#85: From Immigrant to 1st Female Cannon Platoon Leader to Successful Entrepreneur: Handling the Ups & Downs of Life & Business with Nargis Mougey

Being born in a Pakistani refugee camp    To Queens, NY   To Pipestone, MN   Life Lessons from her father: 1.) Education 2.) Hard work 3.) No excuses 4.) You can be whatever you want   Started babysitting at 8 y/o to help provide for the family.   Dishwasher, waitress, hardware store, bartender, golf course   Played in the high school state basketball championship    Enlisted in the Army National Guard   Recruited to play basketball at West Point   Judo National Champion    Semi-finalist Golden Gloves boxing   Only woman to go to Field Artillery in USMA Class of 2010   First Woman Artillery Cannon Platoon Leader   Had great mentors along the way   Husband was deployed during birth of first child   Army Brigade Operations Officer in an all-male unit working 12-14 hours a day w/a new baby.    Made the decision to breastfeed but it was very difficult to do in the Army.   How she handled & approached external failure.   Had her second son & went straight into Company Command. Spent lots of time in the field w/little to no control over my schedule.   Couldn't find a solution anywhere, so decided to create one. That was the "birth" of Zanbazan.   Importance of critical thinking as an entrepreneur   Insights on healthy view of failure    How she's handled the emotional ups & downs of being an entrepreneur   One of the hardest aspects of her emotional journey   Advice to entrepreneurs   Nargis Mougey, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nargis-kabiri-mougey-mba-ms-ab168b5a/   Nargis Mougey, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nargis.mougey   Zanbazan https://www.zanbazan.com/     EQ Accelerator Course: https://www.eqforentrepreneurs.com/eqa FREE E-BOOK "THE RESILIENT ENTREPRENEUR" https://www.eqforentrepreneurs.com/treguide TAKE THE TACO QUIZ: https://www.eqforentrepreneurs.com/tacoquiz SUBMIT A QUESTION/TOPIC FOR THE SHOW: https://www.eqforentrepreneurs.com/askaway EQ FOR ENTREPRENEURS FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/eqforentrepreneurs/ EQ FOR ENTREPRENEURS INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/eqforentrepreneurs/ EQ FOR ENTREPRENEURS YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJkBGvkfH_BxHahuM8hTcw  

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