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Pamela Mitchell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
174 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And to answer that question that I know you're all thinking, yes, I've been to the mansion.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And yes, I have met half.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

But that's another story.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

Thank you.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

Well, I'd say that, you know, the Reinvention Institute, which is the company that I created when I left Playboy, is the company that I wished had existed when I wanted to make a reinvention in my corporate career and there was nothing there.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

That had been a big dream of mine to land a job on Wall Street.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And then when I got there about six months in, I realized that it was a very bad fit.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

Personality-wise, I wasn't suited to Wall Street.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

But I stayed for five years because I had worked so hard to get there.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

But eventually, I just couldn't take it any longer and I quit.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

So I went looking for something to help me figure out what to do next.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And everything at the time was about climbing ladders in your current career.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

There was nothing about how to switch ladders.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And so I had to figure it out by myself.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And I made a lot of mistakes.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

It was very difficult.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And eventually, though, I figured out and made a switch into the entertainment field.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

So and that was a great fit, you know, doing international business development for entertainment companies, negotiating overseas partnership deals right on point and loved it.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

But I felt that this idea of being able to switch careers, no matter what life threw at you, was an important conversation.

The Moth
Grit and Gumption: The Moth Radio Hour

And nobody was having that conversation when I started this, but I felt the world needed to have that conversation and needed to be taught those skills.