<span id="hs_cos_wrapper_name" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="meta_field" data-hs-cos-type="text" >EP372: Amanda McKinney - The Importance Of Courage In Building Confidence</span>

Ad Read: Of course, I've run into more tech issues than I ever thought possible in my business of running an online business, but those are, are pretty manageable. But it's the, the fear of things, the emotions that come along with all of the ups and downs, and then the revenue ups and downs. Those are the bigger bumps. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, I'm Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, I'm your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a fantastic one. Our guest is the host of the Unapologetic Entrepreneur Podcast and the author of Why Not You? An Accidental Entrepreneur's Guide to Success. Amanda McKinney, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me, Michael. I am thrilled to be on your podcast. Well, it is absolutely wonderful to have you, and I'm excited about getting into your thought leadership. And how it might help our listeners. But before we get into all of it, please let us know a little bit about you and your career journey leading up to now.

Sure. So I was in the corporate world after I went through grad school and jumped into the corporate world. And I really thought that I would stay there. I had no aspirations to start my own business, which is why I say I work with accidental entrepreneurs now, because I feel like I stumbled into entrepreneurship. And I know that feeling so well. And so I was in the corporate world and really I thought I was going to climb that corporate ladder, stay in that, and, you know, be a top executive one day. Like, that was really the goal. And lo and behold, a few companies into my career, I went through— I was part of a layoff. So they laid me and my whole team off. And in that moment, I don't know if you've been laid off or anyone listening has been laid off, but immediately I thought, oh my gosh, I'm terrible. This company didn't want me. Like, I made— I was on the chopping block. And so it was a huge confidence hit there. But at At the same time, I had in the back of my mind as I was in the corporate world, I had hired consultants all the way through like all of my experience, and I thought that'll be cool to do that one day,