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The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the place to eavesdrop and participate in conversations about making choices about how you spend your time, who you surround yourself with, and figuring out what you want to be known for. This is a place to talk about the challenges of bravery, living thoughtfully and strategically, and finding a way to be known for something. Your hosts are ambitious, thoughtful women who both want to be known for something, and decided to stop waiting for things to be ‘just so’ ...
In this episode, we: - Share some fears of ‘doing it wrong’ - Explain our relationship with rules and following the rules - Offer some examples of the rules we are making for ourselves in life or in business The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the place for ambitious leaders and entrepreneurs who are done shopping for shortcuts, no longer waiting for an i…
In this episode, we: - Talk about loyalty when it comes to hiring and behind hired by clients - Discuss how challenging things can be when feelings and relationships get involved with someone that we’re also in a professional relationship - Share some of the ways we’ve learned to help our clients feel settled in finding the best person for the job …
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Revisiting the Differences Between Authenticity and Transparency
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In this episode, we: - Revisit a topic from many episodes, digging into the differences between authenticity and transparency - Share some examples of what we are seeing online - Lean on Liz’s expertise as a digital communications specialist to help explain why we might be feeling some of the ways we are feeling and to take her professional recomme…
In this episode, we: - Revisit our experiences of ambition and what this means for us - Share how deeply I experience the “I want it all, I want it now” feeling of Big Ambition - Discuss some of the ways we have seen and anticipate seeing changes in ambition with life transitions (and one thing was shared with me that keeps me going!) PLUS: Stay tu…
In this episode, we: - Share the perks that we thought were part of entrepreneurship, even if we forget to use them - Talk about how freedom looks different in different stages of your business - Provide some suggestions of how to take more advantage of these creative perks and how we can rethink being a leader or entrepreneur, even when we have ri…
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From Boss Babe to Entrepreneur: Big feelings around cringey words
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In this episode, we: - Share our feelings around ‘boss babes’ and ‘ShEO’ and other words that make us feel gross - Talk about some of the myths and BS we’ve been told about what it means to be a ‘real’ entrepreneur - Dive into some of the language that we hear a lot, how we respond to it, and how for two people who think language is incredibly impo…
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Some Money is Too Expensive: Identifying red flags and saying no to the wrong type of client
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In this episode, we: - Explain what it means when I say ‘some money is too expensive’ - Share our red flags (and how it took us awhile to identify them AND listen to them) - Provide some language to say ‘no’ to a client that isn’t the right fit Click here to listen to the last episode, if you haven't done so already! The Amanda Wagner Podcast is th…
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Find the Fit: Matching your business with the right clients
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In this episode, we: - Share what we consider our ideal clients - Give five tips on how we find these people - Describe what it means to have a ‘good fit’ with our clients From the episode: Visit Amanda Wagner's blog for the ideal client exercise Listen to the episode about sharing your greatest hits The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the place for ambit…
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Easy Work and Hard Work: One isn’t more valuable than the other
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In this episode, we: - Talk about why something being easy might feel wrong or bad - Discuss the value of hard work (and easy work) - Share our experiences of things getting easier (and why that’s a good thing, not something to be questioned) The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the place for ambitious leaders and entrepreneurs who are done shopping for sh…
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Want more? You have to add AND subtract to get what you want
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In this episode, we: - Talk about wanting more and our end-of-year reflections - Discuss how it feels counterintuitive to get more by taking away and doing less - Share some of the things that we are doing more of, less of, and how we are going to check in From the show: Ashley Janssen - Productivity Consultant The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the plac…
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Year Two of The AW: Highlights, Low-lights, and the In-Between
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In this episode, LP interviews me about the year that was 2021 - lessons learned, advice given and received, and what has me pumped up and focused for 2022. From the show: Natasia Designs Natasia Makes Eavesdrop on AW and Amelia Nash, Part 1 Eavesdrop on AW and Amelia Nash, Part 2 Idea hoarding, and why you need to share your best stuff Ten reasons…
In this episode, we: - Discuss reasons we shy away from saying we are the best - Talk about the perks of owning your greatness - Jam on different perspectives, and how both are A-OK and for different people at different times - Answer Eve's question about making mentorship count From the show: InStyle article - Reese Witherspoon Isn't Afraid to Say…
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Ten Reasons to Ditch the Discounting (and five things to do instead)
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In this episode, we: - Drill into the 10 reasons we don’t believe in discounting our services - Reinforce why we don’t want to be the cheapest options - Provide five alternatives to discounting that create additional value for your customers (without leaving money on the table) - Answer Jenna's question about pricing hourly vs per project for a new…
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Eavesdrop on AW: Behind the scenes business coaching, with Amelia Nash (Part 2)
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This is the follow-up to Episode 46. If you haven't listened to that yet, start there! This is Part Two of a business strategy session with the brilliant Amelia Nash, a designer and brand expert. She's had a lot of big career changes in the last year, and is now in New York City in the Masters in Branding program. Like many of you, she's figuring o…
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Eavesdrop on AW: Behind the scenes business coaching, with Amelia Nash (Part 1)
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If you like eavesdropping, this is the episode for you! We asked, and you (overwhelmingly!) wanted to hear what happens in my Zoom room during a business strategy call. And HERE IT IS. In Episode 46 and 47, you'll hear me with the brilliant Amelia Nash, a designer and brand expert. She's had a lot of big career changes in the last year, and is now …
In this episode, we: - Pick up where we left off in Episode 44, talking about why we need to share our greatest hits and not hoard our ideas (if you haven't listened to episode 44, we recommend going back there for context!) - Share a few of our greatest hits - some of the phrases, analogies, and stories we tell over and over again because we see t…
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Idea hoarding, and why you need to share your best stuff
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In this episode: - We talk about some of the reasons we might keep our best ideas and resources close to our chests - I discuss my relationship with idea hoarding and how I’ve been talked out of it so I see a different way - We revisit showing off, and why you have to shoot your shot, every damn time - We answer Amber's question about feeling isola…
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Bullshit business advice we're tired of, including “just follow your passion” and other platitudes
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In this episode, we: - Share our stories of starting our businesses and how there was no ‘right time’ (even though we think ‘just do it’ is also terrible advice) - Take some of the pressure out of a launch or release of a new product, service, or business venture - Debunk some of the other myths and business bullshit that we hear too often - Answer…
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Failure: Do it quickly, do it spectacularly, and live to tell the tale
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In this episode, we: - Talk about why stories matter and why we love to soak them up - Discuss our own fears and what a fear of failure really looks like - Offer some of our solutions to getting over our fear of failure and moving towards doing what we want - Answer a question from Marian about talking ourselves into things From the show: Overcomin…
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Back in business: Getting into the groove after a break or vacation
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In this episode, we: - Talk about what our breaks look like, what what we’ve learned - Share the fears and anxieties about coming back (and use an analogy to fight off these scaries) - Talk about our first weeks back - Answer Freya’s question about imposter syndrome From the show: Difference between trip and vacation Being Boss with Tanya Geisler -…
In this episode, we: - Share the details of our invisible fight - Talk about how believing in yourself and trusting yourself are different - Examine some of the opportunities and possibilities that we have if we can learn to trust ourselves more - Answer question about how often to set goals in your business The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the place f…
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Perspectives on friendships: Thoughts from AW's Inner Circle (part two!)
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In part two of this episode, Amanda: - Calls on some of her Quarters to share their perspectives on friendships - Connects the dots on how a podcast about living an ambitious life and growing a business has to do with friendships From the show: Clay Moderne (Danielle's shop!) The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the place for ambitious leaders and entrepre…
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Perspectives on friendships: A model for mapping our acquaintances to your inner circle (part one!)
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In part one of this episode, we: - Share the ‘four quarters over 10 dimes’ approach to friendship - Give you a tool to assess the friendships in your life and explain how we see our relationships as flexible and evolving - Explain how we characterize our friendships with our innermost confidants, to our social connections and outer network - Answer…
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A delicate dance: Working IN the business and ON the business at the same time
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In this episode, we: - Share how we spend our time now (versus when we first started our businesses) - Differentiate between working IN the business versus ON the business - Highlight some of the ways that we cope with the fluctuations and what we do when we make the time to work ON our businesses - Answer Kayla's question about dealing with compla…
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Competing priorities: How to make progress when you want it all
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In this episode, we: - Share our experiences of competing priorities - Express some of the reasons that we struggle to move forward on the things that we say really matters to us - Talk about the reality of trade offs, and remind you that the decisions you make today can be different decisions later - Answer Jennifer's question about where to start…
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Compare and declare: Revisiting professional envy
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In this episode, we: - Revisit professional envy - what it means and why it doesn't just go away - Examine the root emotion connected to envy and jealousy - Share my take on ‘compare and despair’ and why ‘worst case scenario thinking can help you get what you want’ - Answer Ela’s question about asking for people’s time when you feel like you have n…
In this episode, we: - Deep dive into a theory of motivation that might help you get out of a slump - Give you a possible explanation why your motivation may be waning - Debunk a motivation myth - Answer Dani’s question about taking on a client whose politics you strongly object to From the show: WorkLife with Adam Grant NYT article - There's a Nam…
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You don’t want to be for everyone (and this is good news)
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In this episode, we: - Jam on how our desire to help people and our desire to be liked can get messy - Discuss where we’ve gone wrong in trying to do it all, and how we’re doing it differently now - Share five reasons you don’t want to be for everyone, anyway! - Answer Andrea's question about bringing magic back to the home workspace From the show:…
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Don’t be a hoarder: Good ideas are meant to be shared (and deserve credit)
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In this episode, we: - Talk about what intellectual property means - Share some of our challenges about how to decide if we share our ideas or if we keep them to ourselves - Discuss some of the best ways to give credit to others for their work while still making your voice heard - Answer Ashley’s question about communicating rate and policy changes…
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Success and growing pains: I got what I wanted, why isn’t it easy yet?
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In this episode, we: - Talk about growing pains in running your business - Discuss how the phrase “new level, new devil” feels and our experiences of levelling up - Share some of the misconceptions that we had, and how the things we once wanted and thought would be easy, are more challenging than we could’ve known - Answer Tara’s question about whe…
In this episode, we: - Talk about what I call Big Ambition - Share how ambition is like heartburn (and why suppressing it doesn't work) - Discuss the big fears around admitting your ambition, why it feels like a dirty little secret, and some of the ways we fight back against having to hide it - Encourage you to move beyond ‘showing up’ - Answer Chr…
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Online communities: How to quiet the noise and customize your virtual playground
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In this episode, we: - Share our experiences of joining online communities - Provide some steps and criteria for eliminating some of the distractions and noise that come from joining online communities - Give you permission to reassess where you spend your time - and reassure you that if you’re outgrowing certain spaces, that’s a good thing (and it…
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Investing in yourself and your business: How do you know when it's the right time?
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In this episode, we: - Provide the criteria we use when we decide if it’s time to DIY it or hire an expert - Talk about how we consider the value of our time - Consider the differences in hiring someone to help when you are struggling versus when you are thriving - Answer Casey’s question about sharing successes The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the pla…
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Staying on track: Tools and techniques for mastering your to-do list
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In this episode, we: - Share how we plan our days, weeks, and months to stay on track - Make suggestions on how to stay focused, and how to pull ourselves out of overwhelm - Recommend our favourite tools (analog and digital) for making the most of your grand plans - Discuss a language flip that Coach Jennie shared that has transformed my ‘to do’ li…
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Choosing your title: Coach, Consultant and other cringey c-words
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In this episode, we: - Commiserate on how challenging it can be to choose a title - Analyze some of the shortcomings of titles (especially in the world of self-development and in start-ups) - We answer Denise’s question about handling rejection From the show: Strategist vs coach vs consultant Visit Wendy White's website The Amanda Wagner Podcast is…
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Year one of The AW: highlights, lowlights, and the in-between
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In this episode: - Liz interviews me about the wild year that was - We talk about the highs, the lows, the best advice I received, and what has me fired up for 2021 - We discuss how our ten-year-old selves would describe us now The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the place to eavesdrop and participate in conversations about making choices about how you sp…
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Revealing and concealing: you can be authentic in what you share and still have privacy
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In this episode, we: - Reinforce that you can be authentic, vulnerable AND still have privacy - Talk about how we decide what to reveal and what to conceal - Share how we find harmony between being vulnerable and keeping our boundaries - Answer a question about connecting with your community through Instagram Stories The Amanda Wagner Podcast is th…
In this episode, we: - Share our experiences of being ambitious people - Open up about the challenges of being ambitious, - Want to hear from you - what is the most ambitious thing you’ve done or want to do? - Answer a question about anxiety From the show: Brené Brown - Rising Strong Mental health support resources The Amanda Wagner Podcast is the …
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Proving yourself: Why we get caught up and overcompensate (and how to start feeling like an expert)
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In this episode, we: - Talk about why selling cars is different than selling services, ideas, and experiences - Share why less truly is more when it comes to providing content - Discuss what it means to be an expert - Answer a question about what has been the hardest part of this year From the show: Imposter complex episode - Being Boss with Tanya …
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Personal values: They’re a tool, not an endgame
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In this episode, we: - Discuss the differences between personal values and brand values - Share my experience of defining my personal values and how it was different than creating brand values - Consider values as a tool and how they can help you stay out of the ditch and focus on what matters - Answer a question about how to connect with new cowor…
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Getting fired: Sometimes you have to lose to win
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In this episode, we: - Talk about my personal experience of getting fired - in a bit of a different format than usual - Share some of the ways we’ve helped people bounce back / find their way after losing a job - Dig into the resentments and feeeeeelings around past jobs, people, and work environments (and you know, touch on revenge, because we are…
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What counts as work? Re-thinking what makes up your work day
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In this episode, we: - Talk about my experience of pivoting for the pandemic - Reconsider how long the workday is / what a workweek can look like - Brainstorm and share what we count as work (even if it seems like leisure or rest time) - Answer Julia’s question about knowing when it’s time to grow your business From the episode: Company of One: Why…
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The art of uncommitting: Debunking five excuses that keep us overcommitted
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In this episode, we: - Take stock of all the things we’re committed to - Discuss the costs of being overcommitted and being a part of everything - Debunk the excuses you probably use to stay in things, and help you uncommit, without making it personal - Answer Madison’s question about what to do with a chatty coworker who just won’t leave her alone…
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Are you waiting to start something? Putting the cart before the horse might not be as bad as we think!
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In this episode, we: - Talk about readiness and tackling big projects and ideas - Encourage you to stop kicking the tires on taking another course, reading another book, or getting another certificate from the school of who cares before doing something you want to do - Talk about why nobody is watching you (and why that’s a good thing) - Answer Sop…
In this episode, we: - Talk about people pleasing in business and in life - Recount our most epic people pleasing moments (including that time I made a pie for my friend when I was 13) - Share a few ways that we have tried to reduce the amount of people pleasing we do - Answer Alyssa’s question about preparing herself to search for a new job during…
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Anxious Perfectionism: It’s a gift, not a curse (right?)
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In this episode, we: - Talk about what anxiety feels like with a clear analogy that might help explain how it feels to be anxious - Discuss anxious perfectionism and how this cocktail of personality traits manifests itself - Share why anxiety is truly a gift, and why anxious people are so damn good at some things - Answer Ashley’s question about re…
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How to prioritize for self-preservation (part two)
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In this episode, we continue our discussion about processes, productivity, and time. Did you miss part one? We recommend listening to that episode first! In today's What Would Amanda Wagner Do segment, we answer Megan's question about getting suckered into doing tasks outside of her role at work, and how to say no without damaging her reputation. F…
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How to prioritize for self-preservation (part one)
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In this episode, we: - Discuss how we can play the long game of productivity - Share our techniques and strategies to stay focused (and share what advice we’ve heard and doesn’t work for us) - Provide a few new ways to consider how you use your time (and offer an explanation as to why time seems to slip away) In part two (out Friday!) we'll share e…
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How important is passion? And other cringe-y platitudes
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In this episode, we: - Talk about passion and our frustrations with the concept - Share the platitudes we can't stand - Ask for your input on what you’re tired of hearing - Answer Maggie’s question about what to do when someone asks to pick your brain… and they do it horribly From the episode: Freelancing Females on Instagram The Amanda Wagner Podc…
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Are you living by default? When “good enough” isn’t good enough
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In this episode, we: - Share our experiences of “living by default” and explain what that means - Consider what “good enough” might look like (and how it’s an interesting place to be) - Quote Mean Girls as well as my dad, Brian Wagner, as we talk about limits and invitations - Answer Martin’s question about tips for navigating social media in tryin…
