The Work Ethic Podcast with Bidemi Ologunde

23. Chanda Coston

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] speaks with Chanda Coston [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandacoston/], founder of Chanda Co. [https://www.chanda-co.com/], a U.S. Navy veteran, business strategist, coach, and Personal PMP/Success Strategist who helps women entrepreneurs in the "third quarter of life" turn their experience into income, build businesses that fit their current season, and move from scattered effort to structured execution without burnout. The conversation follows Chanda's timeline from military service to corporate strategy, consulting, entrepreneurship, and coaching: What does reinvention really require after 40? How can women choose the right business model for the life they are actually living now? Where can technology, automation, and project-management systems create clarity, and where do they quietly fuel overwhelm? Chanda shares practical lessons on confidence, focus, execution, and building a business that supports life instead of consuming it.

22. The Ambition Gap Is Usually a Support Gap

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] explores a powerful question: when someone looks "less ambitious," are they actually less ambitious, or less backed? Centering women and under-supported professionals, Bidemi examines how sponsorship, manager advocacy, flexibility, feedback, and visible support shape sustainable excellence across careers, businesses, creative work, sports, and community life. What happens when ambition is present, but the system around it is thin? How do professionals, builders, leaders, and performers identify the support gaps quietly limiting their growth? Listeners are invited to take part in the Seven-Day Support Gap Challenge: choose one ambition, name the missing support, identify one person with leverage, and make one clear ask this week. Participants can share reflections and feedback inside the show's private WhatsApp Community [https://chat.whatsapp.com/ITZV77mKd4j2tPElAoTd2Q].

21. Money, Meaning, and the Side-Hustle Trap

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] explores the tension between money, meaning, and well-being in a generation trying to stay ambitious without becoming chronically overextended. When does a side hustle create freedom, and when does it quietly become fear in disguise? How do you build multiple income streams without turning your whole life into work? And what does sustainable excellence look like for students, operators, creators, managers, founders, freelancers, athletes, and diaspora builders carrying real financial pressure and big personal goals? Listeners are invited to take part in this week's Money, Meaning, and Margin Audit challenge by naming one project, side hustle, or ambition they are carrying, identifying its money purpose, meaning purpose, and margin cost, then deciding whether to continue, resize, pause, or stop for the next 90 days. Share your reflection and feedback inside the show's private WhatsApp Community [https://chat.whatsapp.com/ITZV77mKd4j2tPElAoTd2Q].

20. The Diaspora Workday: Ambition Across Time Zones

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] explores The Diaspora Workday: Ambition Across Time Zones, the reality of building, leading, freelancing, studying, and performing across global clocks without turning ambition into exhaustion. What happens when opportunity lives in another time zone? Who pays the hidden "time-zone tax" in global work? Can ambitious professionals protect excellence, family, sleep, and identity while staying competitive? Bidemi examines recent workplace data, real-life diaspora work stories, and practical systems for sustainable excellence beyond hustle culture. Listeners are invited to take part in the Seven-Day Time-Zone Reset weekly challenge and share reflections inside the show's private WhatsApp Community [https://chat.whatsapp.com/ITZV77mKd4j2tPElAoTd2Q].

19. Peter Liu

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] sits down with comedian, actor, and martial artist Peter Liu [https://www.peterliucomedy.com/] for a conversation about culture, family, identity, and the discipline behind building a life in stand-up comedy. How does moving across cultures shape a comic's voice? When does comedy shift from instinct to craft? What does work ethic look like in a career built on rejection, timing, and constant experimentation? Bidemi and Peter explore the early influences behind his perspective, the lessons learned from open mics and bigger stages, and how he continues to sharpen his material while staying connected to the everyday observations that make his comedy resonate. Find out Peter's tour dates at https://www.peterliucomedy.com/schedule