Adopted at 4, Unstoppable by 14 - Victoria Pt. 1
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What is Victoria Pelletier’s correct name pronunciation and why does it matter?
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Hi there. I am Victoria Pelletier, a corporate executive, a professional poker and an author of five books with my newest one coming out this September. Look forward to speaking.
Hosts tend to shy away from pronouncing your last name. So let's
just... I know, I know.
It gets butchered.
How did Victoria’s bike rides shape her childhood curiosity and storytelling?
Let's just tackle that right away. So your last name is spelled P-E-L-L-E-T-I-E-R, and it's pronounced so suavely. Pell-T-A. So let's get into your background a little bit, reading that you were a voracious reader, which I was as well, and you rode bikes as a child, which I did. It was over $100. I got a Schwinn bike, and it just set me on adventures because the book and reading books, I always wanted adventure, and so... Can you tell us what it was like for a 10-year-old or however old you were riding your bike and going around your neighborhood?
Oh, yeah. I wish kids were doing more of this today. You know, for me, I was an only child and somewhat loner. I was like a gifted kid, which at a time worked kind of for it. I think it's embraced now. And so I found myself alone a lot and I enjoyed the solitude, but it was also the opportunity to explore new parts where I might, you know, meet some new kids as well.
What was Victoria’s first real job at age 11 and what responsibilities did she handle?
So I went all around the neighborhood and beyond. And of course, following the rules that when the streetlights went down, that's when it was time to get back home, given that no cell phones back then. Riding my bike isn't where I made my money. I did start working at 11, however. I worked in a hair salon. So the riding the bike was exploration, my ability of sightseeing. And I've always been an avid people watcher. So, you know, doing that even from a bike at that point, I took those lessons and what I observed in my made up stories of the people I saw to bring them into the real world.
Hair salon. How did you get that job?
It was the hair salon that my, so first of all, I'm five foot eight, which isn't crazy tall for a woman, but I did actually hit this height by the time I was 10 or 11. I looked so much older and mature and I was. And so they were looking for someone to help with like booking appointments, doing cash, everything except for hair.
How did Victoria become an assistant manager at 14 and lead adults older than her?
So I
did everything, you know, managing the front desk, the cash, the appointment, sweeping the floors, doing the laundry of all the towels. So that was my first job at 11th.
Running the place. Can you imagine an 11-year-old doing all of that stuff? Yeah, I
think child labor laws would probably not allow that today, but we did it back then. I remember I was also babysitting. That paid me $2 an hour.
You know, what a jump on everybody else waiting until they're 16 to get a job. You have some chops.
First leadership role came at 14, mind you.
Your personality that you've said you've described yourself as turtle shell outside, marshmallow inside. Somewhere between don't mess with me and do you want a hug? So you're developing that, this leadership role at 14.
Why does Victoria describe herself as a “turtle shell outside, marshmallow inside,” and how did that evolve?
What happened?
Yeah, you know, I would say that the turtle is a description that came later in life. I think I've always been like an empathetic leader and kind, not, you know, not someone that people wouldn't want to work with or for. But I thought I had to be all business all the time. You know, so like super focused when I maybe not when I worked in the shoe store at 14, I became the assistant manager to people who are like decades older than me. And so that was more of a fine line in balance in terms of how to coach and get the direction versus my first executive role. I progressed fast. Through university, I worked in a bank and progressed up into leadership roles. And then it became an executive at 24.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is Victoria Pelletier’s correct name pronunciation and why does it matter?
0:00–1:06
2
How did Victoria’s bike rides shape her childhood curiosity and storytelling?
1:06–2:02
3
What was Victoria’s first real job at age 11 and what responsibilities did she handle?
2:02–2:57
4
How did Victoria become an assistant manager at 14 and lead adults older than her?
2:57–3:42
5
Why does Victoria describe herself as a “turtle shell outside, marshmallow inside,” and how did that evolve?
3:42–4:36
6
When and why did Victoria shift from an all‑business mask to embracing vulnerability?
4:36–5:21
7
How did being adopted at four influence Victoria’s drive to be better than her circumstances?
5:21–6:19
Speakers
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