November 7, 2018

Episode 056: Tangled, Stuck, Tense, and in Pain

The upcoming life event that had me checking out and watching movies all week
My surgery intentions
Why I’m forgiving myself for being less responsible than usual
My preferred way of setting up businesses
A downside of having a very capable brain
The problem that got me thinking myself in circles
Why I’m questioning my “weight lifting” strength
A great reminder that we’re all human

Quotables

“I am not behaving normally.”

“What is the stretch for me that is not going to crush me, but is actually going to be doable?”

“It’s taking more of my attention than I realized.”

“It was painful. I was up all night. I was tense. I was like a dog with a bone.”

“I couldn’t let it go. I got so hooked around wanting to know the answer.”

“I release.”

“I have a big imagination and it’s easy for me to get lost in it.”

“It was one of those weeks. We all have ‘em.”

About Your Host

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.