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Hustle & Grace with Hilary Sutton Hilary Sutton
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5.0 • 72 Ratings
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Hustle: that part of you that comes alive when you’re doing work that is meaningful to you and you feel is contributing to the world. And grace—the part that balances it out: margin, solitude, prayer, time with family and friends, time pursuing creative passions. In this podcast, Hilary Sutton serves as chief explorer into the world of cultivating a career and a life of hustle and grace. It includes words of inspiration from people who have made their dreams a reality, tips to work smarter, not harder, tools to increase productivity, and practical takeaways that you can implement right away: a hustle hack and a moment of grace.
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What All High-Achieving Creatives Have In Common: Writer Madeleine Dore Shares Surprising Findings on Creativity
In this conversation Madeleine Dore shares what she learned after spending five years interviewing creative thinkers about their routines and reflections. Her findings may surprise you. Madeleine shares the commonalities that she found across the board with these high achieving creatives, the freeing concept of the “day artist” and what we can actually learn from our impulse to “compare and despair.”
Madeleine’s Substack
The Career Motivation Quiz
I Didn’t Do the Thing Today
Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar column
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How to Get Better at Decision-Making with Decision Coach Nell Wulfhart
In this episode Nell Wulfhart and Hilary talk about portfolio careers, living and working around the world, and Nell's expertise: helping people make decisions and move forward. They share their theories on why people struggle with decision-making and Nell offers concrete tips to improve the decision-making process and go after the life you want.
Do you know your career motivation? Take the quiz here.
This episode is sponsored by HSL Digital, a marketing and communications consultancy dedicated to helping small teams focus on their highest and best use.
Show notes available at hilarysutton.com/podcast.
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How to Human with Carlos Whittaker: on walking with people rather than standing on issues, vocational identity, and practical ways to slow down
In today’s episode we discuss how the last three years handed us ample reasons to disagree, but perhaps the one thing we can agree on is this: it’s hard to human out here. Enter, Carlos Whittaker with his brand new book: How to Human. This book is the essential, timely guide to sharing life beyond what distracts, divides, and disconnects us.
In this episode, Carlos and Hilary chat over coffee about:
His backstory (he’s lived 9 lives)
The reason you shouldn’t give up even when it’s not working
Vocational identity
His experience taking a 9-week social media break
Practical ways to slow down
The value of walking with people rather than standing on issues
And *for the first time ever* he announces details about his NEXT book
Join us for a lively look at how to human in 2023.
How to Human
Carloswhittaker.com
Instafamilia
Human Hope Podcast
Carlos’ Twitter
California Baptist University
The Ragamuffin SoulCast
Northpointe Church
Moment Maker
Kill the Spider
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
This episode is sponsored by HSL Digital, a marketing and communications consultancy dedicated to helping small teams focus on their highest and best use.
Do you know your career motivation? Take the quiz here.
Show notes available at hilarysutton.com/podcast.
Connect with Hilary on Instagram at @hilary.sutton -
The 5 Career Motivations Framework: Which Type Are You?
Everyone has a career motivation: that unseen factor that makes you LOVE your work or, when it's missing, feel disengaged and ready to move on. In this episode Hilary and Rachel introduce the Career Motivation Framework: five career motivations that impact how satisfied you are in your gig. Discovering which motivates you most will help you make strategic decisions in your work and can lead to a huge increase in career satisfaction.
In this season finale episode Hilary and Rachel unpack a powerful self-assessment tool, the Career Motivations Quiz which illuminates the "why" behind our career decisions. Everyone has a dominant motivation: flexibility, wealth, enjoyment, meaning, or prestige. Which one is yours? And how can this self awareness redirect your next step toward creating a career and a life you love?
This episode is brought to you by the 12 Little Hacks for the Mindful Creative.
Career Motivations Quiz
Top Gun Maverick
Only Murders in the Building
Disney
Anthropologie
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Practical Tips for a Satisfying Week with Laura Vanderkam
Hilary welcomes back best-selling author and time management expert Laura Vanderkam to Hustle & Grace! Laura shares how 9 strategies from her book Tranquility by Tuesday can help you intentionally live the life that you want to live and become a better steward of life's possibilities. They discuss sustainable strategies like giving yourself a bedtime, one big adventure, one little adventure, taking one night for you, and embracing the maxim that three times a week is a habit.
This episode is brought to you by the free mini ebook: 12 Little Hacks for the Mindful Creative.
Tranquility by Tuesday
Juliet’s School of Possibilities
Off the Clock
I Know How She Does It
What the Most Successful People do Before Breakfast
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
Fast Company
Fortune
Before Breakfast
Best of Both Worlds
Lauravanderkam.com
The Laura Vanderkam Blog
Connect with Hilary on Instagram @hilary.sutton. Show notes: www.hilarysutton.com/podcast -
How to Double Your Revenue, Impact, & Influence with Seema Alexander
Seema Alexander, founder of DisruptiveCEO, co-producer of DC Startup Week, mom, and strategic positioning expert shares her proven approach to transforming the scalability of your business. In this episode, Seema (a first generation American) shares what it was like watching her parents open the first Indian restaurant in DC in the 70s, her experience as an executive in NYC, launching her own business, and making a major move with her family. Seema also unpacks her U.N.I.Q.U.E Method™ which pinpoints the distinguishing elements that position your business as an esteemed source of expertise rather than just another commodity.
This episode is brought to you by the free mini ebook: 12 Little Hacks for the Mindful Creative
DisruptiveCEO
U.N.I.Q.U.E Method™
Codespa America
DC Startup Week
University of Maryland
Prudential Financial
Williamsburg, NY
Connect with Hilary on Instagram at @hilary.sutton. Show notes: www.hilarysutton.com/podcast
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Hilary is fabulous - you will want to invite her into your world each week
A must-listen for today’s entrepreneur
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TOP 5 FAVES!! This podcast is insightful and full of nuggets of wisdom. Hilary is a fantastic interviewer, especially in her second season! Super interesting guests and great open-ended yet specific questions from Hilary.
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So we all are working hard for what we want but sometimes just need a little grace in our hustle to make it out there. This podcast gives us both of what we need to get out there.