Finding Your Inner Confidence with Serial Entrepreneur, Ciara Stockeland
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About this episode:
"What do you want to do next?" What if you gave yourself the permission to not only truthfully answer that question, but actually act on it? Ciara Stockeland, serial entrepreneur and today's guest, is sharing how she gained the confidence to follow her dreams and start her current business. You'll also hear her tips for staying on task as a busy mom and much more. If you're multi-passionate and ready to make a change in your career, this episode is for you!
Topics Discussed:
How Ciara's life was impacted as a 3rd generation entrepreneur and how this led to her first ever business in 2006
Why we have to give ourselves the permission to make changes in our lives
The importance of having a community as an entrepreneur that you can lean on and bounce ideas off of
How Ciara has gained confidence from understanding more about who she is and how this has impacted her leadership style
How to overcome the moments where you feel like you're not doing enough and falling victim to comparisonitis
The mindset for overcoming fear of rejection
Time blocking and doing the hardest thing first
About Ciara:
Ciara Stockeland has owned and operated businesses since her early teens. Her business mindset led her to open her first store, Mama Mia, and her second store, Mode, but she didn't stop there. Her tenacity and success led her to become a serial entrepreneur. She has twice had the opportunity to testify before two U.S. Senate committees regarding the joint employer standard for businesses and its effect on small businesses and franchises. In 2015 she represented small business at a White House summit on worker voice and again in 2018 for a summit on economics.