No Time to Waste
Today I welcome Alison Hadden to the show and she is a Marketing Executive with 20 years of highly competitive and successful experience across 3 different companies, where she has taken her athlete mindset and instilled it into her work and her teams in order to bring about the greatest results. Alison has also battled cancer over the last 2 years of her life and it is the work she is doing today with her “No time to Waste” project that is bringing to light the importance of living life to the fullest. Because of her competitive approach to life and her willingness to empower others, Alison is a woman changing the world 24 hours at a time and she delivers some truly impactful thoughts and lessons that we can all stand to do a better job of incorporating into our lives.
We open up the discussion by learning more about her Career and evolution from sales up to establishing herself as a marketing executive (6:45), while emphasizing the ways in which she has remained true to an athlete mindset. We then discuss how prioritizing the company or team over the role itself when it comes to your career can be the better choice, and the importance of the culture you are working within (13:00). Alison then shares her personal story regarding the last 2 years of her life and her battle with cancer (18:25), but also the ways in which her mindset towards life has allowed her to attack the adversities within it (22:25). Learning about how Alison implements the mindset of controlling what is within her control and remaining in the present (24:30) is just part of the message that she is sharing on her public platform to highlight the need to live life like there is no time to waste (28:45). Be sure to listen into the conclusion of the episode to learn more about Alison’s “No time to Waste” project (36:00) and Steve’s “Key’s to Success” (38:30)