Why Seasoned Women Soar On Trampolines | Episode 111

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Welcome back to Seasoned Women, Serious Business, the podcast for

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women who are wise enough to want more.

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Let's have some fun today!

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Last week on this podcast, I shared why I really believe we excel as business

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owners, and the reasons why I believe so.

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I talked about the power of our experience, resilience, adaptability,

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our sense of humor, and relationships and networks that we have built over time.

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I also shared my thoughts on how we have grown our empathy and our

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vision and our ability to mentor and be mentored and create a legacy.

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And in that conversation, I dropped the term trampoline.

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I got a lot of people asking me, What the heck are you talking about, Isabel?

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Isn't this a podcast about business, not about gymnastics, even

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though the Olympics are going on?

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So let me explain today what I meant by a trampoline and why I think every

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seasoned woman, serious about getting the most flavor out of her life,

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needs to build her own trampoline.

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Imagine with me, if you will, A virtual trampoline with a fabric of

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strong and supportive relationships.

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Each band of the trampoline represents a connection with friends,

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advisors, mentors, peers, all working together to create a resilient

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and flexible foundation for you.

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Imagine the robust springs on your virtual trampoline that signify

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the essential support structures.

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Vitamin G; girlfriends, we'll expand on that later, personal advisors,

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coaches, strategic networks that empower you to bounce back from

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setbacks with renewed energy.

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Now as you leap on your trampoline, It propels you higher every time,

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and it symbolizes the dynamic and uplifting nature of the interconnected

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support system that you have chosen, that you have curated.

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But a trampoline is also a safety net.

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It's there to catch you when you fall, but then it also catapults you to

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greater heights, allowing you to bounce back, And it embodies resilience and

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empowerment, and continuous growth.

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Just as I was saying in the episode last week, seasoned women, excel at what

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they're doing in their life now because they have this resilience, they have this

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adaptability, and they're wise enough to know that they can gather around them more

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of the support network and empowerment to live the best life that they choose

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and become the best version of themselves.

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So I'd love for you to take a moment to begin to construct the vision of

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your own virtual trampoline; your virtual trampoline that is there

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for support and for inspiration.

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Here's a couple of words I hope that Anchor your vision.

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Supportive.

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Put some emphasis on the networks and the relationships that form

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that emotional support and also the professional backing that you need.

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Resilient.

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This is where you highlight the strength and the flexibility to

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help you recover from any setbacks.

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Empowering.

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Focus on the ability to uplift and encourage not only your own personal

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growth and confidence, but the impact that you will have by the energy you create.

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Flexible.

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I hope that this makes you think of how you can freestyle when you're bouncing

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on your trampoline, that you can adapt to various situations, challenges, always

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coming up with a different way to do it.

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Dynamic.

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I that means nothing is status quo.

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Nothing is fixed or unchangeable.

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And that's how you leverage the energy from the movement on your trampoline.

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That bouncing is pure energy for you to use in any way you choose.

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Connected.

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This is where you can really reflect on the strength that

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comes from the interwoven support system that is your foundation.

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If you're like me and you like to doodle or create mind maps, then

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this would be an excellent exercise.

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Think of a mind map of your virtual trampoline, the one that's custom

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designed specifically for you, by you.

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Visualize your trampoline as a safety net that catches you when you fall and propels

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you right back up with renewed energy.

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Maybe it's elastic bands or bungee cords that are in your image.

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Picture very strong, Elastic bands that stretch and contract, symbolizing the

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flexibility and the resilience of this support system that you are creating.

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Or maybe you prefer to focus on the springs that are in a trampoline,

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imagining the robust springs that represent key relationships

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and resources that help you bounce back higher each time.

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And of course, usually a trampoline is round in design, which is so perfect

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for women because we are a circle.

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So envision a circular frame.

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symbolizing unity and interconnectedness that comes from supportive relationships.

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And to complete your picture, how about some uplifting arrows?

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Pointing up representing continuous growth and upward

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movement, expansion, no limits.

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Put all of this energy together, the imagery, the words, and you

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create your ideal trampoline.

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Now that I have shared with you my creation method for the

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imagery around my trampoline,

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I'd like to share with you my ideas about the most important relationships that make

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up the support system of our trampoline.

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Imagine the joy of visualizing jumping on your trampoline, knowing confidently

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that you are supported and that you are lifted, and even if challenges come your

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way or setbacks, that you will rebound because you have carefully created and

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built this supportive trampoline of yours.

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You already know my passion about business and entrepreneurship, but I always start

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first as a woman because it's in that whole life of mine that I factor first

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the important personal relationships that no matter what, through my business,

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will always be there to see me as the woman that I am and celebrate me.

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The number one building material for my trampoline is vitamin G.

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And if that seems a little confusing, then let me say I'm going to come back in

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another episode and explain all about the incredible benefits of vitamin G, but for

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today, know that stands for girlfriends.

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I have a lifetime of proving the extraordinary importance and how

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essential vitamin G is to my overall well being, personal growth, and success.

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And that's the very first building material when I create my trampoline.

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My second priority as a foundational building material

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is my Board of Advisors.

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The best trampoline for me is my very carefully curated personal

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board of advisors, and I believe strongly that every woman should

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have one, whether in business or not.

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There is a lifetime value of having a carefully chosen and nurtured personal

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board of advisors, and that will change over time and circumstances.

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But let me suggest some areas of consideration.

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Every successful business corporation, whether it's Fortune 100 or Fortune

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5000, small, medium sized enterprise, family owned business, not for profit

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association, service club, They all have a board of directors, that is

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a chosen group of people with skills, experience, resources, that come together

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to support the growth and success of that organization, because the leader

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of that organization or institution on their own can't know everything.

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She cannot possibly know everything.

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By surrounding yourself with a good board of advisors, you drastically

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reduce your risk and you infinitely increase your chance of success and joy.

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Depending on your stage and your requirements, your personal board of

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advisors may include professionals or a mix of personal and professionals.

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Right now, my personal Board of Advisors is made up of other women entrepreneurs

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that have bigger businesses, or have been in business longer than I

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have, or have business skills that are specialized and different than

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mine, but all have a commitment to continually improve themselves and

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grow, and are willing to share their unrestricted wisdom and advice.

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A well chosen board will give you a very broad perspective and the

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opportunity to choose the right advice at the right time for you.

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Oprah said, That you should surround yourself only with people

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who are going to lift you higher.

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And so that's always a consideration in every choice that you're going to

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make for your trampoline material.

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The next group that I like to reflect on and choose for

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my trampoline are my coaches

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I'm a lifelong learner and I hope I will always be coachable, so I invest in myself

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by choosing coaches to help me learn in areas that I still want to expand, in

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areas where I have not had the experience or the confidence to continue to grow.

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And that's why I encourage everyone to look at themselves is the first place

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to invest as they are growing in their business and their personal best self.

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I participate in masterminds.

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I've been in a mastermind group now for four years.

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We share core values about wanting to learn, and uplevel, and become

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the best version of ourselves.

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Additionally, the benefit is that we don't each have to learn every single thing.

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We can share that with each other.

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And that makes for a great trampoline bounce!

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Number five in my list of building my trampoline is an empowered team.

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As a business owner, I have learned the hard way, over and over, bouncing

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and bouncing, that my team is only as good as my communication to them.

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So by sharing clearly my vision for the business, And giving them clear

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direction and then empowering them to go and deliver what I've asked, lifts

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me and I am able to bounce higher because my energy is devoted to growth.

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The last aspect of my constructing my own trampoline is my strategic networks.

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I have decided to reclaim the term networking for its highest and best good.

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Networking is no longer about having a couple of glasses of wine, keeping

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a smile pasted on my face and leaving with a bunch of business cards in

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my hand that really don't lift me.

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Now, my network building, is very strategic and thoughtful.

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Who are the people that I want to meet that will lift me?

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I hope that you can see networking in a different light when you

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think about it as part of the construction of your own trampoline.

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Okay, before we part, let me recap very quickly.

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I believe that we are incredible as a seasoned group with life experience.

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and opportunities to continue to do whatever we want more of in our lives.

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If that means more growth in our businesses or more impact from what we

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do and who we are in our life, more fun and more freedom, more of everything,

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then why not feel like you're on your own trampoline and you have control

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over that energy and that experience?

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And because I believe that we are not only smarter and wiser now, but

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I believe that our vision is bigger and our appetite for a more impactful,

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enriched, enjoyable life; I like to share with you my ideas, my systems

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for making it fun and successful.

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And I welcome ideas from you about how you change the paradigms, change

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business models for success and growth today so that it's really appropriate

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to us who we are today and what we want.

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Conforming to something that no longer serves us or perhaps never did really is

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just like that's off the table for me and I invite you to share with all my audience

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what ways you have learned to create a system or vision that supports you as a

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seasoned woman serious about business.

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All right, next episode, we're going to talk more about vitamin G and why that

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makes me the powerful, resilient person that I am today and how I can share

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some of my best practices with you.

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Have a great week!