143 - If You Hate Sales, This Episode Is For You
MaYapinion®
In this special bonus holiday episode of the MaYapinion® podcast, Maya Roffler breaks down one of the most common struggles women face in entrepreneurship: sales, and why it doesn’t have to feel awkward, pushy, or “icky.” After closing out the six-part Ditch Your 9–5 Before the End of 2025 series, Maya returns with a high-impact conversation inspired by direct messages, community feedback, and real struggles shared by founders inside the MaYapinion ecosystem. In this episode, Maya reframes sales through a leadership lens. Not as persuasion, pressure, or pitching, but as connection,...
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142 - Ditch Your 9-5 Before the End of 2025- Step 6: Step into CEO Mode
MaYapinion®
In the final episode of this six-part series, Maya Roffler breaks down the exact steps to leave your corporate job intentionally, strategically, and successfully before the end of 2025. In episode 142 of MaYapinion®, Maya walks you through Step 6: Step Into CEO Mode, the step where preparation turns into ownership, mindset turns into leadership, and you fully step into your role as the founder of what you’re building. You’ve already completed Step 1 (Audit & Align), Step 2 (Validate Your Business Idea), Step 3 (Build Your Freedom Fund), Step 4 (Build the Brand), and Step 5 (Execute...
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141 - Ditch Your 9-5 Before the End of 2025- Step 5: Execute the Exit
MaYapinion®
In this six-part series, Maya Roffler breaks down the exact steps to leave your corporate job intentionally, strategically, and successfully before the end of 2025. In episode 141 of MaYapinion®, Maya walks you through Step 5: Execute the Exit — the step where preparation becomes action, clarity becomes commitment, and your new chapter officially begins. You’ve already completed Step 1 (Audit & Align), Step 2 (Validate Your Business Idea), Step 3 (Build Your Freedom Fund), and Step 4 (Build the Brand), which means you know what you want, who you serve, what you’re building, and that...
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140 - Ditch Your 9-5 Before the End of 2025- Step 4: Build the Brand
MaYapinion®
Are you ready to ditch your 9–5 and finally build the freedom-based life you’ve been dreaming about? In this six-part series, Maya Roffler breaks down the exact steps to leave your corporate job intentionally, strategically, and successfully before the end of 2025. In today’s episode, Maya walks you through Step 4: Build the Brand the step where your business idea starts to take on a real identity that people can see, feel, and connect with. You’ve already completed Step 1 (Audit & Align), Step 2 (Validate Your Business Idea), and Step 3 (Build Your Freedom Fund), which means you...
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139 - Ditch Your 9-5 Before the End of 2025 - Step 3: Build Your Freedom Fund
MaYapinion®
Are you ready to ditch your 9–5 and finally build the freedom-based life you’ve been dreaming about? In this six-part series, Maya Roffler breaks down the exact steps to leave your corporate job intentionally, strategically, and successfully before the end of 2025. In today’s episode, Maya walks you through Step 3: Build Your Freedom Fund — one of the most important (and most overlooked) parts of leaving your 9–5 in a way that feels grounded, safe, and sustainable. You’ve already completed Step 1 (Audit & Align) and Step 2 (Validate Your Business Idea), which means you now...
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138 - Ditch Your 9-5 Before the End of 2025 - Step 2: Validate Your Business Idea
MaYapinion®
Are you ready to ditch your 9–5 and finally build the freedom-based life you’ve been dreaming about? In this six-part series, Maya Roffler breaks down the intentional, strategic, and realistic steps you need to take to leave your corporate job before the end of 2025. In this episode, Maya walks you through Step 2: Validate Your Business Idea. Before you quit your job or invest energy into building something new, you need proof that the business you want to create is viable. Maya shows you how to validate your idea in the real world so you don’t waste time, money, or momentum building...
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137 - Ditch Your 9-5 Before the End of 2025 - Step 1: Audit & Align
MaYapinion®
Are you ready to ditch your 9–5 and finally build the freedom-based life you’ve been dreaming about? In this brand-new six-part series, Maya Roffler breaks down the exact steps to leave your corporate job intentionally, strategically, and successfully before the end of 2025. In episode 137 Maya walks you through Step 1: Audit & Align. Before you can build a business or transition into entrepreneurship, you need clarity, both in your finances and in your fulfillment. Maya shows you how to conduct a full audit of your current role: your salary, benefits, and responsibilities, but also...
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136 - Gatekeeping Doesn't Work
MaYapinion®
Are you ready to dive back into the MaYapinion® podcast? Come navigate the world of female entrepreneurship with Maya Roffler. In this episode, Maya takes a bold look at one of the most toxic, yet often overlooked habits in both corporate and entrepreneurial spaces: gatekeeping. From her early experiences in corporate leadership to her years as an entrepreneur, Maya breaks down what gatekeeping really is, withholding information. and why it’s one of the most ineffective and ego-driven practices in business. She shares how it shows up differently in corporate America versus the online...
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135 - The Power of the Pivot
MaYapinion®
Come navigate the world of female entrepreneurship with Maya Roffler. In this episode, Maya explores one of the most essential traits every successful entrepreneur must master, the power of the pivot. Following last week’s conversation about leaving corporate America, Maya takes listeners deeper into what happens after you’ve launched your business. She breaks down why pivoting isn’t a one-time event, but a continual part of innovation, leadership, and growth. Through personal examples from her own journey, from evolving the MaYapinion® brand to scaling her tech startup Find a Co-Host,...
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134 - The Pivot: Leaving Corporate America for Your Own Path
MaYapinion®
After years in the corporate world, Maya realized something every woman in business eventually faces, the call to pivot. In this episode of MaYapinion®, she opens up about what inspired her to walk away from her 9–5, how loss changed her perspective, and the five-step plan that helped her confidently build her own entrepreneurial path. Maya shares her personal story of redefining success after losing her brother, the moment she realized her work no longer fulfilled her, and how she began building a life and business that aligned with her purpose. From learning to trust her intuition to...
info_outlineWelcome Dr. Sarah E. Brown to the podcast this week! Dr. Sarah E. Brown is leading the charge to revolutionize the self-development industry through the power of personalization. An expert on using the results of personality assessments and the author of the Book of You®, available at www.bookofyou.com, she has created a way for individuals to self-coach themselves to greater clarity, confidence and commitment to personalized career goals uniquely suited to their interests, strengths, and needs.. A subsequent book Let Your Personality be your Career Guide, available on Amazon.com, contains a wealth of stories and exercises to help an individual quickly determine the key personality components that should be considered in choosing a career direction.. Dr. Brown has also co-authored Road to Success with Jack Canfield, New York Times Best Selling author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Success Principles, and others.
Know Thyself, LLC DBA Book of You® is Dr. Sarah E. Brown's company. The mission of this company is to empower mid-career professional women with information about themselves and equip them with the tools to translate this knowledge into goals and strategies that will allow them to be happy, successful, and experience less stress at work. We provide training on "self-coaching," and a personalized book called the Book of You® that is completely personalized to the reader based off a world-class personality assessment called the Birkman Method®. The podcast The KTS Success Factor® Podcast for Women brings to its audience in each episode one actionable idea female business leaders can use to increase their capabilities, commitment, and confidence to pursue and achieve big business goals.
Here's what Dr. Sarah thinks about leadership in her own words, "Being a leader means taking 100% responsibility for all that you are in charge of leading. In companies, “leaders” do not do all the work, but they are 100% responsible for the work that gets done. If the results are not what the leader or the company wants, the leader is 100% responsible for figuring out why and fixing it. The same is true in my life. I am 100% responsible for my life and my results. I cannot waste time on blaming and complaining. If I am not happy with an aspect of my life, it is my responsibility to change it."
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