Episode 61: Jess, 44 - Glitter, Motherhood, & Running The World

The Carlos Whittaker Podcast

That Sounds Fun Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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I’m so excited for you to meet today’s guest! Jess Burke is one of the most inspirational stories of rags-to-riches. From cleaning toilets in an office complex with her kids in a playback next to her to now being an executive in corporate America, running a team of thousands of people. It’s never too late to chase your dreams. It’s never too late to change the trajectory of your life. Jess has done this so well and shares such a humble and beautiful outlook on what it means to believe for new things in your life. Class is in session. Let’s get curious! . . . . . Have a secretly extraordinary life? Apply to be a guest on my podcast in 2025 here: https://forms.gle/Z13WGj63oEfgmtjJ9 . . . . . Order your copy of my new book Reconnected HERE: ReconnectedBook.com Let’s keep in touch! Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to hear ALL my updates. https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/1987227/1965424/ Interested in advertising with us? Reach out here. Book me to speak HERE: https://www.carloswhittaker.com/events . . . . . FUNCTION: Go to functionhealth.com/CARLOSW to skip the waitlist and take ownership over your health today! HIYA HEALTH: Receive 50% off your first order at hiyahealth.com/HUMANHOPE DOSE: Go to dosedaily.co/CARLOS and get 30% off your first month’s subscription! SHOPIFY: Go to shopify.com/CARLOS to take your business to the next level today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I graduated high school, I was pretty set against going to traditional college.
0:04.0	I knew it was what I was supposed to do, but a lot of my peers were drowning in student debt
0:08.0	and signing their lives away to careers they weren't passionate about.
0:11.0	And that just didn't seem worth it.
0:13.0	A couple years later, I heard about Excel College, which was a completely different path to higher education.
0:18.0	With a debt-free promise and students earning degrees while gaining hands-on
0:21.3	experience in the marketplace, this path just made sense. Along with that, community and
0:26.1	discipleship are central aspects of life at Excel, and I knew I wanted to be part of a community
0:30.9	that would encourage my faith in the Lord. My name is Cassidy Solis, and I graduated debt-free
0:36.1	in 2023 with a degree focused in marketing.
0:39.0	And now I'm using my skills full-time.
0:41.3	More than that, I've grown deeply in my relationship with Jesus and his people.
0:44.9	I can honestly say that this new way of college has changed my life for the better.
0:48.6	To learn more about Excel's transformative debt-free education model,
0:52.1	visit the Excelcollege.com slash visit to sign up for an informational call.
0:56.1	That's theexcelcollecollege.com slash visit.
0:59.4	It is Thursday, March 27th, 2025.
1:04.5	This is episode 60 of the Carlos Whitaker podcast, and I am your host, Carlos Whitaker.
1:10.3	Welcome to another episode of Human School, where we listen to extraordinary stories of ordinary humans that are actually extraordinary, to hopefully inspire us to human a little better.
1:25.2	And I am so excited.
1:27.7	Oh, goodness.
1:29.3	Did you hear my grand dog?
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