Hi, I’m Dana Kadwell.
I have been on the roller coaster that is an entrepreneur most of my life. I am not sure there is a better way to describe entrepreneurship - the highs are really great, but the lows- those will nearly break you.
I spent years (the majority of my career) trying to do the right thing, say the right thing, and meet the right people. I minded my p’s and q’s, I showed up, I stayed quiet - and I rose to success - the success I always wanted and worked so hard for. But it came at a cost. The cost of playing small, changing who I am, and losing a piece of me. And at the time, I thought that cost was worth it.
I was exhausted, burnt out, and had a constant sense of failure. It took some monumental moments in my life to realize that the life I had created - so carefully crafted - was actually my own nightmare. I finally just said Fuck It. I threw my hands up and just started making choices and decisions not on what others expected of me- but what made me feel peace. I stopped trying to be someone that I wasn’t and started embracing who I was on a fundamental level. I stopped making excuses and started making boundaries. I stopped believing that I was the most important person in my business and started hiring. I stopped letting my business and my career run my life, and I started prioritizing what I said that I valued. I started living a life I wanted, instead of being a prisoner to the one I created.
Through my keynotes, leadership training, and small team training, I help others get to where I am faster.