Podcast appearances and mentions of James Patrick

After photographing over 800 magazine covers and producing countless brand campaigns, James Patrick knows the one thing that separates pros from pretenders: being prepared. In this episode of Beyond the Image, James opens up his on-location camera bag and breaks down the exact gear he brings to every shoot—and why it earns a spot. From the two camera bodies that serve distinct roles to the lenses, lighting, and accessories that keep shoots running smoothly, you'll learn what's mission-critical, what's overrated, and how to build a lean, effective kit that performs under pressure. Whether you're shooting solo or managing a small team, this is the blueprint to staying fast, portable, and always ready. If you've ever struggled to pack light without sacrificing quality—or if you've faced the nightmare of forgetting something essential—this is the episode for you. Gear strategies Lens selection Forgotten essentials that save the day Plus, James shares a few war stories, his go-to backups, and a free way to get your own checklist version of the gear list. https://jamespatrick.com/

You were asked by a client to bid on a project and either intentionally or unintentionally they did not give you all of the information you need to accurate prepare an estimate that fully reflects your services and value. Bluntly - you underbid. So what do you do? In this episode of the Beyond the Image podcast, host James Patrick deconstructs how to prevent this scenario from happening to begin with as well as suggestions on how to navigate it with clients should the situation arise. https://jamespatrick.com/

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Documentary filmmaker and economist James Patrick joins the program to shed light on a critical shift in global finance: the systematic transfer of stock and bond ownership from individuals to centralized institutions. According to Patrick, investors no longer directly own the securities they purchase—instead, they hold paper claims while actual ownership resides with financial intermediaries. He argues this transformation was not accidental, but rather a calculated move to strip individuals of real asset control, amounting to what he calls the largest financial crime in history. Patrick's research is featured in The Great Taking, and those interested in learning more—or in reclaiming personal ownership rights—can visit thegreattakingreport.com.

Is your 401(k) secretly being used as collateral for risky financial bets you never agreed to? What if the wealth you think you own isn't legally yours anymore? In today's jaw-dropping episode of The Brian Nichols Show, we uncover one of the biggest financial frauds you've never heard of—until now. If you've ever invested in the stock market or plan to, this is a must-watch that might change how you view your money forever. Studio Sponsor: Cardio Miracle - "Unlock the secret to a healthier heart, increased energy levels, and transform your cardiovascular fitness like never before.": https://www.briannicholsshow.com/heart Filmmaker and economic investigator James Patrick joins Brian to break down what he calls “The Great Taking”—a decades-long financial sleight of hand involving the dematerialization of securities, the manipulation of the Uniform Commercial Code, and the mass collateralization of YOUR stocks, bonds, and retirement accounts. If your financial future feels like a casino game, it's because the house has been rigged all along… and you're not the house. From the 1970s pooling of stocks into centralized trusts to the 1990s legal revisions that stripped individual ownership rights, this episode exposes how the world's largest banks turned your investments into their high-stakes poker chips. And the kicker? They're betting with your assets—up to 20 times over. This isn't conspiracy theory; it's written in black-and-white financial law and confirmed by industry insiders. But it's not just doom and gloom. James shares how people are fighting back, including legislative efforts in Tennessee and South Dakota to fix this quietly baked-in financial corruption. We reveal what everyday investors can do—today—to protect themselves and put pressure on their local legislators before the next collapse wipes them out. If you've ever felt like something about the financial system just doesn't add up, this is the episode that will finally connect the dots. Don't wait until it's too late—watch now, share with your network, and take the first step toward taking your financial power back. ❤️ Order Cardio Miracle (https://www.briannicholsshow.com/heart) with code TBNS at checkout for 15% off and take a step towards better heart health and overall well-being!

The Greatest Financial Crime in History: How Globalist Central Bankers Did It w/ James Patrick - SarahWestall.com

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In today's episode we answer the question "should photographers niche?" YUP! Yup they absolutely should! In this episode of Beyond the Image, host James Patrick dives into why photographers should carve out their specialty and unique selling proposition as well as unpacking the biggest fear they have when it comes to niching down. If I niche down, then I won't get hired for other work again! The reality is - that simply is not true! https://jamespatrick.com/

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This week on Faith & Freedom, we're exposing the TRUTH they don't want you to know. From government overreach to financial manipulation and border chaos, it's all connected—and we're breaking it down. Ted Nugent joins Shemane to call out the lies about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and how food control is being weaponized against Americans. Economist James Patrick exposes a shocking financial loophole that lets banks gamble with your money. Terry Newsome reveals how sanctuary states are protecting violent Venezuelan gangs while leaving American citizens vulnerable. Plus, Tresha Rodriguez returns to share how switching to clean, patriot-owned beef is one of the most powerful moves you can make for your health and freedom. [00:47] CWD & The War on Self-Sufficiency Ted and Shemane sound the alarm on the government's push to destroy healthy deer under the excuse of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Ted exposes the real agenda behind it—eliminating self-sufficient hunters and making Americans dependent on government-controlled food. Together they share how Texas Parks & Wildlife and federal agencies are using faulty science to justify their actions. They also discuss hunting restrictions, bizarre bureaucratic policies, and why standing up for conservation is more critical than ever. [14:04] Banks Gambling With Your Money Economist and investigator James Patrick reveals a little-known financial loophole that allows banks to use stocks and bonds as collateral—meaning your hard-earned money is at risk. He explains how this practice was legalized in the 1990s, why it's fueling instability in the financial system, and how to protect yourself before the next crisis hits. From securing physical share certificates to investing in gold and land, James shares essential steps to safeguard your assets. [25:00] Border Chaos & Criminal Cover-Ups Terry Newsome exposes how sanctuary states are actively protecting violent Venezuelan gang members while turning their backs on law-abiding Americans. He explains the devastating impact of the gang Tren Largo, which is flooding communities with counterfeit money and illegal weapons. Terry also discusses the Alien Enemies Act and what law enforcement can do to override sanctuary policies and restore law and order. [36:00] Patriot-Owned Beef & Food Freedom Big grocery stores don't want you to know what's really in your meat. Tresha Rodriguez returns to talk about clean, grass-fed, never-ever labeled beef—meaning no hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, or mRNA vaccines. She shares why switching to patriot-owned beef is one of the most powerful steps you can take for your health and freedom. Plus, Shemane and Tresha explain why SwitchToAmericaWithShemane.com is the best way to take back control of what's on your plate.   Resources:    Ted Nugent –  Watch Ted Nugent's Spirit Campfire    Purchase Official Ted Nugent Products For sign guitars contact toby@tednugent.com Watch Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild  Watch The Nightly Nuge Join Hunter Nation Join Gun Owners of America    Ted's Social Media:  Instagram: @tednugentofficial Facebook: @Ted Nugent   James Patrick – STOP IT! The Great Taking Film  Watch the Big Picture on YouTube: @thebigpicture1776   Terry Newsome –  Behind Enemy Lines    Tresha Rodriguez –  Get true American made products at https://www.switchtoamericawithshemane.com/   Sponsors   Get clean healthy water with SentryH2O Use the promo code: “HEALTHY10”   Get true American made products at  switchtoamericawithshemane.com   Protect yourself with EMP Shield  Use the promo code “SHEMANE”    Activate stem cells & reset your body's clock  at lifewave.com/shemane Please send product inquiries to: shemane.lifewave@gmail.com   Watch Faith & Freedom every Sunday,  10am est on America'sVoice.News   Organic natural products to help your family thrive with  Rowe Casa Organics & use promo code “FAITH”   Purchase “My Pillow” at  mypillow.com or call 800-933-6972 Use promo code “FAITH”   Use promo code “FREEDOM” to receive  20% off your first order at Field of Greens   Join Shemane's new programs Fit & Fabulous Start Pack Faith Fuel: 21 Day Devotion    Check out Shemane's books:  Purchase Shemane's New Book: ‘Abundantly Well' Shemane's new #1 Bestseller ‘Killer House' "4 Minutes to Happy" Kill It and Grill It Cookbook   Connect with Shemane: Send your questions, suggestions,  & funny pet videos to shemane.chat@gmail.com    Share your hunting photos & questions to shemane.chat@gmail.com    Watch Killer House Documentary: KillerHouse.org Get Wildly Well at shemanenugent.rocks Shemane's Social Media: Instagram: @shemanenugent Youtube: /shemane Truth Social @Shemane

This week on Faith & Freedom, we're exposing the TRUTH they don't want you to know. From government overreach to financial manipulation and border chaos, it's all connected—and we're breaking it down. Ted Nugent joins Shemane to call out the lies about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and how food control is being weaponized against Americans. Economist James Patrick exposes a shocking financial loophole that lets banks gamble with your money. Terry Newsome reveals how sanctuary states are protecting violent Venezuelan gangs while leaving American citizens vulnerable. Plus, Tresha Rodriguez returns to share how switching to clean, patriot-owned beef is one of the most powerful moves you can make for your health and freedom. [00:47] CWD & The War on Self-Sufficiency Ted and Shemane sound the alarm on the government's push to destroy healthy deer under the excuse of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Ted exposes the real agenda behind it—eliminating self-sufficient hunters and making Americans dependent on government-controlled food. Together they share how Texas Parks & Wildlife and federal agencies are using faulty science to justify their actions. They also discuss hunting restrictions, bizarre bureaucratic policies, and why standing up for conservation is more critical than ever. [14:04] Banks Gambling With Your Money Economist and investigator James Patrick reveals a little-known financial loophole that allows banks to use stocks and bonds as collateral—meaning your hard-earned money is at risk. He explains how this practice was legalized in the 1990s, why it's fueling instability in the financial system, and how to protect yourself before the next crisis hits. From securing physical share certificates to investing in gold and land, James shares essential steps to safeguard your assets. [25:00] Border Chaos & Criminal Cover-Ups Terry Newsome exposes how sanctuary states are actively protecting violent Venezuelan gang members while turning their backs on law-abiding Americans. He explains the devastating impact of the gang Tren Largo, which is flooding communities with counterfeit money and illegal weapons. Terry also discusses the Alien Enemies Act and what law enforcement can do to override sanctuary policies and restore law and order. [36:00] Patriot-Owned Beef & Food Freedom Big grocery stores don't want you to know what's really in your meat. Tresha Rodriguez returns to talk about clean, grass-fed, never-ever labeled beef—meaning no hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, or mRNA vaccines. She shares why switching to patriot-owned beef is one of the most powerful steps you can take for your health and freedom. Plus, Shemane and Tresha explain why SwitchToAmericaWithShemane.com is the best way to take back control of what's on your plate.   Resources:    Ted Nugent –  Watch Ted Nugent's Spirit Campfire    Purchase Official Ted Nugent Products For sign guitars contact toby@tednugent.com Watch Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild  Watch The Nightly Nuge Join Hunter Nation Join Gun Owners of America    Ted's Social Media:  Instagram: @tednugentofficial Facebook: @Ted Nugent   James Patrick – STOP IT! The Great Taking Film  Watch the Big Picture on YouTube: @thebigpicture1776   Terry Newsome –  Behind Enemy Lines    Tresha Rodriguez –  Get true American made products at https://www.switchtoamericawithshemane.com/   Sponsors   Get clean healthy water with SentryH2O Use the promo code: “HEALTHY10”   Get true American made products at  switchtoamericawithshemane.com   Protect yourself with EMP Shield  Use the promo code “SHEMANE”    Activate stem cells & reset your body's clock  at lifewave.com/shemane Please send product inquiries to: shemane.lifewave@gmail.com   Watch Faith & Freedom every Sunday,  10am est on America'sVoice.News   Organic natural products to help your family thrive with  Rowe Casa Organics & use promo code “FAITH”   Purchase “My Pillow” at  mypillow.com or call 800-933-6972 Use promo code “FAITH”   Use promo code “FREEDOM” to receive  20% off your first order at Field of Greens   Join Shemane's new programs Fit & Fabulous Start Pack Faith Fuel: 21 Day Devotion    Check out Shemane's books:  Purchase Shemane's New Book: ‘Abundantly Well' Shemane's new #1 Bestseller ‘Killer House' "4 Minutes to Happy" Kill It and Grill It Cookbook   Connect with Shemane: Send your questions, suggestions,  & funny pet videos to shemane.chat@gmail.com    Share your hunting photos & questions to shemane.chat@gmail.com    Watch Killer House Documentary: KillerHouse.org Get Wildly Well at shemanenugent.rocks Shemane's Social Media: Instagram: @shemanenugent Youtube: /shemane Truth Social @Shemane

Bankers, Politicians, Brokers, and Globalists Steal Property from Americans and Gamble | Marxists and Legacy Media Continue Propaganda to Enrage Leftists | Japanese Vaccine Studies Show Children Deaths are Rising | Sam Anthony, James PatrickDustin Faulkner breaks down current events from a Conservative perspective. Additionally, there is a lot of investigative journalism in exposing what's truly going on in our country... much of which will shock you!As inflation surges and global elites toy with our financial future, My Gold Guy empowers you to safeguard your wealth with physical gold and silver – a real asset for real Americans. Get your FREE Gold & Silver Guide today, and mention that you were referred by Maverick Broadcasting Network. https://mygoldguy.comIn a world where global elites push lab-grown meat and insect-based diets, safeguard your family's health with Prepper All-Naturals' premium freeze-dried beef—100% American, mRNA-free, and boasting a 10-year shelf life. Use code FFN at checkout for a 25% discount and ensure your pantry is stocked with real, nutritious beef amid uncertain times. https://freedomfirstbeef.comIn an era where government overreach threatens personal health choices, safeguard your autonomy with The Wellness Company's Medical Emergency Kit—featuring essential medications like Ivermectin and Amoxicillin. Use code MBN for 10% off and take control of your health today. https://twc.health/mbnTired of the corporate sludge masquerading as coffee? Supermassive Black Coffee is your defiant alternative, roasting 100% organic beans with Victorian-era fire roasters to deliver a brew that's pure, bold, and breathtakingly smooth. Join the rebellion against mediocrity and savor the difference. Use promo code MBN for 30% off your order. https://supermassiveblackcoffee.com

JAMES AND ACCLAIMED HEDGE FUND MAMNAGER DAVID WEBB JUST FINISHED PRODUCTION ON THEIR NEW FILM 'STOP IT' THE NEW DOCUMENTARY UNCOVERS THE TURHT THAT ALL OF OUR PERSONAL INVESTMENTS IN STOCKS AND BONDS ARE SECRETLY BEING USED AS COLLATERAL ON FINANCIAL BETS BY THE BIGGEST BANKS ON WALL STREET.

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So many of us constantly complain there's not enough time and have a long list of excuses as to why they can not succeed at both having a thriving business or work life, in addition to having a healthy personal life at home, but not my guest, that is going to help you navigate through this! About my guest: Today we have James Patrick, an award winning photographer, best selling author, entrepreneur coach, podcast host and public speaker based in Phoenix, AZ. Visit his website https://jamespatrick.com/ to learn more and to get a copy of "The Legacy Planner" to aid you in your life and business. I hope you enjoy this episode and that it gives you the wisdom you need to know, you can achieve anything you put your mind to! Can you RELATE

‘The Cold Within" By James Patrick Kinney - An Oral Interpretation This poem contains several important themes. The most important theme of the poem is the harm that selfishness can cause. In this poem the author, James Patrick Kinney depicts the different manifestations of selfishness in people. He also talks about the origin of this “human sin” from the angle of people belonging from the distinct social order. Moreover, the poet presents themes such as rich vs poor, racism, sectarianism, and opportunism in the poem. Apart from that, the last stanza of the poem depicts the theme of spiritual death. However, there are also the themes of indifference and mutual hatred in the poem. It seems that the poet was somehow upset about the lack of compassion and love in modern society. Each person has some wood that would keep the fire going, but they all find a reason not to share it: racism, class prejudice, or straight-up selfishness. All the people freeze to death, but it's the metaphorical "cold within"—their unwillingness to be kind to each other—that really kills them. http://www.allthingsif.org/archives/1405 - For further reference

"The vision behind CBDCs is total control... tracking everything, everyone, every object, every asset, all tagged on a global ledger,” says James Patrick, creator of the documentary CBDC: The End of Money. In an interview with Daniela Cambone, Patrick discusses the global push for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and the risks they pose to individual freedoms. Questions on Protecting Your Wealth with Gold & Silver? Schedule a Strategy Call Here ➡️ https://calendly.com/itmtrading/podcast or Call 866-349-3310

The photography industry is evolving rapidly, and 2025 promises groundbreaking changes! In this episode of the Beyond the Image Podcast, host James Patrick breaks down his top 10 predictions, highlighting key trends shaping the future of photography. Discover how AI-enhanced portraits, vintage aesthetics, and mixed-media film are transforming creative expression. Learn why commercial campaigns with bold contrasts and vibrant colors are rising, while paid editorials are on the decline. Explore how 360-degree immersive content, VR integration, and video add-ons are reshaping client expectations, and why subscription-based pricing models are the new norm for photographers. Don't miss these invaluable insights to stay competitive and future-proof your career! https://jamespatrick.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jpatrickphoto/ 

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Lesley and Brad recap inspiring conversation with boudoir photographer Shayla Pelton, exploring how her unique approach to photography encourages individuals to reclaim their confidence and embrace their true selves. Together, they discuss the powerful role self-care and energy work play in self-empowerment—and why a boudoir photoshoot can be an empowering gift you give to yourself.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The impact of boudoir photography on self-confidence and self-acceptance.The therapeutic benefits of seeing oneself through a professional lens.How small self-care habits can lead to improved mental well-being.The importance of releasing generational trauma and cultivating personal growth.Highlights of the upcoming OPC tour and its mission to foster community within the Pilates world.Episode References/Links:Cambodia February 2025 Retreat - https://crowsnestretreats.comFlashcards Waitlist - https://opc.me/flashcardwaitlistPilates Studio Growth Accelerator - https://prfit.biz/acceleratorOPC Winter Tour - https://opc.me/tourEp. 5 Amy Ledin - https://beitpod.com/ep5Ep. 421 Dr. Louise Swartswalter - https://beitpod.com/421Ep. 175 Keri Ford - https://beitpod.com/ep175Ep. 388 Lauren Zoeller - https://beitpod.com/ep388Ep. 298 Michael Unbroken - https://beitpod.com/ep298 If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! DEALS! DEALS! DEALS!Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy WebinarResources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramThe Be It Till You See It Podcast YouTube channelFacebookLinkedInThe OPC YouTube Channel Episode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:00  I'm a big fan. And now I think everyone should go do a boudoir photoshoot. I think I should do one. Brad Crowell 0:05  I'm in. Lesley Logan 0:06  I know you are. Brad Crowell 0:08  Sign me up.Lesley Logan 0:10  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan 0:51  Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co-host in life, Brad, and I are going to. What are we doing? Brad Crowell 0:57  We're digging into the boldly confident convo that Lesley have with Shayla Pelton in her last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that, go back and listen to it now or don't, but we think you should, because it's a great episode. Lesley Logan 1:10  She's so fun. Brad Crowell 1:11  She's great. Lesley Logan 1:12  She's so sweet. I don't know why all of a sudden I forgot the script. So, thanks, Brad, thanks for having my. Brad Crowell 1:17  Oh, I got you. Lesley Logan 1:18  Okay, guys, Today is November 14th 2024 and it's Loosen Up Lighten Up Day, aka LULU day. Brad Crowell 1:24  LULU. Lesley Logan 1:24  And I chose this because we're recording this before the election. We are after the election, and we have no idea what shenanigans are happening around in some shitty places, so we are loosening it up and lightening up, just in case. Brad Crowell 1:35  We're LULUing. Lesley Logan 1:36  If you've been looking for a break from all of your stress and troubles, Loosen Up Lighten Up (LULU) on November 14 is perfect for you. This day presents an opportunity for you to take a break from your usual busy schedule and all the stressful thoughts and instead focus on just being happy and relaxed and having fun.Brad Crowell 1:36  I mean, I think this is very appropriate, because I have a feeling a lot of shenanigans are happening right now. Lesley Logan 1:59  I know. LULU day is our cure for burnouts and breakdowns. I just love that line. It's like a, it's like a medication. LULU is your cure for burnouts and breakdowns. Brad Crowell 2:11  I'm LULUing. Lesley Logan 2:12  You guys, we don't, we don't know, but we have a feeling that we all need a LULU today. And you know, so at any rate.Brad Crowell 2:19  The only thing I can say that makes me confidently LULU is that one of the two candidates raised a billion dollars in the last quarter and has money to fight legal battles. Because that's the shenanigans that are probably happening right now. Lesley Logan 2:32  No one, no one. Here's the thing. Everyone's like, what is your hobby? And I, we never tell them. And clearly what it is is we are deeply involved. We are ridiculously involved. And if you didn't know that, Brad even more so because he listens to world podcasts that I just don't have the time to take in all of that. But we know the names of too many people in too many places, and the district and the court numbers. We know all the different court levels, district nine, we know too fucking much. And so we are trying to LULU around here. Brad Crowell 3:01  We're LULUing. Lesley Logan 3:01  Yeah. Anyways, our Cambodia retreat we just got back from we were so relaxed. The relaxation is gone, but our lives are changed forever in the best way. And I can tell you, having the memories of Cambodia to reflect on and these weird times is fucking great. It's so great. It's amazing. I have to look back and go, wow, that was fabulous just to be on the other side of the world and not actually be thinking about what is going on back home. It's a way to LULU all the time. It's so wonderful. It's so fabulous. And so we want you to come with us, because you will LULU as well, and you will get to see amazing temples, and we'll do breath work, and we'll have great breakfast and great lunch and great dinner. And then we (inaudible). We find ourselves at a lovely bar sometimes together. We do nightly massages. One night there was 14 of us getting a massage together. So, you know, and not, like, with, like, not in the same room, (inaudible) but yeah. So you should be, you should come, crowsnestretreats.com is where you're gonna get your tickets. Brad Crowell 4:04  Yeah, crowsnestretreats.com. Lesley Logan 4:05  Join us for February. Don't go I'll go next time. Oh, this, you will always have an excuse not to go. I promise you, you'll be so happy you went, and you will change your life. Brad Crowell 4:13  It's true. Lesley Logan 4:14  And now I'm even closer to my little week-long excursion living in LA to get ready and do the accessories photo shoot. The Accessories Deck is our sixth deck in all of the flashcards. If this is your first time listening, you probably have no idea what our flashcards are. We have Pilates flashcards and you, too, can get some. Brad Crowell 4:32  And you, too. Lesley Logan 4:33  The Accessories Deck is the sixth deck in the series. And then from here, Brad gets to design the collector's box. So for those of you who thought you weren't gonna get a discount when you bought all six, I promise you, you're not. I promise you, Brad is going to figure out a Harry Potter like, collector's box. Brad Crowell 4:49  Yeah. The flashcards come with a magic wand. Lesley Logan 4:52  I don't like to be involved in the design of this box. I just would like to say, because I do think it should have a way to, like, pull the card out.Brad Crowell 5:00  Oh no. I think it's gonna, like be a glass display case.Lesley Logan 5:03  But it needs to, so you you will see all the cards, all the boxes, beautifully, but then there needs to be a way for you to have a card of the day, or like this week's exercise. There needs to be a way. Brad Crowell 5:14  To put one card, feature a card? Lesley Logan 5:16  Feature a card. I mean, that could be cool. And then what would also be cool is a little hidden hook. So if someone is doing those little drop pouches, they could hook that on and it could, like, they (inaudible) with their workout on it. Brad Crowell 5:27  Yeah, we're asking a lot of our display case here. We'll see.Lesley Logan 5:30  This is, we're in the design phase. We're in the design phase. Brad Crowell 5:34  LED lights inside. Lesley Logan 5:36  All the different colors?Brad Crowell 5:37  Maybe. We'll see what we can figure out.Lesley Logan 5:39  All the OPC colors? Brad Crowell 5:40  I don't know. I don't know. We'll figure it out. Lesley Logan 5:42  What if it's just, what if it's a disco ball and it is like.Brad Crowell 5:47  All right, well, if you have ideas, we'd love to hear them.Lesley Logan 5:51  Is there a site for, like, display cases? We got to figure this out. Anyways, we will work on that. After the sixth deck is done, I'm doing the photoshoot, go to flashcard waitlist opc.me/flashcardwaitlist and that will get you on the presale waitlist, the secret waitlist, and only the people on the waitlist get the presale invite. That's how it goes. Brad Crowell 6:07  That's true. Lesley Logan 6:08  And our goal is to get the presale out sooner so we beat the hurricane season. Okay, Brad, take it away. Brad Crowell 6:14  Okay, cool. So I want you, if you are a Pilates business owner, what (inaudible) Lesley Logan 6:19  That's the way the bear says only you. Brad Crowell 6:21  I want only you, stand up and serve your country.Lesley Logan 6:26  That was, yeah, very much so.Brad Crowell 6:28  If you are, if you have a Pilates business, if you take clients at all, big, small, medium, long time, short time, not yet time but know you're going to take clients in the future, I want you to come join me for a free webinar called the Pilates Studio Growth Accelerator, where Lesley and I have boiled down three of the the biggest things that we've learned in how do you actually move the needle with your income? Okay? So if you're feeling stuck at all with like, I've been at the same income level, I thought I was going to be able to make more money, or I thought I was going to be able to have the life that I always wanted when I worked for myself. We can get you unstuck. Come join me for this free webinar. Go to prfit.biz/accelerator. That's profit without the O, dot biz slash accelerator, and come check it out. We're gonna be, we're gonna be hanging out. It's only an hour long, and I'll get you a In-N-Out before your class.Lesley Logan 7:22  There's only a couple opportunities before you go on winter tour. Brad Crowell 7:26  That's very true. Lesley Logan 7:27  So take advantage of that while it's happening, because you don't want to wait until the new year and then start the new year late, guys. So opc.me/tour, is where you get your tickets. But we're going to 23 cities. We kick off on December 6th. And we start in Sedona, then Oklahoma City, then we go to Memphis, and then to Huntsville, and then we go to Greensboro. Brad Crowell 7:51  Atlanta and then Greensboro. Lesley Logan 7:52  Oh Atlanta, Greensboro, DC. Brad Crowell 7:55  Hershey, Pennsylvania. Lesley Logan 7:56  Virginia Beach.Brad Crowell 7:58  I think that's on the way south. Lesley Logan 7:59  Oh, it's on the way South? Brad Crowell 8:00  Yeah, because I think it's too close to DC, so I think we go Virginia Beach on the way down. Lesley Logan 8:04  Okay, so then it's Hershey, then it's Portland, Maine, then it is Boston, Cape Cod, Providence, Greenwich, then it's Virginia Beach, then it's Charleston, South Miami, Tampa, Pensacola, New Orleans, Austin, Dallas, Lubbock, Phoenix. I don't think we skipped any this time. Brad Crowell 8:28  I think we got them all. Lesley Logan 8:29  I did Oklahoma City, yeah, okay, we're great. 23 cities, over 40 events. So many are sold out. Brad Crowell 8:34  Almost 50 events, yeah, they're literally already selling all out, y'all. So if you are just hearing about this now, go to opc.me/tour and jump on this, because. Lesley Logan 8:49  Pilates lovers of all levels. If you're brand new and you've just been Pi Curious, come, come, come. Come join us. Brad Crowell 8:55  Well, I'm just excited. I can't believe how. Lesley Logan 8:58  How excited everyone is. Brad Crowell 8:59  How excited, yeah, the vibes are strong, okay? So come, don't sit on this, because there might not be anywhere left.Lesley Logan 9:06  And also, if you're like, oh, I work at this studio and you're having other studio, get your ass over there. It's called community, okay? Brad Crowell 9:11  It's called community, y'all. Come across the road. (inaudible)Lesley Logan 9:14  Yeah. Do it because here's the deal, no one's gonna be like, oh, my God, that's like, working in that studio. They're gonna be focused on I'm there. Okay?Brad Crowell 9:24  Yeah. Well, it is true. Lesley Logan 9:25  They're actually focused on I'm there and we're gonna have fun. And I'm tired of people feeling like, oh, I can't do that. They teach like this. I can't, I don't teach like that. It. Brad Crowell 9:34  Nobody gives a shit. Lesley Logan 9:35  No one does because it's called community and I am on a mission to make sure Pilates lovers meet each other all over the place, and we have so much fun, and it's quite like reunions, and you'll see people you haven't seen in a long time. (inaudible) So come, come, come, bring your friends. All right, that's opc.me/tour to get your ticket. We do have an audience question. Brad Crowell 9:53  We do. Lesley Logan 9:54  It is in your text messages, Brad.Brad Crowell 9:56  It is, it is. The question is actually from @SL4081, how is the MOTR Core Balanced Body equipment for Pilates?Lesley Logan 10:09  I think it's like the MOTR piece of equipment for Pilates. I think that's what they're asking.Brad Crowell 10:13  For Pilates. How is it for Pilates?Lesley Logan 10:16  Like, how is it used for Pilates, maybe?Brad Crowell 10:19  (inaudible) I feel like I'm missing a piece. Lesley Logan 10:20  Well, you know. Brad Crowell 10:21  How is it for Pilates? How does it work for Pilates?Lesley Logan 10:24  I mean, they clearly took a lot of time taking. Brad Crowell 10:25  How is it official for Pilates? Lesley Logan 10:26  They took a lot of time on that YouTube name Brad, the details for this. Okay, so here's the deal. I need to be really honest with you guys. I've been on a MOTR. I am not certified in a MOTR. I am not trained to teach a MOTR, and I don't. So I can't rave about it the way that my friends who are trained on the MOTR rave about it. So I'm gonna give a shout out to SuperKate, Erika Quest, I think even teeny_pilates on Instagram there's one more. Oh my gosh, sweet girl who isn't the OC anyways, so there are tons of people who are truly trained in teaching on the MOTR, and that is who I would really pose this question to. I am a classical Pilates teacher, which means I kind of just play on my classical equipment, and I know a lot about that. What I will say about the MOTR that's really cool is you can do a lot of movements that are in Pilates using the MOTR and it doesn't take up a lot of space. You could not use the MOTR on OPC to take a reformer class. You can't do that. Or you can't do that for a Pilates Anytime class, you can't. Brad Crowell 11:27  Well, it's not a reformer. Lesley Logan 11:28  No, but people do reformer moves on it, just like they do mat moves on it, just like they do bar moves on it. So there's a lot of similarities there. But if you buy a MOTR, you need to take MOTR classes. That's what you just have to do. So if you want a MOTR, my discount works for that MOTR. Brad Crowell 11:43  It does. Lesley Logan 11:44  And then you can reach out to me and I'll connect you with one of those few girls that I just mentioned, and they will teach you. Brad Crowell 11:49  I love that. Lesley Logan 11:49  So I'm so sorry. Clearly, I don't know all the answers, but if you have a question, you want me to take a stab at it, or Brad to take a stab at then you want to send in your questions. You apparently can call us, we say the number somewhere in the credits. So listen to that, or just send it to me on Instagram or YouTube. We get them there, and then we'll answer your questions here.Brad Crowell 12:08  Yeah, you can text us at 310-905-5534. Stick around we'll be right back. Brad Crowell 12:13  Okay, let's talk about Shayla Pelton. Shayla is a passionate boudoir photographer based in Arizona, dedicated to helping individuals and couples cultivate self love and elevate their mindsets. Inspired by her own experiences and the transformative power of photography, she believes that everyone, regardless of age, body changes or life circumstances, is beautiful and deserving of celebrating their unique selves. We had the pleasure of meeting Shayla in person at James Patrick's event, the last event that he hosted for that series. I can't remember what it was called. Lesley Logan 12:49  You guys had to listen to that episode, but he is such a fascinating man. We are at the event. It's a last day. Everyone's having the best time, and he's like, we're never doing this again. And I was like, oh god, okay, that's one way to end a run, but we did get to meet her in person. And she is such a she's like a little firefly, but I mean that in the best way, she lights up wherever she's at, and she's really excited. I just really loved we had a great time talking with her. And I was like, I have to, I want to have her on the Be It Pod. And I told her you have to pitch yourself. Because that was what's it about. That was what the event was about. So I couldn't just invite her on, she has to pitch herself, and she wrote me a great pitch. And what I loved about this.Brad Crowell 13:29  Well, she came from a career in retail, and really wanted to work for herself, and has been a photographer, and was always passionate about it. And we got super fired up for her, because we love entrepreneurialism, and we absolutely believe that you can make money working for yourself, and there's no reason that you can't make money being a photographer, as inspired by James, he does the same thing. And so it was really cool to meet her and be able to encourage her. And then also, well, basically, we were there helping people cultivate their pitches and to figure things out. So it was great to challenge her a little bit, and then she pitched us, and we said, this is really awesome. Great job. Lesley Logan 13:32  Well, we haven't had a boudoir photographer on the show. We've we have brought on Dr. Celeste Holbrook, and we've brought on Nikole Mitchell, and we also just had Dr. Jordin Wiggins, who is a pleasure coach as well. And so we've had people on who talk about, oh and Kelli Adame like pleasure and receiving and all these things. But if you don't feel sexy, like we have a big jump, that's a hard thing. And so I really like what Shayla does, because the boudoir photography used to just be like the gift you gave your future husband, like some weird gift to the wedding, but it can really be for you, and that's what we got to talk about.Brad Crowell 14:32  I think that's my biggest takeaway, is that boudoir photography isn't necessarily about sex. Lesley Logan 14:50  No, I think it's actually about confidence and seeing yourself in the most beautiful way that you exist in and no matter your body type or scars you have. I follow her on Instagram, and I see the different women she photographs, and they're fucking all stunning. I'm like, I want to look like that. Like it's just so fun, because the camera catches you at this, she's so good at catching your true light, and you're showing things, and it's just great. And then you get to see yourself through that lens. I was talking to my client, (inaudible), today, and she's like, I don't see myself every day, so I don't think anything has changed. I think you should take a picture. I don't like to take a picture of myself. Okay, well, I'm looking at you and you have changed. So either I'm going to be the person who tells you that you have to believe me, or you take a picture so that, because we see ourselves every single day, we don't realize the changes that are happening. And so I really love it. Lesley Logan 15:42  Anyways, boudoir photography is about reclaiming your sexuality. Everything about us is different. Everything about us is worthy of love. And so even though it's not about sex, we shouldn't be ashamed of the sexuality that we have, because it's part of who we are, and it's part of that charisma and that charm, and also, ladies, it's fucking awesome and okay to have sexuality and sexual desires and enjoy pleasures and that's why I keep bringing these women on and telling you to do that, because the burnouts and breakdowns you're having, they're having, I bet you maybe a little pleasure and a little enjoyment. But if you don't think that you are sexy or you're not confident in that way, I think a boudoir photoshoot could be a really great gift to yourself. And if you hate it, throw it away. You won't. You just won't. You'll just really think they're cool.Brad Crowell 16:27  Yeah. And I think that that was an interesting thing, where she talked about, you know, I think the questions you asked her were really helpful for people who are, like, boudoir curious, where it's like, I'm not ready for that, or what is it going to be like? Or, I don't know, but what other questions in that way. But what was really great is that the preconceptions that people have about boudoir photography is that you have to be sexy, you have to be hot, you have to be all the things. And Shayla talked about how that is not reality. That is actually not at all what it's about. You don't have to show up performing for the camera. It's actually when you get to know her and the two of you have conversations, she's gonna work with you to bring that element out of you. And no matter what you're wearing or not wearing, or how ready you feel, she's gonna help you get to that place. And she said, I love that she intentionally doesn't doctor up the images all over the place, because she's going to capture the beauty inside of the person that she's photographing, and doesn't have to add all this extra stuff to it. And I just thought that was really cool. Lesley Logan 17:40  Yeah, I mean, I'm a big fan, and now I think everyone should go do a boudoir photoshoot. I think I should do one.Brad Crowell 17:47  I'm in. Lesley Logan 17:48  I know you are. Brad Crowell 17:51  Sign me up. Maybe I should do one. Lesley Logan 17:53  Okay. Brad Crowell 17:54  I'd be down. Lesley Logan 17:59  Okay, let's, we'll figure this out. We'll work on it. It'll be a 20 20, what's next year? 2025. We'll put it on the list. Brad Crowell 18:05  Well, she said on embracing your true self, we never see ourselves in that beautiful vulnerability, because we always have our shields up, right? Only people that we are most intimate with ever see us in those moments. And she explained that when we look at ourselves in the mirror, we don't feel that sexy or that fun or that fire, but we all have it. We all have it. We just don't always let ourselves see it.Lesley Logan 18:07  You're so busy thinking about I got these 17 things to do today. I got these many things to do today, and then your partner comes in and they're like, all they're seeing you all sexy, and you're like, oh my God, my brain is in the wrong journey. But that's the thing.Brad Crowell 18:16  And having a photo like this is an incredible way to remind yourself. Lesley Logan 18:45  That you are. Brad Crowell 18:46  That you have it, right, and it's a moment, but I can't remember who we were talking to, who said they write down their wins on a note card, and when they're feeling down, they pull out the note card. Was that all the way back to Amy Ledin? I think it was.Lesley Logan 19:02  My mom's favorite episode, she, and in the two and a half years I've been doing this podcast, guys, my mom only likes episode five. Brad Crowell 19:10  Now that is not true. Not true. Lesley Logan 19:12  She still quotes it. Brad Crowell 19:13  She still quotes it, but she likes more than episode five. But seriously, this is like that where if you're struggling with confidence, you can pull out this photo, and even if it's only for you, you still have this, this moment where you're like, I am a rock star, and I love that. I think that is, I think that's necessary. Lesley Logan 19:33  Yeah, I agree. I agree. Brad Crowell 19:34  Yeah. All right, stick around. We'll be right back. Brad Crowell 19:37  All right. Finally, let's talk about those, Be It Action Items. Say it with me. What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Shayla Pelton? Lesley Logan 19:49  I think you know what I want. Brad Crowell 19:50  Tell me. Lesley Logan 19:50  I want our listeners to record themselves saying that and then we can use their recording. Brad Crowell 19:57  That'd be fun. Lesley Logan 19:57  Just like Keith Olbermann has his friends introduce like and now here's Keith. We can have different listeners, yeah, we can have different listeners send in themselves saying, what bold executable, intrinsic or targeted steps?Brad Crowell 20:11  Okay, I love this, and I really love this, y'all. Call our number and leave us a voicemail of you saying, "What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo?" And we will take those clips and we'll start to put them into the show. Lesley Logan 20:29  I think that'd be so fun. And if that's too long, you could also record yourself saying, "Until next time, Be It Till You See It."Brad Crowell 20:36  Yeah, that too. That too. So 310-905-5534. Hit us up. Okay.Lesley Logan 20:42  (inaudible) was like, what's going on? Why are people emailing us this? Brad Crowell 20:47  No, just call it. We won't answer. Just leave a voicemail, and then we'll get the voicemail. Lesley Logan 20:51  It's probably important to know we'll never answer. Brad Crowell 20:53  Well, that number is intentional that we're, I'm not picking that number up, but it's there for people to leave a voicemail. Lesley Logan 20:59  You could answer it. We just don't, because it's for voicemails. Brad Crowell 21:02  Yeah, my phone fucking rings. I don't answer it. Lesley Logan 21:04  (inaudible) way too much. Okay, well, just so we, call a different number if you want us to answer, but leave a message.Brad Crowell 21:09  Okay, so she said, book yourself a boudoir session. That is the Be It Action Item that you can take. You can do this. All you gotta do is the first step, which is book that session, whether that's with her, with Shayla, or with someone else. Do it for you. She has people fly into Phoenix to work with her,by the way.Lesley Logan 21:27  We definitely have amazing recommendations for where to stay in that area, too, so. Brad Crowell 21:31  We do. There's also an incredible botanical gardens that you should see while you're in town. Anyway, she said you should book this for yourself, because you are worthy. You're worthy today. You're worthy right now. Lesley Logan 21:43  You don't have to send us the picture, but you do have to tell us now if you do this. Brad Crowell 21:46  Yeah, yeah. Also, she said, prioritize yourself by taking small moments every single day just for you. And she had personal experience with this where she said, when I started to work my yoga practice in for myself in the morning, I actually became an incredibly better person, and I performed better at work, and it was just better all around and she's talked about getting her nails done and being intentional about taking care of herself. So prioritizing yourself, and this is something that I'm sure you've heard Lesley talk about, self-care isn't selfish care. And when you prioritize yourself, you are going to show up better in every other aspect of your life, every other element of your life, for the people that you are intentionally taking care of or serving or working with, or your clients or your family or friends, whatever it is, when you prioritize yourself, you are going to be a better you.Lesley Logan 22:39  Yep, I love it. I'm in on that. She also said, put time into energy work and releasing generational trauma and healing in your own family. And I think this is really important, because we can try to, like, I just have therapy, but we don't always release the actual energy of that. And so I'm gonna highlight episode 421, with Dr. Louise Swartswalter, who will release like she's not gonna release my great grandfather shit. And you know what? I think I worry less. So that's really great. And I don't remember Lauren Zoeller's most recent episode, but Lauren Zoeller does somatic releasing work, and that is a great way to get rid of some of that trauma through energy work. We had Keri Ford, who's a somatics coach, who did that. Brad Crowell 23:18  Lauren is episode 388. Keri Ford, 175.Lesley Logan 23:24  Yeah, yeah. So anyways, I'm sure we've had other people, but those ones I remember. So do this because.Brad Crowell 23:31  We have Michael Unbroken.Lesley Logan 23:32  Oh. Don't tell him I didn't. Michael's episodes are really, he's working with mostly men now, though. So that (inaudible) that's kind of why there's lots. Brad Crowell 23:41  He's episode 298. Lesley Logan 23:43  No, I think we're good. I think that's plenty. We don't need to overwhelm them with trauma. They just need to do it. So here's the thing, if you don't, it doesn't, you can't shove this in like a closet and then never look at it again. It's gonna rear its ugly head. So do the work. Brad Crowell 23:57  Do the work.Lesley Logan 23:58  Because it makes a huge difference. And especially if you're a parent, it affects who you are for your kids to see, and it really does make big changes, so. You guys, I'm Lesley Logan.Brad Crowell 24:07  And I'm Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 24:08  Thank you so much for being here. Shayla, thank you for being amazing. I can't wait to hear how many people get some boudoir shoots. I really am excited. I think everyone needs a photoshoot. And I think a lot of people don't have pictures of themselves that they like because they don't have a professional take pictures of them. Your friends and family are never gonna take the most amazing picture, like Monica Linda would or Shayla would. You know, you just need a good photographer. I love all the pictures that professionals took of me. I mean, Brad's great too, because he's also a professional but I like theirs too. So go do it. It'll change your life. It'll help you Be It Till You See It. Brad Crowell 24:08  Bye for now. Lesley Logan 24:41  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. 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In this episode, Lesley Logan shares how she and her husband Brad Crowell conquered impostor syndrome while speaking at Get Published Live. Listen as they discuss the importance of staying true to their hearts and brand and the unexpected connections they made by being supportive. Plus, hear uplifting wins from eLevate members who found success through consistency and vulnerability. Don't miss this uplifting story of embracing authenticity and building meaningful connections. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The effects of the 5-Minute Miracle technique in Melissa's work routine.The impact of consistent email communication on client engagement.Ainsley's approach to building client relationships through vulnerability.How small and consistent steps can lead to significant progress.Lesley pushes past the fear of rejection to seize new opportunities.Episode References/Links:Get Published LiveJames Patrick  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! 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I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 0:46  Hi, Be It babe. Welcome back. Welcome back to the inspiration station. You know, the thing that gives you some ideas of what could be possible wins on a week that might have just felt like a lot. And it's summertime. When the heat is up, it can just feel like a lot. Am I right? Okay, so how this episode goes, if you're new to the Be It pod, we actually share some wins of yours that you sent in, a win of mine and a mantra. Our interviews are on Tuesdays, our recaps are on Thursdays, listen to them all. They're a lot of fun. There's like incredible guests that are coming up as well and share it with a friend. I was gonna ask you now. I am practicing asking for more help things. More helpful things. And one of those things that would be really helpful for me is if you share our podcast with a friend, that's how we get new listeners. So, please don't keep it to yourself. That would not be fair. Lesley Logan 1:36  Okay. So here we go. The first one up is from Melissa Capitano. Oh, she is an eLevate grad, an agency member. I'm just so excited for this. Here we go. Not sure I've posted a win before but one of my goals is to be better in Slack and I figured wins is a great place to start. An early FYF, got a free course from Tanya Dalton, read her book for Book Club, need to listen to her pod episode. Anyway, she has this idea of five-minute miracle so I printed out the worksheet. I've been doing the five minutes before I leave work each night this week. That is so cool. I love that. We had Tanya Dalton on the pod, everyone. She is a great, great author. And so, definitely, listen to her episode. Agency members read her book. JOMO, which is like the joy of missing out, last month. So more for Melissa. Here we go. This lady just walked into the studio. She said she's never been in but is on our email list. I'm looking forward to my weekly emails. She came in to buy a gift certificate for her and her friend to do a private together, paid cash and didn't want change. Wow. I've been writing weekly emails for two years and three months. Definitely a long game. But this is your reminder to collect those email addresses and send something out regularly. Holy moly, Melissa, that is so cool. This is exactly what I tell people all the time, consistency is key. And you never know who's listening. It takes people 17 to 27 touchpoints now to click on anything. So the fact that you've been writing two years and three months, so if let's just say she's probably been reading them for two years, and now she's ready because now it's time to buy it for a friend and that's what people want to do. So way to go. Melissa, thank you for sharing both of those wins.Lesley Logan 3:10  I have a few wins from Ainsley Walker. She is an eLevate member right now and she's been in Agency for a couple of years and so got a lot of just great little wins from her and I love, I love the way that she sees wins and so I want to share that with you because I think she'd be great inspiration as well as Melissa to you seen amazing wins. I've been sharing and mentioning parts of moves I'm working on when I'm teaching so clients know I'm very much alongside them on their journey and in practice. And me not showing them perfectionist created more discussion giggles laughs and encouraged more questions from clients on what they're feeling. They are in particular loved it when I told them that I needed to get my bum higher and rolling like a ball and what followed was beautiful belly laughs where the whole class fell into complete hysterics. As I rested my shoulder my bum in the air I love this level of honesty, vulnerability that I've tapped into and can show. A new client just showed up to class out of curiosity I was able to chat and fill out forms before she loved it and signed up. In a class I was able to teach the repertoire and move to show her what her body needs. This week, I started a class by settling them in and then just saying your hundred, no more words needed. They all did their own hundred for their body. I heard angels sing. Al right, a couple more for Ainsly because again, they're just icing like how there can be wins and just chatting with people there can be wins and being vulnerable about what you're not doing great at that you're trying to help others be great at these help people have connections. So Ainsley Walker's watching weekend two of eLevate and this month my hips have changed. Yay, more open Russian Splits are more possible. So have you ever done anything you guys where you're just like, I'm not good at this. And then you know, just kept going and then allowed yourself to realize you are getting better at things? I think that's why not a lot of people like to film themselves and stuff but filming ourselves and things sometimes is the best way for us to us, especially visual learners, to see that we are having an effect, that we are making changes because we can always feel that we're making changes because we maybe are not exactly where we want to be yet. So I just really love that she was able to watch and then see how much her hips have changed and that Russian Splits are more possible. All right, last thing, I did the full mat order with my mat group, offered an alternative and when it came to the rocking, I went to demo so that they could reach towards their ankles. Instead of doing a full rock. Imagine a full rock like Lex, my advanced client, and as I said this my hands magically held my feet and then I started to rock somewhere along the fat. Last few months, my body's changed. I reached my goal move doing everything but the goal move. Lesley, you are right. But what was lovely was I squealed in delight, everyone clapped. And we all celebrate together. It was a great that the class new, saw that I'm working on my body, too and changes do happen when trusting the order. Yes. So something I should know, is that in eLevate, we do not practice the things you struggle with, to get better at the things you struggle with. You can still do them, especially if they're fine for your body. But what we really do focus on is what other things could help you do the exercise you struggle with. So where are you struggling with that exercise? Is it flexibility? Is it strength? Is it connections? What is it? What other exercises can help you do that?So it's what eLevate's focus is and the girls in eLevate, they focus on their body and for the teacher that they're they're working with in the program. And then hopefully, as they are learning how to do that with themselves, they do with their classes and their clients as well. And so Ainsley's win here is just proof that if you actually just focus on the connections that you need, you could just pop up into the exercise you have been practicing very much and do it. Way to go, Ainsley. Thank you for sharing all of these wins. It was so fun to relive them with you. Lesley Logan 6:52  Okay, so my win. My win is last month, I don't know if I told you guys, but Brad and I spoke at an event called Get Published Live. And I'll be really honest, a little bit of impostor syndrome about like, why was I being asked to speak on a topic that I just kind of felt it's not really a thing that I talked about. And so Brad and I did the talk together. And we were creating this workshop, and I just was like, oh my god, is this gonna be, is this is gonna be enough? Is this gonna be good enough? And I made this amazing, beautiful slideshow. Shout out to Brad, he really did that. And we presented together. And so a couple wins, I'm gonna celebrate this one, I have been wanting to make sure I insert Pilates workouts in anytime I speak because oh my gosh, people just sit all day. So I kicked it all off with everyone doing a standing pilates workout, even though some of them were in heels. That's fine. It worked out really well. And then Brad and I did our workshop together. And at the end, every single person found a different way to come up to us and tell us what they liked about it. And everyone liked a different part of the workshop, which is really amazing. And really beautiful and really fun. And I'm so glad that we did it. I'm not kidding, like part of me was like, why are we, why are we doing this? Like do, do they know? Like, are we gonna be, are we going to disappoint them? Do they know what we're talking about? So the win is that we overcame that impostor syndrome, or at least I did, I don't think Brad had any imposter syndrome around it. And we taught the workshop that was true to our hearts and true to our brand and true to like how we believe about things. And we had massive impacts there. The next win that comes from this is part of me was like, we should just dip out, we don't actually have to stick around, you know, you head to L.A. But the other part is like let's just stick around because like, let's be supportive of somebody. I'm not someone who likes to go to events, just do my thing and leave like that just doesn't sit well with me. I like to be there early enough to like hear what's going on. So it stuck with our values. And we stayed around. And I got to meet really cool people that, look, it hasn't happened yet. But we all have plans to follow up with each other. The next time I am in Arizona, so and also like, usually I would let Brad start those conversations or usually I would let them start a conversation with me or them come with an idea of how we could collaborate together and said this time, I was like, hey, here's what I do that I think might be interesting to your publication or to your podcast, like what do you think? And so I have to follow up now, but the win is that I put myself out there in a place where I could have been rejected, which wouldn't have been personal by the way, but it could have been and a lot of times we let the fear of rejection keep us from even trying it. So just shout out. There's so many different little wins that happen in this one event. And then also, you know, my husband and I were able to sit down and go okay, so what are some of the things we want to take away from this and what are some of the things we want to implement going forward? Because we, we do have a lot going on, and how, how many events can we participate in in a year? And which ones, why are we participating in them? You know, it can't, it's not always about money. You know, we often do some, some events for free so, so but what are we expecting out of it so that it is a win-win for everyone? And I just want to say like, big thanks to James Patrick, for inviting us to the Get Published Live, we learned so much. And I know that the people who attended our workshop learned a lot, too. So it's just really freaking cool to get to be a teacher and a student at the same time. So thank you. That's my win. What are your wins? I want to hear them. I want you to send to the Be It Pod. I want to celebrate you. We'll start it out on the next episode. And please do me a huge favor, share these episodes with friends who need them, those ones who just like, can't figure out what a win is. We have a rule inside of all of our groups. If you complain, you have to also go post a win, not allowed to wait to post a win, you have to post at the same day. Because there's always positive things that are happening. So if you've got someone in your life who just can't get positive, you can make sure that they have that rule for them too. You can tell what's going on in your life but you also tell us what's a win in your life we have to celebrate the wins. So happy FYF. Have an amazing day. Until next time, Be It Till You See It. Lesley Logan 11:16  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. 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Explore the fundamentals of manifesting your desires in this engaging recap episode with Lesley and Brad. They revisit the most compelling advice from Clare Solly, including her approach to reading and the impact of the pandemic on her career priorities. This episode is filled with anecdotes and strategies that will inspire you to take bold steps toward your aspirations. Whether you're a creative professional or looking to reinvent your career, this is your guide to implementing a Marie Kondo-like approach to your professional life. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The essential equipment for a functional Pilates home studio.The community of people behind the niche #bookstagram.The importance of leveraging and highlighting your unique creative strengths. Solly‘s Marie Kondo-like approach to focus on what brings you the most joy.Ways to implement Clare Solly's BE IT methods to set achievable life goals.Episode References/Links:Arizona Get Published Live with James PatrickOPC Summer CampOPC Summer tourCambodia WaitlistBarrels FlashcardsContrology PerksClare Solly WebsiteClare Solly InstagramClare Solly Episode 19Rise of the Reader by Nick Hutchison  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar  Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedIn  Episode Transcript:Brad Crowell 0:00  She said she took the Marie Kondo approach. She kind of took a step back and was like, Is this bringing me joy? Yeah, like, Is this really going where I wanted to go? And she said pandemic allowed her that reflection to identify what truly mattered to her. And then she said she stumbled upon the Bookstagram thing, kind of by accident. Yeah. And now it's shifting to become a major part of our life.Lesley Logan 0:24  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.  Lesley Logan 1:06  Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co-host in life, Brad, and I are going to dig into the gratifying convo I had with Clare Solly in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that interview, feel free to pause this now and go back and join that one. And then come back and join this one. You also can go to Episode 19 and 20 and really get to know Clare. And then we also had her on as a recap host because Brad got stuck in Cambodia. Brad Crowell 1:32  I did. It's true. Lesley Logan 1:34  So Clare has been a fan favorite. Today is May 2nd and it's World Password Day, Brad.Brad Crowell 1:39  It is World Password Day. First off, I just wanted to say that this episode with Clare was super fun. And Clare, this is for you. I'm really impressed by your Be It Action Item. You're amazing. Okay, today's World Password Day, May 2nd. About this day, are you still using your cat's name followed by an “&” for your 401(k) account password? Sorry, but that is not enough to protect your life savings in 2024. Here's a term you need to know on World Password Day hashtag layer up. This refers to adding strong authentication to your important passwords to prevent identity theft, and other cyber crimes. Brad Crowell 2:24  Intel created world password day. Thank you, Intel. The first Thursday of May, May 2nd, to address the critical need for solid passwords. It's simple, really, ironically, most operating systems offer an easy way to create and store passwords, such as Apple's Keychain Access, right? Safari uses that, all that kind of stuff. If you use cross device like cross manufacturer, so if you've got a Google phone and an Apple device, you can use other password storage platforms called, like we use one called LastPass. It's really convenient if you Lesley Logan 2:55  They don't sponsor the show, guys. Brad Crowell 2:24  They don't sponsor the show. I wish they did. But yeah, it allows me to put the same password I have, I have the same password tool on both of my devices on my phone on my laptop. And if I sign up for something on my laptop, I can easily log into it on my phone. And it allows you to make like complex passwords like crazy complex passwords. And you never actually have to remember them because you're only logging into one platform. And then your passwords are saved in there. And they're super hardcore about, you know, security and stuff. So, good things. Good things. You should definitely not get hacked. It's a real thing. Yeah. All right. Upcoming events and travel. It's May. Lesley Logan 3:40  It's May. We're doing a little bit of travel, but nothing that you can, you can join us on. Oh, I guess there's Get Published Live, you could do? Yeah, that is Brad Crowell 3:50  We're gonna be speaking at an event down in Arizona Get Published Live with James Patrick. And you can, what is it, getpublishedlive.com? Brad Crowell 4:02  Yes and use code Logan 20. Brad Crowell 4:02  Yeah, Logan 20 to get 20% off if you want to join us down there. That'll be super fun. It's a, it's an event about literally getting published. And there's some panels we're speaking on a panel. It's gonna be great. Lesley Logan 4:13  Yeah, you'll be in front of all these people. That's really great. Okay, then we come back and it's OPC Summer Camp Brad Crowell 4:18  In June. In June.Lesley Logan 4:19  This is virtual. First weekend of June. And if you can't join us live, you'll want to still buy things on the early bird because you get the access to them for life and we will have seven classes and workshops a day for two days. That's 14 events. And you'll be able to buy ala cart or you'll be able to buy a whole day pass which is really exciting. You want to go to opc.me/events to get on the waitlist for that because those on the waitlist will get the early bird. Now here's the deal. We're recording this a little bit early. And by now early bird should have happened. That being said, we'll still email you but it might be just be the regular public early bird which is still a great price. Brad Crowell 4:28  Well, the best, the best deal is the day pass. Hands down, there's no question about it. So, pick up a day pass, you'll get everything for the day. And that's going to be I mean, that's gonna be some great stuff. I'm really fired up. We've got a bunch of guest teachers, it's going to be a lot of fun. And y'all, here's the deal. We're trying to make this a thing. We did it last summer. We met, we're doing it this summer. And we're going to do it again. Like for as long as we can plan ahead here where we're thinking we're gonna do a summer camp every year. Lesley Logan 5:26  And there's different teachers, different instructors, different topics. I'm really excited. Some of these topics include, we have pre/postnatal workouts, as a workshop, and I learned so much I didn't even expect to learn it was so great. I've learned it because we already got to work with the instructor on it. I'm teaching a ladder barrel workout. It's literally 15 minutes on your ladder barrel, get ready, gonna be great.Brad Crowell 5:49  I'm teaching a REM cycles sleep class, not at all. Lesley Logan 5:54  But all your OPC teachers are teaching something. And then we have guest teachers as well. So I'm really excited. So, opc.me/events to get more information on that, then the Summer Tour is around the corner, it's going to be in August, we are locking in as Brad and I record this we're locking in the cities for that and also sponsors for that. So if you know people who want to sponsor the tour, please reach out to us but I'm really, really, really excited that we'll already have summer and winter tour cities picked in the Brad Crowell 6:25  By the end of April. Lesley Logan 6:26  Yeah, by the end of April (inaudible).Brad Crowell 6:29  So like, a tentative potential route that we're going to go on here for the summer tour is going to take us from Vegas up through like to the to the northern Midwest. So we're trying to get up in through Iowa up into Minnesota, hopefully, and then over into Wisconsin and then down to Chicago. We think we'll probably go as far east as like Ohio, but no, no further east for the Summer Tour then we're going to scoot back around through the middle of the country and come along Route 70. So we're pretty sure we're going to be you know, like Indianapolis, then St. Louis, Kansas City, etc. on the way home, if you're going to be anywhere within a couple hours drive, come hang out with us, the actual dates and all the things we'll be releasing, you know, at this point, hopefully they're released, to be honest so but then the Winter Tour we're going to shift it here and we're going to start in the south and we're gonna go along through Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina and then we're gonna go up the coast and then back down the coast and scoot back along Texas and stuff. Lesley Logan 7:34  It's gonna be the longest tour we have ever done. Lesley Logan 7:36  Yeah, geez, the winter tour this year could turn into like 8000 miles.Lesley Logan 7:40  So anyways, we'll announce all those things soon but just be waiting for us on (inaudible). Brad Crowell 7:45  Yeah, get on the waitlist, go to opc.me/events. By the way, for all of you who are wondering what waitlist to get on we're consolidating the waitlists here, trying to keep everybody's life a little easier.Lesley Logan 7:55  As we say that I'm going to change the waitlist up right now. So the Cambodia, Brad Crowell 7:58  Yeah, we're about to change this waitlist. Lesley Logan 8:00  So the earlybird for Cambodia might still be going on when this comes out.Brad Crowell 8:05  Yeah, actually, it'll be Lesley Logan 8:07  Right in the middle of it.Brad Crowell 8:07  It'll be closing the end of May. Yeah.Lesley Logan 8:10  So if you go to lesleylogan.co/retreats you will be getting the Cambodia retreat earlybird that's going on right now.Brad Crowell 8:19  Only waitlist people will know about the dates so go to lesleylogan.co/retreats that's plural.Lesley Logan 8:26  And that one is only about Cambodia. You only hear updates about Cambodia. And then barrels, because we just got back from LA shooting the deck, we did a whole photo shoot for the deck.Brad Crowell 8:36  It's super awesome y'all.Lesley Logan 8:38  Oh my God it was hence why I keep yawning, you guys, I did five hours of Pilates like nobody's so tired butBrad Crowell 8:44  Yeah, literally yesterday it was the day that we did the eclipse, too. Lesley Logan 8:47  Yeah, we saw the eclipse then we discovered we didn't have one of the pieces that we needed to have. Brad Crowell 8:54  Oops. Lesley Logan 8:54  We had to Uber it. Brad Crowell 8:55  Brad's fired. Lesley Logan 8:57  Brad is not getting hired for that job ever again and the next time he's like yes Lesley I packed it I'm like well just remember we had Uber or something, so I'm gonna forever Brad Crowell 9:06  She's going to lord this over me. Lesley Logan 9:08  Forever double check you at forever. But barrels flashcards. That presale is going to happen in the next few weeks. So you do need to be on the waitlist at opc.me/flashcardwaitlist Brad Crowell 9:14  opc.me/flashcardwaitlist that's singular. Lesley Logan 9:24  Yeah, so both words because only the people on the waitlist are going to get the presale price.Brad Crowell 9:30  And that is a big deal. Lesley Logan 9:31  And we do have a couple of retailers in, we have someone in Australia and we have someone in Canada. Now here's the deal, you guys. They basically take on the entire shipping cost so you have reasonable shipping, but they are not honoring presale prices. Brad Crowell 9:46  Yeah, they, it's just not really feasible. Lesley Logan 9:48  It's not feasible for them to do that and also cover all the shipping. So you can either pay a (inaudible) shipping on your own and get presale price or you can tell them that you want a deck from them. And so that's gonna be Claire ARB Plaza and under and the Melissa guy. Is B Pilates in Canada. Okay, before we get into Clare, we have an audience question. Brad Crowell 10:11  We sure do. This is from Caroline. And she is asking, hello I'm looking for advice for the best home studio. Please keep in mind that it's small and has low ceilings and I already have these things. I have one ad is reformer, one baby chair, one Wunda chair, one pedi pull, one foot corrector, two toe correctors, two small barrels, two spine correctors, and I want to buy a Cadillac next, I have space for one more piece of equipment. What would you choose from the following? A high chair, ceiling height is low, can stand on caddy, but not sure about the high chair. Would you choose the Wunda chair offer duets? Or would you choose a ladder barrel which, I think, it takes up a lot of room?Lesley Logan 10:54  Girl I got two ladder barrels in one room.Brad Crowell 10:57  She does. Lesley Logan 10:57  So what I would say, first of all, this is a full studio as it is. Brad Crowell 11:02  Yeah, I mean, if you have a small space. I'm impressed. You're like playing Tetris here.Lesley Logan 11:07  Yeah, well, probably using the wall like we do for the barrels and stuff. But, but I would just personally say like, get the Cadi. And if you do have room for something else, I would actually get the ladder barrel. Just because the high chair, there's one exercise you can do it, there's like literally two, it's the press ups front and press ups back. So one exercise that you can't do on a Wunda chair, everything else you could do on the Wunda chair. So to me, if you had more space and you already had a ladder barrel, then I would say get the high chair. But that's not the case here. So I'm gonna say no on that, because you'll have a Cadillac to do the pull up stuff that's going to get you that shape that you're looking for. And then, as far as getting another Wunda chair, I also wouldn't because you have enough equipment here that you could have one person on a reformer and one person on a Cadillac, one person on the chair, you could have three or four people I'm just gonna say. But like, I don't actually think that's gonna be the best part of your worth your money, because the ladder barrel is actually quite unique. And as we mentioned, at the top of this, I'm doing a 50 minute workout on it. So there's a lot you can do on it. And while it can take up all that space, it also can just be shoved in a corner like it really, there's a lot of amazing tools that you can use or stretches you can do on it. There's things that are great for beginners also people learning swan on a ladder barrel, it's so much better than on a reformer. And so I would just say get the ladder barrel, and I don't believe it takes that much room. So that is my vote. If you want to use my Contrology link for any of the things you're buying, feel free to look up our perks page.Brad Crowell 12:40  Go to opc.me/perks Oh, yeah, great question (inaudible). Lesley Logan 12:44  We're adding more perks to that because I've just interviewed two companies who have great things. And I'll be sharing with you on my socials what those are and we'll add them to the perks but I am super excited. People are really excited to get me off my current collagen and onto their collagen. So that's just a hint on one of those and then we got coffee coming.Brad Crowell 13:04  Oh yeah, we got coffee coming, y'all. Yeah, I'm excited about that. Lesley Logan 13:07  Stay tuned. Brad Crowell 13:08  It tastes good. I've been drinking it. Okay, now let's talk about Clare Solly. Claire is an executive assistant in New York City known for her work as an actress, producer, singer and founder of two theatre companies. She has gained more than 11,000 Bookstagram followers in the last six months and is a published author of three novels. What fills her cup aside from reading includes promoting books and authors and following people with similar interests. Clare is impressive.Lesley Logan 13:39  I know. She's so good at everything that she does. She's like, really, really quite amazing at it. And I am so impressed with all the things that she's able to balance at one time. But one of the things that I love to highlight about her is she said, I'm a storyteller first. That's a gift that I give to myself in this in this world. I think it's also the gift you give to other people, Clare, but you know, I think the world needs storytellers. And, you know, when we first had her on, she was like, helping people get their books published and things like that. But really, that turned into people just wanting help with the marketing. And it's that's not the side of it that she really enjoyed. And she ended up like just being a storyteller having this like, incredible, incredible following on a Bookstagram in such a short period of time.Brad Crowell 14:24  So if you all don't know, have any idea what Bookstagram is, like, I didn't.Lesley Logan 14:24  I know, we now know, we know two Bookstagramers. Brad Crowell 14:26  Okay, so it's Instagram. But there's a hashtag Bookstagram. It's like a niche of Instagram, right? So what this means it's a cult following. It's a community of people. It's a great way to discover new books and whatnot. They're very communicative, you know, in this channel, as it were. Lesley Logan 14:49  It's like it's a hashtag that they all use and you can find the Bookstagramer that like kind of suits your needs if you're in fiction or nonfiction we have do we do we already recapped Nick Hutchison or is he coming out? (Inaudible) So he's a Bookstagramer as well but he's a nonfiction one so like where and so just very fascinating so anyways, what I what I do love though is that like she has found something that is a lot of fun for her and she can monetize it she hasn't yet but and you know it may be that she needs someone to tell her how to do that so she can stick in the part which is her creative strength which is telling the stories and highlighting the books and not doing the logistical about it. Brad Crowell 15:33  Well, she has plus one follower from this guy right here as of today. You won't be Solly. Heck yeah. I'm excited. I was looking because she was describing like, the wall and how people make it look so pretty. And all this stuff. I was like, what the hell is she talking about? So I had to go check it out. Lesley Logan 15:57  Oh, they do incredible. Some of them have like, it's kind of crazy what they, the efforts and the lengths they go through to highlight a book.Brad Crowell 16:05  Yeah, it was definitely impressive. And I was, I was just like, flipping through her page. It was, it was fun. And also I'm like, I'm incredibly impressed at the amount that she reads. I can't even understand how you can read these many books. Lesley Logan 16:21  You just have to sit down and read, Brad. Brad Crowell 16:22  Yeah. But this is another level of reading. I mean, we're talking. Lesley Logan 16:27  Well, but if you, if you read the book that Nick sent you, it would teach you how to read faster.Brad Crowell 16:33  No, his book is on retention, not about reading faster. Lesley Logan 16:36  That's true, but also how to retain what you're reading. But it does tell you that if you read for 15 minutes a day, you'll read 20 books in a year. Brad Crowell 16:42  Yeah, well, I read 20 books a year, but Clare reads like 10 times that. Lesley Logan 16:48  She's fast. Brad Crowell 16:49  Yeah, it's impressive. Lesley Logan 16:50  You too, could be fast. Brad Crowell 16:52  You too, could be fast. You could be a fast reader. Well, I'll tell you what I loved that she was talking about. She believes that for her, the pandemic was a gift. And I know that for many it was not a gift. And I also know that being in New York City, it was a tough, tough thing to go through. Especially there, there was a ton of death and a lot of isolation. But she said it forced her to pause and reconsider her priorities. She said before that she was working 80 hours a week. I think that's amazing. I think I remember doing that when I was, when I first moved to Los Angeles. Being in the creatives, you know, myself doing music, but I didn't really consider it work, right. But if you step back and look at it, I would go, I would work at a restaurant from like, all day, you know, and then I would leave and I would go to rehearsal. And then from rehearsal I would go play a show or I would go out to a show to network, right? So even though I was having fun, I was still like intentionally trying to be there. And if you add all those things up, like she was working a full-time job, but then working in theater at night, still going on auditions, writing on the side, and all this kind of stuff. And it's like, yeah, you add all these things up, and suddenly like, Whoa, I actually I never stopped, you know. And so she said, if you remember back from Episode 19, and 20, she was coaching people on how to publish a book. And she was coaching people on money mindset. And she, those were in addition to working and doing theater still. And so the pandemic really shifted all that for her. And she said she, she, you know, she, you actually asked her like, how did you let go of these things you started because she had started them well, you know, you start anything, you know, you want it to succeed. Right? So, you know, you asked her she said she took the Marie Kondo approach, she kind of took a step back and was like, Is this bringing me joy? Like, Is this really going where I want it to go? And she said, pandemic allowed her that reflection, to identify what truly mattered to her. And then she said she stumbled upon the Bookstagram thing, kind of by accident. And now it's shifting to become a major part of her life. Lesley Logan 16:52  Yeah, I mean, well, because she's an author and she writes books and the reality is to get the deals and to get your, sell your books, you have to have an audience. So she kind of was like doing it for her own books. And now she's like, because she's like promoting all these other people's books, now people are sending her books to do it. Like it's a whole thing. Brad Crowell 19:20  So and if you all like rom-coms, that's her like jam. So that's, that's her genre. She really digs and she's, so she's constantly reviewing these kinds of books. And if that's up your alley, then you should follow her on the IGs (inaudible) show but she ultimately said, you know, she took a look at what, at her life and what she was doing and you know, and was like, what, what's making me smile? What's making me happy? And she shifted because of that. So good for her. That's cool.Lesley Logan 19:49  GO Claie.Brad Crowell 19:50  Go Clare. All right. So finally, let's talk about those Be It Action Items, what bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Clare Solly? This is where I was talking about Clare, I'm really impressed by you because I think very, I think you might be one of two guests who have brought four items, like one for each of the B, E and I and T. XLesley Logan 20:16  There's gotta be like, a mug for that. Brad Crowell 20:19  We're gonna, we're gonna mail you a sticker. Yeah. This is really cool. So she said, hey, listen, this all flows together. So look at what you're obsessed with. Right? Use your comparisons and judgments, then build your confidence and manifest the shit out of it. But let's actually break this down. Let's talk about this. Look at what you're obsessed with. What things are reaching out to you, or what is calling to you, right? And spend your free time on that thing, right? For her it was reading, right? Use your comparisons and judgments, meaning use comparisons constructively. She said, like people's posts or of other people's lives, instead of going, oh my gosh, they're just so much better than me, I'm never going to be as good as them, turn it around and look at it as what is possible. That's amazing that it's possible that this person has, you know, all these things going on in their life. And then see that as possibility for you then use that to build confidence, let your interest and let that encouragement point the way for you in direction. And then manifest the shit out of it. You know, so keep focusing on it. Love this.Lesley Logan 21:32  She said your approach to manifesting has to be the right way. So she said recognize everything is energy. And so you have to get clear on your desires and visualize that desired outcome. But then you have to employ the tools for the focus of it. So like, if you want something but your energy around that is negative, you're never going to have it you're always going to repelling of it. So she said to get clear on those desires, visualize the outcome, and then employ the tools like journaling and meditation. But she also said be intentional and deep dive on the why. Why do you want this thing? Why do you want this to happen? What like, what is it about that makes and it doesn't have to be like brilliant Mother Teresa why but like, you know, like, why do I want to do and I've always wanted one period, end of story. I want, I want it. I want, I want it. I want to be in really cool color, I want everyone to know it's me. Like, that's what I want. And I've wanted it for over 13 years now. So I still want it.Brad Crowell 22:21  Why do I want a black cape? Because I've always wanted to be Darth Vader.Lesley Logan 22:25  Yeah, so there you go. But then Brad, you have to journal and meditate on that cape, I hope you never have. Then you want to detail desires and get clear. She says do that go as many details of it as you can like really like you ABCD all the way through Z are just like however many come up. But then she says you need to use physical reminders. So play sticky notes or other reminders around to keep your goals in mind. Because if you want to manifest something to think about you have to be, and then thinking about is not like the secret like if once I thought it now it's happening. No, you are when you keep it fresh top of mind, you start to use your RAS system to actually see opportunities for that to happen. The RAS system is particularly an activating system. So I basically (inaudible).Brad Crowell 23:10  It totally is. I'm impressed. Reticular activating system. Yes. Lesley Logan 23:14  What did I call it?Brad Crowell 23:15  I don't know. But yes, reticular activating system.Lesley Logan 23:18  I made a new word. I think. Guys, I am so tired, love you. So get as clear as you can on what you want, like and distill things down until you can't get down any further. And I love the idea of Post Its because Post Its can be mantra, they can be affirmations. They can be things you want. So I just think it's great. All right, I'm Lesley Logan. Brad Crowell 23:37  And I'm Brad Cromwell. Lesley Logan 23:38  Thank you so much for being here. You are amazing. I just adore you. 362 episodes. Here we are. Brad Crowell 23:45  Oh my gosh.Lesley Logan 23:46  Because of you.Brad Crowell 23:47  Incredible.Lesley Logan 23:47  So, keep send your questions in. Thank you for all of your reviews. Thank you for sharing this podcast with someone who needs it. And until next time, Be It Till You See It.Brad Crowell 23:54  Bye for now.Lesley Logan 23:57  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Lesley Logan 24:24  Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. If you want to leave us a message or a question that we might read on another episode, you can text us at +1-310-905-5534 or send a DM on Instagram @BeItPod. Brad Crowell 24:39  It's written, filmed, and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan, and me, Brad Crowell. Lesley Logan 24:44  It is transcribed, produced and edited by the epic team at Disenyo.co. Brad Crowell 24:48  Our theme music is by Ali at Apex Production Music and our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi. Lesley Logan 24:55  Special thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals. Brad Crowell 24:59  Also to Angelina Herico for adding all of our content to our website. And finally to Meridith Root for keeping us all on point and on time. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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In this episode of the Finding Arizona Podcast, James Patrick, a seasoned photographer, shares his journey of specializing, niching down, and expanding his photography business with host Jose Acevedo. James delves into his intentional decision to focus on sports and fitness photography, which paid off as the industry boomed, offering valuable insights for aspiring photographers or entrepreneurs venturing into the field. He emphasizes the importance of hard work, luck, and seizing opportunities, while also shedding light on the challenges he faced during the 2008 recession, demonstrating the resilience needed to pursue a career in a competitive industry. Additionally, James discusses his diverse business ventures, including a graphic and branding design agency, magazines, podcast, digital media platform, coaching services, and the Hive Studios—a creative space for professionals in photography, filmmaking, and audio production where we had the chance to site down and record. In this episode, you will be able to:   Discover the benefits of implementing niche marketing strategies to grow your photography business. Master the essentials of starting a photography business. James Patrick's Instagram handle is @jamespatrickphoto. This is where you can find a variety of content related to photography, including tutorials, behind-the-scenes looks, and tips on how to take better photos. The Hive Studios: If you're in the Phoenix area and looking for a creative space to work on photography, filmmaking, or audio production, check out The Hive Studios. It offers a full photo and video production studio, as well as a podcast studio for recording sessions. 4620 E Elwood St #7, Phoenix, AZ 85040 James Patrick's Coaching: James Patrick also offers coaching for entrepreneurs and creative professionals. This includes consulting and workshops to help individuals grow their businesses and develop their creative skills. https://jamespatrick.com/ https://www.findingarizonapodcast.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@findingarizonapodcast https://www.linkedin.com/linkedin.com/findingarizonapodcast https://www.twitter.com/twitter.com/findingarizona https://www.facebook.com/facebook.com/findingarizonapodcast https://www.instagram.com/findingarizonapodcast/ The key moments in this episode are: 00:01:44 - Origin Story  00:12:57 - Career Challenges  00:14:15 - Industry Trends  00:14:42 - Niche Specialization and Luck  00:17:53 - Curiosity and Problem Solving  00:21:47 - Diversification of Business Ventures  00:24:33 - The Creation of Hive Studios  00:27:43 - Work-Life Balance and Present-Mindedness  00:29:29 - Finding Confidence in Business  00:30:24 - Shifting Audience Focus  00:32:14 - Creating Engaging Content  00:36:46 - Fostering a Supportive Community  The resources mentioned in this episode are: SUPPORT: If you love this episode, please share it with someone you know will also enjoy it! Not for us, but for our guests, leave a review on iTunes. While you are listening, post a screenshot on social media and make sure to tag @FindingArizonaPodcast so we can thank you! Leave us a five star review!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-arizona-podcast/id969100902?mt=2  Ready to start your own podcast? Found House powered by The Finding Arizona Podcast is your best find!https://www.findingarizonapodcast.com/found-houseSPONSORS: Revitalize your self-care routine with Earth Based Body! Get 20% off your first online purchase at https://earthbasedbody.com/discount/F.... Embrace the goodness of nature for radiant skin!Upgrade your wellness game with Oura Ring! Enjoy $40 off your purchase using our exclusive link: https://ouraring.com/raf/a6bde107b4?u.... Elevate your health and sleep tracking now! Score a $20 discount on your SeatGeek tickets with code FINDINGARIZONA. Catch your favorite events live from seatgeek.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/finding-arizona-podcast/message

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The episode revisits Monica Linda's contributions, highlighting her dedication to elevating women's roles in business. Listen as the hosts discuss challenges women face in setting rates and the importance of aligning the quality of work with premium pricing, touching on the drawbacks of offering too many discounts in business services. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Why you need to build a portfolio that reflects your desired rate.How to align work quality with your service rates.Embrace women's empowerment and encourage seizing opportunities.Understand the importance of regular self-evaluation.How to build a routine to regularly assess if you're on the right path.Episode References/Links:eLevate Round 4 Mentorship ProgramAgency Mini Number 10Cambodia WaitlistFlashcard Deck WaitlistMagic calculator  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. Get your free Athletic Greens 1 year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 and 5 free travel packs Get your discount for some Toe Sox using the code: LESLEY Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar  Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedIn  Episode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:00  Take yourself to the next level. You know. Like if you want to become full, that's fine but like if there's like this inside of you to do more, do more because what you do is leave room for people who are below you to come up. And if we hold ourselves back, it means the next people, there's a ceiling for them. They can't go any higher with you. Lesley Logan 0:20  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 1:02  Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It Interview Recap where my co-host in life, Brad and I are going to dig in the empowering convo I had with Monica Linda. Captivating convo. I mean like amazing convo. Second time Monica Linda is to be back and if you missed her first one, well,Brad Crowell 1:15  Shame on you. Lesley Logan 1:15  Shame. Oh my God, with that, that's terrible. You should go back and listen to what we just had and then the first one and then both recaps.Brad Crowell 1:25  She was in episode nine, I think it was. Lesley Logan 1:28  Thirteen. Brad Crowell 1:29  We're gonna look it up. I'm pretty sure you said nine in the last episode.Lesley Logan 1:32  Did I say nine and I was right?Brad Crowell 1:33  I don't know. I just took your word for it.Lesley Logan 1:37  I am really awesome. The other day we look something up and how fucking amazing was I on it? I was so right on it because it was I'm just sometimes I'm just really (inaudible) Brad Crowell 1:45  Nine and ten. Lesley Logan 1:46  Nine and ten. I was right. Okay, I should never doubt myself. Anyway. You can you know, if you're listening to this on the Apple, then of course Apple, it's gonna show you the latest one. So listen to these because they're awesome. And then go back and listen that one. If you're on the onlinepilatesclasses.com app, you can see a bunch of episodes and then you can choose whichever one you want to listen to based on the title. Like a roulette game. Brad Crowell 2:12  Yeah, before we get in. Brad Crowell 2:13  Before we get into that episode. Today is January 11th 2024. And it is Step in a puddle and Splash Your Friends Day. Claire Solly, is this your day? Like did you submit this day? Shout out to Claire if she's listening, because that's who I pictured with this one. If you are a rain lover, a child or a child at heart you should definitely not miss a chance to have fun outside on January 11th, which is Step in a Puddle and splash your friends day. Jump in the puddle on wet some friends. Oh to be a child again. I you know what my brain is pictured? Like, what if it's not a puddle of water?Brad Crowell 2:48  What? What would it be a puddle of milk? Lesley Logan 2:51  Muck Brad Crowell 2:52  Pee? Like what are we what are we stepping in a puddle of? What is happening over here? Where is your mind? Where is your mind?Lesley Logan 3:04  Okay, so you guys, when it rains here in Vegas, it's like monsoon-like rain. And it's not actually cold even when it's like cold here when it rains like it's not actually cold rain, right? So I'll just walk in the rain because I'm not I'll look at the lightning and I'll count the thunder and I'm like damn good, right? This is my scientific strategy perfect state to be at. Brad Crowell 3:22  Perfectly proven. Lesley Logan 3:25  Also trees taller than me. So anyways, Brad Crowell 3:31  I just lick my finger and I hold it up and I'm like the wind's coming from that way. Lesley Logan 3:36  Stop it right now you come out in the rain with me. Stop it right now. So okay, so anyways, um, so one day, Bayon and I were coming back from a rainy walk. And we're crossing the street and let me just tell you because of how much rain happens when it rains here. It's like flood and the way that the streets are built so that the streets won't flood they're really high in the center and really low on the sides. Which means when you get to the gutters, it is a river. Okay? Brad Crowell 4:03  It can be a river, it's crazy. Lesley Logan 4:05  I had made the decision this day to wear my knee-high galoshes, which I know Brad looked at me like I was a weirdo when I first bought them but let me just tell you, they are needed because I walk (inaudible). They're needed for me to get through these gutters because I walk in the rain. Okay, so I'm good. Everything's good. We're drenched. It's fine. No big deal. I have an umbrella. Okay, got an umbrella. Doing great. We are crossing the street to come back into our neighborhood. And I have to go through literally a four-foot wide, it's not a puddle, I would call this a pool of water okay, and it is rushing around the corner like it's a it's a straight it's a river and a big city vehicle drives by. You guys, they hit, whatever they hit, I am stepping onto the sidewalk and a waterfall of water comes over my umbrella. Down, down. Somehow part of it splashes on my face and goes up my umbrella. It's unclear how there was a wall of water. And I'm not being overdramatic, this really happened because I did yelp out loud. And then the water went down my knee-high galoshes. They weren't even tall enough. Brad Crowell 5:29  That bus driver must have been laughing so hard. Lesley Logan 5:32  I mean, I wish someone had a ring light  Brad Crowell 5:34  The people on the bus must have been laughing so hard. Lesley Logan 5:36  I really wish that there was like a ring light for like, what happened. Bayon sort of barking of course, because I was like, ah! I did yelp out loud. Anyways, so instead of being the puddle, go splash in one, preferably with knee-high galoshes. Okay. Oh, to be child again. So, um, you guys, it's just the beginning of the year. It is my birthday coming up. So feel free to send me gifts.Brad Crowell 6:02  Yeah, so you can mail them to... come on.Lesley Logan 6:05  Okay, but you guys there, I just met a guy who was wearing this gangster-like diamond 20-inch thick chain with diamonds on it. And I never ever want (inaudible) exactly. Brad Crowell 6:17  But yeah, it was thick. Lesley Logan 6:18  I really want it. And so if you want to send me one, you can. Okay. But anyways, aside from my birthday, eLevate round four, the first weekend kicks off in a couple of weeks. I'm so excited to kick off this round for we're only offering at one time next year. So if you are interested in my mentorship programming, go to lesleylogan.co/elevate. Brad Crowell 6:35  Yes. Lesley Logan 6:36  If it's full, you will get to talk about 2025 because actually, we have a lot of people already signed up for 2025. SoBrad Crowell 6:41  Yeah it's kind of crazy this is starting to sell out for Lesley Logan 6:45  I know further Brad Crowell 6:46  Into the future. Lesley Logan 6:47  Yes.. And then Agency Mini number 10.Brad Crowell 6:51  I can't believe that.Lesley Logan 6:52  Isn't it insane? Because Agency Mini just turned six. First of all, let's just celebrate that. Just turned sixBrad Crowell 6:59  this month. I know that's crazy. Lesley Logan 7:01  Just turned six. Brad Crowell 7:02  I mean, we're talking 1000s of people have gone through the Agency program, y'all.Lesley Logan 7:06  Yeah, yeah. So Agency Many thousands have gone through and we only offer it well, right now we only have for twice a year, but it's quite possible once a year, you just don't know. So you definitely want to be in Amany number 10 If you've never done it, or you've only done it one time, if done two times, so sorry. Um, let's talk about it. But Agency Mini 10 is gonna start on February 11th. And what that means is right now you can actually sign up for it. Brad Crowell 7:31  That's right, right now.Lesley Logan 7:33  Right now. So profitablepilates.com/miniLesley Logan 7:37  profitablepilates.com/mini. Lesley Logan 7:39  And then, as we speak, we're getting ready to actually open up the doors for the Cambodia retreat. Brad Crowell 7:45  Yeah. In just a few days, those on the waitlist, only those in the waitlist are going to get the information about our upcoming retreat that's going to happen in October of this year. So yeah, get on the waitlist if you want that deets.Lesley Logan 7:59  Yeah, if you're not on the waitlist you won't get those deets, you'll have to wait and see after the earlybird is over. If there's any spots left, and then you get to pay full price, which is totally fine. We don't mind. Brad Crowell 8:09  You can do that. Lesley Logan 8:09  We can also save you some money. So that's lesleylogon.co/retreats Brad Crowell 8:15  Plural. Lesley Logan 8:15  Plural. Brad Crowell 8:16  Yep. lesleylogin.co/retreats. Lesley Logan 8:18  And then because it's on my mind since I just wrapped the first draft of the copy. Brad Crowell 8:24  Yeah, this is exciting.Lesley Logan 8:26  I know the fifth deck, you guys Brad Crowell 8:29  OPC's fifth flashcard deck. Lesley Logan 8:31  Number five. I did half of it in Cambodia in a week and then thought I'll do three cards a day. No problem. Did that for one day and had a problem. I actuallyBrad Crowell 8:43  You slayed that one day. Lesley Logan 8:44  I had too much to do get ready for the winter tour. So the team and I were like okay, well she'll do that while she's on tour and I did and it's done and now it's going through the editing process which means the presale will open up in a couple months and only those on the waitlist will get the presale.Brad Crowell 9:01  That's right. So if you want the presale rate get on the waitlist. Lesley Logan 9:05  You guys, are you (inaudible) something? Brad Crowell 9:06  The waitlist.Lesley Logan 9:07  If you're on business feel free to steal this thing. Brad Crowell 9:09  The waitlist.Lesley Logan 9:11  The waitlist for the flashcards what is it?Brad Crowell 9:15  Just DM us. Go to opc.me/chat and we can get you on the waitlist for the cards. I don't actually remember the link (inaudible). Lesley Logan 9:22  Yeah, I don't either. It's all good. You can do a little extra work and you will get that best, most amazing deal. And this is our fifth of six decks. Okay. Before we talk about the amazing one and only Monica Linda do we have an audience question? Brad Crowell 9:39  We sure do. All right, today's question. I started renting space at someone else's studio. I need to get my own clients. What should I do?Lesley Logan 9:51  This is such a great question. Brad Crowell 9:53  Yeah, I mean, that is and what an awesome predicament to be in. That's super cool that you have a spot that is all yours?Lesley Logan 10:00  To do, to build your own business? Do you know I did that? I rented space for a really long time built a business so big that I could actually have my own brick and mortar and make the same amount of money.Brad Crowell 10:10  Yeah. Well, like, how long did you rent that? Two years? Lesley Logan 10:13  Two years. Brad Crowell 10:14  Yeah. So two years, you had enough clients to be consistent enough to feel confident taking on your own lease? Pretty cool. Lesley Logan 10:23  Yeah. When I started to see that my rent check was actually the same as renting my own space.Brad Crowell 10:27  That's, that's true. Lesley Logan 10:29  Yeah. I probably would have kept renting if it had been easier. But you know, anyways, um, what should you do? It's about you. Let's answer your question. Okay. So, here's the deal. You can sign up for Agency Mini because that's just going to help you. The first workshop at Agency Mini workshop we're going to talk about your ideal client and that we, here's the thing, guys, you, I know, you want to help everyone, I don't care if you're a teacher, I don't care what you offer. If you have a service or a product, you build it for a person with a problem that that thing solves. And you're like, everyone should do my thing. I agree. I want everyone to buy my flashcards. But if we're actually honest about it, a person, a random person on the street is not going to buy the chairs deck, I'm like, not happening, doesn't matter how cheap it is never gonna happen. Brad Crowell 11:16  They probably don't even know what Pilates is.Lesley Logan 11:17  If I gave them the chairs deck, they would probably give it back. So they'd re-gift it to a friend. So you have to be really honest with yourself about who you want to serve. And, and not just everyone like, but like really who and you can get to the psychographics. And that's what we do in Agency Mini, we actually talk about this more psychographics and demographics. And then we do get a little demographicky on the ages. And not because of our ages. But because Brad was just talking to someone the other day who's like, I can help everyone and he's like, so a 75-year-old has different problems than a 21-year-old. They get their information in different spots. And you guys, you I promise you don't want to be on every platform. You don't. You don't. I'm not on TikTok, we have tick tock accounts, I don't know the last time we updated them, because I don't care. I don't, I don't find it's not fruitful for me. And also my people aren't there. So like, it's really important that you know who you're trying to serve. Because until we know that I can actually help you.Brad Crowell 12:12  And like like Lesley said, this is going to be something we're diving way in on inside of Agency Mini during day number one of Mini, which will be on February 11th. So for sure, you should get yourself set up with that go to profitablepilates.com/mini. But there's another step that I'll share briefly. And then we will wrap this up. Lesley Logan 12:37  I had one more step. You tell yours. Brad Crowell 12:38  Oh, I was gonna say, you know, in order for you after you know after you have identified the person that you're wanting to serve, the one that really lights your fire, you got to get yourself out there. But, the fastest way to bring in private clients, or any money to pay for the studio that you've just taken responsibility for or the space that you're renting at least is to be in the community, meet people in the community, you have to be out there in order for them to know that you exist. Lesley Logan 13:09  You want to tell (inaudible) something? Right, this has happened to us, we have spots left, current time of recording this, in my math class in Las Vegas. We were getting our teeth cleaned. And Brad talked to our dentist and got our dentist to sign up. Right there in front of us. You got to talk about things more than you think you just have to be unapologetic about how awesome you are. Because it really does pay off. And Brad has an amazing course. So should you listen to this and Agency Mini number 10 is past. But he has an amazing course on 200 rejections to success. So get that. And then I have a course on how to get clients you actually want to teach. Both of those things, if you are an Agency member, you get a discount on, if you join Agency from Agency Mini, you get. Or you can buy them all card if you totally missed the boat on when this came out. Brad Crowell 14:00  Maybe, maybe.Lesley Logan 14:01  Maybe that's right, we're making changes. Don't quote me on that. Don't quote me on that. But those are the things like get rejected. Talk about it more than you think. But it's so important, especially if you have anything that is in person, you have to get out into your community. It's not I knowBrad Crowell 14:17  And be unapologetic.Lesley Logan 14:19  Right. But I just want to, I know we have to move on. But I just wanna say this because this kind of goes into what Monica Linda, you know, she's amazing. You guys. The more you can talk to real humans about what you do, the easier it is to fill your business, your clientele list of any service of any product, any kind. I know we're in the age of like, the internet, and oh my God, the world is (inaudible) and there's the 8 billion people and so you can sell to anyone. You have to go where your people are. And so many people are hungry for like actual three-dimensional experiences. So go out there because you'll really learn a lot more about the people you're trying to help and where they're at when you get out there. Thank you for this amazing question. I hope to see you in Agency Mini.Brad Crowell 15:04  Okay, welcome back. Now let's talk about Monica Linda. Founder of Girl Squad Media, Monica is renowned for expertise in personal branding, photography and videography dedicated to enhancing the businesses of entrepreneurs. She specifically loves to work with women. Her impressive portfolio includes work of Beyonce, the NFL, Live Nation, and she's showcasing her ability to capture and tell powerful stories. Her vision to empower women entrepreneurs drives her continued success and influence in the media industry. And we've been lucky enough to work with Linda, I mean, Monica Linda now for I mean, since 2019.Lesley Logan 15:47  2019, yeah, 2019 Yes, yes, yes, yes. Brad Crowell 15:51  Well, that's when we met her at least. Did we work with her that year?Lesley Logan 15:54  Yeah. Also, you guys, she has a photograph of me from 2018.Brad Crowell 16:03  Oh, right, because of another event you were at.Lesley Logan 16:05  And yeah, there was and a year later, a year later, I ended up in the (inaudible) program. And then we met her, she was a photographer for that. But I didn't actually connect with her. She wasn't in the group. And then she was in the group, but her group was her company was photographing it in the fall one. That's when we did photos with her, and we started working with her ever since. So, you guys, she's phenomenal. As you know, she's just an incredible person. And one of the reasons I wanted to have her back on is because we were talking about, you know, growing your business as a female and like really understanding just the hardship, like, there's a lot of things people don't tell you. And whether or not you're in the photography industry or the Pilates industry or just like, hi, you're from any industry. I think it's really important that we talk about money more often, and rates more often. And she noticed this amazing thing where like, she was hiring some photographers for an event. And the men were like this is my rate, and the women are like, what do you want? What are you gonna pay? And it's like, whoa, because the men got what they wanted, right? Like, that's how it worked. But anyways Brad Crowell 17:14  She also said it was like consistent that the men would ask for 500 bucks more than the women.Lesley Logan 17:20  Oh, yeah. Well, this goes back to total sidenote, we talked about this on an episode. But we all live in L.A. when Sony emails were hacked. And when the Sony emails were hacked Brad Crowell 17:29  You mentioned that, yeah. Lesley Logan 17:30  So if you didn't listen to it, we mentioned it. All the men's rates were out. Brad Crowell 17:36  For all the actors.Lesley Logan 17:37  For all the actors. And you could see every single one of them renegotiate their rate. Many of them had less lines, less time on camera, less everything. And they were making not just a little bit more, significantly more. And so, but, so it's so important. So she talked about that, but I'm going to talk about my other favorite thing is like, how she actually said if you want to charge premium your portfolio for her, but your work has to match that rate. So if you're charging if you want to be a luxury service provider, and this goes back to Joanna White, yeah, and you were talking about our business card, yes, your your product has has to do that. We do this with flashcards, like it's very important to me, you guys. I fight tooth and nail all the time and the team is really good about honoring this. We're the only client of our printer that prints on the inside. Lesley Logan 17:39  Yeah, they have like thousands of clients that they've print, they print for and have printed for. And we're the only one that pays the extra money to print on the inside of the boxes. And it's not cheap to do it. It like, literally changes our cost of goods. Lesley Logan 18:45  It changes, but I won't let it go. I will not let it go. Brad Crowell 18:48  It looks good. Lesley Logan 18:49  It looks so good. And so so it's the thing is like you can charge premium prices Absolutely. You also have to have everything has to be that experience. So if you also that goes with if you wanna be cheap and cheerful then it shouldn't look like a fucking Apple Store or like the wind on the inside go out and be cheap and cheerful you know like it's totally fine but let yourBrad Crowell 19:10  I've never heard that phrase before. Lesley Logan 19:12  Cheap and cheerful? Brad Crowell 19:13  Never heard it.Lesley Logan 19:14  Welcome to retail. We had some cheap and cheerful stuff because it allows you to have a price range of $5 to $40,000 but cheap and cheerful, yeah, I did that that's my old job. But cheap and cheerful Brad Crowell 19:29  $5 to $40? How is that cheap? Lesley Logan 19:32  With, well $5 to $40. Cheap and cheerful stuff but it's like $5 like $20 like Brad Crowell 19:37  Oh, I see.Lesley Logan 19:38  Like it's cheap and cheerful is also like it's a candy. It's like easy it's there. I'm gonna toss this in it's cheap and cheerful. So your price has to represent, the work you put out there needs to represent the price you're charging. And she talked also about doing discounts and that they never worked out. You guys, I have never had a discounted thing work out. Now as someone who has been given discounts from many people, I go above and beyond. We've had friends of ours give us discounts. I have been given discounts on hotels, which means I tag them on everything like, I'm that person. But I'm also the person who never like, I won't ask for the discount every single time I was given a discount. They just gave it to me. I didn't ask. People who do ask for those things. I'm not saying that all of them are like that. But I will say is like, anytime that I've given a client a discount, they have texted me the same day, want to change the client monitoring session, they want they late cancelled I want to pay for their late cancel. James Patrick has always been a photographer who's on on the show. He has talked about people asking for discounts and what how he's really hated it. And so I'm not saying you can't be affordable for people. But also, you just need to know when you're discounting your product. Eventually, you get discounted, and there they discount you. Not because they're like, when you discount your product to them. They're like, Oh, it's only this much. I'm gonna sell them. I'm just gonna make them do this. I'm gonna do this. It really does change things. So it's really, really important that you understand. And Sheila she said if Lily sucked the life out of her. That was the hardest lesson she ever learned. And it's our job. And this is where it's our job to ask for the right rate.Brad Crowell 21:19  Yeah, I mean, I think just commenting on that. I think it's okay to give like, your mom, a one time discount kind of a thing, be family and all that stuff. But if it's like a standing appointment, like that's discounted, they're not going to value it as much as someone who's who's paying full price. And so it can become a problem because it will it will build resentment from you going I'm not even making the money I'm supposed to make during this hour right now. What the hell, you're late every time. Right, whatever, whatever the situation might be, but it's gonna, it puts it just Lesley Logan 21:57  Resentment will build up.Brad Crowell 21:58  sets you up for a bad, a bad experience. You know, so, yeah, I mean.Lesley Logan 22:03  I understand, like, look, we talked about luxury stuff. And I just want to say, like I do, as someone who has been homeless and poor, I'm very grateful for the opportunities I had, where things were either discounted or at a discounted rate that I could afford, or there was a payment plan that was there. But also, I am really proud of the work that I did to get to the place where I could afford things that I couldn't afford before. And it is okay for people to aspire to work with you. And when I could barely pay for all my bills in Los Angeles. When I first moved there. I cancelled my unlimited like yoga, whatever membership because I had Pilates classes, because the classes weren't at times, I could go. And there was a studio where the teacher was able to, I said, I can't afford your privates, like, do you have any other options to work with you? And she said, Oh, I have another girl who wants to do duets. And I said, okay, how much is that? She told me I was like, okay. So two of those a month equals the money I was spending on the gym to go unlimited, you guys. And I looked at her and I liked her. And I said, I can come two times a month. And I took, I was there early. I was there. I learned. I took notes. At the end, I asked questions.Lesley Logan 22:04  It wasn't discounted though, you you made that a high priority for yourself Lesley Logan 22:32  I made it a high priority. It was not discounted. It was the same it was I was paying the same amount of money and getting less opportunities to go. And then when I would go home, you guys, I would do the exercise I could do at home. I actually took it very seriously because I could only afford those two. Do you know what happened? And within three months, I somehow could afford every week. Because I figured out my budget. And it's it's okay. It's really okay to go. I want to work with you. Here's how you can work with me. Here's the option so but just going back asking for the right price, Brad and I actually if you're a service-based business, we actually have a free tool that will help you do this. And it pays for your time off and your sick days. And you can get it on profitpilates.com. It's called the magic calculator. What did you love?Brad Crowell 24:05  Yeah, so I felt listening back to the conversation. Monica talked about being the biggest person in the room, or the most powerful person in the room and how there is definitely a preconception that it's going to be a man. And she really was encouraging women to be that massive personality in a room. She was really talking about. She made a prediction that in the future here, the women who are entrepreneurs who are out there guiding, teaching, coaching, building businesses, they're turning into the celebrities, because she gets the chance to photograph them on stage. She gets to see these women and I think it's had a huge impact on her because, you know, she talked about just the common perception or the common response that she hears from women, when they see a guy come in to the room like that. And she also said that it stems a lot from how she, for her, how she grew up, for sure. You know, and this is something that she's had to learn herself. Because, you know, our mom said, hey, you know, we don't do that in this family, or while we really let her be too much of a free thinker, you know, with her, her creativity and her, you know, just off out of the normal, quote, unquote, bounds of what's acceptable, you know, and she, she was frustrated about that, that, especially as young girls, she and you know, societally they're constantly taught to, you know, get feedback from others and to not be willing to make a decision, right? It's like setting people up for second-guessing themselves their entire lives. And I think that's, that's a shame. To be honest. I really think that doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl, if that's the way that you think it's not putting you, it's not empowering you. Right?Lesley Logan 26:30  No, in fact, it's making you be a tulip. Don't get taller. Don't get taller than tulips. I mean, IBrad Crowell 26:37  We don't do that in this family. Lesley Logan 26:38  We don't do that in this family. I think like, I think back to like, if my mom's listening, please, (inaudible) I had a birthday party, I'd invite, everyone couldn't just have a couple people because people feel left up. My brother, she'll say my brother had never had birthday parties. He had birthday parties, which is a lot who invited whoever he wanted, and they just weren't big. I remember I remember he had a birthday party, he could invite his friends. And he invited his friends. He didn't have to invite the entire Sunday school. And everybody in class. And not that I want to because obviously, like, as an adult, I love having everyone in the community come. But it wasn't. It wasn't a choice. I choose to make communities happen. That was like, I had everyone there. And I'd be at my birthday party. And there's like people clicking off and doing things at my party. It wasn't about me anymore. Which is like you're allowingBrad Crowell 27:32  It wasn't about you at the beginning if that's, the invitation list is like everyone, right? Lesley Logan 27:36  There's that. So I do think like, there is special I hope it's changed. I don't have children. So we have no idea. But like when, especially for women born in the 80s and 90s. I really do feel there was a lot of pressure to just be perfect and quiet. And don't ruffle feathers. Brad Crowell 27:53  Probably goes back a lot further than that. Lesley Logan 27:55  Probably ever. It really does, actually. Yeah. So I love that she brought that up. And she is a free thinker. And I think she's changed her parents' perspective.Brad Crowell 28:05  Yeah, I mean, also, I didn't know this, but she grew up in a trailer park. And now she lives in a, you know, in Los Angeles and runs her own business, like what a dramatic change to life as a whole for her. And a complete reversal of that perspective. And to be in a position to see other women really succeeding and really, kicking ass is inspiring.Lesley Logan 28:34  I know. I mean, what's so cool about what she does is she's literally able to be in rooms by people who are constantly pushing themselves to the next level. And so she, they're showing her that there's another level, and it's so easy. This is another reason women and the few women who listens to this podcast, to all, she'll make room for people below you. Take yourself to the next level. You know, like if you want to become full, that's fine. But like if there's like this inside of you to do more, do more because what you do is leave room for people who are below you to come up. And if we hold ourselves back, it means the next people, there's a ceiling for them. They can't go any higher with you. Or they think they can't go any higher until they meet someone else with like the ceiling is higher. SoBrad Crowell 29:23  Totally. All right. So finally, let's talk about those Be It Action Items. What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Monica Linda? Lesley Logan 29:33  Hmm, well, you go first. Brad Crowell 29:34  Yeah. So she said, it's important to just get into a room that's a little bigger than you are. And she specifically said, a room that feels that feels a little bigger than where, you know a little bigger than you feel you are. So what does that actually mean get in a room? There's always a moment of where you feel like, should I be actually doing this? Am I allowed to do this? Who am I to do this kind of a thing.Lesley Logan 30:06  Like every single coaching group wherein I know we're in the right space because I'm like, I'm intimidated. That's right. That's the best. Brad Crowell 30:12  Am I supposed to be here? Am I like all these other women... Lesley Logan 30:15  Are they gonna find out who I am? Brad Crowell 30:16  Yeah, she actually referenced Jim Carrey, he had some advice on seizing opportunities and trusting the process, she advised you, you know, you just have to walk through the door, because the universe, all the things on the other side, if they open the door for you, they're going to take care of you. And she said, you need to pick a room and you need to walk into it. And, you know, I think that comes easy for some, and is a challenge for others, for sure. But it's something when you do that, when you put yourself in a position. It really allows you to learn more about yourself. And also see possibilities, you know, when we, we talk about our coaching experiences all the time, where we've been in rooms with other business owners who are doing amazing things, and they're selling gazillion dollars and all that stuff, you know, and they've got these great ideas. And, you know, like, initially, you're like, am I, do I have great ideas? You know, like, what is happening here? Why am I even here this room, you know, but then you start to see, well, they're not perfect, either. There are things they're still working on, which is why they're here in this room. And that was revealing to me to go like, okay, they might have, they might have it together over here, but they clearly don't have it together over there and this other thing.Lesley Logan 31:39  At our last event with our coaches, like I'm at this table, and one guy I know is, you know, his company is going to sell for multiple, seven figures. And another guy's at the table. And he has been able to sell his program in two corporations where they're gonna hit 50,000 employees. And then this table, and there's been two other people. And they both actually want to talk to us about how we were able to do something, because they need the knowledge that we have, you know, like, so it's reallyBrad Crowell 32:14  I mean, imagine if there were 50,000 OPC members, like holy hell, it'd be amazing.Lesley Logan 32:18  That can wait. And we actually are like, but like, it's, it's really funny. Like, we tell ourselves that, oh, I shouldn't be here. But it's really you, every single one of us have an experience that no one else has had. And because of your experience, you can share that that allows the people who you might have put on a pedestal randomly, just by because we do that with people. And they actually want to hear from you. In fact, if they didn't, they wouldn't be there. If they were arrogant dicks, they wouldn't be in that room. That's not how it works.Brad Crowell 32:50  It's true. Lesley Logan 32:50  So I love that it goes back to that plus minus, you know, it like, equals, we need to have people who are above us, because they show us that there's more opportunity. Okay, I loved that she asked herself, am I still on the right path? She regularly, she says to regularly check in with yourself. And I think this is really important. It's really easy to only do this at the end of the year. You guys, this is coming out at the beginning of the year on purpose, just in case, it's been a few weeks, and you already lost your check in from December. Find different opportunities like create them, maybe it's maybe it's on Fridays, you go for a walk around a park, and you just like check in with yourself. Maybe it's every morning, maybe it's at night, Allen Stein, Jr. and we caught him all the time. Because his his Be It Action Items was so perfect. It was so simple. It was am I 1% closer to the person I want to be?Brad Crowell 33:42  One percent a day.Lesley Logan 33:42  One percent a day. One percent a day. So I think this is really awesome. And my challenge for you is if this is a Be It Action Item that you want to do is like, how are you going to check with yourself and how often and may I suggest it's not just a reminder on your phone, because you're gonna ignore that. Gonna be something that you build into a routine of some kind. You can make or make a ritual out of maybe like when we lived in L.A. when I did these check-ins. It was when I was with the Korean spa. And after I got scrubbed down and I got massage, I lay in the Himalayan room because by then I was like Zen, Zened out. And I would start to think about like, what am I liking what's not working? Because now it's not like fresh in the body. It's kind of like out of the body. And I would eat some bibimbop and just like oh, yeah, I don't do that anymore. Oh, that client's bothering me and I could check in with myself and I did that every four to six weeks. So make a ritual with yourself. I really love this, Monica. Monica. I love you. Lesley Logan 33:43  Yeah, you're amazing. Lesley Logan 33:46  You are she knows that. Brad Crowell 33:48  She's kicking ass. She's photographed Coldplay, y'all.Lesley Logan 34:07  I know. After this recording she like literally got the contract signed. And then the last time she photograph me she actually got the contract to film Candy Motzek and Ed Mylett. I like, so I told her I'm clearly good luck. She has to keep photographing... Brad Crowell 35:04  You're good luck?Lesley Logan 35:05  Yeah. Brad Crowell 35:06  You're clearly good luck. Brad Crowell 35:07  Clearly good luck. You guys, I'm Lesley Logan. Brad Crowell 35:10  And I'm Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 35:11  I'm your good luck charm. Thank you for joining us today. How are you going to do these tips in your life? We want to know. We want to hear from you. We want to hear your favorite Be It Action Items. May this be the year that you actually send us your wins send us a question. Tag Monica Linda and Girl Squad Media and tag the Be It Pod with what your favorite takeaways were. Until next time, Be It Till You See It. Brad Crowell 35:33  Bye for now.Lesley Logan 35:35  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. 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Explore the dynamic world of setting rates and seizing opportunities in this insightful episode with Lesley and guest, Monica Linda. Monica, a seasoned photographer, delves into her journey of overcoming self-doubt, learning to value her work appropriately, and navigating the unique challenges faced by women in the industry. This episode is a deep dive into the art of pricing, the importance of self-belief, and the power of seizing opportunities in the creative field.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Discover how self-worth influences business pricing strategies.Learn about the gender gap in professional rate setting and how to overcome it.Understand the psychology of pricing and its impact on client perception.Explore how societal norms shape women's business confidence.Gain insights on the power of networking and being in influential spaces.Hear how embracing opportunities can lead to personal and professional growth.Episode References/Links:Girl Squad Media InstagramGirl Squad Media WebsiteGirl Squad Media FacebookGuest Bio:Monica Linda, founder of Girl Squad Media, is a content creative director to entrepreneurs who are scaling the businesses they love. She uses personal branding photography & videography to bring back the pretty, reignite the joy, and put you back on center stage! Monica has photographed over 800 women, including The Queen B herself, Beyonce. Her obsession with excellence and storytelling has attracted brands like the NFL and Live Nation, while she has also covered events for the Tournament of Roses & Rose Bowl, and entrepreneurs such as Amy Porterfield, Chris & Lori Harder, Lindsey Schwartz, and more. The Girl Squad Media team is in high demand for media coverage and activations at some of the most popular events and concerts. Monica's love of photography borders on obsession, and you'll never see this down-home Texas girl shy away from a challenge. Her ambition, collaboration, and legacy drive her to be better than the day before. For Monica, becoming a media mogul who elevates women entrepreneurs is more than a passion, it is her destiny, and she hopes she'll be able to share her passion with you as you build your own media content.  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. Get your free Athletic Greens 1 year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 and 5 free travel packs Get your discount for some Toe Sox using the code: LESLEY Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe in the know withall the workshops at OPCBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesFollow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Monica Linda 0:00  Like I heard that quote from I think it was Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey says when there's an opportunity and it presents itself to you, I do not want you to think about what's on the other side of the door. What I want you to do is walk through the door. Just walk through the door because the universe, all the things on the other side, if they open the door for you are going to take care of you.Lesley Logan 0:25  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 1:06  Hey, Be It babe. I am so freakin' stoked for this incredible interview that's about to come up. We talk a lot of things about women, charging are worth, stepping into the rooms. It is going to be an inspirational conversation. I hope you yell and shout out and clap along with the interview the whole time and make sure that you tell us exactly what your favorite parts were. Because my guest today, Monica Linda of Girl Squad Media and I want to hear that from you. It's going to make us dance for you. And we also want to hear about the well I'm not going to spoil the whole thing when you get to the end, when you do the Be It Action Item. We're gonna want to know where you went. All right loves, here is Monica Linda. Lesley Logan 1:44  Welcome back, Be It babes. I am, I can't even wait, she's already laughing. I can't even wait you guys. I have an in-house guest. I think I'm going to start doing this more often. I'm gonna be really honest. It's so much more fun. We just wrapped an incredible photoshoot. I wrote 10 on my stories. I don't know maybe it's 15. Maybe it's 100. It's unclear. I'm so grateful for this one to be in my life. The last time you heard her was on episode number nine, (inaudible). And we got to hear how she was really being it till she saw it as a photographer. And now years later, well, two years later from the podcast, but also, we've known each other since 2019. And just really seen what you have done with your business. I have to bring you back and I want today's podcast, Monica Linda of Girl Squad Media to be I want it to be conversation but I can't wait for us to talk about women in business and women's service businesses because as we know, we set around rates and that's not always liked by people. So Monica Linda, in case anyone hasn't heard episode nine. Tell everyone who you are and what you slay at.Monica Linda 2:53  Monica Linda, I'm from Girl Squad Media. I'm the founder. And we work with women to help them generate images that increase their revenue. Lesley Logan 3:02  Yeah. And they do. Monica Linda 3:05  And they do. And they do. Every time.Lesley Logan 3:07  And sometimes I just take photos for my 40th birthday invitations.Monica Linda 3:13  Because I'm obsessed with Lesley Logan style.Lesley Logan 3:16  I'm obsessed with Monica Linda's amazing talent. Okay, so, um, you how long you've been a photographer? And can we talk a little about the journey because when I met you you are a rising star. You're a fucking star now I mean, like phenomenal. I mean, Ed Mylett, Candy Valentino, Lesley Logan, Lori and Chris Harder. You we can name-drop some more and the fucking NFL. Yeah. But like, when we met you were still doing only branding photography, not video content. At the time, reels weren't a thing, guys. And you were in a business coaching group with me and you are working towards things. What has the journey been like since 2019 to today? Like how did like what's the tell us a little bit about that as a whole mental process and a lot of changes to your business. So how did it go?Monica Linda 4:07  It has been it has been crazy. It has been up down. But still on time and on path. Like I hadLesley Logan 4:15  Don't you hate when it's like on time because it wasn't on? Yeah, we look back and go that was the right timing. Like in the time you're like what is going on? Monica Linda 4:23  What is going on? I had no idea but it just seems like it's so right on time. I even had that moment last night where I thought to myself, it is awesome to feel steel because I check in with myself all the time. As our client rosters get bigger as we sign bigger contracts with people that literally I would never dream of working with as that continues to happen. I continue to ask myself, Am I still on the right path and it still feels it still feels good? So we just we just keep going forward. I I've never really had like I know a lot of people have business plans, but I'm really intuitive about what feels right.Lesley Logan 5:04  Yeah, I hear you on that. Actually, let's just we'll just have a little bit on that. Because the banks love the business plan.Monica Linda 5:10  I mean, let me take that back. I have a business plan. Yeah. But I'm saying like, I've never started from the beginning and said, I want to photograph Karol G. and Coldplay in concert. That's not on my list.Lesley Logan 5:21  I know. But I but it's happening. I saw I saw you're gonna be at the Coldplay concert. You're, you're doing some stuff? Yeah. Yeah.Monica Linda 5:30  Yeah. Like, like that kind of stuff is not on my list. But the business plan is there for sure.Lesley Logan 5:35  Yeah, I think that that's I thank you for bringing that up. Because I think sometimes we get a I do. I do love prompts for making visualization work and manifestation work. And I do love a vision board. But I also think that sometimes a vision board rules can be a rules. I guess. It's just like directions, not rules. Can there? I do love specifics. I think it's really important to be specific when it's talking about like, who am I talking to in my business? Like, who am I doing this for? Like, you're very specific who you're doing for you. We all just heard what that was. Right. Right. Lesley Logan 6:06  But with my vision boards that I made in 2013, like they were kind of imagery, as opposed to like, specific. I didn't put a brunette guy. Yeah, right. Yeah, on my vision board. But I put me in, I put a visual of a couple in love in the center with rose gold rings. I didn't know exactly who that was going to be. Yeah. So like, I couldn't put something down that I hadn't met yet. And I think sometimes we get a little hung up. Like, I've got to get Oprah on my podcast. And it's like, yeah, yeah, love Oprah on my podcast. But here's some five people that I think I could probably get right now if I really nailed them. And Oprah should be asking me to be on my podcast. Oprah's people just saying, if you're listening, you can ask me. But I think it's like being open to surprises, but being specific enough and the in the nearest future. So some people have a hard time thinking 10 years ahead. And banks love a plan. They don't want to give you money if you don't have a plan. They don't want to actually give a lot of people money, I'm being really honest. No bank has given me any money. Thank God for the COVID SBA loan. Monica Linda 7:17  For sure, for sure.Lesley Logan 7:18  That was the only one there. Like do you want money? I'm like, I'll take it for I was like, how much like take all of it? How much? They may never offer us it again?Monica Linda 7:27  What is the max? Lesley Logan 7:28  So you have a business plan, but you haven't been specific like Coldplay wasn't on your list. What? What? What are some things that were on your list that you can't even believe happened? And what are some things that like, are just surprises along the way? Monica Linda 7:42  You know, I feel like I don't know if this is too woowoo. But this is really how it happens for me. I feel like as I become brighter as Monica Linda, my clients become brighter. Yeah. And I didn't mean for that to happen. But I'm finding that the bigger the client, the bigger the pay date, like all the things are, we've heard other people talk about this, it really is equivalent to how I feel about myself how I feel about my business, how I feel about not being an imposter that I do belong at the table. Like the more I'm really settling into that. The clients get bigger, and I'm not meaning to do that. But I'm almost playing a really fun game. Of I'm like, how bright can we really get?Lesley Logan 8:37  So I actually think that's really cool. I think like, no one means the brighter but like, isn't it way more fun? Monica Linda 8:45  Yeah, yeah. And it's also it's also I feel like it's a life. It's a life journey for me because I've come such a long way, that it always shocks me that I still have, I have that much more to work out. Like, I feel like I'm going to continue to try to be more of myself and brighter for the rest of my life. I don't think I'll ever really get there. But it is scary and terrifying. And also kind of cool. If you can like notice it's happening at the same time. Lesley Logan 9:12  Yeah, I love that. You mentioned something like the more you shine the caliber of client, you bring in shines, and something that I, we're in the service industry, obviously different services. But the truth is, is that like, we set our rates, there isn't there's there are costs of the businesses that we do. But there's also it's most of it is to our time. And so you're putting price on the same minutes that everyone has in a day. And so you have to value yourself a certain rate to create a value for those minutes. And it can be difficult to place value on those minutes because like oh my god, are they especially as a woman this because we've been raised this way. Are they gonna like me? I think I'm not enough for this. And when you said The shining, the brighter I've shined, the caliber of client also comes in. And also I uplevel the clients I already have. So everyone is winning here. What I see happen is in my industry is people fear that people won't like them. And they'll say no. So they're like, I think I need to discount my prices. I think I need to discount my prices. Do you have a story or a time where you kind of feared your rates? And maybe you did lower them? Or maybe you didn't lower them and like kind of how that went down? Because it's, it's hard. It's really hard when you work for yourself to separate when people say no to your rates, and it's not a rejection of you as a human being.Monica Linda 10:44  Yeah, no, it is really, really hard. I feel like a couple of years ago, it was really difficult when I would when I would set a price. And then would worry whether I was worthy of it or was I just experienced enough what with it, I knew that I was capable of doing it. But was I really able to like deliver the service and I used to struggle. But what ended up shifting for me is every time I felt that way, every time I felt like are they gonna like me? Or I could tell like somewhere I just didn't want to work with this client. But I wasn't I couldn't tell why I didn't. But what ended up happening is every time and I don't know how this happens, maybe somebody out there can tell us, but every time somebody asked me for a significant discount, it never works out. Never works out. No, like, that has been the hardest lesson for me the amount of times that I have not, I've been in a space where I was I was just in a funk or I wasn't feeling good. Or I was willing to compromise because I thought these people were brighter, or they were bigger or more popular.Lesley Logan 11:53  They tell you, Oh my God, I've got all these followers if you give me this discount, you're gonna get so much exposure.Monica Linda 11:59  Every time I'm telling you 100% of the time. And I have been in some serious situations that have been so deflating, exhausting, and literally sucked the life out of me. And what didn't bring me any joy. It has, it has been that so like, I almost feel like that lesson of the suffering of constantly putting myself in that situation made me actually do the opposite of like, let's really love myself here and ask and go for the ask. Because every time I do it the other way, it ends up failing. Lesley Logan 12:31  Yeah, I had James Patrick on the podcast, and he actually does a couple he had like, every once in a while on his on his Instagram account. He goes, here are some reasons here all the reasons why people have said I should work for free for them. And here's what my response was. And we can talk more about this. There is something about the way he says it that I'm like, yeah, yeah. And then I'm like, Oh, how am I going to say that? Because there's something about like, a dude saying that just that one. And people don't think he's an asshole. It's right. Like, someone goes, Oh, hey, you're gonna get lots of exposure, because I have a ton of followers. And he's like, followers don't pay my bills. And like, I read that and I don't go, What a dick. I read that go. That's right. Yeah. But like, there's something about if you and I were to say that sometimes I feel like people like bitch.Lesley Logan 13:24  Or they'd be like, she's so greedy. She wants so much money.Monica Linda 13:28  Oh, yeah.Monica Linda 13:29  Or who is she. She's not that big of a deal? Lesley Logan 13:31  Yeah, I know. So, um, but I love that you brought that up, because I had the same thing like a weird game. We're in different service industries. But I've had I had the clients were like, well, what if I pay cash? My favorite thing? Monica Linda 13:42  Mmm hmm. Yeah. Yeah.Lesley Logan 13:44  I saw that run that shit through my scheduling tool. So if I'm audited, that fucking shits on the books, the cash, the scheduling tool, you're still on the scheduling tool? Yeah. So you're there, you think they're not going to find that? They're gonna find that.Monica Linda 14:00  Somebody will always find the cash. Lesley Logan 14:02  Yeah, so I, um, I, I like the media does this thing every once in awhile when like, they think there's a recession happening where they say, Oh, just ask for a discount. Like you never know, especially for people who work for the small businesses need the money. So just ask, doesn't hurt to ask. Like, actually, it does hurt. It hurts the business owner, you're asking. Because even if they have the gall to say, No, you're still putting them through a mental gymnastics ring, especially if they're female to figure out, how do I kindly tell you to fuck off? Yeah. Like, how do I, how do I do that? Before we did this photo shoot today, which I'm I mean, I can't wait. I love our photo shoots. I mean, you know, but we had talked about you and hired you were you were, there was a situation where you were asking a couple of people for some rates, and there was the female and there was the male. Yep. Can you tell us all about that story? Because I feel like this really does puts a underline that we're talking about.Monica Linda 15:02  Yeah, so um, I have independent contractors that we work with all the time we hire photographers for big events, we hire videographers for different events, and 99% of the time, if I was to literally itemize how many times the guy always asked for at least four to 500 more, we're not talking 1000, maybe four to 500 more than any of the women do. And very rarely do any of the women videographers or photographers come back and ask for more. And when they do, my answer is yes. Usually when somebody when it when a woman photographer/videographer says, hey, I can do it for this amount, just because you asked. Absolutely. But I'm also not going to be the person who's going to like, make you name your price, right? That's your job and that is not my job. That is you. That is your job to ask for the right rate. So photographers/videographers ask for your rate first.Lesley Logan 16:02  I love this because so I have a mentorship program. And I And, and so the girls who come in, I mean, there could be a guy that comes in Sunday, but the women that come through, you know, they often tell her their clients, like,hHey, I'm doing this program. And I'm like working on this. And it's just to really better my teaching blah, blah. And some of their clients have just started paying them more. And they're like, my clients are just paying me more. And I'm like, Yeah, cuz they're like, raise your rates, I really value you. I'm loving what you're doing. And you're investing in yourself. And like, I love that their clients are just paying more. But also like, I really wish, I really wish that there was a an all public school, like training for how to really understand what you're worthy of, and how to negotiate. You and I live in L.A. and do you know when Sony was hacked, yeah, and all their all the prices for the male actors, like emails got out there. And all the women's emails got out. Yes. And like, I think it was Jennifer Lawrence, who was like, I learned a lot, right, I learned that I was just so grateful for the job. I said yes to whatever their offerings, right, which was $10 million less than the, my co-star who had less lines than me. Yeah. And like, that was a wake up call for me. I was like, what is happening? Why are we being taught the like, what are we not being taught actually what it is? So when, as a female photographer in the service industry, you know, the NFL reached out to you, they've hired you for things. Was there a time where like, oh, my gosh, I'm missing my rates? Like, uh, were you worried about that? Or was it because like, when the brands get bigger, do you worry less about saying your rates? Monica Linda 17:43  Um, no, I'm actually really thoughtful about the psychology behind pricing. And that's like, a whole other a whole other discussion. There. There are, there are some brands and some people who want you to come in at a certain price. What I've noticed is that you have to when you're working with a higher with a higher client, you have to ask yourself, how high of a client is this? And if they're used to paying a luxury brand, a luxury price, you have to do it. Or they're gonna say no to you because you are too cheap. Right? They're gonna that I tell people this all the time. It's actually true. If you if you have people that are used to paying for like, Rolls Royces and Mercedes Benz and cars I can't even describe. If you come in at a lower price, they will say no to you just because they are going to feel like you don't believe in yourself. So why am I going to trust you with my product?Lesley Logan 18:40  I got tested on this a couple times when I was Pilates, I'm still a Pilates, but as a Pilates instructor in LA, I had this guy, I happen to look him up because he was coming in for a 6am session. And I worked at a Brick and Mortar at the time of the winter. But I was and I was gonna be alone. And I was like, oh, 6 a.m. alone in a studio with a client. I don't know who's a male like, I, I do want to kind of know who's coming to the studio because like, I don't know who I'm expecting. And when a homeless person walks in, I'm like, hi, come on in like I wanted. So I like made a mix. I said I can you send me all of your information so I can Google you because I am meeting you at 6 a.m. And he was like, what? And I was like, yep, I'm a female. It's L.A., 6 a.m. I want your information. If you don't want that, then I don't want to see you. And he gave me his full name. I googled them. He's a venture capitalist fund, the owner of it all these things. And I was like, okay, he and I could see he like spent part of his time in New York, part of his time here and as (inaudible) client and I'm only going to have half a year probably. And so he came in for his first session. I taught him. We went over my rates. He did do the like, oh, are there any discounts if I pay cash, and I said, are there any discounts if I give you money for venture capitalism and cash like, does my does my money go further? And he looked at me, he goes, good job. Yeah. And he paid me even when he didn't come He like not we're not trying to like cancels. He's like, I'm gone next week. Charge me. Yeah, like I don't want the session to go away. And that tests you guys, I don't even know how I knew how to pass that test but as more of a safety thing for me, but when he pulled that shit, I was like, Are you kidding me? Yeah, yeah, you are nuts. You live in the multimillion dollar corridor that's across the street from my shitty apartment. Fuck no, you don't like there was a part I was like, pissed about it. But that, that pissed, like made me like step up. And I passed that test. And then I had this other guy who was an entrepreneur founder. He definitely, he did not have investors yet. And he was trying to get there. And he also tried to negotiate my rates. And I said, No, would you let people negotiate your sale on your company that you told me you're trying to sell? Monica Linda 20:48  Yeah, there, there has to be a moment where you're gonna have to draw a line in the sand. And also, you know, I, I can I also want to say like, I can take these risks, because I have I'm not new. And let's just, I have a portfolio that proves that I'm worth every penny. Yeah, so for every photographer, videographer who's out there, please. On another podcast, I will tell you the amount of free things that I had to say no to or lower my price. Just to build portfolio. That's a whole other discussion. That's not what we're talking about today. But um, if you're going to charge a premium price, your portfolio has to match that you just can't. You have to have the expertise, the photos, the website like the things have to match.Lesley Logan 21:37  I had a Johanna, you will talk to you on I remember her I had her on the podcast. She does the luxury branding, things. And her business card when you meet her in person, y'all. It is like as thick as a credit card actually thicker because I just was sent a credit card. I was like what is what is this business card I was just said, it is thick, like Amex platinum thick. You know what I mean, thick and it's like her beautiful, just amazing nails, like dripping down with gold on this thing. And she landed a Google account because of this. Her business card. Her business card represents her luxury brand, if she had handed the guy a paper business card, and said, I'm a luxury brand, brand game person like that doesn't match. Lesley Logan 22:26  So I love that you brought up like, the type of person you're wanting to serve your portfolio, or insert your website or business card or the way you show up has to actually go along with that if you're doing high-end photos, but you're actually doing low-end services, that's actually not going to speak to your audience. Just like if you were trying to do high-end photography or high-end clients in Pilates with low-end stuff. Like you have to make sure everything matches. And I do agree. We all did start somewhere you do have to but where you start is you should never ever be just like, oh, I don't talk about that. Like that's right, you have to talk about those things, because it's actually what got you there. And then there's like some, there's a muscle that you build when people when you are when you have a situation that goes bad. I recently had one that like went a little bit odd. And I was like, okay, I don't like how that happened. Where did I make a mistake in the contract. So now my contracts now have new dates in them, because I was like, I didn't like how that went down. That didn't match with me. So we can't just go. A bad situation is just the worst that ever happened and actually teaches us a lot of things. Monica Linda 23:39  It teaches you a lot of things. Sometimes you could do a really high-end client got paid 80% of what you really wanted, but ended up getting so much more out of it from the portfolio or you learn that. Shoot, I should have charged 100% and dammit, they would have paid it. Lesley Logan 23:57  Oh, I do love this. Okay. But that's a confidence thing. Like we're like when you did that where you were like, oh, I could have charged more they would have paid it but I didn't feel confident in asking that? Monica Linda 24:10  Totally. And that is like the biggest difference I've noticed when I am quoting any product that I give now is there is a confidence that feels good. That I didn't feel at the beginning. And I'm literallyLesley Logan 24:23  Which is hard. It's hard. You can be it till you see it. But it's still hard. Monica Linda 24:26  It's still hard. It's still hard but there is like this confidence of like I am at least in the room. Right? Okay, so let's let's flex that muscle because there was a time that I couldn't charge those things because the muscle wasn't it definitely wasn't there yet. There's a quote by Gary Vaynerchuk. And I know I'm gonna say it wrong, but I remember Lesley Logan 24:46  He probably won't yell at us.Monica Linda 24:49  But I remember years ago when I first started my business I was listening to a lot because I kind of like, you know, everyone's part. I listen to his podcast based on what I need. So at that point, I needed somebody to kick me in the ass. Lesley Logan 25:00  Yeah, he will.  Monica Linda 25:00  He will, he will definitely kick you in the ass. So one thing he said is that when you're working with higher clientele, you can't fake the bullshit. You can't outsmart a, you can't, you can't out bullshit, somebody who's like has a lot of money. So you have to work on the confidence, you have to work on your pricing. Because the people that you're wanting to work with on the other end are going to see right through it and aren't going to hire you for that reason, too. Lesley Logan 25:26  And I also think, like, look, what's expensive is very subjective. So what's it what was expensive to me when I was working in retail and had massive student loans that like a tiny little apartment is very different than what's expensive to me now. Now, I might not be able to afford some of the things that I don't think are expensive in this current state that we're talking right now. But they don't they're their price feels fair for what they are. And I think that's an interesting thing. I think sometimes we think when I can't afford something must be too expensive. No, the price is fair. I just am not able to afford that yet. And we were both in that master you were photography in that mastermind. Remember that woman who came through and Chris and Lori's very first fast foundation. She was his whole like money mantra. Yeah. Are you there that day was like really it was the in person the second weekend. Okay. And she was from the UK. And she was talking about like, you it's very important. You never say like, I can't afford those sheets. And instead saying, I'm not buying those sheets today.Monica Linda 26:26  Yes. Which is, which is a big difference. Lesley Logan 26:28  It's a very big difference. So like, I everyone knows, I want a G-Wagon. You will never hear me say they're too expensive. You won't. Monica Linda 26:37  You just don't, you're just not getting one today. Lesley Logan 26:38  I'm just not getting one today. Yeah, but I'm gonna have one. And it's not too expensive. It's just not in. It's not what I'm spending my money on in this moment. You know?Monica Linda 26:47  Totally. And I feel like this is an, I don't where I don't know where men get this. Because I feel that my confidence in my level of just self-worth is equivalent to kind of what's happening in my client roster. I feel like what's different between men and I would love to hear I don't think Monica Linda 26:52  Brad will chime in on Thursday. Monica Linda 27:04  Well, I don't know how, I want to hear his thoughts, I don't think they need confidence in order to match price point. I don't know that because I'm not a dude. But I feel like they learned that earlier. They don't need like, they don't need self-worth to charge millions of dollars.Lesley Logan 27:23  Here's where it comes from. And this is gonna sound really terrible. But for the moms listening, let's just stop doing this with your children. Boys are like boys live boys. Oh my God, look what you did. So big. Look at this boy like did that and girls are like, don't brag shhh. Don't talk too much in class. Don't, no, no, no. No one wants you to talk too much. Like, hey, you know, like, I, my parents tell stories all the time about how like, I when, apparently, when I was three years old or four years old, I was taken down to San Diego. It's an eight-hour drive from where we lived, at least. And apparently I talked to the whole way there. And that's all they talk about. That's not all they talk about. But yeah, growing up, that story was so told so much. And the way it was told and this is not, because they're probably listening, it's I'm sure they didn't mean to, but it made me embarrassed. It didn't feel like oh my God, our daughter talks so much because she's so articulate has so many creative things to say. Yeah, it felt like wow, she can't shut up.Monica Linda 28:25  And she can't be too much. Lesley Logan 28:27  Yeah. And so and again, I because I don't want to (inaudible) mom or dad. Yeah. I don't know that that was an intentional thing. But I've never heard them say my brother talks too much.Monica Linda 28:38  No, and I've never heard my my parents say that my brothers I used to get in trouble all the time from my mom used to say, we shouldn't have let her be such a free thinker. We we actually let her be that too much. Like I remember hearing, hearing those conversations when I was like talking or I would like come up with ideas where I'd want to do this or I'd want to like, buy like Vogue magazine. My mom would be like, we don't do that. Like, you shouldn't want you shouldn't almost like I shouldn't want to be more than that.Lesley Logan 29:09  Yeah. And I mean, like, obviously, they're coming from the what, however they were raised. What if so, like (inaudible). Yes. Love, love. Hi, guys. Love you. But like also those things, unintentionally, tell your daughters, you're too much. Monica Linda 29:27  Too much. Lesley Logan 29:28  You're being too much. And if my brother ran to the mud, it was like, oh my God, what a character. If we were to run through the mud, it's like we told you to stay clean. You have to stay clean. And also, I was raised in a very religious environment where it's like, don't show your shoulders because you're going to make people you know, you're gonna make boys be distracted and you're gonna make them stumble and it's your fault, which is, so I think even even that stuff makes women hide. Yeah, make some overthink of everything Well, if I charge that, what will people think if I wear this? What will people think? And the boys are never told, like pull your pants up? No one wants to see your underwear. Monica Linda 30:08  That's right. That's right. Or, um, don't be too, you know, sexy or, you know, don't take your while you're playing basketball, don't take your shirt off. Yes, you know, they're never there. They're actually never told that. I feel like the the biggest thing that I still struggle with, sometimes with my parents is, can I trust my own thoughts? Because I feel like as a girl, we're constantly taught to get feedback, to ask your husband to ask your father for advice. Very rarely did I hear anyone say ask your mother for advice. I was told ask your dad for advice. And, um, I feel like even now, that's something that I have to work on is I am smart enough to make my own decisions with my wife or without her. And I have to like remember that. And that is that, that I think that's a muscle that I think a lot of women struggle with. Lesley Logan 31:08  I agree. And also, like, I had a woman on who was talking about the feminine and masculine energies. And I struggle with that, because, you know, I own my own business. That's a masculine energy. And I'm in a marriage, and I would like to be more feminine energy in that state. But it's complicated when you work from home. And you work with your partner. So it's almost like, there's a trade off who's been in the feminine energy, who's been the masculine energy, but there's part of me as someone who like, was told no so much that I'm like, I want to fucking ask anyone permission, which is not great when you have a business partner. And I like also, I do have 25 people whose like, payrolls are our responsibility. So I do have to do that. And it's a struggle of like, okay, what am I going to fight for? And like, am I going to, what are some things like, I'm gonna draw a line in the sand here and go, we're not doing it that way. And so and then also because I'm, and then I find myself saying, is that okay, does that make sense? Does that make sense? And it's like, not everything has to be a battle pick and choose yours. I'm and I'm pretty good at that. But like, I am really struggling with going okay, like, are you okay with that? Honestly, like, for the things that I'm gonna draw a line, I really don't care if you're okay with that. But like, I really struggle just going. I'm good here. So, we're all going to be good here. Monica Linda 32:35  Yeah. And, and one of the things I'm training my wife in a loving way, because guys do this effortlessly, and women crawl over it. Is it's okay for a woman to be powerful to have the biggest dick in the room. There is some strength in being the biggest person in the room, being the smartest person and guys walk in and women are like, oh my god, I just like love him. But when girls do it, we can't we can't be that we can't we can't be that strong. And what I want my wife and kind of other people to just explore is that when women are strong that sexy. Monica Linda 33:15  There's something sexy about it.Monica Linda 33:15  When we're masculine that's sexy. Lesley Logan 33:16  And also (inaudible) I think so. I think so. Monica Linda 33:16  Sometimes it's fun to be masculine. Lesley Logan 33:18  Um, well, I think we all carry masculine and feminine energy. It's like, it's almost it's like a dimmer switch is really what it is. Like, you can turn it on and like, depending on where what situation you do you want to be the person who receives being cared for or do you want to like, when you are taking action is a masculine energy and when you are receiving that is feminine energy. So when do you want to do that? And obviously, there's times when you want to be receiving, so but I, I find this really fascinating, I think, like, we I was on a board, where it was like eight women and one dude. And the guy and I like we flew on the flights together. And we talked about, like, what is our goal for the meeting? And I was like, well, I promise you that if I say it first they're going to deny it. They're gonna talk a lot about it. But then if you come in and say it with your accent as well on top of being a dude, they're gonna vote for it. Monica sort of fucking god every single time yep, I would go I want to do this and everyone go oh, can't do that. Here's all those and they would debate about it and then he goes well, what if we just do it like this? He would say the exact same thing with a slightly different sentence with an with his amazing accent. And oh, we vote yes on it. And I'm like, it pissed me off. But also once I figured out the game, we just like took it and ran with it. Lesley Logan 34:48  However, it's like your point, like when a guy can come in the room like people can shift the energy and like actually ladies, we can shift the energy we can shift the and we can have more power one we have to actually remember, there's more than there's more room at the table now, there's not only one spot for a woman, there's actually way more room. In fact, many, many companies have like, hey, we have this many people of color of different diversities and genders here at the table. So there's more of us that are there. And to not say, does that make sense? To say? Do you have any other clarifying questions I can answer. That is a sense that I'm really trying to own, because it really does change the leadership role I have in a room and the way we can have it. And it's a really hard habit, because we're like, I want to make sure it makes sense. I want to make sure everyone understands I don't want to piss anyone off. Monica Linda 35:40  Because God forbid, we don't make sense. Oh my God.Lesley Logan 35:43  God forbid, we also are not liked by everybody. Monica Linda 35:45  Oh, my God. Lesley Logan 35:46  Monica. The whole world.Monica Linda 35:49  God forbid, we don't make sense.Lesley Logan 35:51  So okay, so this amazing photographer here, the NFL's photographer of choice. People are gonna want to know how that happened. Like, you don't have to say all the details. But what has that been like? And like, did that? I mean, you said, you're here to help women, like have the media that shows them the work that they are like, when the NFL call we're like, what? I photograph women. Monica Linda 36:19  Yeah. You know what, but the but the reason, one of the main reasons why we were even brought into the room was because we were women. And this is where it's okay to play. That's I do, like we were brought into this group, because we are gay, because I am a minority, because I am a female. So those are badges of honor. I'm happy to be all three of those happy to be gray. I'm a gay, happy to be Mexican. Happy to be a female. (Inaudible) I'm also great. Yeah, I'm happy to be all those things. So when an opportunity to work for the Superbowl and the NFL came open, because of these opportunities, it would have been crazy to say, oh, I'm not going to do it. Because I didn't get in just as a woman. These are opportunities that show up. nd they weren't asking that wasn't the only reason my portfolio matched it. Right. Right. Right. Right. But it was also the one of the things that helped get into that room.Lesley Logan 37:22  I actually love that you said this, because the statistics are that if a woman has eight or nine out of 10 qualifications that someone's asking for, they will say, Oh, I'm not ready, I won't apply. And a dude could have six out of 10 things. And he's like I'm applying. And I love that you're like, yeah, they were looking for these three demographic qualities I happen to fit in. But also your portfolio matches what they were looking for. Yeah. So I think that's really cool. Because so many people might have, for sure, I have gotten things like, thrive and like, oh, I got picked for that because I lived in L.A. and I was really close to that thing. And yes, but also, I still had to show up at the caliber they were expecting I still had to do that. So yeah, it might be my location, gave me a leg up but you still have to actually show up as what they're expecting or what they're needing.Monica Linda 38:18  And you also have you have to deliver the product. But working for agencies like that has literally changed my life. changed the game, changed my the quality of my work, it leveled me up on levels I didn't even know. It like, it like catapulted me into a new era of just different clients. The quality of work is faster, the way you engage, the professionalism, the time, the time. I recently saw somebody who I hadn't seen in four years and was like, oh my God, you almost look like a totally different person. But I'm so used to changing as time goes along on that I hadn't even noticed you know, the girl who quit her job in 2016 has made all this growth and it's it hasn't been it hasn't been easy. It there are moments that it's really, really hard. And then, but I continue to continually ask myself, Am I on path? What I think is interesting that's coming up that I'm going to tell now that I don't know where this is going. But it's fascinating to me. The concert series is blowing my effing mind.Lesley Logan 39:27  Like the Taylor Swift, the Beyonce, that kind of thing.Monica Linda 39:30  Like the Beyonce. We just did Karol G. She is the first Latina to ever sell out the Pasadena Rose Bowl stadium two nights in a row. No other Latina has ever done that before. We photograph that event. And we were we were here's where opportunity meets. We were booked by the actual stadium themselves because they needed revenue they needed to build revenue generated media. Lesley Logan 39:56  Oh, okay. Okay, okay. This is just in total alignment with what you do. Monica Linda 40:00  Total alignment with what I do. But what's so interesting is that you have these big, huge companies that are seeing content needs to be built. And they're reaching out to people. So this is an opportunity for everybody. They're reaching out to people like us because you think that these big organizations have staff, let me tell you, they do not. I'm consistently constantly surprised at how many of these big agencies do not have on staff people. So it is an opportunity every single time. But the concert series is really interesting, because I don't I don't like to photograph celebrities, just because they're celebrities. I'd really like to do it. Because when you meet them in person, they are bright. Their energy is magnetic. It literally gives me goosebumps, they are so full of their purpose. Do you know how hard it is to get in front of a stage of 300,000 people, 400,000 people and do your thing creatively? Yeah, like the energy of photographing that is just so amazing. And I'm predicting. And I recently said this the beginning of last year, I'm predicting that female entrepreneurs on stages will become rock stars. I am predicting that.Lesley Logan 41:13  I do agree. I think that's happening. Especially like the keynote speaker thing is really, really a thing. Monica Linda 41:19  We're at the beginning part of it. Lesley Logan 41:20  I agree. And I also am like, like, love Oprah. Hi, your people can call. But also I'm really excited because there's so many women of incredible thought concepts coming through that we could have 50 Oprahs instead of a Oprah. Monica Linda 41:37  That's right. That's right. Lesley Logan 41:38  I feel like there's over a hundred Oprah's. Monica Linda 41:40  I feel like Oprah has led the way. I feel like so many people Lesley Logan 41:43  Oh she really like forced the path. Thank God. Monica Linda 41:46  Forced the path, but I can see it, I see it happening in front of my camera all the time, the level, the excitement, the enthusiasm that women entrepreneurs feel when they see their people on stage. I feel like though they're just going to be I think it's an opportunity for a lot of just females to become rockstars. Lesley Logan 42:03  Yeah. And also, ladies, it's because all these are putting themselves in rooms. Monica Linda 42:08  That's right. They're putting their stuff on stages. Lesley Logan 42:10  This is the I think the thing that you and I met because we put ourselves in a room. And, hilariously, you have photographs of me putting myself in a room way before we actually like, consciously did it in a coaching group. I love how the world works. But when you put yourself in rooms, it is a game changer. It makes you be it till you see it on another level because you're in a room of people who don't know you yet. This is what I think if you were like, I don't know how to show up as me if you go back to Nikole Mitchell's episode, where she like literally moved town so she could like be the person she wanted to be because she couldn't do it at her own town. Because there's too many people who knew the old version of her that she wasn't in alignment with and she wasn't being authentic for. But when you put yourself even if you get like, I can't move, okay, put yourself in a group of people, you don't know anyone. And you can really show up as the person that you always wanted to be. And like we did that. And it really does help you because when you leave that room, you you dim your light, you're like, ooh, this is I'm feeling good because it felt really good yesterday when my light was much brighter, like you kind of it allows you to kind of be in that upper level you've always wanted to be in so you could be a rock star someday. Monica Linda 43:20  Totally. And I feel like that's something when if I go back to the whole, like, networking thing, what you don't know if you have not put yourself into rooms like that, that has now happened is you whatever room you put yourself into, no matter what stage you're at, whether you're small or big, you actually do rise together. And I think that has been that has been so fun to participate in the people there are people that fall off. But there's some people that just have elevate at the same time. Lesley Logan 43:49  Have you seen what Alex Reid is doing? It's insane. He is coaching some crazy amazing people. And when he was in that room with us, you guys, I think he's episode five or seven. Yeah, anyways, when he was in that room with us, he you know, he was at a crossroads he was like starting fresh and new and like he owned this like skill set that he didn't even value at the time he was like, I don't know, is this a thing and it's like such a thing and it's kind of crazy to watch him his star rise and just go (inaudible) star rise and all these different people it's like really so fun. I mean, I'm watching you and like it's today during our photoshoot. I was just like in this like moment of like such gratitude I was like, I can't believe like I'm so grateful that this woman is part of my life. And I then I am like thinking about all the powerful men that are like my girlfriends like my friends. And we're both friends with Korinne like, oh my God. Like, this girl as a friend of mine, like just amazing women. Lesley Logan 44:48  I had the opportunity in April to go to a conference, She Who Wins, and it was just all these incredible women and I told the story on the pod months ago but this the keynote speaker I was like, in awe of her when she's speaking, sharing her part, I was just like, oh my God. And then because I was shining my bright light because I was in the space like, and I could like even shine even brighter because I was like, oh my God, I'm around all these people who don't even know and I'm like getting filled up, my my cup has been filled even more. And she comes up to the end of the thing. And she's like, you are like magnetic, I had been watching you all day, I need to know more about you. And I'm like, you want to mark me. You're the keynote speaker I want I'm like could you be on my podcast? But it's kind of crazy. When you put yourself in a room. Her bright light made my light, shine brighter. And it's so crazy. Because sometimes, oh, if I go in this room, there's been so much competition. There's me, all these people who do the same thing as me. That's like, that's not true. Monica Linda 45:45  If you walk in thinking that way. Absolutely. That's going to be true. But if you walk in thinking, like, I just want to meet people who we can, like, hang out together, like just turn down the noise in your head just a little bit and just just walk in the room. Like I heard that quote from I think it was Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey says, when there's an opportunity, and it presents itself to you, I do not want you to think about what's on the other side of the door, what I want you to do is walk through the door, just walk through the door, because the universe, all the things on the other side, if they open the door for you are going to take care of you. I feel like the other thing, getting in these rooms really helps is if I see Lesley Logan making a million dollars or more. I can do it too. And I feel like getting yourself into rooms like that where people where it's for a second, you can see it's possible that the possible part will take you a long way. If they can do it, I can do it too.Lesley Logan 46:49  Yeah, you're in the room when when. Because I've been really like this before Brad came on my team. And I was like, you know, he was a reason he's the first person who told me I could make a million dollars. And I was like, I don't know how that's gonna happen. And then like, through life's obstacles, and just like the slog of him working on his own business, you know, there were some struggles and I it's not we lost our way at all, but it's just like it. It just felt like the million dollars is like never gonna happen. And then we put ourselves in that room. And we like we're doing some things and we're like, oh my god, we're gonna make a million dollars. We're gonna make a million dollars. It's gonna happen. And not that a million dollars is like you made it. I mean, at this point it's like nothing, but it's this like, opportunity of like, oh my god, if I can make a million dollars, that means I'm worth millions of dollars. Like that means I'm like, yeah, it's just like, it's this thing. And it does help you aspire to be more than you were yesterday. With Allen Stein Jr. on the beginning, like the first week of January of 2023. And he has a thing is how he ends every day is like, am I 1% closer to the man I want to be each day. And so it's not like the million dollars is my goal. It's not my goal. My goal is the impact I'm here to make on this planet. And and I get paid back in money. That's how energy works. But it's really like just having the opportunity to like when you put yourself in there you go through the door, you do see what's possible. And it might, it might not at all equal what you ever dreamed of. It's rarely ever as worse as you thought it could be. It's you know, it's like cement kind of somewhere in the middle and it really points in the next direction. The next hallway to go down where the next door is. But fuck yeah, you got to go through the door. Oh, Jim Carrey.Monica Linda 48:33  Jim Carrey. There's a documentary on I can't remember the documentary on Netflix. But he talks about the whole thing and I just feel like, every time I get a, you know, an inquiry like the Super Bowl or Karol G or Coldplay or Sting or the Hollywood BowlLesley Logan 48:48  Oh my are you doing Sting in Vegas?Monica Linda 48:50  I'm not confirming or denyingLesley Logan 48:53  Because I saw him in Vegas. So I'm just gonna say Monica Linda 48:55  He's going to the Hollywood Bowl, but I can neither confirm nor deny any of those things. But I'm saying when those things present themselves, I could tell myself I'm this little girl from Texas who grew up in a trailer park I should not be photographing Sting. But there's also a part of me that says just be so awesome to photograph somebody who's so creative in his brilliance. Lesley Logan 49:19  Oh, he's brilliant. Monica Linda 49:20  That would just like that's the reason I don't I don't care about all the other stuff, but just the creative part of it. Lesley Logan 49:26  Oh my God. So the next time you photograph me I'm gonna have Sting's photographer.Monica Linda 49:32  I can't. I'm super superstitious. I wish I could knock on wood has not happened but let's just say what's gonna happen.Lesley Logan 49:41  Yeah, okay, well well we'll we'll let you know guys we'll we'll we'll update on the FYF so have Monica do a Fuck Yeah Friday episode. Okay, we have to take a brief break you've given us so much I really hope everyone listening to this was like felt like a fly on the wall and was like yelling and screaming and clapping with us. I really hope that this really put some food for thought. But we're gonna come back. Find out how people can find you, follow you, work with you and your Be It Action Items. Lesley Logan 50:03  All right, Monica, where do you like to hang out? What are your handles? How can people book a photo shoot with you so they shine fucking brighter?Monica Linda 50:11  I am not ashamed to say that I'm only on Instagram. Proudly. I do not feel the pressure tobbe on TikTok. Instagram is my home.Lesley Logan 50:19  I got on TikTok and I haven't posted anything in a fucking year and it was like you have to relog in I was like, well fuck that. I'm never doing that.Monica Linda 50:25  Let me be the first to tell you you do not need to have a proper you can not have a only profitable business if you do one social media. Just fucking pick one. Just pick one, everybody? So Instagram is where I live. Lesley Logan 50:37  She's on Instagram. As Girl SquadMonica Linda 50:39  Girl Squad Media. Lesley Logan 50:40  Yes. And if people want to get a photoshoot with you do they just hit you up there? Monica Linda 50:45  Yeah, just hit me up on Instagram. You can also go to my website and fill out the the contact information. And my team will get back to you.Lesley Logan 50:52  Yeah, you're amazing team. Oh my God love them. And also sometimes you do like little pop up events in different places. So you guys don't have to be in Vegas or L.A. Like just contact you never know where she could be popping up. I mean, oh my goodness. She goes on tour with like, I don't know Beyonce or something like that. Maybe she'll be in your town. I'm just like, we're just dreaming big over here. So bold, executable, intrinsic, targeted steps people can take what are some action steps people can take who are inspired by our conversation today?Monica Linda 51:19  Just pick a room that's a little bigger than you like a little bigger than where you feel like you are and just walk into it. Just do a lot of practice. Just keep doing it over and over. And you'll surprise yourself. You'll look back one day and be like, God, I've come a long way. Just get into a room that's a little bigger than you.Lesley Logan 51:36  I love that. That is the first time we've ever had that. Brilliant. Oh my gosh, Monica Linda. Girl Squad Media. I'm so fucking grateful that you're in my life. I fucking love you. I love I want to say this. Every time I see what you're doing. I love that I get to celebrate that. Like, I love the end ladies listening like I promise you on your worst day if you see someone doing something that you like, that is like a win or amazing or something that like is just bigger than you're like and you're low. You celebrate them, you instantly feel brighter. And you feel you actually take in that opportunity that inspiration because you know it's possible for you and so every time I see you do it like fucking she's a fucking (inaudible) doing this fucking thing that's so amazing. And I like celebrate it and then like good things happen that are big for me too like, it's not there's no fucking pie of success ladies, all of us can have exactly the life we want. If your life is not a photographer (inaudible) whatever your biggest dreams are, you can have them and your friends can have theirs. It doesn't take away from anyone else. So take up all the fucking space. Be it till you see it. Make sure you tag Girl Squad Media and the Be It Pod with your takeaways of this episode. And until next time, Be It Till You See It.Lesley Logan 52:57  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. 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In 1944, a small town in Illinois was gripped with fear that someone was spraying a toxic gas into their homes as they slept. And while there have been several explanations, there isn't any one that's recognized or accepted as the truth.  Research: “‘Anesthetic Prowler' Covers City.” Journal Gazette. Sept. 5, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/93681179/?terms=%22Urban%20Raef%22%20&match=1 “‘Anesthetic Prowler' on Loose.” Journal Gazette. Sept. 2, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/93681104/?terms=%22%27Anesthetic%20Prowler%27%20%22%20%20Loose.%22&match=1 “At Night in Mattoon.” Time. Sept. 18, 1944. https://web.archive.org/web/20080306220348/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796678,00.html “Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning.” Centers for Disease Control. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/carbon_tetrachloride/docs/Carbon_Tetra_Patient_Ed_Sheet-508.pdf Chaplin, James Patrick. “Rumor, Fear, and the Madness of Crowds.” Ballantine Books. New York. 1959. Accessed onling: https://archive.org/details/rumorfearmadness00chap/page/10/mode/2up Fopay, Dave. “'Mad Gasser' Author Points Finger at ‘Brilliant' Chemistry Student.” Journal Gazette. June 30, 2003. https://www.newspapers.com/image/84792181/?terms=%22Farley%20Llewellyn%22%20&match=1 “History of Coles County.” Coles County, Illinois Homepage. https://www.co.coles.il.us/genInfo.html#:~:text=Mattoon%20was%20founded%20as%20a,Stephen%20Doles%20and%20Ebenezer%20Noyes. “'Hysterical Mistake,' Police Say of Mattoon's Gas-Spraying.” Sun-Telegram (Richmond, Indiana). Sept. 13, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/253218677/?terms=%22Atlas%20Imperial%20Diesel%22%20Engine&match=1 “Intensify Hunt For Paralysis Gas Prowler” Mattoon Orders Police on 24 Hour Watch.” Chicago Tribune. Sept. 7, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/370374182/?terms=%22anesthetic%20prowler%22%20&match=1 “Is ‘Madman od Mattoon,' Who Gasses Victims, Real or Result of Comic Book Imagination?” Press and Sun Bulletin. Sept. 8, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/260955754/?terms=Beulah%20Cordes&match=1 Johnson, Brooke. “Author Claims to have solved ‘Mad Gasser.'” Journal Gazette. March 22, 2003. https://www.newspapers.com/image/84639401/ “Mad Anesthetist Keeps Town Awake.” Independent. Sept 8, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/718770228/?terms=Beulah%20Cordes&match=1 “Madman of Mattoon: 2 More are Victims of Phantom Prowler.” The Times Herald. Sept. 9, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/209765891/?terms=%22%27Anesthetic%20Prowler%27%20%22%20%20Loose.%22&match=1 Maruna, Scott. “ The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: Dispelling the Hysteria.” Swamp Gas Book Company. 2003. Hereford, Robert A. “Mattoon Argues Over Denial That Prowler Exists.” St. Louis Star and Times. Sept. 13, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/205455415/?terms=%22Atlas%20Imperial%20Diesel%22%20Engine&match=1 “Police Get Two False Alarms During Night.” Journal Gazette. Sept 13, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/93681538/?terms=%22Police%20get%20two%20false%20alarms%20during%20night%22&match=1 “Prowler Sprays Fumes Which Cause Paralysis.” Times-Tribune. Sept. 7, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/534404923/?terms=%22anesthetic%20prowler%22%20&match=1 “Some Say ‘Madman of Mattoon' Is Hoax.” The Dispatch. Sept 8, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/340095570/?terms=Beulah%20Cordes&match=1 Waters, Dustin. “The mystery of the ‘Mad Gasser of Mattoon' who terrorized an Illinois town.” Washington Post. Oct. 30, 2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/10/30/mad-gasser-mattoon-illinois-mystery/ “Wave of Hysteria Hits Mattoon; Police Watch Amateur Chemist.” The Palladium-Item. Sept. 12, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/253218459/?terms=%22Aline%20Kearney%22%20&match=1 “We face the future knowing we have won … Staunch Friends.” Journal Gazette. Sept 26, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/93682148/?terms=atlas%20diesel&match=1 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.