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March 10, 2021 41 mins
When you run a business, you can’t do it alone. The Productivityist’s Chief of Staff, Vanessa Tharp, jumps on to explain how she supports my journey. Vanessa Tharp has over 15 years of education, leadership, community building and event planning. She collaborates with people to help create epic events, conferences, retreats, business strategies and product launches. And I would know – she works with me. As Chief of Staff, she’s assisted the growth of The Productivityist in numerous ways, including the BIG Ready. I found this interview really energizing as we uncovered how to build actionable roadmaps and why she’s not one to niche down. Join us as we discuss being a multipotentialite, leveraging relationships, how she plays an integral part in the business – as well as cupcakes and quicksand training. Talking Points Vanessa’s involvement with the development of The Productivityist How to scale without getting stuck Vanessa’s approach to taking action with big business tasks How to leverage relationships Why we need to be more ourselves and embrace the ugly parts Quote “Through your failures you get data points to work from.” Helpful Links Episode 250: 5 Days with John Poelstra Efficient Writing with Jim Woods The BIG Ready The West Wing Express VPN The Two Day Soirée ‘Ego Is The Enemy’ by Ryan Holiday Episode 354: How To Decide with Annie Duke ‘Can’t Hurt Me’ by David Goggins ‘Greenlights’ by Matthew McConaughey VanessaTharp.com Vanessa’s Facebook Vanessa’s Instagram Want to discover some of the books mentioned on the podcast? Check out Scribd, my reading app of choice. If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. Also don't forget to check out all of our podcast sponsors found on our podcast sponsors page. If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. And if you want to have easy access to the archives of the show and ensure you don't miss the new episodes to come then subscribe to the podcast in the app you're using – or you can do so on a variety of podcast platforms by clicking here.

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