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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Emma Isaacs: The Art of Winging It

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Emma Isaacs is the founder of Business Chicks, a highly sought-after keynote speaker, and a media commentator on topics around female leadership and entrepreneurship. A bestselling author who has worked with the world’s greatest thought leaders and businesspeople, Emma inspires thousands with her boundless energy and ability to see possibility wherever she goes. She is also a mom to six kids under age 11. In this podcast, Emma joins Tami Simon to discuss her new book, Winging It. Emma and Tami also discuss the fallacy of "having it all," the "four-burner theory" and focusing on our highest priorities, the concept of work-life balance (Emma doesn't buy it!), and much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Insights at The Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name's Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I'd love to take a moment to introduce

0:16.5

you to the new Sounds True Foundation. The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making

0:26.4

transformational education widely available.

0:30.8

We want everyone to have access to transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion,

0:41.0

regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.

0:46.0

The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners,

0:57.5

veterans, and those in developing countries.

1:00.8

If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter, please visit

1:06.2

Sounds True Foundation.org.

1:10.0

Emma Isaacs is a remarkable person. She has six young children and at the same time is the CEO of a global membership organization that has half a million

1:28.6

members. She's such an impressive person, but to me, not primarily because of what she's accomplished

1:38.0

in the external world, but because of how straightforward, heartful, grounded, and committed she is to being a role model

1:49.6

for women in business.

1:51.4

Here's my conversation with Emma Isaacs.

1:54.0

Emma, as a woman,

2:00.0

Emma, as the global CEO of Business Chicks, Australia's largest community for women that now has a Los Angeles branch, and the mother of six children. I have to ask the question that I think would be on anyone's mind hearing that your six child is 10 weeks old which is like how do you do it how are you doing it?

2:26.2

As the words come out of your mouth Tammy I can realize how crazy that sounds and to

2:31.9

anyone who asked me how many kids I have I can now proudly say I have half a dozen kids.

2:37.0

It's insane and listen it's been very challenging these past few months, having them all at home, and four of my kids are school-aged.

2:47.0

So doing homeschooling, running from room to room and working out all the different software programs and trying to manage all that comes with that has been fun and games let me tell you but I mean there's no

2:59.6

intelligent answer as to why we had six kids my husband and I have always said we wanted to live a really big life and you know we sort of accidentally had the first and then accidentally had the second and after six I can assure you that we're going to stop now. I think we've worked out how it happens.

3:17.0

And that look it's a beautiful blessing. It's a beautiful

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