About this episode

Dr. Angela Kerek shares her journey from professional athlete to BigLaw partner to entrepreneur, discussing lessons on performance and sustainable success.

EPISODE SUMMARY Professional athlete. BigLaw partner. Entrepreneur. Most people spend their lives trying to become one of those things. Dr. Angela Kerek became all three. In this conversation, we unpack the surprising lessons she learned about performance, identity, reinvention, and sustainable success—and how those lessons led her to create ActiveGiving, a company turning movement into measurable impact. This is a powerful conversation for founders, leaders, and ambitious professionals navigating their own next chapter. We talked about... How Active Giving transforms movement into environmental action Lessons from transitioning out of multiple high-performance careers Why Success without self-awareness can become an endless chase EPISODE NOTES Dr Angela Kerek is Co-Founder of ActiveGiving, a performance and engagement platform that turns movement into measurable impact for people, organisations, and the planet. She is a former professional tennis player, ex-BigLaw partner and finance lawyer, and now a mindset and performance coach for founders, executives, and leaders. After 18 years advising on billion-euro transactions in high-pressure legal environments, Angela transitioned…

People in this episode

Host: Claudia Garbutt

Guest: Dr. Angela Kerek

Topics covered

• reinvention
• sustainable success
• high-performance careers
• entrepreneurship
• identity transitions

Keywords

• entrepreneurship
• performance
• identity
• sustainable success
• ActiveGiving
• high-performance habits
• reinvention

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ActiveGiving

Books & works: Winning Inside

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