When your side hustle leads to your dream job | Sarah Fleihan | Leadership Activators Global Edition #10

Who would have thought that starting a side hustle could be the
doorway to a dream job?


A few months before a series of crises hit Lebanon, Sarah had
already set herself up to success through embracing the challenge
of running a side hustle. Thanks to the invaluable lessons
learned from the startup world, she landed her dream job and is
now thriving in her career working remotely for B-Yond, a telco
disruptor in the United States. Her career path is highlighted
with one success after the other working with various
international startups and corporations. She's only 24! but her
experience ranges from innovation management to data analysis to
corporate events and gives her a unique perspective and approach
to marketing. She’s worked with big names like Careem, Arabnet,
and Clarence Seedorf.


In this episode, Carole Issa interviews Sarah to discover her
thinking behind combining the entrepreneurial mindset and the 9
to 5 world to create a fulfilling career path.


Some key themes that Carole explores with Sarah:


1’30”: What she imagined her dream job to look like when
graduating from uni?

3’15”: What makes her happy in her current role?

4’39”: What was the driving force behind starting her side
hustle?

6”41": What she learned from starting a side hustle while
having a 9 to 5 job?

8’58”: How she managed her time having both a 9 to 5 job and
a side hustle?

11’51”: If she would hire someone who has the same behaviour
and skill set that she has, and why?

16’19”: Who inspires her and why?

22’59”: How did she hear about the growth mindset?

26’07”: How she's been overcoming the economic and Covid 19
challenges in Beirut?

31’55”: How did she land her dream job?

35'33”: What does the word leadership mean to her?

38’24”: What is her dream?

41’09”: A book she'd recommend that created a big impact in
her life?

43’14”: What is a 30-day challenge she'd like to throw to the
Leadership Activators podcast listeners?



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