011 - Claim It Before You're Ready with Leanne Hughes

About this episode

Leanne Hughes shares her journey of claiming ideas before they exist and the success that followed.

Leanne Hughes wrote the name of a podcast she didn’t have on a blue Post-it note, dropped it in a hat, and when her name was called — walked on stage and described the show as if it existed. It didn’t. A few months later, the First Time Facilitator was born. That’s also how she landed a Wiley publishing deal, and sold out a 50-person consulting conference in eight days. The pattern is always the same: claim it first, build it second. Resourcefulness shows up after commitment, not before it. W...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Myriam Hadnes

Guest: Leanne Hughes

Topics covered

• podcasting
• commitment
• resourcefulness
• consulting
• career development

Keywords

• podcast
• consulting conference
• Wiley publishing
• commitment
• resourcefulness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wiley

Books & works: First Time Facilitator

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