{"podcast":{"title":"Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong","slug":"outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880","podcast_index_feed_id":699880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/outliersedge/","website_url":"https://niiamahashong.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/74c022c5-ed46-4421-b206-75f0d357b98a/outliers-edge-podcast-cover-3000x3000.png","author":"Niiamah Ashong","episode_count":962,"summary":"Outlier's Edge Podcast is a live coaching podcast where we come together in conversation to work through the challenges and apply the gifts of being a unique tribe of high-performing, high-impact entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders who choose to play a bigger game of impact, influence, and income than we've ever play before. What's an Outlier? An Outlier is a high-performing, high-impact leader who often is: One of the Only: Thrive in systems/environments that were not designed to have someone like them succeed, One of the First: Thrive doing things no one else has ever done or dares to even try One of a Kind: Thrive on their unconventional and independent terms regardless of what others around them are doing THIS IS A PODCAST FOR PEOPLE WHO: - aren't afraid of \"playing small\", but are scared of \"thinking medium\". - Are exploring new frontiers in society or their field - Are at the top of their field or business against typical odds and expectations from others like them, - Are taking an independent and unconventional approach outside of the status-quo - know that their mindsets, limiting beliefs, and other internal struggles are actually shared with other leaders who stand f…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T22:21:10.777347+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880"},"episode":{"title":"Stop Planning Start Inviting Five People | Gina Smith | Ep 965","slug":"stop-planning-start-inviting-five-people-gina-smith-ep-965","published_at":"2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/stop-planning-start-inviting-five-people-gina-smith-ep-965","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880","url":"https://niiamahashong.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0020fdbb-096f-4e4b-a410-a38544fa23ba.mp3","summary":"\"I've been thinking of the limitation as a restriction rather than a gift.\" – Gina Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Gina, a regional sales manager overseeing $100M in revenue, as she works through a live coaching session on one of the most common traps high-performing leaders fall into: building a plan so big it never starts. Gina came in wanting to design a group coaching program. What emerged was something simpler and far more powerful, that the capacity ceiling she thought was holding her back is actually the thing that makes her offer rare, urgent, and worth showing up for. If you're a leader trying to create more impact with less margin, this episode is for you. Welcome to the Outlier's Edge Podcast, hosted by Niiamah Ashong, Founder of Outlier's Edge and Sherpa of the World of Difference. On this podcast, you'll join other high-performing unconventional leaders and entrepreneurs (aka Outliers) as they talk about leveraging what makes them different to make a difference in the world. Timestamps: 00:00 Overcomplicating stops your start 00:42 Gina's highlight reel begins 04:47 Switching industries three years in 09:54 Outsider becomes the advantage 15:14 VUCA and accelerating change 16:22 Group program: the real goal 23:18 Capacity as design constraint 29:49 Rich Litvin's magic decoded 37:57 One night five people now 44:03 Limitation reframed as scarcity Follow Outlier's Edge Socials: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website | Guild Community","meta_description":"\"I've been thinking of the limitation as a restriction rather than a gift.\" – Gina Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Gina, a regional sales manager overse…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3070,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/episodes/stop-planning-start-inviting-five-people-gina-smith-ep-965/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/stop-planning-start-inviting-five-people-gina-smith-ep-965.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}