Ep. 80: Amanda Brinkman Pursue Your Passion

Guest, Amanda Brinkman, founder of Sunshine Studios and former marketing executive at Deluxe Corporation shares her advice on finding purpose and pursuing your passion.  Starting her career in the corporate world led Amanda down several paths before as she says she took a sharp right turn and ran right into her passion—helping people find their passions and superpowers.  In this episode, Amanda teaches us not how to ‘find’ our passion but how to identify our purpose through our superpowers.

2:00 Amanda’s career journey from corporate world to TED talks, TV and public speaking
4:22 The Small Business Revolution television show traveled across America highlighting 100 small businesses
6:22  Amanda’s favorite small business story; from paralegal to dream of opening a bridal boutique
9:38  Amanda’s journey to pursue her own passion.  Her calling to help others
11:46  Making the ‘hard right turn’ to follow your dreams is scary
15:25  How do we ‘find’ our purpose.
17:44   How and why did Amanda create this event called the Purpose Pursuit and what is it
20:30  What are our superpowers and how do we find them?
Guest:  Amanda Brinkman CEO, Chief Creative Officer at Sunshine Studios
@amandakbrinkman  www.amandakbrinkman.com
Hosts:  Jill Renslow, Daniel Jasper
Presented by Bloomington Minnesota Travel and Tourism the official destination marketing organization for the city of Bloomington, Minn.