24: Business Coach Reyna Drake: Balancing Business and Emotions

Reyna is a Fantasy Fiction author, leadership coach, and a business development

strategist who teaches dynamic growth. Reyna’s business, Lead & Thrive is based in the Gold Coast, Australia. Her website is https://ikighai.com.au/

In this episode Reyna shares:

• What resilience means to her - having indomitable will, that you’re unbreakable, so even when you collapse, you’re able to sustain your focus and you get back up.
• That resilience is something that we can train ourselves in, by getting through difficult situations.
• Failure is not an option - when facing a wall the question to ask yourself is, ‘What other strategies can I put in place?’ to find your solution.
• The mind is a powerful tool, a powerful machine that we can train and take control of.
• New business owners will face challenges, no matter how strategic you are, no matter how many resources you have, there will be challenges.
• When we approach our business with logic (not emotions), we are more likely to succeed.
• Her book recommendation: Extreme Ownership - How U.S. Navy SEAL’s Lead and Win, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• How she studied politics and law only to realise that the path to lasting change in society is through individual leadership.
• Her ‘dogged pursuit’ to make sure that everyone she met became a more effective leader with clarity and purpose.
• About ‘Ikigai’, a Japanese concept meaning purpose, or the ‘reason for being’ - and how to find yours, and
• Why ‘follow your passion’ is bad advice!

The ikigai diagram Reyna uses is on her website and is here for your reference.

https://ikighai.com.au/transformative-coaching/