As I get older my definition of success keeps changing, so how do I manage my expectations while still remaining true to myself?
Tue Dec 16 2025
🎙️💭How do we live the divide between our vision of success, what we truly want and reality?
Lesly Simmons was formerly Head of Community Innovation at Amazon, she left it this year to acquire and run a toy company, Mobius Toys. This move builds upon Lesly’s work with The Dollhouse Project that produces inclusive experiences for children and families.
As she moves closer to work that is truly meaningful to her, she simultaneously finds herself doing work she didn’t sign up to do. She brings her burning question to:
🔹Noel Pacarro Brown, Author and Thought Leader in Sustainable Finance:
🔹Marni Heinz, Go-To-Market Expert at Datadog and Leadership Coach:
And Christine Renaud, Braindate (host)
The three women join Lesly to address her burning question:
🎙️ As I get older my definition of success keeps changing, so how do I manage my expectations while still remaining true to myself?
Covered in this episodeStaying true to yourself when you yourself are changingHow definitions of success have changed over the yearsOther people's successIf not now, when? If not me, who?Explaining to others what feels right to meInward connection, grace, compassionWho's the beholder?The fruit and the potStepping back to see 80/20
✨Find inspiration and algorithm-free perspectives through shared experience, wisdom and good conversation at The More the Brainier
This episode of The More the Brainier was produced by Christine Renaud and Jane Gibb. Editing and sound engineering by Jenya Sverlov and Chris Leon.
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🎙️💭How do we live the divide between our vision of success, what we truly want and reality? Lesly Simmons was formerly Head of Community Innovation at Amazon, she left it this year to acquire and run a toy company, Mobius Toys. This move builds upon Lesly’s work with The Dollhouse Project that produces inclusive experiences for children and families. As she moves closer to work that is truly meaningful to her, she simultaneously finds herself doing work she didn’t sign up to do. She brings her burning question to: 🔹Noel Pacarro Brown, Author and Thought Leader in Sustainable Finance: 🔹Marni Heinz, Go-To-Market Expert at Datadog and Leadership Coach: And Christine Renaud, Braindate (host) The three women join Lesly to address her burning question: 🎙️ As I get older my definition of success keeps changing, so how do I manage my expectations while still remaining true to myself? Covered in this episodeStaying true to yourself when you yourself are changingHow definitions of success have changed over the yearsOther people's successIf not now, when? If not me, who?Explaining to others what feels right to meInward connection, grace, compassionWho's the beholder?The fruit and the potStepping back to see 80/20 ✨Find inspiration and algorithm-free perspectives through shared experience, wisdom and good conversation at The More the Brainier This episode of The More the Brainier was produced by Christine Renaud and Jane Gibb. Editing and sound engineering by Jenya Sverlov and Chris Leon. #TheMoretheBrainier #success #truetoself #seasonsofchange #fortysomething