Podcast appearances and mentions of lindsay gordon

What happens when someone like Lindsay, who is grudgingly accustomed to deflecting and explaining her life choices to those who love to critique, gets to an Everything Conference, surrounded by people with a similar life story? You don't have to explain. Just be. The post ETC Series, Ep. 15 – When You Don't Have to Explain Who You Are with Lindsay Gordon appeared first on The Puttyverse.

I had so much fun sitting down with Lindsay Gordon,  co-owner of Yogashala Wellness Center, who shares her journey into the world of yoga. Lindsay discusses the physical and mental benefits of yoga, her evolution from a beginner to yoga studio owner, and managing operations alongside her business partner Cheri. The conversation delves into the challenges of maintaining a spiritual business, overcoming imposter syndrome, and the importance of creating a welcoming and supportive community. Lindsay also offers advice for yoga beginners and highlights the personal transformations yoga has brought into her life. This episode is packed with inspiring insights for anyone interested in yoga and entrepreneurship. 00:00 Welcome to the Show: Introducing Lindsay Gordon00:31 Meet Lindsay: Yogashala Wellness Center Co-Owner01:35 Lindsay's Yoga Journey: From Beginner to Business Owner06:17 The Impact of Yoga: Personal Transformations and Teaching13:50 Navigating Entrepreneurship in Yoga and Wellness24:54 Building a Community: The Heart of Yogashala27:21 Fun Q&A: Getting to Know Lindsay Off the Mat 30:56 Final Thoughts and GoodbyesFollow YogashalaCheck out their classes!Support the Show. FREE GUIDE: Dopamine Hits and Spiritual Lifts-10 Ways to Elevate Your Vibration Instantly When You Are Feeling Unmotivated and UnfocusedORDER: My Bestselling Book THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT now! Apply for 1:1 Coaching Socials: @anitarombough Learn more about me and my services Please rate and review the podcast:AppleSpotify

Recorded live at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2023. A living legend, a national treasure, and quite simply, one of the greatest writers the crime fiction genre has ever known. Val McDermid is the author of 38 outstanding novels, a body of work unrivalled in the modern age. She is the creator of several unforgettable protagonists including Lindsay Gordon, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Kate Brannigan, and most recently, Allie Burns. Several have leapt from page to screen, including the brilliant Karen Pirie who was brought to life in a major ITV series last autumn. Val's most recent novel, the spellbinding 1989, is the second in an ambitious series of five books chronicling both the career of Allie Burns and the ever-changing world in which she fights to survive and uncover the truth. Val McDermid is interviewed by Mark Billingham. Podcast music by Joseph McDade.

"I bring my engineering brain to this question of how do I actually know how to do what's right for me in my career, how do I make choices that I know I'm gonna be happy with, and how do I do that in the most practical, structured and frame worked way."In this week's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with author of Right For You and Founder of the career coaching platform, A Life of Options, Lindsay Gordon. Lindsay brings a unique perspective to the career coaching table as she helps analytically minded individuals find their true calling and make career decisions rooted in their own desires.If you're aimless and dissatisfied at work.If you find yourself saying,  “work is fine” (the international sign for “work is not fine”) or your body technically shows up to work every day... but that's about it.If you're normally hardworking and engaged but you can't find the energy to be either and you're tired of being the person who complains about their job.Then this week's episode is for you! Lindsay's purpose in A Life of Options and in her book, Right For You, is to bring structure to her clients' analytical thinking so they can make decisions and move forward to explore, experience and live life. Connect with Lindsay to find your career alignment today!https://www.alifeofoptions.com/https://www.facebook.com/alifeofoptionshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAbDVDfo9vX_P-UePeTizkwhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaygordon/RIGHT FOR YOU: Structure Your Thinking, Make a Decision, and Move Forward with Your Career (and Life)Support the showVisit the Have A Seat website for more conversations or Have A Seat with me and register to be a guest at: www.haveaseatconversations.com.Thanks for listening!

With headlines of raging quitting, quiet quitting, and just regular old quitting, is leaving your job the way to go if you're unhappy with your career? Podcast guest, Lindsay Gordon, says that quitting isn't always the answer. In fact, all of her clients think they need to quit but only half of them actually do. Lindsay Gordon is a Forbes award-winning career coach, author, and speaker on a mission to help people stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. Through her work, she assists leaders in making clear and confident decisions so they can move forward in their careers (and lives) with purpose. In this episode, Lindsay walks us through when she was unsatisfied with her job and the steps she took to make herself happier. She describes the most common career situations her clients find themselves in, why we should all look for “deeply unsexy results”, and why it's important to understand the job pressures we may be facing.  Finally, Lindsay emphasizes the importance making a decision, knowing you can change your mind at any point. If you're daydreaming about a more fulfilling job, this episode is for you!  

 Are you experiencing diminishing returns… but you're unable to articulate what needs to change and why... and honestly, you're accustomed to where you are and afraid of making a change... not to mention you don't know what you want next... so you keep repeating the cycle of feeling stuck and waffling about a career change? Bestselling author of "Right For You" Linday Gordon, in this episode, will help you stop doing what you think is “right” in your career and start doing what is right for you. Listen now and share this episode with someone who can benefit.Order Right For YouHire LindsaySchedule an appointmentJim WoodsPresidentWoods Kovalova GroupDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisors4610 S. Ulster St. Suite 150Denver, CO 80237LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Spotify Podcast#diversity #hr #humanresources #CHRO #HRCI #leadership #podcast #inclusion

Joining me for this podcast is award-winning career coach and the author of new book entitled RIGHT FOR YOU: Structure Your Thinking, Make a Decision, and Move Forward with Your Career (and Life), Lindsay Gordon.

#141 - Award-winning career coach Lindsay Gordon explains the practical steps you can go through when making a career-changing decision, the mindset you should have when making decisions and what to do if you think you've made the wrong decision.What you'll learn[2:17] Why Lindsay wrote a book to help people make the right decisions.[6:10] The danger of making important decisions while under duress.[8:45] How to maintain the right mindset during tough times.[11:05] What to do when you're feeling overwhelmed with despair at your job.[13:05] How to know when you're ready for change.[14:20] A framework for making important work-related decisions.[16:33] How to find out if a job or role will be a good fit for you.[17:41] How your fulfilment differs from your values.[19:29] How to know when you're ready to make a decision.[22:22] Ways you can shift your perspective around your current job.[25:46] How to get over the fear that you might make the wrong decision.[30:03] How to accept that you might not be ready to make a decision.[32:28] The difference between taking your time over a decision and avoiding making a decision.[35:55] What to do if you think you've made the wrong decision.Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):Episode 115: Choosing the right company to work for – with Lindsay Gordon of A Life of OptionsRight For YOU, Lindsay Gordon [I'll include link when it comes out]Designing Your Life, Bill Burnett and Dave EvansStop Worrying About Making the Right Decision, Ed Batista, Harvard Business ReviewTED Talk: How to make hard choices, Ruth ChangFor the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:https://changeworklife.com/how-to-make-big-career-decisions/Re-assessing your career?  Know you need a change but don't really know where to start?  Check out these two exercises to start the journey of working out what career is right for you!Take me to the exercises!Also, make sure to join the Change Work Life Facebook group and check out the ways you can support the podcast on the Change Work Life Support page.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

In our 28th publication of the Techonomics podcast, Arun and I had the pleasure of speaking with Lindsay Gordon, the founder of A Life of Options and a career coach for analytically minded people. She also happens to be a newly minted author with her book, Right for YOU. Lindsay's specialty in coaching and tips/tricks in the episode are a perfect fit for Techonomics listeners – the analytically minded. You won't want to miss it – and if you have follow up questions for Lindsay, reach out at coaching@alifeofoptions.com. Music: Hipjazz and Dreams from Bensound.com

Lindsay Gordon is an award-winning career coach, author and speaker on a mission to help people stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. Through her work, she assists leaders in making clear and confident decisions so they can move forward in their careers (and lives) with purpose. Lindsay loves baking complicated pastries, barbershop singing, and applying her engineering brain to helping people be DECIDED. Learn More about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.   TRANSCRIPT: Passionistas: Hi. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington founders of The Passionistas Project. And today we're talking with fabulous Lindsay Gordon. Lindsay's an award winning career coach, author, and speaker on a mission to help people stop doing what they think is right in their career and start doing what's right for them. Through her work, she assists leaders in making clear and confident decisions so they can move forward in their careers and lives with purpose. Lindsay loves baking complicated pastries, barbershop singing, and applying her engineering brain to helping people be decided. So please welcome Lindsay. Lindsay: Thank you for having me. It is always a pleasure to chat with you too. So I'm just happy to be here. Passionistas: We feel the same way about you? I remember the baking, but I, I vaguely remember the barbershop singing. Was that something you started doing in college? Lindsay: I, it was actually way later than that. So I did musical theater growing up through high school. I mostly chose to do dance in college, but I think it was about. Gosh. I don't know if pandemic time, I feel like it was maybe five or six years ago that I was like, I wanna get back into singing. And I discovered barbershop singing and was like, where have you been? My vocal? Passionistas: That's so cool. And what vocal range? Lindsay: I am a baritone. So excellent. It, it seems very fitting based on my engineering background. Yeah. Cause I feel like all the baritone are like the accountants, the lawyers, the engineers, because it's such a, it's like the leftover note in the chord. That just sounds so bad if you sing it by itself. Passionistas: That is awesome. And is your quartet all women or is it men and women? Lindsay: It was all women. Yeah. So that was cool. Passionistas: That's cool. And, um, and baking is something you, you would kind of consider doing it professionally and then realize, I don't think so. Right. And that's part of your whole journey that I found fascinating. Can you talk about? Lindsay: So the title of the book is basically everything I do in my work "Right for You". So this launched last night, I still can't believe that I'm being introduced as an author, but, you know, we'll let it sink in and. Yeah. I think everything I do in my work is to help people make choices that actually feel good to them. And oftentimes one of those questions is, do I want to do this thing as a job? Or do I want to do this thing as a hobby? And for me, I love. Baking. And I love complicated baking. I take professional baking classes for fun, but I kind of took myself through my own framework in this book. um, how would this engage the things that are most important to me. And I found that if I were doing it as a full-time thing, it actually, wasn't going to be the things that I really need to thrive in a job. So I got to say, this is my hobby and I love it. And I actually don't need to do it at this moment in my life as a career. Passionistas: That's so cool. And we say that to people all the time, you know, it sounds so easy to say to people like, follow your passions? Right. Um, but we're like, yeah, but you don't have to do that for a job. Mm-hmm it could just mean like, have a great hobby that you like to do on the weekends or. You know, and your passions can change. Lindsay: Yes. Passionistas: You all the time. You don't have to decide what you wanna do when you're 18 and do that for the rest of your life. Lindsay: Boring. Would that be… Passionistas: no way? No way. So the people who don't know you, and, and haven't heard our episode of the podcast with you talk a little bit. Your original career and, and your professional journey that led you to become a career coach? Lindsay: Yeah, I am on my third career so far, and I like to say that I have fallen into all of them as we, as we do with career transitions. Right. No plan over here. But I started my working life as an engineer. And that's actually why I call myself a career coach for analytically minded people, because this engineering background is quite unusual, did engineering for a little bit. I was working in recycled water in Australia. Then I completely fell into technical support at Google and discovered that I am a human who love. Customer service. I love it. I love it. I love it. So that is a weird, delightful fact about me. and then as I was doing technical support, I. Was doing onboarding and training and all of our new hires were so stressed about their career. And they were like, how do I talk to my manager? And what if I get stuck on this support team for forever? So I accidentally was having all these conversations about career. And, you know, people said you would be a coach. I didn't know what that meant. So I went and experimented and, and ended up doing a year and a half long program. And then people started popping up and saying, are you taking clients? We have people to refer to you. So I ran the business on the side for a little bit, took it full time in 2016. And here we are six years later. Passionistas: Amazing. So talk about your approach to working with your clients now. Lindsay: Yeah. That's so much fun. I get to bring my engineering brain to a career. And what we do is we create a tailored framework of what matters to you in a couple different areas. So that you basically have a cheat sheet to say, okay, these are the things that are important to me. How does that relate to any opportunities that come my direction? So the framework is in the book and it has four pieces. So first we look at values. What is important to you in life? And how does career fit into that? Next, we look at your fulfillment in different areas of your career. So things like results, relationships, career development, creative self-expression so that we can start to articulate what are the actual areas that I need for fulfillment. Then we move into strengths and what I find with my clients, um, the, the strengths chapter starts with a client who said, Why did it take me until my forties to know what my strengths were and I think often, you know, people have that experience of nobody really teaches us how to discover that. We'll get you clear on strengths, the contribution you wanna make. And then the fourth part of the framework is about environment. So what are the working conditions that you need in order to thrive? And then you've got this framework of, okay, this is me and who I am and what I need out of a career. And I'm gonna say yeses in this direction. Passionistas: That's so cool. And one of the things I love about you. Well, I think you said like 50% of the people that you work with actually stay yeah. In their current job. You're not like encouraging everybody to just kind of like go up and try something new. You're helping them decide whether they are actually in the right place for them, which I think is really interesting. Lindsay: Yeah. It, it has been such a fascinating finding over the six years because I mean, I like to honor. People's risk averseness because I think sometimes we say, you know, I'm risk averse with this like negative connotation because we get these messages of like, oh, well you should be taking these big leaps and just quit and do your passion. But for most people that is not a. Thing that they really wanna be doing. It disrupts your stability. You know, if you are providing for a family or care taking for parents or whatever it is, quitting is not going to be the right thing for you necessarily. So that's always been kind of the way that I work with people, but I, yeah, I like to joke that I'm running a employee retention program because so many people come to me convinced that they need to quit. What I find is that when you don't know what you're looking for and what's right for you, quitting is really the only option that you can see. So I help people get clear about what is actually right for them. Then they get to step back and say, oh, okay. I, I might actually choose this job. Even if it's not perfect, even if I don't choose it for the long term, but I know why it is right for me in this moment. And yeah, as you said, over 50% of my clients do not end up quitting. So I feel like people have more chance of quitting if they don't work with me. Passionistas: I also think people have this. Fantasy that the next thing is gonna be perfect and devoid of any issues. It's like every job has its pluses and minuses. Yeah. And. Is what you're going. Like, why are you going to where you're going and what you gonna find there. Yeah. So I think it's really great that you have them look at. Yeah. And it's sort of re reframing how you think about your current situation. Right? Lindsay: Right cause it's always trade-offs. Right. And so if you can articulate, these are the things that are in alignment or out of alignment here and I either choose that or I don't choose that. And if I'm choosing to make a move, these are the trade-offs. I will be accepting over here. I am choosing it for these reasons. And I know that these reasons might not be the perfect alignment. So I think there's just so much calmness when we know why we are making the choice we are making. Passionistas: Yeah. Agree. Yeah. So what's the first step somebody should take. If they're thinking about a career change? Lindsay: Yeah, the first step I always love to have people start with is an unusual one. So it is to identify all of the pressure that you feel about your career, because if we don't identify it, then it is just long for the ride and it might even be motivating. Your desire to make a change. So you might have family telling you that you need to do a particular thing. You may feel a lot of pressures from society of what work should mean to you or, um, where your passion and purpose should come from. And so if we can get really clear about that, sometimes even from that moment, people are like, wow, somebody else wants something different for me. But actually for me, this might be right. I remember a phone call I had with somebody many years ago, who had no intention of working with me. He was actually very satisfied in his job, but he did a phone call with me to get people in his life, off his back, because they were telling him like, you should have a job. That's more, this, that, and the other. And you need to go talk to a career coach to, to figure out how to make that change. And he was just like, yep. I'm actually quite happy. I know why I'm choosing it for me. Um, so thanks for this conversation, but I'm good. So I, I think really looking at why are you making that choice? Is it a true desire from you? If so, awesome. But if it's coming from somebody else, let's like set that aside so that you can be really happy where you are . Passionistas: Is there a success story from people you've worked with that stands out to you as one of your? Lindsay: I think the one that stands out to me at the moment is the courage it takes to not do the traditional path. So I worked with a woman who is a VP of finance at a large multinational company. And she came to me saying, You know, for a VP of finance, the next logical step is CFO, but I actually don't think I want CFO and I'm getting all this feedback and pressure and noise that well. You should want CFO and how do we get you to CFO? And you're on the CFO track. And so throughout working together, she was able to really solidify that insight that she had in the beginning, that she was pretty sure was true, but felt a little shaky. So she really solidified that. And just seeing the courage of somebody say, you know what, I'm not. Choose the thing that everybody thinks is the logical next step for me, she ended up staying at the company and moving to a different part of the organization and doing something she loves now. But that takes a lot of courage. And I have story after story, after story, after story, after story of that kind of courage in the book. And, you know, really that's, what I wanted to do is share the stories of what does it really look like when people choose to do what's right for them. Yeah. Passionistas: So tell us about writing the book. Tell us about the process, why you started it, how it went Lindsay: Oh my gosh. This has been a wild process. And thank you for that question. I'm so excited to share, cuz I, I want more people to know that it is possible to write a book. And you can, you know, I chose to self-publish and that's been a fun adventure, but I think the more voices that we get to hear from the better. So for me, I chose to work with a program called the inspirational book writers, and they're actually based out of Australia and challenge. This is not gonna work for everybody. I, I like to, you know, not glamorize anything about running a business or writing a book. Their challenge is to write your book in a week. And that felt really fun for me because. I had a business coach say, I think, I think you need to write your book this year. I think it's time for that. And I said, really, are you sure? Like already, no, no. That's far in the future. So I had to be challenged and then sit with it. But once I was on board, it's really fun for me to set an ambitious challenge and what my business coach has said was. Listen, you've been writing this book in your head for the last six years, right? Like I know you, you have your framework, you say similar things to clients. You've been writing blog posts for six years. And so I really got the courage to say like, okay, if, if I believe that it's all in here and it's also been written down and at some other places, how long is it gonna take me to put it all together? And so I ended up doing that process in a week. And then I decided that I wanted to do the, the fast track publishing in three months. And so I think my coach challenged me on February 22nd of this year to write a book and book is now in my hands in physical copy as of yesterday, September 5th. So that's incredible. Passionistas: That's amazing. My new hero and. And you did the, the doodles, right? Lindsay: I did. Can you show some of the doodle? I love the doodles. So here's, here's the cover doodle and I'll show you one of my favorite ones and I don't consider myself an artist, Passionistas: But, but they're so cute. They totally express. Like they're so perfect. Blown the way back. Yeah. Lindsay: I, you know, I want the, the joy and the levity and the not taking myself too seriously. And the, we are not about perfection around here. Here's one of my favorites. Um, there's a lot of them are also like really sad and, you know, having a challenging time. So some of them make me feel a little bit sad. This is one of the guys, like so much pressure. So yes. Passionistas: But I love that cuz it is such a, like, It feels at the end of the world sometimes mm-hmm it does when you're making that kind of decision. It it's just so stressful. Mm-hmm the fact that you can add levity to it Lindsay: Yeah. Yeah. It can be super lonely, super isolating, you know, why is this only happening to me? And so I like to balance, you know, really just honoring how. Much it sucks, honestly, to be unhappy in your job. I have been there. And so I, I want to give a lot of love and support for that. And I want people to know that we actually do get to have fun in this process and that we get to add levity and we get to add grace. And then at some point, people are, you know, fired up about. Now that I know my strengths and I have this framework, you know, I gotta get out there and be the contribution that I wanna be in my job or in my life. So I, I feel like the doodles kind of ease the way to the fun . Passionistas: Oh, great. Did, did you find that during COVID things got heightened with people wanting to make a shift and how did that impact? Lindsay: Yeah, it's been interesting. Cause I think there's been ebbs and flows that I, you know, couldn't have seen coming in the very beginning. I think there was a very clarifying moment of we only have one life and I need to think about, is this the contribution that I want to be is this job where I want to spend. However many hours of my life I am spending. And so there was just a very clear, like, I want to know more about my own contribution and where I wanna be. So that was one of the phases. We've also gone through phases where, you know, it's been really rough and people are saying, you know what? I'm just going to stick it out where I am, do the best that I can take care of the family and manage my mental health. And a change is not right for me at the moment. And then more recently I've had many leaders come to me saying I'm being asked to go back into the workplace X days a week, and that might not actually be right for me. Anymore. Um, I've found a lot of flexibility. I'm able to pick up my kids. Um, it really supports my health. So I think that's kind of the phase that we're in, of going back to the office really is not the right thing for some people and for others. They're excited about that. So that's been an interesting thing that I've seen. Passionistas: Yeah. That's amazing. It's been such a crazy time for all of us. Lindsay: Oh my goodness. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Passionistas: But there's the word? Joy. Which is your watchful. Yeah. So why tell us about that. Lindsay: Joy? Joy's just so important to me. I feel like it's one of my values. The other word that that occurs to me is delight. And I think that actually is what ties in the customer service. You know, I think of, of companies like Ritz, Carlton, and Zappos who are trying to really create delight in their. People and in the world and in their, in the human interactions and something about that. I think also because it's such a hard time and career, you know, I do wanna bring the delight, the joy, and part of that, that was really edgy for me. So I like to say, if you think I just wrote this book for everyone else, you'd be wrong because I also get really challenged by. How I feel I am supposed to be as a business owner. And especially because I work with senior leaders, I'm like, do I need to be more professional? And you know, do I, I almost didn't have a doodle on the cover until my community was like, where's, where's the doodle love you. But like, we need the fun. That is part of who you are. And so for my launch party, that was last night, I basically dialed up the joy and delight, like in the realm of business as far up as I could go. Um, the, the one liner is that I, I, I modeled the launch party after like a PBS inspired pledge drive and we had people calling in to pledge to do what was right for them in their career. and I would change ball gowns every time we got 50 pledges, because I love dress up. I own a lot of ball gowns. That's like one of the things that's really fun for me. And so I got to experience, you know, bringing the. Full delight of me into the business realm, which actually felt very vulnerable and needed a lot of courage. And, you know, had a, had some tears in the process, even though I know I wanted to do it, it was actually quite challenging for me. So I, I just love delight. Passionistas: So how many gowns did you get to put on last night? Lindsay: We got to 13. Passionistas: Oh God. you have that many gowns? Lindsay: I might have more than that, so. Passionistas: Well, if we do the Emmys again, next year, we know where to go. Lindsay: Oh my gosh. Yes. Passionistas: But what I need to know more about this. Why do you have so many. Why do we not have so many question? Lindsay: I think I was telling my friend the other day, for some reason. You know how sometimes you see an outfit and you're, and you say, when would I ever have the chance to wear this? And then you don't buy it. Mm-hmm, there's something that is missing in like the synapses of my brain with that message. So I, and most of my dresses are, you know, From second hand stores from thrift stores, um, from Ross dress for less. Like, I just, I love them. And whenever I see a dress to me, it's just like, oh my gosh, like this wants to be on a stage somewhere. This wants to be in a photo shoot. Like of course I would. Own this dress and then I will find the opportunity to wear them. So I think it's, it, it kind of goes back to my musical theater background. I love dressing up. I love photo shoots. There's something so playful about being a character. And I like to call myself an introverted ham because I do. I do feel I'm introverted. I need a lot of alone time for recharging but put me on a stage and I am a ham. So I think the dresses really support the hamminess. Passionistas: Well costumes. I love it. I love that. And you're always ready for Halloween worst case. Yeah, go was a bachelor. Lindsay: And if anyone, yeah. If anyone needs like a, a professional bridesmaid or like a black tie wedding attendee, I am ready at any moment. Passionistas: the perfect extra. That's great. That is awesome. That's so awesome. Um, you know, one of the things that you talk about is that managers and business owners should be helping the employee kind of find their place in the organization. Right. So talk about that. The people who are listening, who are on the other side of it and they have employees and they wanna help them settle in or be in the right spot. Lindsay: Yeah. I think managers are sometimes really trying to help people get into the right spot. So I want to acknowledge the managers that are really like, Hey, I can tell that you're not quite in the right spot or you're not satisfied. How can we help? Where can we put you? What do you want? And from my experience, what I see on the employee side is that people actually get very. Embarrassed and ashamed that they don't know the answer to that question. And so it goes into the spiral of like, oh my gosh, my manager's even trying to support me. I don't know where I wanna be. Why can't I answer this question? So basically my hope is that this is a resource that a manager can say, look, I definitely wanna get you into the right place and make sure you're feeling fulfilled. Here's the framework. Read this book, and then we can have the best conversation about the contribution that you want to make, and what's gonna enable you to thrive so that everybody wins. So I really, the, the hope for this book is that I am enabling conversations between employees and employers to have actual conversations about. Where people fit in. And also if you discover it is not the right fit for somebody to be in your company, that's actually lose, lose for everyone. So can we have more clear and open conversations about. I realize that this might not be the right spot for me. Let's, you know, get me to the next spot. And then the, the company gets to put a person in who's really excited to be there. So I think it's pretty edgy to be having those conversations, but I really want to connect with companies who believe that it is in their best interest and they actually want to support their employees to be in the right place for them. Passionistas: Excellent. That's amazing. So where can people get the book? Lindsay: Yes. So it is on Amazon and there is ebook. There is paperback. There is hard cover. If that is for you, you can go for, to write for you book. Dot com and that will take you directly to the Amazon link. And if you are seeing this now, you might actually be able to still sneak in and get the ebook for 99 cents. It is a launch price sale, and, um, Amazon is gonna be updating that soon. So if it hasn't updated, we don't know how long it takes. So jump in and get a copy. Get copies for your friends, anyone who is like really struggling in their career, anyone who is complaining to you, um, if you wanna have different conversations at the Thanksgiving table about what actually is right for you rather than, you know yep. I'm still unhappy in my job. Passionistas: Um, and then make great holiday gifts. Not too early holiday gifts. Yes. Lindsay: Yes. Um, and then if you wanna learn more about my work, my website is ALifeOfOptions.com. Passionistas: So at some point, do you think you'll take another week off and write another book? Lindsay: I have already been asked about my future books. And apparently this is something that sometimes happens. Like once you write the first book, then you're free to think about like what could come next. Interestingly, I have been asked to write my next book on adult female friendship. and how, like my viewpoint and I have frameworks for everything again, engineer. So I have a, an interesting kind of like framework and thoughts about friendship and it kind of fits in the right for you. Right. It's like, what is right for you in career? Okay. We've written the book on that now. Maybe it's like, what is right for you in friendship and how do you build friendships that really feel fulfilling based on what you know about yourself. So stay tuned. That could be a fun. Passionistas: Love that love that idea. Mm-hmm excellent. Wow. That sounds great. All right. Well, so anything else that you wanna talk about that we, any other fun hobbies? I mean, I'm, I'm baking with you. I'm going and buying ball gowns. Lindsay: Yep. Definitely do the baking. Do the ball gowns. Yeah. Whenever you see something next and you're like, when would I have the opportunity to wear that? Just think of me. Get the outfit, whatever it is, and then create your own opportunity to wear it. Um, I think the, the only thing I would say is just to have a lot of kindness and grace for yourself, wherever you are in your career, know that there is so much pressure out there. It is hard to do what's right for you. And also there are a lot of systemic barriers that can get in the way of that. So, you know, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism. So we talk about that in the book and how to find your agency, but if you can give yourself more kindness and compassion, that is my hope and my gift for you. Passionistas: You're the best. Excellent. So glad we did this. Lindsay: So nice to see you again so much fun. Thank you so much. You two are fantastic. And I just wanna acknowledge you for all of the, the joy and passion and love that you are putting in the world. So thank you for being you. Passionistas: Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate that. Really do. And uh, hopefully we'll see you in person soon. Yes, yes. And, um, we're gonna post the winners of the tickets in the chat so everybody can check there. And, thank you so much, Lindsay. We really appreciate you being here. Everybody go by Lindsay's book right now, before you miss the special. Lindsay: Get it quick. Passionistas: Thank you. Good night everyone. Thank you so much.    

I'm excited to introduce you to today's guest, Lindsay Gordon, who is a career coach for analytically-minded people.  She helps individuals to get off the fence and make decisions that can propel their careers and lives forward.  Many of us deal with decision-making pressures from a variety of sources, so having a coach to help tune out that noise and focus on what is best for ourselves, can be invaluable.  I'm excited for you to hear Lindsay's story, and to check out her new book all about this subject.Guest Resources https://www.alifeofoptions.com/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCZ8C8VC https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaygordon/https://www.facebook.com/alifeofoptions/

Join us in this conversation with Lindsay Gordon as we discuss what is "Right for You". How do I describe Lindsay other than, she's a bad ass! She is someone who puts her mind to something and then takes action. Not just any type of action, but massive action. She is a guru in decision making and has recently written a book (in 10 days) that is something you will want to pick up right away. As a matter of fact she just launched her brand new book, Right For You”, last night, September 5th and it is 99 cents until 5pm PDT today. She is one of my dear friends and an inspiration to everyone that she encounters. Listen in as we discuss how she leads her lit up life! Lindsay is an award-winning career coach, author, and speaker on a mission to help people stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. Through her work, she assists leaders in making clear and confident decisions so they can move forward in their careers (and lives) with purpose. Lindsay loves baking complicated pastries, barbershop singing, and applying her engineering brain to helping people be DECIDED. To connect with Lindsay or find out how to work with her, go to www.alifeofoptions.com and you can also find her on Linkedin.  Debbie helps entrepreneurs make a lot of money, doing what they love without sacrificing what's important to them, so they can live the life they desire.  She is passionate about helping other entrepreneurs lead their businesses instead of the business running their lives, so they can have their hopes, wishes and dreams come true. She also is an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University.  Want to chat more about purpose and joy and how to stop having your business run your life? Reach out to Debbie Heiser, founder and Chief Igniter of Lead Your Life with Debbie Heiser, at www.leadyourlituplife.com and on multiple social media platforms.  

Lindsay is a career coach for analytically minded people. She works with senior leaders who have invested 10+ years in one company and are undecided about whether it's time to make a change. She takes them through a highly structured process to end their waffling so they can be DECIDED and move forward with their life. www.alifeofoptions.com#analyticallyminded #careercoach #career #coach #confident #communicating #jobsearching #sidehustle #google #determined #standout #strategy #entrepreneurs #smallbusiness #businessstrategy #pandemic #innovators #MYBJT #podcast #thankyouFollow A Life of Optionshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaygordon/ https://www.facebook.com/alifeofoptionsLearn about A Life of OptionsHow to Find the Perfect Career Fit–An Analytical Approach–with Lindsay Gordon (How to Be Awesome At Your Job Podcast)Google Employee Becomes Career Coach for Analytically-Minded People (Side Hustle School Podcast)A Former Googler and Career Coach Says you Shouldn't Always Turn Your Passion Into a Full-time JobHow Companies Identify Talent with Lindsay Gordon & Kage SpatzIt's OK to Have a Boring Job.What if you didn't have to quit?Episode 185Listen here: https://www.mindingyourbusinesspod.com/ Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mindingyourbusinesswithjoditatiana https://youtu.be/YYP2_52LLxY Support the show

Bringing an Engineering brain to the question "how do we make our career a good fit for us", Lindsay Gordon shares secrets on how to make your next career move, particularly as someone with the perspective of Big Tech.

On today's episode of West Franklin Talks Dave Kruse is joined by Lindsay Gordon, West Franklin's NextGen and Children's Minister. She fills us in on all things VBS and they share some exciting updates about what's to come this fall at The Church at West Franklin! We hope to see you and your kids next week at VBS and appreciate you letting us be a small part of your day! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/west-franklin/message

Sunday night (2/27) we introduced our Next Gen/Student Minister, Lindsay Gordon! In this special episode of West Franklin Talks, Matt and Dave share 10 reasons Lindsay is the person for this position and share about some of the process we went through to come to this conclusion. We're excited about Lindsay joining the staff at The Church at West Franklin and hope you will join us in welcoming her to our staff! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/west-franklin/message

In this week's First $1,000 segment, we hear from Lindsay Gordon, who left a career at Google to become a career coach for analytically-minded people.  Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week. Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Email: team@sidehustleschool.com Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions Connect on Twitter: @chrisguillebeau Connect on Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes.

Welcome to FRESH Takes on the future of work where we focus on fresh perspectives, from business and HR leaders about the future of work. FRESH is an acronym: Freedom, Resourcefulness, Empathy, Simplicity and Happiness. These values are core to operating in the future of work and we tie back to these while exploring interesting stories and actionable ideas. Our guest today is Lindsay Gordon. Lindsey is a career coach for analytically minded people and has spent the last 6 years helping people stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and really start doing what's right for them. More than 50% of people who come to her thinking they need to quit their job end up staying and re-investing in their role because they're finally clear and confident about what matters to them. She's been featured in Business Insider, Thrive Global, the How to Be Awesome at Your Job podcast and was named one of Forbes Next 1000 list for 2021. Find Lindsay on https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaygordon/ (Linkedin) or her website: https://www.alifeofoptions.com/ (https://www.alifeofoptions.com/). Let's get FRESH. Guests answer the following questions: 1. How do you define the future of work? 2. Let's dream big for a moment, so assume you can snap your fingers and it's real, what's one thing you personally want to see change about work / life? 3. As for FRESH takes (freedom, resourcefulness, empathy, simplicity, happiness), which area do you see as most pressing right now, as we look at the future of work and the evolving employer / employee dynamic? 4. How do you think Managers, the people leading people, can best navigate the months ahead? 5. What's one company you admire for their FRESH take? Stay FRESH! Visit us at https://hellolluna.com/ (https://hellolluna.com/) Podcast music composed by Emily Gabriele: https://www.egmusicnyc.com/ (https://www.egmusicnyc.com/)

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#115 - Career coach Lindsay Gordon explains how to find a job that's a good fit for you and how you can use the interview process to assess if a potential employer's values align with your own.What you'll learn[1:48] The common challenges analytically-minded people face when changing their careers.[2:58] How Lindsay became a qualified coach and started her own business.[7:35] How to identify what your workplace values are.[10:04] How to find the right workplace for you.[14:05] The type of research you can do to find out if a company will be a good fit for you.[15:32] The power of making connections and how you can use these to find jobs.[19:40] The importance of seeing interviews as a two-sided process.[24:21] What to include in job applications to help you find a good fit.[25:55] The biggest objections to focusing on values in job applications.[29:11] How to make the most out of an interview and ask effective questions.[32:36] How to make a decision when you have multiple job offers.[38:24] What to do if you notice a misalignment in values after starting a new job role.Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):Stop Worrying About Making the Right Decision, Ed Batista, Harvard Business ReviewThe 2-Hour Job Search, Steve DaltonGlassdoorSuzanne O'BrienRuth ChangThe Soul of Money, Lynne TwistFor the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:https://changeworklife.com/choosing-the-right-company-to-work-for/Re-assessing your career?  Know you need a change but don't really know where to start?  Check out these two exercises to start the journey of working out what career is right for you!Take me to the exercises!Also, make sure to join the Change Work Life Facebook group and check out the ways you can support the podcast on the Change Work Life Support page.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Lindsay Gordon is a career coach for analytically minded people who want to stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. She helps people get clear about what's right for them in a job and why, confident about their skills and abilities, and able to communicate that to interviewers, managers, and colleagues. Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical support for the Google Apps team. After 5 years of technical support, she transitioned into career development at Google before starting her own business. Lindsay has been featured in publications such as Business Insider and Thrive Global and holds a BS in Bioengineering from The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and a Core Strengths Coaching Certificate from San Francisco State University. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries, and barbershop singing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riseyear/support

Lindsay Gordon is a woman with purpose, drive and a ton of courage!  I met Lindsay in January of 2020 through an international mastermind group and we have supported each other and learned from each other through the journey!  She jumps in, no holes barred and makes things happen!!  After one day of our meeting, Lindsay came into the room and announced that she dove into the deep end of leading her own life because she had quit her corporate high paying job to do what she loves!  She is a career coach for analytical minds and helps others find their perfect role! Listen in as we discuss: How pressure from families and culture are in our belief systems play into finding a job The Jedi Mind Jump The importance of taking accountability for mistakes we make as a leader How blaming the system and not the person sets you up for success How hiring for judgement and teaching the skills is critical Honesty and clearness create trust in relationships Leadership is seeing a problem, adjusting, course correcting, and guiding the company Giving autonomy to your employees to do their work and trusting them to get it done Her journey from solopreneur to having a team and moving from 5 to 7 figures in her business AND so much more! Lindsay is a career coach for analytically minded people who want to stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. She helps people get clarity about what's right for them in a job and why, confident about their skills and abilities, and able to communicate that to interviewers, managers, and colleagues.  Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical support for the Google Apps team. After 5 years of technical support, she transitioned into career development at Google before starting her own business. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries, and barbershop singing. You can find her at www.alifeofoptions.com  Debbie Heiser is the founder and CEO of Lead Your Life and Three Vines Consulting & Leadership Development.  She considers herself to be a Chief Igniter, helping men and women get crystal clear about their purpose on this earth and make a ton of money doing what they love.  Join in the movement to Lead Your LIT UP Life!! Find out more at www.leadyourlituplife.com , and on multiple social media platforms.

How many times in your life have you said the phrase “I hate my job” or “I need a career change”?  I think for many people it happens quite frequently.  I also think that since the beginning of the pandemic, many people are recognizing what is most important to them and it's created an environment that allows or even encourages career change.  On this episode of Authentic Living with Roxanne, we welcome Career Strategist, Lindsay Gordon to share her expertise on how to decide when it's time to leave or what you can do to improve your situation and learn to love your job again. Lindsay is a career coach for analytically minded people who want to stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. She helps people get clarity about what's right for them in a job and why, is confident about their skills and abilities, and is able to communicate that to interviewers, managers, and colleagues.  Authentic Touch Points: Is it time to make a change?  1:30 The progression of career coaching.  6:00 Shifting priorities in uncertain times.  11:30 The process.  16:30 The evolution of your career.  21:00 Make an intentional choice.  24:00 Finding your ideal situation.  28:00 Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical support for the Google Apps team. After 5 years of technical support, she transitioned into career development at Google before starting her own business. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries, and barbershop singing. As we move toward reopening workspaces and gathering again, I encourage leaders to reach out for guidance about presenting their authentic self to develop an improved workplace for everyone with less conflict. I offer executive coaching and leadership training that will help you create more resilient teams and retain your best people.  Click here to contact me at your convenience or click here to Chat with Roxanne! Stay Authentic, Roxanne Links: Lindsay's website & RoadmapLindsay's LinkedIn profileRoxanne's LinkedIn profileLindsay's Facebook pageRoxanne's email: roxanne@roxannederhodge.com Chat with RoxanneRoxanne's previous podcasts

When we feel stuck at work, we may not understand what WE want. What do WE value? And why might we not go for what we value? In this episode, career coach Lindsay Gordon talks about discovering our unique value and why it may be more useful to look at our purpose in life rather than our purpose with our careers to figure out what role we want our jobs to play in our lives. Find Lindsay at ALifeOfOptions.com. If you've been abused at work and would like to share your story anonymously, email info@dignitytogether.org. If you feel like you need more help, I have a free guide to recovery steps at http://www.dignitytogether.org/targets and a signup for daily boosts through your inbox at the same place. Facebook: @HierarchyPodcast Twitter: @ScrewHierarchy

In this episode we speak with Lindsay Gordon, marine conservationist working at the nexus of humans and oceans, and the Head of Global Campaigns of Parley for the Oceans – a global network where creators, thinkers and leaders raise awareness for the beauty and fragility of our oceans and collaborate on projects that can end their destruction. A particular focus of Parley for the Oceans is preventing and significantly reducing the amount of plastic in the world's oceans.

Rachel and Simon speak with novelist Val McDermid. After graduating from university Val worked as a journalist for 16 years, earning the nickname “Killer” on account of her determination to always get the story. She left journalism to pursue novel-writing full-time, and to date has sold more than 17m books across the world. Dubbed the “Queen of Crime”, Val is the author of several acclaimed series, following Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, private detective Kate Brannigan, journalist Lindsay Gordon, and cold-case detective Karen Pirie. In August she published “1979”, the first in a new strand about Allie Burns, a reporter. We spoke with Val about her years as a tabloid journalist, the art and the necessity of juggling multiple book series at once and how attitudes towards crime writing have changed in recent decades. This episode of Always Take Notes is sponsored by Curtis Brown Creative. Go to www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk to find out more about their creative writing courses. Use code ATN20 for £20 off the full price of any six-week online course. You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

In this epidose, we're talking to Lindsay Gordon. Having served as Chief Operating Officer for Silver Bay Capital, Lindsay managed multi-million dollar portfolios of mortgage loan debt and commercial property in the United States and Puerto Rico. Lindsay's been investing in small, medium and large cap stocks, bonds, and mutual funds for over 15 years. She began purchasing and rehabilitating properties ten years ago, and currently manages a portfolio of rental properties in Philadelphia. Lindsay's years of experience in real estate and mortgage loan debt has positioned her as a leader in the distressed debt industry. Lindsay is also a travel vlogger who has visited countries like Turkey, Lebanon, Spain, and more— all while providing travel advice, money saving tricks, investment tips! Lindsay's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LindsayEGordon/videos Lindsay's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1lindsayegordon/?hl=en

You're gonna love her. Lindsay Gordon is a career coach for analytically minded people Lindsay Gordon is a career coach for analytically minded people. At A Life Of Options, she helps you stop doing what they think is right and start doing what's right for you. In this episode we discuss all things “what's right for you” and how to achieve a life and career aligned with who you truly are.  Some of the territories we cover are how to get started when you are noticing your career is less than a reflection of who you are and a life you ACTUALLY what to live.  We discuss what to do when you get what you want and how to notice what's important to you. Lindsay knows you have all the answers, her job is to ask the questions. Visit her here:www.alifeofoptions.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaygordon/www.alifeofoptions.com/work-with-meUse the code DIABONDISHOW for 15% off my self-paced online course, Job Search Synergy.It's designed to help you align your work and life goals and reclaim your agency in your next career move. You'll experience a clear and confident job search no matter what stage of the process you're in - assessing offers, just getting started in the search, or wondering if you actually need to quit and launch a full-on job search.

In this episode of HappyTalks, we interview Lindsay Gordon and discuss different tips for if you are finding yourself lost or unsatisfied with your current career. Lindsay is a career coach for analytically minded people who want to stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. She helps people get clarity about what's right for them in a job and why, confident about their skills and abilities, and able to communicate that to interviewers, managers, and colleagues. Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical support for the Google Apps team. After 5 years of technical support, she transitioned into career development at Google before starting her own business. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries, and barbershop singing. Dr. Alice Fong is a naturopathic doctor, known as the “Virtual Stress Doc,” and she helps busy professionals break free from stress, anxiety, and burnout without having to quit their jobs using a 5-step holistic approach. She is the founder of Amour de Soi Wellness and her mission is to help people discover self-love and happiness. She has given several talks around the country for healthcare providers, corporations, women's conferences and for the general public. Donovon Jenson is a software engineer in the Bay Area and the founder of howtohappy.com. He is a Utah native who has long been interested in human development and health. He double majored in psychology and health policy, and graduated Magna Cum Laude through the Honors College at the University of Utah. How to Happy strives to provide thoughtful and actionable insights on living a happier life. We believe happiness is the result of self-awareness, balance and a positive mindset, among a myriad of other things. Our goal is to inspire you to see life through a new lens by adding strategies and exercises to your toolbox, then encouraging you to take action. We are all capable of being happier, let's work together to find the best pathways to get there. Together we're out to cause more happiness in the world! Lindsay Gordon http://alifeofoptions.com/ www.facebook.com/alifeofoptions https://twitter.com/alifeofoptions Dr. Alice Fong http://www.dralicefong.com https://www.facebook.com/DrAliceFong/ https://www.instagram.com/dralicefong/ https://twitter.com/DrAliceFong https://www.youtube.com/dralicefong https://ios.joinclubhouse.com/@dralicefong Donovon Jenson https://howtohappy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheHowToHappy/ https://www.instagram.com/thehowtohappy/ https://twitter.com/TheHowToHappy https://www.youtube.com/HowtoHappy Michael Lira, Voice Actor Opening Credits Voice https://www.michaelapollolira.com/ Information on this video is provided for general educational purposes only and is not intended to constitute medical advice or counseling. #career --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/happytalks/support

Scotland's "Queen of Crime" shares some stonking bits of early writing, including her attempt at a bonkbuster and the short story that prefigured her move into thrillers. Clips performed by: Christopher Kent, Beth Chalmers, Leah Marks, Kenny Blyth, Emma Clarke and Rachel Atkins. Val McDermid has sold over 17 million books to date across the globe and is translated into over 40 languages. She is perhaps best-known for her Wire in the Blood series, featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, which was adapted for television starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris. She has written three other series: private detective Kate Brannigan, journalist Lindsay Gordon and, most recently, cold case detective Karen Pirie. She has also published in several award-winning standalone novels, books of non-fiction, short story collections and a children's picture book, My Granny is a Pirate. As well as books she has also written for stage, radio and screen. In early 2017 Val's latest BBC Radio 4 drama series, Resistance, aired to great acclaim. And in the last couple of years, she has returned to writing for the theatre with Margaret Saves Scotland as well as the primetime TV series Traces based on her original idea. ITV have subsequently announced the commissioning of a new drama Karen Pirie based on Val's eponymous series character. Episode show notes and more details:  offcutsdrawer.com/val-mcdermid/ Listen to us on whichever podcast app you prefer:  https://offcutsdrawer.com/insta-links/ or if you don't usually listen to podcasts you can hear all the episodes here: offcutsdrawer.com/episodes/

This week we sit with Lindsay Gordon from Heritage Realty. Lindsay discusses the key to her success, why branding is so important to her and to business in general, her idea of ‘match making’ in real estate, tips on accountability, what excites her in todays market, and much more! "Real estate is not always instant gratification. The effort you do now will return a few months from now." #RealtorsConspiracy   Linsday is a huge coaching fan in order to build and sustain growth in real estate. See our available Coaching Programs here: https://www.realtorsconspiracy.com/real-estate-coaching/   Want to subscribe to Audible, check it out here: https://amzn.to/3bwwPPT Kindle Unlimited, Unlimited Reading. Any Device. Sign in for Kindle Unlimited here: https://amzn.to/3uo8MLz

This week in our Family Stories series we hear your tales of Russian convoys, the Dunkirk evacuation and a Yugoslav fighting for the Germans.With thanks to Stefan Breg, Lindsay Gordon, Robert Largan, Mark Turner and Philip Woods for sharing their stories.We Have Ways has a membership club which includes a live version of the podcast streamed on the internet each Thursday evening. Join at Patreon.com/wehavewaysA Goalhanger Films productionProduced by Jon GillExec Producer Tony PastorTwitter: #WeHaveWays@WeHaveWaysPodWebsite: www.wehavewayspod.comEmail: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mile High Report's Adam Malnati joined Ryan Edwards and Benjamin Allbright on Broncos Country Tonight to discuss how to use both Lindsay & Gordon, how Shurmur can evolve as the Broncos OC & confidence level in the current makeshift defensive line.

The boys get into more Lindsay/Gordon debates, pick 6 and then look forward to the Falcons game next week

Broncos TV's Matt Boyer joined Ryan Edwards and Benjamin Allbright on Broncos Country Tonight to discuss whether Lock is regressing, how the Broncos have played a tough schedule thus far, how to handle Lindsay/Gordon moving forward & more.

Poet Daljit Nagra and crime writer Val McDermid discuss capturing different forms of speech, a sense of place, and politics - in a conversation organised with the Royal Society of Literature and Durham Book Festival, and hosted by presenter Shahidha Bari. Plus, how the medieval fable of Reynard the Fox has lessons for us all today. As a new translation and retelling by Anne Louise Avery is published, she joins Shahidha to discuss the book with Noreen Masud - a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker from Durham University. Based on William Caxton's translation of the medieval Flemish folk tale, this is the story of a wily fox - a subversive, dashing, and anarchic character - summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion. But is he the character you want to emulate, or does Bruin the Bear offer us a better template? Reynard the Fox, a new version with illustrations, is published by the Bodleian Library, and is translated and retold by Anne Louise Avery. Daljit Nagra is the author of British Museum; Ramayana - A Retelling; Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine!!!; and, Look We Have Coming to Dover. Val McDermid is the author of several crime fiction series: Lindsay Gordon; Kate Brannigan; DCI Karen Pirie; and, beginning in 1995, the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, which was televised as Wire in the Blood. Her latest book - a Karen Pirie thriller - was published in August 2020 and is called Still Life. Details of events for Durham Book Festival https://durhambookfestival.com/ One of the events features Durham academic Emily Thomas talking about travel and philosophy - you can hear her in a Free Thinking episode called Maths and philosophy puzzles https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fws2 Crime writer Ian Rankin compared notes on writing about place with Bangladeshi born British author Tahmima Anam in an RSL conversation linked to the Bradford Literature Festival https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000khk6 You can find more book talk on the website of the Royal Society of Literature https://rsliterature.org/ There are more book interviews on the Free Thinking playlist Prose and Poetry https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh This includes: Anne Fine with Romesh Gunesekara; Irenosen Okojie with Nadifa Mohamed; and Paul Mendez with Francesca Wade. Producer: Emma Wallace

Lindsay Gordon reveals how to build and select excellent options for your career. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How to get “unstuck” at work 2) How to define success on your terms 3) Why it's okay to have a “boring” job Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep612 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT LINDSAY — Lindsay Gordon is a career coach for analytically minded people who want to stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. She helps people get clarity about what's right for them in a job and why, confident about their skills and abilities, and able to communicate that to interviewers, managers, and colleagues through her program, A Life of Options. She used to work as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google, working as technical support for the Google Apps team. After which, she moved into career development at Google before starting her own business. She earned her Bioengineering degree from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries and barbershop singing. • LinkedIn: Lindsay Gordon • Website: ALifeofOptions.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Assessment Tool: CliftonStrengths• Book: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans• Book: Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown• Book: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein• Book: The Five Minute Journal: A Happier You in 5 Minutes a Day | Original Creator of The Five Minute Journal - Simple Daily Guided Format - Increase Gratitude & Happiness, Life Planner, Gratitude List by Intelligent Change Inc.• Harvard Project: "Dark Horse: Achieving success through the pursuit of fulfillment"— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Pitney Bowes. Simplify your shipping while saving money. Get a free 30-day trial and 10-lb shipping scale at pb.com/AWESOME.• Rise.com. Build your team's learning library–the fast and fun way–with Rise.com/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lindsay Gordon never stops, look up "Hustle" in the dictionary and there will be her photo. She currently lives in Puerto Rico with her husband and twin boys. She has been a long time friend and partner. Lindsay always gets the job done, whatever the job may be. She is a highly successful real estate investor. Investing in properties all over the island. According to Lindsay the market in Puerto Rico is hot right now. She is going to give you her insight into the market. Are you looking to relocate to the island? Lindsay will tell you all the great areas and the culture of the island. Consider this your insider tour.  Lindsay taught herself the real estate and investing business, and she plans on teacher her children the same! Hoping they follow in her highly successful footsteps.  Connect with Joe Robert: Joe@robertventures.com Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Enjoyed the podcast? Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave a review. We love to hear your feedback and please share this with others who would benefit.      

Bio: Lindsay is a career coach for analytically minded people who want to stop doing what they think is "right" in their career and start doing what's right for them. She helps people get clarity about what's right for them in a job and why, confident about their skills and abilities, and able to communicate that to interviewers, managers, and colleagues. Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical support for the Google Apps team. After 5 years of technical support, she transitioned into career development at Google before starting her own business. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries and barbershop singing. www.alifeofoptions.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaygordon/ Blogs you MUST check out: FLOUR + BUTTER: Job or Hobby? It's OK to have a boring job. Get Connected: https://linktr.ee/creatorsroompodcast

Lindsay Gordon, Career coach for analytically minded people @ A Life of Options LLC and Ryan O'Donnell, CEO at EmployUs discuss Career Coach Shares Advice for Job Seekers Who Love Data

Zack Kelberman is joined by Lance Sanderson to analyze Pat Shurmur's remarks from his Thursday presser much of which focused on the Phillip Lindsay/Melvin Gordon division of labor in 2020 and answer your burning #Broncos questions in this week's #MileHighMailbag. SHOW NOTES Merch: http://huddleuppod.com/ Twitter ➡️ @HuddleUpPod, @ChadNJensen, @KelbermanNFL, @SandersonMHH Register as a (free) user for more Broncos coverage: http://milehighhuddle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Kelberman is joined by Lance Sanderson to analyze Pat Shurmur's remarks from his Thursday presser much of which focused on the Phillip Lindsay/Melvin Gordon division of labor in 2020 and answer your burning #Broncos questions in this week's #MileHighMailbag.SHOW NOTESMerch: http://huddleuppod.com/Twitter ➡️ @HuddleUpPod, @ChadNJensen, @KelbermanNFL, @SandersonMHHRegister as a (free) user for more Broncos coverage: http://milehighhuddle.com

Zack Kelberman is joined by Lance Sanderson to analyze Pat Shurmur's remarks from his Thursday presser much of which focused on the Phillip Lindsay/Melvin Gordon division of labor in 2020 and answer your burning #Broncos questions in this week's #MileHighMailbag.SHOW NOTESMerch: http://huddleuppod.com/Twitter ➡️ @HuddleUpPod, @ChadNJensen, @KelbermanNFL, @SandersonMHHRegister as a (free) user for more Broncos coverage: http://milehighhuddle.com

Lindsay heard about the returns on non-performing second mortgages, and thought the returns were too good to be true. Her team wanted to check it out for themselves. So they actually made the transition from buying single family rental homes over to buying non performing notes and actually becoming the mortgage holder. When they compared the rate of return on first mortgages vs second mortgages, they found that the second mortgages performed greater because they can acquire them at a lower cost, as they are typically seen as a more risky asset., That being said, they'd rather bet on 10 second mortgages then 1 first mortgage for the same price. Topics discussed: Second Mortgage Investing Risk/Reward Diversification Links mentioned in this episode: LGordon@silverbaycapital.com [http://silverbaycapital.com/] Please go to iTunes to leave us a rating and write a review. Each review helps us reach a larger audience with your episode (Creative Real Estate Podcast)  

Chicago meets Kirkcaldy. Two Queens of the genre. One stage. Before there was Lisbeth Salander there was V I Warshawski. Sara Paretsky revolutionised the mystery world when she introduced V I in Indemnity Only. By creating a believable investigator with the grit and the smarts to tackle problems on the mean streets, she challenged a genre in which women typically were either vamps or victims. Paretsky put fire in Warshawski’s eyes and in the process inspired a generation of women crime writers, including Val McDermid. One of the biggest names of the genre, Val’s creations include Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan and the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. Two passionate, electrifying authors with a passion for social justice. Expect sparks to fly. Special Guests: Sara Paretsky In Conversation With Val McDermid was recorded live at Harrogate International Festivals' Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in July 2015.

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In 2014, Lindsay Gordon hit career dissatisfaction rock bottom at her job at Google. She started doing any exercise she could find, that would help her reflect on what was important to her and what she needed out of a job. She wanted to share the results of her research with others, so she founded A Life of Options. As a career coach, she works with analytically-minded people who are feeling uninspired or crushed by an ill-fitting job. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project. FULL TRANSCRIPT:  Passionistas: Hi and welcome to the Passionistas Project Podcast. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington and today we're talking with Lindsay Gordon. In 2014, Lindsay hit career dissatisfaction, rock bottom. She started doing any exercise she could find that would help her reflect on what was important to her and what she needed out of a job. She wanted to share the results of her research with others. So she founded A Life of Options. As a career coach, she works with analytically-minded people who are feeling uninspired or crushed by an ill-fitting job. So please welcome to the show Lindsay Gordon. Lindsay: Thank you so much. Happy to be here. Passionistas: Thanks for joining us. So Lindsay, what's the one thing you're most passionate about? Lindsay: I am most passionate about designing and creating content, frameworks, and experiences that inspire people to have the courage to take action and do what matters to them in their career. Cause I feel like I'm on a mission to relieve the amount of pressure and anxiety we feel about our careers and help people stop doing what they think is right in their career and actually start doing what's right for them. Passionistas: So what led you to the place where that was what you wanted to do? Lindsay: I think it was the experience that I had while working at Google, which is a fantastic place to work in many ways and also wasn't the right fit for me. And I found that the messages that I was getting was, well this is the best place in the world to work and of course you should want this, that and the other out of your job. And there wasn't any space for me to feel like it was okay to make my own decision that maybe it wasn't the right fit for me. And so I want to help spread that message that we can choose what works for us. And the thing that works for somebody else is not going to be the thing that works for us. And so really giving people that agency to make that decision for themselves, even though we get a lot of pressure these days about what work should mean to us, where we should want to work, all those types of things. Passionistas: So now let's go back a little bit. You actually studied bioengineering in college? Lindsay: I did, yes. Passionistas: Why did you take that path and where did that lead you in the beginning? Lindsay: Yeah, I always had been interested in math and science very early on and I loved getting to work with my hands and build things. And so engineering seemed like a pretty good fit for me. And I went to a fascinating tiny, tiny engineering school outside of Boston, only 75 people per class. That's how tiny it was. And it was all about building and design and getting to really understand your user, connect with people and all kinds of fascinating things. So I thought, okay, engineering is great. I also like biology. We'll combine those two. And I got to work on um, some medical devices with Boston scientific. I actually have a patent for a medical device. And so that was kind of where I landed in college. And engineering has always been interesting to me. I kind of feel like it's a nice combination of people, but then also that hands on design and creation work. Passionistas: Were you doing that kind of work at Google? What were you doing there? Lindsay: I somehow am on my third career already. So I started off in engineering, did that for a little bit and then kind of fell into doing technical support at Google. And I am one of probably a unique kind of human that actually loves technical support. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love customer service. Um, it's kind of the, again, that combination of getting to connect with people, but also having this treasure hunt. Every time somebody calls you and you know, they say, I have this particular problem and you need to figure out what are the right types of questions to ask them, what are the right troubleshooting steps to take. So I just absolutely love to getting to do. And I did about five years of technical support there. Passionistas: So you talked a little bit already about the atmosphere at Google, but tell us like specifically what it was like working there and you said, you know, you were supposed to like it but you didn't. So tell us a little bit more about that. Lindsay: I'm so grateful for so many things about Google. I got to meet incredible people. They have fantastic programs to bring interesting speakers in. I got to learn so much. I got to do a lot of facilitation at Google, which was great. And um, it just, it was a very big place, right? It's a big company now and there is bureaucracy and it's hard to move around. I really wanted to move to the more people side of the business after I had done many years in technical support and I found that a really difficult thing to do. And um, I also, because I loved customer service and I love designing, as I mentioned, I love designing frameworks and um, exercises and all this kind of stuff. And on the team that I was on, it was a little bit more about metrics, you know, like are you the biggest case closer, um, you know, metrics in the direction of customer service. But I also cared about the people on our team and the people side of that. And so I was always trying to do, um, some other projects and it just felt like I was more expected to do more of the metrics around technical support. So I think I wanted a little bit more creativity, a little bit more ease of moving around. Maybe I would have thrived at a smaller company. And so those were a couple of the pieces that I was feeling that just didn't seem like quite the right fit for me. Passionistas: So did you leave there knowing what you were going to do next or did you start to think about what your next move was going to be while you were still working there? Lindsay: I completely fell into running my own business. Like all good career transitions. I did not know that this was in the cards at all. So while at Google, because I had so many of these other interests that I wanted to be cultivating, I started working on our onboarding and training for new hires. And as I was talking to our new hires, everyone was really stressed about, Oh my gosh, I'm new here. You know, how do I have conversations with my manager? What if I'm stuck in technical support for the rest of time? And so I just started talking to people about their job and how, how to think about it and kind of relieving some of that anxiety. And a lot of people said to me, you would be a great coach now, I had no idea what that meant at the time. So enough people had mentioned that. So I said, okay, I really need to test out what this thing is. I need to go learn about it. So I took one class at San Francisco state about learning coaching tools and I was amazed because I didn't actually know that there were skills that you could learn that I was already trying to do innately. So I kind of accidentally signed myself up for this year and a half long certificate. Loved it. And as I said, my goal was to move over to a more people focused role at Google. So while I was trying to figure that out, people started coming to me and saying, are you taking clients? I have people to refer to you. And I was like, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Everybody. Like I'm, I'm not doing my own business, you know, these are my plans. But luckily I said yes and kind of ran it as what I like to call my accidental side business and ran it for about a year while I was still at Google. I'm a very risk averse person and one thing that I talked to clients a lot about is test out anything that you think might be the right next step for you. So I tested it out by running it on the side for a year as a part time thing. I also tested it out by eventually moving into a career development role at Google so that I can test out do I enjoy doing this? You know, is it something that I find fulfilling? Are people finding it useful? So after about this year of running it on the side, I thought, you know what, it might be time to try this full time and to really go all in and see what it's like to run your own business. And that was about three and a half years ago now. Passionistas: And the perfect example to the people that you're helping, you know, you're practicing what you preach. Lindsay: And a lot of times I think we talk about entrepreneurship as something that is very risky and um, read an interesting book recently, I think it was the um, side hustle book. I can't remember the exact title, but they talk about how actually entrepreneurs tend to be very risk averse and if you're doing it properly, you're trying to de risk every avenue possible in order to have the greatest success in doing your own thing. So I like kind of sharing that message to have, it doesn't need to be just, I'm going to quit anything. Everything without having any idea whether I like it. I haven't tested anything out. Actually, there are many ways to de-risk the process so that you can feel really good about running your own thing, if that's the right thing for you. Passionistas: So talk a little bit about the approach you take to working with a client through your company. Lindsay: So I'm quite unique in this space in that most career coaches come from a background of hiring and recruiting. But given that I have this engineering background, I kind of think of the work that I do as I am applying my engineering brain to this question of how do we even know what we're looking for in a job that's a good fit for us, and how do we do that in the most practical and structured way? So I've designed a three month process that I take people through that gets them clear about what they're looking for. So we look at, you know, what's important to them in life and how does work fit into that? What's their philosophy of work? What are their values? What are their beliefs about what a successful life looks like? And then we start to look at, okay, let's understand your current role and how that actually fits in with what we're learning about you. Because a lot of people come to me and they are frustrated, they're stuck, they're aimless, they are convinced they need to quit, they're dissatisfied with where they are and they feel like they should have been further along in their career. And what's interesting is that when I take people through this process of learning all about themselves so that they can make decisions that feel good to them, more than 50% of them don't end up quitting. And it's, it's not that they, it's not that everybody completely falls back in love with their job, which does happen, but people get to see their job a little bit differently. And we take away that like, Oh my gosh, my only option is to quit. And so they can see, okay, even though this is maybe not the right fit for me long-term, I understand what I'm getting for from it right now. And I can start to work towards what that next step might be. Whether that's an internal transfer, whether that's moving to a new company, whether that's moving to a new field. I had a client who came to me and she was like, I need to quit. I'm done with this job. I might even be done with this field. Like I don't know that this is what I want anymore. Two sessions in, we did a couple of exercises and she kind of like laughed and was like, actually I job is a great fit for me for all of these particular reasons. I was hyper focused on the downsides and actually if I make these two changes, um, I'm really grateful for where I am and this is actually a great fit for me. So I think the, the mindset piece is such a big piece. Sometimes nothing about the external situation has to change for you to have a different experience of your work. Passionistas: And of the people that do make a major change, do you find that there's like a common thing that has been holding them back from doing that? Lindsay: I would probably say there are two aspects. One is not being really clear for themselves about what their strengths are. I think oftentimes when we have strengths, we think of them as, Oh, but that's the easy thing that I do. Doesn't everybody do that? Or you know, Oh, well that's just how my brain works. And so when people don't see those things as strengths, then they wouldn't even think to pursue something in that direction. So for example, I had a woman who was working in engineering who, uh, wanted to move to something else, was unhappy there, and she had never thought of teaching as a big strength of hers, but it kept coming up over and over again in these exercises. So she ended up moving internally to another fantastic job that was more teaching the engineering, um, discipline. And so she's over the moon, but just had never considered that before. And then I think the other thing is not letting yourself make that choice because of the pressure, right? There's always pressure from society, from family. One quick example I'll give there is that I worked with somebody who works in project management and she said, Oh yeah, I've always had a lifelong dream of doing art for video games. But that was never something that my parents allowed me to do. That was a, uh, an approved, you know, thing to study. And so she's studying engineering, she's been working in project management and you know, once we discovered that, it was like, okay, well let's finally explore this if you've been waiting your whole life and thinking about that in the back of your mind. So she started taking small steps towards that, right? Creating a portfolio, starting to work with a mentor, uh, exploring what additional schooling would look like. And then over the course of testing it out over a year, she contacted me recently and was like, Lindsay, I have signed up for two year MFA. I cannot even believe that I am doing this thing. I thought I would do this. Passionistas: What do you think is the most important steps people need to take when they're thinking about making a career change? Lindsay: I think the first is identifying the pressure that you feel and just starting to be clear about that because if you can't separate what you actually need and what your desires are from the messages that you are getting from other people, that's going to make it really difficult for you to assess if this is the right move for you. So I've always helped people, you know, let's identify and relieve some of that pressure. And then I think the second step is to start to learn as much as you can about what is working and what is not working. Because as I mentioned, oftentimes we get really hyper-focused on the downsides and if we can zoom out a little bit and really look more broadly and understand, okay, if I know what my strengths are, then I can understand how well is this job that I'm doing currently in line with those strengths. If I understand a lot about the type of environment that I like to work in, then I can start to understand, Oh, it makes total sense why this particular thing is not a good fit for me because it doesn't match up with the environment. So I really advocate for learning as much as you can about what works for you so that you can accurately assess how the current job you have is matching up to those things Passionistas: We're Amy and Nancy Harrington and you're listening to the Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Lindsay Gordon. To learn more about her work as a career coach. Visit ALifeOfOptions.com. Now here's more of our interview with Lindsay. Passionistas: You're obviously very confident, but do you ever get self-doubt and how do you get past it? Lindsay: 100% my goodness, I like to say that running a business I have had highs that are way higher than any nine to five I've had and lows that are way lower than any nine to five I've had. So I think it's so common as a business owner to have self-doubt. Um, I remember several times, especially in that first year where I just got rocked by something. You know, it is, it is very personal for the product to be you, right? Everything that I've created comes from my mind. It's my ideas. I'm out there selling myself. And so in the beginning it does feel very personal if people are saying no to you. I remember the first time where I felt like maybe the client wasn't getting exactly what I wanted and you know, really shook my confidence. So it's hard. It still happens. I think that's probably something that never goes away. But I'm better, you know, riding the ebbs and flows. One thing that I have really appreciated and that has helped with confidence is collecting a group of fantastic women who are also running their business. And we meet virtually once a month and just check in, you know, who feels like their business is broken today. You know, who, um, has some great things to celebrate who has some questions, who's struggling with the time of year that we're in and the low volume of clients or whatever it is. But really just being able to share and not feel like I am alone in my house doing this thing by myself. So that's been huge for me. Passionistas: What's your best habit? Lindsay: I think my best habit is reaching out to people. So for whatever reason I have been graced with kind of the excitement and willingness to just reach out to anyone that I find interesting or anyone that I connect with and to see how I might be able to help them. How am I be able to learn about their business? Who I might know that I can connect to? So this group of women that I've created, I think it's probably 30 or 40 women at this point, and it's really just anyone who I come across, I could see your name in a newsletter, I could, you know, hear about you from a friend and I'll reach out. And if I think you're fantastic and I want you in kind of my circle of entrepreneurs, I will invite you to this group and to collaborate on workshops with me. So I think kind of that feeling of connection and building the community that I want has always been something that comes really easily to me. So kind of explain it as I aggressively friend people, but I think I get to meet a lot of interesting people that way and people actually respond really positively to somebody reaching out and saying, Hey, I think you're fantastic. I would love to hear more about what you're up to and how I might support you. And I actually, when I first started running the business full time, I did not think I was going to like it because of how lonely it was. I am already an introvert and so I'm at risk of, you know, not leaving my house for four days if I'm just working at home by myself. And so because I knew that was something that I was worried about, I really made an intentional effort to build a community. And that's something I help clients do too. If you're worried about anything, like, I don't know if this career is going to be a good fit for me for this, that and the other reason. That's so helpful because then we get to design around that. We get to take intentional action to figure that out, so I definitely knew that that was something I was going to struggle with and I needed to work hard at it to make sure I enjoyed running my own business. Passionistas: Is there a lesson that you've learned so far on your journey that really sticks with you? Lindsay: I think the lesson that we get to change our mind, we get to change our career. We get to try new things and it is never too late. I hear the message a lot that, well, I studied this in college. I'm not using my degree. Well, I've already been in this area for so many years and I just, I don't want people to feel that way. I want people to feel like their career is a long and varied path. Who knows how it's going to go. There's going to be a lot of serendipity be open to falling into things. I think for me, you know, engineering to customer service to running your own business as a career coach makes no logical sense if you were to explain it in that way. And I think people get really wrapped up in, you know, well it looks really chaotic, the things that I've done, but there's a way in which I can tell my story where it has always been about listening to people, understanding their challenges, building frameworks and experiences for them to inspire them to take action. And that's been true across engineering, technical support and career coaching. And so I want people to feel like there's more playfulness and fun and curiosity and serendipity that goes along with career rather than feeling like I have to do this one thing because that's where I landed. Passionistas: Do you think there's a personality trait that you possess that's helped you succeed? Lindsay: I think curiosity is probably one of the biggest things that is just constantly running for me. And I'm curious. So I was curious about the onboarding of new hire experience and started talking to them. Somebody mentioned a coach. I was really curious about that. And so I think I love following that curiosity and learning about these interesting opportunities that I hear about and it really opens up a lot of doors. If you follow your curiosity. Passionistas: What's been the most rewarding part of your career? Lindsay: As a business owner, I have never felt more creative and impactful. I get to design things and come up with ideas as often as I want. Designing programs, designing workshops, designing exercises for people. I absolutely love that part of it. And then as far as impact, it's an incredible feeling to know that every result that I get, I made that happen through my courage, through my creativity, through my gifts, through my actions, through my requests. And so it's a very direct, I put effort in and I get results. And so it's very exciting to me to be able to feel those two pieces every day. And I think that's my favorite part of being able to run my own thing. Passionistas: And have you had professional mentors? Lindsay: Yes. That word always feels so big to me if like, Oh my gosh, do I have an official mentor? Yes, of course. I have had people who have been so thoughtful throughout my career. One that comes to mind is my most recent manager at Google who has been a fantastic support for me and has believed in my business probably before I even did. So he's been fantastic. There are also people who, one person that comes to mind, you know, I, she was a woman who had been running her business for a little bit longer than I had and when I started running my business and have this reaching out thing that I do, I reached out to a lot of other women and said, I would love to learn from you, you know, learn about how your business is going and see if there are ways that I can support you. And one of the things that she did is she said, Oh, I referred you to this other person, but I told them that your rates were higher than they are because you're actually charging too little. And you know, even moments like that, I consider that to be such a gift. And you know, a moment of mentorship where somebody who was a little bit further along than me was able to support me and you know, teach me something that I didn't know. So I'm always looking for those opportunities to, to be able to do that to another woman who's just starting a business of like, Oh, you're undercharging yourself. Great. I'm going to send you to somebody and tell them that you, your rates are higher. So things like that, there've been so many people along the way, especially in building a business that have been so supportive. And I think we sometimes hear this question of why don't women support women? And from my personal experience, I have not found that to be true at all. I have found the most supportive women who are running their businesses, who are all about let's help each other so that we can all thrive. So I've been really happy to see that be the case and I want to help continue, you know, being somebody who supports others. Passionistas: Do you have a mantra that you live by? Lindsay: One of the ones that always sticks in my head is the proverb around the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Um, and another one that I use in business that comes from one of my, another one of my business mentor is a business coach. Um, that has been fantastic to work with is it's not a question of if it's a question of when. And so as I go about my business and as I think about the impact that I want to make, it's not a question of if I will make that impact, it's a question of when I will make that impact. Passionistas: What's your definition of success? Lindsay: Making choice of the feel good to you? I think doing the things that are important to you, living in line with your own values and for me having some sort of positive impact as well. So I, I, I want to lead a great life that does something great for the world that has an impact on other people. And success is, you know, doing that in line with the way that I want to live life. Passionistas: What do you wish women knew? Lindsay: It's okay to do what's right for you? I think is my simple message across my business. I have a, a controversial message that it's okay to have a boring job if it works for you. And I think we need more messages like that where actually we get to choose, you know, identify what's right for you and then do that. I have a, one of my most earliest clients had a really high paying lawyer job and everyone around her in her community was saying, um, you're being under-utilized. This job was not challenging enough. You should get out of there and be doing something more. And so she came to me and was like, yeah, I'm being kind of under-utilized at my job and I'm being well paid. So I don't really know how to think about this. And once we started discovering what was most important to her, she found that providing financial support for her then young son was the most important thing for her. And so she was able to make this really confident decision that actually this job gives me exactly what I need right now. It pays me really well. It allows me to provide that financial stability and I actually have extra mental energy and time to be able to go and spend it with my son. And so to see her make that decision, even though everyone around her was saying, you should be challenged more or you should be utilized more, you know, was such a powerful moment. So the more that women can feel like it is okay for them to identify what works for them, even if it feels controversial, even if it's against the, you know, messages that they're getting from society and from their family, I would just be happy if that is part of my legacy of getting women to, to feel like they have agency and can make the choices that feel good to them. Passionistas: What's your dream for yourself? Lindsay: To live life courageously, to always be taking action and having an impact in the world and being able to follow my interests. I just want to lead a courageous, exciting, adventurous life that hopefully inspires other people to do the same with the things that are important to them. Passionistas: Thanks for listening to the Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Lindsay Gordon. To learn more about her work as a career coach, visit ALifeOfOptions.com. Please visit the PassionistasProject.com to learn more about our podcast and our new subscription box filled with products made by women-owned businesses and female artisans. To inspire you to follow your passions. Sign up for our mailing list to get 10% off your first purchase, and be sure to subscribe to the Passionistas Project Podcast so you don't miss any of our upcoming inspiring guests.

This week, Matt and Dave welcome Lindsay Gordon to West Franklin Talks! Lindsay joins us to talk about Discover, why PLACE helps us understand more about how God created us, and why membership matters. So grab your coffee or get comfortable in your car as we jump into this great conversation with Lindsay. As always, email us your thoughts at podcast@westfranklinchurch.com OR leave us a message using the link at the end of this sentence --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/west-franklin/message

All aboard the love train! Look, every couple thinks they have the best romance since Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams from the Notebook, but the truth is there are certain romantic duos that have that certain iconic "presence"/"power" that tower over us common folk. These pairings are often looked up to as an unstoppable team that have a large amount of influence in the world. On this year's Valentine's Day special, we choo-choo-choose you to join Tuong La and the Love Triangle Shannon Leis, Lindsay Gordon, and Laura Gordon as they amorously rank a list of the Top 5 Real Life Power Couples of All Time! The post 79 – Top 5 Real Life Power Couples of All Time appeared first on PodCavern.

Hannah Gordon is one of the highest ranking female executives in the NFL as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of the San Francisco 49ers. On Sunday, February 2, her team will go head-to-head against the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami, Florida with the hopes of taking home their sixth Super Bowl championship. Over almost nine years with the Niners, Hannah has taken on initiatives like diversity in hiring, and fan clubs for both female fans and the LGBT community. Learn more about Hanna. Learn more about The Passionistas Project. FULL TRANSCRIPT:  Passionistas: Hi and welcome to the Passionistas Project Podcast. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington, and today we're talking with Hannah Gordon, one of the highest ranking female executives in the NFL. Hannah is chief administrative officer and general counsel of the San Francisco 49ers. And on Sunday, February 2nd, her team will go head to head against the Kansas city chiefs in Miami, Florida with the hopes of taking home their six championship in the Super Bowl. So please welcome to the show, Hannah Gordon. Hannah: Thank you ladies for having me on. Passionistas: What's the one thing you're most passionate about? Hannah: People. I mean, I guess that's kind of a big answer, but if I had to pick one thing to be passionate about, it would be people. And that's why I do what I do because I love working with people and I like observing people. Passionistas: So how does that translate into what you do? Hannah: Well, the great thing about what I do is I get to work with every person at the 49ers pretty much every sort of group. And that ranges from our players to our janitorial staff, to our engineers in the stadium, to our sales groups to the groups that I lead, which would be community relations, the foundation, youth football, the museum, risk management, legal, public affairs and strategic communications. And so I think both the experience of leading a team as well as the experience of getting to work with a lot of different people who come from different sort of subcultures. I think oftentimes if you come from a certain type of work. So for example, I worked for a law firm early in my career and in a law firm you kind of have mostly one type of person, lawyers. And it's much more interesting to be on the world where there's lots of different types of people. Passionistas: Were you a football fan growing up? Hannah: No, I was not. I was a fan of Barbie dolls and fashion and I thought I would grow up to be a costume designer or something of that nature. And then I discovered that I didn't have a lot of patience for sewing, which sewing requires a lot of patience. And I also wasn't happy with my skills artistically. And so I started focusing more on things like journalism. And when I got to UCLA where I went for undergrad after growing up in Oakland, I really fell in love with sports there. So that was for me, kind of the beginning of me falling in love with football was just being there. I was quite homesick and started watching a ton of football and basketball on television and it was really seeing Hannah Storm host the halftime during the NBA playoffs my freshman year, that I thought, Oh, you know what, that looks like a really cool job. People connection again, you know, you get to sit around with people and talk about sports. And that seems really cool. How do I learn more about that? And so that's how I kind of got into journalism at UCLA and covered the football team there. And once I was in football, then, you know, it was over for me. Passionistas: Talk about that journey from it being over for you to getting to the 49ers. Hannah: From UCLA falling in love with football. I had to figure out, all right, how do I stay in this? After I graduated from college? So I started doing internships. I interned my junior year for the Oakland Raiders as a PR intern and that was my first Super Bowl. Um, so this is actually my third Super Bowl that I'm going to. I was very blessed that I was a training camp intern for them, but because I was from Oakland, I would come home on holidays or long weekends and work for them. And then when they made it to the Super Bowl, the Super Bowl was in San Diego and this was back when there was no Pro Bowl was an in between. So there was only a week between when you won the conference championship and you had to play in the Super Bowl. And so they won the AFC championship and they called me and they said, get in the car, drive to San Diego. And I said, Oh my gosh, but I have class tomorrow. It's the Super Bowl get in the car. So I worked that week. and it was a great experience. It didn't end, obviously the way that we wanted to, but but it was an incredible experience and I did a lot of other internships. I interned for Fox sports West. After I graduated from college, I worked at the NFL players association, which is the players union, creating digital content for their website at a time when people were really just starting to figure out what digital content was. I don't even think we called it digital content though. We just called it the websit, but, but it was creating a lot of new content that they had never had before. From what I called at that time player journals, which were sort of what we would now maybe think of as like an equivalent of like social media or a blog or a vlog type of situation, to a DJ contest. I did players of the week awards and after I'm working there, I went to the university of California at Berkeley where I worked in their media relations department. And handled football, track and swimming. And then while I was there, I applied to law schools and after I got into law school, I decided to take six months to go work at a sports agency. For those of you who remember the movie Jerry McGuire, I was sort of, exploring that route of being a sports agent. And then I started law school at Stanford and while I was at Stanford, I went back to the Oakland Raiders as a law clerk. Then I worked after law school as a lawyer at a law firm. And then I ended up at the NFL league office in New York for a couple of years. And from there I was recruited to come to the 49ers and this is now the conclusion of ninth season here. Passionistas: So were there a lot of opportunities for women at the time when you first joined the 49ers? Hannah: I would say yes, when I joined the 49ers cause it's only eight and a half years ago. Those things have, I've seen a lot of change even in the last eight and a half years. I was talking to a young woman who's the girlfriend of one of our players who's currently in law school, and who has some interest in sports agent work. And we were talking about, you know, early in my career, 15 plus years ago, and she was like, "Ooh, they weren't ready for you back then." And I started to laugh because I forget. I think it's very easy to forget when it's our own life, sort of how much things have changed and how historical that is to young people. I'm like, to me, I was like, Oh wait, I forgot. That's actually a long time ago. Um, and things really have changed. But from her perspective, I also really appreciated that she had a lot of appreciation for people who came before her helping make that path, hopefully that much easier. So yeah, there has been a lot of change in the last 20 years that I have worked in the business. And, and probably the most rapid change at least in a visible way in certain parts of the business in the last five years, but that doesn't mean there's not still a long way to go. No different I think than every other industry in the United States where the, the area where there still needs to be progress is primarily at the very top. You're not seeing a lot of women in C-suite positions or most importantly in president, CEO type positions. But that's the case whether you're looking at tech or sports or pretty much anything. Passionistas: One position that is making the news a lot right now is Katie Sowers, who's the assistant coach and the first female assistant coach to go to a Super Bowl. Do you have a lot of interaction with her? Hannah: I do. I'm very proud of her. She's an awesome person. And when I was referencing that there's been rapid progress in the last five years in certain sectors. The business, that's really what I was referring to is the, the um, pipeline positions in the football side is where you've seen the most dramatic change in the last five years. And that's really because of a concerted effort to create that change league wide. And so you are seeing like for our club, when I started, almost nine years ago, there were no women in coaching scouting or athletic training roles. And five years ago we hired our first female athletic trainer and since she's been here, not only has she been just an incredible person for everyone to work with, but it opens more doors where ever since she's been here. We've had a full season female athletic training intern and at least one often to training camp, athletic training interns. So again, creating more, more opportunity. And I think, you know, as the great job that she did that helps open the door. Then they, Katie joined us, I believe three seasons ago. And then two seasons ago we hired our first female scout. So we've seen in some of the roles that are not football roles, but are certainly, um, more adjacent to that part of the business, some growth as well. We have, we hired our first, um, on-staff female team photographer, uh, also about three seasons ago. And similar roles in terms of like team reporter and things of that nature. Passionistas: And the 49ers is the first team in the NFL to commit to interviewing at least one woman inand one person of color for every business opening. And you've been a big part of that initiative. So why is that important to you personally? Hannah: Well, I think it's important as a business that you have the best people. This is still a talent based, not only industry, but I would think pretty much any business business you're running, talent is, is at a premium and you're not going to get the best talent if you don't overcome people's unconscious bias. And so I was actually just talking with our Executive Vice President of Operations and President of 49ers Enterprises, Paraag Marathe who recruited me to come here. And I was saying that I still to this day often explain the business case for diversity to people in the same terms that he explained it to me many years ago, which is that it's really an arbitrage opportunity. So essentially you have a economic system that is not working rationally, which means if you are rational and recognize that there's a diversity gap, then you're able to actually get better talent than other people have because you're finding the talent that has been overlooked. And Paraag is actually being honored next week just before Super Bowl by the Fritz Pollard Alliance as their salute to excellence award winner for the year. So very, very happy for him. Passionistas: So now you've risen through the ranks over the last eight and a half years. So tell us how your position has evolved with the team and your current responsibilities. Hannah: I think the big change for me was learning how to go from being an individual contributor to being a team leader. That was a big, big shift in his daily responsibilities, and so starting out in purely a legal role and really as that individual contributor. I think one of the things that made a big difference to me was I was having trouble agreeing that I should be hiring more people to help before I started adopting other departments. Um, and somebody sat me down and was like, Hannah, you are never going to be able to grow as long as you always think you have to do everything yourself, like you have to learn to delegate. And that really, that really helped me, that really me see things in a new light. And once I learned to do that, it allowed me to keep growing and be able to take on more and more because there is, you know, only so many hours in a day. There's only so much one person can do. If you're focused on doing the work yourself Passionistas: We're Amy and Nancy Harrington and you're listening to the Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Hannah Gordon. Don't forget to tune into the Super Bowl on February 2nd at 6:30 PM Eastern 3:30 PM Pacific on Fox when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Now here's more of our interview with Hannah. You also oversee fan groups like women of the Niners and 49ers Pride for the LGBTQ fans. So talk about those initiatives and why, again, why they're important to you. Hannah: I'll start with 49ers pride, which is our newest fan engagement program. That is a program that's as you noted for our LGBTQ plus fans, but also for our allies. So it's not just for one type of person. Cause I think one of the things that really resonates with our fans is that we recognize that they look to see their values reflected in us. And I think as the team of the San Francisco Bay area, we very much do reflect the progressive values of this region. And so for us it was really natural to see, okay, where is there a part of our fan demographic that maybe historically hasn't been focused on or served in, in the overall experience of sports in America in the same way. Not that they weren't necessarily, enjoying being 49ers, but how can we even elevate that experience and create more community. And so we launched 49ers Pride at a town hall that we did with the San Jose State Institute for the study of sport society and social change. And we had an incredible discussion around a lot of issues of gender identity and LGBTQ plus activism in sport there. And then we launched this fan engagement platform and the response was really overwhelming. The, the videos we received from people in tears just saying how much it meant to them that they'd been 49ers fans for their whole lives, that they'd never felt excluded by the 49ers but they also now really felt included in a way that they'd never felt before. And there was just overwhelming, like response on social media and emails and so many other things. We had over a thousand people sign up and that first week and we followed that up within in June, marching in the San Francisco pride parade. We had over 150 employees, family members, fans, all part of our float and had just the best time, so much fun. And then this fall we did another event, bringing people together in person again to build community as 49ers fans and we did a away game watch party in the Castro, which for those who don't know is a historically gay neighborhood in San Francisco, and I'm pretty sure it's the first drag queen half time that I've ever heard of, at least sponsored by an NFL team, is awesome. So it's a really fun, cool, way for people to just celebrate and enjoy being 49ers fans and have a community. And then you asked also about our women's official club. So WON: Women of the Niners is our official women's club. And that's something we've had for a long time. But we did rebrand a couple of years ago, to try to reach an even broader swath of fans. You know, we want to be reaching all of our fans, which very much includes the women who make up almost 50% of our fan base, and given what a kind of a big number that is, it's also a very diverse fan base. So we have women fans who are 14 years old. We have women fans who are 94 years old. We have women fans of every ethnicity, every socioeconomic background, and every level of fan ability. So we have extremely avid fans who want to see us breaking down all the X's and O's for them. And then we have casual fans who are interested in some of the storylines, some of the personal stories behind our players and their families and where they've come from, but who may or may not feel like they've gotten enough of an education in the game to fully enjoy and appreciate the game. And so we try to meet everyone where they're at and ensure that they both feel a part of the 49ers and that they're getting what they need to, to really, enjoy the game and be passionate about our team. So those are those two of our fan engagement clubs. Passionistas: So what does your week leading up to the Super Bowl look like? What do you do next week? Hannah: There is a lot happening. The team will leave on Sunday. All other staff and friends and family will leave on Thursday. There's a lot of preparation work that goes into a Super Bowl for participating teams. A lot of it is handled by the NFL. They make it as easy as they can on participating teams, but there's still certainly, our legal team has been cranking away on everything from hotel agreements, us travel agreements. When you have a travel party of about 2000 people that you need to get across the country and then move around in a city that's going to be packed with millions of people, it's a pretty intense experience. So there's a lot logistically that goes into all of that. It'll be, it'll be a busy week, but a really fun week. So the game is on Sunday. People will largely kind of be, you know, there's a lot of different events that happen in the couple of days, the lead up to the Super Bowl, but we're also very focused on, you know, we're coming there with a job to do and that's to win that game. Passionistas:  How do all the departments work together leading up to the Super Bowl? Hannah: Everybody works together kind of regardless, because none of this happens without a lot of collaboration. So you've got folks from stadium operations who have already flown down to Miami to start setting things up. You've got folks from the football travel logistics side. We're also already there, our community relations team does a lot of support around the family members of our players. So there'll be hunting down early, making sure that we have daycare and resource centers and making sure everybody has all the information they need to have a really wonderful trip and celebrate their family member who's going to be competing on the field. So every it takes, I mean to say it takes a village would be sounded cliche, but it definitely takes a full, a 400 person organization to do it. Passionistas: So what's the most rewarding part of what you do? Hannah: I'll tell you two things that happened in the last week that I think sort of epitomized regardless of when we are in season. What's the most rewarding after the NFC championship? Seeing the faces of our players and coaches and staff who were so elated, that was truly rewarding. That's what you're working towards is that feeling of accomplishment and communal experience because it's also the, the feeling that our fans had in the stands. I think if you have not been to a football game in person, it's such a powerful communal experience that doesn't happen in a lot of other ways in American culture anymore. There aren't a lot of places where people come together in person and drop whatever is happening else wa elsewise in their lives or around them and have this incredible really community experience where you're having this shared emotion with 68,000 other people. Um, it's very unique. And so that is one of the most rewarding parts. And then the other most rewarding part is the work that I've been able to do over the last few years with everything that we do in the community. And about a week and a half ago, one of the events that we did was for Martin Luther King day. We went and did reading with kindergartners and first graders at an elementary school and the little girl who I was assigned to be her reading partner. Oh my God. Like that sweet little face. Like I just like that is the most rewarding part when you, when you, you know, because the reality is like, at first I was like, she's not gonna want to read with me. Like I'm not a player, but it then you're reminded anytime you're with children that they're excited just cause you're an adult just because you have taken an interest in them and that you are there to help them. And so for me, the community work that we do, the joy that we're able to bring to other people, that is the other most rewarding part. Passionistas: What do you think is the biggest risk that you've taken professionally and how did it pay off? Hannah: I would say the biggest risk I probably took professionally was when I took the job, sort of the weight in order to take the job with the NFL because I was, I made half as much money at the NFL as I had been making it a law firm. Um, so that's always more risky. Um, and in the process I had actually been laid off in the like wake of like bloodbath of 2009 when law firms, including the one I was at, laid off 20% plus of associates. Um, and so I, I made the decision after that that I did not want to go back to working in another soulless life sucking job. Um, and even though I knew that the job I'd had, I was very blessed to have and allowed me to pay my bills. It paid very well. It was very prestigious, but it didn't feel true to me. And so I wanted to do something that I felt passionate about and I knew that I was passionate about sports and that was what I really wanted to be working in. Now deciding that I was going to pursue that in the midst of the worst economic recession since the great depression was, you know, maybe not the best idea. Um, but I, you know, I waited until I got the job that I really wanted and that took six months between the time I stopped working, the time I started again. And that was terrifying. But that is certainly the risk that paid off because here I am now. So do you think there's a particular personality trait that you possessed that's helped you succeed in your career drive? I am a relentlessly driven person. Um, and I think that, I mean, you guys talk to Lindsay who I've worked with and so one of the amazing things that Lindsay does is really help you, um, define your strengths. And so I was able with her to be able, like I already knew that, you know, being relentlessly driven was one of my strengths is also one of my weaknesses, but being able to very clearly say, yep, you know, drive, finish, you know, command competition, like here, here are my strengths. So yeah, I think certainly in sports a lot of us are very competitive people as part of why we're attracted to sports. Um, but I, I would say that, yeah, focus, drive, competition, command. Um, those would be, and, and relating to people. I would say that that's sort of my, my strengths that have, have worked out well for the career that I'm in. Passionistas: You mentioned career coach Lindsay Gordon who nominated you. She told us that you're really supportive of women who are working in male dominated industries. What are some of the ways you've given women your support? Hannah: Probably mostly through mentoring others, but also through all of the policy changes that we've talked before from our diversity interviewing policy to the fellowship that we created here. That is a rotational fellowship that gets a young woman who's just graduated from college into verticals where women are historically underrepresented, um, like sales, like finance, like business strategy and analytics because that really helps kind of change the future of what the pipeline looks like in those fields where, um, the ascent to the top is much more rapid and, and is actually viable cause there's a lot of protocols where that's not viable. Um, so I'd say both policy-wise and then, um, I really, I love mentoring younger people and so, um, whether it's somebody who's asking to have coffee, um, or somebody who has either worked for me or whatever it is, um, I love, I love hearing just what's going on in their lives and seeing the excitement they have about whatever is kinda up next for them. Passionistas: Do you have a mantra that you live by? Hannah:  I do not. I'm not really a mantra girl. I mean, I think they're lovely for like meditation and whatnot. But no, I don't have like three words that I live by. Although someone asked, I'm going to steal someone else's, someone asked our team reporter that question. And she was like, ''Oh, stay ready so you don't have to get ready. And I was like, ooh, I like that. Like that's a good just tip reminder for whatever you're doing. Stay ready so you don't have to get ready. Passionistas: So what advice would you give to a young woman who wants to get into professional sports? Hannah: Work really hard and work smart. So understand, and I say this to all young people who are looking to get into sports. The impression that you leave as a young person, um, is very important because this is a small industry at the end of the day and very relationship base. And so you want to be that first one in last one out. You want to demonstrate that work ethic, um, and your commitment to what your, your, your craft and what you're doing. And I also tell you when people, because sports is just an industry and it's not uh, a particular career, right? You could want to be a coach in sports. You could want to be a lawyer in sports. You could want to be a broadcast or in sports. And so you also need to have a commitment to whatever the craft is, the it is the you want to do in sports and to commit to being totally excellent at it because to make it in this business, you have to be the best at what you do. Passionistas: Thanks for listening to the Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Hannah Gordon. Tune into the Super Bowl on February 2nd at 6:30 PM Eastern, 3:30 PM Pacific on Fox when Hannah's team, the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Please visit ThePassionistasProject.com to learn more about our podcast and our new subscription box filled with products made by women owned businesses and female artisans to inspire you to follow your passions, sign up for our mailing list to get 10% off your first purchase. And be sure to subscribe to the Passionistas Project Podcast so you don't miss any of our upcoming inspiring guests.

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Lindsay Gordon started work in Australia, moved to San Francisco and ended up working at Google doing customer support. She enjoyed it but saw a gap in recruitment and development and started a side business to re-risk the move. Her passion for customer service was replaced with helping analytical people to find the right career and the rest is history. Lindsay shares enormous value in the podcast on how to build your own career - be it working for someone or yourself.   Important Links & Mentions From This Episode: Google National Bail Out Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less TomatoTimer Acuity Online Appointment Scheduling How I Built This with Guy Raz How I Built This - Facebook group   Connect With Lindsay Gordon On LinkedIn A Life of Options Free resource: Define Your Priorities Connect With Paul and Build Live Give On LinkedIn On Twitter: @BuildLiveGive On Facebook On Instagram: @BuildLiveGive  

Introduction: Today we are fortunate to have with us none other than Lindsay Gordon, a graduate of The Baldwin School in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Lindsay is currently a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, and the founder of the non-profit Strut for Scoliosis. During her internship at Leasing REality in the summer of 2018, Lindsay played an integral part in leading brainstorming sessions focused around Leasing REality’s growth and marketing efforts. When Lindsay is not making a difference for others, she enjoys working out and spending time with her friends.   Episode Notes: At 2:36, Lindsay discusses making a memorable first impression on an interview with a potential employer and on a business pitch. At 3:48, Gordon informs us of Strut for Scoliosis, a charity she founded to help others with scoliosis. At 5:30, she touches upon weathering the storm and remaining positive as there is always light at the end of the tunnel. At 6:24, Lindsay talks about finding the balance in life by staying focused and separating work from pleasure. At 8:36, Lindsay closes out the podcast with a message on the importance of family.

Lindsay Gordon, the founder of A Life of Options, is a career coach for analytically minded people who are feeling uninspired or crushed by an ill-fitting job. Her programs allow you to step back from the stress of not knowing what to do next, reflect on who you are, where you’ve been and where you want to go, and emerge with a solid career plan you’re excited about. Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical support for the Google Apps team. After 5 years of technical support, she transitioned into career development at Google before starting her own business. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries and barbershop singing. On this episode, Lindsay talks about how to choose a career that's right for you and also how she built her side hustle into a full-time business. The show notes for all episodes are at justgogrind.com/podcast

Lindsay has been investing for the last 10 years, starting with single family homes in Philadelphia. Now she lives in Puerto Rico and buys mortgages as well as commercial buildings. She moved outside the states for good reasons, which include some ways that she is saving money on taxes. Tune in to hear how she pays $0 on capital gains! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!   Best Ever Tweet: “Some people get held up on the details of investing” - Lindsay Gordon   Lindsay Gordon Real Estate Background: Has been a real estate investor for the last 10 years Focuses on rentals in Philadelphia, nonperforming second mortgages nationwide, commercial properties in Puerto Rico, and private lending throughout the US. Recently started a travel investment vlog Based in Puerto Rico Say hi to her at     Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at   Best Ever Listeners: Do you need debt, equity, or a loan guarantor for your deals? Eastern Union Funding and Arbor Realty Trust are the companies to talk to, specifically Marc Belsky. I have used him for both agency debt, help with the equity raise, and my consulting clients have successfully closed deals with Marc’s help. See how Marc can help you by calling him at 212-897-9875 or emailing him

"I used to be with it, but they changed what it was" Summer is finally coming to a close and responsibilities of being an adult are starting to set in. But remember our "glory days" of our youth when we didn't have a care in the world? When did we go from wild partying every weekend to going to bed at a reasonable hour, on a Saturday night, just so we can have early morning brunch with our parents the next day? This week Tuong La and "Super Mature" special guests James Beattie, Lindsay Gordon, and Laura Gordon age themselves and talk about the Top 5 Ways to Feel Like A Grown Ass Adult! The post 41 – Top 5 Ways to Feel Like a Grown Ass Adult appeared first on PodCavern.

Lindsay heard about the returns on non-performing second mortgages, and thought the returns were too good to be true. Her team wanted to check it out for themselves. So they actually made the transition from buying single family rental homes over to buying non performing notes and actually becoming the mortgage holder. When they compared the rate of return on first mortgages vs second mortgages, they found that the second mortgages performed greater because they can acquire them at a lower cost, as they are typically seen as a more risky asset., That being said, they'd rather bet on 10 second mortgages then 1 first mortgage for the same price. Topics discussed: Second Mortgage Investing Risk/Reward Diversification Links mentioned in this episode: LGordon@silverbaycapital.com [http://silverbaycapital.com/] Self Directed Investors Network [https://www.facebook.com/groups/SDINetwork/] [https://www.meetup.com/SDI-Network/]

Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her female icons BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.

Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her female icons BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.

Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her female icons BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.

Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her female icons BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.

Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her female icons BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.

Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her female icons Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.

Nowadays, with the internet making the world smaller and any place accessible at your fingertips, any business can be done from anywhere, including real estate. Lindsay Gordon of Silver Capital Bay was conducting her real estate business out of Philadelphia before she decided to transition to Puerto Rico and gained the ability to finance her dreams with her note business. Lindsay shares the highs and lows of running a business remotely and the challenges she's encountered with business and tax laws, owning properties in Puerto Rico, and outsourcing their documentation, servicing, and technology. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the Note Closers Show community today:WeCloseNotes.comThe Note Closers Show FacebookThe Note Closers Show TwitterScott Carson LinkedInThe Note Closers Show YouTubeThe Note Closers Show VimeoThe Note Closers Show InstagramWe Close Notes Pinterest

Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her female icons BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.

Lindsay Gordon on her female icons. Hear more from Lindsay: BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on advice for women making a career change BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on the biggest risk she's taken and how it paid off BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on lessons she learned from her mom BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on if she will change careers again BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on establishing her daily routine working from home BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on Ramona Harvey BONUS: Lindsay Gordon on her cultural heroines Hear Lindsay's full episode here. Learn more about Lindsay. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.