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[00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:07.200] A mochi moment from Mark, who writes, I just want to thank you for making GOP1s affordable.
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[00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:20.240] Thanks, Mark.
[00:00:20.240 --> 00:00:23.120] I'm Myra Ameth, founder of Mochi Health.
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[00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:20.640] Hi, I'm Sonera Madani, a mom of two, daughter of an immigrant, and an unlikely entrepreneur who built a billion-dollar business.
[00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:22.160] Yes, billion.
[00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:25.520] Now I'm doing it again and building my second unicorn, work.
[00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:33.120] Shockingly, less than 2% of female founders ever reach $1 million in revenue, and I'm on a mission to change that.
[00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:39.280] At CEO School, we mentor thousands of women to help them level up in business and in life.
[00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:45.440] We believe that you deserve to have it all because honestly, nothing bad happens when women make more money.
[00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:49.280] Grab a seat because class is officially in session.
[00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:51.680] Welcome to CEO School.
[00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:54.480] Hi, everyone.
[00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:56.480] Welcome to the CEO School podcast.
[00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.520] It is officially our five-year anniversary.
[00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:02.760] That was so cool.
[00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.120] It's five years, y'all.
[00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:06.200] Five years of the CO School Podcast.
[00:02:06.520 --> 00:02:09.880] I feel so excited, so grateful.
[00:02:09.880 --> 00:02:15.320] I am just floored and shocked and proud of the fact that we are here.
[00:02:15.320 --> 00:02:16.760] Five years growing.
[00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:23.080] This is like the longest thing I've ever done besides clearly my family and my business.
[00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.960] Like actually showing up every single week.
[00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.880] We've released an episode.
[00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:33.160] We are, I don't know, 380-something episodes here now.
[00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:36.440] It has been an unbelievable journey in Ride.
[00:02:36.440 --> 00:02:47.640] And I am so grateful for all of you, for our audience, for just all of the support over the years, the producers that have come along the way to the show itself, like how it's evolved.
[00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:49.640] Like this is a community.
[00:02:49.640 --> 00:02:52.440] This is my baby that's grown up.
[00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:55.880] And I just feel so grateful and so proud today.
[00:02:55.880 --> 00:02:57.800] And I'm just, I'm just, I'm excited.
[00:02:57.800 --> 00:02:58.760] I'm so excited.
[00:02:58.760 --> 00:03:01.560] We're here in my living room recording.
[00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.480] And we've had such incredible episodes that are airing right now.
[00:03:05.480 --> 00:03:09.000] I feel the most connected to all of you that I've ever felt.
[00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.240] And man, it has been a journey.
[00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:16.040] If you have been around since year one in the OG era, please let me know.
[00:03:16.040 --> 00:03:17.720] I want to say hi to you.
[00:03:17.720 --> 00:03:20.280] And even any of you, come say hi.
[00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:21.320] Please, please, please.
[00:03:21.320 --> 00:03:23.160] I tell you this every episode.
[00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:26.200] And I like, I barely get, there's like crickets half the time.
[00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:27.880] Like none of you take me seriously.
[00:03:27.880 --> 00:03:32.680] Take me up, screenshot this, tag me, share, like share it on social.
[00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:33.960] I will respond.
[00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:35.320] I will reshare.
[00:03:35.320 --> 00:03:37.880] DM me and say, hi, I'm a listener.
[00:03:37.880 --> 00:03:39.560] Tell me about your entrepreneurial journey.
[00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:40.520] Tell me where you're from.
[00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:41.960] Tell me all the things.
[00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:43.960] I love connecting with you.
[00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:49.280] And over the last five years, like, I don't think I've ever done anything for this long.
[00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.320] And there have been so many moments that I wanted to quit.
[00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:57.520] Like, anything that you, like, that's, that's worth doing, it's hard work.
[00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:03.200] And, you know, last episode, there was a, we're about to do part two of the ask me anything.
[00:04:03.200 --> 00:04:04.880] Somebody asked, like, is it worth it?
[00:04:04.880 --> 00:04:06.880] Oh my God, that question.
[00:04:06.880 --> 00:04:10.640] I have felt so many times in doing this because I've had to do this.
[00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:12.720] This is not my full-time job.
[00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:14.880] This is people's like real careers.
[00:04:14.880 --> 00:04:17.520] Podcasting is a lot of work.
[00:04:17.520 --> 00:04:20.160] And I take it as, like, as such.
[00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:21.040] Like, it is a lot of work.
[00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:22.640] So I don't have facet.
[00:04:22.640 --> 00:04:24.080] We have to book guests.
[00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:27.600] We have to vet the right, vet the right guests.
[00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.280] We have a team that produces.
[00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:30.240] I have to prepare.
[00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:32.000] We have notes for every show.
[00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:33.360] We have to produce the show.
[00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.160] We have social to get the show out.
[00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.880] There's so much work that goes into it.
[00:04:38.880 --> 00:04:46.240] And I just feel so grateful that the reason why I'm still here is because you're still there.
[00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:52.240] Like that's the reason why it is worth it to me because every week I get to spend time with you.
[00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:53.280] And you know this.
[00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:54.000] I've told you this.
[00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:55.600] My love language is quality time.
[00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:56.960] Like this is my love language.
[00:04:56.960 --> 00:04:58.960] And I do feel you give me that.
[00:04:58.960 --> 00:04:59.920] Like thank you.
[00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:00.880] You give me that.
[00:05:00.880 --> 00:05:20.240] Every week you tune in and whether you're driving in your car or you're taking a walk or you're washing the dishes or you're at work and watching it on YouTube or however you're tuning in, you are giving me that time inside of your, in your head, like in your ear, the most intimate place that I can be.
[00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:23.520] And I take that responsibility so seriously.
[00:05:23.520 --> 00:05:24.640] And I just love you.
[00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:27.360] I know who you are, and I love you.
[00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.040] And I am so grateful that you are in my life.
[00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.240] And I want you so badly to win.
[00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:34.280] I really do.
[00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:35.880] I want you so badly to win.
[00:05:36.200 --> 00:05:40.520] And that's why I show up every week because there's so many lessons to learn.
[00:05:40.520 --> 00:05:43.000] And there's so much growth happening.
[00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:47.720] And we are all making mistakes and learning and growing together.
[00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:51.560] And that's what makes this community so different and so special.
[00:05:51.880 --> 00:05:52.840] And I just love you.
[00:05:52.840 --> 00:05:53.960] And I'm so grateful.
[00:05:53.960 --> 00:05:57.880] I'm so grateful that we are here and celebrate with me.
[00:05:57.880 --> 00:06:00.840] I am going to be celebrating all month long.
[00:06:00.840 --> 00:06:02.760] We're going to be doing some awesome giveaways.
[00:06:02.760 --> 00:06:03.560] I want to meet you.
[00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:07.000] I've got so much swag sitting in this warehouse that I need to give away.
[00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:09.560] Like, we should probably do, let's do this.
[00:06:09.880 --> 00:06:11.960] This is like literally on the cuff in my team.
[00:06:11.960 --> 00:06:13.000] Is this what happens?
[00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:14.680] This is what CEOs do.
[00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:16.360] And we've got great teams to execute.
[00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:20.360] Lily's literally looking at me like, what is she about to say?
[00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:25.800] If you have been a listener of the show, leave a review down below.
[00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:29.240] Leave a review and screenshot it and DM it to us.
[00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.440] Okay, so just screenshot it and be like, it's right there.
[00:06:32.440 --> 00:06:35.080] And send me a DM that you did that.
[00:06:35.080 --> 00:06:37.080] And send us your mailing address.
[00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:46.280] We will ship you an awesome, whether it's a CEO school journal, whether it's a CEO school hat, whether it's one of the cool like mom, I'm a rich man sweatshirts, nothing bad happens.
[00:06:46.280 --> 00:06:49.080] Like we've got the nothing bad happens crops.
[00:06:49.080 --> 00:06:53.160] Like we've got so much cool staying hydrated, minding my own business swag cup.
[00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.160] We've got really, really cute swag.
[00:06:55.960 --> 00:06:59.000] Screenshot it, DM us that you did that.
[00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:00.280] Share it on your social, please.
[00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:02.120] Leave a review and share it on your social.
[00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.040] And I'll mail you something special.
[00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:04.600] I love you.
[00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.560] Thank you so much for being part of this journey.
[00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:09.640] So Lily, you gotta make it happen.
[00:07:09.640 --> 00:07:12.520] And I don't know if we need to do like a form or anything like that.
[00:07:12.520 --> 00:07:15.360] So we'll link all of it also again on the show notes.
[00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:16.800] But so grateful.
[00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:17.440] I love you.
[00:07:17.440 --> 00:07:18.960] This is really, really exciting.
[00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:20.720] And I just want to find ways to connect with you.
[00:07:20.880 --> 00:07:23.040] I'm collaborating with other communities right now.
[00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:28.320] I'll be speaking at so many great places and putting together events that we can all meet up at.
[00:07:28.320 --> 00:07:32.080] I hope you join our community in Founders Club.
[00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:34.320] I hope you are part of Millionaire Founders Club.
[00:07:34.320 --> 00:07:36.880] I hope you just subscribe to Big Business Energy.
[00:07:36.880 --> 00:07:37.840] I write that every week.
[00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:42.080] Wherever you are, whatever you are loving, I want to meet you where you're at.
[00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:45.360] And I just, I feel really a lot of gratitude.
[00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.600] And I'm proud of me today.
[00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:49.440] Like, I really am proud.
[00:07:49.440 --> 00:07:51.760] I have, I don't have to do this.
[00:07:51.760 --> 00:07:53.760] I don't get paid to do this.
[00:07:53.760 --> 00:07:55.040] I show up.
[00:07:55.040 --> 00:08:08.240] And for five years, while I have been in a big era in my life, I have found consistency to dedicate time and energy into something that I love.
[00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:12.000] People that I love and people that I want to support.
[00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.200] And this show that I feel needs to be here.
[00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:20.080] And so many times I'm so grateful that I didn't take the easy route, that I didn't quit.
[00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:21.840] And I feel really proud of me.
[00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:26.160] I was at South by Southwest two weeks ago, and I feel so grateful that I get to go every year for the Inc.
[00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:27.920] Founder House and I get to speak for Inc.
[00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:41.680] And I was on a panel with Cody Sanchez and Kate Lucio of Luminary and just the most incredible women supporting other women in business and just business in general.
[00:08:41.680 --> 00:08:49.280] And I feel proud that I get to bring this alongside to like these incredible women to say, look at our community and to collaborate.
[00:08:49.280 --> 00:08:54.880] And there's so much, there's, I'm ex, I'm just so grateful that I get to do this.
[00:08:55.200 --> 00:09:08.360] And at South by Southwest, I got a chance to meet with this really big, it's like podcast manager, and he does all of these big shows, like the Ermozi podcast and Layla's podcast, and so many others.
[00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:12.840] And I was telling him, like, I'm at this point right now in my podcast where it's been five years.
[00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:14.840] Like, I don't know what's next.
[00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:17.080] Like, is my audience tired?
[00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:18.280] What do they want more of?
[00:09:18.280 --> 00:09:21.880] Like, am I doing, like, there's so much also, like, there's competitors, right?
[00:09:21.880 --> 00:09:24.120] Like, I mean, like, competitors are fine, but it's so saturated.
[00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.840] Like, every other day, everyone has a podcast.
[00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:28.440] So it's, we're still ranking.
[00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:34.200] Like, we're still in the top, you know, 100s in like 100, 150 in entrepreneurship.
[00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:35.320] So we're still ranking.
[00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:38.120] And I'm like, people are still listening, but I don't know.
[00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:39.800] I don't, I don't know if I should continue.
[00:09:39.800 --> 00:09:41.560] Like, what is your advice?
[00:09:41.560 --> 00:09:47.080] He goes, Sunira, there are over 4 million podcasts right now.
[00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:48.200] And so you're right.
[00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:52.440] There are a ton of podcasts and it's growing and they're not going anywhere.
[00:09:52.440 --> 00:10:06.280] But there are only of that 4 million, only 33,000 shows of all of the 4 million that have started and that still continue to produce at the weekly show that they committed to producing.
[00:10:06.280 --> 00:10:09.640] So people come on and they fall off.
[00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:17.720] And you are one, you have a podcast that has been consistent for five years with a weekly show.
[00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:19.800] He's like, you are in the subset of the subset.
[00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:23.400] Forget even the rankings of what this is.
[00:10:23.400 --> 00:10:28.600] And he told me that and I felt so proud of that statistic that you're right.
[00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:34.120] Like anything that I do, I set my mind to, and I'm like, okay, I'm going to see it all the way through.
[00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.360] And today is, is that.
[00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.720] And I just wanna celebrate that.
[00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:39.480] And I feel really, really incredibly proud.
[00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:45.440] And it would not be here without all of you who tune in and who keep me going.
[00:10:45.760 --> 00:10:47.760] And this is just the beginning.
[00:10:44.760 --> 00:10:50.160] Like, I do feel so ignited.
[00:10:50.400 --> 00:10:53.840] I feel I want to, and there's, there's shifts.
[00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.880] Like, the show needs shifts.
[00:10:54.880 --> 00:10:58.240] We need to, like, you know, I want to know what you want, right?
[00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:00.960] So that we can deliver that.
[00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:05.280] And we're, we're thinking of not just guests that we want to bring on the show, formats of the show.
[00:11:05.280 --> 00:11:07.520] I mean, I've tried so many different things over the years.
[00:11:07.520 --> 00:11:09.120] So I want to hear from you.
[00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.440] So please do me a favor and send me that note, right?
[00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:15.520] Screenshot this, leave an awesome review.
[00:11:15.520 --> 00:11:17.200] Let me send you some awesome stuff.
[00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.080] Let's connect.
[00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.160] And then I want to know what you want to know.
[00:11:20.160 --> 00:11:22.480] I want to know why you're showing up every week.
[00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:25.360] I want to know what weeks you're totally dooming out.
[00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:30.000] And I want to know what you want over this next journey and this next evolution.
[00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.080] And so I just feel so grateful.
[00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:33.040] And thank you.
[00:11:33.040 --> 00:11:36.080] And happy birthday, CEO School.
[00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.800] And from this podcast is how the community formed.
[00:11:38.800 --> 00:11:43.040] The podcast was launched literally out of my laptop in 2020.
[00:11:43.040 --> 00:11:44.160] So out of my laptop.
[00:11:44.160 --> 00:11:49.520] And I will cringe looking back at all of the stuff that it took to get here.
[00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:50.800] And I'm excited.
[00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:53.920] I'm really, really excited for what's ahead.
[00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:58.320] And so with that, we are going to continue on today's episode recordings.
[00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:00.080] Y'all submitted, this is your show.
[00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.320] Y'all have submitted a ton of questions.
[00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:06.480] Lily, our podcast manager, is, she's got so many more to go.
[00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:10.800] We did, you know, half a dozen maybe or so in the last episode.
[00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:13.920] And so this is part two, and it's a great part two.
[00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.760] And let's answer more of your burning questions.
[00:12:17.760 --> 00:12:19.040] Lily, you ready?
[00:12:19.040 --> 00:12:20.080] Let's do this.
[00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:20.720] All right.
[00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.760] Yes, I'm ready.
[00:12:21.760 --> 00:12:26.160] We have so many more good questions, and I'm excited to get into it.
[00:12:26.160 --> 00:12:28.160] Here is a question from Lauren.
[00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:31.960] Lauren said, what sacrifices have come with your success?
[00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:35.560] You know, that's a good question.
[00:12:35.560 --> 00:12:36.520] That's a tough question.
[00:12:36.520 --> 00:12:39.800] What sacrifices have come with my success?
[00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:47.880] I would say there's a little, a big part of me that I will say that it does get lonelier.
[00:12:47.880 --> 00:12:48.920] It does, it is lonely.
[00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:54.760] Entrepreneurship is lonely, and the more successful you become, and you hear this, I do think that it is true.
[00:12:54.760 --> 00:12:55.960] It shouldn't be that way.
[00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:03.640] And that's why you have to surround yourself with people that are really successful or are winning because then they're celebrating your wins because winning is normalized.
[00:13:03.640 --> 00:13:10.280] And so, as the success has come, I will say that the circle has just gotten smaller.
[00:13:10.280 --> 00:13:11.400] And that's not a bad thing.
[00:13:11.400 --> 00:13:17.480] So, I don't know, necessarily, no, that's not a sacrifice, but I will say I don't let my guard down as easily.
[00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:34.200] And the times that I do, I feel like it's like it bites me in the butt where my words might be misconstrued, or I'm used, like, you know, I do feel like how you show up isn't the same now that you have success behind, or how I'm showing up as a leader.
[00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:43.880] Even sometimes, when I go, like, I just, even within my own community, sometimes, like, I feel like it's hard sometimes to fully let your guard down because people expect the certain voice.
[00:13:43.880 --> 00:13:52.040] And so, I don't know if it's necessarily a sacrifice, but I do feel like you, I almost have to wear this armor, which I don't want to wear, which I don't wear all the time.
[00:13:52.040 --> 00:13:54.360] Like, I don't wear it with everyone.
[00:13:54.360 --> 00:14:09.080] But when I am stepping into certain rooms or certain places, that I don't feel like I can really fully be my most authentic self or say the thing that comes to mind because my words carry a lot more weight.
[00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:12.280] And so, with that, you have to be more thoughtful about it.
[00:14:12.280 --> 00:14:15.920] So, it's not that I'm not like, I'm not goofing around with my girlfriends.
[00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:19.600] And I do think like I'm a goofy person.
[00:14:19.920 --> 00:14:24.800] And so, that part of me sometimes, like, I don't get to really share because I have my guard up.
[00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:27.440] Or I just have to be more careful with my words.
[00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:29.760] I have to be more careful, even with my team.
[00:14:29.760 --> 00:14:39.120] Like, as I've grown in my leadership, there are things like there's just parts of your life that you just kind of not that you hide, but that is just a bit more protected.
[00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:42.800] Other sacrifices, I don't know, I feel like men share success so differently.
[00:14:42.800 --> 00:14:48.160] I feel like women, no matter how successful, we're successful, but I'm still supposed to be humble, right?
[00:14:48.160 --> 00:14:49.200] And I am humble.
[00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.520] I don't have, I don't put my ego there.
[00:14:51.520 --> 00:14:53.840] I do try to keep my feet on the ground.
[00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.760] I do do all those things.
[00:14:55.760 --> 00:15:10.960] And if I ever, if I am ever to share parts of success, when men share their successes and they do it in materialistic ways, and if I am proud of something or I want to share something, I can't do the same, and it's not construed the same.
[00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.320] And there are many, there's many voices that I'll be like, well, just share it anyway.
[00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.760] Like, who cares?
[00:15:15.760 --> 00:15:19.600] And this is the difference of what I was saying, where your voice carries and your weight carries.
[00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:26.160] And so, there is that constant dialogue that happens in the back of my head of also how I want people to know me.
[00:15:26.160 --> 00:15:31.840] And I do think that as women, there's more labels that get put on me, or there's more judgment that's there.
[00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:33.920] And so, it's just not the same.
[00:15:33.920 --> 00:15:41.040] And so, I do think that with success, you have to carry that weight is a little bit different of how you show up and your words.
[00:15:41.040 --> 00:15:43.680] And it just matters a lot more.
[00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:52.640] And so, I don't know if it's necessarily like the sacrifice, but I think it is because I can't just be fully loose or myself or say what I think just to do it.
[00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:56.320] But, you know, I think it's different for men.
[00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.000] I think they can just tweet whatever the hell they want.
[00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.840] And, like, they're, it's, it's fine.
[00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:02.360] I don't think it's the same.
[00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:06.440] Salwa asked how to pick one idea to go all in on.
[00:16:06.520 --> 00:16:07.800] How do you know what idea?
[00:16:08.520 --> 00:16:10.440] That's a good question.
[00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.920] You have to pick just one.
[00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:22.120] I think that people who are focused on like, honestly, there's nothing more like just, I'm going to offend somebody.
[00:16:22.760 --> 00:16:29.400] Nothing more cringe than when I meet people who are like, and I do this, and I do this, and I do this, and I do this, and I do this.
[00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:31.000] And I get it.
[00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.560] Like, you can be multi-passionate.
[00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:40.040] So it's not that you're not multi-passionate or you can do different, like multiple things, but it has to be related.
[00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:52.520] And when I meet people that are, you know, have this retail business and then they have this tech idea and they have a coaching business and they have, and it's just disjointed and it's, it's just not going to work.
[00:16:52.520 --> 00:16:56.440] You're not going to be successful at any of it because you're not focused.
[00:16:56.440 --> 00:17:01.960] And so the only way that multi-passion works is when you go all in on the thing.
[00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:06.040] And then from there, maybe the next thing emerges and the next thing emerges.
[00:17:06.040 --> 00:17:08.920] And it's a natural progression, a natural path that fits.
[00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:12.760] And it's still related and it makes sense.
[00:17:12.760 --> 00:17:15.240] But you have to get focused on that one idea.
[00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:19.880] You have to make that one thing really successful in order for it to make sense.
[00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.080] I didn't start CEO school.
[00:17:21.080 --> 00:17:22.040] This is the fifth year, right?
[00:17:22.040 --> 00:17:28.440] The podcast until I had, you know, seven years as a CEO under my belt.
[00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:33.400] Until I had, you know, eight figures in revenue.
[00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.480] I was like, I was experiencing.
[00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.840] I was fundraising.
[00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:38.840] I didn't go to CEO school.
[00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:44.120] And I felt like I could use my experience to tell those stories at that stage in my life.
[00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:49.840] And it's only gotten, of course, I'm doing it with the journey, but I would not have been able to just decide to start a podcast.
[00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:52.000] It was, it made sense.
[00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:57.840] And so I do think that you have to pick the thing to focus on to make that wildly successful.
[00:17:57.840 --> 00:18:04.000] And at that time, Stacks was, we were in that super scale stage that was like, I was ready for exit.
[00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:05.920] I exited the business in 2020.
[00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:09.120] So I was already, my team looked different.
[00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:11.440] My vision was already implemented.
[00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.760] It was a different time for me to then say, now I'm going to support this.
[00:18:15.760 --> 00:18:17.360] Like, I do think there's a void for women.
[00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:20.800] And I went through this and I do want to share my learnings through that.
[00:18:20.800 --> 00:18:23.200] And that's where the focus was.
[00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:25.680] And that's how CEO School was formed.
[00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:32.880] And so, and now, as I'm building worth, which was completely related to my fintech experience, right?
[00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:35.840] And so that didn't come from something else.
[00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:38.080] I have experience in that industry.
[00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:39.760] And so I built the next company.
[00:18:39.760 --> 00:18:44.160] Although I could have started a beauty brand or I'm passionate about this or I'm passionate about that.
[00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.440] It made sense for what I was building in my next chapter.
[00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:52.880] And with that, now that I am focusing on that, things have to look different if my focus needs to be there.
[00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:59.200] And so I do think, Salva, you have to focus on the one thing and you go all in.
[00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:00.400] Like, that's the thing.
[00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:08.400] Because you want to be, you want to be eating, sleeping, breathing, thinking, shout, like every single thing needs to, that's what it's going to take to make that successful.
[00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.080] Then the rest will come from there.
[00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:14.640] And so if you are doing all the things and you're like, why can't I make it happen?
[00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.600] It's not your fault.
[00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:17.760] You're just putting a limited amount of time.
[00:19:17.760 --> 00:19:20.240] You can't ever actually go really deep into everything.
[00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:25.360] You're going, you know, 12 feet wide, but not 12 feet deep into one thing.
[00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:35.320] And so you've got to pick the thing to make that happen so that you can then add in all of these other elements that it doesn't mean that it doesn't have to happen right, just not right now.
[00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:36.760] I would focus on the one thing.
[00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:42.200] I think that's great advice, and I think that's advice that not a lot of people are giving right now.
[00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:46.280] I think that's like yeah, because you could do it all, right?
[00:19:46.280 --> 00:19:48.360] And you can, you're just gonna half-ass it all.
[00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:48.760] Yeah.
[00:19:48.760 --> 00:19:49.960] And it's gonna feel chaotic.
[00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:52.040] It's like the million tabs that are open.
[00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:54.600] And it's not that it's not successful.
[00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:58.040] I think it's also the definition of what that success looks like for it, right?
[00:19:58.040 --> 00:20:10.120] And so an example like I can share for myself is: you know, do I want CEO school to be like scaling to the next YPO and the biggest women's entrepreneurship group?
[00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.880] No, that's not my vision here.
[00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.920] I just want to support my audience and I want to connect with real women.
[00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:17.720] And this is where I can add my space and my light.
[00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:21.400] But if I want that for CEO school, that's it.
[00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.760] I can't focus anywhere else.
[00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:27.640] I have to go all in 12 feet deep for that to be the case.
[00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:30.120] And so it's not that you can't.
[00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:33.320] You just have to define what then that success will look like for it.
[00:20:33.320 --> 00:20:36.280] For worth, I want it to be a household name.
[00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:41.400] I want it to be on every single, I want every business owner to have their business credit score.
[00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:43.800] That means that's all I get to focus on.
[00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:45.720] I need to roll off of other boards.
[00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:55.000] I need to, like, I am literally adjusting my time right now to give it my all attention because that's the thing I want to go do.
[00:20:55.000 --> 00:21:09.800] And so I think that the advice that everyone's giving right now, because it's easy to give, because everybody wants you to buy their product and do the thing and then automate and all of those things are great as CEO, but you put it on the, you double down on the one thing.
[00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:11.400] That's what I will always say.
[00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:13.480] That's really good advice.
[00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:16.160] Okay, echo my knitting buddy.
[00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:16.480] Okay.
[00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:22.000] Do you have a mantra you repeat to yourself when self-doubt creeps in?
[00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:25.520] Yes, so many.
[00:21:26.800 --> 00:21:27.840] Echo.
[00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.720] Echo the.
[00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:30.560] The knitting, my knitting buddy.
[00:21:30.800 --> 00:21:31.920] Echo my knitting buddy.
[00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.680] Thank you for this question.
[00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:40.320] I have accumulated so many little sayings in my own head.
[00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:43.520] And I really like to affirm myself with I am.
[00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:53.120] So I will, if I am about to go speak and I'm about to go on stage, I will literally say, I am an incredible speaker.
[00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:57.520] Like it's like I will just say, I will affirm the thing that's about to happen.
[00:21:57.840 --> 00:22:06.960] If I have to, you know, share something with my team or something's hard, I will share to myself and my head, I am an incredible leader.
[00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:12.880] If it's hard with my kids and I need a moment of patience, I will say I'm an incredible mother.
[00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:20.240] And so I just affirm the thing that is about to say and I literally will just tell myself I am that, even if I don't feel it.
[00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:25.840] And just that and just giving myself a little bit of that, like that boost in confidence really, really helps.
[00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:33.280] And one that I say literally every day because there's so much happening.
[00:22:33.280 --> 00:22:39.680] And the mantra that no matter what, no matter what is said every single day in my head is this.
[00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.080] I have all the time in the world.
[00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:44.720] I have all the time in the world.
[00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:48.320] And I don't have all the time in the world.
[00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.840] I have limited time in the world.
[00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:54.080] It's almost like, okay, if I tell myself that, then I could just be patient with the thing.
[00:22:54.080 --> 00:23:00.000] And so if I'm going to do the thing, whatever I am doing, I can get really into that zone and I give that my attention.
[00:23:00.520 --> 00:23:08.440] So I like saying that when I feel rushed, when I feel like it's not happening, or like trying to work on, I have all the time in the world.
[00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:11.080] So I can be thoughtful with it and I can get it done.
[00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:21.800] And that power, that little bit of power right there, I really do feel like I get quality back from the thing that I'm doing and I give it all my presence and then I move on to the next thing.
[00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:23.880] So that's like, that's what I say every single day.
[00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.640] Sometimes during the day, it's in my head.
[00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.840] I have all the time in the world.
[00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.480] I love that.
[00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.760] That's so good.
[00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:31.320] Wrist ready.
[00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:39.000] I don't know what that is, but this is an inclusive community.
[00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.120] Okay, I'll make up a name.
[00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:41.080] I'll make of a name.
[00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:45.960] Sarah asks, What is one of the best pieces of advice you've ever gotten?
[00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:49.160] And what is one of the best books you've ever read?
[00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:56.360] Ooh, okay, so the best advice I've ever gotten is I've shared this with all of you.
[00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:59.880] The best advice, I always say this, is collect relationships.
[00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:03.480] That was from my mentor, my friend Kelly Cohen.
[00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:14.600] And she sat me down and said, People collect coins, people collect stamps, people collect cars, people collect watches, collect handbags, like people collect.
[00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:17.000] Collect relationships.
[00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:24.440] So she makes it a point every year to add in relationships that are meaningful, that she spends time with, and she collects relationships.
[00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:27.240] And those will accumulate over time.
[00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:30.120] And that collection is the best collection.
[00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:33.000] And that's the best piece of advice I've ever been given.
[00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:35.720] I got that advice when I was 25 years old.
[00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:39.000] And I am so grateful for that advice.
[00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.360] And it really stuck with me.
[00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:44.040] And it's something that I consciously intend to do.
[00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:45.440] I think it catches people off.
[00:24:44.760 --> 00:24:47.920] I will send people messages just thinking of them.
[00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:59.520] I will think of them, and I will just be like, I just want to connect, send them a voice note, and I'll be, I haven't thought of them in forever, or something will happen, and I will take two seconds out to not, there's no ask.
[00:24:59.520 --> 00:25:01.840] There's just sending love.
[00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:07.680] And people are just like weirded out by it sometimes of like, oh, like, do you like, do I need something?
[00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.560] Nothing.
[00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:10.400] I just am sending, I'm just thinking of you.
[00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.440] I'm just thinking of you.
[00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:13.600] And I just want to, I saw something that you did.
[00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:15.440] Just want to say that's awesome.
[00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:23.200] So I try to do that within the, it doesn't take, it's like small moments like that, but these relationships, like you, you cultivate them.
[00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:25.760] Like it's not always with the ask or when you're in person.
[00:25:25.760 --> 00:25:30.720] And so collect relationships, but do it in a way that you are just adding value.
[00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:35.040] And that is the best, best, best advice I've ever been given.
[00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:36.480] Thank you, Kelly.
[00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:37.920] That is such good advice.
[00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.960] That's so beautiful.
[00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:41.760] And it's rare, I think, these days.
[00:25:41.760 --> 00:25:48.720] A lot of people want to know how you reprioritized when you became a mom and how you make it all happen.
[00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:50.240] That's a big question.
[00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:53.520] Yeah, it's going to be like a full, like another episode here.
[00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:56.960] But I will say, I think mothers can relate.
[00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.720] Like when you become a mother, everything else, like that's it, right?
[00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:03.440] Like it, it does shift your priorities.
[00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:11.520] It becomes like it's the biggest time occupier in my life and the thing that I want to give the most amount of energy to.
[00:26:11.520 --> 00:26:16.560] And so you naturally, I think women are so great at this because we've had to be.
[00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:18.240] We adapt and we make it happen.
[00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.160] You want to get something done, give it to a busy mother.
[00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.440] She will get it done.
[00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:29.200] And I will say that I've just learned to instead of reprioritize, I think the answer is I've just learned to prioritize.
[00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.000] So that's the answer.
[00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:33.640] It's not reprioritizing anything, it's just prioritization.
[00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:47.880] You learn to say no, you learn for things to be good enough, and you literally go through accepting that there is this chaos that is constantly around you that is just going to be there.
[00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:50.600] And so motherhood has been such a gift.
[00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:52.520] It's also the hardest thing.
[00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:54.760] And my kids test me all the time.
[00:26:54.760 --> 00:26:56.520] Like it is last night we're on date night.
[00:26:56.520 --> 00:26:59.800] I was telling Faisal, I'm like, your girl is testing me.
[00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:05.880] I'm not going to say which one because then she might listen to this later and be like, mom, but you know which one you are.
[00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:08.040] And she just tests me back.
[00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:10.200] Like this girl just is my second child.
[00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.000] Okay, I'll just be honest.
[00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:13.080] Second child are like, what?
[00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:21.480] And yesterday we're painting her nails and she, like, her sister wanted to, I was like, you could do one hand and Mila can do the other.
[00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:23.960] And Ana goes, no, I'm going to do both.
[00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.080] And I'm like, Mila goes, you don't own her.
[00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:30.040] Okay, so I'm proud of Mila because, you know, Mila's not standing up for herself.
[00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:31.720] She's like, you don't own her.
[00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.560] And then Ana goes, yeah, I do.
[00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:35.160] I was born second, so I'm last.
[00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.600] So I called dibs.
[00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:40.200] Oh my God, you are like six years old.
[00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:42.760] And like, then she like just walks away.
[00:27:42.760 --> 00:27:44.680] And she just, she's always testing.
[00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.880] Motherhood is testing.
[00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:50.520] Kids are funny, hard, all the things, but it's joyful.
[00:27:50.520 --> 00:27:51.880] You just like learn to go through the chaos.
[00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:57.080] And I'm actually really now enjoying this phase in their where I'm at in motherhood.
[00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:58.520] And I know it's going to get harder.
[00:27:58.520 --> 00:28:02.440] Like, I think I'm in like a really nice phase, is what I hear from other moms.
[00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:06.760] And so find yourself a great group of mom friends because that's how we get through it.
[00:28:06.760 --> 00:28:09.000] And so I've got the greatest parent friends.
[00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.360] That's who we hang out with.
[00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:11.480] We're carpooling.
[00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.440] They're picking up my kids.
[00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.320] We've got tennis lessons.
[00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.800] We've got this.
[00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.360] We've got that.
[00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:18.400] And I'm just coordinating with other moms, like great moms.
[00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.400] And that's what gets me through it.
[00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:25.680] And I know that, like, once, like, we haven't even started teenage years, I'm sure that's going to be really difficult.
[00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:29.200] And then they say, like, that's the rocky part, and then it's going to get better.
[00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:31.280] And so I don't know what I'm like.
[00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:34.080] Motherhood, it's a long time.
[00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:45.520] And so I think it's, I don't know, what's changed me is the initial part is hard, but finding that community of mothers that also are going through it is just really, really helpful.
[00:28:45.520 --> 00:28:47.680] Asking for help is really helpful.
[00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.680] And then this is where the focus, all of this stuff, right?
[00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.600] You can't, like, you have to pick the things.
[00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:55.840] And so on my plate at any given moment can only be those three things.
[00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:58.480] Everything else has to be a no because it's impossible.
[00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.680] It's literally impossible.
[00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:03.040] The standards of all of the stuff is impossible.
[00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:06.480] So you have to pick what works for your family.
[00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:09.920] And I also feel really grateful I've got a great partner that's supportive in that.
[00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:16.880] And I know many people don't have that, but I rely on a community and support to help me through all of that.
[00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.000] That's amazing.
[00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:26.640] And I think another question that would be great that I know a lot of people want to know is: is there a lesson that you've learned in motherhood that you've been able to bring into business?
[00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:30.240] Does the knowledge transfer?
[00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:35.680] A lesson from motherhood that I've been able to translate into business.
[00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:44.960] Oh my God, I will say absolutely as a leader, like you have to manage so many emotions as a mother at like any given time.
[00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.640] Like it could be utter chaos.
[00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:54.400] You could be the happiest, you could have a happy baby, happy child, and then all of a sudden there's like something that happens and they're like throwing a tantrum.
[00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:56.240] That is leadership, by the way.
[00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.800] Like that is literal business all day long.
[00:29:58.800 --> 00:30:00.000] That is your team all day long.
[00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:04.840] Teams are like being a leader is not that different than being a mother.
[00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:06.520] Like you're literally just mothering the team.
[00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:08.120] You got to keep everyone on track.
[00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:10.360] You got to manage emotions.
[00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:16.680] You can't just yell at like if someone's angry and throwing a tantrum, you've got to come from a place of patience.
[00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.120] You've got to give them tools.
[00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:20.840] You got to make sure that there's resources.
[00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:24.600] You've got, like, and if they're happy, they still like, it's all of the things.
[00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:35.080] And so managing children and managing teams as like a mother, I'm not saying that my children, like my team, like they're children, but it's the same emotions.
[00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:39.080] Like it really is that emotional in that world.
[00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:44.440] And I think that's why women make great CEOs because we can, we're not phased by it.
[00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:55.560] Like it'll happen and then we can take it and we can calm the situation and we can soften that that tantrum and we can create that excitement.
[00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:59.080] Like nothing brings us more joy than to see our children happy.
[00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:05.480] That's the same exact feeling that I have as a CEO is nothing makes me happier than when my team is happy.
[00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:07.160] Like that's what I'm there for.
[00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:09.400] I want them to succeed just as I do.
[00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:11.240] Like I want my children to succeed.
[00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.840] And I want to make them independent.
[00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:17.000] Like there are so many correlations between being a mother and a CEO.
[00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:23.480] And that's why women make incredible CEOs because we have natural CEO behavior.
[00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.440] Amazing.
[00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.920] Yes.
[00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.920] I knew you'd have a good answer for that one.
[00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.600] You are the queen of accessories.
[00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:30.440] We all know you love your shoes.
[00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.360] Your jewelry is always on point.
[00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:35.320] You have the best handbag collection I've ever seen in my life.
[00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:38.680] What is the most expensive accessory that you've bought?
[00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.240] Oh shit.
[00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.800] You're at.
[00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.040] Okay.
[00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:41.640] So they want to know.
[00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:47.920] I think that the most expensive accessory is my brain.
[00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.040] Oh, absolutely.
[00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:50.240] Well, that's number one.
[00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:50.960] This is my brain.
[00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:54.160] It's my most expensive accessory that I wear every day.
[00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.560] It is.
[00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:56.160] It's the most expensive accessory.
[00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:57.040] Can't go anywhere without it.
[00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.920] Can't go anywhere without it.
[00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.040] It makes the most amount of money.
[00:31:59.040 --> 00:32:01.120] It's the one that keeps returning.
[00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:06.400] But my most expensive accessory, I have a really amazing jewelry collection.
[00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.920] And so your girl loves diamonds, real diamonds.
[00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.360] And I have collected.
[00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:15.040] And it's also a very like, I don't know, cultural thing.
[00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:17.200] Like, I feel like my entire life, my parents have gifted.
[00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:22.160] Like, even when I was a little kid, like, when you're little, like your first thing, like, you get a piece of jewelry.
[00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:28.160] I don't know, just jewelry is big in Indian South Asian culture, but I have a really amazing collection of jewels.
[00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:40.320] My most expensive accessory is in the six figures in a jewelry piece that I own.
[00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:42.480] And do you have a favorite jewelry piece?
[00:32:43.760 --> 00:32:45.840] I don't have a favorite.
[00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:47.280] I have many favorites.
[00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:49.280] I really do love, and I love my accessories.
[00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:56.320] Like, I have really beautiful handbags, and I try to buy these things in moments so I can remember them.
[00:32:56.320 --> 00:33:20.800] Like, every time I put something on, and especially jewelry is really sentimental for me because it's like the thing that, you know, Faisal bought me for Mother's Day, or this was something that my dad bought me, or this is something that was for my wedding, or this is something from, you know, even little pieces of like a brooch, or every time there's milestones, a watch, almost every single watch that I own, I've actually never bought myself a watch.
[00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:23.760] So every watch has been gifted to me.
[00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:28.000] And my brother always, like for every company milestone that we have, we have like matching watches.
[00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:33.320] And so even the watch that I'm wearing today, he got me on our like first transaction.
[00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:36.520] What was really funny is I bought him the exact same watch.
[00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:41.640] And that's like, he, that's like something that I feel every time I wear it, I'll put it on.
[00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:44.760] We share my dad's watch, so my dad's Rolex that he had.
[00:33:44.760 --> 00:33:47.640] We switched the band so that we can both wear it.
[00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:49.400] And so we'll trade the watch.
[00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:58.680] I just have really incredible, like that to me is those are the things that it's not about the thing, it's the meaning behind it when I put it on.
[00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:03.880] But I do love, that is the collection that I will splurge on is my accessories.
[00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:14.280] But I try to be mindful of it so that I can have moments for it when I'm on vacation or where I'm, you know, so I try, but it's my vice.
[00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.000] And it's okay, you can have vices.
[00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:27.400] Even with, so one of my favorite books, spiritual book that I really love is A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tole.
[00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:30.600] And he does this series with Oprah, and it's all about letting go, right?
[00:34:30.600 --> 00:34:36.280] Like, I don't feel, I'm, I really do, I don't share a lot of this stuff because I don't want, it's not materialism.
[00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:41.640] And so it's something that, you know, I don't love to share that much, but y'all want to know, and so I'm going to share.
[00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:46.920] But Oprah, she's on with Eckhart and they're going back and forth about things, right?
[00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:51.160] And when you attach yourself to things, that's ego.
[00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:57.320] And how can you not live an ego and still have like be want things?
[00:34:57.320 --> 00:35:08.520] Like if you, you know, want to be this pie, like in, you know, Oprah was like pushing Eckhart to say, like, or, you know, I don't, like, I don't want to live this, like, I don't want to give up all my things and go live in a park.
[00:35:08.520 --> 00:35:10.760] Like, I think that's like, you know, I don't want to do that.
[00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:13.200] And so, how do you detach on ego?
[00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:16.880] And Eckhart goes to Oprah because she goes, and Oprah's so funny.
[00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:20.800] She goes, Because you know, I love my shoes, and Oprah loves her shoes.
[00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:27.280] And she's such an incredible woman, and she's so spiritual, and she's aligned, and she can have nice shoes.
[00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:32.480] And so, Eckhart goes to her, Are you willing to part with your shoes if you needed to?
[00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:34.800] And she said, Yes, if I needed to, I can part with them.
[00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.720] She's not attached to them.
[00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:39.120] That is the difference in that.
[00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:40.480] And I just loved that.
[00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:46.000] And so, it kind of gave me, thank you, Oprah, for giving me permission to have nice things.
[00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:49.760] So, you can have nice things and be meaningful.
[00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.080] I think that was a great way to end.
[00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:53.040] I think it's great.
[00:35:53.200 --> 00:36:00.320] You always give women permission to live their best lives, be in their CEO behavior.
[00:36:00.560 --> 00:36:02.080] And I think that's so great.
[00:36:02.080 --> 00:36:08.320] And I think this was such a great way to celebrate five years of the CEO School podcast.
[00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:10.160] Five years of the CEO School Podcast.
[00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:11.200] I'm super, super grateful.
[00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:12.160] I love these AMAs.
[00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.640] This is so great.
[00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.920] Lily, you have to bring them back.
[00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.800] Lily has to go.
[00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:16.000] She's going to catch her train.
[00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.600] I just feel so grateful for all of you.
[00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:20.640] Thank you so much for tuning in, celebrating with us today.
[00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.520] You've got more questions.
[00:36:21.520 --> 00:36:24.160] I'll post another AMA here so we can do that right away.
[00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:30.720] And maybe I do one virtually so we can continue on this awesome, the awesome questions that you ask.
[00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:32.320] Thanks so much for all your love.
[00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:39.040] Celebrate with us, screenshot this episode, share it, tag it, DM me so I can send you a gift personally.
[00:36:39.040 --> 00:36:40.400] I love you so much.
[00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:44.480] Thank you for everything and for being part of our journey.
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[00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:59.440] Once you discover the Mazda CX-5, Mazda, it doesn't take long to get it.
[00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:06.520] With standard all-wheel drive, a premium interior, and advanced safety features, it's an SUV that gives you more at every turn.
[00:37:06.520 --> 00:37:07.880] It will have you sang.
[00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.760] Mazda.
[00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:10.520] The Mazda CX-5.
[00:37:10.520 --> 00:37:12.440] It's made to move you.
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[00:37:24.520 --> 00:37:31.960] You were made to outdo your holiday, your hammocking, and your pooling.
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Prompt 2: Key Takeaways

Now please extract the key takeaways from the transcript content I provided.

Extract the most important key takeaways from this part of the conversation. Use a single sentence statement (the key takeaway) rather than milquetoast descriptions like "the hosts discuss...". 

Limit the key takeaways to a maximum of 3. The key takeaways should be insightful and knowledge-additive. 

IMPORTANT: Return ONLY valid JSON, no explanations or markdown. Ensure:
- All strings are properly quoted and escaped
- No trailing commas
- All braces and brackets are balanced
Format: {"key_takeaways": ["takeaway 1", "takeaway 2"]}

Prompt 3: Segments

Now identify 2-4 distinct topical segments from this part of the conversation.

For each segment, identify:
- Descriptive title (3-6 words)  
- START timestamp when this topic begins (HH:MM:SS format)
- Double check that the timestamp is accurate - a timestamp will NEVER be greater than the total length of the audio
- Most important Key takeaway from that segment. Key takeaway must be specific and knowledge-additive.
- Brief summary of the discussion

IMPORTANT: The timestamp should mark when the topic/segment STARTS, not a range. Look for topic transitions and conversation shifts.

Return ONLY valid JSON. Ensure all strings are properly quoted, no trailing commas:
{
  "segments": [
    {
      "segment_title": "Topic Discussion", 
      "timestamp": "01:15:30",
      "key_takeaway": "main point from this segment",
      "segment_summary": "brief description of what was discussed"
    }
  ]
}

Timestamp format: HH:MM:SS (e.g., 00:05:30, 01:22:45) marking the START of each segment.

Prompt 4: Media Mentions

Now scan the transcript content I provided for ACTUAL mentions of specific media titles:

Find explicit mentions of:
- Books (with specific titles)
- Movies (with specific titles)  
- TV Shows (with specific titles)
- Music/Songs (with specific titles)

DO NOT include:
- Websites, URLs, or web services
- Other podcasts or podcast names

IMPORTANT: 
- Only include items explicitly mentioned by name. Do not invent titles.
- Valid categories are: "Book", "Movie", "TV Show", "Music"
- Include the exact phrase where each item was mentioned
- Find the nearest proximate timestamp where it appears in the conversation
- THE TIMESTAMP OF THE MEDIA MENTION IS IMPORTANT - DO NOT INVENT TIMESTAMPS AND DO NOT MISATTRIBUTE TIMESTAMPS
- Double check that the timestamp is accurate - a timestamp will NEVER be greater than the total length of the audio
- Timestamps are given as ranges, e.g. 01:13:42.520 --> 01:13:46.720. Use the EARLIER of the 2 timestamps in the range.

Return ONLY valid JSON. Ensure all strings are properly quoted and escaped, no trailing commas:
{
  "media_mentions": [
    {
      "title": "Exact Title as Mentioned",
      "category": "Book",
      "author_artist": "N/A",
      "context": "Brief context of why it was mentioned",
      "context_phrase": "The exact sentence or phrase where it was mentioned",
      "timestamp": "estimated time like 01:15:30"
    }
  ]
}

If no media is mentioned, return: {"media_mentions": []}

Full Transcript

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[00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:20.640] Hi, I'm Sonera Madani, a mom of two, daughter of an immigrant, and an unlikely entrepreneur who built a billion-dollar business.
[00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:22.160] Yes, billion.
[00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:25.520] Now I'm doing it again and building my second unicorn, work.
[00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:33.120] Shockingly, less than 2% of female founders ever reach $1 million in revenue, and I'm on a mission to change that.
[00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:39.280] At CEO School, we mentor thousands of women to help them level up in business and in life.
[00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:45.440] We believe that you deserve to have it all because honestly, nothing bad happens when women make more money.
[00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:49.280] Grab a seat because class is officially in session.
[00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:51.680] Welcome to CEO School.
[00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:54.480] Hi, everyone.
[00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:56.480] Welcome to the CEO School podcast.
[00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.520] It is officially our five-year anniversary.
[00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:02.760] That was so cool.
[00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.120] It's five years, y'all.
[00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:06.200] Five years of the CO School Podcast.
[00:02:06.520 --> 00:02:09.880] I feel so excited, so grateful.
[00:02:09.880 --> 00:02:15.320] I am just floored and shocked and proud of the fact that we are here.
[00:02:15.320 --> 00:02:16.760] Five years growing.
[00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:23.080] This is like the longest thing I've ever done besides clearly my family and my business.
[00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.960] Like actually showing up every single week.
[00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.880] We've released an episode.
[00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:33.160] We are, I don't know, 380-something episodes here now.
[00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:36.440] It has been an unbelievable journey in Ride.
[00:02:36.440 --> 00:02:47.640] And I am so grateful for all of you, for our audience, for just all of the support over the years, the producers that have come along the way to the show itself, like how it's evolved.
[00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:49.640] Like this is a community.
[00:02:49.640 --> 00:02:52.440] This is my baby that's grown up.
[00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:55.880] And I just feel so grateful and so proud today.
[00:02:55.880 --> 00:02:57.800] And I'm just, I'm just, I'm excited.
[00:02:57.800 --> 00:02:58.760] I'm so excited.
[00:02:58.760 --> 00:03:01.560] We're here in my living room recording.
[00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.480] And we've had such incredible episodes that are airing right now.
[00:03:05.480 --> 00:03:09.000] I feel the most connected to all of you that I've ever felt.
[00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.240] And man, it has been a journey.
[00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:16.040] If you have been around since year one in the OG era, please let me know.
[00:03:16.040 --> 00:03:17.720] I want to say hi to you.
[00:03:17.720 --> 00:03:20.280] And even any of you, come say hi.
[00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:21.320] Please, please, please.
[00:03:21.320 --> 00:03:23.160] I tell you this every episode.
[00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:26.200] And I like, I barely get, there's like crickets half the time.
[00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:27.880] Like none of you take me seriously.
[00:03:27.880 --> 00:03:32.680] Take me up, screenshot this, tag me, share, like share it on social.
[00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:33.960] I will respond.
[00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:35.320] I will reshare.
[00:03:35.320 --> 00:03:37.880] DM me and say, hi, I'm a listener.
[00:03:37.880 --> 00:03:39.560] Tell me about your entrepreneurial journey.
[00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:40.520] Tell me where you're from.
[00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:41.960] Tell me all the things.
[00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:43.960] I love connecting with you.
[00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:49.280] And over the last five years, like, I don't think I've ever done anything for this long.
[00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.320] And there have been so many moments that I wanted to quit.
[00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:57.520] Like, anything that you, like, that's, that's worth doing, it's hard work.
[00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:03.200] And, you know, last episode, there was a, we're about to do part two of the ask me anything.
[00:04:03.200 --> 00:04:04.880] Somebody asked, like, is it worth it?
[00:04:04.880 --> 00:04:06.880] Oh my God, that question.
[00:04:06.880 --> 00:04:10.640] I have felt so many times in doing this because I've had to do this.
[00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:12.720] This is not my full-time job.
[00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:14.880] This is people's like real careers.
[00:04:14.880 --> 00:04:17.520] Podcasting is a lot of work.
[00:04:17.520 --> 00:04:20.160] And I take it as, like, as such.
[00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:21.040] Like, it is a lot of work.
[00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:22.640] So I don't have facet.
[00:04:22.640 --> 00:04:24.080] We have to book guests.
[00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:27.600] We have to vet the right, vet the right guests.
[00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.280] We have a team that produces.
[00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:30.240] I have to prepare.
[00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:32.000] We have notes for every show.
[00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:33.360] We have to produce the show.
[00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.160] We have social to get the show out.
[00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.880] There's so much work that goes into it.
[00:04:38.880 --> 00:04:46.240] And I just feel so grateful that the reason why I'm still here is because you're still there.
[00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:52.240] Like that's the reason why it is worth it to me because every week I get to spend time with you.
[00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:53.280] And you know this.
[00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:54.000] I've told you this.
[00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:55.600] My love language is quality time.
[00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:56.960] Like this is my love language.
[00:04:56.960 --> 00:04:58.960] And I do feel you give me that.
[00:04:58.960 --> 00:04:59.920] Like thank you.
[00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:00.880] You give me that.
[00:05:00.880 --> 00:05:20.240] Every week you tune in and whether you're driving in your car or you're taking a walk or you're washing the dishes or you're at work and watching it on YouTube or however you're tuning in, you are giving me that time inside of your, in your head, like in your ear, the most intimate place that I can be.
[00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:23.520] And I take that responsibility so seriously.
[00:05:23.520 --> 00:05:24.640] And I just love you.
[00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:27.360] I know who you are, and I love you.
[00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.040] And I am so grateful that you are in my life.
[00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.240] And I want you so badly to win.
[00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:34.280] I really do.
[00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:35.880] I want you so badly to win.
[00:05:36.200 --> 00:05:40.520] And that's why I show up every week because there's so many lessons to learn.
[00:05:40.520 --> 00:05:43.000] And there's so much growth happening.
[00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:47.720] And we are all making mistakes and learning and growing together.
[00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:51.560] And that's what makes this community so different and so special.
[00:05:51.880 --> 00:05:52.840] And I just love you.
[00:05:52.840 --> 00:05:53.960] And I'm so grateful.
[00:05:53.960 --> 00:05:57.880] I'm so grateful that we are here and celebrate with me.
[00:05:57.880 --> 00:06:00.840] I am going to be celebrating all month long.
[00:06:00.840 --> 00:06:02.760] We're going to be doing some awesome giveaways.
[00:06:02.760 --> 00:06:03.560] I want to meet you.
[00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:07.000] I've got so much swag sitting in this warehouse that I need to give away.
[00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:09.560] Like, we should probably do, let's do this.
[00:06:09.880 --> 00:06:11.960] This is like literally on the cuff in my team.
[00:06:11.960 --> 00:06:13.000] Is this what happens?
[00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:14.680] This is what CEOs do.
[00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:16.360] And we've got great teams to execute.
[00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:20.360] Lily's literally looking at me like, what is she about to say?
[00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:25.800] If you have been a listener of the show, leave a review down below.
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[00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.440] Okay, so just screenshot it and be like, it's right there.
[00:06:32.440 --> 00:06:35.080] And send me a DM that you did that.
[00:06:35.080 --> 00:06:37.080] And send us your mailing address.
[00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:46.280] We will ship you an awesome, whether it's a CEO school journal, whether it's a CEO school hat, whether it's one of the cool like mom, I'm a rich man sweatshirts, nothing bad happens.
[00:06:46.280 --> 00:06:49.080] Like we've got the nothing bad happens crops.
[00:06:49.080 --> 00:06:53.160] Like we've got so much cool staying hydrated, minding my own business swag cup.
[00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.160] We've got really, really cute swag.
[00:06:55.960 --> 00:06:59.000] Screenshot it, DM us that you did that.
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[00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:02.120] Leave a review and share it on your social.
[00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.040] And I'll mail you something special.
[00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:04.600] I love you.
[00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.560] Thank you so much for being part of this journey.
[00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:09.640] So Lily, you gotta make it happen.
[00:07:09.640 --> 00:07:12.520] And I don't know if we need to do like a form or anything like that.
[00:07:12.520 --> 00:07:15.360] So we'll link all of it also again on the show notes.
[00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:16.800] But so grateful.
[00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:17.440] I love you.
[00:07:17.440 --> 00:07:18.960] This is really, really exciting.
[00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:20.720] And I just want to find ways to connect with you.
[00:07:20.880 --> 00:07:23.040] I'm collaborating with other communities right now.
[00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:28.320] I'll be speaking at so many great places and putting together events that we can all meet up at.
[00:07:28.320 --> 00:07:32.080] I hope you join our community in Founders Club.
[00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:34.320] I hope you are part of Millionaire Founders Club.
[00:07:34.320 --> 00:07:36.880] I hope you just subscribe to Big Business Energy.
[00:07:36.880 --> 00:07:37.840] I write that every week.
[00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:42.080] Wherever you are, whatever you are loving, I want to meet you where you're at.
[00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:45.360] And I just, I feel really a lot of gratitude.
[00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.600] And I'm proud of me today.
[00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:49.440] Like, I really am proud.
[00:07:49.440 --> 00:07:51.760] I have, I don't have to do this.
[00:07:51.760 --> 00:07:53.760] I don't get paid to do this.
[00:07:53.760 --> 00:07:55.040] I show up.
[00:07:55.040 --> 00:08:08.240] And for five years, while I have been in a big era in my life, I have found consistency to dedicate time and energy into something that I love.
[00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:12.000] People that I love and people that I want to support.
[00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.200] And this show that I feel needs to be here.
[00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:20.080] And so many times I'm so grateful that I didn't take the easy route, that I didn't quit.
[00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:21.840] And I feel really proud of me.
[00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:26.160] I was at South by Southwest two weeks ago, and I feel so grateful that I get to go every year for the Inc.
[00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:27.920] Founder House and I get to speak for Inc.
[00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:41.680] And I was on a panel with Cody Sanchez and Kate Lucio of Luminary and just the most incredible women supporting other women in business and just business in general.
[00:08:41.680 --> 00:08:49.280] And I feel proud that I get to bring this alongside to like these incredible women to say, look at our community and to collaborate.
[00:08:49.280 --> 00:08:54.880] And there's so much, there's, I'm ex, I'm just so grateful that I get to do this.
[00:08:55.200 --> 00:09:08.360] And at South by Southwest, I got a chance to meet with this really big, it's like podcast manager, and he does all of these big shows, like the Ermozi podcast and Layla's podcast, and so many others.
[00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:12.840] And I was telling him, like, I'm at this point right now in my podcast where it's been five years.
[00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:14.840] Like, I don't know what's next.
[00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:17.080] Like, is my audience tired?
[00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:18.280] What do they want more of?
[00:09:18.280 --> 00:09:21.880] Like, am I doing, like, there's so much also, like, there's competitors, right?
[00:09:21.880 --> 00:09:24.120] Like, I mean, like, competitors are fine, but it's so saturated.
[00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.840] Like, every other day, everyone has a podcast.
[00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:28.440] So it's, we're still ranking.
[00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:34.200] Like, we're still in the top, you know, 100s in like 100, 150 in entrepreneurship.
[00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:35.320] So we're still ranking.
[00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:38.120] And I'm like, people are still listening, but I don't know.
[00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:39.800] I don't, I don't know if I should continue.
[00:09:39.800 --> 00:09:41.560] Like, what is your advice?
[00:09:41.560 --> 00:09:47.080] He goes, Sunira, there are over 4 million podcasts right now.
[00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:48.200] And so you're right.
[00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:52.440] There are a ton of podcasts and it's growing and they're not going anywhere.
[00:09:52.440 --> 00:10:06.280] But there are only of that 4 million, only 33,000 shows of all of the 4 million that have started and that still continue to produce at the weekly show that they committed to producing.
[00:10:06.280 --> 00:10:09.640] So people come on and they fall off.
[00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:17.720] And you are one, you have a podcast that has been consistent for five years with a weekly show.
[00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:19.800] He's like, you are in the subset of the subset.
[00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:23.400] Forget even the rankings of what this is.
[00:10:23.400 --> 00:10:28.600] And he told me that and I felt so proud of that statistic that you're right.
[00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:34.120] Like anything that I do, I set my mind to, and I'm like, okay, I'm going to see it all the way through.
[00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.360] And today is, is that.
[00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.720] And I just wanna celebrate that.
[00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:39.480] And I feel really, really incredibly proud.
[00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:45.440] And it would not be here without all of you who tune in and who keep me going.
[00:10:45.760 --> 00:10:47.760] And this is just the beginning.
[00:10:44.760 --> 00:10:50.160] Like, I do feel so ignited.
[00:10:50.400 --> 00:10:53.840] I feel I want to, and there's, there's shifts.
[00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.880] Like, the show needs shifts.
[00:10:54.880 --> 00:10:58.240] We need to, like, you know, I want to know what you want, right?
[00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:00.960] So that we can deliver that.
[00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:05.280] And we're, we're thinking of not just guests that we want to bring on the show, formats of the show.
[00:11:05.280 --> 00:11:07.520] I mean, I've tried so many different things over the years.
[00:11:07.520 --> 00:11:09.120] So I want to hear from you.
[00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.440] So please do me a favor and send me that note, right?
[00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:15.520] Screenshot this, leave an awesome review.
[00:11:15.520 --> 00:11:17.200] Let me send you some awesome stuff.
[00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.080] Let's connect.
[00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.160] And then I want to know what you want to know.
[00:11:20.160 --> 00:11:22.480] I want to know why you're showing up every week.
[00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:25.360] I want to know what weeks you're totally dooming out.
[00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:30.000] And I want to know what you want over this next journey and this next evolution.
[00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.080] And so I just feel so grateful.
[00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:33.040] And thank you.
[00:11:33.040 --> 00:11:36.080] And happy birthday, CEO School.
[00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.800] And from this podcast is how the community formed.
[00:11:38.800 --> 00:11:43.040] The podcast was launched literally out of my laptop in 2020.
[00:11:43.040 --> 00:11:44.160] So out of my laptop.
[00:11:44.160 --> 00:11:49.520] And I will cringe looking back at all of the stuff that it took to get here.
[00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:50.800] And I'm excited.
[00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:53.920] I'm really, really excited for what's ahead.
[00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:58.320] And so with that, we are going to continue on today's episode recordings.
[00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:00.080] Y'all submitted, this is your show.
[00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.320] Y'all have submitted a ton of questions.
[00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:06.480] Lily, our podcast manager, is, she's got so many more to go.
[00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:10.800] We did, you know, half a dozen maybe or so in the last episode.
[00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:13.920] And so this is part two, and it's a great part two.
[00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.760] And let's answer more of your burning questions.
[00:12:17.760 --> 00:12:19.040] Lily, you ready?
[00:12:19.040 --> 00:12:20.080] Let's do this.
[00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:20.720] All right.
[00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.760] Yes, I'm ready.
[00:12:21.760 --> 00:12:26.160] We have so many more good questions, and I'm excited to get into it.
[00:12:26.160 --> 00:12:28.160] Here is a question from Lauren.
[00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:31.960] Lauren said, what sacrifices have come with your success?
[00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:35.560] You know, that's a good question.
[00:12:35.560 --> 00:12:36.520] That's a tough question.
[00:12:36.520 --> 00:12:39.800] What sacrifices have come with my success?
[00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:47.880] I would say there's a little, a big part of me that I will say that it does get lonelier.
[00:12:47.880 --> 00:12:48.920] It does, it is lonely.
[00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:54.760] Entrepreneurship is lonely, and the more successful you become, and you hear this, I do think that it is true.
[00:12:54.760 --> 00:12:55.960] It shouldn't be that way.
[00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:03.640] And that's why you have to surround yourself with people that are really successful or are winning because then they're celebrating your wins because winning is normalized.
[00:13:03.640 --> 00:13:10.280] And so, as the success has come, I will say that the circle has just gotten smaller.
[00:13:10.280 --> 00:13:11.400] And that's not a bad thing.
[00:13:11.400 --> 00:13:17.480] So, I don't know, necessarily, no, that's not a sacrifice, but I will say I don't let my guard down as easily.
[00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:34.200] And the times that I do, I feel like it's like it bites me in the butt where my words might be misconstrued, or I'm used, like, you know, I do feel like how you show up isn't the same now that you have success behind, or how I'm showing up as a leader.
[00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:43.880] Even sometimes, when I go, like, I just, even within my own community, sometimes, like, I feel like it's hard sometimes to fully let your guard down because people expect the certain voice.
[00:13:43.880 --> 00:13:52.040] And so, I don't know if it's necessarily a sacrifice, but I do feel like you, I almost have to wear this armor, which I don't want to wear, which I don't wear all the time.
[00:13:52.040 --> 00:13:54.360] Like, I don't wear it with everyone.
[00:13:54.360 --> 00:14:09.080] But when I am stepping into certain rooms or certain places, that I don't feel like I can really fully be my most authentic self or say the thing that comes to mind because my words carry a lot more weight.
[00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:12.280] And so, with that, you have to be more thoughtful about it.
[00:14:12.280 --> 00:14:15.920] So, it's not that I'm not like, I'm not goofing around with my girlfriends.
[00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:19.600] And I do think like I'm a goofy person.
[00:14:19.920 --> 00:14:24.800] And so, that part of me sometimes, like, I don't get to really share because I have my guard up.
[00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:27.440] Or I just have to be more careful with my words.
[00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:29.760] I have to be more careful, even with my team.
[00:14:29.760 --> 00:14:39.120] Like, as I've grown in my leadership, there are things like there's just parts of your life that you just kind of not that you hide, but that is just a bit more protected.
[00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:42.800] Other sacrifices, I don't know, I feel like men share success so differently.
[00:14:42.800 --> 00:14:48.160] I feel like women, no matter how successful, we're successful, but I'm still supposed to be humble, right?
[00:14:48.160 --> 00:14:49.200] And I am humble.
[00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.520] I don't have, I don't put my ego there.
[00:14:51.520 --> 00:14:53.840] I do try to keep my feet on the ground.
[00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.760] I do do all those things.
[00:14:55.760 --> 00:15:10.960] And if I ever, if I am ever to share parts of success, when men share their successes and they do it in materialistic ways, and if I am proud of something or I want to share something, I can't do the same, and it's not construed the same.
[00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.320] And there are many, there's many voices that I'll be like, well, just share it anyway.
[00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.760] Like, who cares?
[00:15:15.760 --> 00:15:19.600] And this is the difference of what I was saying, where your voice carries and your weight carries.
[00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:26.160] And so, there is that constant dialogue that happens in the back of my head of also how I want people to know me.
[00:15:26.160 --> 00:15:31.840] And I do think that as women, there's more labels that get put on me, or there's more judgment that's there.
[00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:33.920] And so, it's just not the same.
[00:15:33.920 --> 00:15:41.040] And so, I do think that with success, you have to carry that weight is a little bit different of how you show up and your words.
[00:15:41.040 --> 00:15:43.680] And it just matters a lot more.
[00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:52.640] And so, I don't know if it's necessarily like the sacrifice, but I think it is because I can't just be fully loose or myself or say what I think just to do it.
[00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:56.320] But, you know, I think it's different for men.
[00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.000] I think they can just tweet whatever the hell they want.
[00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.840] And, like, they're, it's, it's fine.
[00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:02.360] I don't think it's the same.
[00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:06.440] Salwa asked how to pick one idea to go all in on.
[00:16:06.520 --> 00:16:07.800] How do you know what idea?
[00:16:08.520 --> 00:16:10.440] That's a good question.
[00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.920] You have to pick just one.
[00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:22.120] I think that people who are focused on like, honestly, there's nothing more like just, I'm going to offend somebody.
[00:16:22.760 --> 00:16:29.400] Nothing more cringe than when I meet people who are like, and I do this, and I do this, and I do this, and I do this, and I do this.
[00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:31.000] And I get it.
[00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.560] Like, you can be multi-passionate.
[00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:40.040] So it's not that you're not multi-passionate or you can do different, like multiple things, but it has to be related.
[00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:52.520] And when I meet people that are, you know, have this retail business and then they have this tech idea and they have a coaching business and they have, and it's just disjointed and it's, it's just not going to work.
[00:16:52.520 --> 00:16:56.440] You're not going to be successful at any of it because you're not focused.
[00:16:56.440 --> 00:17:01.960] And so the only way that multi-passion works is when you go all in on the thing.
[00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:06.040] And then from there, maybe the next thing emerges and the next thing emerges.
[00:17:06.040 --> 00:17:08.920] And it's a natural progression, a natural path that fits.
[00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:12.760] And it's still related and it makes sense.
[00:17:12.760 --> 00:17:15.240] But you have to get focused on that one idea.
[00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:19.880] You have to make that one thing really successful in order for it to make sense.
[00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.080] I didn't start CEO school.
[00:17:21.080 --> 00:17:22.040] This is the fifth year, right?
[00:17:22.040 --> 00:17:28.440] The podcast until I had, you know, seven years as a CEO under my belt.
[00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:33.400] Until I had, you know, eight figures in revenue.
[00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.480] I was like, I was experiencing.
[00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.840] I was fundraising.
[00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:38.840] I didn't go to CEO school.
[00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:44.120] And I felt like I could use my experience to tell those stories at that stage in my life.
[00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:49.840] And it's only gotten, of course, I'm doing it with the journey, but I would not have been able to just decide to start a podcast.
[00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:52.000] It was, it made sense.
[00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:57.840] And so I do think that you have to pick the thing to focus on to make that wildly successful.
[00:17:57.840 --> 00:18:04.000] And at that time, Stacks was, we were in that super scale stage that was like, I was ready for exit.
[00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:05.920] I exited the business in 2020.
[00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:09.120] So I was already, my team looked different.
[00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:11.440] My vision was already implemented.
[00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.760] It was a different time for me to then say, now I'm going to support this.
[00:18:15.760 --> 00:18:17.360] Like, I do think there's a void for women.
[00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:20.800] And I went through this and I do want to share my learnings through that.
[00:18:20.800 --> 00:18:23.200] And that's where the focus was.
[00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:25.680] And that's how CEO School was formed.
[00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:32.880] And so, and now, as I'm building worth, which was completely related to my fintech experience, right?
[00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:35.840] And so that didn't come from something else.
[00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:38.080] I have experience in that industry.
[00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:39.760] And so I built the next company.
[00:18:39.760 --> 00:18:44.160] Although I could have started a beauty brand or I'm passionate about this or I'm passionate about that.
[00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.440] It made sense for what I was building in my next chapter.
[00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:52.880] And with that, now that I am focusing on that, things have to look different if my focus needs to be there.
[00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:59.200] And so I do think, Salva, you have to focus on the one thing and you go all in.
[00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:00.400] Like, that's the thing.
[00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:08.400] Because you want to be, you want to be eating, sleeping, breathing, thinking, shout, like every single thing needs to, that's what it's going to take to make that successful.
[00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.080] Then the rest will come from there.
[00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:14.640] And so if you are doing all the things and you're like, why can't I make it happen?
[00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.600] It's not your fault.
[00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:17.760] You're just putting a limited amount of time.
[00:19:17.760 --> 00:19:20.240] You can't ever actually go really deep into everything.
[00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:25.360] You're going, you know, 12 feet wide, but not 12 feet deep into one thing.
[00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:35.320] And so you've got to pick the thing to make that happen so that you can then add in all of these other elements that it doesn't mean that it doesn't have to happen right, just not right now.
[00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:36.760] I would focus on the one thing.
[00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:42.200] I think that's great advice, and I think that's advice that not a lot of people are giving right now.
[00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:46.280] I think that's like yeah, because you could do it all, right?
[00:19:46.280 --> 00:19:48.360] And you can, you're just gonna half-ass it all.
[00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:48.760] Yeah.
[00:19:48.760 --> 00:19:49.960] And it's gonna feel chaotic.
[00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:52.040] It's like the million tabs that are open.
[00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:54.600] And it's not that it's not successful.
[00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:58.040] I think it's also the definition of what that success looks like for it, right?
[00:19:58.040 --> 00:20:10.120] And so an example like I can share for myself is: you know, do I want CEO school to be like scaling to the next YPO and the biggest women's entrepreneurship group?
[00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.880] No, that's not my vision here.
[00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.920] I just want to support my audience and I want to connect with real women.
[00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:17.720] And this is where I can add my space and my light.
[00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:21.400] But if I want that for CEO school, that's it.
[00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.760] I can't focus anywhere else.
[00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:27.640] I have to go all in 12 feet deep for that to be the case.
[00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:30.120] And so it's not that you can't.
[00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:33.320] You just have to define what then that success will look like for it.
[00:20:33.320 --> 00:20:36.280] For worth, I want it to be a household name.
[00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:41.400] I want it to be on every single, I want every business owner to have their business credit score.
[00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:43.800] That means that's all I get to focus on.
[00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:45.720] I need to roll off of other boards.
[00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:55.000] I need to, like, I am literally adjusting my time right now to give it my all attention because that's the thing I want to go do.
[00:20:55.000 --> 00:21:09.800] And so I think that the advice that everyone's giving right now, because it's easy to give, because everybody wants you to buy their product and do the thing and then automate and all of those things are great as CEO, but you put it on the, you double down on the one thing.
[00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:11.400] That's what I will always say.
[00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:13.480] That's really good advice.
[00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:16.160] Okay, echo my knitting buddy.
[00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:16.480] Okay.
[00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:22.000] Do you have a mantra you repeat to yourself when self-doubt creeps in?
[00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:25.520] Yes, so many.
[00:21:26.800 --> 00:21:27.840] Echo.
[00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.720] Echo the.
[00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:30.560] The knitting, my knitting buddy.
[00:21:30.800 --> 00:21:31.920] Echo my knitting buddy.
[00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.680] Thank you for this question.
[00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:40.320] I have accumulated so many little sayings in my own head.
[00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:43.520] And I really like to affirm myself with I am.
[00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:53.120] So I will, if I am about to go speak and I'm about to go on stage, I will literally say, I am an incredible speaker.
[00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:57.520] Like it's like I will just say, I will affirm the thing that's about to happen.
[00:21:57.840 --> 00:22:06.960] If I have to, you know, share something with my team or something's hard, I will share to myself and my head, I am an incredible leader.
[00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:12.880] If it's hard with my kids and I need a moment of patience, I will say I'm an incredible mother.
[00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:20.240] And so I just affirm the thing that is about to say and I literally will just tell myself I am that, even if I don't feel it.
[00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:25.840] And just that and just giving myself a little bit of that, like that boost in confidence really, really helps.
[00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:33.280] And one that I say literally every day because there's so much happening.
[00:22:33.280 --> 00:22:39.680] And the mantra that no matter what, no matter what is said every single day in my head is this.
[00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.080] I have all the time in the world.
[00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:44.720] I have all the time in the world.
[00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:48.320] And I don't have all the time in the world.
[00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.840] I have limited time in the world.
[00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:54.080] It's almost like, okay, if I tell myself that, then I could just be patient with the thing.
[00:22:54.080 --> 00:23:00.000] And so if I'm going to do the thing, whatever I am doing, I can get really into that zone and I give that my attention.
[00:23:00.520 --> 00:23:08.440] So I like saying that when I feel rushed, when I feel like it's not happening, or like trying to work on, I have all the time in the world.
[00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:11.080] So I can be thoughtful with it and I can get it done.
[00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:21.800] And that power, that little bit of power right there, I really do feel like I get quality back from the thing that I'm doing and I give it all my presence and then I move on to the next thing.
[00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:23.880] So that's like, that's what I say every single day.
[00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.640] Sometimes during the day, it's in my head.
[00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.840] I have all the time in the world.
[00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.480] I love that.
[00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.760] That's so good.
[00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:31.320] Wrist ready.
[00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:39.000] I don't know what that is, but this is an inclusive community.
[00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.120] Okay, I'll make up a name.
[00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:41.080] I'll make of a name.
[00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:45.960] Sarah asks, What is one of the best pieces of advice you've ever gotten?
[00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:49.160] And what is one of the best books you've ever read?
[00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:56.360] Ooh, okay, so the best advice I've ever gotten is I've shared this with all of you.
[00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:59.880] The best advice, I always say this, is collect relationships.
[00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:03.480] That was from my mentor, my friend Kelly Cohen.
[00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:14.600] And she sat me down and said, People collect coins, people collect stamps, people collect cars, people collect watches, collect handbags, like people collect.
[00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:17.000] Collect relationships.
[00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:24.440] So she makes it a point every year to add in relationships that are meaningful, that she spends time with, and she collects relationships.
[00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:27.240] And those will accumulate over time.
[00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:30.120] And that collection is the best collection.
[00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:33.000] And that's the best piece of advice I've ever been given.
[00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:35.720] I got that advice when I was 25 years old.
[00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:39.000] And I am so grateful for that advice.
[00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.360] And it really stuck with me.
[00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:44.040] And it's something that I consciously intend to do.
[00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:45.440] I think it catches people off.
[00:24:44.760 --> 00:24:47.920] I will send people messages just thinking of them.
[00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:59.520] I will think of them, and I will just be like, I just want to connect, send them a voice note, and I'll be, I haven't thought of them in forever, or something will happen, and I will take two seconds out to not, there's no ask.
[00:24:59.520 --> 00:25:01.840] There's just sending love.
[00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:07.680] And people are just like weirded out by it sometimes of like, oh, like, do you like, do I need something?
[00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.560] Nothing.
[00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:10.400] I just am sending, I'm just thinking of you.
[00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.440] I'm just thinking of you.
[00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:13.600] And I just want to, I saw something that you did.
[00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:15.440] Just want to say that's awesome.
[00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:23.200] So I try to do that within the, it doesn't take, it's like small moments like that, but these relationships, like you, you cultivate them.
[00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:25.760] Like it's not always with the ask or when you're in person.
[00:25:25.760 --> 00:25:30.720] And so collect relationships, but do it in a way that you are just adding value.
[00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:35.040] And that is the best, best, best advice I've ever been given.
[00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:36.480] Thank you, Kelly.
[00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:37.920] That is such good advice.
[00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.960] That's so beautiful.
[00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:41.760] And it's rare, I think, these days.
[00:25:41.760 --> 00:25:48.720] A lot of people want to know how you reprioritized when you became a mom and how you make it all happen.
[00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:50.240] That's a big question.
[00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:53.520] Yeah, it's going to be like a full, like another episode here.
[00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:56.960] But I will say, I think mothers can relate.
[00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.720] Like when you become a mother, everything else, like that's it, right?
[00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:03.440] Like it, it does shift your priorities.
[00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:11.520] It becomes like it's the biggest time occupier in my life and the thing that I want to give the most amount of energy to.
[00:26:11.520 --> 00:26:16.560] And so you naturally, I think women are so great at this because we've had to be.
[00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:18.240] We adapt and we make it happen.
[00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.160] You want to get something done, give it to a busy mother.
[00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.440] She will get it done.
[00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:29.200] And I will say that I've just learned to instead of reprioritize, I think the answer is I've just learned to prioritize.
[00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.000] So that's the answer.
[00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:33.640] It's not reprioritizing anything, it's just prioritization.
[00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:47.880] You learn to say no, you learn for things to be good enough, and you literally go through accepting that there is this chaos that is constantly around you that is just going to be there.
[00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:50.600] And so motherhood has been such a gift.
[00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:52.520] It's also the hardest thing.
[00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:54.760] And my kids test me all the time.
[00:26:54.760 --> 00:26:56.520] Like it is last night we're on date night.
[00:26:56.520 --> 00:26:59.800] I was telling Faisal, I'm like, your girl is testing me.
[00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:05.880] I'm not going to say which one because then she might listen to this later and be like, mom, but you know which one you are.
[00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:08.040] And she just tests me back.
[00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:10.200] Like this girl just is my second child.
[00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.000] Okay, I'll just be honest.
[00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:13.080] Second child are like, what?
[00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:21.480] And yesterday we're painting her nails and she, like, her sister wanted to, I was like, you could do one hand and Mila can do the other.
[00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:23.960] And Ana goes, no, I'm going to do both.
[00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.080] And I'm like, Mila goes, you don't own her.
[00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:30.040] Okay, so I'm proud of Mila because, you know, Mila's not standing up for herself.
[00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:31.720] She's like, you don't own her.
[00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.560] And then Ana goes, yeah, I do.
[00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:35.160] I was born second, so I'm last.
[00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.600] So I called dibs.
[00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:40.200] Oh my God, you are like six years old.
[00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:42.760] And like, then she like just walks away.
[00:27:42.760 --> 00:27:44.680] And she just, she's always testing.
[00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.880] Motherhood is testing.
[00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:50.520] Kids are funny, hard, all the things, but it's joyful.
[00:27:50.520 --> 00:27:51.880] You just like learn to go through the chaos.
[00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:57.080] And I'm actually really now enjoying this phase in their where I'm at in motherhood.
[00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:58.520] And I know it's going to get harder.
[00:27:58.520 --> 00:28:02.440] Like, I think I'm in like a really nice phase, is what I hear from other moms.
[00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:06.760] And so find yourself a great group of mom friends because that's how we get through it.
[00:28:06.760 --> 00:28:09.000] And so I've got the greatest parent friends.
[00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.360] That's who we hang out with.
[00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:11.480] We're carpooling.
[00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.440] They're picking up my kids.
[00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.320] We've got tennis lessons.
[00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.800] We've got this.
[00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.360] We've got that.
[00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:18.400] And I'm just coordinating with other moms, like great moms.
[00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.400] And that's what gets me through it.
[00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:25.680] And I know that, like, once, like, we haven't even started teenage years, I'm sure that's going to be really difficult.
[00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:29.200] And then they say, like, that's the rocky part, and then it's going to get better.
[00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:31.280] And so I don't know what I'm like.
[00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:34.080] Motherhood, it's a long time.
[00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:45.520] And so I think it's, I don't know, what's changed me is the initial part is hard, but finding that community of mothers that also are going through it is just really, really helpful.
[00:28:45.520 --> 00:28:47.680] Asking for help is really helpful.
[00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.680] And then this is where the focus, all of this stuff, right?
[00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.600] You can't, like, you have to pick the things.
[00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:55.840] And so on my plate at any given moment can only be those three things.
[00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:58.480] Everything else has to be a no because it's impossible.
[00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.680] It's literally impossible.
[00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:03.040] The standards of all of the stuff is impossible.
[00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:06.480] So you have to pick what works for your family.
[00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:09.920] And I also feel really grateful I've got a great partner that's supportive in that.
[00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:16.880] And I know many people don't have that, but I rely on a community and support to help me through all of that.
[00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.000] That's amazing.
[00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:26.640] And I think another question that would be great that I know a lot of people want to know is: is there a lesson that you've learned in motherhood that you've been able to bring into business?
[00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:30.240] Does the knowledge transfer?
[00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:35.680] A lesson from motherhood that I've been able to translate into business.
[00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:44.960] Oh my God, I will say absolutely as a leader, like you have to manage so many emotions as a mother at like any given time.
[00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.640] Like it could be utter chaos.
[00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:54.400] You could be the happiest, you could have a happy baby, happy child, and then all of a sudden there's like something that happens and they're like throwing a tantrum.
[00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:56.240] That is leadership, by the way.
[00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.800] Like that is literal business all day long.
[00:29:58.800 --> 00:30:00.000] That is your team all day long.
[00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:04.840] Teams are like being a leader is not that different than being a mother.
[00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:06.520] Like you're literally just mothering the team.
[00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:08.120] You got to keep everyone on track.
[00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:10.360] You got to manage emotions.
[00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:16.680] You can't just yell at like if someone's angry and throwing a tantrum, you've got to come from a place of patience.
[00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.120] You've got to give them tools.
[00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:20.840] You got to make sure that there's resources.
[00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:24.600] You've got, like, and if they're happy, they still like, it's all of the things.
[00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:35.080] And so managing children and managing teams as like a mother, I'm not saying that my children, like my team, like they're children, but it's the same emotions.
[00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:39.080] Like it really is that emotional in that world.
[00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:44.440] And I think that's why women make great CEOs because we can, we're not phased by it.
[00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:55.560] Like it'll happen and then we can take it and we can calm the situation and we can soften that that tantrum and we can create that excitement.
[00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:59.080] Like nothing brings us more joy than to see our children happy.
[00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:05.480] That's the same exact feeling that I have as a CEO is nothing makes me happier than when my team is happy.
[00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:07.160] Like that's what I'm there for.
[00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:09.400] I want them to succeed just as I do.
[00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:11.240] Like I want my children to succeed.
[00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.840] And I want to make them independent.
[00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:17.000] Like there are so many correlations between being a mother and a CEO.
[00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:23.480] And that's why women make incredible CEOs because we have natural CEO behavior.
[00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.440] Amazing.
[00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.920] Yes.
[00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.920] I knew you'd have a good answer for that one.
[00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.600] You are the queen of accessories.
[00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:30.440] We all know you love your shoes.
[00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.360] Your jewelry is always on point.
[00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:35.320] You have the best handbag collection I've ever seen in my life.
[00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:38.680] What is the most expensive accessory that you've bought?
[00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.240] Oh shit.
[00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.800] You're at.
[00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.040] Okay.
[00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:41.640] So they want to know.
[00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:47.920] I think that the most expensive accessory is my brain.
[00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.040] Oh, absolutely.
[00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:50.240] Well, that's number one.
[00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:50.960] This is my brain.
[00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:54.160] It's my most expensive accessory that I wear every day.
[00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.560] It is.
[00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:56.160] It's the most expensive accessory.
[00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:57.040] Can't go anywhere without it.
[00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.920] Can't go anywhere without it.
[00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.040] It makes the most amount of money.
[00:31:59.040 --> 00:32:01.120] It's the one that keeps returning.
[00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:06.400] But my most expensive accessory, I have a really amazing jewelry collection.
[00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.920] And so your girl loves diamonds, real diamonds.
[00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.360] And I have collected.
[00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:15.040] And it's also a very like, I don't know, cultural thing.
[00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:17.200] Like, I feel like my entire life, my parents have gifted.
[00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:22.160] Like, even when I was a little kid, like, when you're little, like your first thing, like, you get a piece of jewelry.
[00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:28.160] I don't know, just jewelry is big in Indian South Asian culture, but I have a really amazing collection of jewels.
[00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:40.320] My most expensive accessory is in the six figures in a jewelry piece that I own.
[00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:42.480] And do you have a favorite jewelry piece?
[00:32:43.760 --> 00:32:45.840] I don't have a favorite.
[00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:47.280] I have many favorites.
[00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:49.280] I really do love, and I love my accessories.
[00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:56.320] Like, I have really beautiful handbags, and I try to buy these things in moments so I can remember them.
[00:32:56.320 --> 00:33:20.800] Like, every time I put something on, and especially jewelry is really sentimental for me because it's like the thing that, you know, Faisal bought me for Mother's Day, or this was something that my dad bought me, or this is something that was for my wedding, or this is something from, you know, even little pieces of like a brooch, or every time there's milestones, a watch, almost every single watch that I own, I've actually never bought myself a watch.
[00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:23.760] So every watch has been gifted to me.
[00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:28.000] And my brother always, like for every company milestone that we have, we have like matching watches.
[00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:33.320] And so even the watch that I'm wearing today, he got me on our like first transaction.
[00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:36.520] What was really funny is I bought him the exact same watch.
[00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:41.640] And that's like, he, that's like something that I feel every time I wear it, I'll put it on.
[00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:44.760] We share my dad's watch, so my dad's Rolex that he had.
[00:33:44.760 --> 00:33:47.640] We switched the band so that we can both wear it.
[00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:49.400] And so we'll trade the watch.
[00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:58.680] I just have really incredible, like that to me is those are the things that it's not about the thing, it's the meaning behind it when I put it on.
[00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:03.880] But I do love, that is the collection that I will splurge on is my accessories.
[00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:14.280] But I try to be mindful of it so that I can have moments for it when I'm on vacation or where I'm, you know, so I try, but it's my vice.
[00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.000] And it's okay, you can have vices.
[00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:27.400] Even with, so one of my favorite books, spiritual book that I really love is A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tole.
[00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:30.600] And he does this series with Oprah, and it's all about letting go, right?
[00:34:30.600 --> 00:34:36.280] Like, I don't feel, I'm, I really do, I don't share a lot of this stuff because I don't want, it's not materialism.
[00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:41.640] And so it's something that, you know, I don't love to share that much, but y'all want to know, and so I'm going to share.
[00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:46.920] But Oprah, she's on with Eckhart and they're going back and forth about things, right?
[00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:51.160] And when you attach yourself to things, that's ego.
[00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:57.320] And how can you not live an ego and still have like be want things?
[00:34:57.320 --> 00:35:08.520] Like if you, you know, want to be this pie, like in, you know, Oprah was like pushing Eckhart to say, like, or, you know, I don't, like, I don't want to live this, like, I don't want to give up all my things and go live in a park.
[00:35:08.520 --> 00:35:10.760] Like, I think that's like, you know, I don't want to do that.
[00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:13.200] And so, how do you detach on ego?
[00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:16.880] And Eckhart goes to Oprah because she goes, and Oprah's so funny.
[00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:20.800] She goes, Because you know, I love my shoes, and Oprah loves her shoes.
[00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:27.280] And she's such an incredible woman, and she's so spiritual, and she's aligned, and she can have nice shoes.
[00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:32.480] And so, Eckhart goes to her, Are you willing to part with your shoes if you needed to?
[00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:34.800] And she said, Yes, if I needed to, I can part with them.
[00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.720] She's not attached to them.
[00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:39.120] That is the difference in that.
[00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:40.480] And I just loved that.
[00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:46.000] And so, it kind of gave me, thank you, Oprah, for giving me permission to have nice things.
[00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:49.760] So, you can have nice things and be meaningful.
[00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.080] I think that was a great way to end.
[00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:53.040] I think it's great.
[00:35:53.200 --> 00:36:00.320] You always give women permission to live their best lives, be in their CEO behavior.
[00:36:00.560 --> 00:36:02.080] And I think that's so great.
[00:36:02.080 --> 00:36:08.320] And I think this was such a great way to celebrate five years of the CEO School podcast.
[00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:10.160] Five years of the CEO School Podcast.
[00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:11.200] I'm super, super grateful.
[00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:12.160] I love these AMAs.
[00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.640] This is so great.
[00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.920] Lily, you have to bring them back.
[00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.800] Lily has to go.
[00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:16.000] She's going to catch her train.
[00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.600] I just feel so grateful for all of you.
[00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:20.640] Thank you so much for tuning in, celebrating with us today.
[00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.520] You've got more questions.
[00:36:21.520 --> 00:36:24.160] I'll post another AMA here so we can do that right away.
[00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:30.720] And maybe I do one virtually so we can continue on this awesome, the awesome questions that you ask.
[00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:32.320] Thanks so much for all your love.
[00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:39.040] Celebrate with us, screenshot this episode, share it, tag it, DM me so I can send you a gift personally.
[00:36:39.040 --> 00:36:40.400] I love you so much.
[00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:44.480] Thank you for everything and for being part of our journey.
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