YOU WANNA DO WHAT?!: Personal Brand, Public Speaking, Thought Leadership for Career Professionals and Founders
Are you a corporate leader, founder, or solopreneur ready to stand out in a crowded marketplace? YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! is your weekly guide to building a powerful personal branding strategy that gets results. Gain insights from industry thought leaders who have mastered the art of building authority through their personal brand and executive presence. Learn their secrets, the branding mindset that propelled them forward, and how you can craft your own roadmap to success.
Your host, Monica M. Rivera, is a personal brand strategist, business coach, and leadership speaker with nearly two decades of marketing experience in Fortune 500 companies. Monica has leveraged her expertise to speak on prestigious stages like TEDx and the New York Times. Now, she empowers others to transform their stories and expertise into captivating personal brands.
Expect actionable strategies and public speaking tips to shift your mindset from blending in to becoming a recognized authority. We'll cover everything from stage presence and winning pitches to mastering networking events and taking your social media to the next level.
Are you ready to make the improbable possible? It's time to take control of your narrative, own your voice, and rewrite your story. Follow YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! and let's build your personal brand on purpose.
To learn more visit, youwannadowhat.com
Connect with Monica M. Rivera on Instagram: @youwannadowhat and LinkedIn: @monicamrivera
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 137
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2024
E117: 7 TV Shows & Movies to Binge Watch Now
A quick and handy guide to the most binge-worthy TV shows and movies streaming now and why you should watch them.
I'm sharing 7 of my favorite romantic comedies and love-focused reality television sh…
E116: My top work from home strategies
Are you one of the millions of people that are working from home? Are you struggling to establish a new routine and be productive? For over 5 years, I've successfully worked remotely handling spotty …
E115: Why I (Almost) Quit the Podcast
Have you ever fallen in love with a podcast? Me too! Each week you wait for your favorite show to release a new episode, happily push in your ear pods and dive right in. But what happens when your fa…
E114: 5 Ways to Make Money While (Holiday) Shopping
The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but they can take quite a toll on your bank account. Between family gatherings, work celebrations, and school parties, the cost can really add up…
E113: How to Practice Gratitude for the Holidays
There is never a wrong time to practice a little "thank you." They say the Holidays are the MOST wonderful time of the year, but between the little things like Christmas, Hannukah, and Kwanza shoppin…
E112: Can a Woman be Likable and Successful?
Can you be likable and successful? Is it important for you to be liked? "Women are stuck in an impossible bind. At work, strong women are criticized for being cold, and warm women are seen as pushove…
E111: 5 Hacks to Sleep Better Tonight
Sleep is a primary biological need, but 2 out of 3 people are not getting enough sleep. Is that you?
Sleep affects almost every type of tissue and system in the body – from the brain, heart, and lun…
E110: Is Work - Life Balance a Myth?
We spend a lot of time on YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! talking about side hustles, bucket list items and achieving goals - from mindset to health and everything in between. I often tell people that YOU WANNA …
E109: TEDx Talk - The Flipside of Loneliness
Is there a solution to cure loneliness? Loneliness comes in many forms job loss, deployment, divorce, death, illness, or moving to a new city. For me, grief was the catalyst. When I was 16, I suffere…
E108: How to Rebuild and Transform Your Life
Have you ever experienced your life falling apart all at once? Sometimes, life seems to get a bit off track. You're up at night wondering why it happened, how did things get this far and what the hel…
E107: Alicia Menendez on Why Likability is a Trap
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Times have changed. With over 7 billion people in the world, a changing business landscape, and the competitive job market, fitting in is failing out.
Thi…
E106: What Suze Orman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Oprah taught me about saying YES to events
Are you saying YES to invitations, announcements and event emails?
In today’s world, we are often so busy (or convince ourselves we’re so busy), that we tend to ignore any event promotions that pop …
E105: Making Mistakes, Working for Shark Tank's Daymond John and Entrepreneurship
Are you comparing your roadmap to someone else? Matt LeBris was just 17 when he began working in the NYC nightlife industry. Captivated by money, Matt fell for the allure of the brights lights and bi…
E104: How to Prepare for a TEDx Talk
Fresh off the stage from my first TEDx talk, the most-asked question I received was, “What strategy or takeaways can you recommend?”
In this episode, I share the strategy you can use when preparing f…
E103: Achieving Your Goals: A Success Story
Are you a passionate multitasker with a packed calendar? Endless to-do list? How much are you accomplishing versus doing? Busy does not mean productive. Time to take your goal-setting strategies, boo…
E102: Stop Believing These Lies
On today's episode:
- 3 big lies you tell yourself
- Root of those nagging negative thoughts through cognitive reappraisal. Cognitive reappraisal is an emotion regulation strategy that involves changing…
E101: Building Relationships for Connection and Collaboration
The keys to all of the doors you need opened are in other people’s pockets. But how do you develop the kinds of relationships and build a network that will motivate people to hand you those keys?
Re…
E100: Life Lessons - Advice to Your Younger Self
"The days are long but the years are short." - Gretchen Rubin
Celebrate a special 100th episode of YOU WANNA DO WHAT?!
In 2013, I bought my first microphone, but it wasn't until 2017 that I began po…
E99: Self Care for Moms (and Dads)
How do you live a YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! multi-passionate lifestyle as a mother (or father)?
On episode 99, busy mom and self-care expert, Jody Agard, joins us to discuss:
- Sprinkling self-care in you…
E98: 6 Ways to Make Faster, Better Decisions
Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, from the clothes we wear, the lunches we eat and the routes we drive to work. These decisions feel automatic, but what about the decisions with long…