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Absolutely.
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Networking is so powerful.
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You know, we as individuals can only do so
much, right?
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And if we build that network of influential
people who are out there doing the same or
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similar things that we are, they are
supportive, they're uplifting, they're willing
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to help, they're willing to give advice, and
you're willing to reciprocate on that, you can
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build a powerful network of people that can not
only support you, but they can support also the
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people you serve by collaborating with some of
those people in your network.
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And that is when it gets really fun.
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Welcome to the Inspired Choice Legacy series.
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This is a curated relaunch of 70 high-impact
conversations from one of the top 2.5% podcasts
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globally.
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These are not random episodes.
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These are the voices, ideas, and breakthroughs
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In this series, we revisit powerful moments
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wealth, decision-making, and legacy
conversations that move beyond trends and tap
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into timeless principles.
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If you are building something meaningful, this
series is for you.
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Hello and welcome, inspired podcast community.
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This is your new episode.
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I'm excited already.
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My name is Dr.
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Caroline Biesalski, and my today's guest is
Brian Elam, and I'm so happy that he said yes
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to our interview.
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How are you doing today?
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I'm wonderful, Caroline.
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Thank you so much for having me on.
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It's a real pleasure to be here and to meet
you.
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Thank you so much.
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It's a great day for a podcast interview, and I
would like to introduce you to the audience.
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You are the host of Get Your Entrepreneurship
Together.
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You help aspiring and established business
owners learn the mindset, strategies, and
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real-world lessons needed to build the life and
business they deserve.
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With relentless enthusiasm and deep
entrepreneurial coaching experience, you
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connect the dots between challenges and
solutions, offering actionable insights,
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inspiring stories, and fresh perspectives on
business success.
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Welcome to The Inspired Choice Podcast.
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Wow, Brian Elam.
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Wow.
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Well, that was an amazing introduction.
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It makes me sound like I'm kind of a big deal.
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You are.
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As I told you, I listened to one of your
interviews, and I'm impressed already.
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So my first question, because I want to know
more about you, is looking back, what was the
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biggest entrepreneurial challenge you faced,
and how did it shape your approach to success?
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The biggest entrepreneurial challenge that I
faced was the failure of my first business.
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Like a lot of entrepreneurs out there, we go
through different trials and tribulations.
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We have more failures than successes.
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And with that business, I learned very quickly
that, yes, technology is great.
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Being able to have all of this fancy tech and
automation is wonderful.
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To have a great idea is wonderful.
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But the thing that I was missing, ironically
enough, was people.
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I did not have the skill set or the wherewithal
to go find it at the time because I was too
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busy focusing in the business instead of on it.
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I didn't have that wherewithal to go and say,
okay.
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I need to connect with more people.
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I need to get people to enroll in my vision, in
what I'm doing here.
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And that was the biggest takeaway that I took
from it.
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And, really, that's the factor in all business
success.
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Mine, yours, your audience, you need people.
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Because without people, you don't have a
business.
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Yes.
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And I'm so happy that you made a different
choice.
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And today, you are here.
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We can talk to each other.
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You are a successful podcast host as well.
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Tell me about your company because when you
said people were missing or you, what was it?
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Your ability to delegate, to give, give up to
someone else?
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Yeah.
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Great question.
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What was missing was my ability to ask the
right questions of myself.
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Because at that time, what the business was,
just to give you a little bit of background and
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clarification, I was going to build the Angie's
List of natural health care providers.
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That was my intention, my brilliant idea.
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Right?
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And the reason that I wasn't able to connect
with more people and build that out is because
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I wasn't asking myself the right questions.
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Who do I need to talk to that has done this
type of business before or is working on the
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same thing I'm trying to do right now in a
different niche?
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Who can I talk to that has this kind of
experience?
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How did they do it?
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If I would have been able to ask those types of
questions and realize that those are the kind
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of questions I needed to ask, that business
might actually still be around today.
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You never know.
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I love it.
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Yes.
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So, so there were no people.
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It was you in the business building everything
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Mhmm.
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I understand.
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Yes.
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I think we always want to do it all alone and
then be proud of ourselves that we did it
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alone, and we overlook that we can ask for
support, ask for help, also accept.
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Because I witness businesses, there are people
willing to help.
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They offer help, and then they say no help
wanted.
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You're very right.
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And, honestly, that's something that I have
struggled with.
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Fortunately, I've been able to overcome that
and been able to ask and accept help these
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days.
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But, yeah, I struggled with that too, wanting
to think I could do it all on my own.
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Like, all I need is my idea and this amazing
website, and I'll be rich.
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And yeah.
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Well, we know how that turned out.
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So, yeah, the more that you can ask for help
from people around you and accept it from those
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that are offering help, the better off that
you're gonna be.
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Oh,
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this is the best answer.
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I think this is a lesson I had to learn as
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And, yeah, now I think we have the same purpose
with our podcast to build the network.
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Right?
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Absolutely.
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Network is so powerful.
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You know, we as individuals can only do so
much.
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Right?
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And if we build that network of influential
people who are out there doing the same or
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similar things that we are, they are
supportive, they're uplifting, they're willing
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to help, they're willing to give advice, and
you're willing to reciprocate on that, you can
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build a powerful network of people that can not
only support you, but they can support also the
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people you serve by collaborating with some of
those people in your network.
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And that is when it gets really fun.
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Yes.
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So true.
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So thank you so much for being with me in this
experience.
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And, of course, I have another question.
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Right now, what's the number one mistake most
business owners make that keeps them stuck, and
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how can they fix it today?
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Great question.
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I was actually on another show just last night,
and this question came up.
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And we fleshed it out, and the word is
alignment.
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People get stuck in their business because they
are not aligned with what they're doing inside
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of that business.
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We all have certain skill sets and talents
within ourselves that can manifest to help the
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business thrive.
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But we also have weaknesses.
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And being able to recognize what those
weaknesses are or what those things are that we
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don't really like to do, they don't light us
up.
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They don't make us feel, you know, amazing and
on fire.
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Being able to recognize those things and let
them go is really what's gonna help get you
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unstuck.
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Now what that letting go looks like, you know,
typically, if you're running a company, that
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means you're hiring a person, or you're
delegating that thing that you don't like to
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another person who's already on staff.
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And maybe if you're a solopreneur, that means
incorporating automations into what you do or
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incorporating AI into what you do.
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Right?
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So there's a bunch of different ways that you
can get those things that you don't like to do
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or you're not very good at off of your plate.
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But the sooner you can recognize those and get
back into alignment with who you are and what
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you really love to do, what lights you up
inside your business, you'll get unstuck, and
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it's just like grease in the skids.
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Thank you so much for mentioning this because,
yeah, I got distracted lots of times in the
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past.
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And I know exactly what you mean by realignment
to find what's really our passion, for example,
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and then doing exactly this.
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And then also there are people, of course, we
get distracted by people reaching out and
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wanting us to do a favor or something.
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And then when we have the tendency to be a
people pleaser, we cannot say no.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And that's another thing, again, that was
brought up last night is the concept of really
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setting boundaries.
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You know?
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You have to as a business owner, you have to,
number one, you have to set priorities in your
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life.
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What are your priorities when it comes to your
life?
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Business, family, relationships.
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What are those?
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And then once you have those priorities, you
need to set boundaries around them that not
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necessarily are unmovable boundaries.
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I mean, you ought to remain flexible in your
life and not have everything be set in stone on
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the calendar.
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But you still need to have a working idea of
how you're gonna dedicate this much time to
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this priority every single week.
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And that gives you a lot more strength when
those people come up and ask you to do random
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things that, again, aren't in alignment with
how you set up your priorities, it gives you a
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lot more strength to say no.
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And to the point of how others might view you
when you say no, because I know that goes on up
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in here.
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Oh, if I say no, they're gonna think I'm mean
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No.
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Not necessarily.
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More often than not, you're gonna make that
person respect you, and they're gonna value you
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a lot more when you say yes and show up because
the thing that they asked of you is in
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alignment with who you are and what you do.
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Wow.
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That's so true because, yeah, it is also about
being in the present moment, like, when we
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share our valuable time, and then they know
exactly where the boundaries are.
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And, yeah, thank you so much for sharing.
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I learned something.
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My next question is if you could revolutionize
entrepreneurship on a global scale, what's the
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first change you would implement?
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Wow.
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That is a great question.
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I mean, if I could change entrepreneurship on a
global scale, what would I change?
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Really, what I think it would be is people's
opinion of what success is.
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Because if you're looking at success through
somebody else's lens, if you're looking at it
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through somebody else's version, then number
one, like we talked about before, you're not in
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alignment with who you are.
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Number two, you'll never get there.
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So you have to really figure out what does
success look like for you.
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Is it a mansion and a Ferrari, or is it a
three-bedroom, two-bath house in a really great
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neighborhood and you finally have a garage for
your car?
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Like, that could be the pinnacle for somebody.
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Right?
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So we just need to redefine what success means
to us and stick with it and then celebrate
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other people when they get to their version of
success.
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Oh, I love your answer about changing
perspective, looking through the lens of the
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other person to in order to understand them,
what is their goal, and then support that,
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celebrate with them because this means your
success is also already in your field.
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Right?
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You're right.
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That is correct.
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I love it.
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Oh my goodness.
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Okay.
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You would change the definition of how we see
success because for everyone, it's something
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else, and it can be success when we take a walk
in the sunshine as well one day.
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Being able to unplug, essentially, from your
business at a certain time of day or whenever
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you want.
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Being able to go for a walk on the beach and
just feel what that freedom feels like.
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You know?
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That would be amazing.
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Exactly.
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And often we recognize this when we've been
through, like, a hamster wheel or what you call
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it, yeah, of entrepreneurship.
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It's very easy to get caught up in that kind of
hamster wheel situation like you're talking
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about.
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And the more that you can, like we're talking
about, the more you can be in alignment, pass
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off those things that you don't like doing to
other people or to automations, the more your
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time is gonna open up.
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And then as that happens, you can pick again a
new priority every day at 3:00.
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I'm going for a walk out in the sunshine in the
park because it makes me feel good.
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I get to relax and unplug.
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And now I have that bandwidth because I'm not
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And you are in alignment again.
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Wow.
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This is so beautiful.
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I love this picture.
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Thank you so much.
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My next question is fast forward ten years.
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How will entrepreneurship redefine society, and
what role do you see yourself playing in that
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shift?
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Oh, man.
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This falls right in line with my mission behind
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question.
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In ten years, I believe that the small business
world is going to become even more of a
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majority in the business world.
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All, you know, the mega corporations that we
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Microsofts, they're still gonna be here.
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But the small business world is gonna take more
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And there's two things to add on to that.
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Number one is when more good people have a lot
of money, the more good that is going to be
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done in this world.
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They will be because the small business owner,
the one that's on the ground doing the work
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with the people, they understand what the
community needs.
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They understand what the planet needs, and they
can put those resources to work now that
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they've been successful in order to make our
planet a better place.
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And how I fit into that role with what I do
here at the podcast is very simple.
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I'm here to just like you beautifully said it
in your intro.
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I can't even get close to what you said.
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You said it so wonderfully.
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But I'm here to support the aspiring and the
accelerating entrepreneur with the stories, the
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tips, the values from other successful
entrepreneurs.
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So you can learn their lessons.
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You can understand what's working right now in
the world of business, and this will go out,
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you know, because I'm gonna continue this for
many, many years.
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So it'll always be current as far as what's
happening now in business.
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You'll learn from these successful people that
are out there doing it.
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And, again, the more good people that have a
lot of money, the more this world's gonna
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change for the better.
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That's true.
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And I think we are on the same mission with a
different title because most of my guests are
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business owners as well, or they had a business
and they had this experience in the transition
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phase.
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And now they can help other people and mentor
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And yeah.
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And what I do is I create it.
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I can reveal it now.
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Now is a good no.
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Last week, I created the Inspired Choice
Foundation to offer, like, free mentorships or
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whatever it is.
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It will develop.
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You know how this works.
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And this is my newest project.
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And I would like to know from you.
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Do you have coaches and mentors for yourself,
and who is the best coach you ever had?
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Well, first off, congratulations on starting
the foundation.
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That is amazing.
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I'm so happy for you, and I know that you're
gonna create a container that really helps
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people.
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So, again, congratulations on that.
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Coaching.
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Yes.
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I have had different coaches in my life.
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I am currently working with one.
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And as far as the best coach I've ever had,
that's a tough one.
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That's a tough one.
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I'll say it like this.
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The coach that you need will show up at the
time in your life when you need them the most,
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making them the best coach that you can have.
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Not that the lessons that you learned from the
previous coaches in your life aren't still
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valid, aren't, you know, aren't valuable, but
the one that you're with right now is the most
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important because it's where you are in your
journey.
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Right?
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So the one that I'm working with now is really
he's phenomenal at asking really great
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questions that open up ideas and possibilities
and help set outcomes.
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And I just can't thank him enough for what he's
been able to help me work through.
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And, his name is Richard Lonsbury, and I'm
connected with him on Facebook.
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So if you look me up on Facebook and search
that guy, you'll find him.
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He's an amazing men's leadership and
development coach.
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So shout out, Richard.
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Thank you so much.
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Of course.
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I will connect.
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And this leads me to my next question.
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Where can we find you when people want to reach
out to you on Facebook, of course, after
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listening to this episode?
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Yeah.
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So I'm on I'm on Facebook.
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Just search Brian, P as in Paul, Brian P.
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Elam.
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You can find me the same way on LinkedIn.
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Also, I'm really pushing the podcast on
YouTube.
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So because the podcast space is moving towards
video, most people are consuming through video.
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So if you wanna follow me on YouTube, I would
love to have you there.
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It's at GYET Podcast over on YouTube.
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Stands for Get Your Entrepreneurship Together,
and that's how you can reach oh, and go over to
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gyetpodcast.com.
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I'm still building this website, but there are
pages up that you can go to and visit.
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More specifically, I have a giveaway page where
I have a book from a recent author that I
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interviewed.
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If you think that this book could benefit you
after you read it, after you look at it and see
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maybe the podcast that I had him on, if you
think that book can benefit you, sign up and
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enter the giveaway, and I'll get it to you for
free.
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Oh, I love it.
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Thank you so much.
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This is so generous.
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This is also aligned.
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I love it.
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Sharing, building the network, growing.
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Yes.
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Building connections as well.
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And, yeah, thank you for our interview.
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Of course, I have one last question for you,
and it is about your goals and intentions.
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Do you set goals?
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I think you told that already, or I heard it in
the other interview.
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And what is one of your next projects?
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I do set goals, and the next one that I am
working on is to put together a live event.
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So I'm focusing on putting together a live
event for Get Your Entrepreneurship Together
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where people can come in and learn from some of
my entrepreneur experts that have been on the
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show, do more in-depth training, Q&A sessions,
get together with the other entrepreneurs that
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are there to have, you know, little cohorts so
they can lift each other up and tell their
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experiences.
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It'll develop more as I become more clear about
how I want it to look.
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But, yes, that is the next thing that I'm going
to be working on.
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Oh, this is so great.
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And I can tell you this is the most aligned
podcast episode ever.
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I'm so grateful.
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Thank you so much.
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Now it's time for your final thoughts to the
audience, please.
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Well, thank you so much for this opportunity.
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I really do appreciate it, and I knew as soon
as I found you that it was gonna be a great
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show.
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Your energy just came through, so thank you for
having me.
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And what I'd like to impart to the audience,
because most of your audience is in the
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entrepreneurship space just like mine, is focus
on your passion and let that passion lead you
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into alignment in everything that you do.
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Those are the two key things that make a
business, that make a person successful.
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Find that passion, work within it, align it
with who you are and what you wanna do, what
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you wanna build, and there is nothing that can
stop you from achieving your version of
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success.
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Wow.
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I'm speechless, and this is exactly what I
needed to hear today.
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Thank you so much for our interview.
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Again, you're very welcome.
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Thank you for having me.
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And I see you in the next episode.
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Networking is so powerful.
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You know, we as individuals can only do so
much, right?
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And if we build that network of influential
people who are out there doing the same or
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similar things that we are, they are
supportive, they're uplifting, they're willing
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to help, they're willing to give advice, and
you're willing to reciprocate on that, you can
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build a powerful network of people that can not
only support you, but they can support also the
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people you serve by collaborating with some of
those people in your network.
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And that is when it gets really fun.
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Welcome to the Inspired Choice Legacy series.
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This is a curated relaunch of 70 high-impact
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These are the voices, ideas, and breakthroughs
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In this series, we revisit powerful moments
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conversations that move beyond trends and tap
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If you are building something meaningful, this
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Hello and welcome, inspired podcast community.
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This is your new episode.
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I'm excited already.
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My name is Dr.
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Caroline Biesalski, and my today's guest is
Brian Elam, and I'm so happy that he said yes
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to our interview.
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How are you doing today?
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I'm wonderful, Caroline.
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Thank you so much for having me on.
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It's a real pleasure to be here and to meet
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Thank you so much.
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It's a great day for a podcast interview, and I
would like to introduce you to the audience.
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You are the host of Get Your Entrepreneurship
Together.
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You help aspiring and established business
owners learn the mindset, strategies, and
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real-world lessons needed to build the life and
business they deserve.
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With relentless enthusiasm and deep
entrepreneurial coaching experience, you
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connect the dots between challenges and
solutions, offering actionable insights,
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inspiring stories, and fresh perspectives on
business success.
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Welcome to The Inspired Choice Podcast.
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Wow, Brian Elam.
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Wow.
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Well, that was an amazing introduction.
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It makes me sound like I'm kind of a big deal.
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You are.
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As I told you, I listened to one of your
interviews, and I'm impressed already.
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So my first question, because I want to know
more about you, is looking back, what was the
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biggest entrepreneurial challenge you faced,
and how did it shape your approach to success?
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The biggest entrepreneurial challenge that I
faced was the failure of my first business.
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Like a lot of entrepreneurs out there, we go
through different trials and tribulations.
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We have more failures than successes.
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And with that business, I learned very quickly
that, yes, technology is great.
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Being able to have all of this fancy tech and
automation is wonderful.
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To have a great idea is wonderful.
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But the thing that I was missing, ironically
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I did not have the skill set or the wherewithal
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busy focusing in the business instead of on it.
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I didn't have that wherewithal to go and say,
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I need to connect with more people.
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I need to get people to enroll in my vision, in
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And that was the biggest takeaway that I took
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And, really, that's the factor in all business
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Mine, yours, your audience, you need people.
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Because without people, you don't have a
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And I'm so happy that you made a different
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And today, you are here.
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We can talk to each other.
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You are a successful podcast host as well.
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Tell me about your company because when you
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Your ability to delegate, to give, give up to
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What was missing was my ability to ask the
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Because at that time, what the business was,
just to give you a little bit of background and
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clarification, I was going to build the Angie's
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That was my intention, my brilliant idea.
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And the reason that I wasn't able to connect
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I wasn't asking myself the right questions.
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Who do I need to talk to that has done this
type of business before or is working on the
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same thing I'm trying to do right now in a
different niche?
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Who can I talk to that has this kind of
experience?
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How did they do it?
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If I would have been able to ask those types of
questions and realize that those are the kind
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of questions I needed to ask, that business
might actually still be around today.
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You never know.
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I love it.
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Yes.
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So, so there were no people.
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It was you in the business building everything
and, yeah, and you, yeah.
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Mhmm.
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I understand.
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Yes.
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I think we always want to do it all alone and
then be proud of ourselves that we did it
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alone, and we overlook that we can ask for
support, ask for help, also accept.
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Because I witness businesses, there are people
willing to help.
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They offer help, and then they say no help
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You're very right.
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And, honestly, that's something that I have
struggled with.
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Fortunately, I've been able to overcome that
and been able to ask and accept help these
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days.
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But, yeah, I struggled with that too, wanting
to think I could do it all on my own.
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Like, all I need is my idea and this amazing
website, and I'll be rich.
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Well, we know how that turned out.
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So, yeah, the more that you can ask for help
from people around you and accept it from those
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that are offering help, the better off that
you're gonna be.
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Oh,
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this is the best answer.
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I think this is a lesson I had to learn as
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And, yeah, now I think we have the same purpose
with our podcast to build the network.
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Right?
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Absolutely.
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Network is so powerful.
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You know, we as individuals can only do so
much.
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Right?
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And if we build that network of influential
people who are out there doing the same or
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similar things that we are, they are
supportive, they're uplifting, they're willing
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to help, they're willing to give advice, and
you're willing to reciprocate on that, you can
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build a powerful network of people that can not
only support you, but they can support also the
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people you serve by collaborating with some of
those people in your network.
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And that is when it gets really fun.
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Yes.
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So true.
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So thank you so much for being with me in this
experience.
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And, of course, I have another question.
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Right now, what's the number one mistake most
business owners make that keeps them stuck, and
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how can they fix it today?
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Great question.
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I was actually on another show just last night,
and this question came up.
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And we fleshed it out, and the word is
alignment.
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People get stuck in their business because they
are not aligned with what they're doing inside
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of that business.
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We all have certain skill sets and talents
within ourselves that can manifest to help the
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business thrive.
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But we also have weaknesses.
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And being able to recognize what those
weaknesses are or what those things are that we
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don't really like to do, they don't light us
up.
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They don't make us feel, you know, amazing and
on fire.
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Being able to recognize those things and let
them go is really what's gonna help get you
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unstuck.
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Now what that letting go looks like, you know,
typically, if you're running a company, that
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means you're hiring a person, or you're
delegating that thing that you don't like to
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another person who's already on staff.
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And maybe if you're a solopreneur, that means
incorporating automations into what you do or
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incorporating AI into what you do.
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So there's a bunch of different ways that you
can get those things that you don't like to do
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or you're not very good at off of your plate.
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back into alignment with who you are and what
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you really love to do, what lights you up
inside your business, you'll get unstuck, and
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it's just like grease in the skids.
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Thank you so much for mentioning this because,
yeah, I got distracted lots of times in the
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past.
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And I know exactly what you mean by realignment
to find what's really our passion, for example,
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and then doing exactly this.
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And then also there are people, of course, we
get distracted by people reaching out and
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wanting us to do a favor or something.
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And then when we have the tendency to be a
people pleaser, we cannot say no.
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Yeah.
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And that's another thing, again, that was
brought up last night is the concept of really
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setting boundaries.
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You know?
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You have to as a business owner, you have to,
number one, you have to set priorities in your
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life.
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What are your priorities when it comes to your
life?
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Business, family, relationships.
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What are those?
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And then once you have those priorities, you
need to set boundaries around them that not
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necessarily are unmovable boundaries.
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I mean, you ought to remain flexible in your
life and not have everything be set in stone on
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the calendar.
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But you still need to have a working idea of
how you're gonna dedicate this much time to
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this priority every single week.
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And that gives you a lot more strength when
those people come up and ask you to do random
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things that, again, aren't in alignment with
how you set up your priorities, it gives you a
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lot more strength to say no.
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And to the point of how others might view you
when you say no, because I know that goes on up
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in here.
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Oh, if I say no, they're gonna think I'm mean
or I'm a bad person or I don't like them.
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No.
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Not necessarily.
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More often than not, you're gonna make that
person respect you, and they're gonna value you
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a lot more when you say yes and show up because
the thing that they asked of you is in
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alignment with who you are and what you do.
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Wow.
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That's so true because, yeah, it is also about
being in the present moment, like, when we
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share our valuable time, and then they know
exactly where the boundaries are.
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And, yeah, thank you so much for sharing.
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I learned something.
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My next question is if you could revolutionize
entrepreneurship on a global scale, what's the
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first change you would implement?
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That is a great question.
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I mean, if I could change entrepreneurship on a
global scale, what would I change?
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Really, what I think it would be is people's
opinion of what success is.
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Because if you're looking at success through
somebody else's lens, if you're looking at it
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through somebody else's version, then number
one, like we talked about before, you're not in
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alignment with who you are.
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Number two, you'll never get there.
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So you have to really figure out what does
success look like for you.
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Is it a mansion and a Ferrari, or is it a
three-bedroom, two-bath house in a really great
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neighborhood and you finally have a garage for
your car?
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Like, that could be the pinnacle for somebody.
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Right?
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So we just need to redefine what success means
to us and stick with it and then celebrate
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other people when they get to their version of
success.
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Oh, I love your answer about changing
perspective, looking through the lens of the
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other person to in order to understand them,
what is their goal, and then support that,
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celebrate with them because this means your
success is also already in your field.
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Right?
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You're right.
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That is correct.
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I love it.
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Oh my goodness.
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Okay.
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You would change the definition of how we see
success because for everyone, it's something
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else, and it can be success when we take a walk
in the sunshine as well one day.
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Being able to unplug, essentially, from your
business at a certain time of day or whenever
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you want.
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Being able to go for a walk on the beach and
just feel what that freedom feels like.
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You know?
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That would be amazing.
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Exactly.
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And often we recognize this when we've been
through, like, a hamster wheel or what you call
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it, yeah, of entrepreneurship.
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It's very easy to get caught up in that kind of
hamster wheel situation like you're talking
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about.
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And the more that you can, like we're talking
about, the more you can be in alignment, pass
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off those things that you don't like doing to
other people or to automations, the more your
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time is gonna open up.
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And then as that happens, you can pick again a
new priority every day at 3:00.
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I'm going for a walk out in the sunshine in the
park because it makes me feel good.
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I get to relax and unplug.
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And now I have that bandwidth because I'm not
on that hamster wheel all the time.
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This is so beautiful.
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I love this picture.
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Thank you so much.
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My next question is fast forward ten years.
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How will entrepreneurship redefine society, and
what role do you see yourself playing in that
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shift?
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Oh, man.
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This falls right in line with my mission behind
the podcast, so thank you for asking that
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question.
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In ten years, I believe that the small business
world is going to become even more of a
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majority in the business world.
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All, you know, the mega corporations that we
have, you know, the Apples, the Nikes, the
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Microsofts, they're still gonna be here.
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But the small business world is gonna take more
of a share of what the business world is.
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And there's two things to add on to that.
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Number one is when more good people have a lot
of money, the more good that is going to be
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done in this world.
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They will be because the small business owner,
the one that's on the ground doing the work
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with the people, they understand what the
community needs.
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They understand what the planet needs, and they
can put those resources to work now that
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they've been successful in order to make our
planet a better place.
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And how I fit into that role with what I do
here at the podcast is very simple.
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I'm here to just like you beautifully said it
in your intro.
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I can't even get close to what you said.
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You said it so wonderfully.
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But I'm here to support the aspiring and the
accelerating entrepreneur with the stories, the
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tips, the values from other successful
entrepreneurs.
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So you can learn their lessons.
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You can understand what's working right now in
the world of business, and this will go out,
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you know, because I'm gonna continue this for
many, many years.
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So it'll always be current as far as what's
happening now in business.
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You'll learn from these successful people that
are out there doing it.
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And, again, the more good people that have a
lot of money, the more this world's gonna
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change for the better.
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That's true.
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And I think we are on the same mission with a
different title because most of my guests are
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business owners as well, or they had a business
and they had this experience in the transition
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phase.
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And now they can help other people and mentor
them as well.
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And yeah.
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And what I do is I create it.
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I can reveal it now.
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Now is a good no.
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Last week, I created the Inspired Choice
Foundation to offer, like, free mentorships or
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whatever it is.
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It will develop.
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You know how this works.
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And this is my newest project.
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And I would like to know from you.
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Do you have coaches and mentors for yourself,
and who is the best coach you ever had?
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Well, first off, congratulations on starting
the foundation.
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That is amazing.
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I'm so happy for you, and I know that you're
gonna create a container that really helps
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people.
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So, again, congratulations on that.
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Coaching.
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Yes.
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I have had different coaches in my life.
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I am currently working with one.
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And as far as the best coach I've ever had,
that's a tough one.
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That's a tough one.
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I'll say it like this.
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The coach that you need will show up at the
time in your life when you need them the most,
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making them the best coach that you can have.
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Not that the lessons that you learned from the
previous coaches in your life aren't still
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valid, aren't, you know, aren't valuable, but
the one that you're with right now is the most
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important because it's where you are in your
journey.
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Right?
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So the one that I'm working with now is really
he's phenomenal at asking really great
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questions that open up ideas and possibilities
and help set outcomes.
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And I just can't thank him enough for what he's
been able to help me work through.
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And, his name is Richard Lonsbury, and I'm
connected with him on Facebook.
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So if you look me up on Facebook and search
that guy, you'll find him.
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He's an amazing men's leadership and
development coach.
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So shout out, Richard.
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Thank you so much.
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Of course.
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I will connect.
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And this leads me to my next question.
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Where can we find you when people want to reach
out to you on Facebook, of course, after
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listening to this episode?
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Yeah.
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So I'm on I'm on Facebook.
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Just search Brian, P as in Paul, Brian P.
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Elam.
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You can find me the same way on LinkedIn.
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Also, I'm really pushing the podcast on
YouTube.
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So because the podcast space is moving towards
video, most people are consuming through video.
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So if you wanna follow me on YouTube, I would
love to have you there.
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It's at GYET Podcast over on YouTube.
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Stands for Get Your Entrepreneurship Together,
and that's how you can reach oh, and go over to
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gyetpodcast.com.
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I'm still building this website, but there are
pages up that you can go to and visit.
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More specifically, I have a giveaway page where
I have a book from a recent author that I
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interviewed.
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If you think that this book could benefit you
after you read it, after you look at it and see
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maybe the podcast that I had him on, if you
think that book can benefit you, sign up and
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enter the giveaway, and I'll get it to you for
free.
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Oh, I love it.
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Thank you so much.
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This is so generous.
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This is also aligned.
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I love it.
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Sharing, building the network, growing.
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Yes.
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Building connections as well.
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And, yeah, thank you for our interview.
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Of course, I have one last question for you,
and it is about your goals and intentions.
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Do you set goals?
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I think you told that already, or I heard it in
the other interview.
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And what is one of your next projects?
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I do set goals, and the next one that I am
working on is to put together a live event.
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So I'm focusing on putting together a live
event for Get Your Entrepreneurship Together
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where people can come in and learn from some of
my entrepreneur experts that have been on the
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show, do more in-depth training, Q&A sessions,
get together with the other entrepreneurs that
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are there to have, you know, little cohorts so
they can lift each other up and tell their
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experiences.
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It'll develop more as I become more clear about
how I want it to look.
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But, yes, that is the next thing that I'm going
to be working on.
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Oh, this is so great.
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And I can tell you this is the most aligned
podcast episode ever.
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I'm so grateful.
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Thank you so much.
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Now it's time for your final thoughts to the
audience, please.
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Well, thank you so much for this opportunity.
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I really do appreciate it, and I knew as soon
as I found you that it was gonna be a great
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show.
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Your energy just came through, so thank you for
having me.
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And what I'd like to impart to the audience,
because most of your audience is in the
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entrepreneurship space just like mine, is focus
on your passion and let that passion lead you
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into alignment in everything that you do.
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Those are the two key things that make a
business, that make a person successful.
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Find that passion, work within it, align it
with who you are and what you wanna do, what
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you wanna build, and there is nothing that can
stop you from achieving your version of
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success.
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Wow.
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I'm speechless, and this is exactly what I
needed to hear today.
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Thank you so much for our interview.
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Again, you're very welcome.
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Thank you for having me.
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And I see you in the next episode.
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