Are you struggling with navigating your entrepreneurial journey or being an entrepreneur?  If YES, This podcast is for you! In this episode, our special guest is Tara Majuta. Tara Majuta is the founder of Brilliant Books Coaching. She helps teach writers how to plan, write, edit, publish, and market their books. She has helped write and edit over 60 fiction and nonfiction books. As a professional writer, Tara has authored two fiction books, “The Fascinating Files of Claudia Broadstad” and “Riding with Darkness.”

 

        “As an entrepreneur, you rise and fall based on how hard you work. You either eat            or starve based on how good you are at your skill set.” 
~Tara Majuta, Brilliant Books Coaching

 

Listen to this fascinating and educative first episode of Manage Your Projects with Confidence!

 

Key Talking Points of the Episode:

[0:00] Introducing the episode guest – Tara Majuta.

[01:26] Tara shares her mother’s inspiration for her entrepreneurial journey.

[04:00] What Tara learned about herself watching her mother working in a store.

[05:40] Impact of the experience on Tara’s career path.

[14:00] Tara’s takeaway from making fake checks experience.

[14:55] Tara’s childhood career goals and interests.

[16:08] Starting a Mary Kay business after college

[19:22] Experiences from the Mary Kay business

[23:59] Tara’s struggles and frustrations in applying Mary Kay’s business structure.

[29:51] Valuable lessons about business learned from the MLM model.

[31:40] Tara’s entrepreneurial journey at the University of Phoenix

[37:32] Tara’s vision when joining the university

[41:33] Getting a dream job at Charles Schwab

[43:47] Tara discovers her five strengths and weaknesses after a Strength Finders Assessment

[53:17] Tara’s transition from Charles Schwab to owning a business.

[57:35] Lessons Tara applied in her business but not while working for Charles Schwab and Mary Kay.

[59:42] Tools that help Tara to streamline her business

[01:03:31] The biggest misconceptions about writing and publishing a book

[01:07:28] Tara’s advice to someone starting a business

[01:11:00] Tara’s next step