Today’s guest helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get “unstuck.” She helps them push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo.
She is a serial entrepreneur who has started and sold a successful international executive search firm, built philanthropic and political action committees from scratch, and was a White House appointee on the team which created the national service project, AmeriCorps.
She is the author of multiple books including her latest, “Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life.” Not a surprising topic for someone who describes herself as the lightweight champion of the get-the-hell-out-of-your-own-way world, a competitive rower, and professional badass.
Please join me in welcoming Laura Gassner Otting.
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In this episode we discuss:
- her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is looking at other people, seeing their greatness, and reflecting that back on them in a way they can see it, believe it, and do something with it.”
- how her time in politics taught her the difference between the person on stage and the people who are leaders.
- her belief that success doesn’t create happiness and that success and leadership look different to each person.
- the four elements that remove limits and empower people to live their best lives.
- her knowledge of networking and how she learned to respect other people’s agendas.
- how she maintains relationships with people by being conscious of where she’s traveling and connecting friends from different walks in life.
Links
- Laura Gassner Otting on LinkedIn and Twitter.
- www.lauragassnerotting.com (and the easier to remember: www.heylgo.com)
- www.limitlessassessment.com – free assessment
- Top 20 Best Ever Tips for Absolutely Super Awesome Networking.
Books mentioned in this episode:
- “Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life” by Laura Gassner Otting
- “Mission Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose” by Laura Gassner Otting
- “The Mission Driven Handbook: A Resource for Moving from Profit to Purpose” by Laura Gassner Otting
- “Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector” by Laura Gassner Otting
- “Big Citizenship: How Pragmatic Idealism Can Bring Out the Best in America” by Alan Khazeibil
- “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” by Sheryl Sandberg
Other Resources
- Learn more about Bill Clinton.
- Learn more about Michael Port.
- Learn more about Dale Carnegie.
- Listen to my interview with Dorie Clark.
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- You want to have a greater impact and increased income. The problem is that there are so many options for how to build your business that you can feel stuck, overwhelmed, and like you're running out of time.
- The reason options are overwhelming is that you're looking at them as a series of disconnected steps when — to make the most of your time — you need a strategy that connects only the most important and highest impact ones.
- Why? Because you know it's true that if you try to do everything, you will accomplish nothing. Which means, to achieve your goal, you have to invest in a strategy to put time on your side.
- How? This program will help you find the clarity to determine what is the right next step for your business. A book? A podcast? An online course? Masterminds? Speaking on bigger stages?
- Together we will design a 12-month Relationship-Based Business Plan that will allow you to stack your successes to create momentum and leverage your limited time.
- Read about this program and then schedule a complimentary 60-minute session to see if it's a good fit. www.robbiesamuels.com/more
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