Kahja interviews Rory Kandel
A life you love. A flourishing business. And a diagnosis that changes it all. What do you do when life throws you the ultimate curveball? If you're Rory Kandel of the popular Napa bakery Rory's Bakehouse, you roll up your sleeves, pivot, and re-define what personal and professional success means.
This week, Kahja talks with Rory about maintaining native New York energy, loving the hustle of the restaurant industry, creating a bakery that makes customers part of the process, scone conversions, the MS diagnosis that changed everything, listening to your body and advocating for yourself, mindset management, navigating the changing physical demands of running a business, the power of community, tapping into services that support entrepreneurs, transparency on Instagram, letting go of the premise of control to embrace who you're becoming, the right scaling strategy to meet the moments ahead, and holding space for fear, sorrow, and resilience.
Recorded on location in Napa, CA.
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Intro music by Diff Works