1 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Emily Abadi coming to you live from the 2 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: Age Studio on this final day of twenty twenty one, 3 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: which also happens to be Hurdle's fourth birthday. Is this 4 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: what it feels like when you have a kid and 5 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: it's their birthday. It's a little It's not silly to 6 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: celebrate it. I think it's worthy of this moment, but 7 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: it is kind of funny in that I literally bought 8 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 1: a couple of balloons and myself a cupcake, and I 9 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: will one hundred percent be acting as though it is 10 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: my personal birthday today, especially because I mean New Year's 11 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: Eve this year. 12 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: I don't know about all of you, but my plan. 13 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: Is to make pizza at home with a friend of 14 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: mine and our other friend's dog who happens. 15 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 3: To be off galivanting and whistlers. So really, all things considered, 16 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 3: a few extra cupcakes around the apartment isn't such a 17 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 3: bad thing. Firstly, thank you to all of you for 18 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 3: empowering me to keep doing this thing, for coming back 19 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 3: to this feed week after week. It kind of blows 20 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 3: my mind that four years into this, this is nothing 21 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 3: really what. 22 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: I thought it would be. 23 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: I don't even know if I really thought about in 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: depth what this would become, but the community and the 25 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: connections and the opportunities that have come my way because 26 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: one day I decided that I was going to try 27 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: making a podcast. 28 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, it's it's pretty special. 29 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: I'm kind of mixing up the order this week because 30 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: the listener question is actually exactly what I want to 31 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: talk about. So for this week on five Minute Friday, 32 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to kickstart with a listener question. 33 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 3: Hey am, it's Lauren from Louisville. 34 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: I love this week' hurdle moment with the end of 35 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: the year highlights, and I'm definitely stoked for the turning 36 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: the page series again. 37 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: What's the word that summarizes your year? 38 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: I just want to before I get into this question, 39 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: give Lauren a little bit of love because we've had 40 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: the opportunity to meet a few times. The last time 41 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: that she was in New York, she and I actually 42 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: sat down and had one on one coffee and it 43 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: was really special. But I'll never forget. I believe it 44 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: was in Chicago. I think when I noticed that in 45 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: her Instagram bio, like one of the descriptors. One of 46 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: the way that she identifies herself is as a hurdler, 47 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: and I was sitting at dinner with a girlfriend of 48 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: mine and I saw it and I looked up and 49 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: I looked at my friend and I just started like 50 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: hysterically crying. 51 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: And it's just really special to me. 52 00:02:58,440 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: I think there's so much more that I want to 53 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: do and building this community, but to know that I 54 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: have had the opportunity to impact someone in the content 55 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: that I put out and the things that I do 56 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: so much that they identify by this thing that I do, 57 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's just it's it's really beautiful and 58 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm really grateful for her in this community. And thanks Laura, 59 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: thanks for the question, and thank you for being you. 60 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: With that said, okay, I'm getting a little rambly now. 61 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: Next week, if you've been listening to the show or 62 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: following along on social media, I am hosting the second installment, 63 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: second year in a row, of the Turning the Page series, 64 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: And what that series really is is me catching up 65 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: with past guests from the last year on the show 66 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: to talk to them about how their year went, what 67 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: their word for the year was, what their biggest takeaways 68 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: have been, and what they're hoping to get into in 69 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two and beyond, and so I'm really amped 70 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: to bring you all of these conversations with amazing people 71 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: like Beck's Gentry and Trent Shelton, Mindy Grossman from ww 72 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: Alex silver Fagan, and I cannot forget Ali Aradi, the 73 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: CEO and founder of Tonal. So much goodness on deck 74 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: for Hurdle next week to inspire you in the new 75 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: year and beyond. But in this as I mentioned asking 76 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: them all to give me a word that's summed up 77 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: their previous year, I have been thinking about what my 78 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: word is going into twenty twenty two. I also write 79 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: about this in this week's Weekly Hurdle newsletter, but I'm 80 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: going to expand on it a little bit more now. 81 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: If you don't subscribe to the Weekly Hurdle, make sure 82 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: to click the link in the show notes to do 83 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: just that. My word for twenty twenty two is bigger. 84 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: And I use that word very purposefully because I want 85 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: things to be bigger in so many aspects of my life. 86 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: I sat down with Jess Simms on Wednesday. Many of 87 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: you know her from the show and from loving her 88 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: on Peloton, and we were good friends and we were 89 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: sitting down kind of having like a vision and goals moment. 90 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: We were gonna just grab coffee, and she asked me 91 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: if I wanted to vision board, and then we kind 92 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: of decided that we needed a moment to hash out 93 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: what would go on the vision board or to things 94 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: that really wanted before we started like cutting things out 95 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: of magazines like we were sixteen years old. Anyway, we 96 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: were sitting down and talking about the things that we wanted, 97 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: and I was really thinking about this word, because the 98 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: things that I want are really big. I want and 99 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this and I don't really know how 100 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: it's gonna sound, but I want to walk into more 101 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: rooms and not have to introduce myself. 102 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: I want to make such an. 103 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: Impact in my community in this industry that I am 104 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: a force to be reckoned with. And I want to 105 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: do this in a really humble way. It's not that 106 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 1: I want to come into a room and know that 107 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: I don't need to introduce myself, and so I don't 108 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: know like I will always smile and introduce myself and 109 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: I always want to meet new people. 110 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: It's not about that. 111 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: What I mean is that I am ready to step 112 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: into my power in what it is that I'm creating 113 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: and what it is that I'm capable of. I want 114 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: bigger in my relationships. I want bigger in the partnerships. 115 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: I want to dream big. I want to really like 116 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 1: stretch the bounds of what maybe I have been doing 117 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,799 Speaker 1: and stop confining myself into a box that might be 118 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: what I think to be realistic. At this point, I'm 119 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: ready to get bigger than that, and I'm ready to 120 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: do more. And I think that the last couple of 121 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: years many of us have found this frustration and feeling 122 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: as though we kind of have to wait to go 123 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: after some of the things that we want because of 124 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: the I'm like gesturing with my hands here like. 125 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 2: The state of the world. 126 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: But honestly, if that I am done waiting, life is 127 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: too damn short to wait and hope that opportunities arise. 128 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: I am ready to step into the light and go 129 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: after the things that I want without making excuses anymore. 130 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: And I say this in the Weekly Hurdle. I'm not 131 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: here saying that you need to sit down with a 132 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: pen and a paper and you need to spend like 133 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: hours and hours writing goals. But if you want to 134 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: write some goals, I have an on demand session for that, 135 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: and you can find it in the show notes. 136 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: What I am saying is that it will not hurt you. 137 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: It will only help you if you dream big and 138 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: write some of those dreams down. Maybe, and this is 139 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: a really special thought, you can be the thing that 140 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: inspires yourself to take the action that you have been 141 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: dreaming about. Maybe right now it's the time to make 142 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: that dream a reality. Maybe right now is that time 143 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: to take the action that has been scaring you for 144 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: so long? 145 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 2: Right? 146 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 3: What if? 147 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: Now? 148 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: What if? 149 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: Now is that time? And so that's kind of what 150 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: I've been thinking about. We already tackle the listener questions, 151 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: So I guess that just leaves me to say another 152 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: hurdle conquered at Emily Body at Hurdle Podcast twenty twenty one. 153 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 2: You have been something else.