Nicole Wood is the CEO and co-founder of Ama La Vida Coaching, a lifestyle, health, career, and leadership coaching company based out of Chicago. Nicole founded ALV in 2016. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she worked as a consultant and a corporate strategist — so she came into ALV with a strong professional background. Her goal […]
When I was in high school, I thought business sounded like the most boring career path ever. (That’s me on the right, during my time working at an orchard.) Really. When I thought ‘business’ I thought paperwork and endless spreadsheets and meetings where people dress in formal clothes and talked for hours about numbers. It […]
The people who succeed in business (and life) are the ones who know how to think innovatively. They aren’t just limited by what already exists, but instead think creatively and build new things. They’re the business builders, the parents of new creative styles, the department heads of new divisions within companies. They’re trailblazers and problem […]
How to be productive: Know what you need to get done Prioritize and schedule your work Build habits and routines Learn how to get back on track when you fall off your schedule Add tools to increase your productivity and efficiency This week on Praxis Monday, we were joined by Chuck Grimmett, a former team […]
“How do I get started in business?” Imagine the person who voiced this question: someone young, at the point in life where they need to start figuring out what they want to do to start a career. They know they want to grow, and they want to do something that leaves them feeling both fulfilled […]
This week on Praxis Mondays, we were joined by the legend himself, Christopher Lochhead, for a conversation on success, career growth, and the traits of the people in the world who are most successful. Who is Christopher Lochhead? Dyslexic student who was expelled from high school Co-founder of a failed business directly out of high […]
Are you ready to level up? No matter what you’re doing — working on projects, working at your local Chick-fil-A, or working at a high-growth startup as a Praxis apprentice — there’s always room to get better. As long as you’re doing something, you want to make sure you’re getting the most out of it. […]
Raise your hand (virtually!) if you: like to write think having an email list with 11,000 subscribers sounds pretty awesome think it would be cool to get to meet and interview cool people (like, Neil deGrasse Tyson level of cool) think it would be awesome to make a living writing and teaching writing are impressed […]
It’s easy to think that successful individuals fall into their own elusive class of people. We assume they have something the rest of us don’t — some “it” factor that makes them magically successful while the rest of us are just average. But when you look at their stories — the actual roadmap for their […]
This week at Praxis, we were joined by three Praxis alumni (all successful sales professionals!) for a roundtable-style discussion on the elements of a successful sales career. We covered: How to build trust and rapport with your customer How to go from amateur to sales professional How to know your audience How to write scripts […]