How does taking a job you hate lead to a life you love? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Kim Kaupe – Accidental Entrepreneur, Squad Assembler, Shark Tank Alum.
Timestamps:
4:36 – Wanting a Change
5:16 – I’ve made a huge mistake.
6:55 – “I had plans for failure, but I never planned for success”
8:12 – Holyshit – this is working?!
11:45 – The unspoken learning curve of becoming CEO
13:27 – Success is a portal, not a finite destination.
15:00 – Aha Moment: I’m not happy.
28:40 – Good News or Bad News, take a 30 second beat before reacting.
30:39 – What does happiness look like to you?
33:41 – The St. Martin Memo
34:40 – Set aside time to be bored.
41:25 – Have you ever tried to push away your good ideas?
43:00 – “You can run away from the boulder, but not from yourself.”
47:55 – If the URL for your idea is open…
50:05 – Wonderhell visits people who have the hunger for it.
52:03 – Keep disrupting yourself, keep jumping to new S Curves.
53:56 – Broccoli, Candy, Broccoli, Candy.
55:20 – We should always have a kid mentality. Let me try something harder to get to the next stage.
59:47 – You don’t have to be perfect, just be present.
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Kim Kaupe is a founder, keynote speaker, and one-of-a-kind teacher. From worldwide stages to her online courses, Kim’s mission of investing in yourself, supercharging your career and building your network has garnered the praise of corporate clients such as American Express, YPO, TEDx and LinkedIn.
Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.