Growing Every Time You Try Something New—and Make Mistakes

SHOW DESCRIPTION

In our continuing series celebrating women of achievement —particularly in their later years—during Women’s History Month, 45 Forward spotlights the remarkable and still evolving life of Valentina Janek. Valentina is a high-octane leader who’s difficult to describe with a simple label. She’s a marketing consultant, career life coach, mid-life advocate, and senior information specialist—not to mention an author, contributing writer, actress and creator of a weekly TV show, Long Island Breakfast Club Show, devoted to an eclectic array of topics, information and humor to help people boost their business and personal success. Valentina will take us through her many life changes, including how she transitioned from a long career in corporate sector to the constant challenges and rewards of an entrepreneur (she’s not going back!).  She’ll describe the inspirational and engaging stories in her book, “From Fired to Freedom,” chronicling her experiences and those of many others who were given the “pink slip" but came out on the other side better and brighter. She’ll also talk about how she balances her current multiple consulting businesses with her support for community organizations, projects and people in need, from children to adults. And Valentina will tell us what life lessons she’s learned along the way, and how she has grown every time she’s tried something new: “Mistakes are OK but failure is not an option. I’m not a quitter.”

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Valentina Janek is a marketing consultant, career life coach, mid-life advocate, and senior information specialist, who educates many individuals and organizations through her unique training as the President and Founder of the Long Island Breakfast Club and the Long Island Breakfast Writers Club. Currently, she hosts the Long Island Breakfast Club Show, which is broadcast live on Strong Island Television from Paradise Studios every Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. Valentina is the author of two books, “In Love and Friendship,” and “From Fired to Freedom,” and acts as a contributing writer for Bold Magazine, and Boldzine. Recently, Valentina appeared as a main character in a new comedy series with Ferretti Films called “The Fontanas,” a story centered around a typical Long Island Italian family. In 2024 Valentina appeared in a full feature called Max with director filmmaker Angelo Amato depicting an Italian mother of a son named Max who is dealing with being a parent of a son in the spectrum. Previously, she held a variety of corporate, community, human resources, recruiting, and consulting positions in the financial, marketing, media-public relations, publishing, technology, human resources, fundraising, and events industries. She also spent two years at the Nassau County Housing Unit developing the Employment Assistance Resource Network. Valentina is frequently sought out as a facilitator and inspirational speaker at schools, universities, community organizations, and professional businesses. In 2021 and 2022 Valentina spearheaded a staged play in the community called Children of the April Rain, depicting the true story of the Vietnam Babylift, which was a significant part of history and continues to be celebrated every year at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City. In 2023, Valentina was named a Premier Business at the Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards Gala with Richner Communications. 

CONTACT: vjanek@optimum.net 

Website: https://valentinajanek.com/