This episode features Amy Singleton, as a guest on the show. She talks about how transitioning from being a nurse to entrepreneurship helped them heal and find purpose. They express excitement about the freedom and limitless growth opportunities that entrepreneurship provides. Entrepreneurship brings freedom but can also be challenging in terms of work-life balance.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Host Andrew Brockenbush and co-host John Fritzching have known each other for over 13 years
- Amy discusses how a career transition from being a nurse to entrepreneurship helped with their healing and finding purpose after a difficult time in their life
- Finding new ways to serve people and help them grow their businesses
- Excitement about the freedom and limitless growth opportunities that entrepreneurship provides
- They mention the possibility of hiring a CEO to run their agency but ultimately choose to stay because of the freedom and flexibility that entrepreneurship offers.
- Entrepreneurship brings freedom but can also be challenging in terms of work-life balance
- Entrepreneurship is a yin and yang of different parts of life and can be enjoyable and not feel like work
- Rigidity and strict schedules can be a negative aspect of traditional jobs
- Taking time for things that bring joy and relaxation can lead to more productivity and creativity
- Entrepreneurs may find themselves in a rut and questioning if they should continue with their business
- Advice for getting out of this rut includes working with a mindset coach, therapy, and focusing on the bigger picture and reasons why the business was started in the first place.
- They acknowledge the need for more resources and representation for female entrepreneurs in the industry
- They offer a business growth hack related to mindset, specifically addressing the tendency to catastrophize and instead visualizing the best possible outcome in difficult situations.
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