Name Danielle LaPorte Role Author | ||
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Books The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul, Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design Profiles | ||
Danielle laporte on creative entrepreneurship relationships and overcoming fear
Danielle LaPorte (born May 25, 1969 in Windsor, Ontario) is a bestselling Canadian author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and blogger.
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- Danielle laporte on creative entrepreneurship relationships and overcoming fear
- Danielle laporte interviewed by kristen noel for best self magazine
- Career
- Early life
- Books
- Audiobooks
- Apps
- Planners
- Decks
- References
She is the author of three non-fiction books with an emphasis on conscious goal-setting and entrepreneurship. Her newest, White Hot Truth looks at the current dynamics of the self-help culture and spiritual devotion. She is also the co-author of a book on personal style.
The Desire Map: A Guide To Creating Goals With Soul has been translated into 8 languages, evolved into a yearly day planner system, a top 10 iTunes app, and an international workshop program with licensed facilitators in 15 countries.
LaPorte's website, DanielleLaPorte.com (formerly WhiteHotTruth.com), discusses spirituality, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Forbes named her blog one of the top 100 websites for women in 2012, calling LaPorte "a contrarian self-help guru."
LaPorte is one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100 Leaders. A group in Oprah Winfrey's words, that "is uniquely connecting the world together with a spiritual energy that matters."
Danielle laporte interviewed by kristen noel for best self magazine
Career
Without a college degree, LaPorte began working at The Body Shop in one of their retail stores. After requesting and receiving several promotions, LaPorte became director of Social Inventions at The Body Shop's Canadian headquarters,
I just kept doing big things, then asking for promotions once I did them. Doing, asking, doing, asking.
Prior to founding DanielleLaPorte.com, LaPorte was Executive Director of The Arlington Institute think tank in Washington, DC, a partner at Carrie & Danielle, Inc., and was a communications strategist at The Next Level communications agency. She was also a regular contributor on business and career topics on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News Network show, Connect with Mark Kelley.
As a Fire Starter, writer, and business strategist, Danielle spread her genius by convening with fellow freedom seekers, one-on-one in living rooms, boardrooms, and studios across North America to discuss the collision of business and the creative soul.
Named one of the "Top 100 Websites for Women" by Forbes, millions of visitors go to DanielleLaPorte.com every month for her daily #Truthbombs and what's been called "the best place online for kickass spirituality."
In 2016 LaPorte founded, VIRTUONICA a multi-media publishing division of Danielle LaPorte, Inc.
LaPorte's virtual company, Danielle LaPorte Inc. is made up of a core team of 11 employees, in 5 countries.
Early life
Danielle was born in Windsor, Ontario, and grew up in the rural parts of Essex County. She is an only child, born shortly after her parents graduated highschool. Her parents are divorced. Danielle considered a career in fashion design. She bartended, waitressed, worked in women's fashion retail, and managed an apartment building. She did not attend college or university. She was the personal assistant and marketing support for a number of self-help authors and then moved into freelance publicity.
She has lived in Toronto, Ontario; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Seattle, Washington; Los Angeles, California, Washington, DC; and Vancouver, BC.