Michelle Ricketts 3 Keys to Going from a Hobby to a Business | DFS 295

Jennifer Takagi: 00:00:02

Welcome to destined for success. I'm your

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host Jennifer Takagi and today is one of my favorite days. It's

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Potter Palooza Day where I get to meet amazing people and

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interview them and bring their stories of success to you. My

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guest now is Michelle Ricketts. She is a business consultant. 35

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years of corporate experience, and now she is helping

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entrepreneurs and business owners alike create the life of

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their dreams. Michelle, welcome to the show.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:00:31

Thank you, Jennifer. I'm so thrilled to be

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here with you on pod Palooza Day.

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I know it's so exciting. I have to do everyone.

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So tell us a little bit about you and how you became so

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passionate about what's going on in your world?

Michelle Ricketts: 00:00:47

Absolutely. Well I did is that you said I

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started in corporate I was in three major industry. So I

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started in media, then transportation and logistics and

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financial services on the credit card side of things. And then I

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also had an event business that I didn't event series for

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entrepreneurs because I wasn't event coordinator at the time as

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a hobby. And that series really showed me I know crazy, right?

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There's a reason I never did it is a reason I never did it full

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time, it's too much work. I appreciate all the event

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coordinators out there. But it really showed me that

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entrepreneurs had gaps between some of the things that I

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learned in corporate and the the even knowing that they had

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access to some of this information. So that's really

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what drove me to want to do something with entrepreneurs. So

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after being restructured in my career, for the third time, I

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decided that none of that I want to move into being an

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entrepreneur myself. And so that really is the thing that

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spearheaded me and has really enabled me to start to work with

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entrepreneurs and I'm loving it.

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That's so fun. I was in the federal government.

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And they came in one day and said you have a choice, she can

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retire, relocate. And I was like, I'm too young to retire.

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But I'll take the packaging go. And that's

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exactly excellent. I know when

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somebody's gonna pay you to do something else. I always say to

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people, yes, let them

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Malaka CPA, who is also a financial planner, and

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I was like, hey, this just came up and he goes, every client

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who's ever come to me who said they worked for the federal

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government or any corporation and they had any type of

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retirement. I said go like if they will let you you need to go

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just do anything else, because you like done your time. So now

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now that I left, and now that I'm starting my entrepreneurial

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journey, what do I need to know that? Like, would have been nice

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to have known back then?

Michelle Ricketts: 00:02:45

Absolutely. Well, there's some real key

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things. And when I'm working with business owners, that one

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of the things that I focus on is their foundational piece. So

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it's that that incubator piece of being able to set up their

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systems and their processes, so that they have something that

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they can then delegate to others. So they are not doing

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everything in their business. We hear about working on your

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business versus working in your business, yes, you want to work

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on it. So being able to focus on their business, one of the key

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things I look at is being able to schedule, I was amazed,

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Jennifer, I'm sure you use the calendar, right, and you are in

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the government and different parts of life. But entrepreneurs

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don't tend to do that. And they're scheduling and they've

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got it to do list and they've got the personal thing. And it's

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getting all of those together. My brother calls me the queen of

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calendar. And it really is about being able to focus on I say, my

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calendar is my life. I don't have to think about I don't keep

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it up here. I look at it, what do I need to do I look at it the

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night before I see how I have to set up my day, where do I have

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to be? What do I have to wear, etc. So being able to integrate

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your personal calendar, your to do list your tasks, all of those

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things into one place, and hopefully electronically, and

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not on paper because electronic is much easier. But even if it's

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on paper, you still want it in one place. Right? Jennifer? Can

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you relate?

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I can and I was looking at my calendar. I think

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Monday today's Wednesday, I was looking at Monday and I thought

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there there's an overlap that is never gonna work. And I'm

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getting your I have my knee replaced. I really hate to have

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to do that. But that's better than what I've been living with.

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And somebody scheduled a podcast interview. And I don't know that

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it's gonna be dead in time for me to get to my pre op

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appointment. So I had to break down and just do a reschedule

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and then send an email and say, hey, if what I rescheduled it to

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you doesn't work, but I have a gap in my calendar. And what's

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happening is I put something on my personal calendar, and it's

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not allowing any time before or after. So like everything lined

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up beautifully. If I got to the doctor on time, if I got out on

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time we're going to do all the things but guess

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what? Life happens.

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Does it totally does. So yeah, that's something

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I put a little star there. I still need to figure that out,

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like, what do I do and Patti? So that's great. And I'm gonna say

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I'm, I'm kind of a just do it, girl. And so I literally decided

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that I was going to start this business. But I was going to

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take a month off. And I did take a month off. And the very first

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day of the month of the following month, my phone rang

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and this woman said, Hey, Jennifer, I'm in Oklahoma City.

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We're in Fort Worth, and we're going to do a conference in a

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couple months. Can you come do all day training? Yes, I can.

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Okay, I thought that was the rest of my life like I would

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just keep bringing. It didn't know.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:05:53

Unfortunately, it doesn't. Yeah, it doesn't,

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then it's a matter of planning that. And that's I mean, you

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bring up a great point, planning, putting things in your

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calendar. So it's not just about your meetings and tasks. It's

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about the things you've got to do in your business looking at

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how am I generating leads? Am I networking? How am I getting

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myself out there so that others know about my business, because

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as you said, the business doesn't just come to you, right,

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you've got to make sure you do the work around it. And you've

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got to have the time to do the work around. And I call it time

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blocking Jennifer, where people actually put what they need in

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their calendar. And that way, they have the time to do

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whatever it is in the calendar and block and you only have so

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many hours in the day. So when you look at that time, and you

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guys, you said things can't overlap, you got to have

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different things done at different times. So having that

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blocking of time and tasks and lead generation and sales. And

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all of that is definitely something that you need to be

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able to do in your business.

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That and for your life because we aren't

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entrepreneurs, and just so that we can work 80 hours a week,

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right? We got freedom. So I don't have children. But I've

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got a lot of nieces and nephews and I'm called upon. Can you go

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pick this one up? This one car's broken? Can you help out? Yes.

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And I tried to say yes, as much as I can. But it's that family

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time. My husband's like, well, what time are you going to be

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off the video? Well, yeah, later, babe, like later. And so

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again, you have to book that into like, Absolutely. All the

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other aspects of your life as well.

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I say I love that. Jennifer, you're so right.

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I say work life integration. People talk about balance,

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you're not gonna ever have balance? No, it's integrating

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the two. So they work together and you hit the nail on the

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head. It's putting the personal things in the calendar, as a

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person and relationship whatever relationship it is, date night,

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put it on the calendar time with kids picking up kids running

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errands. I even put my grocery when I'm going grocery shopping

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on the calendar, because you don't do it if you don't have

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time for it. Work Life integration. Absolutely.

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I had somebody staying with me and I had to

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bake my best friend's granddaughter's birthday cake

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and bake also, now mostly just from coming to your house. Yeah,

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people I love. And I woke up early. And the night before I

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had gotten on the app, and I had ordered all the things I needed

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to bake this cake. And, like guess that was staying with me

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was like, Wait, where did those groceries come from? And I was

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like, I ordered them last night because Oh, wow, I thought you

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got up really early. It was like, No, I ordered them last

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night, because that's how I'm gonna save time. I don't have to

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go. I know the ingredients I need. And so I ordered them.

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That's awesome. So that foundational piece critical.

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Even all these years later, I can have a little more work on

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that. So what else? What's the next PM? Foundation? Let's

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pretend.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:08:54

Yeah, so the foundation is there. So one of

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the other things then you want to be able to do is have your

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what how are you going to make revenue you have you whether

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it's your product or your service, whatever that is. But

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you also want to be able to make revenue that doesn't involve

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you. And that's having a recurring revenue. So sometimes

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it's going to be a subscription, or it's going to be a package of

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something, but you want to look at what can I put together. And

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an example I was just talking to someone about as a personal

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trainer, they have, whether in person, they're doing a lot, but

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they have downtime in the middle of the day. And if you can set

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up with another time zone, that you can do something online as a

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personal trainer, you're now making revenue in a timeframe

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you weren't before and with clients in a place that you're

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not there. Now that still requires them. But if they then

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take that and make it into a program that they can offer, or

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they do something offline, that's showing exercises and

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develop a program that something that they can now offer to

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clients that doesn't require them in person. Business owner

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can do the same thing and it's just a matter of looking at I

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love your baking analogy. So Baker, you could actually share

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your recipes and have that as a subscription. So it's something

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that doesn't require them. And then now you've got a recurring

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revenue stream. So you may want to pull that baking out and use

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it for something else. Yeah.

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I tell you, I'm 80% done with a boozy cookbook,

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and every recipe is gonna have some kind of, you know, Bailey's

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or kulula something fun. I

Michelle Ricketts: 00:10:24

love it. I love it. I love it. That's

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amazing. Yes, and it's just it's something else. And yet, it's

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something fun, which is the other thing too, if you can get

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fun into that equation, that's even better. So you've got that

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foundation, now you've got something that's going to

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generate you recurring revenue, that to be able to market all of

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that you need to have a brand. So part of that is developing

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your intellectual property. So it's having something that's

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just you. And in some cases, it may be about trademarking and

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all that. But you don't have to start with that. You start with

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what is you know, and yes, a logo and a website and all that,

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that's great, but that's not a brand. Those are just the stuff

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that come along with it. You often are your own brand, and

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how do you market yourself? How do you market your business, as

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well as having talking points that you can come on a podcast

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with someone like you, Jennifer, and know how to articulate what

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your business is in a way that others can understand it? So

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having those talking points, having your call to action? All

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of those things you're familiar with Jennifer right?

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Yes, and I just want to throw out there you

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mentioned you know, you need a website, but like the other

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stuff is more important. We are on potty Palooza and those of

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you who are listening and you don't know potty Palooza, you

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need to know potty palooza. And it is the brainchild of Michelle

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Abraham and Kimberly Crowe. Michelle, has she started a

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podcast business a long before she had her own podcast, and now

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she has it all.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:11:56

She's the queen of podcasting.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:11:58

I don't believe she has a website.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:12:01

Yeah, that's a good point.

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She didn't have a six figure business.

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There's a podcaster. Pastor and

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and doing all the backend a podcast and she

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does not have a website. So when the people tell you, you have to

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have a website to have a business. I'm just gonna say

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maybe not like I've invested 1000s and 1000s. I've been

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screwed every which way to Sunday on? Oh, yeah, we'll fix

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that. They didn't fix it. Oh, yeah, paste this will integrate

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that they didn't integrate it. Oh, I'll make you a sales cart.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:12:36

Oh, but wait, I'm not going to connect it to anything. Yes,

Jennifer Takagi: 00:12:39

I've seen it all. I've done it all. And yes, I'm a martyr about

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it at this point. Now my stuff works. And I'm very, very happy.

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But it can take a long time. So just so you know, website

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doesn't necessarily have to be the first thing on your list. I

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love that. Story, and I love it. Yeah,

Michelle Ricketts: 00:12:58

I'll add to that, too, as you say that. Did

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you know just a fun fact? Michelle Abraham was previously

Michelle Ricketts: 00:13:06

Michelle Ricketts. Yes, I did. Live in the same city. So it was

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confusing. Yeah,

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yes. Yeah. But anyway, what I was

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gonna say what I was gonna say about this, they were saying

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about not having a website. So yes, you and I are back when

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websites were the thing to have. And I paid lots of money for the

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first one I had. And it wasn't what I have one. Now, because I

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still have the domain. However, people can have a landing page.

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And one of the things that my brother's team does digital

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Samurai, they actually help businesses with all the IP stuff

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I was just talking about. So but we use landing pages and Google

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Sites. And so you don't have to spend 1000s and 1000s of

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dollars. And when you have a landing page, you can actually

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actually gear that towards whatever it is you're promoting.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:13:51

So is it part of palooza? Or is it your boozy baking book or

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something else? So you can you can change them very easily. And

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so that's one of the things we work with clients on, but also

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having those other call to action, talking points, their

Michelle Ricketts: 00:14:04

branding, all of that we work with them on that as well. Gosh,

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:07

that's often awesome. So we've got our

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:08

foundation, we've got our how to make revenue. Is that branding

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:12

piece that third or is that part of the revenue? Do you have a

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:14

third point? Yeah,

Michelle Ricketts: 00:14:16

that the branding is kind of the third

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point. But yeah, that intellectual property and being

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able to develop that as part of that and sometimes you get to a

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point where that is then now you want to do trademarks and all of

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that. But first you got to develop and see what that is.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:14:30

And what's going to be able to tie into that making money while

Michelle Ricketts: 00:14:33

you speak or while I'm sorry while you sleep.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:37

I love that and I'm just going to throw out

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there from my own personal experience because you know,

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:42

it's my podcast is all about me. Not really, sorta my business

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:48

has changed so many times. I'm coming up on 10 years as an

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:54

entrepreneur, sometimes full time sometimes like vacations a

Jennifer Takagi: 00:14:59

little bit. much, not always fully focused, which happens,

Jennifer Takagi: 00:15:04

right? That's easy to do. Yeah. But I started out doing

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leadership development training. And I still do. That is still

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something I do. I love to do it. I love it when the great state

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of Oklahoma calls and says, Will you do a two day training on

Jennifer Takagi: 00:15:18

transitioning into a management role? Yes. Sign me up. I'm happy

Jennifer Takagi: 00:15:22

to do it. Right. But then I got into energy work and energy

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healing. And it was like, Wow, I love healing people. I love

Jennifer Takagi: 00:15:31

changing their life. I, I was at an event and at lunch, somebody

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goes, Can you fix her back? And I was like, Yeah, probably. And

Jennifer Takagi: 00:15:38

I did. It's not me. It's the work, right? It's not me. It's

Jennifer Takagi: 00:15:42

the work. Yeah. So I love that. But then it kind of came full

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circle. And now I'm the 12 Minute Success Coach based on a

Jennifer Takagi: 00:15:52

book I wrote, and you know, coming up with this on my own, I

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need to trademarked out. I'm just saying, yes, yes, I totally

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need you. But I can help you break your goals into small

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increments. And that's a 12 minute success. But the energy

Jennifer Takagi: 00:16:06

healing I do is quick and easy. It's not years and years. It's

Jennifer Takagi: 00:16:10

quick, it's easy. So I say all that to encourage people to go

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ahead and do it because it's going to evolve. Michelle told

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us this morning on her keynote talk, how she waited too long

Jennifer Takagi: 00:16:25

have a podcast because she didn't know what she wanted to

Jennifer Takagi: 00:16:27

talk about forever. It doesn't have to be forever, it can

Jennifer Takagi: 00:16:32

evolve, it can grow. I'm not the same person. I was in

Jennifer Takagi: 00:16:36

kindergarten, because I can time now.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:16:40

Absolutely. And I love that. I love that

Michelle Ricketts: 00:16:43

because that's one of the things that sets me apart from or

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differentiates me from other business consultants or coaches

Michelle Ricketts: 00:16:50

is because the wellness piece wellness practitioners, yes,

Michelle Ricketts: 00:16:53

yes, yes, absolutely. All day long. It's the one thing that

Michelle Ricketts: 00:16:57

has helped me through my entire life. I do a keynote as the

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:00

tenacious speaker, and it's about being able to get through

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:03

stuff. And part of that is my health and wellness background

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:08

that has always supported me. And yeah, so I absolutely love

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:12

that because people a lot of times and business owners ignore

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:15

what their body is trying to tell them, their body talks to

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:17

them, it tells us what we need to do, it tells us what we don't

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:20

need to do. And we need to listen. And sometimes you need a

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:23

practitioner, like yourself, to be able to help to get through

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:27

that. So I applaud and support all practitioners, alternative

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:31

practitioners as well. Because, yes, medicine is one thing, and

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:35

there's some things it'll identify, but a lot of times,

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:37

it's not the pills and the remedies, and all of that they

Michelle Ricketts: 00:17:41

give you in regular medicine is some holistic approach.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:17:45

Yeah, I'm a big both and kind of girl, like,

Jennifer Takagi: 00:17:49

everything has its place. And I'm getting ready to have my

Jennifer Takagi: 00:17:52

knee replaced. And I really hate that I have to do that. But I'm

Jennifer Takagi: 00:17:55

not willing to wait another three or four years because the

Jennifer Takagi: 00:17:58

last six months have been horrible. So I'm all about

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:01

those. Well, I feel faster because the work I do.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:04

Absolutely. Yeah,

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:06

you know, absolutely, absolutely. So

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:08

Michelle luck with that. Good luck with that.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:11

I'm gonna bounce back so fast, they're not

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:13

gonna do well. So tell me, how are we gonna get ahold of you

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:18

have anybody in the audience? If you want to work with Michelle

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:21

or find out more about her and how she shows up in the world?

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:24

How are we gonna find you?

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:26

Absolutely. Well, for your listeners, I'm on

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:28

all the social media platforms. So Michelle Ricketts, or

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:32

cohesion services and you recognize my picture. From here,

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:35

I do look like this. And everything. And that's the

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:40

that's the best place. LinkedIn is always probably the best one

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:43

to get to me that you can go there but I am all on social

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:46

media platforms or cohesion. services.com is my website as

Michelle Ricketts: 00:18:50

well. Yes, I do actually have the domain first. It's 2014.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:56

We have to have these days. I've got a lot of

Jennifer Takagi: 00:18:58

domains. Now I need to go through and see which ones I'm

Jennifer Takagi: 00:19:01

actually going to use and which ones I can drop. Michelle has

Jennifer Takagi: 00:19:04

been awesome. I love that. Get your foundation. Figure out how

Jennifer Takagi: 00:19:10

you're gonna make revenue and build that brand and make sure

Jennifer Takagi: 00:19:13

that it's fun. I have loved our time together today.

Michelle Ricketts: 00:19:17

Thank you as well and that thanks for having

Michelle Ricketts: 00:19:20

me as a guest. It's been wonderful.

Jennifer Takagi: 00:19:22

I look forward to seeing you again. I'm

Jennifer Takagi: 00:19:25

Jennifer Takagi with destined for success and I look forward

Jennifer Takagi: 00:19:28

to connecting with you soon.