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November 14, 2018

Episode 057: The Thing That’s All Too Easy to Take For Granted

  • The result of the surgery that had me nervous
  • The kindness of a neighbor
  • My reminder to myself when things were painful and unpleasant
  • A crucial reminder for anyone going for a big goal
  • Four important centering questions

Quotables

“Everything went perfectly fine.”

“My family and husband have been so helpful.”

“I’m grateful that my body knows what to do and knows how to heal.”

“It’s really striking to me how none of that matters if our health is out of whack.”

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Alison Cardy is motivated by three main drivers: to be helpful to others, to personally grow and to have fun along the way. She’s a quiet rebel who pushes limits. She dreams big and executes regularly. And she has the dual capacities of creativity and systematic thinking.


On To a Billion with Joy Alison shares the ups and downs of her entrepreneurial endeavors, including how she built, grew and even tried to break one business that ran like a machine. Spoiler: it didn’t break.


Alison is a frequent speaker at universities and alumni groups, including Harvard, MIT, Georgetown and her alma mater, The University of Maryland. She is the author of the bestseller, Career Grease: How to Get Unstuck and Pivot Your Career. Her work has been featured on Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, and The Washington Post.


Her other business ventures can be found at cardycareercoaching.com and bethebeacon.com.