Aspire with Emma Grede - Introducing “Aspire with Emma Grede”

Episode Date: May 4, 2025

Emma Grede has spent her career building culture-defining brands and breaking barriers in business. Now, she’s bringing that same passion to Aspire with Emma Grede—a new podcast designed to inspire, empower, and fuel your ambition. Every week, Emma shares honest conversations with trailblazing entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries, diving into the real stories behind their success. Get ready for practical insights, powerful motivation, and the push you need to keep going. Tune in every Tuesday for your weekly dose of motivation with Aspire with Emma Grede. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I am so excited to share my debut book with you or Start With Yourself, which is available now. You might have seen the headlines, you might have seen the social, but this book is exactly what I intended, a conversation that will make you think, and it's a blueprint for anyone who wants success without the toxic positivity. Start with yourself is about self-leadership, because wherever I go, women ask me how I got to where I am. But what you really want to know is how you can get there. So I'm doing what I do best, sharing and navigate keeping what's works for me in the hope that you can borrow from a philosophy that has served me so well. The truth is I'm not an expert. I've just lived it. I've made the mistakes.

I've had the failures and I've learned what actually works. It takes a lot. It takes the most. And this book is for anyone who's tired of feeling like a passenger in their own life. It's about taking responsibility for your thinking, managing your emotions and getting clear on your ideas and then knowing your next step. It's about picking yourself up after failure, being accountable, but also forgiving yourself, pushing for wins, and never, ever apologising for your ambition. It's also about challenging the rules that you've been told. There is no perfect time. Balance isn't the goal. Alignment is and there's nothing wrong with you wanting more. I'm precisely sure that the reason I've been so successful is so I can

share it with you. Start with yourself. My debut book is available now. Visit emigre.com to purchase the book, also available on Amazon, your favorite audio platforms, and all good bookshops. Yamava Resort and Casino at San Manuel is California's number one entertainment destination for today's superstars. Catch the Jonas Brothers return to the Yamava Theater stage on April 30th, the powerful vocals of Demi Lovato on May 17th, and the signature Southern Country Rock of Eric Church on July 19th. Tickets on sale now at Yamavatheater.com, only at Yamava Resort and Casino. celebrating its 40th anniversary. U.N. must be 21 to enter.

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I'm Em agreed, and I've spent the last 20 years building, running and investing in some incredible businesses. I've co-founded a multi-billion-dollar unicorn and had my hand in several. other companies that have generated hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. This, all while raising my family of four kids in the place I now call home, Los Angeles. Safe to say, my life is a really long way from where I started, as one of four sisters who grew up with a single mum in a tough neighbourhood in East London. What I'll tell you is that I'm on a continuous journey to learn how everyone can create the biggest possible opportunities in life. And look, I know a thing or two, but just like everyone else,

I'm still searching for answers for how to be more productive, how to be happier, and how to accomplish everything I want to do. So it got me thinking, why not just ask the people I aspire to the most? How do they actually do what they do? On my weekly podcast, Aspire with Em Agreed, I'm going to talk to the most successful people on the planet and the foremost experts who will share how to master the skills, both practical and emotional, so we can all get the most out of life.

You'll get the tangible tools, the real no BS stories, and undeniable little hacks that actually help you level up, whatever that means for you. I'm a lifelong learner, and if you give me an hour of your time, I promise you'll walk away with something valuable. Listen to and follow Aspire with Emagreed wherever you get your podcast starting May 6. You can also find me on my YouTube channel, Emmer Green. I cannot wait to see you there. Ambition comes in all shapes and sizes. At First Citizens Bank, we roll with your goals because we're built for what you're building. Fit for your ambition.

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