When your side hustle leads to your drea...

Who would have thought that starting a side hustle could be the doorway to a dream job?

A few months before a series of crises hit Lebanon, Sarah had already set herself up to success through embracing the challenge of running a side hustle. Thanks to the invaluable lessons learned from the startup world, she landed her dream job and is now thriving in her career working remotely for B-Yond, a telco disruptor in the United States. Her career path is highlighted with one success after the other working with various international startups and corporations. She's only 24! but her experience ranges from innovation management to data analysis to corporate events and gives her a unique perspective and approach to marketing. She’s worked with big names like Careem, Arabnet, and Clarence Seedorf.

In this episode, Carole Issa interviews Sarah to discover her thinking behind combining the entrepreneurial mindset and the 9 to 5 world to create a fulfilling career path.

Some key themes that Carole explores with Sarah:

• 1’30”: What she imagined her dream job to look like when graduating from uni?
  
• 3’15”: What makes her happy in her current role?
  
• 4’39”: What was the driving force behind starting her side hustle?
  
• 6”41": What she learned from starting a side hustle while having a 9 to 5 job?
  
• 8’58”: How she managed her time having both a 9 to 5 job and a side hustle?
  
• 11’51”: If she would hire someone who has the same behaviour and skill set that she has, and why?
  
• 16’19”: Who inspires her and why?
  
• 22’59”: How did she hear about the growth mindset?
  
• 26’07”: How she's been overcoming the economic and Covid 19 challenges in Beirut?
  
• 31’55”: How did she land her dream job?
  
• 35'33”: What does the word leadership mean to her?
  
• 38’24”: What is her dream?
  
• 41’09”: A book she'd recommend that created a big impact in her life?
  
• 43’14”: What is a 30-day challenge she'd like to throw to the Leadership Activators podcast listeners?
  

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