10 Lessons Learned: Finding Success Beyond the Rat Race with Marissa Nichol

10 Lessons Learned

About Marissa Nichol

Marissa Nichol is a 27-year-old who grew up in Ohio and moved from New York City to Australia on a working holiday visa. After getting a degree in journalism, starting a career in marketing and producing a podcast “Reconsider Everything: The American History Project” on history education in American schools, she decided to change the course she was on to focus on travel and lifestyle rather than career.

Episode notes

02:43 Lesson 1 :Everyone has their own definition of what success looks like
05:57 Lesson 2: Listen to your gut with what feels right and wrong
07:21 Lesson 3: Go back to what you were drawn to as a child
09:23 Lesson 4: You have to take a leap of faith to make connections and be given opportunities
11:09 Lesson 5: If you follow your interests, they will lead you to opportunities and money
13:14 Lesson 6: Find your people and your hobbies
17:46 Lesson 7: Sometimes the internet is your friend
20:35 Lesson 8: Lean into your habits that bring you joy
22:15 Lesson 9: Get out of your headspace of what is scary
25:48 Lesson 10: You have to go through these typical phases of life where you are unhappy to get to a point where you are happy.