you want to buy a Maserati and a beach house, that's awesome, too. Nobody gets a vote. And we have to stop giving votes in our lives to people who shouldn't even have voices. Your calling, your purpose is only yours and yours alone. And it doesn't have to have a higher or a lock-in front of it, it just has to be the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning. Tom Poland 07:04 Thank you for that! And question number six, I'm going to answer it just for the sake of time. Folks, if you want more resources, go to www.myfourquestions.com. That's the word four, F-O-U-R. Myfourquestions.com. What are they going to find there, Laura? Very quickly. Laura Gassner Otting 07:20 They're going to find one question about each of the four C's. A question about calling, connection, contribution, and control. And it will tell you exactly what you need to get more of any of these things in your life. Tom Poland 07:29 Fan-dang-tastic! Question number seven, we've got a whopping 35 seconds left. What's the one question I should have asked you but didn't? Laura Gassner Otting 07:36 The question that you should have asked me is, does everybody need all four of these things? And the answer is no. The answer is you only need as much of each of them as you need. And at different ages in different life stages, it's going to be different. So don't stress out if you don't have one of them. You might not need it. And that's okay! You only have to be in alignment with yourself. Tom Poland 07:55 Laura Gassner Otting, thank you for your wisdom and insights and the rich experience you've just shared. Laura Gassner Otting 08:01 Thank you so much, Tom. Tom Poland 07:39 Thanks for checking out our Marketing The Invisible podcast. 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This episode of The Jake Dunlap Show features Laura Gassner Otting, WaPo best-selling author, keynote speaker, media personality, and executive coach. Today, she looks back on her life growing up in a Jewish household in Texas and Miami and her eventual decision to study government in college.She shares that the Iranian hostage crisis during the Carter administration became the driving force behind her desire to go to law school and enter politics. Laura shares funny anecdotes of life before the internet and pivotal moments which led her to work for the Clinton/Gore campaign.By the time she served with AmeriCorps, Laura learned that nobody actually really knows what they're doing. She shares that faking it until you make it is a real thing and that "grownups" who have it together are in the exact same boat as everyone else.So, knowing this, creating your own future is the only real thing left for you to do because nobody will hand it to you. She shares how she actually got her job in the White House and how nothing is what it seems, especially as an intern. But with an honest desire to do a good job and listening to the wisdom of others, she made it.Fast forward, Laura reinvents herself as a headhunter with her Rolodex filled with contacts from her life in the White House. Realizing that she wasn't part of the solution and she wasn't connecting the organizations with the people that needed them the most, she decided to strike out on her own.She ran her firm very differently and focused on creating positive impact and aligning her work with her true values, rather than chasing the most lucrative deals. Laura talks about consonance and how knowing that you are at your best solving a problem you care about is the best motivator.Quotes19:03 Laura: "On the black and white TV is then Governor Bill Clinton... giving this impassioned plea about service and saying there's nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed with what's right with America... and he offered as a solution this idea of community service in exchange for college tuition. And in that moment, what I realized was that needs to happen."24:07 Laura: "I was able to fake it 'til I made it to a certain point. And then I got there and it was like built on a house of cards. I didn't actually have any of the mistakes that you make along the way they teach you things. So that's how I learned that nobody really knows what they're doing."30:13 Laura: "I had nothing to lose, I had everything to win. And sometimes you just need somebody to sort of bang you over the head and be like, you know, he's going to fuck you... This is your moment. Take it. Go."35:25 Laura: "I started my own firm and I then ran that firm with this very different business model of creating budgets for searches based on the complexity of the work... I was no longer trying to build the bottom line of this firm by doing the biggest flashiest searches, but I was actually trying to create the most amount of impact in the sector."39:20 Laura: "If success doesn't lead to happiness, then what does? And what I realized is that this idea of consonance... What is consonant with who you are? And consonance is alignment. It's flow. It's when you feel like the very best of what you do is being called upon to solve a problem at hand, a problem you actually care about."More about LauraLaura has a passion for philanthropy and public service. She graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with a BA in Government and worked as a staffer during the Clinton/Gore campaign soon after. This introduction into public service would lead her to work in the White House as Special Assistant to the Director, Office of National Service.The White House Office of National Service was formed to author and ensure passage of President Clinton's AmeriCorps legislation. It paved the way for the birth of the Corporation for National Service, which at that time was a $731.6 million, 400-employee federal agency whose programs annually engaged more than one million people in community serviceLaura would eventually become a program officer of AmeriCorps.In 1996, Laura finished her MA, Graduate School of Political Management from George Washington University.Laura became the Vice President of Isaacson Miller, a nationally retained executive search firm concentrating on nonprofits, socially responsible businesses and the public sector. It is one of the largest firms in New England, and one of the most highly respected niche firms for nonprofit executive search.She would then start her own executive search firm, the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, designed to operate with "new economy" savvy, the firm unbundles traditional executive search and leadership transition packages and offers sophisticated services tailored to clients' various needs. In 2019, Laura published her book Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life which talks about consonance, helping others align their work with their values, and finding satisfaction solving problems which matter to them.Find out more about Laura in the following links:Website: https://lauragassnerotting.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgo/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylgo/Facebook: https://facebook.com/heylgoTwitter: https://twitter.com/heylgoAmazon book link - https://www.amazon.com/Limitless-Ignore-Everybody-Carve-your/dp/1940858763Learn more about Jake Dunlap and Skaled by visiting the links below:Jake Dunlap:Personal Site - http://jakedunlap.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/Twitter - https://twitter.com/JakeTDunlapInstagram - http://instagram.com/jake_dunlap_Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JakeTDunlap/Skaled:Website - https://skaled.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skaledYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsw_03rSlbGQkeLGMGiDf4Q
Tác giả đã đưa ra 40 chìa khóa dẫn đến các cánh cửa sáng tạo và những lời khuyên, những câu trả lời giúp các bạn trẻ khẳng định được sự lựa chọn của mình. Với 40 bài học ngắn gọn, súc tích, kết hợp các “châm ngôn” hài hước, cuốn sách là câu trả lời cho các câu hỏi không ngừng đặt ra trong đầu chúng ta suốt quá trình làm việc: Làm thế nào để những ý tưởng mới xuất hiện được trong thế giới đầy hoài nghi và e sợ rủi ro này? Làm thế nào để khơi nguồn cảm hứng? Làm thế nào để xác định được ranh giới giữa những điều sẵn sàng thực hiện và những gì không?…. Những bí kíp này sẽ tiếp thêm cho bạn nguồn năng lượng để làm việc chăm chỉ hơn, sáng tạo hơn, nghiêm túc hơn, để những bạn trẻ không ảo tưởng rằng nghệ sĩ được phép la cà ở các quán bar suốt cả ngày, mong đợi Nàng Thơ bất ngờ gõ cửa, ban cho một nguồn cảm hứng vô tận, khiến họ viết ngay ra được tác phẩm bất hủ và một bước lên đỉnh vinh quang. Sáng tạo là lao động chân chính, nảy sinh trong quá trình làm việc chứ không phải trong lúc ngủ mơ chờ Thần Tài gõ cửa. Cuốn sách cũng có thể sẽ là câu trả lời hoặc giúp các bạn trẻ khẳng định lựa chọn của mình về việc có nên đánh đổi công việc hiện thời để theo đuổi sở thích cá nhân hay ngược lại; để không rơi vào tình cảnh lúng túng, băn khoăn giữa hai con đường đó để rồi chẳng thu được kết quả gì. COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario
In this episode of The Best Thing, Antonio Neves talks to Washington Post best-selling author, motivational speaker and founder of Limitless Possibilities, Laura Gassner Otting. Laura inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo. On her to podcast LGOTV Big Talk, Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She is the author the best-seller Limitless: How To Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. In this powerful and fun conversation full of laugher and insight, Laura shares how dating a “terrible guy” who drove an Camaro IROQ Z lead to meeting future President Bill Clinton and changing the direction of her life. This episode is brought to you by Caldera + Lab. Named by GQ as the best natural face serum for men, Caldera + Lab's The Good is made 100% from plants and is a non-toxic skincare product that's the result of meticulous craftsmanship. Caldera + Lab teamed up with world-renowned scientists to create a completely non-toxic product that's proven to give you your best skin ever. For all guys and all skin types, whether you are tackling dry skin, acne scars, wrinkles, or just want to do you and invest in healthier skin, this is the one product I would use. As a special offer to The Best Thing podcast listeners, receive 20% off your first purchase of The Good. Go to calderalab.com and use discount code ANTONIO at checkout. LINKS: Connect with Antonio: BUY Stop Living On Autopilot: Click Here READ Chapter 1 of Stop Living On Autopilot: Click Here Receive my motivational text me: 310-564-7124 Join The Best Thing Facebook Group: Click Here Join me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theantonioneves Join me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theantonioneves Join me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/theantonioneves Join me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/theantonioneves Quick Links: Laura's Website: https://lauragassnerotting.com/ Laura's Book, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life: https://amzn.to/34NiPOR Laura's Podcast: https://lauragassnerotting.com/lgotv-big-talk Laura's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylgo Laura's Twitter: https://twitter.com/heylgo Laura's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heylgo QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY What to expect today Get to know Laura Live and learn and don't overthink it Never shame your struggle How Laura became an athlete Laura's answer to - the Best Thing From law school to the White House and back What could go right?
Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep resign ideas to limbo. Her presentations inspire listeners to think bigger and accept challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing and mentoring others. Laura's entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadership role at a nationally respected nonprofit leadership firm to expand a tech startup. Laura then founded and ran a mission-driven executive search firm which partnered with the full gamut of mission-driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, she sold that firm to the team that helped her build it, and gave a TEDx talk which became so popular that it launched a speaking career. She is the author of the Washington Post bestseller Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, as well as Mission Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose and the Kaplan reference book, Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector. Part game show, part expert discussion, all Customer Experience. On Experience Points, customer experience thought leaders earn cash for their favorite charity as they answer CX questions and share their expertise on how to fuel exceptional experiences for your customers. Join hosts Joey Coleman and Dan Gingiss for Experience Points, brought to you by Avtex - your end to end CX technology and consulting partner.
WELCOME TO EPISODE #131 OF THE ENRICH YOUR SOUL PODCASTHave you ever felt stuck?That there's more for your to achieve, more to your ever unfolding story, but you're just not sure how to get there?Then you've come to the right place because Laura Gassner Otting helps people get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results.In this episode, Laura and I will talk about finding our purpose, overcoming obstacles on the way to our goals, and how we can truly seize our absolute potential.Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes.Laura's 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for those moving from profit to purpose, and most recently the author Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life, which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list, right behind Michelle Obama, and which Good Morning America's Robin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019.Visit https://lauragassnerotting.com to learn more about LGO!
This week, we'll explore the role of luck in life and in leadership. What role does luck play in leadership? Is it possible to make your own luck? How can we respond to external forces when our luck turns one way or another? Join Scott as he welcomes Laura Gassner Otting, bestselling author of the book Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. Laura is a motivational keynote speaker and an executive coach who helps leaders get unstuck. Links: Laura Gassner Otting Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life The Four Questions Consonance Quiz (myfourquestions.com) Subscribe to the Timeless & Timely newsletter Feedback for Scott? Send it to timeless@scottmonty.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.timelesstimely.com/subscribe
In this episode, I speak with Laura Gassner Otting, an executive coach and speaker, as well as the author of the 2019 book Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. This episode is a little bit different. Instead of interviewing Laura, I asked her if she would be willing to give me an executive coaching session, which we would record and share here, on the podcast. She was game. During the course of the session, Laura asked me tough yet insightful questions about my work history, my career trajectory, and my hopes for my business in the future—questions designed to help me identify any gaps between what I do and who I am. It is Laura's belief that real success comes from achieving consonance—harmony between what we do and who we are. When this harmony occurs, Laura argues, a limitless life is possible.
In today's episode, Lisa speaks with Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting. They discuss the new networking app Clubhouse, stepping off the beaten path, lessons learned in the time of COVID, and of course, Laura's book, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019). Key Takeaways How Clubhouse is removing barriers for women, LGBT+, people of color, etc to have a platform where they can speak and actually be heard The importance of showing up, listening, and answering questions Redefining success, what it really means to you, and how to achieve it Success isn't always “bigger, better, faster, more” How the frontal lobe, or lack of one, at 15,16,17 when we're asked to make big life decisions can hinder us in the long run Left turns, right turns, and even u-turns are going to create better success When following your passion, don't let one thing going wrong derail your progress your version of success, what makes you happy, what causes you joy, what allows you to be the person you want to be, might be very different from what's considered “normal” About Laura Today Globally touring professional speaker (from colleges to conferences to corporations around the world, to a US Army base in Japan, to a TEDx stage in Boston, to The TODAY Show and Good Morning America). Founder, Limitless Possibility, a niche consulting firm working with entrepreneurs, philanthropists, executives, and thought leaders to get them unstuck and achieve extraordinary results Previously Founder and CEO, NPAG (executive search firm serving nonprofits, foundations, universities, advocacy orgs) Political Appointee, The Clinton White House (helped found the national service program, AmeriCorps, in which more than 1M Americans have now served) Take the Limitless Challenge: We can set up a personalized page for your audience to take an assessment and learn what is stopping them to becoming limitless, and what they can do about it. http://www.LimitlessAssessment.com Take the Limitless Course: After a year of audience members asking if they can go deeper in the topics, Laura created an online course with videos and a beautiful workbook of exercises. It's found at http://www.heyLGO.com/learn and we can provide affiliate links for you if you'd like. Buy the Book: Limitless is available everywhere April 2, 2019 (with signed copies, bulk buys, and bonuses leading up to that launch date via pre-sale). Everything can be found at http://www.LauraGassnerOtting.com/limitless. Book Laura as a Speaker: For details on how to bring me in as a motivational speaker to help your company, college, community, or cohort become limitless, please see my speaker deck, videos, and other salient details on my website at http://www.LauraGassnerOtting.com.
What are the deeply held core values that guide you when you are making the hardest decisions? Do you spend your time focusing on those values or floating from idea to idea with no real purpose or end goal in mind? My guest today is Brant Menswar, the author of Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You. He wrote this book to help people identify what matters most in the moments that matter most, and today we discuss the importance of deliberately defining your values and knowing exactly what matters most to you so that you can take the most meaningful action every day. Today we discuss — What are your black sheep values? Do you know why farmers don't value black sheep as much as the rest of the flock? Everyone has five black sheep values that should be embraced no matter what. Your non-negotiable values have to be separated from your important values — what matters most? You cannot find your purpose if you can't define what your core values are. What is the value of purpose? 99% of us are just winging it — why is that a problem? You can't do anything on purpose if you're just winging it. There is a massive difference between being intentional and living your life with deliberate intention. Don't try to find your purpose — choose your purpose. What is a good choice? A good choice is born from your black sheep values. A good choice is a result of all of the information you can access. A good choice honors what you are feeling in the moment. The only thing that you can control is the deliberate intention that goes into making decisions. Your happiness cannot depend on the results of your decisions. Four facts about your black sheep values Truth does not have to be final based on the facts in the current room — do you have the right people having the right conversations? When you don't feed your own sheep they don't recognize you — you have to engage with your values in deliberate intention every single day. Spending all of your time feeding other people's sheep distracts you from what matters most in your life. You have to start by identifying your what, not your why. Brant's book recommendation is Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life by Laura Gassner Otting Brant's song recommendation is “Purple Rain” by Prince Learn More: Advocate to Win The Elegant Warrior Playlist on Spotify Free One-Hour Consult Advocate for Yourself 10-Week Course Subscribe to Weekly Newsletters Brant Menswar Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You by Brant Menswar Black Sheep Assessment Brought to You By: Boyle's Naturals
Laura Gassner Otting discusses the importance of finding consonance in your life and what the 4 C's on consonance are. She is the author of the Washington Post bestselling book, “Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life.” During this episode we discuss why purpose is such a hot topic right now, if people can still have an impact even if they work in the for-profit sector, and what advice do she has for listeners looking to achieve the goals that they have set out for themselves. You can follow Laura at @heylgo.
Most of us spend our lives following someone else idea of success and happiness. We let other people's voices have a vote in what we do. We check boxes, chase gold stars, and “Lean In” only to feel incomplete. When we don't define success in our own terms, then finding our purpose and carving our own path becomes impossible. So how do we break the cycle so that we can live our best lives? That's exactly what Laura Gassner Otting helps people do. Laura has a new book out, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life and it debuted as #2 in the Washington Post bestseller list right behind Michele Obama. Connect with LGO: www.lauragassnerotting.comor www.heyLGO.com Facebook@heyLGOInstagram @heyLGOTwitter@heyLGOLinkedIn:/in/heyLGO Buy Limitless: Amazon Your support of The Roller Coaster is always appreciated, please make sure to subscribe! If you REALLY like what you hear, leave a comment, and share it with your friends! You can find me on: Facebook @therollercoasterpodcast Instagram the_roller_coaster_podcast Website therollercoaster.com Until next time....I'm sending my virtually distant hugs! Lucie
#44 Richie Norton interviews Laura Gassner Otting and they discuss success and happiness in life and business surrounding the principles in her book Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. "Laura helps readers discover their consonance — how they align what they do with who they are — to achieve their limitless potential. With lessons learned over 20 years of interviewing hundreds of nonprofit, corporate, and government leaders, all of whom were in the midst of massive career change, Gassner Otting helps readers discover their greatness and encourages them to forge ahead and become the best versions of themselves." This powerfully helpful conversation dives deep into The Four Elements of Consonance (Calling, Connection, Contribution, Control) and how you can create greater freedom, success and happiness even amidst hard times like COVID19. Laura Gassner Otting is a serial entrepreneur and a globally touring professional speaker (from colleges to conferences to corporations around the world--from the US Army base in Japan, to a TEDx stage in Boston, to The TODAY Show and Good Morning America). She is the founder of Limitless Possibility, a niche consulting firm working with entrepreneurs, philanthropists, executives, and thought leaders to get them unstuck and achieve extraordinary result. Laura is also the founder and CEO, NPAG (executive search firm serving nonprofits, foundations, universities, advocacy orgs) and former Political Appointee to The Clinton White House (helped found the national service program, AmeriCorps, in which more than 1M Americans have now served). Get Limitless book here: https://amzn.to/2A7Lf9Y Get Laura's online Limitless course here: https://lauragassnerotting.com/limitless-course/ Continue the conversation here: RICHIE NORTON SHOW COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/richiepodcast RICHIE NORTON SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES: http://www.richienorton.com/ RICHIE NORTON SOCIAL: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/richie_norton LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnorton FB: https://www.facebook.com/richienorton TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/richienorton
Better known as LGO, Laura is the bestselling author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. Laura's entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. Along the way, while serving on Hillary Clinton's National Finance Committee, she was asked to do a TEDx talk which became so popular that it launched her speaking career. You can find more about Laura and the Limitless course at: www.heylgo.com/whereotherswont Where Others Won't is recorded in Toronto, Canada, and was created by Cody Royle and Adam Esker. Learn more about Cody at: www.codyroyle.com
Podcast Episode 128: Laura Gassner Otting/”Limitless” It's a new year and a new decade--so why not think about getting rid of limiting beliefs? Our guest Laura Gassner Otting helps businesses and entrepreneurs become “unstuck” and understand what success means to them. She is on the show to talk about overcoming self-doubt and creating more happiness by living a life without limits. (Her book is titled Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life!) Have a listen and get ready to feel inspired for what 2020 will be for you! Connect with Laura Gassner Otting on Facebook @heylgo, Twitter @heylgo, Instagram @heylgo and LinkedIn @lauragassnerotting and visit www.lauragassnerotting.com/. Fit Bottomed Girls www.fitbottomedgirls.com Fit Bottomed Mamas www.fitbottomedmamas.com Fit Bottomed Zen www.fitbottomedzen.com Fit Bottomed Eats: www.fitbottomedeats.com Twitter: @FitBottomedGirl @FitBottomedZen @FitBottomedMama @FitBottomedEats Email us at podcast@fitbottomedgirls.com Read more at http://fitbottomedgirls.com/category/resources/podcast-episodes/ Subscribe: http://fitbottomedgirls.com/podcast/ Want to sponsor the show? Yay! Drop us a note at advertising@fitbottomedgirls.com and let's make the world a healthier place together!
The Project EGG Show: Entrepreneurs Gathering for Growth | Conversations That Change The World
Laura Gassner Otting, Author/Speaker Laura Gassner Otting helps people get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results. Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. Laura's 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in President Bill Clinton 's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller , to expand the startup ExecSearches: Nonprofit, Education, Health & Government Professional Jobs and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for those moving from profit to purpose, and the Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women's philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women's PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed three charity-inspired marathons—projects emblematic of her passions and values. She's turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like. Watch the full episode here: https://projectegg.co/laura-gassner-otting About The Project EGG Show: The Project EGG Show is a video talk show that introduces you to entrepreneurs from around the world. It is broadcast from studios in Metairie, Louisiana to online platforms including YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher, and hosted by Ben Gothard. Our goal is to give you a fresh, unscripted and unedited look into the lives of real entrepreneurs from around the globe. From billionaires to New York Times best selling authors to Emmy Award winners to Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients to TEDx speakers – we present their real stories – uncensored and uncut. Subscribe To The Show: https://projectegg.co/podcast/ Get Access To: 1. Resources: https://projectegg.co/resources/ 2. Financing Solutions: https://projectegg.co/epoch/ 3. Payment Solutions: https://projectegg.co/sempr/ 4. Services: https://projectegg.co/resources#services 5. Courses: https://projectegg.co/resources#courses 6. Software: https://projectegg.co/resources#software 7. Book: https://projectegg.co/resources#books --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/projectegg/support
SHOW NOTES Laura Gassner Otting helps people get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results. Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. Laura's 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for those moving from profit to purpose, and Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women's philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women's PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed three charity-inspired marathons—projects emblematic of her passions and values. She's turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like. In this episode, we discuss… What does it mean to help people discover their consonance? Being mission driven vs being pessimistic about paying the bills What if success doesn't equal happiness? Is that a problem with how we define success? Let’s explore the idea that you should “Follow Your Passion” How do we change the culture so that being proud of yourself is ok? Negative impact of technology on connection SHOW DETAILS Running time: 58:59 Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review! SHAREABLES What’s One Book Everyone Should Read? Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi What’s Your Favorite Podcast? Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel App Everyone Should Download Notion Most Important Skill of the Future Listening. Active Listening. Listening to learn. If You Could Have One Superpower Flight One Thing Everyone Should Do Today Go on social media and unfollow that person that makes you feel bad. CONNECT WITH LAURA Email Laura @heyLGO on Twitter Laura on Linkedin Laura on Facebook Laura on Instagram Laura’s Website Assessment CONNECT WITH JEFF Email Jeff @JGibbard on Twitter Jeff on Linkedin (make sure
Ever felt like you're being hounded by people's expectations of you? This is something we all go through. Laura Gassner Otting is a Keynote speaker and author of her latest book, Limitless. In this episode, Laura shares a message of breaking free from being stuck in pursing an idea of success that was created for us, by someone else. We can spend our lives chasing an idea of success but will we ever find our own success story? Take a listen to find out how to ignore everybody and do just that.You can find Laura on all social media platforms as @HeyLGO.Visit www.heylgo.com to find out more about Laura and her work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.
On the Schmooze Podcast: Leadership | Strategic Networking | Relationship Building
Today's guest helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get “unstuck.” She helps them push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She is a serial entrepreneur who has started and sold a successful international executive search firm, built philanthropic and political action committees from scratch, and was a White House appointee on the team which created the national service project, AmeriCorps. She is the author of multiple books including her latest, “Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life.” Not a surprising topic for someone who describes herself as the lightweight champion of the get-the-hell-out-of-your-own-way world, a competitive rower, and professional badass. Please join me in welcoming Laura Gassner Otting. In this episode we discuss: her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is looking at other people, seeing their greatness, and reflecting that back on them in a way they can see it, believe it, and do something with it.” how her time in politics taught her the difference between the person on stage and the people who are leaders. her belief that success doesn't create happiness and that success and leadership look different to each person. the four elements that remove limits and empower people to live their best lives. her knowledge of networking and how she learned to respect other people's agendas. how she maintains relationships with people by being conscious of where she's traveling and connecting friends from different walks in life. Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com - episode 138
Criminal Justice Evolution Podcast - Hosted by Patrick Fitzgibbons
Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. Thank you for the continued support. We continue to grow because of you listening and sharing the show with others. Thank you. If you would rate and review the Criminal Justice Evolution Podcast on iTunes the team would appreciate it. Thanks to all the brave men and women who work in the criminal justice field. Keep up the great work, you have much support. Do you love coffee? You will love the products from Four Sigmatic. Check them out at www.cjevolution.com In this episode, Patrick welcomes Laura Gassner Otting. Laura inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope and belief. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing and mentoring others. Laura's entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started as a Presidential Appointee of Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape Americorps. Laura has done so many amazing things, and Laura has spoken across the United States and internationally to universities, companies, conferences, accelerators, TEDx, and the US Military. She is the author of Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015), and Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019). Laura lives with her husband, two teenage sons, an d a troublesome puppy outside of Boston, MA. You can find her books and connect with Laura here: https://lauragassnerotting.com/ Take an assessment quiz at: https://limitlessassessment.com Stay tuned for more great guests and content. www.cjevolution.com Patrick
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