Activating Your Voice with Kari Warberg Block, EarthKind: Show Notes & Transcript

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In this episode of Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business, we’re talking activating your voice with Kari Warberg Block. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast spots – follow and leave a 5-star review!

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Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business: Activating Your Voice with Kari Warberg Block, EarthKind

There are so many powerful things you can accomplish once you have found your voice. Your voice is what breaks you out of the “I can’t do it” mindset. What you thought was once inconceivable and impossible becomes plausible and possible. We wanted you to learn from a trailblazer who’s used her voice to grow a super successful business, so we welcomed on Kari Warberg Block, the Founder & Chief Rebel at EarthKind. They’ve revolutionized pest control with solutions that are as kind as they are effective. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

  • Why you should never waste a good crisis?
  • How did Kari get EarthKind on the market profitably?
  • Why is finding your voice and articulating the vision the most strategic thing you can do?
  • Why is being in a community so important?
  • What’s next for Kari and EarthKind?
  • How did you identify and then keep and then grow mental toughness?

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Check out the episode, show notes, and transcript below:

Show Notes

  • How Activating Your Voice with Kari Warberg Block, EarthKind
    • [0:29] Welcome to Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business
    • [2:17] What’s Kari’s story?
    • [3:42] How did you figure out what to do next?
    • [7:19] On a farm in North Dakota, making $18,000/year, what are you going to start from here?
    • [11:38] What led you to build the discipline to transform an industry?
    • [12:52] What is the thing that pains you so much in the world that you don’t want to go to your grave without solving it?
    • [17:42] Finding your voice and articulating the vision is probably the most strategic thing you can do
    • [22:10] What did you put in that stuff?
    • [23:45] What do I need to know that I don’t know to serve you better?
    • [26:42] Who has the information and who can I learn from?
    • [29:22] How did you get EarthKind on the market profitably?
    • [32:13] What do good founders do?
    • [35:58] Why is being in a community so important?
    • [37:58] How to deal with challenging circumstances that challenge your mindset?
    • [41:32] What do you physically have the energy to do?
    • [44:46] Why you should never waste a good crisis?
    • [48:38] Was it what someone said or Kari’s internal knowing that lead her though those tough moments?
    • [49:07] How did you identify and then keep and then grow that ability?
    • Quick-Fire Questions
    • [52:57] Who is one person you could switch places with for a day?
    • [53:10] What’s your spirit animal?
    • [53:37] If you had unlimited funds, what’s one task would you hire someone to do for you?
    • [55:28] What’s next for Kari and EarthKind?
    • [57:15] What do you want to be? How can we make an impact in the world?
    • [58:42] Make sure to follow Strategic Counsel on your favorite podcast spot and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts
    • [58:42] Learn more at ForthRight-People.com and connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

What is Strategic Counsel?

Welcome back to Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business! Looking for Marketing Smarts? You’re in the right place. After almost 4 years of helping to make you savvier marketers, we decided to broaden this podcast to include more business-oriented topics that will make you savvier business leaders.

Thanks for listening Strategic Counsel. Get in touch here to become more strategic. 

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