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Hey and welcome to this first episode in 2021 with Kerrine Bryan. Kerrine is based in New York and took her master’s degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Business Administration. She is originally from the UK and this is where she started her journey of becoming and author for her own book series „Butterfly Books“. Besides that she also works as an electrical engineer for WSP USA and previously 11 years for CB&I. Kerrine describes herself as a person who is driven by the will „to offer the next generations a bright future“. In school, she was always good at scientific subjects but gender issues held her back from beginning her engineering carrier. She talks about her aha-moment when a teacher introduced her to the engineering world that made her go that path. In this interview, Kerrine shares very personal insights into her journey of becoming an author. She explains why the world needs more engineers and how her book may help to achieve this goal. We talk about her hardest decision, moving to New York and how she had to restart her careers in a new country. What surprised her the most along her way, why networking is key and how she combines her two business worlds - this and much more you’re going to hear in this interview. :)

Thanks for tuning in and welcome back to episode #57 with Erica Vernet Knowles. Erica is a Miami native, an international traveler, and a culture enthusiast. With over 20 years of climbing America’s corporate ladder, Erica found her niche in the media industry serving as an executive director, publisher, and editor-in-chief. But to get where she is today, she didn’t follow a straight path: Erica started with studying architecture & design, followed by studying political science, working in the pharmaceutical, political, banking and event planning sector up to being an English teacher. And today, Erica is the creator and producer of Collective Drift.
 Throughout her career, Erica was told that with the diverse transitions and overlaps in her CV she won’t find a job. In this interview, she shares why this diversified journey, which actually made her work for various companies in different lines of business, like e.g. Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer or the MIA Media Group, was a key factor of success. Hear how she dealt with doubt in terms of sticking to a decision and how she managed to handle her hardest decision: taking a step back and taking a job again. We talk about Erica’s biggest challenge and learning when living abroad, how she makes her decisions and how analyzing the origin of fear helped her. She also explains that trial and error isn’t a bad thing for her and that happiness is worth more than a six-figure salary. Why building relationships is so important and how everything aligned once she started going on her path - this and much more Erica talks about in this episode. Get ready for her interesting life story and enjoy this talk!

Do you have natural talents that you can use to create a business? Actually, we all do. We might think it's not possible - but actually, what your find easy, someone else finds hard and they'd be willing to pay you to do that thing. Moreen Torpy is now an author and professional organizer after leaving the corporate world. In this episode, she shares her wisdom on what's involved behind the scenes of having her own business. It's filled with wisdom and nuggets to help you if you're thinking of starting a business.