Turning Passion into Impact

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[SPEAKER_02]: Within our first year, we grew up to 35 employees, which is just insane.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, hello and welcome back to Be Life Changers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I am Kathy Coach, your host.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I am so excited to be back in the studio.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I can't believe we are this far into 2026.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And we are here at J.T.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Visuals.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I have a very good friend of mine with it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It me today.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm so excited to introduce you to her Veronica.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I have known each other for quite a while.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just really have just adopted her as another.

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[SPEAKER_01]: family member like she's like a daughter to me and I want to welcome you to J.T.

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[SPEAKER_01]: visuals and be like changers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: What do you think about this studio?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I love it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much for having me here.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's definitely my first podcast and it's a vibe so far.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, there you go.

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[SPEAKER_01]: There you go.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is a vibe and it is definitely JT visuals is without the eye because they are definitely more than meets the eye The experience is wonderful.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I am a busy mom just like yourself and grandmother You don't there yet, but because you're way too young, but you'll see that

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[SPEAKER_01]: When a busy life, it's nice to be able to come in, record a podcast, walk out and know that it's being well taken care of by an amazing team who does everything by heart and so thank you, J.T.

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[SPEAKER_01]: visuals for always doing such an amazing job with all the podcasts, but you know, I am a little partial to mine.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So thank you very much for taking good care of us.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I want to introduce you guys.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This is Veronica.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We have been friends.

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[SPEAKER_01]: man a couple of years now we met through networking and the power of networking is just huge and we kicked it off and really got to know each other there and she is a very young owner and that's why I'm going to say because you know you dream big don't be scared to go for it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She is a

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I couldn't live without them because they definitely take care of me, so I can be able to do the things that I do.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So thank you for taking such a good care of me.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, thank you for being a loyal client and friend.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, yes, well, I just want to jump in and let everybody get to know you just a little bit more.

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[SPEAKER_01]: On be like changers, we talk about real people, real stories that make a real change.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And you have made a huge change here in Kansas City.

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[SPEAKER_01]: By having a cleaning company that literally cares about each and every individual, whether that be a business, commercial, or whether that be a home like myself, you take such good care of us and thank you for that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So tell us how did it all get started?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Like, um, tell us a little bit about yourself, something that maybe somebody doesn't know about you.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Sure.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I'm Veronica Bolton.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm from Kansas City, grew up all around Kansas City.

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[SPEAKER_02]: moved away for a few years, came back.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm a single mom of two boys, 8 in 5.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I have them full time while working my businesses.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Something that people probably don't know about me is I used to do pageants and modeling when I was younger, I really loved it, my grandparents really loved it for me, but I obviously like tattoos and pair of things and that's not allowed in the pageant world.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So stop doing it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, so how did I get started, you know, I learned marketing fresh out of high school did that for like six years, became a mom and fluencer and was a virtual assistant for other business owners became a very envy of them and what they had going on.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And it was like, well, if I'm helping them make money, surely I can do it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I just didn't want to be home anymore.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I wanted to like go out and be in my community.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I started working on jobs to figure out what I was going to do.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I started working under this other cleaning company and was really inspired.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And so I thought that I could do it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I thought I could do it better.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I went and started my own cleaning company.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was supposed to be just for my 10th friends and I, like, it really wasn't supposed to be as big as it got.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Uh, I'm gonna just explode it after two months.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, it became way bigger than I expected, way more than I even knew how to handle.

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[SPEAKER_02]: within our first year, we grew up to 35 employees, which is just insane.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Right now, we are sitting at 26.

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[SPEAKER_02]: A UG fluctuates, though.

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[SPEAKER_02]: We are in our slow season for January.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I've been in the cleaning business for four years.

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[SPEAKER_02]: We do all cleaning.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So moving moves, post-contractions, residential, commercial, really big.

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[SPEAKER_02]: really big warehouses to really small like dental offices.

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[SPEAKER_02]: We are in Kansas, Missouri, and Florida.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And we also clean short-term rentals.

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[SPEAKER_02]: We actually specialize in short-term rentals.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I'm able to, you know, what I learned with Arabian bees is that the owners want you to take care of the property.

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[SPEAKER_02]: and you almost become like a manager for them but like not being paid for it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I kind of thought I'm just gonna go start my own management company like and get paid for my time.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I do have a property management company to bond in property management.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's for short-term rentals only, and not that big, don't plan to make it that big just to help a few people here in Kansas City, and so I, yeah, we just love air being bees.

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[SPEAKER_02]: What makes us different than a lot of cleaning companies.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I don't want people to think, oh, it's just another cleaning person.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I pay the highest wage here in Kansas City.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You can look it up.

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[SPEAKER_02]: My minimum is 25 an hour up to 45 an hour, depending on the job, and then I help my employees you know, really get more than just a job, like I really want them to be successful, like learn how to buy a house, learn how to have a bank account, and to save his account.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Okay, you're going to make all this money with me, what are we going to do with it now?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Let's invest it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll teach you how to invest.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And so it's just all the stuff that I've learned over the years and stuff that I do not learn in high school or from my parents.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So if I can be a different type of boss to my workers, that is what my goal is.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's not just about providing a job and a paycheck.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's providing more.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I've helped people get houses.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I've helped people by cars.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The last thing I want is someone to...

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[SPEAKER_02]: feel like they're stuck and can't get to work and don't have a car, either it's a very uncomfortable situation.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So if I can help them and when you just show a little bit of love and care, I mean, people will go, I'll do a lot more for you.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And so I think that's where a lot of businesses lack or have a lot of turnover rate is because they don't actually care a lot of other employees.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's just another employee, as in I treat it as family.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's what drew me to you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I first met you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I was really shocked when I found out your age because I was like, wow.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, you've got to all soul.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I had to think ahead like that to know at a very young age.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Even though you had been through some situations that may not have been easy for you, you didn't quit.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You took and learned from those situations and then got underneath good leadership and learned

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[SPEAKER_01]: the ins and outs of different areas of entrepreneurship, which really has helped you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, to be able to go in and know that social media side or learn from other business and business owners.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's what's important.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I know back when I was managing a gym and I had lots of young girls underneath me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: That was the one thing I used to always stress to them was, yes, it may not be fun cleaning the floors right now.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This may not be the job you want, like wiping up after people in the gym or, you know, having to be told what to do is not fun, but I want you to drink big.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I want you to start seeing yourself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Where you want to be and walk that part before you're even there, you know, so if you want to be in management, then start learning from your manager.

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[SPEAKER_01]: the things that you like and the things that you don't like because like you said you watch the industry when you were working in the cleaning company you saw the things that you like to say hey I could do this but then you also step back and said woo I know the few things that could make me stand out which a lot of people

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[SPEAKER_01]: don't take the time to see that before stepping into owning a business.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think, you know, when I met you, I was like, wow, she really gets it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I can see why your company grew so fast.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so,

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[SPEAKER_01]: you know, it's just encouraging to see that as a seeing other young entrepreneurs jumping into that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then not only that, having the heart to want to help others do the same thing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Like you said, that is what's lacking in businesses today is the respect for the people that work for you, making them almost more like family than your employee and feeling like you

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[SPEAKER_01]: but I think that is a key to look at is being able to step in there and be that mentor for these young, mostly women that work for you that you've been there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You know how hard it can be.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You know how it is to be a single mom.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So to be able to equip them with those tools, that is so important.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then paying them what they're, you know,

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[SPEAKER_01]: it makes people feel good and it's the little things sometimes.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It doesn't always even have to be always money.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's the little things that you do take time to train and show them that you care are show up and be there for them because I've seen that on the outside and I think that thing that makes a huge difference and I truly believe that's one reason your company is growing so quickly.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Totally.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yep.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So as a young mom, though, I know when you stepped into that, since we're kind of talking about that, what would you say were a few things at the beginning that was the biggest challenge for you that could help that young entrepreneur out there who might be walking in a little bit of fear or thinking, I'm too young for this.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I can't do that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: What are some things that you did have to jump hurdles for when you first got started?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, so two things, stick out the most to me.

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[SPEAKER_02]: One is everyone, including myself, complaints about child care.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, if I'm going to go work this job, who's going to take care of my kids, you know, nobody should be ashamed to have to get on food stamps or government care for a little bit.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, it's nothing to be ashamed for.

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[SPEAKER_02]: That's what we pay taxes for.

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[SPEAKER_02]: That's, it's there to help us.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So if you have to do that for six months, go do it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It doesn't make your child care completely free, but it does cut it in nearly half, and that helps a lot.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Maybe you can only work certain jobs, so like sometimes Airbnb's are moved out to, you can actually take your kids to, because they're pretty much empty.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Obviously you can't take your child to a residential home or commercial building, but just schedule yourself only for those jobs, so you can take your kids to those jobs with you.

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[SPEAKER_02]: as your kids get older they really do appreciate that time and they learn and they see you work hard and my kids now realize like okay well I have to work to provide for you and to buy you v-vugs in these toys or we're not going to have these things right.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And so it's cool because they are finally getting it and like they're okay with it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The next thing is and I always say family first if you, you know, can.

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[SPEAKER_02]: If you know, if you gotta take your child to doctors

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[SPEAKER_02]: That's fine.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Do it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Take your child to the doctors.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But I think there's times I find myself focusing more on business than my kids.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And it's like either my kids are being neglected and my business is doing great.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Or my business is being connected and I'm

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[SPEAKER_02]: my kids are doing great and so like there's no middle but just know as long as you're doing a hundred percent every day and whether you know let's say you do get that extra free time go be with your kids don't go tanning or go party go be with your kids like take them to these activities with you and you know there's going to be some weeks yeah you're going to have to put business first and there's going to be some weeks you have to put your kids first like

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[SPEAKER_02]: it's just learning to be okay with that and not feeling bad.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Right, right.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I know learning that balance, I think it doesn't matter if you're a single mom or a mom, you know, that has the traditional husband and wife or in the family or whatever.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It doesn't matter.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We all struggle.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Or if you don't even have kids at all, we struggle with balancing time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that is one of the most

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[SPEAKER_01]: hardest things to get down.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And we do forget those things and get tracked, like side track because like you said, the business could be doing really well and successful.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so you start focusing so much on that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then, oh my gosh, like I am like like my kids over here.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Or I'm doing my kids and the business.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then you're feeling wore out and tired.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And you're wondering what that is was because you didn't get some self-care in there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's important to touch on to is that, you know, it's important to balance yourself completely, you know, spiritually, mentally, physically, even like make sure you're taking walks or going to the gym, those things help clear the mind.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I know sometimes we think we don't have time for this.

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[SPEAKER_01]: What am I going to do?

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I find that even in the mornings if I just take a quick walk, I can listen to an ebook or like listen to a motivational, get myself pumping and go on or say my prayers as I'm taking a walk.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I just still rejuvenated and can start that day.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Even though maybe that's the only thing I get to do for myself at that morning or it might be a bath at night, taking that time just to be quiet when the kids go to bed.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And that was

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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if your kids have done this, but I know back in the day for those of you that don't know, I do have eight children.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so all together, we are a blended family.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I always had five at home with me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so my favorite thing was to go get in the bathtub at night.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I remember seeing little fingers, like underneath the door.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, little fingers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm like, okay, so I've turned music on.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I got the candles.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like, okay, like, I'm trying to like, like literally, mom.

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[SPEAKER_01]: you know, but you just have to learn like, okay, that's what I love you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll be out in a minute.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This is super important.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I promise to read this book to you and I'm done if you just give me 10 minutes.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But sometimes we have to take that time and make for you because if your cup is empty, we have nothing to give.

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[SPEAKER_01]: we have nothing to give our family.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We have nothing to give our children.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We have nothing to give our business, our friends.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So it is important to find those things that feed you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And it could be as little like you said is taking a walk to getting your favorite coffee from somewhere to just move those little things that might be crocheting.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Some people like crafts or whatever.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Whatever is make sure you're putting that in.

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[SPEAKER_01]: as well as everything in that balance because then you're going to find way I have more to give and you're going to wonder why I have more energy and why even have more time was because you took a moment to even fill yourself so that you can fill everybody else.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so, um, I think that's important to mention to and you being a young entrepreneur I want to remind you of that because I even, even at my age, I'm not going to say most people know, but I'm not going to say today.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't feel like it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: some days I do some days I don't but I have to even remind myself that I'm wondering why do I feel short with my kids, why do I feel overwhelmed, why do I feel like there's a weight on my chest, why do I feel like irritable, why is it that when the radio is on and a TV and the kids are talking I'm feeling like shaky and irritated, I can 100% go back and find out

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[SPEAKER_01]: and didn't take a moment for me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Every single time, if I find myself being like short with my kids, short with my employees, short with, you know, finding myself in those situations, I had not fed myself somewhere every single time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think, you know,

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[SPEAKER_02]: When you do have all this going on, even just learning to get up at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. and having not two extra hours in a morning, or if you're in out night out, you know, two hours late, you know, and it does a lot.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And you can go and baby steps, you know, people are always like, how do you get up at 4 a.m.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I actually get up at 4 a.m. And I started with baby stuff started at 7 a.m. went to 6 a.m. 5 a.m. not 4 a.m.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And I don't get up every day for you, but overall, yeah, because that is the only time I'm alone.

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[SPEAKER_02]: My kids are sleeping.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Everyone else is sleeping.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I'm fully by myself.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Nobody's blowing up my phone.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So just having that little bit of time for yourself is just so important or you can't.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You can't take care of other people if you're not taking care of yourself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So true, so true, and I think finding like you said, mentioning am I an early bird or am I a night owl because that makes that makes sense too Because it is really hard for people now.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I had played with morning times and I used to have years ago teach a boot camp class So when I was raising my kids I'd get up and literally go teach a class before coming home getting them ready for school

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[SPEAKER_01]: and taking them to school.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so it was so crazy because it was so hard for me to get up and get the kids ready.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I thought, well, when I took this class off, I'd lost my mind to be able to get like you said it for, or to be there, you know, and teach a class and be back to get them ready into school by eight.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But what I found out was I couldn't get up at six a.m.

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[SPEAKER_01]: That just didn't happen, but if I woke up before six a.m.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I have this massive energy.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It was so weird, like that four to five was like my golden time to wake up if it's after that, then it better between seven and eight.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Because I'm okay then that I'm all right.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But if I wake up, I don't know what it is.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So you just really have to get to know your body, and there is things you can discipline yourself too.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But if it really is your body feeding that back, make it a little earlier or just kind of play because you'll find out where that sweet spot is.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Of course, everybody says Kathy doesn't sleep anyway, but it is pretty much true.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I, you know, having so many kids doing that 10 to 6 all the time and then having a son with special needs who's deaf and autistic who does not sleep well at night.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't really have a sleep pattern, and so I had to release myself from all the motivational speakers you're going to be on the early verge of getting up early, so I literally pushed myself to do things that was actually not productive because I was not getting enough sleep, and so then I wasn't

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[SPEAKER_01]: able to accomplish what I needed to in the day by trying to force myself to be something that was outside my box.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I had to literally figure out what was it that works for me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well staying up late because again the kids were asleep.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So late worked well for me and then sometimes I had to learn that okay now you even have to get up early.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Like now my schedule is I get up before him.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I stay up after him.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I know

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[SPEAKER_01]: So that's what I mean.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I have to like figure that out.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I want to free those of you that out there that you're being so hard on yourself Find the routine the routines what's important.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that same routine every single day is what's important.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then finding how what your body works with and and of course what sometimes is not is forced on you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You don't have a choice yourself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah

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[SPEAKER_01]: yourself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Just because you have to discipline yourself at the time.

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[SPEAKER_02]: What works for me, my network for you, what works for you, my network for them.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So yeah.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Take the time to figure out what works for you and what you are okay with and you know.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then have to discipline.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay, so you're going to have to do that no matter what, no matter what you choose you're at some time going to have to be disciplined and force yourself to do that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And when you do that,

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[SPEAKER_01]: you are going to reap the benefits from it for sure for sure that is so I thought I just love it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I love hearing young moms in their stories and you know the things that they do to get through the day because it's so encouraging to everybody else because there is things out there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Even if you have a family, there is so much you can do, that includes them, that they're watching.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They're little eyes watching you all the time, and so use those experiences, like you said, there are so many things out there, and we all have gifts, talents and abilities.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I always say, each one of us, I have gifts that you don't have.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And because you're my friend, you complete things that I can't do and vice versa.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So, and we're able to step in for each other because of that, you know?

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's great.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And finding people that can help complete you is so important as well.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Finding that circle that's going to help support what you are in is important because you are

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[SPEAKER_01]: a product of who you hang around with, who your circle is.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So you want to make sure that's nice and tight, and then that will free you to be able to do the things for your kids that you need to do for your kids.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And if you're not sure what you're wanting to do, you've wanted to start a business, you don't know, you know, it's good to take times and just like, look at yourself.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Find out like what am what am I know for what do my friends attract me for?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Do they come and ask me for advice?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Do you know and I always the one who's bringing the baked goods to the party like you know Like there's somebody's having a party and so you're always the one bringing the the cop mixed cocktails and And all the great desserts and and maybe baking or you know is in your mix like you'll know what your gifts are

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then if you have kids don't let that be a hard stop like like you said there's ways you could do that for me I was in the gym back then because I could take my kids with me There was a daycare right there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They could go back there most of the time they ended up on the floor with me That's you've always probably wondered where Genesis got her on to pernour ship That's where she was my daughter Genesis the youngest one is friends with her as well

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so she literally would follow me around.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She is my protege, like she would be able to sell memberships to a gym at eight years old.

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[SPEAKER_01]: That adults couldn't do.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They would literally put her with the new hires and ask them to sell a tanning membership.

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[SPEAKER_01]: to her and she would get them talk down every time or if it was flipped, they would buy the biggest package from her because she knew it so much.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She'd go around so little gym memberships and in time like, you know, a tan makes you look so much better.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm just, it was this crazy.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, she got to follow around and learn those things and now you see her now, you know, a young entrepreneur just like you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so just think, I want to encourage you to keep going because your kids are watching you and it's going to be the biggest joy when you see what they step into by watching what you do.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And that is just amazing, you know, amazing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I am so happy he were able to come.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I am thinking about your kids right now so that she don't jump out that door.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She made a joke like if we don't get this done by a certain time, I'm gonna have to leave because I got to pick up my kids.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But um, so we'll end on that no, our kids because they are, they are jewels, they're precious before you know it.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They grow up, do take time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I know that sometimes you can be tired and wore out and running a business is stressful.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And you feel like, okay, that's the one thing I can just put on home.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You will wake up and they will be having kids.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And you're like, I'm a grandma now.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, it happens just that fast.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And so enjoy every moment.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I tell all of you moms up there enjoy every moment.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They're so precious, they're so important.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And with that, we will be excited to see you on our next episode of Be Life Changers.

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