Curating Career Life Stories: How Did I Get Here? Ep. 127 with Amanda HarNess

Join me for the career reflections of Amanda HarNess, fractional COO & business growth "excelerator". Her journey starts as an occupational therapist, a transition to medical device sales, then discovering her true gift -- improving systems and operations. Ultimately leading her to start her own consulting business as a fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO) and business growth "excelerator" where she does serious work without being too serious. What’s served Amanda best, two things: 1) being open for help; overcoming the mindset that when you open a business you should be good at everything; and 2) “once I’ve decided something, I’VE DECIDED!” I know how to push, persevere, and stay the course. Her words of wisdom, she shares two sets that have impacted her: 1) “A small phrase – asking what if? The idea that the other side is possible if you challenge thoughts with what if”; and 2) three rules for life that she learned on the ski slope: “don’t panic; be tenacious; & party (celebrate!).