TRANSFORM Your Corporate CAREER into a PURPOSE-DRIVEN Entrepreneurial Journey with Elona Lopari

Speaking Sessions

What if you could turn your corporate career into a purpose-driven entrepreneurial journey? In this episode, we chat with Elona, founder and CEO of the Life School, about her inspiring transition from a Fortune 500 leadership role to launching her own business. Elona shares how aligning her personal mission with professional goals empowered her to overcome fears, navigate cultural shifts, and break down big dreams into manageable steps.
Elona also dives into the importance of self-development, vision, and authentic communication in entrepreneurship. She offers practical advice on making a smooth career transition, building a supportive network, and knowing when to fully commit to your new path. Learn how to humanize your approach to business, combining purpose with profit, and discover heart-centered strategies for fostering genuine relationships in today’s fast-paced, ad-saturated world. This episode is packed with insights to help you achieve success through intentional and purpose-driven efforts.
NOTABLE QUOTES
"My mission is to humanize business" – Elona
"When I hear entrepreneurs that finally give up the reins to some portion… to somebody who's 100% focused on that, that person always does better than them." – Philip
"Vision is where everything begins because once you have that…, you can work [backward]." – Elona
"Understanding the map of where you're going has been very important to me because that has given me a lot of security…Even if I am… taking the wrong step…, I'm still learning something." – Elona
"There's always going to be pain to growth. It's never going to be [an] easy, smooth sail." – Elona
"You can be a good student to the process of things, but don't be afraid to step out of the process sometimes and test a lot of stuff and experiment." – Elona
“You are always more creative than you think you are." – Elona
"Having our own passion, our own spin on it, I believe, allows people to be engaged and interested in us doing it with them, or coaching them, or buying our product or service, versus going to somebody else because of the passion, because our personality that we put into that." – Philip
"Always be authentic and share from your experience." – Elona
"Speaking from the passion, we can get that tonality, that excitement that's behind what you're talking about." – Philip
"If we want to build trust and build good, genuine human relationships, offer value." – Elona
"We really need to get back to building actual, genuine relationships, not transactional relationships." – Philip
"It all starts with you." – Elona
"When you're good with yourself, you're good with everyone." – Elona
RESOURCES
Elona
Website: https://www.elonaloparicoaching.com
Email: [e-mail]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elonaloparicoaching
Philip
Digital Course: https://www.speakingsessions.com/digital-course
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamphilipsessions/?hl=en
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philipsessions
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-sessions-b2986563/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealphilipsessions

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Chapter

1. Elona's background and personal info (00:00:00)

2. The importance of vision in pursuing your purpose (00:06:54)

3. Taking a leap of faith toward your desires (00:11:09)

4. Cultivating a positive mindset (00:16:50)

5. Trusting and following a long-term process (00:25:08)

6. Building trust through genuine connections (00:38:32)

7. How to connect with Elona (00:53:12)