Have you considered going into business for yourself, but perhaps thought you weren’t outgoing enough or didn’t have enough pizzaz? Well, here’s the good news, that isn’t necessary. Entrepreneurship is for everyone, the key is to find the right format, clients, and partners that play to your strengths, not your shortcomings.
Today, I’m joined by an award-winning business coach Katherine Mackenzie-Smith who is a champion and strategist for introverts and highly sensitive souls. Katherine calls her clients gentle leaders, and she’s here to tell us how we create a successful and sustainable business through our innate wisdom and strengths - no big social media stunts are required.
Today’s episode is all about finding what fits for you and then allowing that to be your magic as a business owner and leader. So let’s hop in for this wonderful conversation that makes
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Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert
Heart-Centered Business, Mark Silver
The Mountain is You, Brianna Wiest
Quiet, Susan Cain
About Katherine:
Katherine Mackenzie-Smith is an award-winning business coach, guide, and strategist for introverts and highly sensitive souls, an ideas alchemist, energy and soul medicine practitioner, and host of the Emerge + Expand podcast. Through her 1:1 mentoring, group programs, and memberships, Katherine supports gentle leaders to create successful, sustainable cozy businesses through their own innate wisdom and strengths, without feeling like they have to change who they are.
Katherine recently won International Coach of the Year 2023, has been named a ‘self help guru’ by Elle Magazine, Brainz Top 500 Global Entrepreneurs and featured on the covers of Happiness and Wellbeing magazine and Inspired Coach magazine, as well as being featured in a number of publications, podcasts, and websites including Cleo Magazine, Collective Hub, and The Introvert Entrepreneur.
Website: https://katherinemackenziesmith.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/miss_kms
Youtube: https://youtube.com/katherinemackenziesmith
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mehpTPTc3Xhl9wLR3W9Kr?si=cf25823a40104584
Free Business Planner For Introverts: https://katherinemackenziesmith.com/planner
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