Around the Ladder: Motherhood & Meaningful work with Merrilyn Gibbs

Around the Ladder

Host: Erika Steinberg
Guest: Merrilyn Gibbs, Founder of Assistants4Hire

Episode Title: Carving Your Own Path: From College Golf Coach to Entrepreneur with Merrilyn Gibbs

Episode Summary

On this episode of Around the Ladder, host Erika Steinberg welcomes Merrilyn Gibbs, founder of Assistants4Hire, to share her inspiring journey from college golf coach and pro golfer to thriving entrepreneur. Merrilyn discusses the pivotal moments that shaped her career, including an unexpected transition into motherhood, and how she leveraged her coaching skills to build a business that empowers others to reclaim their time and grow sustainably.

Key Topics Covered

• Redefining Career Success: Merrilyn’s early ambitions in professional golf, her transition to coaching, and the unexpected turns that led her to entrepreneurship.

• Making Big Life Changes: How becoming a mother prompted Merrilyn to reconsider her career path and pursue greater flexibility.

• Discovering Transferable Skills: The role of mentorship and career coaching helped Merrilyn identify the entrepreneurial skills she had developed as a coach.

• Launching Assistants4Hire: The story behind founding her company, sparked by a friend’s need for reliable administrative support.

• Building a Business as a Single Parent: Merrilyn’s strategies for networking, growing a business in a new city, and balancing entrepreneurship with motherhood.

• Evolving Relationship with Time: How Merrilyn’s approach to time management has evolved, and why she believes time is our most valuable commodity.

• Empowering Others: Merrilyn’s passion for helping small businesses, solopreneurs, and legal firms reclaim their time and scale successfully.

Notable Quotes

“I realized quickly that in order for me to do what I really wanted to, which was to spend as much time as possible with my daughter and to be in charge of my own schedule, really, my only option was to become an entrepreneur and start my own business.”

“Time is our most valuable commodity. The one thing we never get back is our time.”

About Merrilyn Gibbs

Merrilyn is the founder of Assistants4Hire, a company dedicated to helping small businesses and attorneys thrive by providing tailored administrative support and growth strategies. With a background in coaching and a personal journey through major life transitions, Merrilyn is passionate about empowering others to achieve balance and long-term success.

Connect with Merrilyn

• Website: Assistants4Hire

• LinkedIn: Merrilyn Gibbs

• Instagram

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