Deborah, with her thirty years of being an entrepreneur and creating over seven companies, knows exactly what it means to accept the mission. When you make that decision, when you accept the mission to become a solopreneur, to take yourself and your talents to market, then you embrace a life of not only unlimited possibilities, but also the unknown. It's an elixir of fear and bravery that only someone who's
taken the leap really understands. On our show, deb digs deep with her guests to highlight what you the listener wants to know, the stories, the whys, and the hows to navigate the journey to success. Get ready to hear from some of the most incredible mission takers from Generation Z to boomers. So sit up, perk up, and get ready to be blown away. Now here is your host, Deborah Drummond.
Well, welcome back to another fifth Stick session. You're like, what is deb On? I'm happy, happy, great joy, and you are also on today. Let me see my listeners, my incredible listeners. You guys are so on the what you what you, where you're at, and what you could say you could get on the biggest stage and you're gonna rock your stage today. It's exactly what it is.
You guys are rock stars on stage today. So no matter what you're doing, make sure that you share something and share loudly and proudly with somebody, because that's what we're going to be talking about today. Our experts with us today. I don't want to call them experts because you know what, there's one thing I know about speakers is they are fun, and they are bodacious, and they're passionate, and their voice gets loud in all the right ways. So don't go get in loud today unless you have
something really cool to share. I want to introduce you to miss Leslie Caps. We have Kat, We have Kat Paul Selli and I say it that way for all particular pre show reasons that you're not gonna know about. And then we have Rachel Collins, who has been gracing our stages and sharing, sharing and sharing. But look at speaking is interesting. So there's all different types of speakers. People that like to speak to small groups, people that want to command the stage, people that are quiet in
their life. Then get them on stage and you're like, where the heck did that person come from?
Right, The passion makes people brave.
That's what I think when it comes to speaking, because not necessarily everyone was born a speaker, and we all know that people statistics show is people would rather be on the other side of the tulips than get up on stage. But when they are fueled or dared either one, or they're at karaoke and they've had too much carry then all sorts of things comes out. But you know what, mostly I hang out with incredible people all day long that like to share.
So there's a process, right, there's a process. Some people are born.
To speak, but being able to do it in a way that lands for people and changes their life, that too, is another piece to this party. So I know that you're all out there doing good things the world, and let's listen to these three women that are doing the same thing, but they're doing it brat proudly from stage. So I know we have listeners and we have viewers. Now, if you're driving doing your thing, you just keep driving doing your thing. But we have a group with us today.
So on group podcasts, we like to kind of let you know who's who. So I'm going to just call out their names. They're going to give you a little bit away peace sign, double peace sign. I don't know what they're gonna do. I have no control of this group, but it's going to tell you who's who. So miss Leslie Capps please make yourself known.
Hey, that's Leslie and Kat Hello?
Hello?
Oh right, okay, Rachel Hello, there you go.
Awesome. So here we are. So let's get right into it, shall we. Ladies, Look at this, it's a chicks it's a Chicks group today. So let's Sie if you don't mind introducing yourself because people speak on so many different things, kind of share what you do and what you're talking about.
Sure, thanks than for having me such a great group and so appreciative to be here with you all. I'm less the Caps, I own Wild Woman Marketing, and I'm really a storytelling nerd. Storytelling is the most powerful thing in your business as well as you can use it for personal transformation right as so many applications and just learning what parts of your story are important can be a game changer. And that's really what I talk about and what I help people do.
Right, Wow, that's important. That's important. Thank you so much. And Kat, what do you speak on? My friend? Yeah.
So my name is Kat I am the owner of the Lotus Effect. I am a speaker in regards to domestic violence awareness. So I speak on domestic violence. I speak on boundaries. I speak on what I consider the invisible scars, which is the emotional and psychological traumas that any of us have faced, regardless of things that you've been through. And that really is the passion behind my company and what it is that I focus on and who I am pushing to see the world differently.
Right on, right on, Thank you and Rachel.
Yes, so I speak about mindful productivity. So my company is passion purpose today and it's really around helping people identify what really matters to them and why and then how to plan mindfully so that they can achieve that without feeling a lot of undue stress and anxiety. So very happy to be sharing that message with everyone.
Wow, So I love it. This is very variety so people, because when people tend to think about speakers or they're going to go here a speaker, maybe it's a speaker at their conference that's talking about something specific in relationship to you know, maybe corporate brought someone in, or you go an event and it's very motivationally based and it's supposed to inspire you and motivate you. But I also
love very specific speakers. I mean, let's face it, you know, my audience knows that we run big summits and that we have really cool people that come and speak and share.
And at the core, I think, whatever.
The messages, it's really truly about betterment, right, I mean, it is about making something better, whether it's productivity or your boundaries. There you go, that's a good book, productivity to boundaries. So let's talk a little bit about letslie, let's put to you. So what made you to say, you know, decide to brave up and be a speaker?
Like?
What inspired that movement? Because you can get your message out in many different ways. So what made you decide to speak?
Ash? Right? That I'm a loud mouth, right, and it's super obviously, Uh yeah, Like I got a lot of words once I started talking. I grew up doing debate and so never was an issue for me to talk. But I think through the years, your voice sometimes gets squashed. We let it get squashed. We are in settings where it's not allowed to or like you're yelling, right, you
got the microphone, nobody's hearing you. So really, I think part of my mission is to use that being a ham and like, I don't care what I look like when I do a video, just going and doing it. So many people have said I love that because now I can do it right. I don't have to feel that pressure because I know you're out there doing it.
So for me, it's really about that, not only your message, but then allowing other people to step into their own message and go, you know what, like, my message is bigger than if my hair is perfect, if my makeup's per perfect right, or if I say the right things.
So wow, very cool, very cool, and caw, what was it that inspired you to become a speaker? Like what was that moment?
Oh? What was that moment?
Oh?
My goodness.
Well, I I've always been the person to stand up for others when I felt like they didn't have a voice or they were trembling when it came to bringing
forth injustices. And after going through my own ten years in a domestic violence relationship and coming out with two young children and starting life over, I realize how many people had also been through that situation or had other traumatic events in their lives that we were allowing to lead our lives, and therefore wondering why on earth we couldn't play out full And so it started with my own healing and working with my kids who are now
twenty and seventeen, and then realizing that even more is needed in this world and if I can help one person do something different, transform their lives, or someone who is helping someone on that side see that trauma differently, that to me means absolutely everything right on.
Very personally inspired, right, very personally inspired. Everyone comes from a different place. And Rachel, you're so well.
Yeah, So like Leslie, I had, you know, grown up doing debate. I'd also done a lot of theater in my youth as well, and so it was very comfortable on a stage. But I would say, like echoing you know, Kat's message, it's really about having something to share. And so while I'm very comfortable speaking, I think, you know, focusing in on you know, what is it that you have to say that can really make a difference in the world, And when you do that as a speaker,
it's also about really connecting with your audience. And so I write as well, But I find that when you're speaking it's just a different way of connecting and it's much more accessible, right, so people can get a sense of who you are, and it just your message resonates in a way that's really different than if it's written on a piece of paper.
Oh, I would agree, and I think we all would agree. There's something very special. And I think that we've really been able to maneuver the world of what we are on right now, like through the television screen, through the zoom screen, through the FaceTime screen, through the messenger, the WhatsApp, what have you. We have curated ourselves to be able to get a sense of energy where you know it used to be just live, just live. You get a
sense of someone just live. And I think also to talk to your topic there Richel is that when you meet someone in person and then read their book, mayn it lands so much differently, like when you read that article or that blog because you've met them, you're like, I met that person, I saw that person, and it's like you have a different sense of that person, right, And I think that's a beautiful thing about speaking because there's a lot of people that obviously don't and I
deal with a lot of people that want to be on our stage, and we need to curate that confidence right interview style, you know, for anyone out there that's wanting to start off a lot of people really enjoy the interview style because they have the questions ahead of time, you can practice them in the mirror and curate. And even I love how you talk about you know, how people can absorb you or take in information is and it matters like what are you wearing, are you sitting up,
are you leaning in? Are you sitting down? You know, what did your background look like? What's what is background on the stage? Right when you're on the stage, it all kind of encompasses is really three D experience with somebody that you just can't get any other way. So that's why I would say to people, brave up, even if it's an interview. Or does everyone remember doing their first Facebook live? I mean I spoke to twenty thousand people on stage, and I think I'm not gonna say
I was more nervous to do a Facebook live. But there was something about it being on Facebook that you're like, oh my gosh, you know, and you know, until you realize like no one really cares, no, and it's only thirty seconds and it's going to go away, and you know it's it's never going to you know, but it's really interesting even for some you know, speakers that are really comfortable in one arena, when they get into another arena,
they have to have a different conversation. And I think that a lot of people are like, oh, you do it so easily. Well, we're going to get into a little bit about what it is that you do to make it look easy, because you know, we've all gone through that. Even if you're debating. You know, there's rooms that you move up to that have different speakers that you're like, ooh, this feels uncomfortable, and it's good to do that, right, it's good to do that. Now. I
know that we have said Sujata. Sujata I know has joined us and she's coming in from Singapore. So Sujata, we are just talking a little bit. If you're able to take yourself off mute. I'm not sure, or maybe you're just hanging out listening to our podcast today, but do you want to share with us on what your topic is. We're just taking a little bit of time to introduce ourselves and what is your topic that you like to speak on See she's there, you go. I see that she's unmuted herself.
Yes, I've unmuted myself. So I was just listening into the conversation about made you into a speaker, right, It's always been the work that I've had. I started speaking, like on television and other platforms when I was doing my anti counterfeiting because it's not a job that women actually do and it was a male dominated area. But because of the work that I did, I was asked to speak. And I think naturally I'm a person who just lands up when the call is required on any topic.
So whether it's from anti counterfeiting to any other topic to say side to whatever you can name it, I have been speaking. My last speaking assignment right now in Singapore was when I gave a talk to ten and fourteen year old children in a school and I was really amazed at the kind of questions they asked me, you know about mentoring, about speaking, about writing, how do
I manage my schedule? It was this thing. So I think I land up even though some people would not like to hear me speak, but it are others who pulled me up and just put me on stage. And I think I do best as an extemple speaker. I've tried a lot to do, you know, rehearsing thing. It never works with me. It just put me in front and asked me to speak, and I shall speak because I suppose I have the lived in experiences, practical wisdom, and that's how I speak or I'm speaking.
Awesome. I love that. Okay, rehearse, don't rehearse. I think what I get from that is do you you know whatever makes you feel comfortable? And I love that, And I love that you call it an assignment. Isn't that great? It's like, you know, it's an assignment. And I think if you talk to most people on passion or path or what have you, you you know, people use the words calling, people use the words. I don't feel I have a choice, you know, like this is what I'm meant to do.
I don't know.
I'm scared, but I'm going to do it anyways, not because I have this agenda, but because this agenda has been chosen for me.
Right.
So look, we talked a little bit about what it's like to be a speaker. All of you have content, all of you deal with other people, and you share and you in part and as someone who is in the outpour, right, we're in the outpour when you're speaking and you're giving and you come off stages sometimes, Man, I just left it all out there, you know, I just left it on the table, right, and you outpoured. What do you do for yourself for your own self improvement?
What do you do to help keep yourselves maybe on top of your field or on top of like what do you do to help yourself just be em betterment of what you do or in betterment of preparing yourself for what you do? Leslie, I'm going to start back to you.
Sure, this is such a great question, right, there's so many different things for me, like personally preparing for speaking. I learned this technique a while back, but releasing cortisol and adrenaline, right and super easy ten pushups, ten jumping jacks,
ten squats, anything like that. And I went on a little regiment of that for like sixty days, and it really eliminated a lot of that build up because what happens is we go to the gym once and then we come back and we have a stressful situation or we get on stage to speak, right, whether you're experienced or not, you have a little bit of those hormones raise up and so being able to get rid of the bulk of that and then right before this, right, I kind of have a little ritual of what I do,
and just having that really kind of ground you and keep you before and after truthfully sort of and then keep you at that stable level so you're not that you know, massive up and downs, which that's what wears.
Us out right.
Awesome, thank you so much. And Kat, what about yourself?
Yeah, so I'm going to take this question a little bit differently, you know, because you're talking about growth and improvement consistent with us in our field. And for me, the first thing that popped into my brain, which pops in my brain a lot, is asking questions. I am always here to learn from absolutely anybody, whether they are where I am at way further ahead behind in the journey or you know, in their space and their journey.
Is connecting with people in different areas to be able to pull that knowledge and understand, especially when we're talking about domestic violence and trauma, it's really getting a feel and understanding other people that speak in this field, people that have been through it. How it affected them so that I can eliminate those pockets within my brain where it fills in its own story, and I have more
information to be able to share. That is statistical, but it's also in real time because I'm hearing it directly from people. And that's that lived experience that I feel like. You can give ask questions and give tests all day long, you may not necessarily get that point. And that is the piece that I love doing right on.
That is very cool. It's very cool.
I'm loving this. It's when both of you are talking it. Also, it reminded me of something that I did. I just came back from doing a book launch in New York and it was fantastic. And you know, a couple of our authors put together an event for me to go speak at about our movement and our project. Now, look at I can talk about this movement and the project in five minutes. If I'm called to go on to stage right, I mean, I know it because I embody it much. I'm sure like all of you and some
of you that are listening to us today. So you when you embody your information, you can pull it up from anywhere, like what the HUGECTA was talking about just her life wisdom. But for some reason, I was like, you know what, I need to rewrite And it was really interesting for me to rewrite my presentation and I rewrote it differently, and I was like, oh, this was such a good exercise. I didn't have time.
I was in New York, part.
Of someone else's book launch, doing an event, Times Square, all the things, and then you know, so we were running around and I was like, no, I'm going to take the time to rewrite. And it was interesting rewriting my speech that I could have done with my eyes closed. I completely added a different piece and I enjoyed my presentation so much more. And you know, the audience didn't know my old presentation, but it certainly rised, like rose
the vibe in the room. So for me, that was really something really good from an improvement of what I had already improved upon. And I think that you just reminded me with that just asking questions or just you know, I just knew there was going to be a couple of different people in the room, and just hearing my conversation a little differently, that was really cool.
Thank you and Rachel for yourself, what do you.
Do yeah, So I do a lot of reading.
I love to read and then really just kind of reflect on what I've read to stay current. I also love watching Ted Talks so on you know YouTube, there's this fabulous Ted x talks and such a variety of information, and when I watched those, like, I really you know, kind of hone in on how are people delivering their message right, how are they connecting with their audience? And so watching really great speakers just inspires me to up
my game. And then as well, I'm part of like a group coaching program, and so I can get feedback and input from other people and really, you know, ensure that my message is landing. So those are all things I do just to you know, continually improve and grow through this.
I love that. I love that because every good coach needs a coach, Every good coach needs an expert, Every good coachings a therapist, like you know, the human part of who we are. And sometimes you may not have to take the whole course over again, because you could teach the course, but there's always something new to learn. And even bringing in experts and having someone who will reflect back the truth to you. I love it. You know, it's like when you ask your friend like this is
this a nice dress? And they're like, hmmm, doesn't really. You know, You're like, hey, thank you, you know, thank you and and all the things, and you see it all on social media.
I know.
Right now we're going to a big event and a lot of everyone's putting their outfits out there. Do you like this one? Do you like that one? And taking boats and book covers and all the things, And it's really interesting to get people's feedback on what it is that you're taking forward. And so as well, our dear friends, Sujata, what about you? Is there anything that you do in terms of keeping yourself on top of your game or that you do for your own self improvement?
So we're learning is concerned. It's a continuous process, right every time I speak to a person, or I deal with a person or interact or engage, I'm always learning. That's been my passion from I think childhood, observing people's behavior and then learning from it. As far as you know, people having an opinion, judgment, or feedback, whether you like it or not, they will give you that, okay. And my simple thing is that it's very difficult to live
up to people's expectation. There's a song which is my favorite song, which is called be Yourself. So I just be myself and I just go with the flow. You can learn, but ultimately, what you want to do or what you want to give out there, that's up to you. So for me, as I said, it's ex tempo on the spot, depending on the questions, questions I can answer.
But if it's a prepared keynote speech or any speech, that I will still do extempo because like you said, if you write the presentation, I can have twenty versions up till the last moment. You know, each time I will write it, it'll be a different version. So I gave that up and I said, okay, I go to the stage and then I just speak.
Right on, right on, Thank you so much. We talk a lot about people in business on this show. It's called mission Accepted. And most people that are speaking on this show, and most people that are listening on the show, they are you know, they're looking to expand something in their life. They've taken the mission, whether it's personal or whether it's business, or they're looking to pull from your crazy, crazy enthusiasm and brave up and go do something that
is calling to them. And so many of you have businesses, and when someone looks at starting a business, they're in the middle of the business. They want to go to the next level in their business. All the things. One of the things that you will hear is like, and you know you probably hear it. I know we hear it, is like.
How do you do? How do you do?
How do you want so many shows? Rachel, Oh my gosh, how are you producing? Like?
How do you do? What it is that you do?
And I think that entrepreneurs become very good at obtaining at least in some area of their business. Now they might be doing it with their personal business or their personal life that allows them more availability in their business right, But can you share with us, like what I call a top performance, a top performance message, or a top performance tip or whatever you want to call it. What do you do in your life that allows you to do more of what it is that you want to do?
And honestly, it could be having your groceries delivered. But share this, so, Leslie, what do you do?
Miss?
I'm going to the oscars, I just launched a book. I'm speaking. Last time we had a conversation we're looking at three businesses, Like what do you do to talk performance so that you know.
You stay you Yeah, No dusting, hello, no vacuuming, right yeah, don't like those things anyway, So that was no loss. Yeah, I think it's a great question for me when things start to like seem super overwhelming. I clean so no dusty, no vacuuming. But I go out in the garage and I clean, I clean out a closet, And mostly it's an energetic thing, right, It's like, I know, I have to get rid of things to allow more things in.
So the physical then is part of the internal. And the other thing I've started doing is really closing the door on things. I make decisions in my head. I'm like very quickly, but I sometimes don't say those out into the universe. And really taking that step to be very clear, very conscious saying to another person another thing
like stopping that and closing the door. Again, for me, it's all about managing the amount of energy I have, and so how how to do that best and keep what's old and outdated sloughed off and moving forward to bring new opportunities in.
Right on.
Very cool and kat for yourself.
Oh my goodness.
For me, it's boundaries and delegation.
Those are the two biggest things.
And I feel like, especially us as women, where we have this feeling of but I need to do it all, and I have to care for everybody, and I need to take care of the kids. Creating the boundaries to realize what is important to you and being okay with putting that first, and then thinking about how you can delegate out all of those other things you don't want to do, right, like cooking dinners.
I don't have to do.
My kids are old enough so.
They get to choose a night.
That's on you, right, But it's it's things like that, Like you said, going to get your groceries paid. I
have my groceries delivered. So where can you find those small things that you can delegate out so that you can focus more on what you want to do, But then also creating those boundaries around what is important to you, making sure you're still putting that at the forefront so that you continue to move yourself forward because if not, again, especially as a woman and a parent, everything else comes before you and then your business ends up falling behind as well.
Right, very cool, Thank you so much and Rachel.
Yeah, so I really start with a vision. So having a big, juicy vision that you just love. So having a really clear, you know, end goal that you're working towards, I think is really important. Steve's jobs, there's a very famous quote attributed to him that says, you know, when you have a vision this it pulls you right, it pulls you forward. And so I think that for me that is just such a critical place to start because
it becomes a decision filter for everything I do. So if I'm really clear and where I want to go, then you know, I can say, okay, does this move is things come up? Right? Do is obligations come up? Demands come up? I can you know, really just use that to say does this move me towards the vision
or does it distract me from that? And that allows me to more easily say no to some of the things that come up that you know, our great opportunities or our social obligations, but you know they're my energy. I really want it to be able to go towards this bigger, juicy vision, and so I would say that
that's really critical as well. I you know, I like to break it down into milestones that I do within like a ninety day framework, and so having you know, really clear objectives that relate to that vision and then being able to you know, measure my success on those in a way that kind of creates a sense of urgency that as well helps drive it forward. And so those are two really good components for me to make sure that I'm achieving what I want to do.
Right on. Thank you so much, so many great just so many great tips and so chata for yourself. What is it that you do?
I go with the flow. So there are only twenty four hours in a day, and depending on what life throws at you, so I go with the moment, and then while making decisions, I just summarize, you know, after the observation as to the possible decisions I can make and then choose the best option. And if things are a bit messy, I just step aside from the moment, and that's when I do something which is just going to give me a clear head, like just being with
the animals or with the nature. Like now I have a puppy, So I just spend some time with the puppy and then go back to the problem or go back to the situation and then you know, I can peacefully make a decision because I already had a few options. So that's what I do, right.
So vast so incredible ladies. As we start to wrap up the show, you know, risk and reward, right, risk and reward. We talk about mission accepted, the risks we take. You know, it's kind of like, you know, being on a mission, you know, and the risks that you take, and then there's really cool things that happen when you take risks, Like there's cool things that happen, things that
unfold that you can't plan for. And you know, the big odacious and the joy and the juice and the passion and all we think about and when you look back in the last thirty days, you look back in the last three years, you look back and you're like, so, as we kind of wrap up a little bit, if we can share one of the riskiest times and I know we're you know, we're not going to go on for a long time, but like something that you really felt was a risk, right, it was like, ooh, this
felt risky. You didn't know how it was going to unfold, and then it could be a completely different scenario. But what's one of the coolest things that ever happened to you by being in business, because people, being a speaker is a business. You know, you might be talking about your book, you might be talking about your program, might be talking about something.
But speaking in itself is a powerful, powerful, powerful marketing tool which leads to business, and or speaking within itself is a business.
Right, So leslie risk and then.
Cool, Well you know what that is. I really look at that a little differently, though, So I recognize every day I step out of the house, I could be hit by a bus, and I judge everything on that right knowing that if I did get hit by a boss, would I have missed that opportunity or not. So it does change the way I make decisions without a doubt, but without a doubt. It was I got an opportunity to pitch a book to take the Oscar's Gifting Lounge.
I didn't have a book at the time, so I pitched the book knowing that I had about thirty days to write it, so that we would have thirty days to puke it out into the world. And truthfully, I didn't know if I could do that, but I was like, that's one of those things that I would regret if I walked out the door and got hit by a boss and didn't take this opportunity. I don't know where it's going to lead because the oscars are coming up, right,
But it's been a freaking cool ride. And it's like I talk about the Oscar swagger now right, you write a book in thirty days you're taking to the oscars, Like I feel differently and people interact with me differently, like even in the grocery store. So yeah, so that's definitely the biggest risk. I don't know where it's going to go. Someh're freaking cool though, is pretty much what I'm banking.
On, all right, So your cool story is for our next show. Your cool stories for the next show. Yeah, I know this woman, there's been some cool things happened to her, but we're going to keep the big cool for after. Okay, Kat, And what about yourself? That's a risk?
Oh my goodness, there's I think back of so many risks that I have taken that like really transformed my life. And I think that one of the biggest ones for me was when I stepped out of the medical field and got into the entrepreneurial field and decided, after a year and a half of doing it everybody else's way, that I was just going to do it that way that I felt I should do it, regardless of a coach or anything else, which led me down this really beautiful path to where I am today and what I
get to share. And I think that I have to say the most recent one of the really cool things that happened to me was I was at a parent meeting for my son's JROTC class and the instructor actually came up with me and he's like, Hey, you know, I've been following you for a while. Your stuff's been popping up on my stories and I'm loving what you're doing. I want you to come talk to the girls teams.
He's like, and I really have been trying to get my daughter to follow you, who is almost seventeen, to really pay attention to your message, And that to me was like just the coolest thing to notice that somebody, especially a dad that like is outside of this realm, notice that recognized what I was doing and that made an impact in the way that he wants his daughter to see to be able to grow up right on.
That is so great that external confliment, and I love it when it comes sidebar right, You're like, like, I don't even talk to you. You're not even in my You're not even in my demographic, you know what I mean. There's nowhere in my vision that says but that's really those are cool. Those are cool things.
You know.
I always say that my office, if you saw it pass this looks like a you know, Tony garage sale. And some of it is stickers of things that people have said through that whole big process of putting the book together for three years. Some woman just sent me, honestly, a little sticky you know, like the post it notes, and I stuck it here and it was just a thank you, Like honestly, maybe it was six words, right,
but it was that comment. It was that feedback that I'd look at and go, Okay, you know, let's go.
You know that's fantastic and Rachel for yourself.
Yeah, I mean, entrepreneurship is risky, right, and just figuring out where to start. I think it was kind of the real challenge for me. I'd say the biggest risk was I had this idea for a program and I wanted to develop it. I didn't have an audience, but it was something that I just felt called to do, and so, you know, developing that and then figuring out, okay, now how do I build the audience? It just absolutely took me outside of my comfort zone in really good ways.
And I'd say the coolest discovery for me through this process was just really that while it felt like something I was doing in isolation and alone because there's a lot of work that you have to do that's independent, where my energy really came from and where it got exciting was just how it connected me with so many
different people. Right, So, I think about being on this call and just these awesome, you know, new connections people I haven't known before, but you know, have you know, something to say, write a difference to make in the world. And I feel like each time I'm kind of getting out there sharing in some way, I'm really getting this tremendous gift back in terms of a new understanding of just how broad the network is and how many people are doing such significant things to make a difference in
the world. And so, you know, going from that place of you know, focusing on what I want to do to you know, feeling like we're all in this together like that is the coolest thing for me.
Right on, that's very cool. That's very cool, and Sujata something that was risky and then something cool that happened, like just some cool things.
So as you know that I met you because I wrote a book. If I had written that book, then I probably wouldn't have met you because even if it was referred by somebody to meet you, right but the
book was written because I became an entrepreneur. When you had a life when you have a life challenging situation and you have a spiritual experience and you start up as a business person from the scratch in a foreign country, that itself is so cool because you just walk into something where you have no experience, nothing, and you have to do from scratch, and it all leads from one to the other. So I became an entrepreneur and then
I became an author. And because of being an author and because of the experiences that I had, I became a life mentor. Now when I have testimony onals from people whose life I have impacted, that is a follow up to whatever I am doing. So whether it is business that somebody wants to consult me on or it's on a personal issue that people want to consult me on. It just goes from one to the other. So I just watch, like a movie, I watch from outside the
journey that unfolds. I just keep myself open to whatever situation. And because I care about people, I suppose that even if people can hurt you, there are people who will uplift you. And that's how I met with you, and that's how now I'm in two sixty two. I always wanted to make a movie out of my this thing, and now you're taking me to the Oscars? What more can I say?
What more can you say? It is so cool? Isn't it like if we could, you know, share from the rooftops.
There's days that sure, like any day, I'm sure that at certain times, people go, what was I doing? How as I thinking? Rachel, you talked about creating the product before the audience. I mean, here's what entrepreneurs do. They don't necessarily follow up formula. I mean we watch people and you know, maybe people say, well, maybe you want to do some market research or what have you. After building seven businesses, I made my kid do a business plan.
But my first business plan was on a piece of paper in the middle of a massage class.
Do you know what I mean?
You know, you know, best ideas, they'll rise. You know, they'll rise if they're meant to rise. And I love that. And again, I think one of the biggest bonuses and one of the coolest things is the collective of the people that you meet. And we make impression upon people as speakers. That's why you do what you do. And we'll never know how many people we've touched as the people that have said something to us, they'll never know
that they changed our lives either. There's books that I've read that I've never called the author and saved my life. Thank you very much, you know Shafti guy Wan living in the Light I was twenty seven years old. Yay, thank you so much. I mean, you know, there you go. I hope to meet her one day, but they just we just don't know. So it's just this power of goodness that makes impression upon right, Okay, look at last question I'm going to ask you because we've got you know,
let's do thirty seconds each year. Best tip for someone that wants to be a speaker but they're scared too. Best tip for someone who's like I don't know my goddamu. Okay, what would that be? Leslie?
Thirty days of one minute reels. Send them out to Facebook, YouTube, Instagram. Don't edit, don't do nothing, put on captions. Send them out for thirty days right.
On, kat, watch yourself after you record it. Get comfortable with hearing your voice and seeing your motions so that you can approve, but also be okay with you and let go of perfectionism.
Fantastic Rachel.
Start small and build, you know, get out of your comfort zone. Be willing to take your risk and just start sharing your message.
You have something to say.
Fantastic and Sujata.
If you get the opportunity, just get into it. It's only you who think that you are scared. The world doesn't know that you're scared, So just do it. Nobody's going to.
Know, nobody's going to know. That's fantastic, Ladies, Thank you so much for being here today, audience. All of their links are going to be in the show notes. You know, our show notes are fantastic. Carmel behind the scenes, shout out, Shout out for Carmel. She's doing her thing, doing her magic. Leslie has an incredible book that just launched. Kat has incredible programs that she's changing the world with. Rachel is making people think better and hang on to their vision
and curate that. And Sujata also has a very powerful book of life wisdom that she is right now looking for someone to turn into a movie. These are the things that we've got going on for people that said yes at some point, and you know what, continue to say yes. And I love what you just said this to Jetta. It's like, we have opportunities and for the most part, for the most part, I say to people, if it makes you a little nervous, if you wonder if you have the money or you don't have the money.
I don't know how many stories that I've heard with I didn't.
Have the money, so I, you know, put it on a credit card and here I am.
I don't know, you know, ten years later, the credit card may not be empty. It's just full of other stuff I said yes to. But their life is better and they're successful, and they're running their businesses and they're no longer in the you know, in the job they didn't want to be, and their kids are you know.
I remember my son was doing some work with a personal development teacher and I was in the other room because I'm not supposed to listen, right, and I happen to be walking from one room to the other and this person said, it's so great that you're starting your business. He must have been I don't know, seventeen or something. So great you're starting your business and you could go to university and get a business degree. And he's like, I don't think I need to because I have my mom.
I was like, Oh, the years of fatigue and birthday credit cards are all worth it. So don't let whatever you say is your reason be your reason. Definitely explore that.
I always say to myself, is it true or is it sabotage? Right?
So thank you for doing everything that you do. So so happy to be here today. And listeners, look, you know what it is. If you want to get on this stage, if you want to come join us on the show, I make it super easy, super easy. You just go to dev Drummond dot com and you can go to the podcast class. You can listen to all the other podcasts, but you can also get yourself on the show. And if you want to take it one step further and you want to be on our online online,
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