E57: Lindsey Brooks on Finding Success on the Other Side of Failure

In episode 57 of UNSUGARCOATED with Aalia, your favorite host caps off a season of looking for silver linings with Lindsey Brooks, who knows how to find them better than most. Co-founder of Instapreneur, Brooks is the marketing mind behind TV’s most recognizable products, like the Slap Chop and ShamWow, selling billions’ worth over her career. But Brooks’ greatest successes appeared hand-in-hand with her greatest challenges. While making her first million dollars at just 19, Brooks was diagnosed with cancer and her marriage ended (6:00). Brooks shares how, down to her last $200, she talked her way into a sales event that turned her life around (8:00), teaching her to “save herself.” Brooks tells listeners all the insights they need to push through failure to the success on the other side (11:48), from overcoming behind-the-scenes setbacks to sell the ShamWow (17:47), to the power of rejection to “sharpen your sword” (23:54). Aalia also asks Brooks about her animal rescue work, and Brooks shares her devotion to animal advocacy, starting with the horse that helped her survive her parents’ divorce (27:24) to the family of chimpanzees she is helping at LA’s Wildlife Waystation.



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