It's an Inside Job
Are you overwhelmed by managing career and leadership challenges, overthinking decisions, or facing uncertainty? I'm Jason Birkevold Liem, and welcome to It's an Inside Job—the go-to podcast for coaches, leaders, and professionals striving for career and personal growth.
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Every Monday, we bring you long-form discussions with thought leaders on resilience, leadership, psychology, and motivation, offering expert insights and real-life stories. Then, on BiteSize Fridays, you'll get shorter, focused episodes with actionable tips designed to help you tackle the everyday challenges of leadership, stress management, and personal growth. So, if you're ready to build resilience, equanimity, and well-being from the inside out, join me every Monday and Friday.
After all, building resilience is an Inside Job!
It's an Inside Job
How to Reclaim Your Power & Find Strength. Interview with Dr. Ann Kaplan: Award-winning entrepreneur, author, and media personality
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Dr. Ann Kaplan is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, television host and former star of The Real Housewives of Toronto. Being corporate herself, she embodies the “unhousewife-housewife” – displaying her humorous antics and lack of tolerance for the intolerable weekly on SliceTv.
In her “real” life, Ann Kaplan is the Founder of iFinance Canada Inc., the parent company to Medicard, Petcard, Dentalcard, iFinance Tech, and iFinance Home Improvement – a North American consumer finance company – she has taken the Company from Start-up (1996) to one of the largest consumer finance Companies in Canada with loan applications exceeding $1B.
An award-winning businesswoman, author, and media personality, Dr. Kaplan has hosted television shows including Global’s NYtv, The Ultimate Makeover, and CosmedicTv. She holds a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration), Masters In Business (MBA), Master in Science (MSc) and a Corporate Governance Designation (CD.D).
In this episode, Ann and I explore the questions and issues around the following:
- How did your history shape for you?
- What was the hardest lesson you had to learn?
- How did you cope with trauma and move forward?
- Considering how far you've come in life, what advice would you give to your younger self?
- In the process of writing your book, how did it help you to process your thoughts and emotions?
- What advice or strategies could you share with us on how to deal with our own inner critic?
- How do you deal with uninvited change or uncertainty?
- We explored what means by living your purpose and her core values.
- What advice can you give work to working mothers who are struggling to balance it all?
REFERENCES:
How to Be Successful in Spite of Yourself
by Dr. Ann Kaplan
Paperback
Audiobook format
Kindle format
Dr. Kaplan's contact information:
Website: https://annkaplan.com/books/
Facebook: @AnnKaplan_OwnIt
LinkedIn: @AnnKaplan_OwnIt
Instagram: @AnnKaplan_OwnIt
Twitter: @AnnKaplan_OwnIt
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