THE SHOW
The author and multihyphenate sits down to recount her professional journey, what she’s learned, and how mutlihyphenates can tell better stories about their work. If you’ve ever struggled with answering, “Tell me about yourself,” you’ll love this episode. Holley’s candor and clarity provide a useful framework for designing a fulfilling career and telling the right story about it.
Behind Her Brilliance: God + her ancestors + her curiosity
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THE GUEST
HOLLEY KHOLI-MURCHISON | CEO, Oratory Glory
Holley M. Murchison is the founder and CEO of Oratory Glory, a communication agency and speaker collective catalyzing diversity by amplifying marginalized voices. She is currently entrepreneur-in-residence at Oberlin College. She was recently featured in Glamour magazine’s activist issue as one of six women using their voices to change the world.
TOPICS COVERED
-Holley’s early career
-How Holley thinks about career moves
-Holley’s take on bringing your whole self to work
-Holley’s book, Tell Me About Yourself
-Why professional introductions are hard and how to reframe them
-Holley’s recipe for answering the dreaded question about what you do
-How Holley built an ecosystem around her first book
-Holley’s reflection on the effects and opportunities of the pandemic
-How Holley’s relationship with herself has changed for the better
-And much, much more!
STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
–Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke (Lisa Likes)
–Daniel Kahneman’s happiness/earning research
-Holley’s book, Tell Me About Yourself
–Against Creativity by Oli Mould (Holley’s book pick)
–Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (Holley’s book pick)
–Create Dangerously (essay) by Albert Camus (Holley’s pick)
–The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Holley’s book pick)
–The Way of Tenderness by Zenju Manuel (Holley’s book pick)
–Charlie Gilkey episode of Behind the Brilliance
