What is the secret to recognizing and realizing your raison d’être? Stopping to ask yourself a single illuminating question will dramatically change your perspective and empower you to define your own powerful, personal philosophy. Mindfully shaking up how you think about your ambition and life purpose elicits inspired creativity, fresh energy, initiative, resilience, and prepares you to spot and passionately pursue your next great opportunity. Today’s show explores the easy-to-access foundation...
Jan 13, 2014•41 min
Are you scaring your people into mediocrity? All leaders want to outperform , outsell, and out-innovate the competition. And most teams are fully capable of doing so. The problem: we consistently say and do things that spark unconscious fears and keep our people stuck in their Critter State. Smart leaders have to get their people unstuck out of this this primitive fight, flight, or freeze mode and fully engaged, replacing their old limiting mental patterns with new patterns that foster optimal p...
Sep 09, 2013•45 min
How does someone who is obsessed live peacefully with others who are not? That question summarizes the quandary faced by company founders and their families. To answer it, today’s guest, Meg Cadoux Hirshberg , and I examine the impact—for better and for worse—of entrepreneurial businesses on families and relationships, and vice versa. Meg is the author of For Better or For Work , a vital guide to navigating the emotional and logistical terrain of business-building while simultaneously enjoying a...
Oct 29, 2012•55 min
The late, existential psychologist Rollo May wrote, in The Courage To Create , “Courage is not the absence of periodic despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair .” This is a particularly compelling notion today, when so many young people, who have recently graduated from college and are trying to craft a career, are having not only great difficulty finding a job, but are having great difficulty envisioning creating a meaningful, inspiring career, given what’s going o...
Sep 19, 2012•57 min
FINALLY you have that epiphany for a compelling new online business , a hot new product or service, or a brilliant new book idea. This is it! You’re so excited – at first. You bounce out of bed for a week, fired up with an enthusiasm and passion you thought you’d lost forever. And then, doubt overtakes joy. Instantly, you’re dragged down by the negative voices sounding off in your head: “What do I do first? Keyword research? Search engine optimization? What kind of blog? Design? Prototype? How m...
Aug 27, 2012•58 min
I’ll bet when you see photos of Marilyn Monroe your first thoughts are, “Sexy, dumb-blond bombshell. I’ll bet what you DON’T think is, “Now THERE was a smart and complex woman of many parts : savvy business woman with a brilliant intellect; a genius at recruiting key mentors; a master at strategically achieving her ambitious goals even after countless failures, rejections, and firings. You don’t think, “She was a feminist, a progressive thinker.” Nor do you you think, “There was a woman with fie...
Aug 20, 2012•53 min
Whether you’re looking for the next step in your career and don’t know where to begin, or already have a good start on your job search but need a push to help you to stay laser-focused , get ready to be inspired. My guest, TheLadders Job Search Expert Amanda Augustine serves up fresh, practical advice to help speed your success. If you’re truly ready to start your search in earnest, dying to infuse it with fresh energy, willing to put in the required time, and prepared to do your part — includin...
Jul 30, 2012•45 min
You CAN transform your relationship with money . There are 3 levels of Financial Development: Survival, Stability, and Affluence. Listen in as I chat with my back-by-popular-demand guest, the leading authority on women and money, Barbara Stanny , about how, for women, the journey from Stability to Affluence is a very different game from the one most successful men are playing. This new game, Sacred Success®, merges higher incomes with a higher calling . Sacred Success® means following your soul’...
Jul 16, 2012•57 min
There is nothing more galling than picking up a newspaper or business magazine and seeing a story that has your name written all over it – except that your competitors, not you, are quoted in the piece. You wonder, “How did THEY get noticed by journalists? Why is their expert advice being featured instead of mine?” Listen in as I chat with Forbes contributing writer, media consultant, and writing coach Brooke Axtell about how women can quickly get on journalists’ and radio and television produce...
Jun 29, 2012
Today’s guest, top LinkedIn expert Wayne Breithbarth , is back by popular demand. After Wayne’s first appearance on AMBITION radio , listeners flooded my inbox with “Encore!!” requests for more from the masterful and entertaining author of THE #1 selling LinkedIn book of all time, “The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success: Kick-start Your Business, Brand and Job Search.” As Wayne approaches his three-year anniversary of helping people use LinkedIn to turn their business and professional goals into...
May 14, 2012•53 min
One call from a headhunter can change your career and your life. Today’s guest expert, talent scout and founder of Renaissance Search Partners LLC , Andrea Henderson , pulls back the curtain on headhunters and executive recruiters, revealing what you need to know to find and work well with them to achieve your most ambitious goals. You may be between jobs and searching. Or in a company you can’t stand, working alongside people who are burned out and miserable, but everyone says you should preten...
Apr 16, 2012•1 hr 1 min
Today’s show empowers women to own their finances so they can own their lives . Did you know that a $100 pair of jeans could end up costing you almost twice that much if you pay only the minimum balance on your credit card each month? Or that 90% of American women will be the sole keeper of their personal finances at some point during their lives? Whether you’ve been living paycheck-to-paycheck, are trying to save for a down payment on your first home, or are hoping to one day retire in comfort,...
Apr 03, 2012•53 min
One night in an Aspen ski house Icebreaker Entertainment President & Founder Christi Scofield realized she was bored with traditional board games and decided to make up her own . That night the idea for a new company was born . What started out as a company that created and sold one board game has become a multi-faceted consumer products company with products ranging from t-shirts to books, school supplies, greeting cards, iPhone apps, board games, beauty supplies and more. Christi was putti...
Mar 06, 2012•53 min
Tune in today as Dr. Debra Condren chats with the acclaimed author and journalist Peggy Orenstein who, as a new mother, was blindsided by the persistent ultra-feminine messages being sent to a new generation of little girls—from endless permutations of pink to pressures to be “a hot tot” and a “spoiled brat princess.” When Orenstein published an essay in The New York Times Magazine about the “princess-mania” that has overtaken a new generation of little girls, she was not prepared for a firestor...
Feb 27, 2012•1 hr 7 min
Everywhere we hear advice about discovering the secret sauce to business success and achieving that entrepreneurial edge , from gold-standard education and training to marketing, sales, technology, and public relations savvy. But rarely do we hear about the true cornerstone of success – our health. Listen in as today’s guest Sheila Wagner reveals the number one secret snapped up by her ambitious clients, whether they are Fortune 100 CEOs, founders of Inc. 500 fastest growing firms, ambitious sol...
Feb 13, 2012•1 hr
Debra Condren chats with Wayne Breitbarth , author of the #1 selling LinkedIn book, “The Power Formula for LinkedInSuccess: Kick-Start Your Business, Brand & Job Search.” Why should you not only be on LinkedIn, but be *active* on LinkedIn? Even if you’re stretched to your social media limit from keeping up with Facebook and Twitter, and even if you just don’t like or understand LinkedIn, you’re missing out if you’re not leveraging this powerful platform. Listen in and discover the most impor...
Feb 06, 2012•1 hr
Debra Condren tells stories with Annette Simmons , author of The Story Factor , recently named one of “The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.” What’s your story? Who are you? Where do you come from? When you seek to influence others you face these questions and more. Whether you’re proposing a risky new venture, trying to close a deal, or leading a charge against injustice, you have a story to tell. Tell your story well and you will create a shared experience with your listeners that can have ...
Jan 30, 2012•53 min
When you think of the Grateful Dead the first thing you probably think about is tie-dye, Volkswagen buses and, of course, drugs, sex, and rock and roll. What you probably don’t think of is that the Grateful Dead invented social media. Or that for an extraordinary thirty years the Dead improvised a business plan and realized their vision – all while making huge profits. Deadhead and business scholar Dr. Barry Barnes, author of the book Everything I Know About Business I Learned From the Grateful ...
Jan 09, 2012•1 hr 9 min
How can you guarantee predictable growth and revenue for your business this year? How do you uncover hidden assets in your company ? What are the three things you can do that will change everything for your business this year – in spite of the fact that today 71% of American workers are not emotionally engaged? The economy has changed, the world has changed. What if your particular business model is no longer working? You know you have to shift from what you have been offering to something new ....
Jan 04, 2012•1 hr 5 min
So often women wake up one day and realize that we aren’t really steering our own lives or careers because we’re constantly giving away our power. We don’t set firm boundaries for ourselves—at work or at home. We don’t negotiate and end up making “The $500K+ Mistake.” We put up with a job or personal relationship that is sucking our soul because we don’t believe we have the power to change it. We put others’ needs ahead of our own, placing our own priorities at the bottom of the pile. We try to ...
Dec 26, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Does your corporate career leave you stressed out, burned out, or just plain bummed out? But you feel you have no options? There IS a way out—and you’re holding it. Today’s guest talks with me about nuts and bolts strategies cubicle-bound and corner-office-cornered listeners can use, starting right now, to break free and create the career of your dreams—without going broke. Whether you’re looking to launch your own small business, or craving an opportunity in a brand new industry, or you simply ...
Dec 19, 2011•1 hr 7 min
Decide to become an entrepreneur and you will inevitably hear naysayers warn: “Are you crazy? You might earn money here and there, but you’ll never have financial or career security, the ability to move up the ladder, retirement plans, paid vacations, or peace of mind.” Today’s guest argues that, in fact, just the opposite is true: If you do it right, not only will you make a LOT more money being your own boss, you will actually have MORE security than you would working for someone else. The man...
Dec 12, 2011•1 hr 1 min
We want to make good money doing work we love. We want job security. So, of course it’s incredibly frustrating when we haven’t yet cracked the code. But we forget that it takes a long time to become an overnight success. No one knows that better than today’s guest Barbara Corcoran whose credentials include straight D’s in high school and college and twenty jobs by the time she turned twenty-three. It was her next job that would make her one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country whe...
Dec 08, 2011•1 hr 4 min
Like most of us, in this uncertain economy, here you are (regardless of your track record) working your tail off, drowning in debt, and struggling to survive. You lie awake at night worried about your job security. Or you search feverishly for new opportunities. Unless you’re Oprah or Warren Buffet, you’re constantly aware that you’re not earning what you know you’re worth. You’re not doing meaningful, challenging work that pays you well. But you don’t have a clue what to do about it. Join us as...
Nov 28, 2011•1 hr 7 min
