Hint Water’s CEO Kara Goldin (ep. 300)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
What would you do if you weren’t afraid?
Kara Goldin left her Vice President job at AOL to launch Hint Water with one simple goal: Make water that tastes great.
Finding herself overweight, with low energy + adult acne, Kara discovered her diet soda habit was the culprit. To entice herself to drink water in its place, she added “hints” of fruit flavor to plain water. This was the inspiration behind the fastest growing, #1 flavored water in America: Hint.
Today, Kara shares how she uses rejection as motivation, balances work with raising her four children and how “success” looks different for each of us. Get your favorite Hint Water ready because this conversation will have you racing forward with ferocious optimism!
SHOW NOTES:
- Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.
- Teamwork: Growing up with five siblings, two over 15 years older than her, she had great role models.
- As a leader in the community, Kara's mother taught her to "love what you're doing" while her dad was an innovator for the brand Healthy Choice.
- "Just go for it. Stop worrying about what could happen. Instead, enjoy the journey."
- Kara encourages us all to look at our accomplishments to be reminded of our own success, including friendships.
- "Passion trumps experience."
- Learn more about Hint Water.
- Get a copy of Kara Goldin's book Undaunted.
KARA GOLDIN'S LIVE INSPIRED 7
1. What is the best book you’ve ever read? The Originals by Adam Grant.
2. What is a characteristic or trait that you possessed as a child that you wish you still exhibited today? Curiousity.
3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be? At 13-years-old, my mom kept a journal of her experience during the Depression.
4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be? Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
5. What is the best advice you’ve ever received? While moving to New York, my dad asked me, "what's the worst that could happen?"
6. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? It's okay to not know what you ultimately want to do.
7. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read? She pursued a life of purpose + passion, was a great parent + friend and enjoyed life.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get started, a word from our friends at Keeley Companies. |
| 0:04.0 | In the words of Keeley Company CEO, Rusty Keeley, when it comes down to it, |
| 0:10.0 | there are two things that make Keeley companies incredible. |
| 0:13.0 | People and process. |
| 0:16.0 | The strategic growth model called the Keeley Way ensures that Keeely achieves results on purpose, including five-year |
| 0:23.1 | visions, scorecards, meaningful action plans that Keely Way allows Keelians to turn dreams into reality |
| 0:29.7 | and drives goals to realize visions. Because of this relentless focus on people and culture, |
| 0:36.4 | Keely companies has experienced explosive growth that shows |
| 0:39.9 | no signs of slowing down. Learn more at keelycompanies.com. Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast |
| 0:50.1 | with John O'Leary. John is the number one national best-selling author of the book On Fire. |
| 0:56.1 | He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the live-inspired podcast. |
| 1:01.2 | John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from |
| 1:06.7 | accidental living and more fully live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. |
| 1:13.6 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. Today, I have |
| 1:19.7 | the great pleasure of introducing you to a disruptor, a builder, a thought leader, a successful |
| 1:25.5 | entrepreneur, and most recently an author. |
| 1:29.5 | Our guest, Kara Golden, is the mother of four. |
| 1:32.6 | And today we're going to talk about her upbringing. |
| 1:34.4 | We're going to talk about how she stepped from failure to failure to failure in order to become, in quotes, in overnight success. |
| 1:41.9 | We're going to talk about what that's meant for her as a leader, as a lady, as a mother. |
| 1:47.0 | We're going to talk about her passion for mentoring other entrepreneurs and increasing awareness around not only the United States, but around the world on the power of healthy lifestyles. |
| 1:57.8 | She's the recipient of some remarkable awards, including in style, badass, 50, |
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