How does a girl from Chico, CA and a difficult child hood build an incredible career and life for herself? Today Nancy is here to tell us How She Really Did It and created what was possible for her despite a difficult beginning and evidence that could have stopped her.
Nancy Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Her design firm Duarte, Inc is the largest design firm in Silicon Valley, as well as the fifth largest female employer in the area. Her company specializes in creating slide presentations for corporations and high profile individuals such as Al Gore for the documentary slide show An Inconvenient Truth.
Nancy is the author of three books and her latest book is The HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations.
“The beauty is in the struggle.”
~ Nancy Duarte, on How She Really Does It
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In this interview we discuss:
- her story – many believe those who are successful, have always lived a golden life, what was her beginning like?
- choosing to embrace struggle to transform her life instead of putting up limitations to what was possible
- priorities: making time for things that are important for you ~ how
- dealing with the voices in your head: “I am not capable. I am not qualified.”
- what success looks like for Nancy
- the small steps Nancy took from high school drop out to CEO
- your mindset that gave you the courage to believe in you
- you have built a business from the ground up, what has guided you as a leader
- Two takeaways – for the listeners who want to change their world.
“I needed a job and wasn’t going to let the wind blow me anywhere.”
~ Nancy Duarte, on How She Really Does It
Mentioned in this Podcast
- Nancy Duarte TED talk
- Nancy’s book Reasonate
- Nancy Duarte website
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