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October 30, 2019

Episode 108: Winning the Week

  • My re-frame on a shorter work week
  • Amazing career coaching client wins!
  • Progress on basic bodily functions
  • What I’m noticing from this season of stepping back that’s lasted about 18 months
  • Wanting to want something
  • How I’m feeling about debt still hanging around
  • A very personal decision that’s changing the future trajectory
  • Setting up a game you can win

Quotables

“I felt pretty down about the lack of potential progress in this week.”

“I just like following through on things.”

“It’s like the fundamentals of any sport.”

“It’s easy to miss it.”

“Where you focus really impacts on where you’re going to get.”

“What I really want and what I really like is a good challenge.”

“My actions speak louder than my words.”

“Kids are a great place to put love.”

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.