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Lisa Carpenter – Uphill Words of Wisdom

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Lisa Carpenter, Let's Eat, Food Ninja

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What are 3 signature things you tell people regarding your area of expertise?

  • Food / Weight is only a SYMPTOM.  Our external circumstances mirror our internal thoughts and beliefs.  Change your beliefs and you’ll change your results.
  • As long as we keep focusing on what we think the problem is and trying to fix it, we’ll perpetuate the addiction to the symptom.  We must stop numbing out our emotions and learn to feel them to heal them.
  • Choice isn’t should or shouldn’t it’s a simple YES or NO.  Make choices that support how you want to feel and then move on without judgment, guilt or shame.

What is your favorite quote?

  • “This life is 100% your responsibility. No one is coming to save you”

If you could offer one piece of advice, what would you tell your younger self?

  • Be kind to yourself.  You’re smarter than you realize and the world needs you to be you.

What are your 3 favorite books?

What are three nouns that describe you?

  • Coach
  • Author
  • Truth Teller & B.S. Slayer

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Katie Leckenbusch – Uphill Words of Wisdom

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What are 3 signature things you tell people regarding your area of expertise?

Career in the Arts: 

  • Yes. You can have a career in “the arts” and still make enough money to have a family, save for retirement, etc. It is not a dead end! There are jobs! But you have to be smart, tenacious, and realistic.
  • Don’t minimize your arts related experiences or positions if you look at opportunities in other sectors. Skills in the arts related fields are just skills. We call them different things: Stage manager = project manager, but they all translate, and often better than you would imagine.
  • The care and feeding of your network is even more important in an arts related field. Treat everyone with respect, compassion, and as if they are best friends with the person you are submitting your next resume to…they may very well be.

Fundraising: 

  • Fundraising is a passion, not a position. You can make a huge impact even if you are not the director or lead gift officer.
  • Because it is a passion, it does not end at 5:00pm. Be prepared to be flexible!
  • When faced with a tough situation, no matter what it is, listening is always the right answer.

What is your favorite quote?

  • “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 1913

If you could offer one piece of advice, what would you tell your younger self?

  • Learn to accept change and lean into it. A goal is great, a timeline is lovely, your “5-year plan” is going to disappear in a heartbeat for many reasons and that doesn’t mean the new path is born from a failure of the old plan, so don’t waste time and energy beating yourself up that you are going in a different direction, just enjoy the journey.

What are your favorite books?

What are three nouns that describe you?

  • Facilitator
  • Partner
  • Creator

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Laurie Vaquer – Uphill Words of Wisdom

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What are 3 signature things you tell people regarding your area of expertise?

  • Cooking with locals while traveling gives you the best memories.
  • Anyone can host a cooking experience as long as they are passionate about cooking and willing to share this passion.
  • If you want to move to another country, just do it, I’ve done it multiple times and I love it

What is your favorite quote?

  • “How we spend our days is how we spend our life” – Annie Dillard

If you could offer one piece of advice, what would you tell your younger self?

  • Don’t lose any of your time in relationships that are no good to you and your goals.

What are your 3 favorite books?

What are three nouns that describe you?

  • Traveler
  • Gourmet
  • Fidelity

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Jen Hemphill – Uphill Words of Wisdom

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What are 3 signature things you tell people regarding your area of expertise?

  • When looking at your money there is nothing to fear because you are just looking at numbers
  • Don’t focus on what you aren’t achieving, but focus on what you are having success on and celebrate that
  • Use the money expert advice as guidance but learn and trust your intuition and determine if that piece of advice makes sense for you in this season of your life.

What is your favorite quote?

  • “Mastery is more about focus than intelligence” – Peter Voogd

If you could offer one piece of advice, what would you tell your younger self?

  • Self-worth has nothing to do with your finances.

What are your 3 favorite books?

What are three nouns that describe you?

  • Mother
  • Connector
  • Advocate

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Tyler Harris: Uphill Words of Wisdom

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What are 3 signature things you tell people regarding your area of expertise?

Sales: “Riches in Niches”

  • Don’t try to be all things to all people. The more narrow you can make your niche, the better.
  • Figure out the people that you ENJOY working with and build a system around serving them.
  • Devote yourself fully to understanding your target market. This is the ultimate form of respect.

What is your favorite quote?

  • “If you seek pleasure, the world will deliver you pain. If you seek pain, the world will deliver you pleasure” – Joseph Caldwell (my mentor)

If you could offer one piece of advice, what would you tell your younger self?

  • Be patient.  The struggle will be the best part of your story and your greatest source of strength.

What are your 3 favorite books?

What are three nouns that describe you?

  • Competitor
  • Servant
  • Creator

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