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🧩 Life's A Game

2x Founder | Brand Builder | Creator | Investor Featured in Forbes, Ad Week, Poosh, The Skinny Confidential Over 110,000 people follow Amanda to learn how to get the most out of life. Single mom x3 Teaching Productivity to emerging Leaders via Morning Brew

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🧩 Life's a Game: Alignment isn’t the answer.

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Maybe....Alignment isn’t the answer. ↓ Quick Spin: Why alignment isn’t the goal The truth behind “You can have it all” How Character Theory helps you escape burnout and reclaim your power 🧩 Thanks for keeping Life's a Game Free You know that feeling of being surprised by a delightful experience in a situation...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. LIFECYCLE > LIFESTYLE ↓ Quick Spin: Why hustle culture isn't the enemy The difference between life cycles vs. lifestyles 3 Ways I'm hustling differently PS If you are wanting to learn how to have it all....but not do it all....I'm leading a 1 hour delegation workshop on September 18th at 1pm in partnership with...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. The Power of Mono Tasking ↓ Quick Spin: The 2 Traps we Fall into How to reduce guilt & get back time in your day Why multitasking isn't a superpower ♟️ MY TURN: We’ve been lied to. I remember saying in my Ernst & Young job interview... “I’m a great multitasker”. Turns out, that’s not actually possible....

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. What is emotional control and how to get it? ↓ Quick Spin: Where do emotions come from The common mistake people make Two tools to get out of your "Lizard Brain" 10-10-10 Framing Who is driving your emotional bus? I’ve been in therapy 1-2 times a week for 6+ years. First with a Freudian talk therapist (looks at...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people win at work AND life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Is AI Good or Bad? My thoughts.... ↓ 🧩 Thanks for keeping Life’s a Game free! For the last few months I’ve been focused on growing my Instagram account (after realizing my 110,000 followers on Twitter are no longer going to help me grow my career). Whenever I'm adding a new project, I spend a few months deciding how to minimize my...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. The Psychology of Resilience & How to Build it ↓ Quick Spin: The psychology of resilience Why rumination is holding you back An exercise my therapist used with me after divorce 8 steps for building your resilience muscle 🧩 Thanks for keeping Life's a Game Free Real talk. I'm good at marketing, not as good at...

UPCOMING EVENTS If you're a founder, solopreneur or just working parent juggling a dozen things trying to build a business (and career) that actually works — these events are for you..... Create & Monetize your Personal Brand Thursday, August 14 I’m excited to join Mercury on Thursday, August 14 at 11:00AM PT to discuss creating and monetizing your personal brand. We'll dive into: Building a personal brand with purpose: Learn how to become the “face” of your business without overshadowing it,...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. My Imposter Syndrome Update ↓ Quick Spin: The flea in the jar experiment Overcoming Fixed Helplessness A powerful question to ask yourself ♟️ MY TURN: Real talk…..recently I’ve struggled with imposter syndrome. My book is about to pre-launch (official pub date is October 21) and I’m nervous. We announced...

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Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. 3 Steps to Doubling my LinkedIn Audience ↓ This newsletter is all about learning the simple yet effective tips to growing personally and professionally. Gamification is how I like to build systems and routines that help me succeed. Today I’m going to share: 3 reasons why you should care about LinkedIn (as a FT...

Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Planning your MVD ↓ Quick Spin: When life gets crazy, try this Completion Bias Creating your MVD 🧩 Thanks for keeping Life's a Game Free! A few months ago I decided to switch all my courses and community from Kajabi to Mighty Networks and someone recently said to me "I had no clue you had all of this!". Most...