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That was back then. 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: She was raised in the family because when I got 27 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: a bio, you know, I was really moved by her honesty. 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: She was raised in the family where they did not 29 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of money, but they were never aware 30 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: of it as kids. That's very similar in my background. 31 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: Her dad made twenty six thousand dollars a year and 32 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: her mom stayed at home with her two brothers. I 33 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: had six sisters and two brothers. She worked in science 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: labs at university at the University of Virginia and Brown 35 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: University and had and has had a job since she 36 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: was ten years old that was a paper route. She 37 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: has been called a positivity enthusiast. I mean, I only 38 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: met this youngerly at one time, and she's always she's 39 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: impacted me personally. UH. Police working the Money Making Conversation 40 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: to founder and CEO or Sale Lifestyle and author of 41 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: the book Seven Secrets to Start Up Success. Please welcome 42 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: Megan Eddings. Well, I what an introduction. Thank you so 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: much for Sean. Good morning to you. Who is that 44 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: person that's me? Well, you know what the thing about 45 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: it is that when I when I when I set 46 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: up interviews, I like for people to know there's a 47 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: story behind them, there's a journey to the conversation we're 48 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: about to have on money Making Conversations. And before we 49 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,839 Speaker 1: get started, please let everybody know how did Megan come 50 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: into Rushan McDonald's life. Yeah, you know, I always say 51 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: you never know where you're gonna meet someone who's going 52 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 1: to change your life. I was in the Male Mayor 53 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: Sylvester Turner's List off New Business competition last year and 54 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: I made it to the finals and I was on stage, 55 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: made to the finals, and you were actually the u, 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: the moderator, the host, and the comedian of the event. 57 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: And that's how, yeah, we first met. And then you 58 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: were gracious enough to have the winners on your on 59 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: your Money Making Conversation show following week. Yes, and uh, 60 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: did you win any money? Sure? Did it. I want 61 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars for best new Product in Houston and 62 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: five hundred dollars for fan favorite. Yeah, you know. The 63 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: the great thing about it is that tell me to 64 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: tell us favor because your product was still in the 65 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: Uh what I could I say, development stage and tell 66 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: everybody about your product? Yeah, for sure, for sure it was. 67 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: I've definitely come a long way since last November. But essentially, 68 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: I was tired of throwing away my husband's workout clothes 69 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: about three years ago because they stunk, and obviously pretty 70 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: much almost everyone has this problems with my science background, 71 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: I decided to create fabric that basically keeps you smelling 72 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: and feeling fresh or longer. And yeah, as actually, since 73 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: we last spoke, the fabric's now patent pending in a 74 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty countries and uh yeah, still it's beyond 75 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: the development stage, but I'm still working on it. Those 76 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: workout clothes don't stink. Well, that's important to know now 77 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 1: before we get deeper into your conversation about what you're 78 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: doing currently. What stood after me was this live when 79 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: you say your dad made twenty six thousand dollars a year, 80 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: Because I could, I can relate to that come from 81 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: inner city. I'm not saying you came from the inner city, 82 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: but I did. I knew my father he was drunk drive. 83 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: He was drunk drive. Sixcesss, two brothers, and my mom 84 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: was to stay at home mom. But we we had 85 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: a Christmas every year. I can there was always fruit 86 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: underneath that tree, the candy. Uh. I had toys to 87 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: play with. And I know we weren't living a good life. 88 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: So please tell me to impact your parents had on you. Man. 89 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: You you hit the nail on the head. You know 90 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: the funny thing about the twenty six thousand dollars a year. 91 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: I did not know that until I was an adult, 92 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: probably until I was in college, because my parents never 93 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: talked about it. Um my dad worked usually seven days 94 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: a week, but in my mind he was always present. 95 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: If he had to go to work super early, uh 96 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: and be home for our baseball games or softball games, 97 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: he would be. So we didn't grow up and be like, 98 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: oh dad's never around and oh we don't have money, 99 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: because just like you, there was always a home cooked 100 00:04:58,120 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: meal on the table. There was always, you know, gifts 101 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: under the tree. They were never the nicest gifts that 102 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: like you know, my friends received it, setera. But we 103 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: didn't think about that. We were just blessed to even 104 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: have gifts at all. Um. And so really, yeah, we 105 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: went out to eat once a year as a family. 106 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: We went to Pizza Hut on New Year's Eve. That 107 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: was our family tradition. Um. So now whenever I say 108 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: a Pizza Hut, you know, just makes me smile. And 109 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: uh yeah, so we but we didn't think about, you know, oh, 110 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: let's go out to eat, because it was just never 111 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: an important thing. So being raising the family that we 112 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: were raised in, it was all about hard work and 113 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: you know love really just just a simple definition and 114 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: act of kindness and love and and that's what really 115 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: brings joy, not the materialistic stuff. We know, they always 116 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: say that as a child, you take you take a 117 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: little bit of each parent. So what did you take 118 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: away from your mom? Yeah, so my mom is the 119 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: oldest of eleven children. Uh so she is a just 120 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: born matriarch. She's kind, Um, she puts others before her 121 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: all of the time, and just a kind human being 122 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: and honestly doesn't complain, doesn't talk ill of people, never has, 123 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: and just a really just generous, kind person. And then 124 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: my dad. Um, he has since passed away, but he 125 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: was the comedian, he was outgoing. Um, he definitely cuss 126 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: a little, So I got that from him. That's what 127 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: we give for a little bit. Yeah, so I guess 128 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: I could say I'd like to think that I picked up, 129 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: you know, most of the best quallites for my parents, 130 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: but from both of them. Mostly they were just, you know, 131 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: kind kind people that like to have a lot of 132 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: fun and like to give back. Okay, let's talk about 133 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: your product. Okay, you you have a chemistry degree, and 134 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: so you went to college University Virginia. Why did you 135 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: choose that degree? And why aren't you doing that degree? Now? 136 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: Why don't you? Why don't you? Why would you selling 137 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: medical equipment products? Now? Why? Why? Why have you changed? 138 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: What went what went right? Or what went wrong? What 139 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: went wrong? So yeah, tenth grade high school, I took 140 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: my first chemistry class and boom, fell in love with it. 141 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,679 Speaker 1: I mean, I wish I had a sex to her story, 142 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: but that's kind of it. I thought about all this 143 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: stuff that goes on with things that we can't even see, um, 144 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: but yet we're around it every single day. So I 145 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: was fascinated in the tenth grade, so I do chemistry 146 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: would be my degree. Um. I chose U v A 147 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: because it was kind of close to home, but not 148 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: too close to home, like you had to hop on 149 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: a plane to get there. Um. And I was blessed 150 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: that I got accepted. And uh yes, I moved to 151 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: Houston too. After I work in the science labs. I'm like, 152 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: you know what, Um, there's no money in this There's 153 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: no money and you know it working. I mean, if 154 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: I'm keeping it real, Uh, there's no money and you know, 155 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: working in these science labs. So what can I do? 156 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: When this guy told me, he's like, oh my gosh, 157 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: you'd be great in medical sales. You get to dress cute, 158 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: you get your own company car, your company phone. So 159 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: I applied to all these, you know, companies, every single 160 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: company I could possibly research and find, and I ended 161 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: up getting this job with this this company I had 162 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: never heard of before called Siemens Medical. Little did I 163 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: know it was a multibillion dollars you did you sounded 164 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: like that was a little small company. But landing with 165 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, they have a funny name, but I 166 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: guess I'll see what they do. And I'm like, okay, 167 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: So moved down to Houston work in the Houston Medicenter 168 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: doing the medical equipment. Absolutely loved it. So I always 169 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: tell everybody, I'm like, I didn't quit medical sales because 170 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: I hated it or because I didn't like it. I 171 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: I resigned from it about a year and a half 172 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: ago because it wasn't fulfilling every every part of my life. 173 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: You know, I mentioned my dad passed away. That was 174 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: kind of a joel and it just happened suddenly. And 175 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: when that happened, I said to myself, you know what, God, 176 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm like, help help the sister out. I'm like, I 177 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: will not be doing medical sales the rest of my 178 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: life because it's not fulfilling my passions of giving back. 179 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: And you know, I love fashion and fitness, and so 180 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: I said, I'm gonna own my own company someday. I 181 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: have no idea how I'm gonna do it. I don't 182 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: have a business degree, I don't have millions of dollars. 183 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: But help me start my own company was something that 184 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: really matters and combines everything I love. Well dot dot 185 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: dot Fast forward two months after my dad passed the 186 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: way randomly, nothing's random. I meet my now husband. On 187 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: a blind day, I would say. He didn't have social media, 188 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: didn't even have Facebook, so I couldn't stalk him. But uh, 189 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: we got married. He's super into cross that we're both 190 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: really into fitness, and his clothes basically just smelled horribly, 191 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: his workout clothes, and so it was bothering me and 192 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: bothering me that was bothering you. He had been cool 193 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: with it all up the time he met you. He 194 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: been even even out there doing it. Do you even 195 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: smell you got it? You got it? I'm like, he'd 196 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: be crushing goals in the gym and crushing everyone around 197 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: it with that smell. And uh so I'm gonna I'm 198 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: gonna send this clip to him, but do you said 199 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: it to him in person? So I met him. He's 200 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: a nice guy. So when she dollars, he was clapping 201 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 1: harder than anybody. He was. You know what. And it's 202 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: so funny whenever I described how excel Lifestyle was born, 203 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: always because my husband's clothes stunk, like hunt you Okay? 204 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: Then I say that, He's like, if it, if it 205 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 1: helps excel lifestyle, knock yourself out. So yeah, basically decided 206 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: to um custom create my own fabric because when I 207 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: did a bunch of research, you know, step one of 208 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: ever ever trying to figure out how to start your 209 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: own company. What's out there today, there really wasn't anything 210 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: that was awesome science that really keeps you smelling fresh. 211 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 1: And then also something that is ethically made, so no sweatshops. 212 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: So that's that's really important to me as well. Now 213 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: here's something that always Uh, you did the steps, but 214 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: you said the word patent correct, patent pending. Okay. I've 215 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: had people on the show, and I always like them 216 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: to go through that step because a lot of people 217 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: she realized why you need to patent things, and so 218 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 1: please tell people the process you did and why it's 219 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 1: important to patent what you are, what you created. Sure. Sure, 220 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: So basically, if you have am I guess, proprietary information, 221 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: if you create something that no one else has, it's 222 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: important to patent it because if you don't patent it, 223 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: people are going to It's it's very easy to say, 224 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot of technology out there, a lot of 225 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: super intelligent people, and if they can copy your product, 226 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: and if they copy your products, of course that's not 227 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: good for the person that actually invented it. So I 228 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: h via advice of many mentors and advisory board, you know, 229 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: pieces that I found along the way. They're like, mag 230 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: You've got to get this patented. I mean, who's to stay, 231 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: you know, one of the big boy Fitness of Power 232 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 1: companies wouldn't just come in and try to copy it. 233 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: And so now is it patent pending. My plan is 234 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: obviously move it from the patent pending status to the 235 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: patented status. And I actually have a call this week 236 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: with my patent attorney to experite the patent process here 237 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: in the United States. So if all goes as planned, 238 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: which usually things do or don't, we'll see. Um, it 239 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: should be patented within the next few maybe four to 240 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: six months here in the USA. So once that fabric 241 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: gets patented, UM, I can honestly say that I own 242 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: a patent and people legally can't copy it. And then 243 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: I can do a side hustle job or I guess 244 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: not only tell the workout clothes. I can license the 245 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: fabric now to other companies. That's what is that? Your 246 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: ultimate goal just to license it or just to become 247 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: a distributor. My my ultimate goal is to be worldwide 248 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: domination health and wellness but to initially start, I definitely 249 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: wanted to fitness the power I'm starting, you know, the spanks, 250 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: worldwide domination in spanks. I don't know why it can't 251 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: happen with you, So please I chuck away what you said, 252 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: but hey, the reality is is that your product can't 253 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: become dominant in this area because of the fact that 254 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: you once you get that patent pendant approved, because you 255 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: had to go to a lawyer, and then when you 256 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: go through when you went to the lawyer, you have 257 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: to take designs or anything. What would you take to 258 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: that lawyer? Yeah, well, the great news is you wanted 259 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: to believe it. I got introduced with a patent attorney 260 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: you also who has a PhD in science, so he 261 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: speaks the language, and just you know, everything is kind 262 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: of just fallen into place. And so, h this is 263 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: a utility patent, So it's not a design patent. It's 264 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: actually utility meaning what the fabric actually does um and 265 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: inhibits that smell causing bacteria. So I don't have a 266 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: design patent yet because my styles are pretty uh pretty 267 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: I say basic um. But it's the pattent around the 268 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: actual functionality of the fabric. Cool now coming up in 269 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: the next break. You have an e book called Secrets 270 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: to Start Up Success, which I think is right in 271 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: line with Money Making Conversation, and I want to I 272 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: want to delve into that a little if you don't 273 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: mind get the worried out. Plus, I'd like for you 274 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: to send me a banner so I can put it 275 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: on my social media, because you know you follow me 276 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: on social media. You know, Rushan McDonald's post and you post, 277 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: and he gets the word outs and we come back. 278 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna have more with Megans and an incredible journey. 279 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: We're following this so we won't be a part of it. 280 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: So everybody keep winning. Keep listening more money Making Conversations. Hi, 281 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: you're listening to Rushan McDonald interviewing Um. She's been called 282 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: the positivity enthusiast UM. She's a founder and CEO of 283 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: a Seral lifestyle and author of a book. Answered me 284 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: interesting questions to know if it's an e book, Seven 285 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: Sea Grids to Start Up Success, Megan Eden, Because my 286 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: show Mighty Making Conversation is about entrepreneurship and the words 287 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: startup is associated with small businesses. Why should I listen 288 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: to you about the Secrets of Success for Startups. Oh man, Yeah, well, 289 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't have to listen to me, but 290 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: I hope you do. I guess we'll start with that 291 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: some kind of forced anyone to but basically, yeah, so 292 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: my you know, my corporate job when I moved down 293 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: here to Houston for fourteen years with medical equipment sales, 294 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: and you know, I was doing the side hustle excel 295 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: lifestyle for a while before I put it out to 296 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: the public and a k before I threw it on 297 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: social media. But it may be announcement a couple of 298 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: years ago that I was gonna resign for medical sales 299 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: and you know, become an entrepreneur. People were like freaking out. 300 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: They were like, what what But you love your job, etcetera, etcetera. 301 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: So I decided, I guess I'll say about maybe about 302 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: a year eight months to a year into my startup 303 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: entrepreneurial journey, to write this book Seven Secrets to Start 304 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: Up Success, based on my own experiences, because you know 305 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: how people it's super cool, but people were reaching out 306 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: all the time, like hey, Meg, let's grab coffee, let's 307 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: grab lunch, etcetera, etcetera. I want to know how you 308 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: got started, how you had encourage to pull the plug 309 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: from your corporate job to pursue something you really want 310 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: to do, because I'm scared to do it. So where 311 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: did you even turn Well, that kind of started turning 312 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: into there's only so many hours in the day, and 313 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: if I had coffee and lunch with everyone, I'd have 314 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: no time for Excel lifestyle. So I remember was driving 315 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: one day and I said, well, I really want to 316 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: help people because so many people have been just wonderful 317 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: helping me, you know, giving up their time and their 318 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: expertise on this entrepreneurial journey. How can I then pay 319 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: it forward and help everybody else but also still have 320 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: time for my own job. So I said, well, I 321 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: like I will write a book, but not like a 322 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: three D page or anything like that, even though there's 323 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: there's great big books out there, but something short into 324 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: the point and basically to tell people the seven secrets 325 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: that I believe, well now I believe I experience have 326 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: gotten to me to where I am today, but not 327 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: only telling people about it at the end of each 328 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: of the seven secrets, giving them an action item to 329 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: really kind of put them on their journey to quit 330 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: their corporate job and and you know, follow what they 331 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: really want to do. The word just stood out in 332 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: your conversation out here all the time, fear fear. People 333 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: are just going to work. People are just they just 334 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: don't They're just frozen. They're frozen in careers that they 335 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: really don't have a plan to change, but they don't 336 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: want to be there there you know what, the coffee 337 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: bug or the water cooler, just complaining and talking to 338 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: co workers. They don't want to be around fear. How 339 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: can one walk through that wall of fear? Are the 340 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: emotional block of fear? I always called it a stop sign. 341 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: That stop sign sits in front of your face every 342 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: time you wake up in the morning. And it's called 343 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: fear of fear of change, fear of not being able 344 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: to see what I want to do next. Man, you're 345 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: exactly right. And so when I was leaving or sick 346 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: thinking of leaving my corporate job, that I I literally 347 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: would have crippling moments for like a split second of fear. 348 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: Like Megan, you can't start your own companies. So we 349 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: all have this negative chatter that you know, happens in 350 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: our head, and some of us were able to guess 351 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: handle it better than others, And so I actually turned 352 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: to a lot of podcasts, which is funny you mentioned 353 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: Sarah Blakely earlier, because that was a podcast that I 354 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: turned to. Read a bunch of books, and everything mentions 355 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: the word fear. So I said, all right, it's not 356 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: just me. So the first thing I tell everybody is 357 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: you're not alone. Everybody has fear, whether you make five 358 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: thousand dollars a year or your bill gates. I mean, 359 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 1: everybody has fears. What you how you mentally channel that 360 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: fear to kind of keep pushing forward. So I remember 361 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: I read it. I wish I remember what book I 362 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: read it in, but it said something like, if you 363 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: really think about it, whatever you're fearful of, like oh, 364 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: I don't have the knowledge, I don't have the money. 365 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: You know, whatever you're fearful and fearful of in life, 366 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: whether it's business or not, nine times out of a hundred, 367 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: whatever you're fearful of doesn't even happen. So the fear 368 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: is kind of just conjured up in your head, and 369 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,719 Speaker 1: you're giving yourself your own roadblocks pretty much because your 370 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: ego wants to keep you where you are. But I 371 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: tell everyone, we all have fear. You're not alone, So 372 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: just kind of push that fear aside and just start 373 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 1: taking small steps each day. You don't have to quit 374 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: your job overnight, but just kind of keep taking small 375 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: steps and eventually it becomes easier and the fear kind 376 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: of dissipates. Now, with that being said, Miss Enthusiastic, Miss 377 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: miss you know positivity, because my story was very similar. Okay. 378 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: I worked at IBM, my degrees in mathematics and very successful. 379 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: People felt I was right on right while I was 380 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: supposed to be. And I told him, hey, I want 381 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: to be a comedian. I'm gonna resign to be a comedian. 382 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm I'm gonna walk away from this world 383 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: that everybody told me. I need to be a I 384 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: need to continue in. And when I made the decision, 385 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: I made the decision one year prior to leave an IBM, 386 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: and I remember I was, I was, I was crying. 387 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 1: I always had tears in my eyes because even though 388 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: this I knew this was right for me, I didn't 389 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: really know the future. Now I b M. I kind 390 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: of figured right, go to work every day, five days 391 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 1: a week. I was gonna get my vacation time gonna 392 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: get my sick days. I had medical benefits when I 393 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: invested in my stock portfolio. They're mad. So that was 394 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: pretty clean. That's pretty clean. You know, you can you 395 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 1: can understand those rules. But when you say you want 396 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: to walk away from that to the unknown, do you 397 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: what do you do with your medical benefits? How do 398 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: you get that? Okay? I went cobra, So that called 399 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: me down. Okay, I had you know, I didn't have 400 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: two for once and my retirement went away, and so, okay, 401 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: what does afforded our work week when you're working for yourself? 402 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: I had to figure that out. That was the key 403 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: right there. What does a forty hour work week when 404 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: you're working for yourself? That's where the fear comes in. 405 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 1: And that's when I had to establish lanes of discipline 406 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: for myself where I had just set the same rules 407 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: that the forty all week jobs set for me. When 408 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: I worked for the house a week, I got up 409 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: at the same time every day. I made a commitment 410 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: to be doing something at a scheduled time every day, 411 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: which I do. And so once I started putting in place, 412 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, I started moving forward in 413 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: a more positive and much more controlled environment because guess what, 414 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: I had rules in place about how to be successful, 415 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: and rules in place about how I can extend this 416 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: opportunity by prop through proper planning, that a lot enabled 417 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: me to overcome my fear. Megan, Oh yeah, and I 418 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: shot laughing. I mean, to go from a successful career 419 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: at IBM with a master degree to a comedian. I 420 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: mean that. I'm sure you had feared. I'm sure some 421 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: of the people even closest to you in your own 422 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: life thought you were nuts for doing it. Absolutely absolutely, 423 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: But you know, but you know, they see me on TV, 424 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: They're seen the names and credits. You know, they always 425 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: knew it was gonna happen. They always knew. But I 426 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: didn't even know. I'm just letting everybody know. I did 427 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 1: even know. But I knew that working where I was 428 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: at was not gonna was not gonna satisfy me. I 429 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: could see the end of the road, I could see 430 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: I could see that darkness, and I could see the 431 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 1: light coming at the end of the tunnel, So I 432 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: knew I could see it. When I became an entertainer, 433 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: there was no light at the end of the tunnel tunnel, 434 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: but there was also no point of saying I should 435 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: go in any direction. So for the first time of 436 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: my life, I said, you know, I'm gonna take advantage 437 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: of every talent that God gave me with no restrictions. 438 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: And that's what when you're working for the hour job, 439 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: it will restrict you because you're only gonna do what 440 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: they allow you to do. So that's what locks people in. 441 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: That's why entrepreneurship is so big nowadays, because it's designed 442 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: to you being able to do what you feel comfortable doing. 443 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: I look at people all the time and tell them, 444 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: if you're afraid being successful, and my number one quote 445 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,360 Speaker 1: is stopped reading success stories and start writing your own 446 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: success story. That's very important to understand. And so when 447 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: I when I wanted you to come on the show, Oh, 448 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: I just felt your story was was every day. It 449 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: was an everyday story in your life. How you grew 450 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: up was an everyday story. Just an ordinary family, just 451 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: an ordinary young lady who went to college. I got 452 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: a degree like you supposed to and you but you 453 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't fearless. You saw an opportunity and Houston, way away 454 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: from the East Coast. You came down here. Now to 455 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: being afraid to relocate and then all of a sudden, 456 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: when at ultimate ultimate test of what you want to 457 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: do with your life, you said, you know something, I 458 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: want to be an entrepreneur. That's why you wrote that book, 459 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: and that's why you should read that book. Thank you, 460 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: thank you. Yeah. And you know, and I tell everyone 461 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: when you're starting your own job, you know, number one, 462 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: what's that quote that someone says, like, you know, entrepreneurs 463 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: work eighty hours a week for themselves. They have to 464 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: work fourty hours a week for someone else. I'm like, 465 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: so true, so true. But you know, if you're successful 466 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 1: in your day job like you were, you already had 467 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: the tools, you know to be successful. You just had 468 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: a happ into new tools to be successful. What kind 469 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: of different tools? Ish, but you had the hustle because 470 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: you know it was already in you. Um. But yeah, entrepreneurs, 471 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs today versus probably I don't know it's twenty years ago, 472 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 1: but I'm not gonna say it's easier, but there definitely 473 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: are easier things. The one thing I've found glaringly when 474 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: I started this journey or the amount of people just 475 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: like yourself, for Sean, that want to help. I mean 476 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 1: people truly want to help. So it's important to surround 477 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: yourself with that positive you know, positive community, people that 478 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 1: have done it before you and I you'll be amazed 479 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 1: that you're not you know, you're not in it alone. 480 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: If you just kind of put yourself out there. Yeah, 481 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: you're sending a question that kind of you know, I 482 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: asked by a guest. Always sending questions and statements they 483 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: like for me to ask them. One that stood. If 484 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: you said your belief is that one person can change 485 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: the world, talk to me, Megan oh Man, I'd say 486 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 1: that all the time. I mean we've all read stories, 487 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: you know, etcetera, etcetera about you know, one person literally 488 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,479 Speaker 1: who's changed the world. But I believe one person can 489 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: because everyone has everyone has something or multiple things that 490 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: they are you know, passionate about and my my personal thing, 491 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 1: and I believe everyone needs to have or not needs 492 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: to have, So it should have the legacy they want 493 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: to leave because we are all going to meet our 494 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: maker someday. And when someone is standing up there giving 495 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: your eulogy, you know, what is the one thing that 496 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: you want people to say about you? What is the 497 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: legacy you want to leave? And kind of once you 498 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: know that legacy, every decision for the rest of your 499 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: life should be pretty easy. In the legacy that I 500 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: personally want to leave is to bring joy and positivity 501 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 1: and to touch people's lives in a positive way. Um. 502 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: You know, because of the way our world is going. 503 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: You know, it's a lot of negativity being shown on 504 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: the media, a lot of things, we're reading, a lot 505 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: of things happening that that shouldn't be happening. So people 506 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: need a dose of positivity in their life and let 507 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: them know that someone has their back day and day out. 508 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: And through Excel Lifestyle and the mission and movement for 509 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: Positive Change, I want to create with my apparel line, 510 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: I hope to be that positive change. You are so good, 511 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: Megan Eden, You're good. You're really good. Uh. 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