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Speaker 1: What up?

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Speaker 2: Y'all, Welcome to your favorite podcast, Cheeky's and Chill. I

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Speaker 2: am so happy to speak to you guys to give

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Speaker 2: you some info on business because April is financial literacy month.

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Speaker 2: So I wanted to take this opportunity to dive deep

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Speaker 2: into something I get asked about a lot. People ask

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Speaker 2: me all the time, Cheeky's, I want to start my

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Speaker 2: own business.

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Speaker 1: How do I go about it? What did you do?

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Speaker 2: So that is what this episode is going to be about.

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Speaker 2: So I hope that you guys enjoy it and you

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Speaker 2: learn a thing or two. Okay, So my very first

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Speaker 2: business was called blow Me Dry, and it was a

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Speaker 2: familiar with the dry bar, and I did get the

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Speaker 2: idea from them because I loved going to the dry

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Speaker 2: bar myself and I love the fact that it was like, oh,

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Speaker 2: you go into the salon, you get your hair wash,

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Speaker 2: you get it blow dried, and then you don't have

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Speaker 2: to wash it for a few days. I was like,

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Speaker 2: you know now what I want my own business. And

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Speaker 2: I had saved up some money from like reality shows

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Speaker 2: that we were doing, and I had always helped my

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Speaker 2: mom with her businesses like helping her start the genes

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Speaker 2: and the perfume and the makeup line and her skincare,

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Speaker 2: and I was the one moving everything forward. I was

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Speaker 2: kind of like, Okay, now it's my time to invest

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Speaker 2: in something. And I will be honest. It wasn't as

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Speaker 2: successful as I would have liked. And I say this.

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Speaker 2: I've shared this quite a bit on the podcast, and

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Speaker 2: I'm okay with saying that now. During that time, it

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Speaker 2: was very difficult because it's my very first business and

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Speaker 2: I wanted it to be successful, and I was like,

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Speaker 2: I tried my very very best. But then I learned

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Speaker 2: the beauty behind failure. And I think that that is

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Speaker 2: something that I want you guys to learn. If anything

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Speaker 2: from this podcast, is that it's okay to fail, because

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Speaker 2: failing also makes you grow, It makes you wiser, it

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Speaker 2: makes you understand that it's okay to make mistakes, it's

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Speaker 2: okay to fall on your face. It's all about how

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Speaker 2: you get back up okay, and giving yourself that grace

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Speaker 2: of saying, Okay, I fell on my face. It didn't

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Speaker 2: work out, but at least you tried it. At least

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Speaker 2: you took the risk. At least you took that leap

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Speaker 2: of faith to say I'm going to try this and

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to let fear paralyze me from growing.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully it is successful. Hopefully you have your blow you know,

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Speaker 2: blow me dry. That name my mom helped me come

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Speaker 2: it had like a little double meaning there. But anyways,

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Speaker 2: maybe yours will work out, and I hope it does.

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Speaker 2: But for me, I'm that type of person that not anymore.

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Speaker 2: I was that learned things a hard way and I

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Speaker 2: needed to go through that very tough lesson in order

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Speaker 2: So anyways, I open the business because I love everything beauty.

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Speaker 2: That's just been me since I can remember, since I

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Speaker 2: was fourteen, I was like, oh my god. I was

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Speaker 2: just loved anything and everything you know, beauty, the beauty industry,

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Speaker 2: some knowledge. So there was always I've always been into

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Speaker 2: that's always been so important to me. I always knew

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Speaker 2: There's a saying in Spanish cal which means if you

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Speaker 2: It was like so cute. It's a beautiful time in

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Speaker 2: I opened it up in twenty twelve, and that's when

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Speaker 2: I was doing it more to make my mom proud,

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Speaker 2: I didn't have my ducks. I guess in a row,

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Speaker 2: I was doing it for not the right reasons. Yes,

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Speaker 2: I wanted my own business. That was the right reason. Yes,

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Speaker 2: It was more of like, Okay, I have this option,

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Speaker 2: probably why it didn't work out. Because when I opened it,

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Speaker 2: I could have saved a lot more money on the fixtures.

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Speaker 2: I didn't necessarily need that expensive flooring or those expensive chairs.

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Speaker 2: I wanted it to look very, very nice because in

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Speaker 2: the area that I was in.

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Speaker 2: Done it in a much inexpensive way. I guess I

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Speaker 2: could have bargain shopped. There's so many different things, and

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Speaker 2: and that's where I went wrong, you know, And I

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Speaker 2: telling me, You're like, why are you doing that? Why

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Speaker 2: You're fine. You don't need to get all these permits.

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Speaker 2: It takes too long. It's very expensive. Mind you, that's

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Speaker 2: something I'll leave in your hands.

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Speaker 1: Again. I had to learn all of this.

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Speaker 2: I had to go through it, and I don't regret

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Speaker 2: So anyways, for me, it was that it was I

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Speaker 2: did the permits, I did the construction. I spent way

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Speaker 2: a rainy day. Because there are a lot of rainy days. Okay,

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Speaker 2: four years of rainy ass days, rainy, thunderstorm, you guys, cloudy.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, So that's the first thing, the first mistake I

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Speaker 2: I got that hug and those words, miha, I'm so

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Speaker 1: So anyways, I you know, I hired this girl. She

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Speaker 2: ever here's my podcast or whatever. She was awesome. She

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Speaker 1: She cost me a lot, but she was worth every

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Speaker 2: So a lot of what I was supposed to make

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Speaker 2: Then my mom passes away a few months later, and

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Speaker 2: But it's okay because that's what's going to make it

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Speaker 2: that's my personal thing. Like I'm not trying to take

433
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Speaker 2: advantage in any way. I want to make sure people

434
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Speaker 2: fall in love with the things that I'm selling because

435
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,200
Speaker 2: I'm super passionate about it. And it's not just about

436
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,520
Speaker 2: making a quick buck for me, it's just it's not

437
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,600
Speaker 2: I believe in like having integrity in that way, and

438
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,840
Speaker 2: that's a huge thing for me, something that is important

439
00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,000
Speaker 2: to me because I want to be able to sleep

440
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,720
Speaker 2: at night. So I hope that you guys have those

441
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,560
Speaker 2: same values and see it that way before starting a business.

442
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:55,120
Speaker 2: That's just my own personal advice. So now let's get

443
00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,640
Speaker 2: into like the nitty gritty of it. For blow me dry,

444
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,400
Speaker 2: I started a corporation. I started a corporation, and under

445
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,960
Speaker 2: that corporation, I did a DBA okay, which is a

446
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,520
Speaker 2: business under So it's like, you know, your corporation, or

447
00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,879
Speaker 2: it could be an LLC, which a lot of people

448
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:14,920
Speaker 2: recommend LLC's because they stand on their own and once

449
00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,280
Speaker 2: you pass away, like no one's liable. It just you

450
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,000
Speaker 2: know what I mean, Like a corporation does the same thing.

451
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,080
Speaker 2: I went through legal Zoom, you guys, I learned everything

452
00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,439
Speaker 2: through legal Zoom. I didn't have the money at that

453
00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,159
Speaker 2: time or the extra money to get an attorney and

454
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,439
Speaker 2: for an attorney to explain everything to me. I just

455
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,880
Speaker 2: googled everything. I googled it, I did my own research.

456
00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,480
Speaker 2: I went to legal Zoom. I started all myself, and

457
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,719
Speaker 2: it was fairly a quick process.

458
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:39,600
Speaker 1: And pretty straight to the point.

459
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,840
Speaker 2: But I do recommend you opening up an LC or

460
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,280
Speaker 2: corporation and escorp is what I've always used because it

461
00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:52,080
Speaker 2: also helps with taxes. It also protects your personal assets,

462
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,639
Speaker 2: so the business kind of stands on its own. I

463
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,560
Speaker 2: do recommend your business having its own EI number because

464
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,280
Speaker 2: again that protects you your personal assets, and from there

465
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 2: you can eventually start paying yourself. The business can start

466
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,320
Speaker 2: paying you, and everything's kind of separate. And your business,

467
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 2: you know, files taxes and you file your personal taxes,

468
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,600
Speaker 2: and everything is kind of separated.

469
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 1: It's still yours.

470
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,399
Speaker 2: The business is still yours, but it becomes its own identity.

471
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,240
Speaker 2: It's like its own Social Security number, is an IEA

472
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,600
Speaker 2: number for your business. It's kind of like the way

473
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,560
Speaker 2: to look at it, you know. And I choose to

474
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,040
Speaker 2: have business partners because I want to focus on my music.

475
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 2: And it works out for me and I can focus

476
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,359
Speaker 2: and I can still tap in and make sure that

477
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 2: everything is like ran through me, but I don't have

478
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 2: to again because I learned to blow me dry that

479
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,720
Speaker 2: I'm like, if I'm not there one hundred percent, it's

480
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,399
Speaker 2: going to be very very hard for it to be successful.

481
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,399
Speaker 2: So I need someone that does a lot of the

482
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,399
Speaker 2: legwork while I'm doing my thing. So if I'm growing

483
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,800
Speaker 2: as cheeky as the artist, then my businesses grow and

484
00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,119
Speaker 2: they benefit because I'm doing my thing. But I also

485
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,160
Speaker 2: have a person that I can trust that works for me. Now,

486
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 2: if you have the time, or you have a spouse

487
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,880
Speaker 2: or a best friend, or you want to do it yourself,

488
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:03,440
Speaker 2: as long as your paperwork and everything, that's one thing

489
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,439
Speaker 2: I'm so annal you guys about filing taxes. I don't

490
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,040
Speaker 2: want to deal with Uncle Sam and I don't want

491
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 2: to have issues, and I don't want to be audited.

492
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 2: So I am a paper person. I save all the receipts,

493
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 2: I save all invoices. I save it for just in

494
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 2: case I have files you guys, since I don't know

495
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,879
Speaker 2: two thousand and nine that are in my storage. I

496
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,000
Speaker 2: save everything because I was just taught that way and

497
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 2: it's very old school, I guess. And there are other

498
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,200
Speaker 2: ways now to do it better. And now my assistant,

499
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 2: my no assistant's helping me with condensing everything and putting

500
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,160
Speaker 2: things on like you know, the computer and scanning stuff.

501
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 2: I'm still like very old school because I'm very like

502
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,000
Speaker 2: I like tangible things. I want to feel the paper.

503
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 2: I want to know that's just who I am. But anyways,

504
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,719
Speaker 2: going back to the whole thing, so it all depends

505
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 2: I do. It's important file your taxes. You don't want

506
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 2: to get screwed, you guys, because they will come if

507
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,199
Speaker 2: you don't pay your taxes, they will come into your

508
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 2: account and not ask for your permission, and Uncle Sam

509
00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,760
Speaker 2: will take what belongs to him, even if it's yours.

510
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 2: They won't even ask you. You'll go look at your

511
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,920
Speaker 2: account and you're like, where did my money go? Well,

512
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,840
Speaker 2: you didn't pay your taxes, so they'll come into your

513
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 2: bank account and they can do that and there's nothing

514
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,880
Speaker 2: that you can do about it. So it is important

515
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 2: that you have all of that situated and you can

516
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 2: do it quarterly, or you can do it at the

517
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 2: end of the year, whatever works out for you. With

518
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 2: some of my business partners, we do it quarterly, like

519
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 2: with Vanessa Sanchez Planteita's a haircare line with we do

520
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,240
Speaker 2: it quarterly. We sit down every quarter, we go through

521
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 2: our numbers, and that's how we do it. You know,

522
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,840
Speaker 2: a bookkeeper is super important. If in the beginning you

523
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,199
Speaker 2: can't afford someone to do your bookkeeping, you do it yourself.

524
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,280
Speaker 2: But it is important that you save every document that

525
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 2: if you you know now you don't really need a

526
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 2: location the way I had to blow me dry, a

527
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 2: physical place to go. Now everything is online. Now everything

528
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,399
Speaker 2: is e commerce, you know what I mean. So you

529
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 2: don't really need a lot of paperwork. But whatever paperwork

530
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 2: you have, save it, scan it, whatever works best for you.

531
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,400
Speaker 2: But have that so you can go back and dot

532
00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,439
Speaker 2: your eyes and cross your t's and make sure that

533
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 2: all that is taken care of, because because you don't

534
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 2: want to screw anyone, and you don't want to get screwed,

535
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 2: especially with no lube and without your permission, you guys.

536
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 2: So with that being said, to your taxes, and I

537
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 2: recommend that you do get your EIA number. If you

538
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 2: can do it yourself, great, if you get an attorney.

539
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 2: Now I get an attorney. Now I have an attorney

540
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 2: that helps me with it. But back then, guys, I

541
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,879
Speaker 2: had to learn myself. I did all my research. Again,

542
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,679
Speaker 2: legal Zoom is not paying me. Just FYI, but this

543
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,400
Speaker 2: is the truth. I use legal Zoom and it worked

544
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 2: out for me. I'm not saying I recommend it or not.

545
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 2: I'm just letting you know that is what I did

546
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,879
Speaker 2: and it was fine. Well, with all that being said,

547
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 2: let's you know fast forward to today. Today. I have

548
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 2: I have a few businesses and they are yes e

549
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 2: commerce and businesses that I absolutely love very much. I'm

550
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 2: super passionate about, but I have learned not to get

551
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 2: too emotionally tied to any of them. And I know

552
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 2: that might sound a little weird, because I absolutely love

553
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 2: my skincare. I love the hair care, I love the nutrition,

554
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,399
Speaker 2: I love the shape where these are all things that

555
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 2: I use every single day that I'm super passionate about.

556
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 2: That I stand one hundred and ten percent behind. But

557
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,400
Speaker 2: I also had a makeup line and it was Beflawless Cosmetics.

558
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 2: Some of you might remember I literally just closed it,

559
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 2: I don't know, less than two years ago. It was

560
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 2: very hard for me, but I sat down and spoke

561
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 2: to Judy, who is also my business partner for the skincare,

562
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 2: and I said, you know what, I see this from

563
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,720
Speaker 2: the outside looking in, and as much as I love

564
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,479
Speaker 2: the cosmetics, I have to be honest with myself and

565
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 2: with you. I'm not as passionate for the makeup as

566
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 2: much as I am for the skincare anymore. I want

567
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 2: to focus more on skincare. And also, the makeup industry

568
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 2: is oversaturated and I don't have the energy to really

569
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,840
Speaker 2: compete and I'd rather just focus on this. And it

570
00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 2: was a discussion, and I have a very amazing business partner,

571
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 2: Judy's awesome shout out to her. She was very respectful

572
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 2: and she said, okay, I don't necessarily agree because she

573
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,239
Speaker 2: loves makeup. She's like, you use it every day you

574
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,280
Speaker 2: have your shows. Like I'm like yeah. I was like,

575
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,879
Speaker 2: but something's telling me I just need to close it,

576
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 2: and I went with that instinct. I was like, okay,

577
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 2: I this is my gut feeling. I can't ignore this

578
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 2: gut feeling. This is what it's telling me. And it

579
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 2: hurt me very much, but I let it go and

580
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 2: I was like, I was okay with it walking away.

581
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,200
Speaker 2: I didn't cry, didn't cry this time like I did

582
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 2: with Boe Dry. I just said, Okay, thank you so

583
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 2: much cosmetics makeup industry for what you did. I'm so grateful,

584
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:34,920
Speaker 2: but I'm going to stick to the skincare and that's

585
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 2: what I've been doing. And I think the key to

586
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,120
Speaker 2: my success because all of my businesses, I can honestly

587
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 2: tell you, thank God, have been very successful. I think

588
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 2: partially yes, because I have a platform, which I'm very

589
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 2: grateful for, you know, social media and ways of being

590
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 2: able to like promote it. I also have amazing business partners,

591
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 2: but I've always been very true to myself. Since my

592
00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 2: experience with my first business, I've learned to listen to

593
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 2: that gut feeling, to that instinct to hey, am I

594
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 2: passionate about this? I do a heart check and I'm like, Okay,

595
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 2: is this coming from my heart? Is this something I'm

596
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,679
Speaker 2: passionate about? Does this make me excited? To go on

597
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 2: social media I'm promoted, or to talk to someone on

598
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 2: the street, someone that may not even know who Cheeky's is,

599
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 2: about my skincare, or when people ask me, oh my god,

600
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 2: you smell so good, what is it. I'm like, oh, Raina,

601
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,400
Speaker 2: it's my perfume. And it's like it's someone that doesn't

602
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 2: even know who I am. And I get a lot

603
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 2: of compliments on it and I'm selling it. But because

604
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 2: I'm like, this is something I absolutely love, so I

605
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,400
Speaker 2: always do that heart check of like, is my heart

606
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 2: in the right place? Am I doing this for the

607
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 2: right reasons? Yes, of course we want to make money. Yes,

608
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 2: of course we want to make ends meet. That is important,

609
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 2: But for me, it's important to be super passionate about

610
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 2: what you're doing and what you're selling and be able

611
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 2: to stand behind it one hundred percent. So I think

612
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 2: that has helped me a lot because I'm a person

613
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 2: that wears my emotions on my sleeve, and you can

614
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 2: tell if I'm having a bad day or I'm super happy,

615
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 2: or I'm able to sell it. Like there are times

616
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 2: when I need to post something but I'm just not

617
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 2: in the right state of mind, and I'm like, okay,

618
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 2: and yes, I'm a businesswoman and I should just like

619
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 2: put my emotions to the side, absolutely, but there are

620
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 2: days where I'm like, I'm the person selling it.

621
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: I'm the billboard.

622
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 2: So if I am just not in the right place

623
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 2: and be able to like give my product what it

624
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 2: deserves in order to sell it, then I'm just gonna say,

625
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 2: you know what, I'm not going to do it today,

626
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 2: I'll do it tomorrow. And I've learned to just respect myself,

627
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 2: respect my my businesses, my products, and do it when

628
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 2: i'm like one hundred percent where I'm like, okay, good now,

629
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 2: I can give it and i can attack it, you

630
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 2: know what I mean. But when I say, don't be

631
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 2: emotionally so fixated on like I'm gonna make this work

632
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 2: no matter what. Yess, that's great. To a certain extent.

633
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 2: You have to know again when to walk away and

634
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 2: when to say, you know what, this isn't working. I

635
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 2: tried it, and I'm proud of myself for trying this.

636
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go ahead and put it on the table

637
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 2: for now and I'm going to move on to something else.

638
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 2: I can come back to it later. Like you need to,

639
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 2: like just listen to your heart, to your mind, use

640
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 2: your logical mind, and find that balance between.

641
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: Your mind and your heart.

642
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 2: You know, and I know it might not make too

643
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 2: much sense, but hopefully it does. And again I always

644
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 2: say this easier said than done, but try to find

645
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 2: that balance, guys.

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Speaker 1: So the conclusion of this.

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Speaker 2: Episode is having and owning your own business is a

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Speaker 2: beautiful thing. It's either for you or it's not for you.

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Speaker 2: There are people that are like, Okay, I want to

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Speaker 2: be my own boss.

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Speaker 1: I love it.

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Speaker 2: Or there are people that are like, hey, i'd rather

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Speaker 2: have a boss. I'm better at accomplishing tasks. And that's fine.

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Speaker 2: It's really just figuring that out, you know, knowing that

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Speaker 2: there will be moments of feeling overwhelmed, of feeling like damn,

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Speaker 2: this isn't working, but try to pick yourself up, be patient,

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Speaker 2: listen to this episode. When you're feeling like that, remind

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Speaker 2: yourself that it's okay, it's just a moment.

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Speaker 1: We'll get there. Knowing when to walk away.

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Speaker 2: It's all listening, figuring it out, studying what you're doing,

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Speaker 2: always learning more about what it is that you're selling, growing,

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Speaker 2: being willing to grow. But anyways, guys, I'm going to

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Speaker 2: cut it here, and I hope that you enjoyed this episode.

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Speaker 2: I hope that you you learned a thing or two

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Speaker 2: or three. And I'm grateful. I'm grateful for for you

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Speaker 2: tapping in and listening to Cheeky's and Chill and being

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Speaker 2: a part of this community where we're just here to

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Speaker 2: just make each other better. So thank you for giving

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Speaker 2: me the opportunity to speak to you and hopefully to

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Speaker 2: your soul. And I love you guys very much. And

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Speaker 2: I will catch you on the next episode of Cheeky's

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Speaker 2: and Chill. Okay, and make sure you tell your friend

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Speaker 2: and your mom and your cousin and everyone else about

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Speaker 2: this episode. Anyone that you know will benefit from it.

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Speaker 1: Okay.

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Speaker 2: Basks in episode besos, do you need advice on love, relationships, health?

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Speaker 2: Cheekys and Chill podcast will have an extra episode drop

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Speaker 2: leave me a voice message. All you have to do

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Speaker 2: is go to speak pipe dot com, slash Cheeky's and

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Speaker 2: Chill Podcasts and record your questions.

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