Speaker 1: You've got to realize that like everybody starts from the
Speaker 1: same place, everybody starts at zero, right, everybody's building themselves
Speaker 1: into whatever it is that they're doing. I think the
Speaker 1: people who make it and people who are successful are
Speaker 1: just the ones that stick with it.
Speaker 2: Hello and welcome back to the Rise and Conker Podcast.
Speaker 2: It is your host, Georgie Stephenson. As some of you
Speaker 2: may know, I'm currently on maternity leave, so Tim and
Speaker 2: I are soaking up the newborn bubble and new parent
Speaker 2: life with our little baby girl. But I did not
Speaker 2: want to leave my ron C fan with nothing, so
Speaker 2: we are bringing back the best bits of the Right
Speaker 2: and Conquered podcasts. We have nearly over two hundred episodes,
Speaker 2: so I thought it would be a cool idea to
Speaker 2: bring you snippets from the most listened to, the most
Speaker 2: talked about episodes and just give you the best bits
Speaker 2: in a mini episode. So be prepared to get straight
Speaker 2: into juicy topics, to feel inspired, to feel motivated, empowered,
Speaker 2: and of course informed. These episodes are shorter, but they're
Speaker 2: just full of the best bits. If you did like
Speaker 2: this mini app, make sure you go to the show notes,
Speaker 2: where we have linked the full episode, and I just
Speaker 2: want to say I really appreciate you guys still supporting
Speaker 2: the show while I'm taking some time off to enjoy
Speaker 2: Baby Girl, and I just can't wait to be back
Speaker 2: in your ears with fresh episodes in the new year.
Speaker 2: We have been planning the next season and there are
Speaker 2: so many exciting guests and surprises coming up. So I
Speaker 2: really hope you enjoy this mini episode. Let's get straight
Speaker 2: into the show.
Speaker 3: I love the fact that you it wasn't until your
Speaker 3: fourth book that you said, you know, girl Code, that
Speaker 3: it really took off. And I think that is huge
Speaker 3: because I think a lot of us, you know, we
Speaker 3: put something out there and if it doesn't you know,
Speaker 3: take off or do as well as we thought, we
Speaker 3: stop and we don't keep going. And I think it
Speaker 3: is so huge that you kept going and you kept
Speaker 3: writing for yourself and obviously, you know, for your community,
Speaker 3: and it wasn't just you know, an overnight success, but
Speaker 3: you kept going and look what happened.
Speaker 4: Yeah totally.
Speaker 1: And I did it, you know, not just for me,
Speaker 1: but I did it because I knew that I had
Speaker 1: to prove to other women that they could do it too.
Speaker 1: I really felt in my head because at that point,
Speaker 1: remember I had built up the blog, I was coaching,
Speaker 1: so it was really connecting with women out there, and
Speaker 1: I was like, I've got to just do this, and
Speaker 1: you know, kind of like set the path for people
Speaker 1: to realize that you don't need anyone behind you. You
Speaker 1: really can make this happen for yourself. And I think
Speaker 1: now years later, looking at the way business and entrepreneurship
Speaker 1: has changed, that is the path of choice for many people.
Speaker 1: People now are realizing, I don't even need a publisher.
Speaker 1: Why would I give away so much control and so
Speaker 1: much of the profit of my books?
Speaker 4: You know, same thing for musicians.
Speaker 1: And it's just been Yeah, it's just been such a
Speaker 1: such an interesting way to.
Speaker 4: To really run a business.
Speaker 1: And it's been such a vote of confidence for me
Speaker 1: as well, you know, because like you've got to get
Speaker 1: behind yourself when you put yourself out there, like it's
Speaker 1: like it's.
Speaker 4: All on you. You handle the good, the bad, the
Speaker 4: in between.
Speaker 1: And you know, sometimes going on Amazon and reading reading
Speaker 1: those like scathing reviews that I randomly will get from
Speaker 1: people who just feel the needs for me apart. You know,
Speaker 1: like it's you got to handle all that, you got
Speaker 1: to be prepared for it and have a thick skin.
Speaker 1: But I tell you it's like, honestly one of the
Speaker 1: most rewarding experiences ever because knowing that you put that
Speaker 1: faith behind yourself, it just makes you feel unstoppable.
Speaker 2: Like you would say you crowned yourself.
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, And we all need to crown ourselves.
Speaker 1: You know. It's like if you don't do it, who will, right,
Speaker 1: Like we can't wait around.
Speaker 4: Life is so short.
Speaker 1: And that's like something I remind myself of every time
Speaker 1: I start something new, because like I am multi passionate
Speaker 1: and I do love dipping my toes into new industries
Speaker 1: and new waters and new passions.
Speaker 4: But it can be scary. We all get a little
Speaker 4: bit of the imposter syndrome.
Speaker 1: But you've got to realize that like everybody starts from
Speaker 1: the same place. Everybody starts at zero, right, everybody's building
Speaker 1: themselves into whatever it is that they're doing. I think
Speaker 1: the people who make it and people who are successful
Speaker 1: are just the ones that stick with it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I love.
Speaker 3: That, and so talk us through. I know that you
Speaker 3: said you self published all your books and girl Code
Speaker 3: started to take off, and then like you said, Penguin
Speaker 3: pick that up and then I know that you did
Speaker 3: publish your book like She Owns the Place, which is
Speaker 3: also one of my favorites, and you went through a publisher,
Speaker 3: but then your most recent book, Girl on Fire, was
Speaker 3: then self published. Can you talk us through why that
Speaker 3: was and what sort of happened there?
Speaker 4: Yeah, So, like She on the Place is the book
Speaker 4: I did with Penguin.
Speaker 1: So I did that book from start to finish with them,
Speaker 1: and I had an interesting experience. I had a great
Speaker 1: editor and I love her and she's amazing, and she
Speaker 1: helped that book become what it is, but there were
Speaker 1: other things about the process that I really just did
Speaker 1: not prefer. You know, it takes much longer to work
Speaker 1: with the publisher, So you're looking at about a year
Speaker 1: and a half from when you sign your contract to
Speaker 1: when that book is going to be out there. You
Speaker 1: are dealing with a lot more people that have interest
Speaker 1: in the way that the book is going to be
Speaker 1: brought out to the world, from the cover to the
Speaker 1: editing to the marketing plan. You know, you're dealing with
Speaker 1: people who you know, there were working with so many
Speaker 1: other authors, right, Like, no one is ever going to
Speaker 1: be as excited about your work as you are. So
Speaker 1: when you're working with a team who's you know, dealing
Speaker 1: with other authors and you know, maybe not fully understanding
Speaker 1: your vision, that can be a little bit frustrating. And also,
Speaker 1: I mean, financially, it just makes so much more sense
Speaker 1: to self publish. You know, you're really giving the line
Speaker 1: and share of the royalties away when you enter into
Speaker 1: a book deal. But for me, it was a strategic
Speaker 1: move and it was a dream that I had to
Speaker 1: realize and it was something I needed to like just
Speaker 1: do for myself.
Speaker 4: But it did lead me.
Speaker 1: To realize that I preferred being an independent author and
Speaker 1: I prefer self publishing, and that's what Girl on Fire
Speaker 1: really was all about. I did that book after my
Speaker 1: experience with a publisher, and the whole you know, ethos
Speaker 1: of the book is really about blazing your own trail
Speaker 1: and not needing anyone and recognizing that success really is
Speaker 1: lies within you. It doesn't, you know, you're not going
Speaker 1: to find success in some external outcome. I think from me,
Speaker 1: I still had that dream like, well, once I'm with
Speaker 1: a publisher, then I'm like a quote real author, But
Speaker 1: that was just untrue. So Throw on Fire, I think,
Speaker 1: to me, that's my most favorite book. It's I think
Speaker 1: it's the best one that I've written, and I think
Speaker 1: there was just so much heart and energy that I
Speaker 1: poured into that coming off the heels of that experience
Speaker 1: that I did have being published. And I hope that
Speaker 1: it inspires women to realize that, you know, they've got
Speaker 1: to give themselves the permission that they think they need,
Speaker 1: right Like, you've got to just figure out like how
Speaker 1: to do it, how to move forward and not lead
Speaker 1: on anyone else to pick.
Speaker 3: You one hundred percent. And yes, that is definitely like
Speaker 3: I could feel the energy coming out of Gella on Fire,
Speaker 3: and I love how like you turn that around so fast.
Speaker 3: I can remember you talking about it and then it
Speaker 3: was out and I was like, yes, I love how fast.
Speaker 4: That process was.
Speaker 3: And I think it's so interesting, Like you said, you
Speaker 3: really came full circle, like you at the start your
Speaker 3: self publishing and all you wanted to do was have
Speaker 3: a public the show and have that book deal and
Speaker 3: you know, that book signing and those book parties and
Speaker 3: that sort of thing, and then you realize that you
Speaker 3: didn't actually need that, And I think that is it's huge,
Speaker 3: and I love that you share the journey with your
Speaker 3: audience and us.
Speaker 2: Okay, rn C, fam, we're just having a quick break.
Speaker 2: We will get back into the episode in one second.
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Speaker 3: I would love to pick your brain about on on
Speaker 3: the RNC pod. We love giving actionable tips to our audience,
Speaker 3: and so I would love for you to give advice
Speaker 3: to the listeners who are possibly facing judgment for wanting
Speaker 3: to pursue a typical, you know, risky path like giving
Speaker 3: up a solid job or a quote unquote safe job
Speaker 3: to pursue a dream, much like me and you did
Speaker 3: after leaving corporate. What advice would you give them?
Speaker 1: So you need to start with a crystal clear vision.
Speaker 1: You have to know exactly what it is that you
Speaker 1: want and where you're going, and you got to be
Speaker 1: really cautious of who you share that vision with. You know,
Speaker 1: I think that a lot of people like to share
Speaker 1: and like to do what I call pull different people,
Speaker 1: right like, do you think I should do this?
Speaker 4: Do you think I should quit my job? Do you
Speaker 4: think I should start this business?
Speaker 1: You're going to wind up just finding yourself in a
Speaker 1: worse place than you were before. Your head is going
Speaker 1: to be spinning. I made this mistake when I was first,
Speaker 1: you know, getting ready to leave MTV.
Speaker 4: So be really cautious of who you share this dream with.
Speaker 1: Maybe pick one or two people that you're going to
Speaker 1: bounce these ideas off of that you really trust, you know,
Speaker 1: someone to share the vision with. I think it is
Speaker 1: important if you can find at least one person to
Speaker 1: share with, so.
Speaker 4: Create that vision really like, you know.
Speaker 1: Pick your team, so to speak, right like the you know,
Speaker 1: your inspiration motivation team.
Speaker 4: And then set small goals.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: One of the things I love about coaching is inspiring
Speaker 1: my clients to pick small goals and stick with them
Speaker 1: and let those goals build momentum. So when I was
Speaker 1: leaving MTV, I knew that I wanted to hit a
Speaker 1: certain income goal for myself, and I started small. So
Speaker 1: you know, it's like, Okay, I want to make an
Speaker 1: extra five hundred dollars this month. Okay, the next month,
Speaker 1: Let's see if I can make one thousand dollars.
Speaker 4: A month after that? Can I make two thousand dollars?
Speaker 4: You know?
Speaker 1: And figure out how you're going to make it happen.
Speaker 1: What are the revenue streams you're going to bring in,
Speaker 1: what's your plan? You know?
Speaker 4: So when you.
Speaker 1: See yourself, you know, on this plan, and when you
Speaker 1: see yourself hitting those goals, I think that really builds
Speaker 1: the confidence to know that you can do whatever you
Speaker 1: want to do. I think taking action is probably the
Speaker 1: most important thing. So even if that action for that
Speaker 1: week looks like making a phone call to someone or
Speaker 1: asking someone for coffee to see if you could chat
Speaker 1: with them about something or pick their brain, or like
Speaker 1: just taking a half hour for yourself and taking a
Speaker 1: journal and writing out what that vision looks like for
Speaker 1: your future. But staying in motion, I think the worst
Speaker 1: thing we could do is just stay in our heads
Speaker 1: and start to over analyze. You know, it's the term
Speaker 1: analysis paralysis. We start overthinking things. So just commit to
Speaker 1: action and realize that every action step counts. It doesn't
Speaker 1: have to be this big, huge goal that you're working
Speaker 1: towards every single week. As long as you're working and
Speaker 1: moving forward, you're on the right path, and you're honestly,
Speaker 1: like further along than most people are because most people, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: do stay in their heads and they you know, I
Speaker 1: think the saddest thing is like when people come to
Speaker 1: the end of their life and they feel like they haven't.
Speaker 4: Reached the goals they wanted to reach. So they have
Speaker 4: these dreams.
Speaker 1: They haven't you been able to make happen, and they
Speaker 1: have regret. So keeping that also top of mind is
Speaker 1: really important. I talked about a study in one of
Speaker 1: my books about this. You know, this nurse who worked
Speaker 1: with these patients at the end of their lives, and
Speaker 1: it's called the I think it's It was a study
Speaker 1: and I think it turned into a book, and it
Speaker 1: was called The Top Regrets of the Dying, and the
Speaker 1: number one regret was that people felt they didn't live
Speaker 1: a life.
Speaker 4: That was true to themselves.
Speaker 1: And I always remind myself of that story and that
Speaker 1: study because it's just I mean, I can't even imagine
Speaker 1: feeling that way. So whenever I don't want to work
Speaker 1: or I don't want to take that step.
Speaker 4: Or create that small goal for myself, I just.
Speaker 1: Really refocus and go back to my vision and think
Speaker 1: about how I want to feel in my life and
Speaker 1: what I'm capable of creating, and that just gives me
Speaker 1: the strength and the you know, the power to move forward.
Speaker 3: I love that, and I love what you said at
Speaker 3: the start about creating that momentum because I think, you know,
Speaker 3: like when I get this question too, the biggest thing
Speaker 3: I kind of trying to explain is, yeah, of course
Speaker 3: it feels risky, and of course it feels scary when
Speaker 3: you haven't you know, even taken that small step. But
Speaker 3: then you just put one foot in front of the other,
Speaker 3: and you know, it gets easier and you have those
Speaker 3: small winds, and then from those small winds you're able
Speaker 3: to create momentum and get to the biggest staff, if
Speaker 3: that makes.
Speaker 1: Sense exactly exactly. It really is all about those small
Speaker 1: steps that add up. It's never just one big moove.
Speaker 1: It's just it's tedious that it's time consuming, but if
Speaker 1: you want it bad enough.
Speaker 4: It's worth it.
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