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January 15, 2020

Episode 119: Love of Missing Out

  • My mis-speak on episode #
  • How a trip with friends magnified an issue for me
  • My next level of boundary setting and why it’s tricky
  • The strength I’m finding at home
  • The things I see that have gotten me to this point
  • The food signal I’d been getting around social settings
  • A lightbulb moment around profit first

Quotables

“Which means it’s time to say goodbye.”

“I love tough conversations and conflict.”

“In the past this level of greatness would have been what I was looking for.”

“I get to say no. How fun is that!?”

“Thank goodness for all these amazing people.”

“I’m really interested to see what the 100% yeses are.”

“I can miss out and love it.”

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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.