Makenna Johnston is an alchemist and creator. She was born into this world the love child of philosophies of non-attachment and high-level business acumen. She’s also the author of The Intention Generation; a whole human leadership coach; a business consultant; artist; and chef. Makenna can be found traipsing the world, leading experiences, and coaching creative humans (she calls them unicorns). She’s also the CEO of La Peetch, a food project dedicated to cultivating community and courage through cooking housed at Julia Child’s home in Provence.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Small Business Owners
- Makenna’s friends
- Richard Branson
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Getting clients was hard, it wasn’t impossible it just took a lot of hustle and it took a lot of putting myself out there constantly and there was a time when I was in corporate and I lost my ability to hustle because I got really used to things feeling easy and answers being at my finger tips rather than answers I had to find out myself”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World: The Secret History of the New Corporate World Book by Walter Kiechel III
Favourite Quote:
“Do not go gentle into the good night, rage, rage against the dying light”
Recommended Online Resources:
Nathalie Lussier – founder of a software company called AmbitionAlly.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Just do it, do the work and start, don’t worry about where to start just start. I think that we get wrapped up on the where and the how but the best thing to do is just to do something”…[Listen for More]
More About Makenna Johnston:
I Wrangle Unicorns and La Peetch
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“There is nothing in man or nature that does not ask questions.” Curtis Bill Pepper
Other Quotes From the Chat with Makenna Johnston:
“I feel like the entrepreneurial journey is 80% action and 20% mindset”
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