Podcasts · Becoming Her with Melissa Thompson
010. From Garbage to Beauty: How I Found My Calling
· 16 min · S1 E10
Episode 010. From Garbage to Beauty: How I Found My Calling
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I started my career doing accounting for the biggest garbage company in North America. Then I had my daughter — and everything changed overnight.
What followed was resume writing for broke college students, a multimedia advertising business I built from scratch in a man's world I never fit into, and a newspaper ad for Avon I answered for my sister-in-law that ended up changing the entire direction of my life.
This is the story nobody knows. Garbage to beauty — and everything in between.
In this episode:
• Why having my daughter made me walk away from corporate without a plan • The resume hustle, the advertising company, and why success doesn't always equal passion • How a $25 Avon ad I answered for someone else became the pivot that started a 31-year career • The moment in the back of a Country Waffles diner where I felt seen for the first time — and knew I was exactly where I was supposed to be • Why entrepreneurship doesn't choose everyone — and how to know if it's chosen you • What COVID did to a brand that had just sold out of product in its first six months • Why staying hungry for your mission is the only thing that carries you through every obstacle • Garbage to beauty: why my daughter named my entire journey — and why it's the perfect metaphor for entrepreneurship
Timestamps: 0:00 – Life Changed Overnight 1:17 – Garbage Company Beginnings 1:36 – New Mom, New Priorities 2:34 – Resume Hustle to Advertising 3:42 – Building a Sales Business 4:51 – The Avon Ad Turning Point 5:30 – Finding a True Calling 6:29 – The Country Waffles Breakthrough 8:14 – Garbage to Beauty: The Identity 9:06 – Why Entrepreneurship Picks You 10:21 – Launching the Brand 12:32 – Resilience Through COVID 13:42 – Obstacles Make You Stronger 14:51 – Transforming Garbage Into Beauty 15:32 – The Becoming Question
The Becoming Question: Has there been a journey in your life that started out as garbage — and you were able to transform it into something beautiful? And if you're not there yet, are you in the middle of it right now?
Connect: @melissathompson.19
Watch/Listen: bellame.com/becomingher
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