The Plan That Flopped – And the Awakening That Changed Everything with Sadia Hameed | 059

About this episode

Sadia Hameed shares her journey of a failed business plan and the profound awakening that followed.

Sadia Hameed had a plan. A really good one. After 25 years leading in the nonprofit and philanthropic world – building a globally respected organization from the ground up – she walked away with a vision for something bigger, more aligned, and deeply needed. There was just one problem. No one bought it. What followed wasn’t just a business pivot. It was a full-body, soul-level collapse that forced Sadia to confront something most high-achieving women never stop to question: What if the way yo...

People in this episode

Host: Heather Campbell

Guest: Sadia Hameed

Topics covered

• business pivot
• personal awakening
• high-achieving women
• nonprofit leadership
• vision alignment

Keywords

• business plan
• nonprofit
• philanthropy
• awakening
• high-achieving women

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: nonprofit, philanthropic

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