118: Belonging to Leading: The Rise Into Aligned Leadership & Expansion with Dani Devren

But before we dive into the w- or more of the work that you do now, I wa- I want us to rewind the clock a little bit-

Mm-hmm

... and, and go back.

And something that you said, um, a few minutes ago about this busy fool era, because I wanna dive into this-

[laughs]

... a little bit, right?

Yeah.

What did that actually look like day to day? T- tell us a little bit more about it so we can understand.

Do you know what? I find it so funny, because I can look back now in hindsight and tell the story with a bit of a comedy lens, but at the time, I loved it, right? I didn't have a problem with it.

It was everyone else around me that thought I was insane.

[laughs]

I was the happiest I've ever been.

[laughs] Now I probably look back and think...

You know, I don't, I don't live life with regrets anyway, and I genuinely believe that everything happens to us, right? Not to us, for us.

Everything happens for us to make a change, to get really self-aware.

But I was just doing what I wanted to do.

So when I had my first son, I was running a toy brand.

I then adored social media.

I started to get social media clients.

So being a social media manager is all-consuming.

It's a 24/7 job, or it was for me 'cause I had no boundaries.

So I had clients 24/7, and I would be available 24/7.

So of course, when my husband went back to work and I've only got a baby to look after, I say only, it's obviously the biggest, hardest job in the world-

Yeah

...

But before we dive into the w- or more of the work that you do now, I wa- I want us to rewind the clock a little bit-

Mm-hmm

... and, and go back.

And something that you said, um, a few minutes ago about this busy fool era, because I wanna dive into this-

[laughs]

... a little bit, right?

Yeah.

What did that actually look like day to day? T- tell us a little bit more about it so we can understand.

Do you know what? I find it so funny, because I can look back now in hindsight and tell the story with a bit of a comedy lens, but at the time, I loved it, right? I didn't have a problem with it.

It was everyone else around me that thought I was insane.

[laughs]

I was the happiest I've ever been.

[laughs] Now I probably look back and think...

You know, I don't, I don't live life with regrets anyway, and I genuinely believe that everything happens to us, right? Not to us, for us.

Everything happens for us to make a change, to get really self-aware.

But I was just doing what I wanted to do.

So when I had my first son, I was running a toy brand.

I then adored social media.

I started to get social media clients.

So being a social media manager is all-consuming.

It's a 24/7 job, or it was for me 'cause I had no boundaries.

So I had clients 24/7, and I would be available 24/7.

So of course, when my husband went back to work and I've only got a baby to look after, I say only, it's obviously the biggest, hardest job in the world-

Yeah

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