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alright guys i think we should just go ahead and jump in
so danielle is not going to be on today, today is normal office hours
she's actually
i think she actually already landed here
so as a matter of fact
so she's here for a few days visit
and then she's gonna be helping,
so she's not here for our call today.
But we'll be back on next week, starting with office hours.
I know she was sick last week,
so I see she didn't post the schedule
for She Means Business.
And I still haven't gotten the book.
Has anybody already read it, or gotten it, or looked at it?
Yeah, if you had to guess, what would you say,
like how many chapters do you think we'll discuss
in like a week?
That's a good question.
So it's kind of like a workbook, if you will.
And it's like, at the end, there's a 28-day challenge,
but they refer back to chapters,
and the chapters are just like three pages long.
Okay. And so I would say,
I don't know, I read pretty fast,
so I would hesitate to say,
but it would definitely take all of May,
and maybe you could stretch it into June as well,
so two months.
Okay.
It's broken down into like parts,
and then each part has a chapter,
but yeah, like the chapters, I'm listening to it,
because I can listen while I drive,
but the chapters are really short,
like some of them are only like a couple minutes long.
Okay. And some of them
are longer, like so they would be like more pages,
obviously, and the part two is broken into steps.
It's almost like if we were doing the 28-day challenge
in real time, we could say,
okay, we're gonna do these seven days now.
We're gonna do these seven days now,
and then we're gonna take some time
to reflect on that 28 days, if you will.
I would say if you get through like the first few chapters,
you've probably got enough for us
that that's probably gonna be about where we are next week,
so again, no pressure, totally optional,
but if you wanna get it and start reading it,
go ahead and do that,
and then I'll make sure that Danielle and I
get a schedule out, though, this week before Friday,
so you guys at least know what's gonna be coming up,
but I think that's the only announcement
that I have for today.
Can I just jump in with a quick question about the book?
Yeah, go for it.
Christy, do you have a hard copy of it?
No, I read it on Kindle.
Oh, okay, because I have Kindle, too,
and I'm just curious, because you said
it was workbook style, is there like?
Well, there's like a challenge at the end
that refers back to the other chapters.
It's not something you have to fill in.
But that's not like write-in?
No, she tells you to start your own journal,
and on the front page, put your name,
and I am an entrepreneur, and the date kind of thing,
and then you're supposed to journal every day
some positive mindset things,
and there's questions that you're supposed to journal about.
All right, just wanted to make sure
a hard copy would be better for me.
That's all, thank you.
You don't need that.
I'll take questions.
She does also, and I'm listening to it,
and I always think like, oh, I have to go do that,
and then I forget when I'm not driving and not listening,
but she lists out a website where you can get,
I don't know if you've been to that,
if she references that in the book
that you're reading, Christy, but.
Yeah, it's the top of her funnel.
Downloads some information.
I think it's her email address.
What's that?
It's the top of her funnel.
She just wants your email address,
and then she'll like give you a few free chapters
of her book that you can listen to audio,
and now you're on her email list.
Okay, it sounded like there was some kind
of like resource in there,
and I haven't gone to it yet to like look at it,
but I was like, probably I should do that,
but that's usually what they are,
is some kind of like, they're just,
it's a funnel, because they're just grabbing
your information, and they're gonna give you
some kind of free resource,
but I wasn't sure what it was.
I did not put my email address in
to get the list of whatever it was she was giving away.
Okay.
Well, thank you for the context.
That's super helpful.
So today, we're gonna have a bit of discussion,
and it's just gonna be real light.
I kinda wanna, you know, go and do just like round table.
We'll start with some wins, just kinda like an update,
take a couple minutes, and then we can hit any,
if someone has a specific support request,
or something they really want some feedback on,
we can do that as well, and then we'll end the call.
I like to end with like a bit of like a commitment.
And like, you know, what are you executing this week?
Or what are you working on?
Or what are you putting into action?
So that's what we're gonna do today.
Does that sound okay to everybody?
Great.
So everybody, I wanna have a, like, take a turn.
And just like, what are some wins from the last week?
Or what are things that are, something that's gone well?
Or just something that you're excited about?
Or could be anything, personal or business.
I love to hear, I actually love hearing both.
So whoever wants to go first, I'll go last.
I can go, I'm already unmuted.
So I touched on this really briefly last week,
but I will touch on it again,
because it feels like a pretty big win.
Not this past weekend, but the weekend before,
I had a vendor show that was like three days long
with my network marketing business.
And I usually spend, like, months preparing.
And I just didn't have it in me this year.
So I was like, I'm just gonna, I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna do my standard, you know, setup.
I'm gonna feature, you know,
certain things that I know usually sell well.
And I'm just not gonna overthink it.
And I did that.
And I made like $1,000 in sales over the weekend,
which was awesome.
I didn't really know what to expect,
because I know it's, a lot of vendors were talking
about the fact that people aren't spending
a lot of discretionary income.
So there was people that had more like art and craft,
like handmade things that is a little bit more like,
you know, I want it, I don't need it.
So I wasn't really sure what to expect, but it was good.
And I didn't burn myself out in preparation.
And I was really proud of myself in that aspect.
But I also took some information
and ran a little giveaway on my like homesteading skills
brand that I'm building and creating.
It's like a workshop series.
So I ran a little giveaway on that.
I had some interest.
I had quite a few people take the cards,
like that had a QR code and like links
and more information and stuff.
Um, so I take that as a win too,
because I had some people that were interested
and interested in winning.
And I, so I've drawn the winner
and I had someone really excited.
So now I have to connect with her to get her signed up
or like for the actual classes that she won.
So yeah.
That's awesome.
Yeah.
Huge win.
What's that?
Those are huge wins.
Just like really good, like positive encouragement.
Like keep going kind of win, you know?
Yeah.
It was good.
I think I'm still tired though.
Like from being on my feet on a concrete floor
for three days, um, I was horribly exhausted yesterday
and like grumpy and like was like, I can't face work.
So I called in sick.
And then I went to my friend's house.
It was like gorgeous and sunny and warm here yesterday.
I went to my friend's house in the afternoon
and sat on her back deck in the sun and got totally,
I don't know if you can see, got totally sunburned.
Um, whoops, but I think I'm still recovering
from my exhaustion, but.
Funny.
That's okay.
Way to take care of yourself yesterday.
Do you want to, how about we popcorn?
You popcorn somebody.
Sure.
Maura, you are next in my line.
Okay.
Before I start though,
just because I'm still getting to know all of you.
Margo, what did you,
what kind of products were you selling at your vendor event?
I have a business with, with Young Living.
Oh, yes.
Very familiar.
Yeah.
So I, I generally take, um,
our thieves cleaner, like an all purpose cleaner,
and then a variety of oils,
kind of whatever I have in stock.
And then I always usually have a few diffusers
cause they tend to move.
Um, and I, I didn't have a specific strategy.
I just kind of took stuff that I had
and I stocked up on a few things
that I know always sell well.
And like, yeah, it went well.
I used to be a distributor.
So well, okay, cool.
But I tried to do it online
and then I didn't want to do any in-person stuff.
So I'm like, this isn't for me,
but I still like the product.
So anyway, um, wins for me.
Well, I guess last week when we were talking about
if you had to make a thousand dollars this month,
what are you going to do?
And part of my mindset challenge personally has been,
I feel like I have so much on my to-do list
that I don't.
know what to do. So then I don't do anything, which isn't good. And then I had a good call
with Gabby last week and she was like, you have to give yourself permission to say no
and stop putting so many things. They're, they're like, they're like, I should do on
my to-do lists rather than their productive to-do things on my list. So I had, so Gabby
kind of helped me go through what are the I should do's and what are the productive
to-do's and then cross off the I should to-do's. And so it helped me focus because I was thinking
about like the quickest way for me to make a thousand dollars this month is to get back
on track with listing stuff on eBay and Poshmark. And I had a really good weekend with sales
and um, and then starting doing Amazon review videos and I have like so many things lined
up for that. And I bought a tripod and I have the lighting like all ready to go. Um, and
then for my blog, I, I receive a lot of free products to review as long as I put them in
a gift guide and I've, I've had a bunch more than I expected, especially since I haven't
been very active on my blog. And I just get these random PR companies that email me and
they'll give me a list of products and be like, which one are you interested in? And
add to a gift guide and they'll send it to me for free. And that's kind of how I started
my eBay store because I was getting a lot of free stuff that I didn't want. Like I can
write about it in a blog post and I'm like, but I don't really want it. And I'd rather
sell it for 50 bucks than use it. So, um, and I've finalized the gift guide that I needed
to get done. And cause I've had companies waiting on that and I've gotten even more
requests. I'm trying to get through my email inbox, which I'm way behind on. And I've been
able to focus more this week and get through some emails and found more contacts of people
saying, can we send you stuff for your mother's day gift guide? And I don't know, I just felt
like I've even this morning, like I woke up and instead of feeling so potsy, like I just
call it POTS symptoms, I was able to just kind of like focus and get to my emails for a good
hour this morning and felt productive early in the day, which is not normal. So those are all
good things.
Yeah, that's great. Mindset can really, your mind can do a lot, you know, I know that that
gets tossed around a lot nowadays. Um, and it can't do, it doesn't necessarily, you know,
cure everything. But sometimes your mindset can really change the course of your day, change how
you're, you feel physically, um, to some degree. So that's awesome. I'm glad. Do you want to
popcorn somebody?
Well, isn't it just Christy? Cause I don't know if Carrie's available and Gabby's last. So the
process of elimination, go Christy, go!
All right, I guess I'm it. I'll give Carrie a few more minutes to finish eating and then see if she
can come on. Uh, personal best, we are under contract to sell our house in Atlanta and we
close on May 15th, which is awesome because that enables us to start making offers on houses in
Memphis and just step through the process. And so we are in that like diligence period. And so
goodness, just having all kinds of people come through the house, like lucky that I work from
home so I can constantly be letting people in to do different inspections. And the house appraiser
came today. Um, so that's good. And then, um, looking like all systems are going to close on
May 15th, which is super fast, but they're going to let us live here for free until June 26, which
is very common in Atlanta to let people like stay in the house during a transition period until they
can close on their next house. And we feel really lucky because we don't have to make a June 1st
mortgage payment and probably not even a July 1st mortgage payment either. So that's like pretty
awesome savings for money. And then, um, business best, I had been posting on LinkedIn to get some
like see
consulting, and I have been talking to a person who has some patented technologies that actually
plays in the retail space and the medical space. And so, so we just agreed this past
weekend that I would have 30% equity ownership, which I actually need a paid job, but he doesn't
have money to pay me right now. So 30% equity is pretty decent as far as industry standards
go. And, and so we've kind of made a plan to submit some grants so that I can get paid
and we'll see how it goes. I'm pretty interested to see how fast we can launch on Amazon and
kind of use all my experience on Amazon and Shopify. He's like very anti Kickstarter and
I was like, that's okay. We'll just do our own Instagram to Shopify funnel to do pre
sales that way. No big deal. And so I felt really like empowered to be like, yeah, this
is the process we can make it happen. And he is just like, you know, this 10,000 foot
like ideation person. So he doesn't do operations. And that is kind of what I do. So I was feeling
pretty good about all that. I'll just keep posting on LinkedIn, maybe I'll get something
paid in the next 30 days. Oh, perfect timing. Hey, Carrie, you want to go next?
Christy, that was great. I just want to say before Carrie goes, like, I was like a really
big deal. Like you're putting yourself out there and you're getting back what you're,
you're getting back what you're putting out there. Is that right?
Yeah, I was talking to Jen green. And you know, like, I just I was like, let go of like
the AI posting for a while. Like I was trying to use chat GPT. And I was just like, this
doesn't sound like me. And I was telling her it's just like, I feel more authentic with
my like ramblings. And you know, like chat GPT is like, you need to be controversial
to like get people to post on your post. And like, I was like, I would feel so embarrassed
to have a bunch of trolls posting on my thing. And like, I'm more of that, like, you know,
every problem has a solution, we just have to work together to find it. I'm not really
controversial, actually. And so I feel I feel really good about my more authentic rambling
posts, like I would rather people not want to work with me for me, then because of the
AI content. Thank you so much.
Carrie.
Yeah, Christie, I want to say how awesome it is to see you go for it. I love it. I love
it. Um, I don't I don't really have a win. I'm Sean and I are having decision fatigue
and analysis paralysis where we're just being pulled in a million directions. And we're
just it's exhausting. We feel like we're in a hamster wheel. You know, we're, I mean,
we're working really, really hard, but not moving forward. So I think it finally hit
me. And then we're overthinking when we do make a decision, we're overthinking. So that's
the analysis paralysis. And it just hit me. And I reached out to Steven on Sunday, and
I was like, we need to catch up. Because we're doing all the things and but not moving
forward. So I mean, I guess my is recognizing it and reaching out for the help. But yeah,
that's where we're at.
Yeah, I would also encourage you, they've been around Danielle long enough to even go
back to like building a new brain crime. Because I know this is something that's coming
up semi frequently for you guys, there's a lot of moving pieces and you feel like you're
hamster wheeling too many things. And the decision fatigue. So maybe like, like
specifically around decisions, you know, maybe you and Sean, you know, do a little bit of
brainstorming on like a new brain crime, just because you're in a phase of a lot of
decisions. And a lot of, you know, a lot of things being thrown at you, it's kind of just
gonna, it's gonna keep going for a little bit. So yeah, maybe like try to get ahead of
that.
I think our thing is, it's just we're, we've been having to put out a lot of fires, like a
lot of things have not been going our way. So then it takes our attention away. And we have
to, you know, we're optimizing our website, then we're still trying to connect our email and
phone number. And I mean, Megan has spent six hours on the phone with us, and still not
connected, like, so just, you know, Sean was the one with support for two hours, like, you
don't
I mean, like that's things you don't see coming
and then you're just, you're exhausted.
It's mentally draining and then you're not making progress
but it's stuff you have to do.
So I mean, there's, I don't feel like there's things
we could be doing different.
We're staying positive, we're moving forward.
Like, I'm not staying stuck in the suck.
But yeah, I don't know, that's where we're at.
Thanks for sharing, awesome.
Okay guys, I wanna take some time
and then we're gonna do hot seats.
Like everyone's gonna go around again.
I really, we've read kind of a lot of books
in the last few months, really.
I didn't do Shannon Irvine's like 67 day book.
I haven't read it but I know a few of you guys have.
And then we did Science of Scaling, Who Moved My Cheese.
So my question today is from everything that we've read
or this could be from other training or something.
What is something that you have really taken with you?
Like has really implanted in your brain
and is affecting your actions, decisions
or what is something that's been sticking out
that you know you need to like take action on
or implement in your day to day?
Just to like spend some time reflecting.
I would say like slow down for a second
before we start another book.
Reflect on everything that we've been absorbing
and how are we gonna implement.
So that's today's discussion question.
We'll just take, you know, maybe everyone take a few minutes,
five or so minutes to share.
And yeah, see where we get.
Oh, I didn't share my, okay,
you guys be thinking about that.
I forgot to share mine.
So let's see, when I have been doing so much,
I'm doing a lot of training
like professional development right now.
So I'm doing like a CSM certification program.
I'm slowly going through our AI certification
and then I'm also, I'm joining our sales team
on like a live, I don't know how long it goes on,
but like sales training, they have courses
and there's a live call.
So those are all three big priorities for me.
And in the last couple of weeks,
I feel like I've gotten a really good schedule
of like each thing is getting like as much time as I want
and it's feeling really good.
So it's all pieces of things
that I've really wanted to have time to dig into
for a while just to have the availability of my schedule.
And so things have kind of slowed down a little bit enough
where I can do that and it's just feeling really good.
And I installed an AI assistant with the April cohort,
which this stuff will all be coming to you guys soon.
And that's helping me like keep those priorities top of mind,
putting them in the schedule for me and all of that.
So that's been feeling really nice, honestly,
which is why you guys probably like if you schedule with me,
you see like certain days are just not even available
because I'm just literally in training
all day Thursday and Friday.
And then Wednesdays if I can, but yeah,
so that's my personal best, personal and business best.
But anyway, it's back to discussion.
So who wants to kick us off?
I'll go first.
So I still listen to my brain primes
and update my brain primes from the 67 day year.
And I feel like that has been immensely helpful,
not only in changing my perspective
and really like empowering me to go after
what I actually want, but also like managing the lows
because there's always gonna be problems
that need solutions.
And so I felt like the brain primes
have really helped me out.
And then I think we were talking about this
a few weeks ago.
It was really interesting how Who Moved My Cheese
had some elements of brain priming for,
I think it was Hall to like actually like go
and stay in the maze and continue to try to solve
the problems to get to cheese station in
and like work through the disappointments
that each day by day he hadn't gotten there.
And the way that he used,
I mean, this was like written in the nineties.
So I guess maybe 67 day year,
like used elements from Who Moved My Cheese
to like help you to continue to do what you need to do,
but manage your emotions.
while you're doing it.
It's like, you know, you're gonna feel disappointed,
but that doesn't mean that you don't do your three post-its
for the day kind of thing.
And so I feel like I'm using a lot of elements
from those two books just to tell myself
there's a difference between busy and productive
when it gets down to what I really want in life.
And, you know, I do try to do my three post-it notes
that are actually productive to get myself
to my like five-year goal,
even while I'm still folding laundry
and all those other things that are like the busy work
that has to get done too.
I think that answers the whole question.
Yeah, do you mind, like this is a little personal
so you can totally decline,
but do you mind sharing like a brain prime that you've had
or really seen like a lot of results in?
So like the start of my brain prime is I own a cyclotron
and radiopharmaceutical company.
And like the, I think started the second paragraph
says something like I work in my 20%
and I hire other people who I trust to work in their 20%.
And together we're making a better product.
That's paraphrasing
because it goes on for like a whole paragraph.
But I think some of what has held me back in general
in life is just like thinking I can do it all.
Like I'm a DIY recoverer
and I'm like working with other people
and like just like, you know,
allowing other people to shine in their area
and allowing myself to shine in my area
and just accepting that that's not a weakness
but rather a strength for both people.
And I think that, yeah,
maybe like a third of my brain prime is just like,
you know, allow other people
to do some of the work kind of thing.
And like the first third is all about being the leader
and it's okay to have people trust
and depend on me to be the leader.
And that's, yeah, hold everything.
That's amazing.
What a good testimony right there.
That's beautiful.
I feel like everyone's fired right now.
Okay, good.
Thank you for sharing.
Who else?
I can go.
Christy, your thoughts are always so organized.
And then I go to talk and I'm like, what?
But I think I've been doing like self-development
for a really long time,
almost as long as I've been working with Young Living.
And what I am finding is I get excited
about the idea of a new book
because I think it's gonna give me some new like inspiration
and what I find is a lot like,
which is kind of what Christy referenced.
There's a lot of things that kind of repeat,
like themes that come up again.
The idea of the brain prime,
I feel like I learned about like manifesting,
like asking for what you want,
like stating that it will be and like imagining it into
or speaking it or both into becoming.
So I did a lot of work in that area.
So I think what I'm finding is like,
I love the books
and I love reading it from someone else's perspective,
but a lot of my takeaways are the same.
And I'm about a third of the way into the new book
and I don't wanna get into that,
but at one point she mentioned other authors,
Esther and Jerry Hicks,
and I don't know if anybody has ever read anything by them,
but they wrote The Law of Attraction
based on teachings of Abraham Hicks.
And one of the books that I read
and go back to frequently is Money and The Law of Attraction
and how our words and our actions can attract
or not money that we need or whatever.
And I think just hearing her say those names again,
like I was like, oh my gosh,
that's like going back so many years
and there's so many things that I like worked on,
put into practice and did and saw results from those things
and then hit a hard point in life
and kind of like let the practice slide.
And I think the biggest thing that I'm realizing
now that it's kind of come full circle
and I'm kind of.
back into the like regularly picking up a book and self-development or like a motivational
book and like going through it, the biggest thing I need to do is remember that it's a
practice.
It's not, there's never a point where I have arrived at like, I am complete, everything,
all my problems are solved, right?
Like it's, I constantly have to, which sounds exhausting when I say it that way and sometimes
I feel that because there's so many other things going on in my life, but I have to
find a time and a place to fit those into my routine or the train goes flying off the
rails basically, like things fall apart because I'm not putting that intention and that focus
into like what I want.
For me, it's more about what I deserve because I have lots of big visions, but whether or
not I believe I'm worthy of those decisions is where my struggle lies.
So I need to get back to, I think some, I need to revisit the brain crime and create
some like basically statements that I can repeat to myself on a regular basis to remind
myself that I am in fact worthy, but yeah, that's my biggest thing, takeaway, whatever.
My question is, and you've kind of answered it in a way, but why do you think your takeaway
has been the same?
Like what does that signify to you?
That I still haven't fully believed it or, you know, like whatever, whatever the thing
is that I keep circling back to, it's like, I haven't, I haven't accomplished it yet.
And part of that is like, I don't think I'm ever going to fully accomplish it, but I think
I still have a lot of work to do in my own like inner healing as far as like how much
I believe in myself and how much I believe I'm worthy of the success that I do want to
have.
Like, I've got lots of, I've got lots of trauma, like as we all do, but like there's deep personal
like internal wounds that I'm trying really hard to get to.
And sometimes I get close and something distracts me because it's easier to deal with the distraction
than it is to go further inside.
I am aware of all the things, and I know Gabby, you say this often, like awareness is the
first step.
I'm very aware, but I have to move from awareness into like processing it.
So that's also part of the reason why I'm taking six months off of work.
Currently, I don't have time to process and feel all the things that I need to feel and
work through them.
And I think if I'm left with some time, some like voids, and I don't have things to do
that are busy, I will be forced to face some of the things and actually deal with them.
There's been some coming up recently in conversations with my fiance about a lot of them have to
do with money.
So I have been starting to dig in a little bit, but I know there's a lot more work to
do.
So.
That's great.
Thank you for sharing.
Fight the good fight.
Yeah.
Try.
Fight the good fight of process and trauma.
And healing.
It is ongoing.
It is, you know, it is one of those things that we are human and so the journey is just
ongoing, but we do get to get closer, you know, as we go.
So, and also just be encouraged that even like you don't have as much time as your mind
and heart and body need to heal, like even the small incremental right now is doing something
like is worth something.
I have to remind myself of that, you know, sometimes it's like, I wish I had like more
time and mental availability to like just sit for a day and process something, but that's
just not realistic.
So I have to remind myself too that just the incremental does build up over time and that's
good.
Mara or Carrie, do you want to go?
I will because mine's pretty short and sweet because I've only read one book and it was
like the perfect timing book because I felt like it was exactly where I already am.
It already was missing cheese and I have no clue what to do next.
And that's why I joined this program to begin with is try to figure out my path and have
the success that I've always been wanting, but feel like I'm just never going to get
there for some reason or feel like there's just like a block that I don't know why it's
there, but it's there.
And.
just reading that book and then hearing from all of you, it's kind of like when everyone
says Facebook is just a highlight reel and when I look at other entrepreneurs and look
at all the successes they have because when you're on social media or in the public, all
you hear about is everyone's successes and then you don't hear about everyone's day-to-day
mental, emotional, draining disappointments and I'm like, oh, I'm not the only one. Great.
That's good news. And that was one thing that Gabby was like, you really should join the
book club because you're expressing some things that are pretty common and this group of women
saying the same stuff you are, I'm like, really? I just feel like I'm the only one
lost in the desert. So anyway, the Who Moved My Cheese was perfect timing and I had a lot
of takeaways from it and overall just feel encouraged that even though I'm struggling
with where I'm at, struggling is normal and that I think was like, that was my biggest
takeaway and it was really encouraging, actually. I love it. That's great. Yeah, you're definitely
not alone. There's a very real messy side to entrepreneurship, to a lot of all things
in life. We all know that. There's realness that doesn't always get shared. So it is why
I think this group can be so powerful because it's a place of honesty and vulnerability
and where we get to have camaraderie in the ups and downs and that helps strengthen us.
I'm a firm believer that we are not meant to live life alone and do things alone. We're
built for community. We're built for partnerships and all that kind of stuff. So I'm glad you're
here. Carrie, do you want to go? Yeah, so I guess I did not read the 67 days. I think
I came in at the very end when that was just about over. So I did not read that. I did
the scaling and I had read the Who Moved My Cheese before and so a refresher was nice.
I definitely think that's how I've been trying to embrace. I don't want to fail. What does
that mean? So I think that was powerful when it was in there. What would you do if you
weren't afraid? So I've been trying to live by that. And then the scaling.com, I'm also
trying to go by that because we're on the fast track for growth. So I do want to think
radically different and do everything to move us on the fast track. I know ultimately it's
a marathon, not a sprint, but I do want to make sure I have the mindset of moving forward
as quick as possible. So yeah, that's great. I really loved science of scaling a lot. And
I know we had, usually we're talking a lot in business, but for me, I think, and I've
shared this multiple times today, it's really impactful for me personally, because I'm just,
you know, looking at my life, my family's life and things that have been hard going
on for a long time, you know, just be like, in some capacity, I'm tolerating this. And it gets
convoluted because there's so many variables in life, and there are things out of your control.
And so I never liked, I don't, I never want people to feel like they are responsible for
the hard things in their life, because that's not necessarily always true. But I was just realizing
that there are opportunities for me to take back control. And we haven't done that. And it just,
for me, like the floor concept, the like, what's your floor, like what you're settling for was
very, just hit really hard, in a good way of there are things that I don't want to tolerate anymore.
And I feel so strongly about it that I'm actually willing to do literally whatever it takes to
change it, literally. So um, and that was just a new, and a slightly new way of thinking than I
than where I've been in a long time. And that really, you know, impact conversations that I
had with my husband and decisions that
we're making this year.
And one of the big things is that we wanna buy a house,
like move out of this house, buy another house this year.
And, you know, just to put that in perspective,
we can't even afford to rebuy
the house that we're in right now.
But we would love, you know, we wanna upgrade, you know,
because, you know, we have three kids
and would love a little bit more space
and an area that's a little bit safer for them to go out
and ride bikes and be free
and not have to be so watched by us, just things like that.
So that's probably, that's been like for me,
really impactful and something
that I'm definitely taking with me, so.
Hello, Sian, welcome in.
We have been having some discussions.
We've talked a little bit about some wins that we've had,
maybe the last week, things that have gone well
could be little or big.
And then we're also just discussing,
like from the books that we've been reading in book club
or from any of the training,
what's something that you have,
like that's really been impactful
and like you're taking with you
and it's really impacting your day-to-day decisions
or actions and things like that.
So I don't know if you wanna share anything,
but you can unmute if you'd like to
and share anything that's gone well in the last week.
So just posted my videos of my puppies
or been procrastinating that, saw my puppies.
So last week, my doctor wanted to hospitalize me
because my blood sugars were so high.
Then she didn't, so been just been healing
and feeling better, like last couple of days
been getting some breakthrough.
Just getting up and starting to get out of bed
because I've been on bed rest for like the last month,
five weeks or whatever.
So that's a huge win, got clarity.
I totally was like videoing my puppies
and I spaced out this meeting today until just now.
So, cause I was planning on being here
and making my final decision regarding my,
what I'm gonna do for the next 30 days
to make a thousand bucks or more.
And one challenge I'm having is my Facebook
has been shut down twice.
So that's like my whole audience that I've had so far.
So we were talking about just different options,
what I can do differently.
And I did upgrade my Instagram yesterday,
which will allow me to talk to Metta
and try to get my situation straightened out.
That's what's going on with me.
Sorry, you've been so sick.
That's not fun.
Yeah.
I'm glad you're feeling a little bit better though.
Did you, I can't remember.
Did you listen or read, Who Moved My Cheese?
I read it before and I've been listening to Dabbling In It.
And so yeah, that's still on my agenda.
And then I need to order the new book.
Yeah, that's okay.
No worries.
Yeah, we'll be starting the new book next week.
So we haven't even started yet.
Okay, I'll order it on Amazon.
Yeah, you're good there.
Okay guys, so we've got about 15 minutes left.
The last little bit, I would love to hear commitments.
So what are you executing this week?
What are you, whatever we're doing to put in tackling
or putting into motion or strategizing
or what is something this week that is a focus?
I'll go.
Oh, go ahead.
Sorry, Carrie.
I need to focus on setting up my like promotions
for my next two events, my next like workshops
and getting the registration set up
for like the next season as well
because it's gonna be here before we know it.
I've been putting it off a little bit
because April has been a whirlwind
and I had that huge vendor show
and I kept telling myself you have some time,
you can do it later, but later is now.
So that's my goal for this week,
get my promotional stuff posted.
I'm gonna do mostly organic,
but I might do some small paid stuff too,
like just locally.
So I have to get that figured out
and what I'm gonna say and all the things.
Awesome, you have, so you had a giveaway winner.
So you have two participants
in your next like workshop, right?
Yeah, well, actually the one that I had
that registered early on, she backed out.
She had some family stuff come up
and rather than.
argue with her or whatever, because technically she was after the, like, refund
deadline. I just was like, no, let's just lead with compassion and give her the
refund. So I do have a lot of other people interested. I just have to, like,
connect them with the registration and remind them to actually do it. Okay, so
we can check up on that next week. Yeah. All right. Who else? Carrie, do you want to go next?
Sure. So our plan is to meet with Steven today and come up with a 30, 60, 90 day
top three. That's what we're looking for. Love it. Like a top three, like, priority kind of thing?
Yeah. So we're not getting, like, distracted or being pulled in every
which way. And we're like, okay, this is what you need to focus on for 30 days, 60
days, 90 days. So I mean, we have other things going on, too. Like, my business
turns four years old. So I'm doing, like, a giveaway. So I have that campaign going
on. We're doing a cake launch. Like, we do have a lot of other things going on. But
in the big picture of, like, scaling and growth, it's 30, 60, 90 day plan with a
top three priority. Okay. I love it. Awesome. Carrie, what do you do real quick? What's your
business? I own a dog bakery. Oh, cool. I'm niched. I'm more like a, I specialize in
gluten-free, grain-free organic treats for dogs. So if you, like, have celiacs or something, and
it needs to convey to your dog, if your dog has a sensitive stomach or food allergies. So
that's what I focus on. So are you trying to just go into mass producing? And just?
Well, we did. We did start manufacturing. So yeah, we're trying to take it. I have a
local store. So I'm trying to go from local to e-commerce. And not on, I don't want to
be on Amazon. So we started our own website, and we're just trying to grow and scale from there.
Cool. Yeah, Carrie, your stuff does make everyone be like, I should have a dog just so I can
see them all your stuff. Who else? Chrissy, Mara, Sian?
I'll go. I kind of already said it before, but I've got everything ready to start
doing more Amazon reviews. And I just have a clear picture of what my to-do list
should be. Even though I don't like using the word should, because I'm trying to take should
out of my vocabulary. But knocking out my to-do list to productive things, and just moving forward.
And like my brain is spinning, because I'm going to review everything under the sun that's in my
house. And I'm going to have tons of videos and not know what to do. And it'll be fun, and I'm excited
to get on there. Because you do it once, and then it's done. And even if I do this for a month, and it's
well, so what? Then I find something else. And I'm not going to worry about it, stress about it.
Yeah, that's good. Okay. I'm excited to check up on these things next week.
Chrissy, do you want to go next? You muted.
I just pushed it like 10 times, so it's like muted again. I'm committed to posting on LinkedIn,
both like making a post every three days, and also just like pinging other people's content.
I don't really know what the difference in terminology between those two things are.
And then just generally interacting on the platform as like my authentic self. And then
just maintaining all the things that I need to do to move to Memphis. That's where I'm at.
Love it. Sian, do you have a focus or experiment for this week?
Yeah, I guess I want to get on a call with Stephen, if I can do that.
So Carrie and Sian are in a one-on-one mentorship with Stephen, so that's why they have
calls with him. But if you also can remember that you're able to get on any of our coaching calls
that we have. So Stephen runs the Thursday morning calls, and then I believe he'll also
be running the workshop call this week for the April cohort. So don't forget, you guys can all
be getting on those calls as much, like every single week, every single call if you want.
I know this week, because we're running an AI challenge, there is not the normal Thursday
a
Like system scaling AI call
But I think they made it so like everyone could get on the challenge as they want
But then there's two workshop calls on Thursday
11 a.m. And 1 p.m. PST that you guys can all have access to also to get some feedback as well. Okay, I'll do that
so
Things are kind of contingent on my Facebook
Because it's like I can either reach out to the audience that I've had which was my plan or
Start a whole new thing on I guess Instagram
I'm picking between Instagram and tick-tock and do my consulting business kind of like what I wanted to do with my revenue
Consulting business the AI revenue consulting business that I've been kind of building
So big thing is making a decision and seeing what's going on with my Facebook
Because yeah, and my question to you would be you don't have to wait to see what happens to you know
You could take action on something and also be working on this Facebook thing in the background and then you have two things going
Yeah, that's you know
That's exactly what Daniel said yesterday, and I am doing that but I paid for the upgrade upgrade on Instagram yesterday
So I could have access to people
Which will open up my game on Instagram, too
That's great
and then for me guys
Lots of training lots of training you guys want to see it's like I have so much fun
Using my AI assistant by the way to schedule things. It's like yes go put that in my calendar
And it doesn't and I tell like what color I want it and I feel so spoiled like all the yellow is training
Lots of training just constant
So those are my focuses. I've got a couple other things personal that are
Kind of non-negotiables, but yeah, there's a lot going on
Okay guys, so this is gonna wrap up the call. Don't forget next week. We start week one for she means business
We'll have I know Daniel is sick
So we'll get a calendar out this week of like how many chapters we're gonna go over each week
And you guys know what to expect, but if you get through the first, you know few
Chapters, I think you'll be in a good place for next week's discussion
All right
Alright guys, well, it's good seeing you. I will see you all in our calls or next week. Bye. Thank you. Bye. Bye