I WON THE AWARD!!
Undergrad: 2.4/5 stars
Grad school: 4.4/5 stars (because it was in NYC)
B School: 3.5/5 stars
Foundr courses: 4.5/5 stars
STFO: 5/5 stars (and not just because I won an award!)
I'm always going to be the biggest advocate of investing in yourself. Let the people in your life fight you, it doesn't matter if it's not going to make you more money outright, or give you a credential you can stroke your ego with and display on your LinkedIn profile or office wall.
Whatever the actual topic is, if it tickles your fancy it's going to teach you something BIGGER.
From the outside looking in, having a master's degree in Near Eastern Studies has absolutely NADA to do with marketing and business growth. But let me tell you, it was worth every single penny and every single minute of working three jobs just to pay for the wildly high fees AND the wildly high costs of living in one of the best cities in the world. In fact, I credit it almost entirely for turning me into who I am today — myself as me, and myself as the entrepreneur.
[In case you're wondering what today's award was and where it came from, it was teacher's pet, and it was via the master of positive torture Louis Grenier 🤘. (Given his title… it was definitely sarcastic but hey, I'll run with it.)]
In this latest investment in myself, I had so many breakthroughs about brands, positioning, and what really *hits.* As the weeks progressed I showed up to each call more and more excited and more and more myself. Which is really a metaphor for growing businesses that get to success.
Success happens when you find your voice, when you know who you are and why you exist, and the beginning of the business-building journey is all about trying things until you get there.
You can't steer a parked car, but once you start driving, nafi-gating the world around you is what leads to the perspective shifts, the mental growth, and the awakenings. Before you know it — you've arrived.
I WON THE AWARD!!
Undergrad: 2.4/5 stars
Grad school: 4.4/5 stars (because it was in NYC)
B School: 3.5/5 stars
Foundr courses: 4.5/5 stars
STFO: 5/5 stars (and not just because I won an award!)
I'm always going to be the biggest advocate of investing in yourself. Let the people in your life fight you, it doesn't matter if it's not going to make you more money outright, or give you a credential you can stroke your ego with and display on your LinkedIn profile or office wall.
Whatever the actual topic is, if it tickles your fancy it's going to teach you something BIGGER.
From the outside looking in, having a master's degree in Near Eastern Studies has absolutely NADA to do with marketing and business growth. But let me tell you, it was worth every single penny and every single minute of working three jobs just to pay for the wildly high fees AND the wildly high costs of living in one of the best cities in the world. In fact, I credit it almost entirely for turning me into who I am today — myself as me, and myself as the entrepreneur.
[In case you're wondering what today's award was and where it came from, it was teacher's pet, and it was via the master of positive torture Louis Grenier 🤘. (Given his title… it was definitely sarcastic but hey, I'll run with it.)]
In this latest investment in myself, I had so many breakthroughs about brands, positioning, and what really *hits.* As the weeks progressed I showed up to each call more and more excited and more and more myself. Which is really a metaphor for growing businesses that get to success.
Success happens when you find your voice, when you know who you are and why you exist, and the beginning of the business-building journey is all about trying things until you get there.
You can't steer a parked car, but once you start driving, nafi-gating the world around you is what leads to the perspective shifts, the mental growth, and the awakenings. Before you know it — you've arrived.