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

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<v Speaker 1>into this. I have received a comment on my Big

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<v Speaker 1>Business Podcast Instagram account, which, by the way, I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I've neglected since I've started this pod. It's just

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

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like I've made the account, I put all

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<v Speaker 1>my videos on there. But watch this space because I

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<v Speaker 1>really want to rebrand that whole page and make it

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<v Speaker 1>more than just me sharing my little videos on there.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to share like tips, hacks, all that kind

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

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<v Speaker 1>to do the fucking most. My poor Instagram has just

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<v Speaker 1>gotten put to the put to the side. But watch

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<v Speaker 1>this space. I'm going to transform it over the next

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<v Speaker 1>few months. Anyway, I want to give a shout out

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<v Speaker 1>to Brook because she has left a comment on one

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<v Speaker 1>of my recent posts on there and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>read this out to you, she said, thanks Brittany for

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast. Your podcasts have made me realize that I

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

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<v Speaker 1>and this has been a great thing for me personally.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty, I started a business that took off.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so proud and loved it, but all the

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility that you talk about, along with balancing family made

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<v Speaker 1>it incredibly challenging, and I ended up closing the business.

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<v Speaker 1>For years, I felt so guilty and ashamed that I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't get it right, and I had dreams and plans

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<v Speaker 1>to restart. But since listening to the podcast, I've come

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<v Speaker 1>to be grateful for that chapter. Keep the lessons and

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<v Speaker 1>just keep learning about business as a hobby and reopen again,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe one day when things are more aligned. Business is

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<v Speaker 1>one of those things where you have to go all in.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you for providing such great insight and educating

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<v Speaker 1>others on the ins and outs of business, not just

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<v Speaker 1>the surface level stuff. I love that. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>when I started this podcast, I had no idea that

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<v Speaker 1>it could leave someone with something like that. I thought, Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be able to start this podcast and

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<v Speaker 1>inspire others or give others something to relate to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're already in a business journey. But I never

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<v Speaker 1>once thought that it would make someone feel better about

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<v Speaker 1>their decision to close their business. And I guess the

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<v Speaker 1>hard thing, like I could talk about like my little

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<v Speaker 1>business ventures before I started Fate and how like I

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<v Speaker 1>gave up on those, and I guess the guilt that

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<v Speaker 1>I felt around that, but in saying that, I was

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<v Speaker 1>so young that I didn't even really realize what I

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<v Speaker 1>was doing. But when I started this pod, I never

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<v Speaker 1>thought that it would give someone that type of closure

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<v Speaker 1>on a business chapter in their own life. And I

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<v Speaker 1>guess that's one of the cool things about podcasts is

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<v Speaker 1>I can sit here and like ramble on about whatever

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about everyone and I could have such a

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<v Speaker 1>different impression on someone to what I initially thought. So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much Brooke for that comment. I have

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<v Speaker 1>always thought about, you know, businesses ending, And I've mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>this before, but how many businesses do we really know

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<v Speaker 1>that have been around for generations and generations? Not many?

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's rare that you will see a business out

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<v Speaker 1>live yourself like and it's rare when it's like in

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<v Speaker 1>business for over one hundred years, like you know. You

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<v Speaker 1>see those family run since nineteen sixty two, like you know.

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

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<v Speaker 1>world that we're living in now, where it's everything wants everything,

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone wants everything at the click of a finger and

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<v Speaker 1>next day delivery and this that and the other, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's one trend this week and another trend in the other.

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<v Speaker 1>I have always been very realistic about knowing that one

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<v Speaker 1>day like fate, like fate is most likely going to

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<v Speaker 1>end in my lifetime, and that's a scary thing to think,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think it's better to think that than to

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<v Speaker 1>be completely oblivious to the fact now Fate's going to

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<v Speaker 1>go on forever, because not many businesses make it to

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<v Speaker 1>the five year mark, like not many make it to three.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think I'm very lucky for the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm seven years in and still growing. But I'm also

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<v Speaker 1>very open to the fact that maybe one day this

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<v Speaker 1>is going to end, and who knows what way that

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<v Speaker 1>is going to end. And I have spoken with a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people who are like a lot bigger in

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<v Speaker 1>business than me, or maybe they're from Sydney, like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I still have that very like Newcastle, small

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<v Speaker 1>gal town, small town gal mindset. But I've spoken to

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<v Speaker 1>so many people who have had a lot more experience

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<v Speaker 1>than me, and they always say, you know, what's your

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<v Speaker 1>exit strategy? Because you know, apparently the thing that you

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<v Speaker 1>have to do in business is build it up until

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<v Speaker 1>it's at its most profitable point, and then you sell it.

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<v Speaker 1>You sell it to someone else, or you sell it

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<v Speaker 1>to a large company. That's like having an exit strategy?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that? And then you exit it and you walk

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<v Speaker 1>away and you don't have to deal with the downfall

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<v Speaker 1>of the business. And a lot of people see that

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<v Speaker 1>as the plan, like that's what you're supposed to do.

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<v Speaker 1>But I've always said, let's just say, for example, Fate

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<v Speaker 1>is going to last for fifteen years, and we're at

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<v Speaker 1>year seven already. Is it really the worst thing in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. If at year ten Fate is at its

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<v Speaker 1>most profitable point and then from year ten to year

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen it just slows down and dwindles down and we

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<v Speaker 1>close all the stores and whatever, and I see it

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<v Speaker 1>out to the end, is that really a failure? I

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<v Speaker 1>think if you told a lot of massive entrepreneurs and

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<v Speaker 1>investors and whatever like. They would see that as a failure,

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<v Speaker 1>But is it really I don't think so at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure you could have sold it when it was at

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<v Speaker 1>its most profitable and made heaps of money and walked

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<v Speaker 1>away and be set for life. But to ride the

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<v Speaker 1>business out until its end and get to that point

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<v Speaker 1>where you've got to close it because maybe you're not

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<v Speaker 1>making any more sales anymore. As sad as that is,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that's something that we should ever see

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<v Speaker 1>as a failure. I think we should celebrate that, Like

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<v Speaker 1>even if you were in it for three years or

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<v Speaker 1>two years, like you gave it a fucking crack and

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<v Speaker 1>you hopefully had fun during that time and made memories

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<v Speaker 1>or you know. For me, I think I would hope

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<v Speaker 1>that I've given people amazing jobs in that time and

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<v Speaker 1>made people happy in their careers. So what if fate

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<v Speaker 1>becomes huge and then on the other end it like

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<v Speaker 1>dies off. I still see that as something worth celebrating,

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<v Speaker 1>I think personally, so I take my hat off to you,

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<v Speaker 1>Brooke for realizing, for whatever reason that you closed your

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<v Speaker 1>business that it wasn't for you at the time. I

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<v Speaker 1>think social media can make business look like a walk

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<v Speaker 1>in the park. And I've said this before as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I make business look like a walk in

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<v Speaker 1>the park. It's very easy to portray that on social media.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will be honest, like I think like a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's we can't say that business does and come without

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<v Speaker 1>its challenges. It does, like some days I'm like fuck.

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<v Speaker 1>But for the most part, because i know what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing is what I'm supposed to be doing. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like a lot of days for me are

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<v Speaker 1>a walk in the park because I truly love what

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<v Speaker 1>I do and I'm passionate about what i do. For

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<v Speaker 1>the most part, business isn't a walk in the park.

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<v Speaker 1>It isn't easy. It's not glitz and glam like you

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<v Speaker 1>see on social media. And I've I keep saying, I've

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<v Speaker 1>said it before and I'll say it again. I make

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<v Speaker 1>business look so easy on social media. It can look

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<v Speaker 1>so glamorous. You can see all these amazing e commerce

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<v Speaker 1>brands and retail brands online. It's all pretty especially with

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<v Speaker 1>the industry. I'm in fashion and we're shooting with models

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<v Speaker 1>and doing XYZ opening all these stores. But I guess

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad to have this podcast where I can kind

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<v Speaker 1>of lift the veil and talk about the realities of

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<v Speaker 1>running a business and how it isn't all what it's

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<v Speaker 1>made out to be. And I've always said owning a

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<v Speaker 1>business isn't for the faint hearted. That's the words, faint hearted, lighthearted,

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<v Speaker 1>faint harder. It's fucking hard and it comes with so

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<v Speaker 1>many more challenges than you could ever imagine. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to do a deep dive on some of the challenges

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<v Speaker 1>that I feel and face in a future episode, like

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<v Speaker 1>quite literally probably next week, so you can keep an

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<v Speaker 1>ear out for that one. But business isn't easy and

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<v Speaker 1>it's definitely not for everyone, and I think social media

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<v Speaker 1>can make it feel like it's for everyone. And also

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<v Speaker 1>with this podcast, I love that I can just I

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<v Speaker 1>share what I share on here, and I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>anything that I'm trying to gain out of this with

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<v Speaker 1>this pod. Like yes, I make a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>money from Nova every week that I do these episodes,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm very grateful for that. Thanks Nova. I drive

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<v Speaker 1>two hours here and back every week to do this pod,

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<v Speaker 1>so I think it's worth them paying me a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't end these episodes and have anything that

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<v Speaker 1>I want to gain out of it. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to share my information with everyone and there's

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<v Speaker 1>no catch, there's no call. I'm trying to sell, and

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<v Speaker 1>people who are actually always say to me, are you

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<v Speaker 1>ever going to do like mentoring? You know, when I

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<v Speaker 1>jump on my stories and talk about something, or if

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<v Speaker 1>they listen to the pod? Can I pay you? I've

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<v Speaker 1>had people say can I pay you to just go

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<v Speaker 1>out with a go out for coffee? And can I

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<v Speaker 1>just ask you questions? And I'm always like, oh, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't feel worthy of charging someone to do something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. And who's to say, Like, maybe one day,

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<v Speaker 1>if fate does come to a crashing, burning end, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I will go down another path of coaching in business

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll tell you what's funny as well. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if it was at the start of this year

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<v Speaker 1>or a lot. I think it might have been the

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<v Speaker 1>end of last year. I went and spoke at a

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<v Speaker 1>like business event and it was the same event that

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<v Speaker 1>Richard Branson talked at and there are a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>other speakers like before me and after me, and I

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<v Speaker 1>got up and did a half an hour keynote by myself.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was my first time ever doing like a

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<v Speaker 1>lengthy keynote speech like that, and what I found so interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>like I'd never been to one of those things before,

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<v Speaker 1>but they happen all the time, like those I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's called inspire and succeed, Like there's always all these

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<v Speaker 1>different talking events. But the thing that I found so interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is me not shaming these events in any

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<v Speaker 1>way whatsoever, but every speaker that I saw, like before

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<v Speaker 1>me and after me, they all had something to sell,

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<v Speaker 1>which I found so interesting and I didn't know that

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<v Speaker 1>that's what they did. But like the guy that spoke

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<v Speaker 1>before me, he spoke for ages, Yeah, that you can

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<v Speaker 1>achieve this and that. Anyway, the first one hundred people

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<v Speaker 1>to come up the back of the room like and

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<v Speaker 1>they'd have like a big setup up the back where

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<v Speaker 1>you would sign up to the course and like get something.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, oh, this is what this thing is.

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<v Speaker 1>Whereas I did my keynote speech, and I almost think

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<v Speaker 1>the people in the audience know to expect that, like

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<v Speaker 1>the sales pitch at the end. And so I ended

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<v Speaker 1>my speech and then I remember the clapping was stalled,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not sure like in that moment, I was

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<v Speaker 1>like that's all, Like I literally said at the end,

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<v Speaker 1>like that's all. And then there was like a because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if for sure, but everyone before me

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<v Speaker 1>had sold something at the end, whereas I had nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to sell at the end. I was just there to

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<v Speaker 1>share my story and that's it. So I guess a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people, I don't know, maybe in my position,

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<v Speaker 1>they would see a comment like this, like the one

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<v Speaker 1>that Brook has left and like not feel great about.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I'm an entrepreneur with this business podcast and someone

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<v Speaker 1>tell me that I inspired them that closing the business

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<v Speaker 1>was the best thing they could ever do, Like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to turn this around and I know, make

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<v Speaker 1>money out of you Brook somehow. Whereas like, I am

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<v Speaker 1>so glad to have made Brook feel that way that

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<v Speaker 1>she was fine to close the chapter, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>not my intention whatsoever to make Brook feel that way,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm glad. And I never want to be the

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<v Speaker 1>type of person on this podcast that has a certain agenda.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, like, take whatever you will from these episodes,

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<v Speaker 1>if it's you finished listening to one of them and

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, fuck, yeah, I'm going to start a business,

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<v Speaker 1>or you might listen to my episode and think fuck,

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<v Speaker 1>I never want to do that, I never want to

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<v Speaker 1>own a business. Or if you're like Brook and you've

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<v Speaker 1>listened to however many episodes and thought fuck after her

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<v Speaker 1>sharing all this, I've made the absolute right decision in

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<v Speaker 1>closing my business, and I don't feel so bad about

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<v Speaker 1>it anymore. I absolutely love that. And I think one

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<v Speaker 1>thing that we definitely need to normalize is that we're

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<v Speaker 1>not cut out to do everything. There are so many

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<v Speaker 1>things that we can do in business, and I'll speak

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<v Speaker 1>about it in my episode next week about like the

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<v Speaker 1>challenges and pressures that I feel on myself when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to being in my position, But there's no shame

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<v Speaker 1>in not being able to do it all, even if

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<v Speaker 1>it's something as big as running a business, Like I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's okay to not admit defeat, but to go

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<v Speaker 1>I can't do that thing. I can't run that business.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't do this and that. I think one thing

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<v Speaker 1>that I well, there's a few things that I've realized

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<v Speaker 1>that I can't do, one of them being I can't

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<v Speaker 1>do numbers. AJ does that. I handed that over to me.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was paying all of our invoice and doing

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<v Speaker 1>everything up until I want to say, like last year,

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<v Speaker 1>and then AJ just said to me one day, do

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<v Speaker 1>you admit to do that? That I was like sure,

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<v Speaker 1>So that I told everyone that sends us bills and invoices,

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<v Speaker 1>can you send them to AJ from now on? And

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<v Speaker 1>I've realized the numbers thing isn't for me. The other

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I've realized, maybe only in the last year

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<v Speaker 1>and a half or two years, is that direct one

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<v Speaker 1>on one management with a lot of employees is not

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<v Speaker 1>for me. I'm very involved in my team's day to

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<v Speaker 1>day lives and their jobs, but especially over the last

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<v Speaker 1>two years, we have put a lot of people in

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<v Speaker 1>management positions so that I know it's not just for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously it's great for the team, but I now don't

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<v Speaker 1>feel that pressure of, Oh, I wonder how clear in

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<v Speaker 1>our social media team is doing in her day to

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<v Speaker 1>day job, and if she needs any direct help with anything,

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<v Speaker 1>I absolutely can do that and I will jump in

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<v Speaker 1>at any moment's notice to help out in any way.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think what I've realized is there's other bigger

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<v Speaker 1>things that I can focus on that's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>better for the business. For example, coming out with our

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<v Speaker 1>next collection, or planning a huge social media campaign, or

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<v Speaker 1>working on where our next door location is going to be.

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<v Speaker 1>It's way more important for me to put my time,

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<v Speaker 1>energy focus into that than having a sit down one

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<v Speaker 1>on one with Claire from our social media team or

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<v Speaker 1>Brook who does our PR saying Okay, Claire, what tasks

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<v Speaker 1>are you working on this week? Like that, I've realized

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<v Speaker 1>isn't for me, and that's a hard thing to do

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<v Speaker 1>as a business owner, is to let go of the

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that you don't need to hold on to. So

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<v Speaker 1>thanks so much Brooke for sending through your comment. The

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<v Speaker 1>Nova team have brought that to my attention. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much Ellie for that, and I'm glad that you

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<v Speaker 1>could get something like that out of this podcast, which

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<v Speaker 1>again I never thought someone could get that out out

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<v Speaker 1>of it, but hey, anything goes on big business. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter what you're doing. Hopefully you can get something

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<v Speaker 1>out of the pod. So thanks Brooke, and I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>back next week with a main episode.