In Part 2 of her conversation, Nina Sossamon-Pogue moves from storytelling to strategy—offering real-world tools for navigating change, resilience, and reinvention. From building a reverse resume to mapping your own success timeline, she shares frameworks that help Gen Xers (and anyone feeling stuck) turn lived experience into a launchpad.
Instead of chasing corporate validation or viral moments, Nina reminds us that real success is slow-built, self-defined, and deeply human. For those designing their next chapter, this episode offers not just hope—but a real blueprint for building forward.
>>Your Reverse Resume: What You’ve Survived Matters
“It’s not just what you’ve achieved—it’s what you’ve overcome.”
Nina introduces the concept of the reverse resume, helping people recognize the hidden strengths built through life’s hardest chapters.
>>You Are Not Your LinkedIn Headline
“We are so much more than our last job title.”
She challenges the conventional resume model, urging listeners to view their lives as full stories—not highlight reels.
>>Resilience = Adaptation, Not Just Persistence
“Grit keeps you going. Resilience changes you.”
Nina explains why true resilience requires positive adaptation, not just stubborn endurance.
>>The Successful Timeline: Redefining What Really Counts
“A career milestone isn’t the same as a life well-lived.”
She shares how mapping your life as a timeline of both triumphs and setbacks can reframe your sense of success.
>>The Lego Mindset
“We each have a unique set of building blocks. The masterpiece is yours to create.”
Using a brilliant Lego analogy, Nina shows how your skills, experiences, and choices can assemble into something no one else can replicate.
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