Ep. 123 How To Curate A Career You Love By Taking Every Opportunity With Irene Agbontaen

Ep. 123 How To Curate A Career You Love By Taking Every Opportunity With Irene Agbontaen

Author: Grace Beverley January 27, 2025 Duration: 1:06:23

Irene Agbontaen is a someone whose career is defined by being the change she wanted to see. Back in 2018, she was becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of clothes on the market for taller women, so she took matters into her own hands and founded TTYA, which stands for Taller Than Your Average. The brand saw monumental success, however, since then, she's curated a multifaceted career for herself just by saying yes.


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IRENE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/irenettya/?hl=en


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CHAPTERS

0:00 introduction

1:39 Her childhood & aspirations

10:15 Having a picture of what you want to do

12:14 How she got her first big break

19:49 Hustling to get her brand off the ground

27:12 Getting her first order from selfridges

29:19 True hustle & running club nights

34:34 The biggest challenges she faced

42:17 How to turn everything into an opportunity

50:00 Not changing yourself to fit a career

56:20 Buying 2 properties & how she did it


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Grace Beverley hosts the Working Hard with Grace Beverley podcast, a series that moves far beyond standard productivity tips or generic business advice. Here, conversations explore the nuanced and often unconventional paths to achievement across a wide spectrum of life. You’ll hear from a diverse array of guests, including housing campaigners, seasoned investors, and sex experts, each sharing the specific challenges and insights from their unique fields. These discussions naturally avoid easy answers, instead delving into the real work, the personal philosophies, and the redefined metrics of success that drive these individuals. The podcast sits at an interesting crossroads of business, health, fitness, and self-improvement, reflecting Grace’s own multifaceted approach to work and life. Listening feels like gaining access to a series of candid, private mentorships, where the lessons learned are as much about personal resilience and perspective as they are about professional strategy. It’s a space for anyone curious about the many forms that hard work and fulfillment can take, offering stories that challenge the typical rhetoric and inspire a broader, more personal definition of what it means to truly succeed.
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