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Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

436: U.S. Army Major General Linda L. Singh: Facing Adversity, Conquering Fear

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5618 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Linda Singh was thrown out of her home at 16, through no fault of her own. A high school dropout, working at a pretzel shop to survive, a display table in the mall for the U.S. Army caught her eye. That led to a conversation that changed the trajectory of her life. She became a Major General in the Army and now is helping people of all ages discover their inner strengths, passions and talents and match them to careers that will make them happy.

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0:00.0

Hello, world.

0:11.6

Welcome to discover your talent to do what you love.

0:14.5

Episode number 436.

0:17.5

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

0:19.9

Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

0:30.5

We created this podcast to provide you with the insights, strategies, and tools to propel your career to the next level.

0:39.1

Thrown out of her home through no fault of her own,

0:41.8

Linda was a high school dropout working at a pretzel shop to survive.

0:46.8

A display table in the mall for the United States Army caught her attention

0:50.4

and led to a conversation that changed the trajectory of her life. Today I'm delighted

0:55.8

to bring you our featured guest, Linda Singh. Hi, Linda. Good morning. How are you? I am doing

1:02.6

just fine. Linda, are you using your talents doing work that you love? I am very much so.

1:07.7

All right. We want to hear the whole story. Major General Linda L. Singh made a choice

1:13.0

to do things differently and to stand out. No matter what obstacles she faced, she would not let

1:18.6

fear control her destiny. She was never content being too comfortable, and she was always in the

1:24.2

process of transforming herself into the best self she could possibly be.

1:28.6

Through her life, she has inspired thousands of people to do the same.

1:32.5

Her book, Moments of Choice, My Path to Leadership, is a true story of how a girl from humble

1:38.6

beginnings who experienced abuse and homelessness rose to become a major general in the United States Army and an

1:45.9

executive with a leading global professional services company. That's a summary of your career. Tell us

1:51.0

for a minute what you're up to now that has you engaged and excited, if you would please.

1:55.3

There are a couple of things. The first I would say is the work that I'm doing with the National

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