Entrepreneurship

Dream Mentors

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Real-life stories to inspire, motivate, and guide you

By The Blinkist Curators

What's it about?

Entrepreneurship Motivation & Inspiration Biography & Memoir

Mentors can be invaluable in guiding us in our personal and career journeys. However, not all of us are lucky enough or have access to a mentor who can offer the advice and experience we need–these Blinks are here to help. Let the stories of these successful individuals inspire you as you learn about the trials and tribulations they've overcome, channel their resilience in the face of challenges, and gain insights on how to apply their formulas for success to your goals and endeavors.

Dream Mentors

Real-life stories to inspire, motivate, and guide you

Getting There

Gillian Zoe Segal

A Book of Mentors

Ryan Holiday: Great Work Takes Time

Ryan Holiday: Great Work Takes Time

There are a billion frustrations that can come with trying to do creative work—take it from bestselling author Ryan Holiday. In this episode, he’ll share his thoughts on the discomfort of slow progress, creating work that stands the test of time, and the tactic he uses to make sure the projects he’s working on have value.

Becoming

The intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States

How to Fail

Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong

On the Move

Wise Guy

Lessons from a Life

Everything is Figureoutable: Marie Forleo

Everything is Figureoutable: Marie Forleo

At some point in our life, we’ve all been asked this question: what do you want to be when you grow up? As we get older, the question intensifies: what do you want to do with your life? What kind of career do you want? We feel like we have to choose a single path or settle just to adhere to societal expectations, but bestselling author Marie Forleo teaches us that there’s a way to explore all of our interests without sacrificing clarity. In this episode, Marie teaches us how to embrace our identities as multi-passionate people, and free ourselves from other people's ideas of who we should be.

Tribe of Mentors

Tribe of Mentors

Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

Sophia Amoruso: Bouncing Back

Sophia Amoruso: Bouncing Back

How can mistakes and failures positively shape our lives? In 2016 Sophia Amoruso's company Nasty Gal was one of the fastest-growing fashion retailers in the world—until it filed for bankruptcy. In a six-month period Sophia went from the cover of Forbes to a failed marriage and business insolvency, all very publicly. At a time when there were few young female entrepreneurs, let alone those who went through such major, stigmatized changes in the public eye, one has to ask, "How did she bounce back and move on?" In this episode, you'll learn what Sophia did to move forward with her life, and how she managed to transform first-time mistakes into valuable learning curves so she could set up her second and wildly successful business: Girlboss.

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