Dustin sits down with Deborah Nash, a veteran leadership coach with 28 years of experience and author of "Level Up Your Leadership." Deborah shares her remarkable journey from brand management at Clorox and Disney (during the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast era) to becoming an executive coach for Fortune 100 companies and small businesses alike. The conversation challenges a critical misconception: that leadership is only about managing others. Deborah reveals why self-leadership is the foundation that solo entrepreneurs and small business owners often overlook, and shares practical, immediately actionable strategies including treating curiosity as your superpower, remembering "it's all information" when things go wrong, and asking "what's my role?" in any given situation. She also opens up about her personal quantum leap moment at age 60, climbing a 35-foot telephone pole, and how that experience led her to write her first book despite years of saying she never would. This episode is packed with wisdom for anyone looking to level up their leadership, whether they have a team of one or one hundred.

Chapters:

• (00:00:00) - Why Self-Awareness Is Your Hidden Growth Lever
• (00:01:00) - Meet Deborah Naish: From Disney Executive to Leadership Expert
• (00:01:48) - The Entrepreneurial DNA: Starting at Age 10
• (00:03:04) - Fortune 100 Insights: What Corporate Leadership Teaches Entrepreneurs
• (00:07:54) - The Leadership Myth Costing You Revenue and Peace
• (00:14:31) - Small Shifts, Big Impact: Your Leadership Gym Strategy
• (00:18:40) - Building a Sustainable Coaching Practice That Scales
• (00:23:19) - Creating Worthy Goals That Drive Seven-Figure Growth
• (00:23:38) - Taking the Leap: Writing Your First Book as a Business Asset
• (00:24:29) - Navigating Leadership Challenges While Scaling to Seven Figures
• (00:27:06) - Inside a High-Impact Coaching Model for Busy Entrepreneurs
• (00:33:07) - The Three Leadership Practices That Transform Your Business
• (00:40:16) - Your Next Steps: From Six to Seven Figures Through Better Leadership

Links and Resources:

• Level Up Your Leadership by Deborah Nash - https://tinyurl.com/y43ddxdz
• Deborah Nash's Website: https://www.deborahnaish.com/
• Deborah Naish on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-naish-5a860/
• Dustin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinriechmann/
• 7 Figure Leap: https://7figureleap.com/

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