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March 4, 2020

Episode 126: Learning to Work with Authority Influence

  • The pleasant surprise of a recent effort
  • Bragging on our clients
  • Intensive re-cap
  • What created a slow and steady journey for me historically
  • A meta-lesson around mentor selection and allowing influence
  • A new development on retirement savings

Quotables

“Our clients are inspiring, beautiful, wonderful people.”

“How can I show up with good integrity and not needing people to change, but influence the relationships in a positive way?”

“Sometimes when you hit things it’s actually a wonderful opportunity.”

“We’re talking about moving forward doing more things in partnership together.”

“I had a long stint of I just want to do things my way.”

“Set a goal. Start working towards 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.