Building A Business Aligned With Your Values With Kat Gaskin, Founder and CEO of The Content Planner: Lesson 38
Lessons Learned with Komal
English - August 27, 2020 23:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture lessons learned self-improvement self-help personal reflections philosophy girl talk women arts and culture creating creative Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
[8:08] - A time in Kat’s life when she was running a freelance business and the lessons she learned. Kat shares where her idea for a product-based business came from, and the first steps she took to make it happen. Kat also shares:
[12:57] - What Kat’s experience was like going through a divorce during a critical time in her life, and how that was a catalyst for her to do the work to heal herself, and set out to live the life that she wanted to live
[17:35] - Kat shares what the past few years have been like as she has been building the content planner community and what she has done to show up for her community during these tumultuous times
[23:35] Komal asks Kat to share her experience defining her company mission and values, and her advice for people coming through these hard times in a pandemic. Kat and Komal also discuss:
[31:00] - Kat shares with us what she sees for herself in this next chapter in life using her voice and aligning her business with her values, and why you should do it too. Kat also shares some great advice on how you can use your content and platform for social change. They also discuss:
[36:29] - Kat and Komal discuss having the shared experience of building the communities we need in spaces where there is a lack of diversity and inclusion as well as:
[43:52] - Finally, Kat shares what she sees in this next chapter of her life building what it is that she wants to see in the world and how you can stay in touch with her community and her work.
“Not only does your voice matter, but you also have to use it. And how you use it is through your content. You have to use your platform for social change and to promote your businesses and to talk about your successes and celebrate your wins. Don’t quiet yourself anymore. I did that, and now that I stopped quieting myself I feel much closer to the real me, the true meaning of who I am as a woman of color, as a woman business owner, and as an entrepreneur.” - Kat Gaskin
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