The Strategic Entrepreneur with Cindy Gordon
The Strategic Entrepreneur with Cindy Gordon helps female digital entrepreneurs make smarter visibility decisions. Hosted by Cindy Gordon, Selective Visibility Strategist and founder of Exclusively Cindy, this podcast is for women in business who are done being scattered across platforms and ready for focused visibility that actually drives revenue.
Cindy is a 5x online business founder with 17 years of experience. She has built and sold four digital businesses using different visibility strategies in each. With a Masters in Special Education and training in Behavior Analysis, she brings an individualized, assessment first approach to visibility, helping you decide what you stand for, where you show up, and how.
Each episode delivers clarity on visibility decisions: which platforms deserve your time, which strategies fit your business, and where you have permission to subtract. No more chasing every trend. No more trying to be everywhere. Just selective visibility that supports your revenue and your life.
Topics include: visibility strategy, platform decisions, marketing clarity, standing out online, avoiding burnout, and building a business that fits your life.
Perfect for female digital entrepreneurs at $50K to $150K who want strategic guidance, not another playbook.
Learn more at exclusivelycindy.com
Follow Cindy: @exclusivelycindy on Instagram
Formerly: The Overwhelmed Entrepreneur (originally Thrive in 5)
The Strategic Entrepreneur with Cindy Gordon
174: How Business Owners Turn Failure Into Success: The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything
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Struggling with business setbacks as an entrepreneur? Failure isn't the end, it's information. And if you study it, it becomes your next breakthrough.
In today's episode, I'll walk overwhelmed business owners and female entrepreneurs through how to turn failure into strategy so you stop spiraling and start learning. Perfect for small business owners who want to bounce back stronger from challenges.
You'll learn how entrepreneurs facing setbacks can pull lessons from any failure and use them to grow faster, smarter, and stronger in business.
What we cover:
- How business owners can detach emotion from outcomes
- The 3 entrepreneur mindset shifts that turn failure into a stepping stone
- How overwhelmed entrepreneurs can build a Lessons Learned Log that creates your comeback
- Business resilience strategies for female entrepreneurs
- Action steps small business owners can use to reflect and apply today
🎯 Perfect for: Overwhelmed entrepreneurs, business owners facing challenges, female entrepreneurs, and small business owners ready to transform setbacks into comebacks.
You're not broken as an entrepreneur. You're building. Let's make your missteps count toward business success.
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About Your Host: Cindy Gordon is a Selective Visibility Strategist and 5x online business founder behind Exclusively Cindy. With a Masters in Special Education and training in Behavior Analysis, she takes an individualized approach to visibility, helping female digital entrepreneurs decide what they stand for, where they show up, and how.
Learn more at exclusivelycindy.com
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In today's Thrive in five, we are flipping failure on its head. Instead of seeing setbacks as the end of the road, I'll show you how to turn them into a powerful stepping stone towards success.
Speaker 2:Welcome back to Thrive in Five, where I give you a quick burst of motivation and productivity in five minutes or less. I'm Cindy, your host, a self-made entrepreneur, busy mom, and a business coach. I've built and sold several digital businesses ranging from five to six figure successes. So when it comes to managing time and priorities in both life and work, I get it. I've been there and I am here to help you thrive.
Let's talk about something. Most people avoid failure you're told to push through, stay strong and bounce back. But what if I told you that failure isn't something to survive? It's something to study. Failure carries data the data reveals why things didn't work, where your blind spots are and what you can do differently next time. But most people are so quick to move on or get stuck in shame that they miss the gold. Here's how to shift that first neutralize emotion. Don't make it about your worth. You are not a failure. You experienced one. It's not a big deal. Next, ask better questions instead of, why didn't this work? Ask what did I learn? Or what would I do differently with this information next time? Curiosity turns setbacks into strategy. And finally, document your lessons. Keep a simple lessons learned. Log in your planner phone or journal. Every misstep becomes a training manual for your next big win. Most people are too afraid to fail, but the truth is, if you are not failing, you are probably not stretching yourself far enough. So start seeing each bump in the road, not as a detour, but as a part of your route to something even greater. If you wanna implement this strategy today, here are your action steps. Revisit a recent failure or setback, big or small. Write down three lessons that it taught you commit to applying one of those insights. To your next move and remember, you are not broken. You are building and you've got this.
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