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I turned up pregnant in Thailand, with a guy that

I turned up pregnant in Thailand, with a guy that I’d only been dating for 6 months…⁠
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My first thought was - holy crap. I’m going to have to start being a responsible adult now.⁠
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You see, I lived a pretty carefree lifestyle.⁠
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I started my business but worked just enough so that I’d have money to travel the world.⁠
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I started to picture my future...⁠
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I’d have to go back to America.⁠
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I’d have to go home and get a “real” job.⁠
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I’d become a typical, responsible suburban parent (Would I have to replace my globetrotting adventures with taking my kid to soccer practice in a minivan?!)⁠
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But when I crawled back into bed with my then-boyfriend, now-husband, and told him I was pregnant, he told me, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine. Raising a child isn’t rocket science.”⁠
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Turns out, it wasn’t rocket science.⁠
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It was WAY harder than rocket science 😅 (we’re both engineers, so we should know).⁠
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But while raising a child is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done, it’s also been the most rewarding and fulfilling.⁠
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It changed the trajectory of my ENTIRE life.⁠
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Turns out, I didn’t have to move home to America, quit my business, and get a job.⁠
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But I did start taking a business a LOT more seriously.⁠
All of a sudden, my goal wasn’t just to make enough money to travel the world and have fun.⁠
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My goal was to make enough to make an incredible life for another tiny human.⁠
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It put me on the path to being a TRUE CEO.⁠
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To listen to the full story and more like it, join my free FB community - Becoming World-Class Data Leaders & Entrepreneurs. LINK is in the bio to join!⁠
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Are you a parent? If so, did it change the trajectory of your career or business?⁠

Can I let you in on a little secret?⁠ ⁠ It doe

Can I let you in on a little secret?⁠
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It doesn’t matter how big you get…⁠
How much money you have in the bank…⁠
How many letters you have after your name…⁠
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Imposter syndrome never TRULY goes away.⁠
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By virtue of you having YOUR unique experience…⁠
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It means you’re missing out on someone else’s experience.⁠
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I know what it’s like to look around at every other data pro out there and think “I wish I had done that.” There are SO many folks doing amazing things in this space - it’s easy to compare!⁠
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But when we look to others and judge them as having something better than ourselves, we disregard the value of who we are and what we have to offer the world.⁠
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Personally, I know I can sometimes feel intimidated because I don’t have a decade of corporate experience like many of my #data peers. (Instead, I turned down an offer at FB to build Data-Mania!). ⁠
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But I realized I DO have eons of life + business experience that make up for the fact that I didn’t spend a decade working as an employee in someone else’s business.⁠
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Quite honestly, if I had spent far more time working a job, I couldn’t coach others to build their own data empires to the same level I do now. ⁠
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Wanna keep this convo going? Tune in to the full podcast clip by joining our free FB community. LINK in bio!⁠
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Do you ever suffer from imposter syndrome?⁠

I DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE...TWICE.⁠ ⁠ Back in 1

I DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE...TWICE.⁠
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Back in 1999, I was a 20-year old at UT Austin - one who was honestly more concerned with my social life and partying than my studies.⁠
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After quiting mid-semester (and consequently getting Fs) twice, it took a LOT of courage to go back.⁠
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I was so embarrassed.⁠
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I didn’t want to repeat my same mistakes.⁠
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By the time I got my Engineering degree and my first engineering job, I was 28 years old.⁠
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I don’t talk about my college dropout phase...and I can’t say it’s my proudest moment.⁠
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But nevertheless, it’s STILL a part of my story. ⁠
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Every single struggle, failure, and setback has gotten me to where I am today.⁠
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I want to remind you…⁠
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It’s OKAY if you ever feel a little lost.⁠
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It’s okay if you occasionally wander off the straight and narrow path - it won’t kill you.⁠
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Your journey doesn’t have to look like everyone else’s for it to be valid, and for you to hit your stride. ⁠
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YOU’VE GOT TIME.⁠
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While at 28 I was still slogging away at my bachelor's degree, by 33 I had already moved into quasi-retirement - traveling and making more than enough from my business to explore the world free from stress or constraint.⁠
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We always overestimate what we can do in a day, a week, but underestimate what we can do in a few years.⁠
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Everything could be different a year from now.⁠
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Keep going, keep striving.⁠
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Go after what you want and the path will reveal itself 💫⁠

3 WAYS TO STAY AHEAD OF THE (overwhelming) COMPETI

3 WAYS TO STAY AHEAD OF THE (overwhelming) COMPETITION WE FACE EVERYDAY AS DATA PROFESSIONALS, W/O GETTING EXHAUSTED OR BROKE.⁠
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I know what the usual advice is. I've seen & heard it all, just like you. And typically, when you're working to keep ahead-of-the-curve as a data pro, you'll be told you need:⁠
• More coding courses⁠
• A data project portfolio⁠
• Better data storytelling skills⁠
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But my advice? It's different. You don't need to spend 1000s of dollars or 6 hours a day like with ☝️⁠
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Here are 4 ways you can work towards your goals, without breaking the bank or exhausting yourself: ⁠
A. Assess your data skillsets - You don’t need to know it all… you’re better off optimizing the skills you’ve already got & building more as by-product of the work your paid to do⁠
B. Draw a vision of what you REALLY want from your #data career in 3 - 5 years. When we see how our daily work fits into the ideal future we’re working to create, it’s easy to stay eager.⁠
C. Tap into your own personality, passions & inner motivations - make sure you're building out a career path that compliments these.⁠
D. Pinpoint what aspect of the data professions brings you excitement - use your data skills to pursue greatness in that precise function.⁠
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I'm curious... which of these will you try first?⁠
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Vote A, B, C or D 👇 & let's chat⁠

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