April Garcia's PivotMe

100 Episode! Biggest Mistake in my Career, Confidence, Kids, and Meta Human

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We’ve made it to the 100th episode, yay! How has Pivot Me impacted your life over the last 99 episodes? Do you have one specific episode or two that made all the difference in your life?

In this episode, April invites two of her friends Mark Keene and Desiree Maya over to interview her long-standing career journey plus the birth and journey of the Pivot Me podcast. She takes us back many years where it all began, the barriers she’s had to overcome, and her own pivot moments.

Listen in to learn the importance of changing your story to change your life completely.

In this episode:

  • [4:12] April traces her badassery attitude all the way from her childhood.
  • [6:43] She talks about her corporate journey which started at 15 years with a fake ID.
  • [9:46] The risk of the failed sale of Maven Consultancy that April still regrets taking.
  • [13:10] The disconnect April felt during the height of her corporate career and how she shifted.
  • [17:15] How she gained confidence by overcoming plus her struggles with authenticity.
  • [26:15] She narrates a knee dislocation story that turned out to be her greatest lesson on vulnerability.
  • [32:48] How to be vulnerable- asking for help when you can’t be the best version of yourself doing it all.
  • [38:13] April talks about her course Multiply Me Course, what it teaches, and the upcoming Multiply Me Mastermind.
  • [42:48] April talks about her love for hiking and her other favorite things to do.
  • [45:50] When she started her family’s giant Thanksgiving tradition.
  • [45:56] She talks about her experience being a mom plus wanting to be Indiana Jones.
  • [52:47] How to seriously take care of yourself as a mom without giving up any of your dreams.
  • [59:13] The significance of impacting people through Pivot Me after 100 episodes.
  • [1:02:23] April advises you to change your story to change your life. 

Pivotal Quotes:

  • “If you’re in a career where you have to hide the fact that you do humanitarian work, there’s something wrong with your career.”- April [14:25]
  • “You can project manage any goal.”- April [40:26]
  • “We make it out to be so difficult but it’s really just scheduling it and focusing on the most high-value task.”- April [40:36]
  • “When you step outside the boxes that others have drawn for you, they don’t understand.”- April [54:09]
  • “The thing about guilt is it doesn’t serve us at all; it robs us of our joy.”- April [57:14]

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