Making The Best OF Pivoting
With Veronica Kaulinis and Michelle Welsch
Episode Notes (by minute):
-2:30 - The definition of a pivot:
Michelle: “intentionally shifting your perspective and your vision, and going in a new direction.”
Veronica: “pivots could be so they can be intentional, and they can be so unintentional and come out of nowhere.”
David: How sometimes some parts of your Portfolio Career can be changing, but not all of them
-6:30 - Michelle: The importance of evolving, despite how we naturally want to stay put and not change.
-7:30 - David: how new projects can start small, but evolve and grow over-time.
-9:00 - Veronica: on the importance of embracing change and overcoming fears of being judged.
-12:00 - How Veronica had a life-changing pivot to moving to Bali from New York City in 2020
-13:00 - David: how decided to organize a group of like-minded people in summer of 2020 to help with what seemed like a potential pivot or meaningful change to his work
-16:00 - Michelle: how 2020 created a forced pivot to her in-person learning center, but ultimately potentially have opened up new opportunities for the learning center
-20:00 - Veronica: how dealt with a difficult pivot by being really real with the issues and prior things that she wanted to change going-forward
-23:00 - Michelle: “Change is hard. Change is slow, but change does come.”
-26:00 - Michelle: On importance of being around other people on a similar trajectory and path as you
-27:30 - David: On the benefit of regularly meeting and talking with someone
-29:30 - Michelle: How showing up for others helps you
-34:00 - David: How building a Portfolio Career makes pivoting easier
-37:00 - Veronica: the importance of being yourself and showing-up authentically when you are pivoting
-39:00 - Veronica: how being in service of others can help with transitions
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)