871: Your Authenticity Is Your Point of Differentiation with Alexa Carlin Founder and Owner of Women’s Empowerment Expo and Hello Perfect Blog

Alexa Carlin is an internationally renowned speaker sharing her story and experience to audiences all over the world. She launched the Women’s Empower Expo (WEX) in 2016 and grew it to be the largest event for female entrepreneurs and change leaders.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

Sarah Blakely

When business started difficulties overcame:

“Self doubt and confidence, when I was in middle school I could barely raise my hand in class, I’m not exaggerating at all whatsoever and today I’m a public speaker but it really has been this fight to be more confident in myself and I think we all struggle with that but once I started to achieve things that I was passionate about and things that were meaningful to me it gave me a little bit more confidence”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream Book by Paulo Coelho

Favourite Quote:

“Hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard”

Recommended Online Resources:

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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Add your authenticity into everything that you do, one of my quotes that I share is your authenticity is your point of differentiation, the more authentic you can be, the more people will relate to you, trust you and want to buy or work with you”…[Listen for More]

More About Alexa Carlin:

Women’s Empowerment Expo and Hello Perfect blog

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.” Taylor Sheridan

Other Quotes From the Chat with Alexa Carlin:

• “There’s always going to be more people that are more talented than you but there’s no one that is you, your authenticity is your point of differentiation”
• “I believe the world is starving for authentic leaders and when you can add that into your business you will always standout”
• “It’s about not overcoming obstacles but finding the opportunity through the obstacle”

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