Welcome to episode #44 We’re thrilled to be joined by Lauren Petrullo today!
Lauren is a former Disney Innovation Catalyst, now turned social commerce specialist, and multi-founder. She is a 33 year-old, self-made CEO who specializes in marketing, eCommerce and loves to disrupt. She has found new ways to blaze the trail in remote workplaces, as well as being the proud founder of the most INCLUSIVE beauty brand online. All while promoting clean drinking water initiatives overseas! From speaking fluent Italian, learning 3 Asian languages simultaneously, and just finished her first improv class, she's all over the map...in a great way.
Welcome to the show Lauren!
Questions
Can you tell us about your experience with neurodiversity? When did you realize that you weren’t neurotypical? What challenges did you face? What is it like now?
Diagnosed at 9 years of age along with younger brother
Would finish schoolwork very quickly and then want to
The school highly recommended Ritalin/Adderal
Medication had some negative side effects - mood, and reaction time in sports - so
Her parents helped her develop other behavioral coping mechanisms
Don’t sit up the front where distraction is obvious
Don’t stand up as much
Always had lots of energy - other people find it hard to keep up
High school/college was a bit better
Skipped year level
More challenges from both sports and academics
Other students wanted access to ADHD meds to help with study
What "work" projects are you concentrating on?
Owns multiple businesses
Digital marketing agency: Mongoose Media (30 people)
Asian Beauty Essentials (products from Japan, and Korea)
Able to implement ideas from
Co-founder:
Swimsuit brand
Matcha
How about the rest of the time? What do you enjoy doing in your off time?
Three languages: Japanese, Korean, Mandarin
Talk to me in Korean - create an audio textbook
In-person classes ($5/hr)
Duolingo
iTalki - tutors to help
Sport
Competitive dragon-boating
Fencing
Zumba
Yoga
What does your morning routine look like and how has it evolved over time?
Protein drink/matcha
15 minutes of Duolingo
15 minutes of Kpop dancing in the morning
What do you do to optimize productivity during your working hours?
Claire/Irish control the calendar
Says yes to too many things
Culture building: gather.town - water check
Change do not disturb settings
Focus station in virtual office: Proceed
Delegate a lot
Delegated email
Slack
Moved task comms to ClickUp
Project management tool: ClickUp
Use the time tracker feature
Forest timer
COMMERCIAL BREAK
What is one habit you'd like to remove from your life (either a bad habit or one that takes up too much time)?
Hitting play next on Netflix
How do you switch off at night?
Put the phone in another room
Wear earrings when working/take them off when not working
What resources (books, philosophies, apps, sensory toys) do you find most helpful for productivity and habit formation?
Apps
Forest
ClickUp
Books
Libby: 3x playback for audiobooks
Sci-Fi
“Where the deer and antelope play”
“Hundred million leads”
Where can people connect with you or find your work?
LaurenEPetrullo on all socials
MongooseMedia.US
Do you have any final words or asks for our audience?
Episode 43