Are Comfort Zones Really So Bad? A Conversation with Terri Trespicio
Episode description
This episode is your invitation to un-follow conventional wisdom, advice, beliefs, and assumptions.
In this episode, Terri Trespicio shares some of her counterintuitive take on career and life as she explains how (and why) to UNFOLLOW so much of what society and culture has taught us to believe. In this episode, we dive into:
- What passion really is vs. what we make it mean in our lives
- Where all the pressure to “find out passion” comes from in the first place
- Terri’s thoughts on comfort zones and whether or not they’re really the enemy we make them out to be in the entrepreneurial world?
- What visibility means to Terri and how to get more of it, in a way that isn’t disingenuous!
- Advice for aspiring authors and writers
- Terri’s upcoming event at Nova Arts in Keene on Saturday, January 29th (link below)
- And more!
About Terri
Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, brand advisor, and author of Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life That Matters to You (Atria / Simon & Schuster, December 2021).
Her TEDx talk, “Stop Searching for Your Passion,” has more than 7 million views and Hubspot named her one of the “Top 18 female speakers who are killing it.” A former magazine editor and radio host at Martha Stewart, she has appeared on the Today show, Dr. Oz, The Early Show, The Anderson Cooper Show—as well as Oprah magazine, Inc.com, and Business Insider.
A national conference speaker, Terri was rated #1 by attendees at Barron’s and How Design Live—and has performed stand-up all over New York City. A certified facilitator in the Gateless Writing Method, Terri leads workshops for helping people tap their best ideas. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and won first place for creative nonfiction in the Baltimore Review’s 2016 literary contest. Terri lives in Manhattan.
Connect with Terri and Join Us at the Upcoming Event in Keene, NH!