October 9, 2019

Episode 105: Reeling from An Extreme Data Point

My interaction with extreme alignment
Where my expertise actually lies
Grappling with my client avatar
The familiar feeling I experienced
What thought process put a bounce in my step
How I was able to move through a slump much more quickly
Stepping into my hero brand archetype

Quotables

“I like to press on people’s personal systems.”

“Who am I looking for?”

“Ok, back to the lab. Back to figuring out what to do next.”

“I keep having these frustrations because I keep picking hard problems because I love hard problems.”

“I’m actually right where I want to be.”

“Oh, yeah, it’s supposed to be hard.”

“The capacity piece I did get right.”

“Let’s just be the team that we are.”

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.