February 6, 2019

Episode 069: The Price of a Terrific Education

The day that thrilled me!
Bringing Rumi in for back-up
The expansive project we’re tackling that is meant to help people shine their light brighter
Seeing new possibilities for our coaching team
The lens I’m taking on high expenses that has me feeling happy
How parallel parking is like marketing for me
The two disparate ideas I want to practice holding in my head

Quotables

“I choose to go through those challenges.”

“All of those trains are slowly picking up speed.”

“My finances are in the pits.”

“If that’s the price of this education, so be it. This has been incredible.”

“I had a major skill fail.”

“If you’re starting something new, it takes more work.”

“The challenge is not perpetual.”

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.