138 Nicole Abboud | Rebranding Your Life

Nicole Abboud is the founder of Abboud Media and the Gen Why Lawyer podcast. A lawyer by trade, she soon came to the realization after practicing law for five years that it wasn’t the career she wanted for the rest of her life. So in 2015, after having conversations with young lawyers about their experiences practicing law, she decided to launch Gen Why Lawyer which eventually inspired her to stop practicing law and follow her passion of starting her own business - helping lawyers better brand themselves, millennial style. Nicole’s voice is helping inspire millennials and others not willing to settle for the status-quo to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Show Notes

03:16 - Where I first met Nicole
05:25 - Which podcast got her interested in starting her podcast, Gen Why Lawyer
06:20 - Her background as a lawyer and how she got the idea to start her podcast
07:36 - When she was first bit by the entrepreneurial bug
08:45 - Leaving her law career to build her own business
09:27 - How going out on her own has changed what she covers on Gen Why Lawyer
10:31 - Her listener base
11:20 - How her guests left practicing law and the types of businesses they’ve opened
13:13 - Why she thinks Gen Why Lawyer has received great exposure
16:39 - What her parents thought when she started podcasting
17:19 - Her family’s ethnicity/heritage
19:02 - The concerns her parents had when she stopped practicing law
20:26 - What it was about practicing law that burnt her out
21:51 - The 9 to 5 employee mindset vs the entrepreneur mindset
24:19 - Compassionate Management
27:25 - When she realized that Compassionate Management was something she should pay attention to
29:03 - Defining Compassionate Management
30:06 - Holacracy
31:22 - The organizations she was involved with in high school
32:40 - The new podcast, What Trump Can Teach Us About Constitutional Law
34:23 - How she’s grown as a podcast host
35:56 - The episode of Gen Why Lawyer that stands out to her
38:35 - How podcasting has changed the way she interacts with people in person
39:11 - Is she an introvert or extrovert?
39:40 - What makes her uncomfortable talking to people “in real life”
43:02 - The ideas she first had for starting her own business
47:24 - Who she would love to have on her podcast
49:45 - The one most misunderstood thing about her
52:42 - What she’s changed her mind about recently
55:47 - What has her excited about returning to her podcast