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🎙️ Episode Overview:
In this inspiring episode of Women Choosing Growth, Tina sits down with the powerhouse Nada Nasserdeen — founder of Rise Up For You, international speaker, best-selling author, and emotional intelligence expert. Nada shares her extraordinary journey from touring as a performer, to corporate leadership, to losing everything... and rebuilding a global company rooted in soft skills and human potential.
Nada reveals her 4 Pillars of Excellence that separate the top 10% of leaders and entrepreneurs from the rest — and how you can begin mastering them today.
Get ready for powerful insights on resilience, building unstoppable self-confidence, transformational leadership, and communicating with real influence.
🔥 What You'll Learn:
- Nada’s incredible story of rising from personal devastation to becoming a global leader.
- The 4 Pillars of Excellence that drive true personal and professional success.
- Why 83% of professionals cite self-confidence as their biggest obstacle—and how to overcome it.
- The real meaning of emotional and social intelligence (beyond the buzzwords).
- How transformational leadership and influential communication separate thriving teams from surviving ones.
- Why taking a 360-degree assessment is critical for growth—and how to start today.
- The hidden cost of "being interested" vs. "being committed" to your goals.
🧠 Notable Quotes:
"Your beliefs dictate your behaviors. If you don't believe you're good enough, it will show in everything you do." – Nada Nasserdeen
"Perfectionism creates procrastination, and procrastination prevents your potential." – Nada Nasserdeen
"Self-care is the highest act of service. You can't lead others if you're barely surviving yourself." – Nada Nasserdeen
"Don't be interested in success—be committed to it. Interested is a thought; committed requires action." – Nada Nasserdeen
"The greatest tragedy is wasted human potential. Don’t let that be your story." – Nada Nasserdeen
🎯 Actionable Takeaways:
- Take a 360° Self-Assessment: Identify your true strengths and gaps by assessing yourself — and then ask 5–7 trusted people to assess you too.
- Pick Your Top 3 Focus Areas: Choose the three pillars most critical to your current goals and commit to developing them.
- Shift from Interested to Committed: Ask yourself if you're interested in success or committed — and take one uncomfortable action step today.
- Reframe Failure: See failure not as defeat, but as research on your journey toward success.
- Communicate with Intent: Whether one-on-one or one-to-many, remember: communication should always move someone into action.
📢 Connect with Nada Nasserdeen:
- Website: riseupforyou.com
- Instagram: @riseupforyou
- LinkedIn: Nada Nasserdeen
- Free Self-Assessments: riseupforyou.com
- Rise Up For You Success Academy: Access hundreds of videos, monthly coaching, and transformational resources.
- Nada’s Best-Selling Books: Rise Up For You and The Secret of the 10% (available on Amazon)
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