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Redemption Through Resilience

Join us for our upcoming MarketPulse: Pros and Pioneers episode with Andrew Wood — a man who defied the odds to build a successful business after prison.

Andrew’s insights on:

  • Overcoming dyslexia
  • The power of authentic storytelling
  • Using LinkedIn to grow your personal brand

This episode drops on 16th April at 3 PM UK time. Don’t miss this inspiring story of transformation and growth.

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Imagine your life tick and a shock to. From prison. To business success. It sounds impossible. Meet Andrew Wood. Would a man who not only made it happen, but thrived.

Andrew:

The first eight weeks you did Duke of Edinburgh's, English, maths, training, all kinds of host of stuff, but they got you a job at the end of it. Yeah. If you pass those eight weeks, they then got you a job that you could go Monday to Friday, do your job, and then come back to the prison at the weekend. I was so passionate about proving other people wrong that no one was going to stop me. You can't understand why you're in trouble all the time. You can't understand why you can't. Understand what the teacher's trying to teach you. my attention span was terrible. like literally within half an hour, I'd be swinging on my chair, falling off my chair, just because I couldn't get it. It's being able to tell a story, communicate a story. And I've been really lucky. I've got both. I've got my personal journey, which, I've learned over the last 10 years is quite powerful. people can connect with the story. They can connect with the personality. and I think us having a very strong why.

In this episode of season two, MarketPulse pros and pioneers. Andrew shares how he overcame dyslexia and found purpose teaching in prison and built a business through the power of personal branding on LinkedIn. Learn how to turn adversity into advantage. Why storytelling. Telling can transform your brand and why consistency on LinkedIn is the secret to growth. Don't miss this incredible story of redemption and resilience. Subscribe and join us 16th of April at 3:00 PM.

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