Alexis Dean - things changed when I stopped waiting for that 'moment' for things to change

It’s Not A Straight Line

Founder and steward of the Dovetail community where she curates experiences for women entrepreneurs as well as building a very special community for these women.
She’s an entrepreneur, a speaker, community builder and podcast host of the “Think About This” podcast.
Show notes:

• 2:00 - Early career ideas, thoughts about travelling the world, and teacher’s college
• 3:00 - early signs of entrepreneurship and building mini-business initiatives as a young adult
• 6:00 - the idea that you can travel the world and have friends in different countries and learn new things. Working and living all over the world in her 20s and early 30s.
• 9:45 - the book “a year of yes” - “I feel like that was my life for a bit” and skydiving in New Zealand. 5 times at 10,000 feet in New Zealand
• 11:00 - did any of those experiences scare you... jumping out of a plane over New Zealand for example
• 15:40 - "It's easy to get stuck" and the feeling of "stuckness" and the same old pattern
• 18:50 - things changed for me when I stopped waiting for that "one moment" that would change "my life". "Home is within me."
• 23:30 - giving her entrepreneurial journey a fair shot. The start of Dovetail
• 26:00 - how the Dovetail community started to build momentum
• 33:00 - where you can find out more information about Alexis and Dovetail - Instagram @Alexis.Dovetail and @DovetailCommunity; website - CampTailwind.com
• 34:15 - advice from Alexis on building cool communities and how to start!
• 37:45 - Is there something you do to regulate stress, pressure and your mental health?
• 42:20 - what is your focus or 1 goal for 2022 - starting a camp for girls and young women is a future goal

@Alexis.Dovetail
@CampTailwind
www.camptailwind.com