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Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, we’re diving into the remarkable story of Ryan Kaji and his family, the masterminds behind Ryan’s World —a global sensation that started with simple toy reviews and evolved into a thriving business.  How did a six-year-...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today we’re diving into a crucial topic for anyone starting a business, especially after a layoff: streamlining operations. Whether you’re launching your first venture or looking to make your business more efficient and profit...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. If you’re in your 50s, or approaching them, this episode may be one of the most important conversations you’ll ever hear.  Because this is the decade where things change.  You’re no longer just accumulating wealth. You’re no l...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Getting laid off is tough, no doubt about it. But today, I want to shift your mindset from panic to potential. If you’re currently searching for your next big opportunity, contract and temp work might just be the bridge to som...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, we’re diving into something absolutely vital, especially if you’re rebuilding after a layoff, leaving a government job, or just sick and tired of feeling stuck:   Professional Development .  But how do you do it? And ho...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today we’re diving into the story of Nick Green and Gunnar Lovelace, the visionaries behind Thrive Market.   This episode will explore what motivated them to start the business, how they grew it, the challenges they faced, and...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today we’re diving into a critical topic: why tracking your business expenses is absolutely essential when launching a business after being laid off.  If you’re tuning in today, chances are you’re navigating a significant care...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. If you’re in your 30s or 40s, this episode is for you.  Because this is the phase of life where:  Income is usually higher  Responsibilities are heavier  Time is still on your side—but not unlimited  This is no longer the “get...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today we’re diving into a topic that’s deeply personal for many of us: staying positive and resilient after a job layoff.   Whether you’re going through this yourself or supporting someone who is, this episode is for you.   Le...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, we’re talking about something that will absolutely change your trajectory if you lean into it.   We’re talking about Leadership. Not just boardroom leadership. Not executive leadership.  We're talking about leading...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, we’re talking about an incredible story of persistence, innovation, and growth – the story of Joanna Griffiths and her company, Knix.  Knix, a company founded by Joanna with a simple yet revolutionary concept in mind: t...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s essential for anyone starting a business, especially if you’re doing so after a career pivot, like being laid off.   We’re talking about protecting your intellectual property—or IP for s...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. If you’re in your 20s—or you have kids, nieces, nephews, or mentees who are—this episode is critical.  Because here’s the truth most people don’t hear early enough:  Wealth is not built by brilliance. It’s built by starting ea...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today we’re diving into an important topic: why and how you should assess company cultures after being laid off so you can land the best job possible. Whether you’re currently job hunting or just preparing for the unexpected,...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today’s episode is for those of you who’ve been laid off from a Fortune 1000 company, left a government job, or just feel like your career no longer fuels your passion or purpose . If you're at that fork on the road, wond...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. How ThirdLoves Subscription Model Took the Lingerie Industry by Storm  If you’ve been laid off, are concerned about a layoff or just tired of the mind-numbing job you have and want to create an income you can’t ever be fired f...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today's episode is packed with actionable advice. I'm going to share why building a strong online presence is not just important, but it's essential when starting a business and launching the business that you r...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today we're diving into a topic that's crucial for anybody who's faced one of life's tougher realities, being laid off, and that's the importance of reviewing your tax -advantaged accounts. Whether fro...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on a powerful resource you might be underestimating: recruiters and headhunters. These are the professionals who make career magic happen behind the scenes—if you know how to leverage them...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Have you ever heard anyone say, “There’s just not enough time in the day?” Or, maybe “the older you are the Faster Time Goes?” What a bunch of BS! And I’m going to show you why. Today you’re going to learn how to compress time...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. From Small Start-Up to Massive Success: The Journey of Afton Vechery and Carly Leahy of Modern Fertility Today, we’re taking a closer look at the founders of Modern Fertility, Afton Vechery and Carly Leahy. These two women hav...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, I’m going to give you the truth about marketing. Getting the word out – and bringing the money in – fast!  Not fluffy marketing. Not “brand awareness.” Not chasing likes, followers, or vanity metrics.  We’re talking No...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing something that many people don’t consider in the aftermath of a layoff: unemployment benefits .  Today, I’m going to break down why filing unemployment benefits is important and how it c...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today we're diving into a topic that affects so many of us: rebuilding and leveraging professional relationships after being laid off.  To hear more on re-inventing yourself for a better life, Career, Wealth or business g...

Welcome to Life by Design 360, where we dive deep into the personal growth, career growth, entrepreneurship, and success strategies to help you live your best life possible. Today, I want to share four mindset shifts that—if they truly land—can change the direction of your life over the next 12 months. Not overnight. Not magically. But intentionally. These four ideas have shown up again and again...