Laura Sandefer’s Heroine’s Journey: A Call to Adventure - 5 Minute Success - The Podcast

Co-Founder, Acton Academy. Laura lived on both US coasts and in between as a child, then settled into Vanderbilt University for her undergraduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.  

 

After being awarded the highly competitive Walter Wattles Fellowship at Lloyd’s of London, Laura worked in the aviation insurance industry in New York City. Deciding to follow her calling into the world of education, Laura returned to Nashville and earned her Master of Education at Peabody College. This led her to her work at the Oklahoma Arts Institute, creating fine arts education programs for teachers and talented high school students.  

 

Laura married Jeff Sandefer and is the happy mother of Sam and Charlie and step-mother to Taite. It is the inspiration of these children that led Laura and Jeff to co-found Acton Academy and the Acton Children's Business Fair. Now, ten years later, there are over 200 Acton Academy locations around the world and over 400 Children's Business Fairs. Her book, "Courage to Grow - How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down" documents her personal journey through disrupting the traditional model of school.   

  

In this episode, Karen and Laura discuss Laura’s Heroine’s Journey:  

Laura’s Call to Adventure   Ordinary Live-Comfort Zone   We started our journey to reinvent school.  Transformational Leaps  Selling is not icky; it is selling is serving and telling stories and matching people with something that can change their lives.  Embrace Full Life   The power of having a growth mindset – knowing you can learn anything, even through struggle, for in struggle is learning.  Return with Treasures   Curiosity and the acceptance of suffering.  How does Laura FLIP TIME to LOVE LIFE?  

  

  

"Accepting feedback is one of the most powerful and essential things for personal growth."- Laura Sandefer 

   

  

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Connect with Laura Sandefer:   

  

Twitter: @LauraSandefer 

Facebook: Acton Academy 

Website: ActonAcademy.org & ActonAcademyParents.com 

Book: Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down 

LinkedIn: Laura Sandefer 

Instagram: @actonacademyatx 

  

About the Podcast  

  

Join host Karen Briscoe for Flip Time Friday each first Friday to learn how you can love the life you have as you create and co-create the life of your dreams. Tune in to hear Heroine’s and Hero’s Journeys that will inspire you on your Call to Adventure. Karen shares the transformational leaps and treasures along her Call to Adventure from her book Flip Time / Love Life - A Heroine’s Journey:  A 5 Minute Success Story.   

  

  

Here’s to your Call to Adventure!  

  

  

Connect with Karen Briscoe:  

  

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Twitter:@5MinuteSuccess  

Website:5MinuteSuccess.com  

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Learn more about Karen’s books:  

Flip Time / Love Life ~ Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day 

Commit to Get Leads Success in 5 Minutes a Day - 66 Day Challenge 

  

Karen also recommends Moira Lethbridge's book "Savvy Woman in 5 Minutes a Day"  

  

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