Why Leaders Sabotage Their Own Success | Book Huddle with Tamika Stewart
Why do smart leaders torpedo their own success? Sometimes the biggest obstacle isn't your competition - it's you.
Tamika Stewart joins me to discuss The Mountain Is You + how internal blocks show up at work. We discuss perfectionist managers who demoralise their teams, leaders who avoid difficult conversations + why "everyone has trauma" might be oversimplifying things.
Plus, why you can't just read self-help books in isolation + the difference between leadership coaching + therapy.
Look for more Book Huddles where experts share the books that shaped their thinking.
Book discussed in this episode:
The Mountain Is You - Brianna West
Tamika's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tamikahstewart
Tamika's Website: tamikastewart.com
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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Unfollow Your Passion | Author Interview with Terri Trepsico
What if chasing your passion is actually keeping you stuck?
Terri Trespicio's TED talk has 8 million views and her book on the same subject challenges everything you've been told about finding work you love.
Terri shares why waiting to find your passion delays action, why you should expand your comfort zone rather than step out of it + why you shouldn't monetize everything you love.
Plus, did you know boredom led Walt Disney to invent Disneyland. We should all embrace boredom now and then.
Look for more Author Interviews where we discuss fabulous books with the smart people who wrote them.
Books discussed in this episode:
Unfollow Your Passion – Terri Trespicio
Originals - Adam Grant
Terri's Website: territrespicio.com/trystudio
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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Put Your Local Business on the Map | Your Biz Needs a Book with Ron Tester
What if your local business could become the unofficial welcome guide for your neighborhood?
Ron Tester joins me to answer a listener’s question – his was focused on churches – we expand it out to any local business dependent on their local community for business.
We discuss Rick Warren's 40-million-copy success that filled his church, how to use the book to build relationships, maybe even with local donors + how a beautiful neighborhood guide beats any leaflet.
Look for more episodes in the Your Biz Needs a Book series where we discuss why every business should write something.
Book mentioned in this episode:
The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren
Ron's Website: rontestercoaching.com
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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The Gingerbread Man's Guide to Losing Customers | Classics with Rachel Allen
Ever been hounded by a salesperson who just won't take no for an answer?
Oddly enough, there's a centuries-old folk tale that perfectly captures why pushy marketing makes everyone want to run away.
Rachel Allen joins me to discuss the spectacularly annoying Gingerbread Man. We discuss what six inches of overconfident dough can teach us about boundaries + the difference between being present versus being pushy.
Look for more Classics episodes where we take stories that definitely aren't business books + see what lessons we can learn anyway.
Rachel’s Website: boltfromthebluecopywriting.com
Rachel’s Instagram: instagram.com/boltfromthebluecopywriting
Rachel's Substack: boltfromtheblue.substack.com
Rachel’s email : hello at boltfromthebluecopywriting.com
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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Fiction Pop-Up: Oct | Pop-Up with Sarah Benvenuti
Need a break from the endless parade of mediocre business content?
Sarah Benvenuti joins me to discuss the fiction books that remind us what good writing looks like.
We geek out about magical realism, world-building done right + why sometimes the setting matters more than the plot. Plus what happens when authors get the balance between explanation + mystery just right.
Look for more Fiction Pop-Ups - they're roughly every month.
Books discussed in this episode:
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies - Heather Fawcett
The Tattoo Murder - Aikei Mitsu
Bunny - Mona Awad
The Tainted Cup - Robin Jackson Bennett
A Drop of Corruption - Robin Jackson Bennett
Sarah's Website: benvenutiarts.com
Sarah's Instagram: instagram.com/benvenuti_arts
Sarah's Facebook: facebook.com/benvenutiarts
Sarah's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/benvenutiarts
Sarah's Medium: medium.com/@sarahbenvenuti
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
Liz Scully spent 20 years working on big Hollywood films - she’s won an Emmy and her work is multi-Oscar nominated.
She travelled the world working with massive Visual FX teams + worked far too many weekends so film directors got their perfect shot.
Now, she's a business strategist and a Mastermind coach and she'll help you do equally spectacular things with your business.
Growth is all about having a clear and simple strategy where each daily task moves the whole business along in many areas. She’s here to help you earn more, work less and have much more fun in your business.
She’s created training on how to run the most effective Mastermind groups on the planet (humans really are better together). And with Evil Coach strategy, training so good, it’s not only effective but actually entertaining. Very rare.
Liz is a fully fledged book nerd + reads a couple of books a day. She’s sifted through them to find the most effective books for you + your biz.
Plus she’s bringing in many of her pals from her days in advertising, commercials, media and speaking - to get you the very best conversation + primo book recommendations.
She's Irish, nomadic and as confused as everyone else why she has an English accent.
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