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Get unstuck with LaVonne Ellis’s The Stuckbuster Sessions.
In this fourth episode of the Creative Solopreneur Podcast, I spend an hour chatting with LaVonne Ellis from The Complete Flake and Speak Clearly Online. From a career as a radio news anchor and director, LaVonne’s mission these days is to help other people who experience resistance around getting things done — people she affectionately refer to as “flakes like her” — live better lives and feel more productive. I love LaVonne’s level of honesty and [buzzword ahead] transparency in this interview. No smoke and mirrors here. She’s the real deal and I have a feeling you’ll gain a few revelations about how real people get business done.
Here are the terrific people and things mentioned in our conversation:
- Sonia Simone, Remarkable Communication, the post that inspired LaVonne’s business name
- Naomi Dunford, IttyBiz
- David Crandall, Heroic Destiny
- Customer Love Challenge
- Skype
- Dave Navarro, The Launch Coach
- Third Tribe Marketing
- Laura Espinosa and Holly Jackson, Cottage Copy
- Catherine Caine, Be Awesome Online
- LaVonne’s super cool new thing: The Stuckbuster Sessions
Listen in as LaVonne opens up about the insecurities most of us face when starting a business; the struggle of keeping a through-line in your endeavors when you’re someone who tends to jump around a lot; inventorying yourself to discover your hidden business niche-worthy traits and talents; some great techniques for improving the quality of your voice for audio; the realities of getting stuck, and a really cool plan for you to get unstuck.
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P.S.S. LaVonne will be hanging around in the comments here for everyone who’s got follow-up questions. So ask away!
Hello, you.
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Thanks so much for having me on the show, Abby. I really enjoyed it!
We had so much fun, didn’t we? I swear I could interview people all day long. Like for a living. And help make other people famous. :)
I’m listening again myself and am loving how unvarnished you are about your experiences in growing a business.
You should — you’ve got the knack!
My big takeaway from your interview is the definition of a flake: Someone who starts a new project when they hit a roadblock in the old one.
That is SO me. So, it’s official, I really am a flake. I thought I was just a poser.
Loved hearing about your journey.
p.s. You probably wish you had the interview questions beforehand. I think it would have helped the flow of your interview and given you a chance to give your best answer. You seemed put on the spot a few times. Just saying . . . with love and affection of course!
Welcome to the club!
Heh, Abby offered to share the questions with me beforehand, but I was sure it wasn’t necessary. OTOH, that’s just me — I tend to stop and think about what I’m going to say, which doesn’t make for good radio. We’re used to on-air conversations going very smoothly with no ‘dead air,’ but that’s not the way we talk in real life.
Thanks for rolling with me, LaVonne. My preference as an interviewer is not to give out the Q’s ahead of time, but I always offer to out of respect for my interviewees. I think the most interesting stuff comes out of talking off the cuff! The good thing is, I can always edit out uncomfortably long silences or uh-oh answers. :)
.this podcast really did “wonders” .it made me go and get Lavonne’s “stuckbuster sessions” .this was really something that I was looking for : [for years] ,a focus group or mastermind group where I could discuss ideas and connect with people on a regular basis who are doing the same thing .anyone who’s stuck really needs to get themselves in a focus group .it’s so much easier when you’re able to talk to people “in the same boat” about things you need to get done +.get feedback ,help ,encouragement…