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May 1, 2019

Episode 082: A Pumpkin Shaped Cheeseball

  • What I’m calling myself out on
  • My super important role for Thanksgiving
  • My concerns about my next coaches
  • Balancing a commitment to growth with financial responsibility

Quotables

“I’m kind of doing a terrible job of not working.”

“I’ve had it and I’ve lost it, so I need to get back to it.”

“It’s kind of exciting and a little nerve wracking.”

“I don’t want to live my life in a way where I’m always feeling behind financially.”

“I learn so much from having coaches in my life who can see things I can’t see.”

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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.