Episode 56: On Making Incremental Moves and the Value of Focusing on Your Strengths with Amy Lipner

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Are you a creative at heart? On today’s episode Amy Lipner is a litigator turned solopreneur who took her passion for writing and helping others and built a fulfilling business. We discuss focusing on your strengths in order to find your happy. Amy gives practical advice on how to make a change and her story may inspire you to make a transition of your own.

 

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What you’ll learn:

  • How Amy wound up as a litigator
  • Different ways that unhappiness can manifest itself in our life
  • A creative way of transitioning out of a unhappy situation
  • Her unique take on where a law degree can take you
  • Reasons to find value in your current position
  • Helpful reminders for when you are going through tough times
  • How to tackle school loans throughout career transitions
  • Things to consider when structuring your work schedule
  • The importance of setting work boundaries  
  • Reasons to invest in community

 

Best Advice for Finding Happiness:

“Fear and complacency can really keep you in a place of unhappiness. Happiness comes from trusting yourself and trusting that you can get through that discomfort to get to a place where you’ll be more fulfilled and satisfied.”

 

Resources:  

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* Copywriter Club, https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecopywriterclub/

Connect with Amy:

On Her Website: https://www.amylipner.com/welcome

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amylipner/

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waywardaim/

On Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/waywardaim/

 

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