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Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Britney Saunders and welcome to Big Business. You

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Speaker 1: have landed in one of my bonus episodes. In case

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Speaker 1: you didn't know, I do my bonus episodes every Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: which are a bit more chill, a bit more fun,

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Speaker 1: my main episodes. So I'm just going to jump straight

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Speaker 1: into this. I have received a comment on my Big

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Speaker 1: Business Podcast Instagram account, which, by the way, I feel

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Speaker 1: like I've neglected since I've started this pod. It's just

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Speaker 1: one of those things that I've put on the back burner,

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Speaker 1: you know, like I've made the account, I put all

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Speaker 1: my videos on there. But watch this space because I

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Speaker 1: really want to rebrand that whole page and make it

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Speaker 1: more than just me sharing my little videos on there.

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Speaker 1: I want to share like tips, hacks, all that kind

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Speaker 1: of shit. But you know, we're all out here trying

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Speaker 1: to do the fucking most. My poor Instagram has just

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Speaker 1: gotten put to the put to the side. But watch

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Speaker 1: this space. I'm going to transform it over the next

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Speaker 1: few months. Anyway, I want to give a shout out

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Speaker 1: to Brook because she has left a comment on one

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Speaker 1: read this out to you, she said, thanks Brittany for

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Speaker 1: this podcast. Your podcasts have made me realize that I

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Speaker 1: actually don't have what it takes to be a business owner,

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Speaker 1: and this has been a great thing for me personally.

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Speaker 1: In twenty twenty, I started a business that took off.

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Speaker 1: I was so proud and loved it, but all the

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Speaker 1: responsibility that you talk about, along with balancing family made

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Speaker 1: it incredibly challenging, and I ended up closing the business.

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Speaker 1: For years, I felt so guilty and ashamed that I

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Speaker 1: couldn't get it right, and I had dreams and plans

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Speaker 1: to restart. But since listening to the podcast, I've come

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Speaker 1: to be grateful for that chapter. Keep the lessons and

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Speaker 1: just keep learning about business as a hobby and reopen again,

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Speaker 1: maybe one day when things are more aligned. Business is

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Speaker 1: one of those things where you have to go all in.

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Speaker 1: So thank you for providing such great insight and educating

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Speaker 1: others on the ins and outs of business, not just

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Speaker 1: the surface level stuff. I love that. And you know what,

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Speaker 1: it could leave someone with something like that. I thought, Yep,

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Speaker 1: inspire others or give others something to relate to, you know,

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Speaker 1: if you're already in a business journey. But I never

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Speaker 1: once thought that it would make someone feel better about

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Speaker 1: their decision to close their business. And I guess the

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Speaker 1: hard thing, like I could talk about like my little

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Speaker 1: business ventures before I started Fate and how like I

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Speaker 1: thought that it would give someone that type of closure

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Speaker 1: on a business chapter in their own life. And I

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Speaker 1: guess that's one of the cool things about podcasts is

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Speaker 1: thank you so much Brooke for that comment. I have

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Speaker 1: always thought about, you know, businesses ending, And I've mentioned

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Speaker 1: that have been around for generations and generations? Not many?

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Speaker 1: Like it's rare that you will see a business out

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Speaker 1: But I don't think that's really common, especially in this

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Speaker 1: I have always been very realistic about knowing that one

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Speaker 1: But is it really I don't think so at all.

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Speaker 1: Sure you could have sold it when it was at

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Speaker 1: the most part, business isn't a walk in the park.

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Speaker 1: It isn't easy. It's not glitz and glam like you

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Speaker 1: ever going to do like mentoring? You know, when I

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