Summary: Today on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast, Tom Dziubek talks with Ellyn Spragins, speaker, author, and editor of the Letters To My Younger Self series of books. Ellyn talks to Tom about how women differ from men in regards to success, especially regarding finding and developing their inner talents. They also discuss her “Letters to My Younger Self” series of books, including what inspired her, the celebrities who contributed, as well as one of her favorite letters. Consumerism Commentary Podcast Women & Success: S07E11 / 167 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#wp_mep_5').mediaelementplayer({ m:1 ,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen'] ,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30 }); }); Download – RSS – iTunes Table of contents [00:00] Introduction from Tom Dziubek [00:37] Interview with Ellyn Spragins – [00:51] Ellen’s inspiration to help women – [03:48] How women are different from men in finding and developing talents – [05:44] What women need to know about success – [07:28] Rule for Success #1: Be selfish – [08:15] Rule #2: Be bad – [08:29] Rule #3: Be “dyslexic” – [09:21] Rules #4 and #5: Study your gut & don’t be men in pink – [10:45] How “Letters To My Younger Self” got started – [12:42] Finding celebrity contributors at the beginning – [16:00] Finding contributors after the first book – [18:19] One of Ellyn’s favorite letters – [21:13] Ellyn’s seminars [26:52] End We always welcome feedback from listeners. If you have any comments for this episode or for any other, or if you have suggestions for future episodes, please leave us comments here or email us at podcast at this domain name. Theme music by Mindcube. Podcast 167: Women and Success is a post from Consumerism Commentary. New to Consumerism Commentary? Start here.
