How Life Experiences Shape Business - Mic Takeover with Danielle Chiel
May 18, 2022
Each of us goes through different phases in life. These experiences encourage self-reflection and help us better understand what others endure. In this episode, Danielle Chiel takes over the mic and interviews Samantha about how life experiences shape business.
For full show notes, links and transcription visit: https://samanthariley.global/podcast/379/
ABOUT DANIELLE CHIEL
At the age of 10, Danielle was taught to knit by her grandmother, Pearl, and instantly fell in love with it. After a career in teaching and a Ph.D. in musicology, Danielle returned to this love, opening a fashion store specialising in hand knits. Initially, locals knitted for her, but industrial changes sent her offshore. Refusing to use established mass-production practices, she travelled to India to find another solution. Once there she worked with women in Tamil Nadu to establish her first knitting hub and KOCO was born.
WHERE TO FIND DANIELLE CHIEL
Website: https://koco.global/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellechiel/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knitonechangeone/
CONNECT WITH SAMANTHA RILEY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samriley/
Instagram: @thesamriley
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samriley/
Each of us goes through different phases in life. These experiences encourage self-reflection and help us better understand what others endure. In this episode, Danielle Chiel takes over the mic and interviews Samantha about how life experiences shape business.
Life is not always rainbows and butterflies; traumatic experiences can teach us the most valuable lessons. Despite gaining success in her business, Samantha is no stranger to these experiences and varying events which have taught her many things along the way and shaped the way she does business.
Some may see these unfortunate events as irreversible mistakes, but they have given Samantha insights into how to help her clients better. They allowed her to create genuine connections and build and nurture client-coach relationships.
If you want to know more about Samantha’s life experiences and how they helped form her business style, be sure to listen to this episode.
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:
- Uplifting experiences and how they affected the business (02:20)
- How traumatic experiences helped Samantha understand others (07:48)
- The art of asking good questions (19:55)
- How to give the best support to clients (24:00)
- The value of knowledge AND implementation (27:55)
For full show notes, links and transcription visit: https://samanthariley.global/podcast/379/
ABOUT DANIELLE CHIEL
At the age of 10, Danielle was taught to knit by her grandmother, Pearl, and instantly fell in love with it. After a career in teaching and a Ph.D. in musicology, Danielle returned to this love, opening a fashion store specialising in hand knits. Initially, locals knitted for her, but industrial changes sent her offshore. Refusing to use established mass-production practices, she travelled to India to find another solution. Once there she worked with women in Tamil Nadu to establish her first knitting hub and KOCO was born.
WHERE TO FIND DANIELLE CHIEL
Website: https://koco.global/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellechiel/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knitonechangeone/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellechiel/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knitonechangeone/
CONNECT WITH SAMANTHA RILEY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samriley/
Instagram: @thesamriley
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samriley/