In this episode, career coach Lisa Lewis (and a person that Scott describes as one of the best “career coaches on the planet”) shares the story of how she pivoted into career coaching and the powerful lessons she learned along the way. Lisa, in particular, shares advice on why it’s important to leverage feedback (both good and bad) to help you move forward in pursuing your dreams.

Key Insights:

• How Lisa made the slow transition from a marketing career headed to the C-level suite to a passionate and authentic career coach
• The unique way that Lisa gained clarity on her choice to become a life coach
• Why she strongly believes that you don’t need to be a guru in order to start a career coach business
• Dealing with failure and criticism as a newbie coach and how you can leverage that feedback to make you smarter
• Lisa’s marketing strategy now…and what it was when she first started
• Why Lisa says coaching changed every aspect of her life

Key Quotes of the Episode:

“I did the work and I was really good at the work and I had no desire for this work.”

“I had this secret dream of entrepreneurship that was not going away…”

“I realized really quickly that my love is working one-on-one with people and helping individual human beings have transformation…”

“I didn’t start out thinking ‘I want to leave digital marketing to go and be a coach.’”

“Coaching, in itself, is a form of listening and asking powerful questions of the other person and helping them figure out what’s true for them.”

“You don’t have to know everything to be able to help.”

“For me, sustainable means building a business model that does not leave me in a cold sweat at the end of the month or at the beginning of the month.”

“The more visible you make yourself…[the more] it sets you up for being able to be successful and serve the people you want to serve”

Resources

StrengthsFinder 2.0

Tanya Geisler

Lisa Lewis on Medium

Lisa Lewis “How to Negotiate a Career Pivot”  on Born to Thrive Podcast with Jamie Lee

About Our Guest

Lisa Lewis is a former marketing professional with experience in the for-profit and non-profit industries. Currently she serves as a career transitions coach, author, and CEO of Lisa Lewis Career Coaching, So Much More (a coaching certification program) and A Path That Fits (one-on-one coaching & student support)

Connect with Lisa Lewis

Website: http://www.somuchmorecoaching.com/

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