Resilience Breeds Success - Lisa Howze

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Resilience breeds success, and no one articulates it better than Lisa Howze. Lisa is a former Michigan state representative and the former chief of staff and chief government affairs officer for Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. She is now known as "The Career Transformation Specialist" and joins us today to discuss her book, Candy Girl Mentality. Lisa generously shares an endless stream of wisdom as she breaks down the "candy girl mentality," defining setbacks and disappointments and providing tools to overcome them. We find out what informed her entrepreneurial mindset, how she navigates responsibility, and what she personally gleaned from the process of writing the book. Tune in to find out how best to manage expectations, combat imposter syndrome, and change your situation by changing your mind.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Lisa Howze's journey to writing her book, Candy Girl Mentality.
• What informed her entrepreneurial mindset.
• The genesis of the title of her book.
• Lisa Howze breaks down the "candy girl mentality."
• Lisa defines setbacks and disappointments and shares examples of each.
• How she learned resilience.
• The art of changing your situation by changing your mind.
• Lisa's process of writing and editing the book.
• How she navigated the responsibility of being Chief of Staff for Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
• What to do when you feel like you're in over your head.
• How to combat imposter syndrome.
• How best to manage expectations.
• Lisa's top three tools for bouncing back from major setbacks or disappointments.
• Her greatest takeaway from the process of writing the book.

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