Cheers, A:R Nation! I have good vibes I want to share with you! What do you get when you combine New Jersey, soccer, Shakespeare and resiliency? You get our guest on this episode of the A:R Podcast. I'm super excited to introduce and share Michele Danna with you. Michele is a friend and fellow networker I've come to know from our networking group. I know her as a Payroll Consultant with Paycor, though her story is so much deeper and so much more amazing. Michele starts her sharing with becoming a teacher - a career that she saw for herself for years doing the thing that she loves. For reasons out of her control, she was let go from that teaching job, and she was left having to figure things out. There was acting and bartending, but then the teaching world called her back in. But that was just a peak before she was sent back into the valley and let go. At this point, she found herself doing freelance marketing for small businesses. As circumstance would have it, the Universe wanted Michele elsewhere, somewhere entirely foreign to her - the world of payroll and HR, where she's been thriving and succeeding through the present. In this conversation, Michele shares many of the intense struggles she faced. The silent struggle of being a teacher. The struggle of having a traditionally safe career - one that her mom still has - pulled out from underneath her. Michele shares the challenges that many business owners face - getting into freelancing or starting a business with no prior business experience. She goes deep into the challenge of navigating a crapload of life problems hitting her at the same time - money problems, relationship problems, personal wellness problems - and how she managed to stay focused on pressing on. Michele shares with us how she's managed to achieve success in a brand new industry in really short period of time. Every business owner will want to pay attention to what she shares as one of her biggest keys to achieving success in sales - something we all likely learned very young in our lives. If you're looking for an invigorating and inspirational listen - a conversation that reveals that you can overcome anything life throws at you, this is one of those listens. You are resilient. This is the Adulthood:Revisited Podcast. Connect with Michele: Email: mdanna@paycor.com LinkedIn