WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.440 Deborah, with her thirty years of being an entrepreneur and 2 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:09.919 creating over seven companies, knows exactly what it means to 3 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.160 accept the mission. When you make that decision, when you 4 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.399 accept the mission to become a solopreneur, to take yourself 5 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:19.079 and your talents to market, then you embrace a life 6 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:23.120 of not only unlimited possibilities, but also the unknown. It's 7 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.280 an elixir of fear and bravery that only someone who's 8 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.519 taken the leap really understands. On our show, deb digs 9 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:33.359 deep with her guests to highlight what you the listener 10 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.600 wants to know, the stories, the whys, and the hows 11 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.000 to navigate the journey to success. Get ready to hear 12 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.039 from some of the most incredible mission takers from Generation 13 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.560 Z to boomers. So sit up, perk up, and get 14 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:49.280 ready to be blown away. Now here is your host, 15 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:50.560 Deborah Drummond. 16 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.799 Hello, Thank you for coming back. And I knew you 17 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:56.560 would because you are now. 18 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:58.679 You know, it's interesting to say I know that that 19 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:02.119 you are the best pot have audience ever because I 20 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:06.200 talked to my fellow podcasting posts and they're like, really, 21 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:08.439 they email you personally, they send. 22 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.319 You emails, and I'm like Yeah, you know why because 23 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:10.959 I tell them to. 24 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.400 So you tell me what you want and we deliver 25 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.319 and we're so excited and thank you so much. Our 26 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:21.560 guests always tell me that they see themselves in places 27 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.879 that we didn't place them, which is a really big deal. 28 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:26.719 And we know it's from you. It's from our followers 29 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:29.560 and our listeners and our viewers that are sending and 30 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:31.959 sharing and sending and sharing, and we know that a 31 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.439 lot of you as well are on the mission. You 32 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.319 are on the mission, and you're here to find out 33 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:39.319 what why do I stay here? Why do I keep 34 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.879 doing this incredible thing called entrepreneurship? And I wanted to 35 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.640 a shout out because we did a great call with 36 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:48.359 we did a great show with an amazing man, Darren, 37 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.120 and you all responded really high. Because of course he 38 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.159 was up for an AMMY, and I want to let 39 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.840 you know the inside scoop before it goes live. Yes, 40 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.519 he was nominated and he is up for an AMMY 41 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:01.079 at the such number twenty twenty four. 42 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:02.760 So I know that some of you saw that show 43 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.200 and you're like, did he get it? Did he get it? 44 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:04.680 Did he get it? 45 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:06.599 Because he announced that he was up for a nomination, 46 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:08.919 So thank you so much. He appreciates you. And honestly, 47 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:09.680 I told him it was. 48 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:11.479 From being on the show. Really, what else would it be. 49 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.639 So anyways, you are in for treats today. You know 50 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:17.840 you go on shows, are like you're in for a 51 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:18.400 real treat. 52 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:20.039 Well, you know what. You just walked into the. 53 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:24.639 Buffet of entrepreneurships these and look at it's all women today. 54 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.080 It's like women in the house. Women in the house today. 55 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:27.919 So welcome. 56 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:32.400 This is a very powerful group of incredible entrepreneurs doing 57 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.960 multiple things. And I'm not saying that because there's multiple people. 58 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.840 I mean, these women are doing multiple things and it's 59 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:40.960 going to be interesting on what they share with us today. 60 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:43.039 So we are going to be introducing I know some 61 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:45.719 of you are listening, some of you are viewing. So 62 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:49.520 my beautiful entrepreneurs that are with us today for at 63 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:51.520 least the first time, when I say your name, can 64 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:53.560 you just kind of put your hand up so people 65 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:55.560 know who it is I'm talking about in case they 66 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.240 are viewing and not listening. 67 00:02:57.319 --> 00:02:57.800 So we have. 68 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.439 Pat Alva Kracker, who is a business coach for women. 69 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:05.719 We have Jennifer Bond who is a vision strategist. We 70 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:10.039 have Dessi Boland who is in all things virtual. 71 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:13.599 She is also a founder. We have Jasery Lambert who 72 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:17.520 is an iabatic doctor. We have Sue Coleman who just 73 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:22.159 coins the title entrepreneur. She is one of these multi entrepreneurs. 74 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.199 I'm going to tell her she's you know, she's a 75 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.599 multi entrepreneur. We have Kathleen Carlston who is the CEO 76 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:31.960 and founder. We have Patsy Sanders, international image styles coach 77 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.439 and speaker, and Catherine. 78 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:38.400 Holds, a change agent advocate. So thank you and welcome 79 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:39.800 to mission accepted. 80 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:40.759 Ladies. 81 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.439 Here we go. I want to get to the heart 82 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:48.240 of the matter. You have all done incredible inspiring things, 83 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.120 and listeners, listen to the end and please reach out 84 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.479 to these women because every single one of these women 85 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:56.800 have multiple gifts for you, not only what they do, 86 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:59.159 but I'm sure they probably have a little free gift 87 00:03:59.159 --> 00:03:59.439 for you. 88 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:02.680 Just say you're permission accepted. So pat let's start with you. 89 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:04.919 I love that because we did appreciate we've been hanging 90 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:07.759 for the the last few days. We did some media stuff, 91 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.599 hanging out some last few days, and what is the 92 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:13.159 largest draw for you, Like, what was it that made 93 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:17.079 you decide entrepreneurship was the right route that you wanted to. 94 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:21.759 Go with me. Ever since I was a kid, my 95 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:27.199 favorite game was playing business. We had a huge front porch, 96 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.639 I had a table, I had a little cash register, 97 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:34.040 I had a phone, I had invoices and a catalog 98 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:36.480 that used to belong to my dad. I used to 99 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:41.600 sell paints to my sister in high school. I used 100 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.879 to babysit. My parents were entrepreneurs. My mom took care 101 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:48.639 of kids at home and my dad worked in eight 102 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:51.759 to five and took all these side hustles to bring 103 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:55.480 in money. So I grew up around it. I love 104 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.720 the art of doing business, and as soon as I 105 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.800 could yep all my Doug's in a row, I would 106 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:05.600 do that. And I started with babysitting. And now I'm 107 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.839 at a point where I've had multiple businesses. I've put 108 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.800 four businesses and now I have two. And you know, 109 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:12.279 it's one of those things that I think of an 110 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.040 idea and I'm like, ooh, that could be a business, 111 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.240 and it's just part of my DNA. 112 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:19.360 Wow. 113 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.079 I love that, And I love the fact that you 114 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.199 said that your mother was an entrepreneur and she took 115 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:27.399 people in because not everyone want to put that together. 116 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.079 Oh my gosh, Jennifer, what about yourself? 117 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.879 Well, first, thank you so much Dev for inviting me 118 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.439 to be on the podcast. I am am just thrilled 119 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:40.120 to be here with all of these amazing fellow entrepreneurs 120 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:45.240 and entrepreneurs like yourself. You know, for me, it really 121 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.759 came at a change in my life. You know how 122 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:50.600 a lot of times as when when we get stuck 123 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.040 in the different roles and the different labels that you know, 124 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:55.079 people are. 125 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:56.720 Putting on us or we're putting on ourself. 126 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.240 Well, for me, I had had a career as a 127 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:05.040 professional actress and I decided to leave that career. I 128 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:09.639 moved halfway across the country and I started thinking, Okay, 129 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:11.240 what am I going to do with the rest of 130 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.120 my life? And one of the things that happened is 131 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.480 I was also newly married and I had a very 132 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.240 very small baby at home with me and another one 133 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:23.279 that was going to be on the way. And I 134 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:26.000 realized at that time it was time for me to 135 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.120 start reimagining. 136 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:29.480 It was time for me to start thinking about what 137 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.720 is it that I really want to do with the 138 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:32.519 rest of my life. 139 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:35.600 And I didn't want to get stuck working for somebody else. 140 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.240 I didn't want to be a slave to a time clock, 141 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:40.360 and I didn't want to do things on somebody else's terms. 142 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:43.040 And so I started thinking about what is it that 143 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:47.360 I can do that I can be here for my family. 144 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.319 I can live the kind of lifestyle that I want 145 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:54.199 to live, and I can have a thriving business, and 146 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.480 I can have something that's really truly scalable, and then 147 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.120 I can have that what I like to call living 148 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:03.519 the and and so that's led me to entrepreneurship. It 149 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:08.279 led me down the direct sales path and for the 150 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.439 last almost twenty years, that has been the space that 151 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:16.519 I've been in and have had just massive, massive blessings 152 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:17.480 as a result of it. 153 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.560 Wow, I'm just loving the stories Debtsy. 154 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:25.079 How about yourself, hun Yeah, I resonate so so much 155 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.920 with Jennifer. And eight years ago we moved to a 156 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:32.079 small little town of forty five people, and I have 157 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:34.920 ten years of corporate management experience. I did not want 158 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:37.040 to be away from my family for twelve hours a 159 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:41.800 day for where we are, and it really just I 160 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:45.759 started as a regular administrative assistant and it's really evolved 161 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:49.319 into what it is now and I too get to 162 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.000 be here with my family each and every day, and 163 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:53.920 it's it's a life that I love. 164 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:59.279 Fantastic And jassree yourself, what made you decide to embark 165 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.680 on this beautiful world of entrepreneurship? 166 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.720 Self funding, that's my new term, self. 167 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:09.240 Funding, self funded absolutely well, you know, in ayer Veda practice, 168 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.439 there was really no choice in the sense that because 169 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.240 it was a new field to North America when I 170 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:22.240 started in the eighties, late eighties. I'm in my seventy 171 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:28.959 seventh year now of continuous practice and still working full time, 172 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.600 enjoying it and loving it and just loving your world 173 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.360 your word, entrepreneur, because truly we have to be that, 174 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:40.759 we have to be the superwoman. Most of us, yes, 175 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:44.480 got involved because of needing to be at home for 176 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:47.600 the children with especially when they were very young. Certainly 177 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:51.559 that was my case as well. But the last job 178 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:54.440 I ever had in my life was in nineteen seventy seven, 179 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:58.159 and other than that, I've always made my own way, 180 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:02.360 just telling one person at a time about what I do, 181 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:08.000 what I have to offer. And while the practice has 182 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:16.039 created itself through seminars, through workshops, through trainings, through individual consultations, 183 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:19.360 just all word of mouth. So that's how I happen 184 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.320 to be here today, through your good graces, deb to 185 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:24.480 offer me this word of mouth opportunity. 186 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.559 Awesome. I love that. I love that word of mouth. 187 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.360 And for those of us that have been around, that 188 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:31.639 have been doing our businesses for a long time, we 189 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.399 understand the power of the word of mouth. 190 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:35.559 And you know what, the other thing that you. 191 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:38.480 Said that I love is that the business started to 192 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:41.559 build itself. And I think it's a beautiful thing when 193 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:44.320 you're able to stand back and see yourself and then 194 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.679 see your business as its own entity and that you 195 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.720 are part of that and you have a relationship with 196 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.399 your business because it starts to do its own thing, 197 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:54.039 and that's absolutely beautiful. Thank you, thank you, thank you 198 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:56.399 so much. And Miss Sue Coleman, I just to see 199 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:57.039 you today, honey. 200 00:09:57.840 --> 00:09:59.919 I'd love to be here, dev thanks for inviting me. 201 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.080 Loving to meet all these other amazing women. And it's 202 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.720 a bit of everything that everybody said so far is 203 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:09.080 what got me into it. When I look back, Yeah, 204 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.000 I was, I have my paper route. When I was 205 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:14.799 a kid, I did babysitting. I was an avon lady 206 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:17.960 when my kids were little. I needed some adult conversation. 207 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.039 So I thought that'll be a good way to get 208 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:23.360 out and about. And then I went into the lovely 209 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.919 world of real being a realtor, and I'm thinking, yeah, 210 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.120 I'll have time freedom. I'm not sure what I was 211 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.159 smoking when I chose that career, but one thing I 212 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:34.600 did not have was time freedom. But that as it was, 213 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:38.039 it gave me time to be with my kids. But really, 214 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:43.120 over the last probably twenty years, I've really embraced being 215 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:48.200 an entrepreneur. I've been involved in direct sales, and now 216 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.799 I just love doing what I do now with coaching 217 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:54.440 because I love being a digital nomad. I like not 218 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.679 having to be tied to a desk score, tied to 219 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:02.759 a schedule. I can work my sort of schedule when 220 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.159 I'm enthusiastic, I get on with the things that I 221 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.679 need to do, and I can chill when I'm not 222 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.559 at my most productive. That for me is just why 223 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:13.120 I just love being an entrepreneur. 224 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:17.840 Well, when I hear you talk, I just hear like freedom, freedom, freedom, 225 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:19.960 And like when you're saying that right now, you know 226 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.600 you love being able to live your life the way 227 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:24.440 that you live your life, I just hear. I just 228 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:25.919 hear a lot of the word freedom, and I know 229 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:30.679 that you've worked hard to achieve that. So congratulations, You're welcome, 230 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:31.799 Miss Kathleen Carlson. 231 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:35.519 Yeah, Hi, everybody. It's so nice to be here with 232 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:38.000 all these beautiful women. And I get I'm lucky enough 233 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:39.879 to spend a lot of time with dem so this 234 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:42.679 is just so good. You know, I'm going to say 235 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.919 I'm probably exactly the opposite of Pat. I did not 236 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.120 have an entrepreneur in my veins. In fact, I was 237 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:52.720 raised completely different. I grew up in a still mill 238 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.639 industrial town, and I was raised with the belief you 239 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.360 get with a good company, you work really hard, and 240 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.840 they'll take care of you. And I did exactly that. 241 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:04.039 Albeit I had to move twenty two hundred miles across 242 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:06.840 the country where women were allowed to work really in 243 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.159 upper management positions, and so I did just that. And 244 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.279 I won't say that I hated that, because I was 245 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:14.519 building my tool chest. 246 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:14.759 Right. 247 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:18.080 Thirty years corporate leadership, a lot of fun, a lot 248 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:21.279 of not so fun. But at some point I realized, 249 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:24.639 you know, I have spent my whole career, my whole 250 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.679 adult life, trying to fit in where others really didn't 251 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.279 even want me to fit in. So I didn't realize 252 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:34.080 how much fight was in me all the time, and 253 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.879 you know that wears you down. And eventually I got 254 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.039 to a point after thirty years and said, you know what, 255 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.080 I want to go where I don't have to fight 256 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:46.559 all the time. I'm working like crazy, I'm contributing, I'm helping, 257 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:49.279 I'm a servant, and it just didn't feel appreciative. 258 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:51.639 And also my. 259 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:56.799 Values became so far different from where I was in 260 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:58.720 the corporate and I just couldn't wake up and face 261 00:12:58.720 --> 00:12:59.240 that anymore. 262 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:00.679 So I sort of. 263 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:04.840 Got a little bit forced into happily into entrepreneurship. 264 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:07.200 Awesome, I love it right. 265 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:10.639 This is like a wild garden, all the different kinds 266 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:12.360 of flowers and Miss Patsy Saunders. 267 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.279 So what was your draw was? What was the drive 268 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:17.679 to step into the world of entrepreneurship. 269 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:20.480 Well, ever since I was a kid, I've always wanted 270 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.399 to be a hairstylist like I do by doll's hair, 271 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.440 my mom's hair, and my neighbor's hair. And I ended 272 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.480 up winning a scholarship to go to beauty college because 273 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:27.919 that's what I ever wanted to do. 274 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:32.000 So I have done that for five decades plus. 275 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:36.320 But eight years ago I met a speaker trainer and 276 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:39.840 this program where I had lost eighty pounds, she had 277 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:43.919 lost weight, and I stepped into being the woman I 278 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:46.679 used to vision myself. But she was not there before 279 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:49.360 because she was dealing with life and ate over it. 280 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:52.559 And so when I got a right sized body and 281 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:56.679 I started, you know, changing my own inner outer image 282 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:00.759 of who I was being, I took. I was helping 283 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.960 her with her course and she said, Patsy, you have 284 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:06.480 to get you know, color typed in this elements and 285 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:09.080 I'm going, I know my colors. I'm a winter. I 286 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:10.960 should wear black and jewel town like I knew. 287 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.840 I thought I knew it. 288 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.200 She goes, but Patsy, what if what you're wearing is 289 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:18.320 stopping people from working with you. Well, I had moved 290 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.159 to a new area and I was struggling trying to 291 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:24.720 get new clients, and I couldn't understand why she goes, 292 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.759 just try it. 293 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.000 So I stepped into this. I became a fire. 294 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:31.360 I didn't want to wear a fire, but I tried it. 295 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:34.039 And the tyler said to me, this, why don't we 296 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:37.039 just go shopping and buy a few new things, And. 297 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:39.080 If people don't treat you differently. You don't have to 298 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.519 do this. 299 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:42.799 I said, okay, fine, And every time I'd wear one 300 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:46.279 of those new tops of the salon, my clients go, why, Patsy, 301 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:48.080 you look pretty, Dare, why Paths. 302 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:48.480 You look nice? 303 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.759 Day and the salon on recommen. She goes, what are 304 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.799 you doing differently? I said, change my top. She goes, well, 305 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:59.679 whatever you're doing doing it? And I realized that I 306 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.080 was hiding and playing sight. We're in the wrong colors. 307 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:04.799 And I now got compliments everywhere I went. 308 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:05.919 Now I had. 309 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:08.200 People come up and want to work with me that 310 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:11.120 I'd been in network groups before but hadn't wanted to 311 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:14.080 work with me. And I realized there's a magic about 312 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.080 wearing your right colors and an energy that allows people 313 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:17.600 to see you. 314 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.759 It was life changing. So I decided to become a stylist. 315 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.120 The owner got sick. 316 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.240 I managed your business for two years, and six years 317 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.480 ago she sold me the business. 318 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.240 So I think God has a sense to humor. I 319 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:30.159 didn't even want to get colored type. Now I own 320 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:30.879 the darn business. 321 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.480 But what I love is I've always loved helping women 322 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:37.279 look beautiful. But what I get to do now is 323 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:40.440 help them look beautiful and be more confident than they've 324 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.000 ever been in their life because they're comfortable being who 325 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.440 they are. 326 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:45.360 So it's been life changing. 327 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:47.440 And sometimes I think God has a plan for us 328 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.639 that we don't always know what it is until we 329 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.720 just get on that road. 330 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.240 And that's all I've ever wanted to do. 331 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:56.039 I'm partially I work part time and I do this 332 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:59.480 part time, and I've become working with events and you know, 333 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:02.600 just i just love coming alongside other coaches and helping us. 334 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.159 Have your people been great? 335 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:08.519 So it's been really fun having women feel beautiful. 336 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.720 So it's so interesting, how you know what I mean, Like, 337 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:14.039 how many people have decided to get into business in 338 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:16.960 some industries they were like, oh, I got dragged along. 339 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:20.720 My friend talked me into it. My friend begged me 340 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:23.600 to go into business with them. I wasn't sure. Not 341 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:28.159 everybody steps in, you know, fullheartedly. Sometimes the moment of uh, 342 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:31.480 you know, the angels, the entrepreneur angels start singing three 343 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.679 or six months down the road. 344 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.960 So, oh my gosh. 345 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.000 So Kathy Holt, Miss Kathy Holts, And for you, what 346 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.480 was it that drew you to this world of entrepreneurship? 347 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:43.679 Well, I think, like so many of these stories that 348 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:47.720 we have all presented today, I was one of those 349 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:51.200 in younger years that always was figuring out something something 350 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:54.440 to do to get money. But then I did go 351 00:16:54.559 --> 00:17:00.080 into a world of working and organized in organizations and 352 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:01.559 it was fine. 353 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.320 I learned a lot. 354 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:05.079 As Kathleen said, you know, it added to my toolkit. 355 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:09.400 But I then moved to Brazil. My daughter's father is 356 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:12.039 Brazilian and we lived down there, and I didn't fit 357 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:15.759 in anywhere, so I had to start my own business. 358 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:20.640 And I saw all of the wonders of the Amazon 359 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:26.160 and decided to go into natural products and opened one 360 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:28.319 of the first natural products stores in the city where 361 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.160 I lived, which was over two million people. So that 362 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:34.559 was kind of the beginning. And now as I've matured 363 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:39.440 in my work life, I've realized that women make it 364 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.480 fifty one percent of the population, yet only about a 365 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:46.799 third of the leadership and only ten percent of CEOs 366 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:50.039 are women. I didn't want to be working that hard 367 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.359 to be a CEO or own my own business or 368 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.200 make my own decisions. I wanted to be that person, 369 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:58.319 so that's what I went into. 370 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.359 It. 371 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.920 This is a complete wild garden. 372 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:05.880 Thank you so much, and I know that there is people. 373 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:08.759 You know, we talk about that, right because we've been 374 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.599 entrepreneurs for a little while. Now, I love your word mature. 375 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:14.680 Thank you will borrow that, Kathy. So as we vo 376 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:18.079 matured right and maybe done one business or two businesses, 377 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:22.440 or some of us have different businesses within one, there's 378 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:25.480 still many, many people that are thinking about the world 379 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.960 of entrepreneurship. And sometimes when we're in it, it's kind 380 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.160 of like, oh, everyone's like, doesn't everyone write a book? 381 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.599 And I'm like, well, no, less than three. 382 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:34.000 Percent of the planet actually, right, But those of us 383 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:35.400 that are in it that we see it. And so 384 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:39.119 we're starting to see people becoming open to not only 385 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:42.759 adding on a side gig, but coming out of school 386 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:47.519 right into entrepreneurship. We're seeing classes changing, We're seeing you know, 387 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.240 most of you know that my son started his first 388 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:53.440 company and he's just you know, he's twenty, and that 389 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:55.640 there is this kind of like, Pat, you were raised 390 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:57.319 in an entrepreneurial home. 391 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:00.640 But we see people being raised in an entrepreneurial world. 392 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:04.960 We see that opportunity not as oh, I don't know, 393 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:10.200 but something very tantalizing, something that you know, allows people 394 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:12.960 to be creative, and we're seeing a drop in college 395 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:14.279 and university. 396 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.039 Sign ups and things like that. 397 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:19.559 So, ladies, as we kind of go around, maybe share 398 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:24.160 what you think in terms of why entrepreneurship has become 399 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:27.279 so you know, so popular. And at the same time, 400 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.359 if you were to take one word or two words, 401 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.680