Hi, this is Elisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.

It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out in your career or well on your way.

With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still

have time to post about it.

Who hasn't experienced a setback?

And my guest today is my friend Amy Shonthal, who is a journalist, author, and a marketing

executive with nearly two decades

of experience in social media marketing.

And throughout her career, she's worked with some of the world's largest brands from

Procter & Gamble to Google, providing strategic marketing guidance and helping to shape their

brand narratives.

But she's also blended her marketing expertise into her formal

journalism training. And Amy approaches storytelling as sense-making. She is a top contributor to Forbes

Women in Harvard Business Review. She shines the spotlight on those who have been historically

underestimated, yet are doing the work to solve

society's biggest problems. And her book, The Setback Cycle, is really how leaders persevere

and triumph over setbacks. And Amy has interviewed hundreds of leaders over the years, from

politicians to Peloton instructors,

fashion icons to founders, just starting their journeys.

And Amy, I'm so excited that you wrote this book because Lord knows, setbacks are like every single day at this point.

I mean, no one's getting around it at all.

So welcome to leave your mark.

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