This episode of Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity, Andrea Johnson joins me to discuss leveraging your strengths, the power of intentional optimism, self-awareness and alignment with core values, and other valuable lessons.
Andrea is a certified DISC Consultant, speaker, trainer and coach and she empowers executives and founders to lead with authenticity, conviction and confidence so they can make a positive impact on their lives, organizations and communities. She also has a podcast, Stand Tall & Own It, for high performing female leaders who are ready to make an impact by discovering the safety that comes from understanding their own value and exercising their authority.
2:42 You’ll hear how focusing on your strengths and sharing your abundance can contribute to your communities
4:00 You’ll hear how self-awareness can help you make space for creative thought and also strategically approach your goals, including how body doubling can help not only folks with ADHD, but anyone who needs accountability get things done.
9:30 You’ll hear about how being willing to say you need help can make space for others to show up and collaborate with you.
11:51 You’ll hear how understanding and honoring your core values can help you navigate expectations and to break out of the conditioning and narratives that don’t serve you.
14:30 You’ll hear about giving yourself permission by naming what you’re experiencing in your life, including health issues like menopause, anxiety, and other historically taboo topics.
21:00 You’ll hear about saying no to things in order to make more space for the things that truly matter, align with your core values, and serve the broader good.
23:15 You’ll hear about techniques that let you stay open and creative in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.
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