Sometimes, failing is the only true path to success. Today, on The Mary Dee Show, we unpack what it means to achieve success through making mistakes and rejecting perfectionism.
Jen Kim, a brand futurist, and CEO of Master Brand Institute, shares her insights on the importance of failure as a path to success. Growing up in an Asian household, she was taught to pursue traditional and socially accepted careers that guarantee a successful future. However, when she became an entrepreneur, she quickly realized that failure is inevitable and should be embraced as a stepping stone towards progress. Jen advises her younger self and others to understand that failure is not something to fear, but rather a necessary part of the journey.
Just as in business, sometimes we fail in relationships, too. But learning how to align core values and have regular check-ins with your partner can ensure the relationship is still on track. Jen emphasizes that a successful relationship should be run like a business and requires planning, execution, and measurement.
You can choose success by becoming comfortable with failure. Once you realize that the only true way to succeed is to learn from mistakes, you, too, will be on the path to success and align with your true purpose!
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About Jen:
Jennifer “Jen” Kem is a San Francisco Bay Area-based brand-building and leadership expert who gets entrepreneurs seen, heard, and paid for being themselves.
She’s the creator of the Master Brand Method: a framework to develop powerful brand archetypes that win customers’ hearts, leveraging Jennifer’s 20 years of corporate experience and her launching of multiple companies. She uses the Master Brand method in strategic consulting for emerging entrepreneurs, celebrity brands like Oprah Winfrey Network and Steve Harvey, and major corporations including Verizon, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Bank of Hawaii.
What she is most passionate about in her work today is her legacy project: Femmefluence, a platform that supports women leaders to fully rise into their influence and affluence, so they can make an even greater impact in the world.
Jennifer serves up straight talk wrapped in love, because she understands entrepreneurs’ challenges: She built a retail business and became a millionaire at 32, only to lose it all in the recession two years later. She is now the successful owner of three million-dollar brand-building businesses and the mother of three children.
