Embrace the Pivot with Dr. Cheryl Robinson

There are a million ways to get what you want. Flippa , a marketplace to buy and sell online businesses, has created a platform for people to become an entrepreneur and build toward their future. Stacy Caprio owns, grows and invests in websites, and is the owner of Her. CEO , a community for women and entrepreneurs to share ideas, buy and sell websites, and grow their businesses together. She's pa...

It doesn’t matter how old you are, you can help pivot an industry or peoples’ mindsets. Harish Kolli, founder of Guardial app , shares how he started a business at 15 and has evolved as a leader. Guardial empowers women to act on their instincts and give them another option besides just walking faster and hoping their instincts pan false. Whether you're walking on the streets or getting into an Ub...

How do you stay grounded in your beliefs and life’s purpose? Dr. Renai Ellison, founder of Embrace Life , shares her life‘s pivots and how to connect with what you’re meant to do in this world.  She has discovered her passion in her profession as a Life & Leadership Coach, Consultant, Trainer, and Speaker. After earning a certification as a Christian Life Coach from the Professional Chris...

People think that passion correlates with pivoting: “Find your passion and do that.” Not necessarily. You have to align your next pivot with your skill set.  ”Things” don’t make you happy long term. Happiness comes from the inside. Develop your happiness core; the happiness habit to feel fulfilled. 

Overthinking kills a pivot; it hinders your progress, which ultimately stifles your goal. Overthinking puts you in a loopty loop of negative thoughts/hallucinations that most likely will never, ever occur. When you recognize that you’re overthinking, give yourself a timeout and ask what the best possible outcome could happen. That will get you out of your funk. For more information, connect with m...

Successfully pivoting requires you to have a clear understanding of what pivoting means to you. That requires mapping out what your vision is and overall where you want to be. Some people make think that they’re helping or protecting you by pointing out the flaws or obstacles that stand in your way. To move beyond that, you have to block out the white noise. This episode takes your through techniq...

Part of pivoting comes down to your self-confidence; the self-confidence to believe that you deserve something better in your life. The self-confidence to take a risk knowing that the journey is part of the success. Lillian Forsyth joins me on this episode of Embrace the Pivot Podcast to discuss her journey from human resources to starting her own leadership consultancy, Lead With Equity .  L...

I’m relaunching the Embrace The Pivot Podcast. It’s been awhile since the last episode but I’ve been pivoting and rebranding . Pivoting takes investment in yourself, jumping with two feet in and the ability to pick yourself up when you get knocked down. In the upcoming round of episodes, I have new tips and tricks for successfully pivoting, along with amazing guests to share their pivot strategies...

Todd Hoffman , CEO of  Storied Media Group  and StoryScout, the online marketplace that curates IP, pre-negotiates the rights, and allows studios and independent producers to find and option ideas with a click of a mouse. Through SMG’s digital platform StoryScout, tens of thousands of creatives around the globe read the stories that translate into high end content, which SMG then brokers...

Nick Cuomo, founder of consumer tech startup Allstar , is just getting started with its mission of democratizing the creation of gaming content. Over the last eight months, the company’s user base grew more than 10x. A few weeks ago, it entered a partnership with TikTok . After that, it generated a near $4M pre-seed raise . Nick went from a former pro gamer and content creator who, after reti...

When people say ‘you’re fearless,’ it’s not about the absence of fear. It’s about acknowledging the fear and choosing to face it anyway or move forward anyway. It takes guts and gumption to pivot towards something you’ve always wanted to do. Facing the fear builds a foundational level for you so as you level up, you can revert back to how you faced another fear in order to keep moving forward. Emb...

When people think about pivoting, they associate it with changing careers or personal milestone. What if I told you that micro pivoting is just as important as macro pivoting; it might even be more crucial to get the micro right before addressing the macro. In this episode, I breakdown micro pivoting versus macro pivoting and how to pivot the perception.

There’s a major difference between knowing when a strategy isn’t working out and giving up too soon. The difference lies in the amount of time you dedicate to the new pivot. If you spend 5% of your time working on the pivot and nothing happens, it’s not that the idea or goal failed, you not only gave up on it too soon but you didn’t even give it a chance.  If you‘ve tried everything and it’s...

It’s easy to become distracted when pivoting. Everything is new and as you decide which direction to move in most opportunities can seem appealing. It’s called the Shiny Object Syndrome—the ability to quickly move from one idea/project to the next because they all seem promising and exciting. As you pivot, the biggest question to ask yourself when presented with an opportunity is, “Is this project...

Desiree Morales, founder of Tropical Fruit Box, shares how in order to scale a business you need to let your team be experts. There’s a reason why you hired them. Don’t suffocate them; let them shine. When they succeed, everyone succeeds.  She’s a food innovation executive with a background in produce sourcing, partner alignments, channel marketing, and e-commerce in the U.S. grocery retail and fo...

Wow! It’s been one year and 50 episodes with some fabulous guests! We’ve learned that self-confidence, risk taking, networking, preparing for the fall, self-marketing and leadership are all part of the pivoting process. Episode 50 I recap in a snapshot the necessary steps you need to take in order to successfully pivot.

Buffy McCoy Kelly, founder and CEO of Tattoo Projects, shares how when facing any pivot first you have to prepare for the fall. Having a strategy in place will help you bounce forward, pivot quicker when you do face plant; you’ll be prepared. When things to be moving too fast or aren’t going as planned, take a step back and root yourself. You need to root yourself in order to rise.

Pivoting not only takes motivation, it takes dedication. Tony Martignetti , Founder of Inspired Purpose Coaching, shares how to be the author of your life, not the reporter. He began executive coaching after experiencing two and a half decades of burnout and toxic leadership in the biotech industry, realizing he could help others avoid the same pitfalls he had to endure. He finds joy in helpi...

The difference between success and lessons learned is consistency. Every goal you set for yourself requires action. Consistent right actions lead to proven success. Don’t let the fear of not succeeding or being embarassed keep you from knowing how everything turns out. The what-if scenario is one of the worst regrets. Even if you don’t know how to do something, doing something is better than holdi...

When you evolve you are making a conscious effort to better yourself; you are chosing to take action. One type of pivoting is a forced pivot — you were laid off or the company you worked for went bankrupt. Here you had no option or choice. This is not a form of evolving. But there is a scenario where you can both evolve and pivot all at the same time. For example, you are self-aware and want to do...

Kate Jeffers, President and Partner of independent, creative ad agency  Venables Bell + Partners . It’s portfolio includes Audi, Reebok, 3M and Chipotle. The agency has won numerous awards and recognition including being named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and being named to Ad Age’s A-List and Best Places to Work lists, among many others. They have also won the Titaniu...

Maria V. Robinson, an NLP practitioner & expert, aka my mom, shares #NLP techniques on how to body mirror someone and match their energy & intensity level in order to develop trust. Trust is key when building and fostering relationships. Having trust will actually provide a higher percentage rate of #success. Maria wrote a self-guided affirmational book called I Am Willing. Through prompts...

Rachel Brenke is a millennial mom, lawyer, business consultant, cancer survivor, disabled-veteran spouse, and Team USA athlete with five school-aged children that she is currently homeschooling. Rachel has served more than 18,000 entrepreneurs in over 50 countries.  She shares how real failure comes from not trying at all. There’s a difference between trying, learning and pivoting to letting...

Mark Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You . From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, du...

Maria V. Robinson, an NLP practitioner & expert, aka my mom, shares NLP techniques on how to pivot your mindset. For close to 40-years, she’s been a master certified NLP practitioner helping corporations and individuals learn how to properly communicate and change habits and strategy to reach set goals. There’s more to pivoting than just changing careers. It’s about pivoting your mindset as we...