Episode 136: Entrepreneurship and Your Authentic Self – with Jacob Ratliff
Beyond 6 Seconds: Neurodiversity stories from neurodivergent people
10/11/21
•30m
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In this episode I'm talking with Jacob Ratliff, a Client Attraction Coach and entrepreneur, about bringing your authenticity into your business. As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Jacob used his identity and lived experiences as the catalyst for creating his business, where he helps entrepreneurs increase brand awareness and visibility, create meaningful engagement, and maintain long-term clients.
Jacob struggled with being authentic in his business at first. We'll learn how he stepped into his authentic self and found success, and as a result, is able to help his clients lean into their authentic, confident, empowered selves to grow their businesses.
Stay tuned to hear Jacob's advice for getting more clarity and alignment in your business as an entrepreneur!
And if you find this episode helpful, then please share it — or let me know how you've used authenticity to succeed in your own business.
During this episode, you will hear Jacob talk about:
- Discovering his entrepreneurial spirit at five years old
- Pivoting from a full-time salaried job to the world of freelancing and business ownership
- His decision to change the type of clients he works with -- and the small but meaningful changes he made to lean into his authenticity as an entrepreneur and attract the clients he wanted to work with
- The biggest challenges faced by the entrepreneurs that he coaches
- The power of being authentic in your business as an entrepreneur
- How shifting from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset has helped his personal and professional life
Connect with Jacob on his website www.jacobratliff.com and on Facebook.
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Episode 135: Minda Harts -- Career Success for Women of Color
September 27, 2021
•25m
Minda Harts is the CEO of The Memo LLC and the award-winning and best-selling author of "The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table." In 2020, Minda was named the #1 Top Voice for Equity in the Workplace by Linkedin. She's been featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Fast Company, The NY Times, and Time Magazine, to name a few. Minda also speaks on topics like managing diverse teams, courageous leadership, and advancing women of color in the workplace.
During this episode, you will hear Minda talk about:
- How her own experience with job-related trauma and racism inspired her to write a career book for women of color -- despite being told that there was no market for a book on this topic
- Some of the less-examined causes of "imposter syndrome" at work
- How to build your network in a hybrid workplace or fully remote workplace
- Why Minda uses the term "success partner" instead of ally -- and how managers and coworkers can be success partners for women of color at work
- What inspired the topics for her next two books: "Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace" and "You Are More Than Magic: The Black and Brown Girls' Guide to Finding Your Voice"
If you want to connect with Minda, you can find her on her official website, mindaharts.com, and follow her on LinkedIn.
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TW: Mentions of suicidal ideation, death from cancer
Kathleen Brown was diagnosed with a rare cancer at the age of 13. While her cancer battle was enormously challenging, she felt completely unprepared for the mental health and emotional struggles that came with it: dark feelings, isolation, trauma and loss.
This difficult experience inspired Kathleen to found buddhi, a digital platform with content, community and curated products for cancer thrivers and their family and friends. With buddhi, she is on a mission to support healing across the entire cancer experience. It's a place to bring your realness and leave toxic positivity at the door.
Before founding buddhi, Kathleen worked for more than 25 years on behalf of the cancer community in fundraising and advocacy, for organizations including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and The V Foundation. Prior to St. Jude, she spent a decade in advertising sales with Disney/ESPN and Comcast.
During this episode, you will hear Kathleen talk about:
- Her story of getting a rare cancer diagnosis at age 13, and how she grappled with dark and isolating feelings during treatment and post-treatment
- The well-meaning but damaging impact of "toxic positivity"
- How buddhi supports cancer survivors and their family and friends
- Her decision to leave the full-time job she loved, to focus on the startup she was born to create
Visit the buddhi website at hibuddhi.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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