TICM 23 - Penelope Trunk - Unconventional and Uncomprimising
/Penelope Trunk is a famous blogger and serial entrepreneur. Inc Magazine named her "the world's most influential guidance counselor."
In our interview, Penelope did not hold back. She challenged my views on entrepreneurship and how that can potentially help design one's lifestyle.
She takes into account what having a family would mean for said entrepreneur and dishes out some unconventional advice.
Respectful disagreement and intelligent debate can open your eyes to new insights, or strengthen opinions you already held.
I’m really glad to have had the opportunity to chat with her, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on some of the topics we discussed
You can read all 12 unconventional pieces of advice here
“ Everybody has just really basic wants for their world. They want to love and be loved and have a family and have security and have an interesting job.”
Listen to this healthy debate :
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In this interview, you will learn -
- Why most people will not be remarkable
- How to have it all (not what you think at all)
- Advice for entrepreneurs considering to have families
- What is Myers Briggs
- And much much more!
12 unconventional pieces of advice from this interview
Links and People Mentioned
- Albert Einstein
- Martha Stewart
- Bill Gates
- Steve Jobs
- Jayson Gaignard (MMT)
- Tim Ferriss
- Ramit Sethi
- Penelope's Blog
- Want to do the Myer Briggs for yourself?
When was the last time you did something really hard? Perhaps it was taking a super advance course or running a marathon, or how about starting a business of any sort?
How did it feel for you?
Probably like he** going through it. But when you came out of the other side - you probably felt amazing.
You want to know why?
It's not because you enjoy doing the "hard thing"
It's because you found a way to push through.
Humans love moving on the next level.
Whether it's the next level of a video game, or the next level of life, the same principle follows.
What's next? Bring it on!
If we lose that side of ourselves, we lose the will to get better and thus start losing the ability to see a bigger vision beyond our current reality.
In this episode, I keep it real with you.
We get to the root cause of why there is a beauty in doing the hard things.