WEBVTT - Reading A Chapter From My Book 📖 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:07.440 Welcome to a bonus episode of Big Business, and a. 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:09.119 Very special one at that. 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:13.280 I am going to be chatting about, which I'm sure 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:17.040 you have seen if you follow me on socials, my book, 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.640 which is out now for pre order. It's called Just 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:25.079 Getting Started. You can order it exclusively on book Topia. 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:28.160 Producer x will be leaving a link in the show 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:29.720 notes for you. 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:31.639 You've never called me that before. That was really hot. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:34.280 Well that's what you've been calling yourself. 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:35.800 You've never heard you say it. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:41.280 I was like Tingles, and I have actually three copies 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.360 of the book here with me in the studio today. 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:48.040 I've shown Xander. He felt. He goes, oh, it's so hard. 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:51.560 How is this podcast? 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:58.120 It's a hard cover, it feels nice. Oh that's what 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:02.000 you said. She's thick, she's the And I thought maybe 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:03.920 I could read a bit of the book. 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.280 I want to hear it because I flicked through it 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.160 because that's the only time I've had to have a 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:09.920 little squeeze. 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:11.200 But I haven't read anything yet. 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:13.680 I feel like I don't know if I'm allowed to 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:15.480 be reading out my book on the pod. 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:17.880 But we're just breaking the rules today. 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.039 Here in a big business. We don't play by the rules. 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:24.399 No, we break them. People have been asking, am I 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.039 going to do an audio book? 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:30.040 And we've had some conversations about that, and hopefully we're 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:32.240 going to make it happen. But as far as I'm aware, 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:37.160 recording an audiobook is a massive job. Yeah, it's reading 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.760 a whole book out loud perfectly. 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:41.120 Do you want to pay me to do it? I'll 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:41.400 do it. 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:43.240 Yeah, I can be you. You can do it. 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:45.480 Yeah, but no, we are looking into doing that, but 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.280 for now we just have the hard cover copy. 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:52.000 Like, you can hear it. Listen, let's do asmr Oh. 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.320 That actually sounds so yummy, does it. 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:57.560 I don't know if you'll be able to hear the pages. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:01:59.680 Yeah, do it when you like, flick them all the way. 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:05.760 Oh, it sounds that sounds like a zipper. 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.560 We are getting hot and business today. 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:12.320 Okay, Well at the end of the book. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.600 So I've been writing this book for two years, by 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.480 the way, that's how long it's taken, and probably the 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:22.239 first year was me getting it like complete, and then 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:24.640 the next year after that. So the last twelve months 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:26.480 I've been going back and adding things to the book. 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:28.040 I've also been. 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.680 Changing things because it's so funny if you start writing 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:34.920 something now, in two years, you'll feel different about the 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:38.040 things that you said. And so I'll read you a 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.600 little bit now from the back of the book. And 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:44.080 it's a letter to my younger self. And by the way, 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:48.239 just if you want to do something that feels really therapeutic, 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.600 write your younger self a letter. Because I found this 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:56.320 really like enjoyable to write thinking that my younger self 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:57.680 is going to read it. 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:01.200 So let's let's do it. I'm going to read it. 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.800 I am waiting on bettered breath. Is that how you 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:05.440 say that? Is that the right? See you? 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.040 I think so I'll google that while you read yeap, 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:12.360 Dear younger Brittany. Oh, I've got to get on my 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:16.000 book reader voice. Okay, not my like Bogan podcast voice. 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:20.079 Dear younger Brittany. Right now, you're probably sitting in your 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:24.639 tiny bedroom with your silver metal swirly love heart bed frame. 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.000 Oh fuck, see how hard this is if I'm actually 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:30.239 going to record, like imagine stuffing up and trying to 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.239 read the whole book anyway. Look, this is just the 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:37.800 uncut version and zebra print covers. Daydreaming about what the 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.640 future might hold, you're living out of home for the 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.920 first time because you had a huge falling out with 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.000 your mum, which unfortunately isn't the first one, and to 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:47.600 give you a heads up, it's not going to be 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:48.360 the last one. 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:49.720 Either, Tear. 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:53.920 You've got a casual job working in the restaurant of 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:57.360 a hotel in Newcastle, and you're working almost every night 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.960 of the week, sometimes even eleven shifts in a row, 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.640 and you absolutely hate it, but you love the people 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:05.360 you work with and you really love the Sunday rates. 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.480 You've not long started your YouTube channel and have discovered 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.960 that you love makeup. Your makeup collection consists of Bys 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.120 products you picked up from Kmart and you've made a 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.720 few really bad makeup tutorials using them. You've dropped out 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.479 of school and experience being bullied for your little videos 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:25.160 you've been making, but you've persisted and kept making them anyway, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.760 which is actually going to be the thing that changes. 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.000 Your entire life. You just don't know it yet. 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.680 You've been through a lot emotionally by this point in 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.680 your life and have been neglected by both of your parents. 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.200 It's been a few years since your dad walked out 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.000 and right now you're still in the phase of being 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:43.120 super angry at not only him but the world. You're 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.200 mainly upset by all of the milestones he missed. Teaching 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.640 you how to drive, your school formal, getting your first boyfriend, 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.520 and leaving school to head into the workforce. Those are 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.680 the things that upset you the most. And you stood 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.800 there in the park at your year ten formal getting 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.760 photos and you kept looking around one if he would 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:01.840 surprise you and show up. 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:03.839 He never did, and it broke your heart. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.600 And I know how angry you are now and how 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:08.760 angry you've been for years, but trust me, you'll get 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:09.640 over it very soon. 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.200 Your relationship with your mum has been on. 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:14.120 And off for the last few years too, with lots 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.320 of periods of no contact, and you'll eventually learn later 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.400 in life that sometimes you just have to let them. 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.200 Because of the way your parents have been throughout your 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.240 whole life and especially in your teens, you've learned to 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.839 become extremely independent at such a young age, and little 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:30.960 do you know that the neglect you've dealt with is 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.599 going to one day end up being your superpower. You're 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.360 staring at the walls of your tiny world, wondering if 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.000 you'll ever feel like you're someone. I know you think 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.039 success is something reserved for other people, the people who 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.360 come from money, who go to UNI, who have supportive parents, 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.400 who are there to cheer you on, who seem like 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:49.400 they have it all together. 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:50.920 But let me tell you something. 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:53.560 That dream you have in your chest, the one you're 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.640 almost too scared to say out loud, it's not silly. 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:58.200 It's the start of everything. 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.119 I know right now that your goal is to score 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:03.440 yourself a job where you can earn one thousand dollars 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:03.840 a week. 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:06.600 How good would it be to earn fifty k a year. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.520 You think about this often and it seems so out 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.760 of reach, and you feel like you'll never get there. 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:12.880 But trust me, you will. 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.520 I wish I could sit across from you, take your 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.599 hand and tell you to trust yourself, because the version 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.440 of you writing this letter, she has lived the life 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.480 you're too scared to even imagine right now. And let 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.600 me just say, Britt, You're going to surprise yourself. I 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.479 know you feel a little lost right now. You're seventeen, 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.520 maybe eighteen, You're just trying to get through each day, 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:37.520 job to job, paycheck to paycheck. You are going to 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.080 have zero dollars in your bank account every week, and 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.599 you're learning how to pay for your life expenses such 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.640 as rent and bills, all on your own. You have 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.760 no one to guide you. But doing this all on 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:50.599 your own is going to pay off in the future. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.359 You've had so many different bosses already and you're not 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.680 even twenty. So many uniforms and annoyingly, so many different 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.599 super accounts, which, by the way, you still haven't sought 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:00.480 it out at the. 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:04.320 Age of thirty one. Fuck now I need to do that. 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:05.200 It's one of those things. 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:06.760 I think all the money's depleted, babes. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:08.599 Yeah, yeah, it's gone. 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.400 You think that maybe this is just what life is, 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:13.520 clock in, clock out, wait for the next day off. 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:17.040 But I promise you this isn't where your story ends. 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.360 There's something in you that doesn't sit still, that little 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.320 spark that each to do something more. You don't know 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:26.200 it yet, but that's your fire. Hold on to it 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.080 even when you feel silly, even when other people don't 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.760 understand you. Keep dreaming big. You're not meant for small things, 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.560 britt You're going to build something so beautiful, and it's 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:37.600 all because you didn't let go of that spark. 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:40.440 Do you want me to keep going like this is 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:41.320 longer than I thought. 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:47.240 Okay, you're going to take a huge leap of faith 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:51.160 and it will pay off one day soon. You're going 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.640 to quit your full time job at twenty one. Yes, really, 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.320 you're going to have around eighty thousand YouTube subscribers and 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:01.120 without knowing it, you're slowly going to become one of 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:05.280 the first influencers in Australia right now, that word doesn't 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:09.000 even exist. As your YouTube channel grows, you're going to 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:11.600 be contacted by some brands because they have worked out 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:12.800 they can advertise their. 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.160 Products through your videos. 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.120 So you'll be working full time and making videos in 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.320 the evenings and on the weekends, making a bit of 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.360 extra pocket money. You'll even get your savings account to 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.640 one thousand dollars and you'll feel totally rich. You'll actually 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.640 become obsessed with never having below that amount in your account, 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.160 and you'll feel super annoyed when your car regro has 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.040 to be paid and you see it dip under. But 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.439 don't stress, you'll always make sure to save it back up. 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:37.720 The day that you decide to throw in your full 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.280 time job is just a random week day. It was 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.640 no one in particular who encourage you to do this. 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.480 You've always been a bit spontaneous, and you're earning just 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.440 enough money from your YouTube channel to scrape by. So 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:50.800 one day you text your boss and say I quit 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.000 without a care in the world, which, looking back, you 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.120 probably could have gone about that in a better way. 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.920 After you quit your job, people will think you're crazy. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.000 They'll raise their eyes eyebrows and ask what's your backup plan? 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:03.959 And here's the truth. You won't have. 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.760 One, but you'll decide that working on something you love, 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:11.480 making videos sharing your life is worth the risk. You'll 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.720 fil you'll feel scared out of your mind, but you'll 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:15.920 take that leap anyway. 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:17.480 And do you want to know what happens? 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:22.280 It works, your little YouTube channel becomes something huge. A 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:25.000 million people will click subscribe to hear what you have 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.920 to say. Can you imagine that a million people? You'll 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.360 be living your dream, traveling, creating, connecting with people all 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:35.160 over the world. You'll grow a huge following on that 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:39.040 new Instagram app too, and it'll all feel completely surreal. 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:40.439 I wish you could see. 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.520 The version of you standing on that first stage at 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.160 a meet and greet, looking out at hundreds of faces 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.800 who showed up just to meet you. It's surreal and 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.959 it's just the beginning. But the road isn't always easy. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.319 I need to be honest with you, Britt. There will 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.840 be hard days, days when you doubt everything. People on 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.080 the internet will say mean things about you, and you'll 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.960 pretend it doesn't hurt, but it will. You'll lose friends, 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:03.959 and your life will be heading in a different direction 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.640 compared to everyone you went to school with. You'll see 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:10.080 everyone heading on their gap year trips, all still hanging 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.679 out together, going to uni parties, and even though you're 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.840 building this amazing and weird YouTube life for yourself, you'll 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.880 feel lonely. You're also going to date a couple of 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.880 really terrible boys over the next couple of years. And 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:23.760 just to give you a heads up, you were never 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.040 in love with any of them. You just thought you were, 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.480 and that's okay. My advice would be, honestly, don't waste 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:31.840 your time until you're at least in your mid twenties. 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.800 But at least you can take away some lessons from them, 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.800 all being don't date losers. Oh and speaking of mid twenties, 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.400 when you're twenty four, you're going to launch a business. 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:42.840 A business. 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.439 Oh and Before that, you'll attempt a bunch of other 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.800 little businesses too, that you didn't even realize were businesses. 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.600 You just thought they were hobbies. They'll all fail, but 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:53.679 you won't even see them as failures because you were 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.040 just having fun and enjoyed trying something new. You'll have 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.920 no idea what you're doing, no degree, no investors, no 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:04.319 business partners, just google and gut instinct. You'll make mistakes, 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.800 some big, some small. You'll hire the wrong people, you'll 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.679 lose money. You'll lie awake at night and think what 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:12.960 if I fail? What if this all goes away? But 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.520 you won't fail because when things get tough, you'll do 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.000 what you've always done. You'll figure it out. That's your superpower. 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.440 You don't quit even when it's hard. 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:22.760 You'll learn to trust. 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.640 Yourself, to quiet all the outside noise and believe in 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.959 your own decisions and that brit that's what will make 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:30.000 you unstoppable. 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.520 The people you meet will change your life. 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.199 When you're in the middle of the grind building your dream, 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.439 one late night at a time, you'll meet someone expected. 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:43.640 His name is Aj. 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:47.360 When you first meet he'll be working as an electrician 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.840 and you're not looking for anything serious because you've just 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.360 come out of a very public relationship and break up. 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.960 But let me tell you something, AJ will become so 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.480 much more than your partner. He'll be the calm to 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.240 your chaos, the one who sees your vision and says, 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.120 let's do it together. He'll quit his job, take a 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.280 risk and work alongside you, and the two of you 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.640 you'll become a team in every sense of the word. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.240 When you two first meet, the idea of this ever 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:16.080 happening will never even cross your mind. You could simply 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:19.320 never imagine working alongside AJ, but it will actually turn 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:21.240 out to be one of the best things you've ever done. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.600 Your story isn't just about what you build, it's about 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.240 who you build it with. You'll surround yourself with people 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.679 who believe in you, people who share your vision and 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.280 lift you higher. And one day you'll look around at 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.440 your team and the brand you've built and think, I 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.960 can't believe this is my life. You're going to inspire people. 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:42.040 Here's the part you might not believe yet. You're going 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.920 to change people's lives. The clothes you create will make 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.320 women feel confident in their bodies. And yes, it's just clothes, 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.320 but trust me when I say there's so much more 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:53.000 to it than just that. The words you share will 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.439 make people feel less alone. Your journey, the risks, the failures, 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:59.760 the winds, will inspire others to dream bigger for themselves. 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.640 You'll be reminded of how much you inspire people when 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.000 you're standing in one of your retail boutiques and you 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.720 have customers in your chaine room stepping out with tears 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.120 rolling down their cheeks because they've just found clothes that 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.080 fit them perfectly and make them feel beautiful. You'll watch 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.280 them walk out of your store with their hands full 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.520 of shopping bags that contain pieces that you created. Oh 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.880 and yeah, you're going to open retail stores. You're going 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:23.959 to literally figure out how to do all of this. 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:24.559 On your own. 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.480 That neglect you felt from your parents growing up, and 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:29.880 how you felt like you always had to figure things 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:31.960 out on your own. It's the best thing that ever 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.160 happened to you, because you're just going to become so fearless. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.680 You're also going to launch a podcast called Big Business 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:42.400 in twenty twenty three, by which, by the way, I 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.600 think one year of Big Business is in like a 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:45.280 couple of days. 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:48.640 I think, oh my god, I think you're right. Yeah, 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:49.880 let me check that. 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:52.840 I'm pretty sure it's like tomorrow or the next day. 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:54.920 Now, that's crazy. 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.000 If you is it today? 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:04.920 It's tomorrow, Yes, today, it's exactly a year since. 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:08.400 Yeah, and I'm reading this now, that's so crazy. 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.720 It is Crazyow, what the hell? 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:15.240 Happy one year? Happy one year literally tomorrow as we're 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:15.600 reading this. 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.160 Yeah, I'm shook by that. 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:19.359 Yeah. 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:21.600 And by the time everyone's listening to this, it'll have 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:23.000 been yesterday. 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:27.600 It'll be yeah, yeah, it'll been yesterday. Wow, that's crazy. Continue, 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:28.840 Oh my god, I'm any goosebumps. 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:31.840 So you're going to also launch a podcast called Big 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.440 Business in twenty twenty three when you're thirty, and it's 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.040 going to become the number two business podcast in the country. 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.720 You absolutely love recording episodes where you can openly and 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.320 honestly share all of your stories, all of your mistakes, 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.640 and everything you've learned over the years with your listeners. 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.600 It's a bit of an outlet too, where you can 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.720 share personal stories about your life and you'll do a 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.400 whole lot of self reflection in the process. And the 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:56.360 best part, you'll do it all while staying you you 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:59.480 won't compromise who you are, not for fame, not for money, 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.960 not for anyone. You'll be real, raw and honest, and 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:06.200 that's what people will love the most about you. Celebrate 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:09.120 how far you've come. There will be moments when you'll 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.960 feel like you're not doing enough. You will compare yourself 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.280 to other people, to businesses bigger than yours, and wonder 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:18.240 if you're falling behind. But here's the truth, brit You're 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.840 exactly where you're meant to be. Every small win, every milestone, 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.560 every time you kept going when you could have given up. 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.000 Those moments matter. I need you to stop sometimes and 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:32.080 see it, really see it. The hard work, the sacrifices, 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.880 the victories, and the lives you've touched. Success doesn't always 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:39.560 feel like fireworks. Sometimes it feels like standing still for 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.280 a second and saying, I did that, and you deserve 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.320 to celebrate it every step of the way. The hard 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.160 moments will shape you, but they won't define you. There 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.440 will be setbacks, heartbreaks, times when you don't know if 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.080 you can keep going, but you will because that's who 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:57.800 you are. A fighter, a dreamer, a doer. You'll learn 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:01.240 that every hard moment teaches you something, And even when 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.240 you stumble, you'll always get back up. Weirdly enough, by 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.200 the time you're thirty one, you will have learned to 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.040 love the hard moments because you know how much you'll 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.240 grow from them. One day, you'll look back at the 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.080 girl sitting in that tiny room in your sharehouse rental, 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:17.600 scared for the future, and you'll be so proud of 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.120 her because she didn't give up. 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:20.840 Here's what I want you to remember. 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.560 You're going to build a life you're proud of. It 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.840 won't always be easy, but it will be yours. You'll 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.600 work hard, love hard, and live a life that's so 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:31.520 much bigger than you can imagine right now. 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.720 So keep going, keep dreaming. 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.360 And don't let anyone, not even that little voice in 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.760 your head, tell you that you can't do it, because 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:44.120 you can and you will with love and so much pride. 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:48.520 Future you ps all those jobs you hate right now, 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:50.880 they're teaching you things you will need one day, even 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:51.960 if it doesn't feel like it. 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.360 I love it. I can't wait to read it. 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:58.920 She handed me the book today, She's like, you can 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:00.440 look at it now, but I literally can't give it 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:00.600 to you. 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:01.240 I'm so sorry. 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.960 Well, I only have six I've got to give two 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:09.600 to Matt today because you know he needs his well 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.480 one for dedicated lifestyle and one for Matt all right, hey, 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.480 because they're both book people. 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.399 And then I'll get you your Xander. At least you 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:18.800 can hold this to today. 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.000 I'm going to do my own ASMR now. 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:27.280 So that's a little spoiler chapter from the end of 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.880 the book. And you know what, everyone needs to write 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.679 their younger self a letter because it's very cool to 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:34.320 reflect on where you are now. 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.560 You've actually really I actually really want to do it now. Yeah. 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.879 Hearing that, I was getting like emotional number one because 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.320 I know how it feels for you. But then I 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:47.320 was thinking if I was to do that with myself, like, 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.600 I think it would actually be quite cathartic. 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.960 Cathartic, Yeah, I think it'd be quite cathartic. 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.080 That's my task to all of you this week. Sit down, 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:58.960 set aside half an hour and just write a letter 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.800 to your younger self and it makes you really reflect 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:03.440 on how much you've achieved. 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.480 Yeah, I think it really gives yourself perspective. 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:10.520 Absolutely, And imagine if younger us knew what we were 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:11.879 doing now and all the things that we've done in 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.000 our life. If you told that to your younger self, 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.879 they probably never believe you, ye, which is crazy, I know. 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.080 But anyway, thank you for tuning in to a very 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:21.760 special bonus episode. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:24.080 I was going to say of High Scroller, is there 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:25.720 a Big Business? 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.560 And you can find my book linked in my bio 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.639 but also in the show notes, and I'm going to 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.679 be posting about it over the next few weeks. With 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.400 the pre order being live, I'm going to be signing 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:40.560 as many copies as I can. I'm going to book 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:44.919 Topia HQ soon ish and I'm going to spend an 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.600