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Tonya Rapley is an internationally recognized speaker, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur. Known as The Millennial Money Expert, she is the founder of My Fab Finance and author of The Money Manual. Tonya is also a co-host of the award-winning series Going From Broke, executive produced by Ashton Kutcher.
In nearly every professional’s career, there is a time where you start to feel like you’ve plateaued and hit the proverbial glass ceiling. In my work as a career + leadership development coach, I see this frequently with high-achieving professionals who’ve been in their role for a minimum of 3 years. Instead of staring at the clock wishing it was 5pm, and it’s still saying 9:30am; it’s important that you take control and change the direction and narrative of your experience.
Finding your “purpose” is a question that every professional asks themselves throughout their career. It’s a question every human asks themselves throughout their life. There is an overwhelming amount of literature that can be found on the topic. However, few still realize that it is not about finding, but about understanding.
In this bonus episode, Kimberly answers your deepest career and leadership questions! Pulling commonly received questions from the audience, tune in as Kimberly shares her secret to a great interview, tips for negotiating a premium salary, a guide for stepping into a leadership role, and much more!
A story she doesn’t often share, Kimberly reflects on her decision to become a full-time entrepreneur and her journey building a career in higher education, transitioning to corporate, developing her own business, and at times doing it all simultaneously!
Many of us are taught that you get a job and work your way up year after year, head down just grinding. So if you work really hard, someone will realize it and promote you. Right? Unfortunately, this is not what always happens. So how can you be sure you aren’t stuck in the same place professionally year after year?
With so many initiatives telling minority communities they’re not represented, not included, and not able to make a particular income, what if we could flip the narrative and say, “What if someone could give you the upper hand?”
Rejection can be hard to process. It is easy to attach our professional experience to the identity of who we are, so when we are rejected, it feels personal. But in this episode, Kimberly asks you to reframe your mindset. Rejection is merely redirection, and the alternate outcome might just be better than what you intended.
It’s part two of Kimberly’s reverse interview with CEO and podcast host Jessica Hurley! Tune in as these two powerhouse entrepreneurs discuss burnout, acknowledging their limits, and the things they do to recharge. Believing in relentless consistency, listen in as Kimberly reveals more about what made her the woman she is today and how she balances her seasons of rest and hustle.
In this episode, Kimberly shares her favorite topic and the question she receives most: How do you have the drive to do all the things you’ve done?
Tune in as your host shares why she doesn’t care about motivating or inspiring you. Compelled to achieve her dreams, so much so that it never felt like a choice, Kimberly wants to help you take action in order to create change in your life. So what drives you? Listen in as she reveals three questions to guide you toward a vision and compulsion to take action!
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