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Brown Ambition

How To Deal With Being Laid Off

Brown Ambition

iHeartPodcasts

Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Mandi is joined by her brother, Alex Woodruff. In this episode, Alex shares how he recovered from being laid off from his job and gives some helpful advice to anyone going through the same thing. Mandi and Alex also discuss negotiations, networking on LinkedIn, and why it's important to take big risks in your career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:50.0

Hey! Hey, hey, hey, we're back, we're black, we're brown and I am writing solo. It's for much longer y'all. For eight years my little

1:10.3

brother Alex Woodruff has been petitioning to be a guest on Brown Ambition.

1:16.7

And finally he asked at the right time, I have never been more impressed with him as not just a career professional but also from a

1:25.2

financial perspective what he's managed to do just by the tender age of 31.

1:31.1

I can't believe he's old but also that makes me so much older, but anyway, he has paid off a condo, paid off 50K of student loan debt, built his own beautiful, gigantic home in the heart of our hometown of Atlanta.

1:47.7

He has an Airbnb property and on top of that he is a badass tech sales rep for multiple companies like IBM and Salesforce.

1:58.6

And did I even mention that he has this new thriving creative endeavor as a filmmaker.

2:05.4

So I am inviting my little brother, my little brove,

2:09.3

Alex on the show today, and I hope that you all enjoy this conversation.

2:15.0

All right so you know now I have this I'm in a some well I don't know I don't know what to call myself

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