How to discover your superpowers, own your story, and unlock personal growth | Donna Lichaw

Donna Lichaw is an internationally sought-after executive coach, keynote speaker, and best-selling author. She helps visionary founders, CEOs, and executive teams level up their leadership and scale their impact while staying true to their mission, purpose, and themselves. Donna works with leaders at companies like Google, Disney, Twitter, Microsoft, Mailchimp, and Adobe, as well as a plethora of mission-driven startups and nonprofits. In our conversation, we discuss:
• How our personal narratives influence our success and failure
• Why identifying your superpowers (and kryptonite) is so important, and how to do it
• The value of doubling down on your strengths rather than trying to fix weaknesses
• How to acknowledge and reframe feelings of impostor syndrome
• The Double Diamond framework for personal growth and goal-setting
• The power of visualization and how it can fuel motivation and creativity
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• Website: www.donnalichaw.com/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Donna’s background
(04:25) Donna’s origin story and transition to coaching
(08:38) The power of storytelling in leadership
(11:36) Becoming the hero of your own story
(14:49) Changing your story
(21:19) Understanding and shifting others’ stories
(25:41) Imposter syndrome
(31:28) Exploring different types of kryptonite
(36:41) Identifying and leveraging strengths
(43:53) Identifying superpowers
(56:39) Running experiments
(01:01:52) Using product frameworks for personal growth
(01:12:41) Identifying subconscious goals
(01:15:27) Envisioning impact
(01:16:44) Lightning round
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[@techronin_]

I don’t know what you do, but it’s like you’re reading my mind. Every drop, is a show that solves a problem that I’ve been grappling with.

[@Thilosophocl3s]

You gotta love synchronicities...

[@LennysPodcast]

Love to hear this.

[@ecodelearn]

Always teaching us something new. Thank you Lenny and Donna.

[@andrewsorenson5492]

This was an amazing interview. Thanks for sharing this with the public!

[@Thilosophocl3s]

It's not the people who are following you, it's the you that people follow. Folks don't quit their jobs, they quit their bosses.

[@abhishekparmar4983]

Wonderful content man.

[@heshamfm]

Nice! It’s been sometime since I listened to some sense. Well done.

[@Lossengwath]

Absolutely loved every minute of this episode. Loved even more that there is another book also named The Leader's Journey which is one I'd never ever buy. So, now I'm hoping they get lots of hits but no conversions :-) edit: typo

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