How to Stop Waiting for Others to Lay Out Your Path

In this episode with Nicolle Merrill, author and podcaster, you will learn:

The difference between being excited and enthusiastic

  • Why Upskilling is important in this age of growing technology

  • How to re-imagine the career ladder

  • The need to shift from soft skills to power skills

Elizabeth Knox
Everything is not an Emergency

In this episode listeners will hear from Grace Langham:

* Learn how to stop treating each client situation as an emergency

* Understand the importance of language and how it shapes the company culture

* Realize that prioritizing the team is prioritizing the client

* Think deeper about mindsets and the meaning-meaning that brings dignity to our work

Elizabeth Knox
Agreeing to Professional Favors

In today's episode, listeners will hear from Katelyn Beaty:

  • How the law of reciprocity skews our perspective of saying yes

  • How to stop thinking of transactional favors as emotional connections

  • How many human problems come down to boundaries

Elizabeth Knox
Social Media is Not King

In today's episode, listeners will hear from Dustin Siggins of Proven Media Solutions:

  • Learn why we shouldn't immediately put social media on a pedestal

  • Understand why knowing your target audience is key to knowing what not to do any more

  • Discover how posting other people’s content could be hurting your business

  • See why branding later is already too late

  • Realize that networking more doesn't always lead to sustainable business

Elizabeth Knox
What Companies like REI and Southwest are NOT Doing

Hear Elizabeth's conversation with Nate Dvorak, a researcher at Gallup. You can hear about what some organizations like CVS, REI, and Southwest have stopped doing in order to be true to who they are. 

Show Notes:

Herb Kellehner, the founder of Southwest, passed away in January, 2019. His NYTimes Obituary gives some good insights into how he led Southwest's Values.

Here is Gallup's research into the positive impact of the decisions by companies we talked about in the podcast to *stop* doing something: 

CVS - part 1 and CVS - part 2

REI

Elizabeth Knox
Stop Browsing and Start Choosing with Pete Davis

In the inaugural episode of You Need To Stop Doing That, Elizabeth has a conversation with Pete Davis, civic activist and founder of Getaway, a tiny cabin rental startup. He shares about the importance of narrowing options, making choices, and how we can build a “counterculture of commitment.”

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