1 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Britney Saunders and welcome to Big Business, the 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: place where business is far from boring. And today I'm 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: recording on gaddigall Land. Now, I somehow managed to build 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: an empire from the garage underneath my house and I'm 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: here on Big Business to share it all with you, 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: from the winds, the mistakes, the challenging times and the 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: funny moments in between. 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: So, whether you're in business yourself. 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: Perhaps you're not in the game at all, maybe you're 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: just looking for some inspiration, or you simply just want 11 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: to hear the tea when it comes to business, this 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: is the podcast for you. Coming up on today's episode, 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to be talking all things my keynote speech. 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: If you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: that recently over a weekend on a Saturday. 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 2: And Sunday, I was working. 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: I worked on the weekend and I did my keynote speech, 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: which I've done once before, so this is my second 19 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: time doing the same keynote. And I actually had a 20 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: lot of people who saw it on my story who 21 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: couldn't attend on the day say, is there any way 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: that we can like listen to this or watch this 23 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: and whilst I can't run through the entire keynote because 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: it's very visual because you kind of got to, you know, 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: watch the slides and the screens, and I have a 26 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: lot of images that I share in my keynote, I 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: thought I could sit down today with Xander and we 28 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: could run through it, and I could also talk about 29 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: some of the best bits of the talk because I got. 30 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: A lot of feedback after it. 31 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: I did a little imprompt you meet and greet at 32 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: the end of both days, and I had a lot 33 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: of people come up to me and ask me questions 34 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: and say what they liked about the chat, and there 35 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: were some great key takeaways in the talk. So I thought, 36 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm just going to talk all things talking keynotes in 37 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: today's episodes. So let's just get straight down to business. 38 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: So we've got a lot to chat about today about 39 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: my keynote, I want to share, like all my thoughts 40 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: and feelings about actually doing keynot speeches, because I know 41 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: that when it comes to public speaking, it's not everyone's 42 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: cup of tea. In fact, I think the majority of 43 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: people hate the idea. 44 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: Of talking to a large crowd. 45 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: But I thought I would start by talking to you 46 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: about I think the best slide in my keynote, and again, 47 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: if you saw my stories from over the weekend when 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: I was doing the keynote, one of the slides in 49 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: big red writing, it said do it scared? Do it scared? 50 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: And this Why are you laughing, Xander? What do you 51 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: think when you hear just do it scared? 52 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 3: I'm laughing because on the weekend I saw that slide 53 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 3: on your story and I listened to the advice and 54 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: I did something. Oh yeah, I just remembered that when 55 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: you said that, So I had a little giggle. 56 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: There you go. So you were meant to see it. Yeah, 57 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 2: So do it scared. 58 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: I want all of you to think of this always 59 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: and remember it kind of make it your motto. And 60 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: it was something that I really emphasized to everyone when 61 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: I was doing the keynote is just. 62 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: Remember to do it scared. 63 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: And the reason why I included that in my talk 64 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: is because I was talking about content creation because it 65 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: was like a content kind of event. But in my keynote, 66 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: I tell my whole story from start to finish and 67 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: how my whole career started because I started making those 68 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: YouTube videos, and how I quit my job when I 69 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: was twenty one, and how I signed my first commercial lease, 70 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: you know, when fate started to become something, and then 71 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: how we moved into the building in twenty nineteen. I 72 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: think it was where I made the plunge to open 73 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: our first retail store, and I did all of those 74 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: things scared. I was scared every single time. 75 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: I was scared. 76 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: When I hired my first employee, I was scared that 77 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: I wasn't going to have enough money to pay her. 78 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: I was scared that I wasn't going to have enough 79 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: time for her to do in the day. I remember 80 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: that being one of my fears, like what if I 81 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: wade out of jobs to give her. But every single 82 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: thing that I've done in my career that has scared me, 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: I've just done it scared anyway, And I think a 84 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: lot of people not even when it comes to content 85 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: creation or business. It can be anything you know. It 86 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: could be applying for a new role. It could be 87 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: speaking up in your team morning meeting because you have 88 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: something that you want to address, or you have a 89 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: creative idea that you want to share with the team. 90 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: It could be anything moving to a new city. 91 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: It could be telling someone that they've upset you it 92 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: could be in your relationships. People don't do things because 93 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: they're scared. But I think it's really important to remember 94 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: you can still do stuff even when you're scared. Just 95 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: do it scared. The cool thing about doing a keynote 96 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: right is because like you're talking for forty minutes straight, 97 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: but you've got all these slides on the screen behind you, 98 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: and I just write all big quotes in big bold writing. 99 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: And I noticed that when the do it Scared slide 100 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: was on the screen, everyone's phone went up. 101 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 2: It's like people loved that. 102 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: And that's a good indicator for me that everyone likes 103 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: this topic because everyone's phone goes up and then they 104 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: all want to take a photo of that do it Scared? 105 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: And I think honestly, being scared and like a fear 106 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 1: of failure or a fear of judgment, or a fear 107 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: of what other people might say, you know, I know 108 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: when it especially comes to content creation, people were like, oh, 109 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: like I don't want to post that because I'm like 110 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: what would my family say? Or like what would my 111 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: friends say? What would my colleagues say? Like, you're scared 112 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: of what people will say. But just because you're scared 113 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that you shouldn't do it. And I think 114 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: a lot of people, with all things in life, they 115 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: don't do things because they're scared, like, oh no, I'm 116 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: too scared, I won't do it. But my motto of 117 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: this week and forever is just do the thing scared. 118 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: If you're scared of doing something, that's even more of 119 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: a reason to do it, because I think when you're 120 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 1: feeling scared and oh I don't know, what if I fail? 121 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: What if I fall? What if people judge me? And 122 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: then you do it and then you succeed, I think 123 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: you were meant to do it, even if you were petrified. 124 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 2: It's how you grow. It is, it is how you grow. 125 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: And a lot of people when they spoke to me 126 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: after the keynote, they said, I loved the do it 127 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: scared thing. So take it from me and just remember 128 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: that quote anytime that you're feeling nervous about something or worried, 129 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: like I even had nerves, because when you do the keynote. 130 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 1: I was sitting in the front row and so I 131 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: watched Jimmy Reese do his keynote before me. And he's 132 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: a comedian and like you know, he's hilarious, and he 133 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: had everyone cracking up. And on the Saturday, obviously that 134 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: was the first day, and like I was sitting there 135 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: and then I knew that his was wrapping up, and 136 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: then they started to they come back up on stage 137 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: and start talking about me, and as I know I'm 138 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: about to be called up, like you start getting that 139 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: scared feeling and your heart starts racing a bit, and 140 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: then I. 141 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 2: Like, wasn't breathing properly. 142 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: So like, even when I'm going to do something like 143 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: speaking in front of a thousand people, I'm scared, but 144 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: I just tell myself, like I'm scared, yes, but I'm 145 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: still going to do this thing. You can do the 146 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: things scared. Just because you're scared doesn't mean you should 147 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: go now. 148 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: I'm not going to do it. I'm too scared. Do 149 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: it while you're scared. 150 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: And I just I freaking love that, And I think 151 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: we can use that in any area of our life. 152 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: It doesn't just have to be business, doesn't just have 153 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: to be content creation. 154 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 2: It can be bloody anything. 155 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: So that was my favorite I guess moment from my 156 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: keynote slides that I thought it was worth sharing here 157 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: on the pod. 158 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 3: When I saw you post about that on the weekend. 159 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 3: I was figuring out because a lot of the time 160 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 3: I personally, I like sit on my bed in my 161 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 3: rooment I ruminate over things, and I'm going, oh, like 162 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 3: I want to do this, but like I just don't. 163 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 3: I don't think I can, or like I it's a 164 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: fear about it. And I thought I had was like, well, 165 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 3: if I'm always sitting in this spot in my house 166 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,559 Speaker 3: worrying about things or questioning whether I should do something, 167 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 3: I should have those words somewhere on my wall in 168 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 3: right mirror. So when I'm there and I'm worried and 169 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 3: I'm scared, I have that kind of reference. 170 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 4: Do it scared. 171 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 3: So just a little bit of advice from me, and 172 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 3: it is, it is silly, but have these things. I 173 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 3: have a posted note with do it Scared somewhere, have 174 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 3: something written on your wall. 175 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 2: Put it as your wallpaper, on your phone. 176 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, literally anywhere where it's in sight, so it gets 177 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 3: ingrained in your mind. 178 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 4: It actually does work. Yeah, And I'm actually going to 179 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 4: be doing that, going to do it Scared. 180 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 2: Love that you can take something away from that. 181 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 4: It wasn't even there exactly right. 182 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: But I think that's the number one thing that stops 183 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: anyone from doing anything really, Like, I think it's your 184 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: self doubt, Like that's what stops anyone from doing anything. 185 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: If like, most of the time you can do it, 186 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: but it's your own fears and worries. And so that's 187 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: why I love that so much, and I just thought 188 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: I got to share it. Everyone, do it scared, even 189 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: if you're absolutely shitting yourself, you can still do it 190 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: when you're scared. On the same sort of theme, another 191 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: huge chunk of my keynote on the weekend was how 192 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: comparison is the thief of joy? We all know that saying, 193 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: And again it was very visual in my keynote, I've 194 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: got my slides up in front of me here so 195 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: I can see them. But I showed some screenshots of 196 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 1: my very first YouTube videos back in the day, and 197 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: I also shared some screenshots, like photos of some businesses 198 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: that I had attempted before I started Fate and I think, 199 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: like did I think maybe? In the very first episode 200 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: of Big Business Pod, I spoke a little bit about 201 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: like other things that i'd done before Fate. 202 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, we've talked about the short lived beauty business and 203 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 3: the even shorter lives phone case Debarcle. 204 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, but just to give you a quick recap, like 205 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: if you haven't listened to episode one A Big Business, 206 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: which if you haven't, like go back and have a 207 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: listen before I and not just for me, but you know, 208 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: for a lot of business owners out there, Like you'll 209 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: see business owners in twenty twenty five and everything they're doing, 210 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: and you can often be like, oh wow, like you know, 211 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: look at everything that this girl is doing, Look at 212 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: everything that this person is doing. But what people don't 213 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,599 Speaker 1: see is like all the stuff that you had attempted 214 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: earlier on. And so I took everyone in the audience 215 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: along on the journey of all the things that I did, 216 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: like years and years and years ago, like back in 217 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, like Xander mentioned, and I'll just I won't 218 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: bore you with the details. But in twenty thirteen, I 219 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: attempted to start a few businesses. One of them was 220 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: a spray tanning business where I was doing mobile spraytnds 221 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: I had. I was living in a house where like 222 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: the backsteps go because it's kind of on a slow 223 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: peep block, and then you know how those houses have 224 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: like a little brick room underneath the back of the stairs, 225 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: like I set up a spray tanning business in there, 226 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: and that one actually worked, like I got kind of 227 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,599 Speaker 1: busy Thursday nights, had all the girlies coming over for 228 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: a fifteen dollars spray tan and then another one that 229 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: I attempted in twenty thirteen, like this is. 230 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: Over ten years ago. 231 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: Was I thought I can sell iPhone cases, but instead 232 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: of like making them, you know, actually my own iPhone cases. 233 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: Like I went onto eBay because that's where you bought 234 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: cheap stuff back then, and I bought plane iPhone cases. 235 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 2: Then I went to Spotlight. 236 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: I purchased all of these decorations like lace, pearls, gems, 237 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: anything that I thought was beautiful, and I spent my 238 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: own money on this. And then I sat there one 239 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: night at my dining room table decorating these like with 240 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: a hot glue gun, like putting all these decorations on 241 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: iPhone cases. And then I tried to sell them on 242 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: Facebook because like the Internet was so different back then, 243 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: like I don't I don't know if shopify existed back then, 244 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 1: who knows, but you know I had three or four 245 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,719 Speaker 1: hundred friends on Facebook, so I was like I could 246 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: sell to these people, and so I posted this photo 247 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: beautifully hand decorated iPhone cases for sale fifteen dollars each, 248 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: and I didn't sell a single one. And there were 249 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: so many other things that I did before I wound 250 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: up where I am now, like with Fate and the 251 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: cafe and everything. And I think it's really important to 252 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: not compare yourself to other people. And I think in 253 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, it's extremely easy to compare yourself to 254 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: other people because of the way social media is now 255 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: and how there's so many businesses out there, and everyone's 256 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: on Instagram and TikTok, and there's hunt thousands of businesses 257 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: out there. It's easy to look at what everyone else 258 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: is doing and compare yourself to them and where they 259 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: are on their journey. But I mean, for me, I 260 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: started my entrepreneurial journey a very very long time ago, 261 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: and it took me a lot of attempts to land 262 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: on something which was fate that was the one that worked. 263 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 1: That was the one that worked for me. And I 264 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: spoke a lot about this in my talk, and I 265 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: think it's just a good reminder don't look at other people, 266 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: look at other people for inspiration. Absolutely follow people, admire 267 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: what they do take notes and you know, learn from others, 268 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: but again, don't compare yourself to them, because you're at 269 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: a different point to them that they are in their journey, 270 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: the same way that I would be at a different 271 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: point in my journey compared to where you're at. And 272 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: we've all been at different levels of our journey over 273 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: the years, and it's just important to remember that you're 274 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: on your own journey the same way that everyone else 275 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: is on their own journey, and we're all at different 276 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: at different points. Because if you get too caught up 277 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: in comparing again, like you're just gonna delay, you're going 278 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: to doubt yourself. And that was just another really important 279 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: part of my talk is not everything starts out being 280 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: amazing like you might see it is on social media today. 281 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: Another big part of my talk was talking about risk taking, 282 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: which I kind of already touched on in this episode already. Again, 283 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: I think it all comes down to the belief in yourself. 284 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: And like I mentioned earlier on every single thing that 285 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: has happened in my career that has pushed me forward 286 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: or pushed fate forward, is in a moment where I 287 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: have recognized that I can say yes to something that 288 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: scares the crap out of me, and I take a risk, 289 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: and I think it's just really important to know that, 290 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: you know, the classic saying without risk, there is no reward, 291 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: Like we can't expect, especially in business, to grow or 292 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: get more customers, or grow our following, or get new 293 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: clients or whatever it may be. We can't just expect 294 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: to sit. 295 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 2: In the easy lane. 296 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: I guess and expect that just because we own a business, 297 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: things are going to come our way. It's when you 298 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: take those risks that stuff will happen. And again, I 299 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: think this goes back to you know, doing it scared 300 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: and your fears. Everything that I've achieved has happened as 301 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: a result of me taking a massive risk, and some 302 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: of the moments that I speak about in my talk was, 303 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: for example, when I moved out of my garage where 304 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: I had my one employee and I signed my first 305 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: ever commercial lease. It was then that we moved into 306 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: a bigger space. That it opened the opportunity for our 307 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: business to grow even bigger, because if you're limiting yourself 308 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: in your space, we couldn't have grown any bigger in 309 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: the garage. And it scared the crap out of me. 310 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: That I was going to sign a commercial lease. I 311 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: was terrified. It was twelve months long, and that scared 312 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: me so much. You know, it was like a little lease. 313 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: You know, mostual leases of five years, but the first 314 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: one that I saw it was just a twelve month 315 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: lease because it was like a little shed kind of thing. 316 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: And I remember thinking, like, I don't think I'm going 317 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: to make it that twelve months, or like I don't 318 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: think I'm going to be able to pay the rent 319 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: for twelve months because I've also got to pay rent 320 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: at home, and then I've got to pay like my 321 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: one employee. But then we moved into that commercial space, 322 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: I started paying rent there. I hired my second and 323 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: third employee there, and all of a sudden, this snowball 324 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: started happening, which couldn't have happened if I'd stayed in 325 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: the safe like in the safety net of working in 326 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: my garage. So you've got to do those scary things 327 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: to then see the growth. That's when it happens. The 328 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: growth doesn't happen if you're just staying in your comfort 329 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: zone and not taking any risks. And I spoke a 330 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: lot about that in my chat. Another thing that I 331 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: spoke about is how long of a journey entrepreneurship can be? 332 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: And someone actually asked me after the talk, would you 333 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: say that it's a marathon or a sprint? And I said, 334 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: it's a marathon, and sometimes you're sprinting in the marathon, 335 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: like it's both. And I loved that question. He said, yeah, 336 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: is business a marathon or a sprint? It's a marathon 337 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: that never ends, I would say, and you have to 338 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: be patient. 339 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 2: I mean, I know nothing about marathons. 340 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: I've never run. When have you ever been in a marathons? Andrew, 341 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: I feel like you are the kind of person that 342 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: would have been I haven't. 343 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 4: I've only done bodybuilding. 344 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: Wait what you haven't but you've done bodybuilding? Yeah, you're 345 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: so rare. 346 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 4: I just want to flex, no pun intended. 347 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: Anything that you want to do, whether it's content creation, 348 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 1: starting a business, starting anything. I think we've got to 349 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: remind ourselves the importance of it. It's going to take 350 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: a very long time. And where we live in this 351 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: world now where we love instant gratification. You know, we 352 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: buy something online, boom, it can be at your door 353 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: the next day, Like you can do something on social 354 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: media and put it out into the world so quickly, 355 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: you know, like online shopping, like TikTok, everything so fast. 356 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: I think we have become such impatient creatures with how 357 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: much we can get whatever we want at the click 358 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: of a button. When you're wanting to do something like 359 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: start a business, you want the success to happen overnight, 360 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: which I get because I'm an extremely impatient person. Business 361 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: has taught me to become way more patient. And I 362 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: have learned over the years that all Gond beings tag time. 363 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: I know, that's like such a cliche fucking saying, but 364 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: since like doing everything that I've done, all these cliche sayings, 365 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know what, they're really true. And in 366 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: my talk I spoke about how when I was twenty one, 367 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: I quit my full time job. 368 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 2: There was the risk that I took. 369 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,239 Speaker 1: You know, I think back then, because that was ten 370 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: years ago or just over ten years ago. Now, my 371 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: full time job was paying me five hundred and fifty 372 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: dollars a week after tax, and my dream back then 373 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: was to earn a thousand dollars a week. My dream 374 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: was to get a job that was fifty two grand 375 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: a year, right, But I threw in the full time 376 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: job there was the risk that I took. I had 377 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: eighty thousand YouTube subscribers. 378 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 2: I was earning just enough. 379 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 1: Off that YouTube channel to get by, And by that, 380 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: I mean I knew I was going to have zero 381 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: dollars in my bank account at all times, like I 382 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: was just going to have enough to pay rent in 383 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: my sharehouse. I was going to have just enough to 384 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: buy a couple of groceries. But I took that risk 385 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 1: and I made it work. But it took me three 386 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: years after that to get to a good point. It 387 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: took me so long, And it's very different now because 388 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: social media is I would say easier to grow on now, 389 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: especially with TikTok, Like this is back in the YouTube days. 390 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: But I quit my full time job when I was 391 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: twenty one, and then for the next three years, I 392 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: worked so hard on that YouTube channel. I was pumping 393 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: out so much content every single week. And it's only 394 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: me that had the power to do that. No one 395 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: else was going to make that happen for me. And 396 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: when I was twenty four, I hit a million subscribers, 397 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: and it took me three years to get there. And 398 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: same with Fate, Like Fate is turning eight this year 399 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: and I still feel like we're just getting started, which 400 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: I know we're not. 401 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 2: Like I know we're you know, doing. 402 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: Amazingly by this point, but especially for you know, I 403 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: always talk about I've mentioned it on here as well. 404 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: The first three years of Fate was a practice. 405 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 2: Run for me. 406 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: It wasn't until about three years in that I feel 407 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: like Fate really started. Like for the first three years, 408 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: I was just figuring shit out, doing everything wrong, and 409 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: we didn't start to see like any real major success 410 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: until three plus years in. And I think it's just 411 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: important to give yourself grace and time when it comes 412 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: to anything that you want to do. I know we're 413 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: all so impatient. We want something tomorrow. If we order 414 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: it online, we want it tomorrow. Thanks to Amazon, we've 415 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: become so like. 416 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 2: I don't know, needy, like I want it now. 417 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: But if you want something bad enough, whether it's a 418 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: career or a business or social media success or anything, 419 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: you've got to remember you've got to be in it 420 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: for the long haul, because nothing good will happen overnight. 421 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: I mean it can if you're really fucking lucky and 422 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: something goes viral, I don't know, but then it's probably 423 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: not going to be sustainable. 424 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 2: But just remember, all good things take time. 425 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: I obviously can't run through my entire keynote speech in 426 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: a podcast because you need the visuals, you need the slides. 427 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: If you do, go back and listen to episode one 428 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: of Big Business that's kind of the same theme. But 429 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: to put the keynote speech in a nutshell, it's me 430 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: telling my story from the very beginning. I even go 431 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: back and talk about all the jobs that I had 432 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: back in the day, which I think is in episode 433 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 1: one of Big Business from memory, it was like a 434 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: while ago. 435 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 2: Have we been doing big Business for a year? 436 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 4: Yet it will be a year next month, I believe. Yeah, 437 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 4: Oh we're gonna. 438 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 2: Have to get a cake. Yeah, we have to get 439 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 2: a cake and do a fun little. 440 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 4: Post happy first birthday ass. 441 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 1: But the keynote is the story of how I did 442 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 1: absolutely everything, and I'd love to, Like it's got me thinking, 443 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 1: like I'd love to just take this keynote and like 444 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: turn it into an event of my own and like 445 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: travel around and kind of turn it into some sort 446 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: of event where it's not just like me telling my story, 447 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: but like do my own kind of inspirational slash business 448 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: slash content slash Women Slash Powerful event. I feel like 449 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: that'd be a dream of mine. But it's just me 450 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: sharing my story, and I think the overall consensus of 451 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: it is that it's inspiring and you can do anything 452 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: if you just start and just do that first thing 453 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: that you're scared of doing. That was a whole theme 454 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: of my chat, and the feedback that I got was 455 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: just everyone saying that they were feeling so inspired. And 456 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: I had this one woman come up to me afterwards. 457 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: She said that she was nearly fifty and that she 458 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: like she was quite stylish, and she said, I've been 459 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: wanting to, you know, create like fashion content for someone 460 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, my age and my size, because I just 461 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: don't feel like there's enough representation on social media. And 462 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: she said that she's been you know, creating videos but 463 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: then like not posting them and just hanging on to 464 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: them because she's just worried that you know, they'll flop 465 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: or she's worried what people will say, and she's like, 466 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: but after like hearing your talk today, like I'm going 467 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: to start, I'm just going to start posting. And when 468 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: it comes to content creation, especially if you're starting out, 469 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people's fears are around the numbers. 470 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 1: You know, I don't want to post because I'm scared 471 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: it or flop. And I say in my talk, who 472 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: cares if it flops? No one saw it anyway? Who 473 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 1: cares if it flops? No one saw it anyway, you know, 474 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: And no one's fixating on the number of views more 475 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: than you. 476 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 2: And if someone is, like, if someone that you know 477 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 2: is looking at. 478 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: Your account, be like that only got one hundred and 479 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: fifty views, then what the fuck are they doing with 480 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: their life? 481 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 2: Like, what are they doing? How much spare time are they? God, 482 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 2: if they're. 483 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: Worrying about that, But trust me, you're the one that's 484 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: worrying the most. 485 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 2: And again, we all started there. 486 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: I started making those YouTube videos in high school and 487 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: my videos were getting one hundred views and it was 488 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: just the kids in my school making fun of me. 489 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: But I didn't worry about that. Yeah, I was a 490 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: little bit scared, but I just did it anyway. And 491 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: look at all the shit that I've done because I 492 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,719 Speaker 1: just started posting those videos even though they were crap, 493 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: they were embarrassing, they were cringe. Another thing that I 494 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: said in the talk, it's cringe until it's not cringe anymore. 495 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: It's cringe until it starts working. We all started out cringe. 496 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: I'm still cringe today actually, like And another thing that 497 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: I loved was Jimmy Reese also did a talk before me, 498 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: and if you don't know who he is, you've probably 499 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: seen his viral videos on TikTok and Instagram, but also 500 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: for ten years he was the host on Giggle and 501 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: Hoot on ABC, which is a kid's show where he 502 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: talked to. 503 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 2: The puppet on the set kind of thing. 504 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: And his talk was really fun and engaging, and he's 505 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: a comedian as well, so it was making me go, fuck, 506 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to get up there and be funny 507 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: because he was before me and had everyone cracking up. 508 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: But he just said, you know, don't be afraid to 509 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: be an idiot, and I completely agre with that. I've 510 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: always been an idiot on the internet. And again, you 511 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: could be worried, like, oh, if you're being silly on 512 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: the internet, who's gonna judge me? 513 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:08,679 Speaker 2: What are they going to say? 514 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: But just be an idiot, have fun, and even if 515 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: you're scared, post the thing anyway or do the thing. 516 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: This doesn't just apply to content creation. That was the 517 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: whole theme of the talk. I absolutely loved it. And 518 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 1: in the lead up, you know, I was experiencing a 519 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: little bit of nerves, like you know when you kind 520 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: of commit to something and then you're like, oh my god, 521 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: why did I do this? And then you start, you know, 522 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: questioning whether you are capable of doing it. But I 523 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: just did it, even if I was a little bit scared. 524 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 1: And then you step off the stage and you're like, 525 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: holy shit, I did it, and I actually loved that. 526 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: So stay tuned. Honestly, I'd love to do more of 527 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: this public speaking thing and kind of turn it into 528 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: a big event. I mean, this is just an idea 529 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: that's in my head right now. So don't get too excited. 530 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: Shout out to FUJIFILM. Don't think they'd be listening. But 531 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: it was a great event and it was very inspiring, 532 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: and it was so fun that it was at Luna Park, 533 00:26:58,680 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: of all places. 534 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: Have you been lately, Xander? 535 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 4: I have a fun fact. 536 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 3: So when I was twenty eight years old, Yeah, so 537 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 3: Lunar Park used to be shut down. Yeah, so for 538 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 3: a few years it was shut down for I don't 539 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 3: remember why, but we knew the guy that operated it 540 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 3: or owned it or something like that. Anyway, they opened 541 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 3: up Luna Park for me and five friends on my 542 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 3: eighth birthday and we had the whole park wow for. 543 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 4: My eighth birthday. Isn't that crazy? 544 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's nut. What a good memory. 545 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: I know. 546 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: I feel like they need to do more. I'm sure 547 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 2: they do, but like it's a really cool place. 548 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: And so the talk that I did was in like 549 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: the big top tent kind of thing and apparently they've 550 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: recently done that up in the last couple of years. 551 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: Like it was amazing the venue. We might have to 552 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: do an event there. 553 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 4: Big business at Luna Park. Yeah, yeah, live recording. 554 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. 555 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: Anyway, thank you so much to any of you listening 556 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: that did come along on the day. There was a 557 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: thousand seats and it was full both days, so that 558 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: was super cool. And and he instead of being scared 559 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: and doing things anyway, And as always, I'm going to. 560 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 2: Leave you with a Tip of the week. 561 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: I feel like we honestly need to change this stand 562 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: up because I give that many tips the whole episode, 563 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 1: Like what's the point of having a tip at the end? 564 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 3: I love Tip of the week so much. 565 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: Let me think, let me think, Okay, I've got a 566 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: tip of the week for you, which has got nothing 567 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: to do with anything I've been talking about. But if 568 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: you make content, you're gonna love this. Because I only 569 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: just learned about it. The editing app cap cut, which 570 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of you use. I love inshot better, 571 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: but cap cut does have a lot more features. Cap 572 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: cut has this feature called transcribe or transcript. 573 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 2: I don't know what one it is. It's one of those. 574 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: And essentially, just say you make a video of yourself 575 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: and you're sitting there talking for ten minutes, or maybe 576 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: you're like doing a try on hole or whatever for 577 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: ten minutes, and there's like, you've got ten minutes a 578 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: footage that you need to cut down into three minutes. 579 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: You can put that whole video into cap cut, the 580 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: ten minute thing, and then you hit the transcribe button. 581 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it's transcribe, and then it will edit 582 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: it for you. It will then take that ten minute video. 583 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: It will cut out all the like the moments where 584 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: you're not saying anything. 585 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 2: It will cut out you saying. It will cut out 586 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 2: you saying. 587 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: Like if you like say hey everyone welcome, Oh wait, 588 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: hey everyone, welcome. It will take out the first one 589 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: because it knows that you repeated yourself to sound better 590 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: the second time. So then it will take like a 591 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: ten minute video and chop it down way shorter, and 592 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: you will save so much time editing. 593 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 4: Oh cut should sponsor the parodophy. 594 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 2: Should So that's my tip of the week. 595 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: If you do content creation where you need to edit 596 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: your footage, use that transcribe feature. 597 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure that's. 598 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: What it's called. I don't think it's transcript anyway. That's 599 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: my tip of the week, and a very useful one 600 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: at that. Oh and remember to chase after your dreams 601 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: as if they are you money.