E214. College Degree Delayed My Success

<p dir="ltr">Have your degrees or academic background hindered your success in any way? Are you constantly striving for perfection at the expense of progress?</p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode, April shares how her scientific background hindered the progress of her success as an entrepreneur. She explains how her analytical mindset, insatiable curiosity, and self-imposed pressure affected every aspect of her business positively and negatively.</p> <p dir="ltr">Listen in to learn how to stop missing out on opportunities by sometimes allowing good enough to be good enough.</p> <p dir="ltr">In This Episode You Will Learn:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[06:12] April explains how her science background slowed her entrepreneurship progress.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[09:15] She explains the different ways her scientific mindset helped her as an entrepreneur.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[13:01] The different ways her scientific mindset hindered her success.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[19:44] How her self-imposed pressure stifled her willingness to take risks and experiment with new ideas.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[21:33] Understanding that business is an iterative process that doesn’t require perfection before releasing a product or service.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">[23:07] How to stop striving for perfection at the expense of progress to speed up your success.</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Quotes:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I’ve moved away from greatness because greatness sets the wrong standard.”- April [15:15]</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“It’s not just about what you can do in the room; you’ve got to project that at all times.”- April [20:20]</p> </li> </ul>