Why Your Network is Your Net Worth with Porter Gale
The work of Porter Gale landed on my digital radar almost a year ago. Through a bit of serendipity, a friend connected the two of us. The role that connections have played in her journey is mind-blowing. She packed this interview with some profound insights on purpose, connection, and doing work that matters.
Here are some highlights from our chat:
- Porter's Work as Film Maker and VP of Marketing at Virgin America

- The Role that Your Network Plays in Your Personal Growth
- Learning to Listen to the Inside Voice that Guides You
- Identifying the Barriers that Stunt Your Productivity
- How to Make Little Bets for Some of Your Bigger Goals
- One Job that Opened Up a Ton of Other Opportunities for Porter
- Lessons from Building Virgin America that Can Be Applied to Your Brand
- Determining What a Filter for the Roadmap of Your Journey
- Why You Need a Framework for Determining What You Want to Achieve
- Using Your Microphone to be Honest and Vulnerable
- The Funnel Test for Determining What You Should Do with Your Life
- Some Keys to Dealing with Unemployment and Benefiting from It
- The Writing Process for Your Network *IS* Your Net Worth
- The Role of Details and Emotion in Every Story You Tell
- How to Develop an Experiential Brand
- A Look into the Marketing Plan for Porter's Book
Tweetable Insights Include:
- Your greatest learning happens in periods of change or challenge (Click to Tweet)
Porter Gale is a speaker and start-up advisor. She is the author of Your Network is Your Net Worth
(2013) and the former VP of Marketing at Virgin America. You can follow her on twitter @portergale.
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