109 - Why we want to Quit and How to stay Focused and Increase our Resilience as Entrepreneurs - Guest Expert Talk
Release Date: 09/22/2022
Pleasure Central Radio
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Rebecca discusses clarity and resilience as business owners, in particular female entrepreneurs, with food blogger and podcaster Megan Porta. Megan invited her as a guest expert to one of her mastermind groups in order to delve into the question, why do entrepreneurs give up and how can they develop a mindset to overcome obstacles, adapt to change and keep growing their businesses.
GUEST DETAILS
Connect with Megan Porta
Megan started her food blog Pip and Ebby to provide other busy career-moms with easy, quick recipes for their families. She eventually left her traditional 9-5 as a graphic designer, giving up the long days in the office, to become a full-time blogger. Inspired by other successful podcasters, she wanted to help the food blogging community further and started Eat Blog Talk as a podcast in 2019. Her vision was to help create a space for food bloggers to learn and grow as a community. She is now well-known for her podcast in the food blogging space and helps bloggers around the world gain confidence in order to forge ahead with their businesses in a powerful new way.
Think about this:
- How do you stay in synch with the people you care for as an entrepreneur?
- Your business is a way to improve the world.
- We do our best work when we share and celebrate with people who also do things that matter.
- Your business is there to serve you. Not the other way around.
- Collect feedback about your content from people you trust.
- Shine and receive is another approach to entrepreneurship. Place emphasis on value you provide instead of what you can get from other people.
- If you are feeling down in your business:
Try Rebecca’s Rampage of Appreciation.
Take 7 minutes to swow about you dream: What would make you really happy right now?
- When you experience fear: is it an emotion that moves through you or a thought that stays with you?
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Listen to Episode 095 (Stop, Listen, THEN Inspired Action – with Morgan, Shawn and Rebecca) for a more masculine-leaning balanced take on the same topic…
CREDITS
Thanks for listening to Pleasure Central Radio. Today’s episode is courtesy of Megan Porta, food blogger and host of the podcast Eat Blog Talk. Thanks to her for inviting Rebecca as a guest expert and her community for participating in the discussion. And thanks to Ronsley and James over at We Are Podcast for connecting us through their community. Find out more about Megan and her podcast at https://eatblogtalk.com/ and check out WeArePodcast.com.
If you’ve listened to this episode today and were intrigued by something, I would love to hear about it. What really hit home for you? or surprised you? or maybe something from this episode helped you shift a perspective about something important?
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I’m especially interested in any new concepts that motivated you to do anything different in your own life.
I can’t wait to hear from you!
Thank you for being a part of the conversation. And I look forward to your company on the next episode.
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Find her food blog here: https://pipandebby.com/