Chasing Passions with Lt. Haley McClain-Hill, Founder and CEO of TORCH, and Seek & Set Free

Airmen Helping Airmen

Lt. Haley McClain-Hill, Founder and CEO of both TORCH and Seek & Set Free, joins the Airmen Helping Airmen Podcast with Kaleth Wright to discuss life and chasing passions.

Key facts

• Haley’s Instagram
• Haley’s Twitter
• Haley’s LinkedIn
• TORCH by Haley Marie Website
• Seek and Set Free Website

Founder & CEO of Seek and Set Free, Haley McClain-Hill is also a Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. She’s currently working at Sports Illustrated through Skillbridge and is the Founder & CEO at TORCH by Haley Marie―a clothing brand for women. She graduated from Penn University with a BSc in Mathematics and was a cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons & the San Francisco 49ers.

Key takeaways

• “The balance comes from being slightly lucky and also just going for it.”
• If you find yourself tired when thinking about something you’re about to do, and you clearly have no interest in doing it, it just might not be for you.
• Whenever you get tired of your big dream, think back to your audience and people looking up to you. Then remind yourself it is worth it because of how much positive impact you have on them.
• Always show up as your true authentic self. People care about you being real.
• It is important to get out of your bubble to see what life is like for other people outside. Doing this puts you in other people's shoes, and once you’re in that position where you can empathize and be there for them, it can be a gratifying feeling.
• Invest your time in looking for new experiences to enhance your life.
• If you have difficulty navigating multiple interests and accomplishing set goals, note the following three tips:

Find a mentor who’s going to support you. Be very open and honest with your superiors at all times, so they know about your experiences and where you’re coming from. Don’t shy away from taking risks even if you’re scared because they will help you grow.

• Continuously challenge yourself by putting yourself in positions where you absolutely need to succeed. This self-challenge helps you prepare such that you don’t fail.
• Be confident in your abilities. If others could do it, you can too.
• Fear and adversity are unavoidable parts of life. So when you encounter them, face them and say to yourself just like Haley does, “There's no other option than to succeed at this point.”

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Quotes

“It is important to take those risks and do it confidently and know that there's going to be failures, but it's so worth it because you will grow immensely.”

“...Once you see your prior success,…it kind of helps you build on that…It's like, okay, well, I've done that. So I think I can do this, and I'm pretty sure I can do this now, too.”

“You can do anything you put your mind to; the world is yours. It's just, are you going to go for it?... Are you going to be scared, or are you going to be fearless? And that is going to make you such an incredible and amazing person, and you're going to love yourself so much for doing that for yourself.”

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