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Getting out of your comfort zone | Wanda Wallace | #TGV457

Season 1, Ep. 457

Getting out of your comfort zone | Wanda Wallace | #TGV457


Tune into #TGV457 to get clarity on the above topic. Here are the pointers from WANDA’s conversation with Naveen Samala on The Guiding Voice


  • First rapid fire/Introduction and context setting
  • Wanda Wallace’s success mantra
  • The three core questions you must address to get outside of your comfort zone
  • How to create leverage and delegate effectively?
  • When to lean on the expertise and when to lean on spanning
  • How to build, enable, and add value to your team?
  • About her book “You Can’t Know It All”
  • WITTY ANSWERS TO THE RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS
  • One piece of advice to those aspiring to make BIG in their careers
  • TRIVIA ABOUT Comfort Zone


About the guest:

In her book You Can’t Know It All, Wanda Wallace presents the framework and tactics she has developed to address the challenges of this balancing act. 


She offers strategies for individuals to navigate their new roles and combine their expertise with their spanning leadership responsibilities, including many tangible business examples to bring this to life.


Guest LI profile link:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-028a798/



CONNECT WITH THE HOST ON LINKEDIN:

Naveen Samala: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveensamala

http://www.naveensamala.com


If you'd like to contribute to our mission, please donate (any amount of your choice) through Paypal

https://paypal.me/NaveenSamla


If you wish to become a productivity monk: enroll in this course: 

https://www.naveensamala.com/courses/ProductivityMonk-636d10fde4b055920139e51d


TGV Inspiring Lives Volume 1 & 2 are on Amazon:


Vol 2: 

Notion Press: https://notionpress.com/read/the-guiding-voice-inspiring-lives-volume-2

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ2J7BM8


Vol 1: Kindle:

https://amzn.eu/d/cKTKtyC


Paperback:

https://amzn.eu/d/4Y1HAXj

#TGV is available in Hindi & Telugu:

https://youtube.com/@tgvhindi

https://youtube.com/@tgvtelugu


Audio:

https://open.spotify.com/show/2wyLNGG0tsHucmhRauh4o(#tgvhindi)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3fCfHwoFIiehHJSPcgoX4I (#tgvtelugu)


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