Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business 1325: How to Make Vulnerability Your Greatest Business Superpower to Unlock Your Full Potential w/ Théa Watkins
Ready to stop letting fear dictate your entrepreneurial journey? In this episode, Brian sits down with Théa Watkins, an impactful coach with 27 years of experience as a global business leader. Théa shares her incredible story of leaving a secure corporate career to build a business around her passion: helping people and organizations realize their full potential. This episode is a masterclass in overcoming the mental hurdles that hold entrepreneurs back. You'll learn why embracing discomfort is the key to growth, how vulnerability can become your greatest leadership tool, and the practical steps to build unwavering self-belief so you can finally feel the fear and do it anyway.
💡 What You'll Take Away For YOUR Business
- The Power of "And Thinking": Discover how to reframe daunting challenges by acknowledging that fear and excitement can coexist, giving you the fuel to take massive action.
- Unlocking Team Potential: Learn Théa's facilitation strategy for building deep trust and collaboration by creating a space for intentional vulnerability.
- Fly Higher, Not Lower: Understand the powerful metaphor for why playing small is more dangerous than aiming for your biggest goals and how to build the courage to soar.
- From Corporate to Entrepreneur: Hear the unfiltered story of making the leap and the specific actions that turned a passion for inclusion into a thriving consulting business.
- The 10-Second Mindfulness Hack: Learn a simple Positive Intelligence technique to quiet the "fight or flight" response and create the mental space needed for strategic thinking.
- Vulnerability as a Leadership Choice: Uncover what vulnerability actually looks like in a business context (hint: it's not about sob stories) and how saying "I don't know" can make you a stronger leader.
📝 About Théa Watkins
Théa Watkins is an impactful coach and expert facilitator with over 27 years of international experience as a business leader in the financial services industry. After a long and successful corporate career, she took the entrepreneurial leap to found Théa Watkins Consulting. Today, she channels her passion and expertise into helping individuals and organizations realize their full potential through the principles of inclusion, transforming team dynamics and empowering leaders to build more effective, respectful, and high-performing environments.
🎯 Théa’s BEST Piece of Advice for Wantrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs
"Feel the fear and do it anyway... and never stop believing in yourself."
📢 Memorable Quotes
- “Nothing is achieved in life without some struggle and some level of discomfort. That's where the growth and the evolution happens.” – Théa Watkins
- “Excitement is an emotion or has the same physiological impact on your body… as fear.” – Théa Watkins
- "Vulnerability is a key leadership choice in today's world... it's part of showing your humanity." – Théa Watkins
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