Ep. 55 | Hurry Up and Fail: How to Turn Mistakes Into Career Proof.
What if your best career story is the one you keep trying to hide?
Britt Hunter, leadership speaker and founder of Be The Exception Coaching, joins Heather Cooper and Blakely Graham to explain why young professionals and seasoned leaders alike need to hurry up and fail. Britt shows how mistakes build clarity and confidence when you stop protecting a perfect image and start getting honest about what you learned.
She breaks down a failure pitch that begins with a real capability, adds the setback that tested it, and turns the lesson into a memorable introduction. The conversation also explores why getting older does not automatically make us better, how small behavior rules create useful reps, and why leaders must learn to receive feedback without immediately defending themselves.
Plus, Heather checks Garth Brooks off her bucket list, the team puts its opening banter on a ten-minute timer, and everyone shares a simple source of joy worth passing along.
Key Takeaways:
Why failure can become proof that you are coachable
How to stop waiting until you can try something perfectly
Why confidence comes from reps rather than age
How to build a failure pitch using a capability, a setback, and your name
Why specific strengths are more memorable than generic claims like “I am collaborative”
How small, measurable rules can help change social habits
Why leaders need to own their actions without leading with a defensive explanation
How Britt's PIVOT framework moves accountability from facts and feelings to values and action
Why creators should focus on the person who needs their message instead of trying to please the whole internet
How adults can normalize mistakes without giving up authority
Please consider sharing this episode and subscribing to the show for more of the career questions women want answered but rarely ask out loud.
Follow Our Guest:
Britt Hunter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittbritt-hunter
Britt Hunter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachbhunt_/
Be The Exception Coaching: https://www.betheexceptioncoaching.com/
Follow Not All Business:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notallbiz/
Substack: https://notallbusiness.substack.com/
Links & Mentions:
Be The Exception Coaching: https://www.betheexceptioncoaching.com/ (Britt's leadership coaching, keynotes, workshops, and Own Your Adventure program)
Britt Hunter's link hub: https://linktr.ee/BeTheExceptionCoaching (current links for Britt's newsletter, social profiles, podcast, and ownership quiz)
Garth Brooks: https://www.garthbrooks.com/ (mentioned during Heather's bucket-list story)
Grizzly Rose: https://grizzlyrose.com/ (the Denver honky-tonk discussed in the opening)
“Chaos Space Marine” by Black Country, New Road: https://open.spotify.com/track/2UEH1NjNHGsoEIr3GKLhNR?si=9cc4aa8bd1ce4ca3
“One Battle After Another”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/
Submit Your Sticky Situations:
Got a sticky situation for Not All Business? Send an email or voice recording to sticky@notallbusiness.com or drop your question in the comments.
Thank You to Our Sponsors:
Face Five Acne Clinic, Root-Cause Acne Care, No Harsh Prescriptions Required: https://facefiveacne.com - code NOTALLBIZ10 for 10% off your first order
Follow Face Five Skincare: https://www.instagram.com/facefiveskincare/
Follow Wellness with Yuki: https://www.instagram.com/wellnesswithyuki/
Follow Us:
