Cindy Garrard used to earn over $800,000 a year in commission sales, one of the top producers in a male-dominated banking industry. Then she noticed something: she was running on adrenaline, and it was leaking into every part of her life.

After 18 months at the peak of her career, she made a decision most people don't, she left on top instead of waiting for burnout to force her out. A year-long transition program (connected to the same institute behind Bob Buford and Peter Drucker) helped her step into coaching, built around what she now teaches as Joy as a Performance Strategy.

She and Christine talk about the gap between how success looks from the outside and what it costs on the inside, why she chose to post an honest, unfiltered fight with her husband instead of a curated highlight reel, and the Four Hour Advantage, a monthly practice of four unplugged hours doing something you loved before the world told you who to be.

Cindy also shares her free Joy Meter, a 60-second assessment showing exactly where your joy is running low.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:27 What Cindy was like at eight

06:18 Building a career in commission sales

09:58 Choosing honesty over a curated image

14:49 What was happening on the inside

17:53 Sensing the peak, and leaving on top

21:39 Finding the Halftime Institute

24:23 How a coach changed her life

27:25 The Thrive Test, choosing who you work with

33:16 The Four Hour Advantage, explained

43:27 What transformation looks like in coaching

49:08 The Joy Meter, and where to find Cindy

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