455: Summer Series - My Work Philosophy
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Transforming Your Work Mindset: From Scarcity to Abundance
Success is often viewed as an unending quest for more—more money, more recognition, more achievements. However, as discussed in the podcast episode, true success goes beyond these conventional metrics. It is about discovering joy and alignment in your work while honoring both your inner hustler and your inner lady of leisure.
Host Tonya Leigh dives into her work philosophy and shares her reflections on how it has evolved over time. As part of the summer series, she revisits past topics and offers her current insights. Tonya discusses her journey toward a more relaxed and confident work life, expressing her overall happiness in both her personal and professional realms. Additionally, she introduces a valuable resource for listeners: a comprehensive PDF detailing the tools, software, and gadgets her team uses to run their business effectively. Listeners can access this resource at schoolofselfimage.com/biztools.
Join Tonya as she explores the intersection of personal development and work, inspiring you to find joy and fulfillment in your own career.
Talking Points:
02:25 - Work Philosophy and Personal Growth.
06:11 - Elegant Success Framework.
09:38 -Â Work Philosophy That Gets ResultsÂ
19:19 -Â Lleisurely Hustling.
22:10 - Honoring Both Parts of Yourself
31:41 Enjoying Your Work Life.
36:07 - Work as a Gift
Quotes:
"I'm always wanting to up-level, I'm always wanting to grow, I'm always wanting to learn, I'm always wanting to expand, I'm reinventing myself."
"To me, success is living the life I want on my terms."
"I will never apologize for the results that I have been able to create in my life."
"What I can tell you is that day never really comes. You're always going to be throwing the stick a little further ahead."
"What if you could fall in love with work? Really think about that question."
"But what if by starting to honor her, by starting to give her a little bit more love and attention, you could love work more."
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, friends, I recorded this entire intro to this summer series and completely forgot to tell you |
| 0:09.0 | about something that I created for you. One of the things that we often get asked by members and |
| 0:15.3 | even those of you who aren't members, but you're in the community is what do you use behind |
| 0:20.4 | the scenes to run your |
| 0:21.3 | business? And so since this episode is all about my work philosophy, me and my team put together |
| 0:27.9 | a very extensive resource with the tools, the software, all the gadgets that we use to run |
| 0:35.3 | this business over here and put it into a beautiful |
| 0:38.4 | PDF for you. And so if you want to get a copy, you can go to schoolofselfimage.com forward |
| 0:45.4 | slash biz tools, all one word, biz tools with an S, and see what's going on over here |
| 0:51.9 | behind the scenes that keeps everything running. |
| 1:00.0 | I hope you enjoy the resource, and I hope you enjoy today's episode where we are revisiting my work philosophy. |
| 1:02.1 | Let's dive in. |
| 1:03.5 | Welcome to the School of Self Image, where personal development meets style. |
| 1:08.5 | Here's your hostess, Master Life Coach, Tanya Lee. |
| 1:11.5 | Hello, hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode where we are deep into our summer |
| 1:27.1 | series where we're revisiting |
| 1:29.3 | some episodes from the past. And I'm sharing my current thoughts on the topics that we are |
| 1:35.7 | covering each week. And this week is all about my work philosophy. So in preparing for this |
| 1:43.6 | episode, I sat down this morning with my journal and really |
| 1:47.4 | thought about my work philosophy and has it changed. And if so, how has it evolved? And for me right now, |
| 1:57.2 | I am so happy in my work life. I'm just happy in my life in general. I feel like I've |
| 2:04.9 | reached this place where I'm just way more relaxed. I'm definitely more confident. I'm enjoying |
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