Our guest today is Lisandra Rickards, Founder & CEO of Soul Career, Former CEO of the Richard Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, and a Harvard MBA. She helps executives, entrepreneurs and high-achieving professionals succeed by connecting them to knowledge, opportunities, and systems that support their growth while staying aligned to their authentic selves.

She’s also done economic research for the book Superfreakonomics, worked as a management consultant in the Private Equity Group at Bain & Co in New York City, consulted for the Ministry of Finance in Jamaica, and worked in corporate strategy for a Caribbean conglomerate

On the show, we dive into how she ended up leaving her home in Jamaica to attend school (undergraduate and graduate) in the US. Lisandra talks about the mental health challenges that she experienced while going through school both at University of Chicago and Harvard Business School, and what that led her to feel like she was a failure despite the opportunities she was afforded.

She highlights how focusing on self care helped her discover where her true passions lay, allowing her to unlock her full potential in coaching entrepreneurs, executives and professionals.

Lisandra’s advice is to explore more than just what’s right in focus and try and have some fun.