3. Leadership Journeys: BNI Insights with Eric and Crystal

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Eric Beels (00:08):
Ever wondered how stepping into a leadership role
can change your career? Inepisode 3 of the Business Boost
Hour, Krystal and I share ourexperiences taking on key
positions in b and I and thesurprising benefits we've
discovered. Tune in for aninsightful chat. Hello,

(00:29):
everyone. Welcome to theBusiness Boost Hour podcast.
My name is Eric Beals.

Crystal Privett (00:35):
And my name is Crystal Privett. This is The
Single CEU Podcast.

Eric Beels (00:40):
And so today, it's just Crystal and I today, and we
wanted to do a podcast together.And, and one of the things that
we we really wanted to talkabout was, serving in
leadership. And we thought thatthis was kind of a kind of a fun
time to kind of talk about thisnow. So because, at the time of

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this recording, we are notcurrently president and vice
presidents, but we are goinginto being, I'm gonna be vice
president. Crystal's gonna bepresident.
And so we wanted to kind of talkabout aspects of what that's
what like, why taking on thosethose roles? Like, why we
decided to do it? Because thereis a lot of work involved with

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doing this. I'm seeing this myfirst time becoming vice
president. And, like, I'mseeing, like, how much work
actually kind of really goesinto it.
And so we just wanna kind of,like, talk a bit about that. I
know, like What

our motivations were, how we feel like it's
going to benefit ourselves andour businesses, and maybe we can
check-in with ourselves and ourlisteners, after our, reign and
seeing how our our legacy wasbuilt and what we were able to
create for our chapter.

Eric Beels (01:52):
Yeah. And, like, I I know, like, I there's a lot
there's so much there's a lotof, like, prep work, the
transitionary period and suchtoo. And and so and people, you
know, people are training me up,and I'm so grateful for, like,
all our members to kind of helpwith that too. I don't really
know what I would kind of dowithout that. And and so, yeah,

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Crystal, what what so what whatis it been like so far for you,
kind of, like, starting to totransition into this?
And what was what, what's whatwas, like, your, like, thought
process on kind of acceptingthat role first? Let's just
kinda start there.

Yeah. Great question. Well, just for the
audience to know, we are about aweek away from stepping into the
new roles. And as of right now,we're a couple episodes into
recording the podcast. So Ithink it's really neat before we
even stepped into our roles, howwe've been motivated and
incentivized.
Like, the the momentum isbuilding within our chapter.
We're doing things to supportone another. Mhmm. And we're

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trying to find innovative waysto take ourselves to the level,
which is what this podcast isgoing to be about.

Eric Beels (03:01):
Mhmm.

It's a great question why anyone would step
into leadership. And this is mymy 3rd year in PNI.

Eric Beels (03:08):
Mhmm.

And out of those 3 years, I've been
education coordinator twice, andI've been on growth committees,
and I've been we've created awomen's group, all of these
different ways to network withinthe network.

Eric Beels (03:21):
Mhmm.

But for me, when I had done education
coordinator the 1st year, I hadjust kind of moved. I was going
through a divorce, and I was,restarting myself. I was
reestablishing myself. And I hadbeen a stay at home mom for
almost 17 years.

Eric Beels (03:37):
Mhmm.

So you could imagine how the technology had
changed. Yeah. In my time, Ireally wasn't utilizing
technology for any of my work.My stuff was more PTA based.

Eric Beels (03:50):
Yeah. Notepads

and No.

Eric Beels (03:52):
Writing stuff

down. Yeah. Mhmm. Very little. So as I
interjected myself in a b and I,I saw, wow, there's a lot of
room for me to grow and learn.

Eric Beels (04:00):
If it's been 3 years, so you so you joined in,
2024 right now. So 2021 is whenyou joined then. That's

Yeah. It was right around, 2021. Right at the
end. Yeah. Right there.

Eric Beels (04:11):
Right? Mhmm. Yeah. So, like and and that was kind
of right after, shortly after,they had went pretty much fully
pretty much fully digital

at that

Eric Beels (04:21):
point. Because they like, I know when when COVID
happened, that's when we we werekinda still

Everything shifted.

Eric Beels (04:27):
On paper. I had joined just before COVID myself.
So, like, the end of 2019. Andso I kind of did a little bit of
the paper slips, but, like, Iwas so green

and new

Eric Beels (04:36):
at the time that

I can brand new to me. I had never done a
PowerPoint presentation before,and I started to learn how to do
PowerPoint presentations. Andthen later on, I ended up with a
giant corporate account that Ineeded to be able to do
PowerPoint presentations for.And had I not been able to grow,
on a personal level, not justfor myself, but also to serve my

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chapter Mhmm. The growth that Iwas able to achieve actually
helped me land the Microsoftdeal and, one of my biggest
corporate clients that I wouldhave never had had I not had the
skills that I had acquiredthrough b and I.
Mhmm. So I didn't go inthinking, oh, I'm gonna do this
to learn PowerPointpresentations. But at the same
time, that was a result of therole that I took. The role

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actually grew me, and I thinkthat's something beautiful for
the audience to remember.Sometimes when you feel guided
to take a step in a directionthat maybe you weren't
anticipating or maybe you'refeeling called to it, but you
don't know why

Eric Beels (05:32):
Mhmm. Mhmm.

There might be a, like, a lesson or a stepping
stone to your journey. It mightnot be the the end all for your
business. It but it might be thebeginning step to where you
might need a fundamental. I knowfor myself, I can speak to the
fact that I needed to learn someof the tools and resources that
I hired through BNI.

Eric Beels (05:53):
Yeah. Well, yeah, I know. So, like, when I when I
first joined, I remember well,when I first visited and then
they what what like, they,Philip Jordan brought me.

Yes. So Superstar. Yeah.

Eric Beels (06:11):
Great start there. Right? But, when I and and when
I had first when I first came, II, like, I don't even know if
did I I must I probably gave acommercial at that time. I
probably said something, but Idon't even remember what that
was. But I do remember, like,they asked me, like, a
commercial.
I was like, okay. I guess so.Like, I was, like, kind of, you

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know, like

Yeah. You get nervous.

Eric Beels (06:34):
Yeah. Be talking in front of people, being on
camera, whatever. That was,like, a kind of a pretty nerve
wracking thing for, thing forme. Even this only is, like, 30
seconds. I mean, other people Iknow that can breeze through it,
Not me.
I was that was that was so thatwas, like, a pretty big, like,
stepping. So I have gone toother ones in the past. It was
still, like, really, reallynerve nerve nerve wracking. And,

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I remember that when they waslike, okay. You're gonna present
on the next time.
I I Amber, my my wife willremember this too, where I was I
think she came with me on thefirst one because I would I was
probably an in person, I think.And, I remember she came with me
to kinda help with it, and Iwas, like, pale. I was Yeah. So

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nervous, which just sounds kindof absurd now because now I'm
just sound like, okay.

Here you are on a podcast, and you're, like,
confident in your life. Yeah.

Eric Beels (07:28):
Right. And so, now I know that's not we're not.
That's, like, leadership, butyou are kinda taking that
control, that ownership of justjoining.

Exposure therapy, finding things that
make you nervous or that youmight feel slightly
uncomfortable, but, plus, letour audience know, our chapter
isn't a a smaller chapter.

Eric Beels (07:46):
We have,

like, 50 people probably at that time. Right?

Eric Beels (07:49):
Joined. Yeah. It was I think it was, like, 49 at the
time. And then when COVID came,we it kinda we zipped down to, I
think, like I think our lowestwas, like, 38, I think, at one
point. And We've

been up to 55. I think what we're I think we've
I know we've been over 50because when we I joined, we
were

Eric Beels (08:06):
Were we over 50? I can't yeah. I can't really
remember where we were at. We'vewe've fluctuated a little bit
and such, but I know, that yeah.When it was about approximately
50 people, though, you know, inin a room, it's a good sized
group.
Yeah. And, and so, like like,all these things are just, like,

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stepping stones. And so andthen, even the the first role I
took was, visitor host, which isactually a fantastic it was perf
it was actually kinda perfectfor me because it's that's
that's a great such a goodstarting role because it's, you
know, it's basically just,talking to the visitors and just

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explaining to them what BNI isessentially. And then, I mean,
we have, like, a guideline thatyou kind of make sure that kinda
hits certain certain points tomake sure they kind of
understand

what it is. Introductory role.

Eric Beels (09:02):
Right. It's a more introductory role. It's a little
bit it's more straightforward.But I think one of the, like,
learnt, like, learning curve forit is, like, hey. Making you
know, sticking to, like, like,a, like, a structure system.
Right? Because it's like, okay.You have to hit on these points
with with with visitors. And sothat that was kind that was my

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first role. And and and I think,like, if I I think if I had been
thrown into because my next roleafter that would was, MC,
membership committee, forclarification.
I had this issue. I had thisrecently where people were like,
and, like MC mistaken it formentor coordinator.

Oh, true. 2 MCs.

Eric Beels (09:44):
So, yeah, I'm clarifying. When I say MC, I'm
talking right? I'm talking aboutmembership committee, which is
more in-depth than than visitorhost.

And So you kept stacking your skills. You're
like, okay. I feel good in thisone. I got that down really
well. Now I'm gonna exploreanother area of growth within b
and I, which I think issometimes people get caught up
in the destination so much thatthey real don't realize that
some of these are steppingstones we need to take.
And

Eric Beels (10:16):
Well, I think, you know and this and I'm sure this
has crossed everybody's mind.It's like, look, where where
everyone kind of, I think,thinks I have a business to run.
I gotta do this. I don't havetime to do this. I don't have
time.
I mean, Visiro is okay. Fine. Ican do that. It takes a little
bit. Right?
Or just just a a a but it'slike, I don't have time for
membership committee. I don'thave time for these things. And
sometimes, I think surfacelevel, it kind of feels that

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way. I know I've that that'scrossed my mind. Like, am I
wasting my time kind of doingthis?
And I think if you think of itfrom a very, very surface level
where it's like the only, like,the only thing that matters is
just, like, making this sale orwhatever, then I think that's a
very kind of shortsighted way ofof looking at it on on on these

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leadership roles. And it wasn't,I think, until, it wasn't really
until, like, I really started tokinda delve into these the the
these rules that I kinda reallystarted to understand, like, why
these are, these are important.

Yeah. And how they're why they're structured
the way they are, and it startsto make sense when you

Eric Beels (11:21):
Well, so right. What you said, the the the structure
is a really important partbecause I think one, if you're
not a structured person, one,it's gonna teach you structure.
Right? And so that's V9 is verywell, very well structured.
That's what initially drew me,actually.
I've been in a part of otherother, networking groups before.
I was a I was a member of ofanother one in Vista somewhere

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for, before b and I, but it waskind of like your, you know,
lunch, daily day breakfast, gettogether kind of thing. And so

friends than actually sharing business and
tracking and

Eric Beels (11:56):
Right. It was very friendly, all the time, very
nice people, but it wasn'treally business I mean, it was
business business focused, butit was it was really more of a
hangout.

No tangible goals or

Eric Beels (12:05):
Right. And I think when you don't have that
structure, it kinda is easy toturn into that. Right? Because a
lot of the the I'm sure a lot ofpeople can relate where you go
to, like, a group and, you know,it's everyone's in the group and
in it for 20 years, and they'reall just having a

It feels like a click, and you're like, how do I
get in? And then even whenyou're in the group, you're
like, am I in the group or am Ian outsider?

Eric Beels (12:26):
Right. And so and and that's what I think happens
when you don't have thatstructure. So I think so one,
being in leadership roles reallyteach you structure, at whatever
level that might be. It teachesyou teaches you you structure.
If you're, like, a kind of a oneman show, maybe you're just
kinda getting started.
You don't have maybe anyemployees yet or something. This

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you know, learning how BNI isstructured and kind of being a
part of that will kinda teachyou the importance of those
structures because there's Ithink they're super, super,
super important.

And the core values too because it gives you
kind of a foundation of whereyou're trying to operate from.

Eric Beels (13:05):
That too. That's a good point. Yeah. Because, like,
everything's right. Everything'ssourced from, like, one

back in. Yeah.

Eric Beels (13:11):
One area. I need I myself, I know I need to kind of
work on that more myself,actually. That's another growth
growth point for myself isreally, like, isolating, like,
what are I have some of my corevalues, but it's like, do I have
do I have all of them listed, orhow much have I really thought
about that?

And clearly can get the givers gain aspect from
leadership, and I'm interestedto see, like, by the end of our,
you know, term, what we havegained from this and check back
in and say, this is what we wereable to, take away from the
experience because who knowswhat we're going to learn and
experience. I know we're a weekaway from stepping in, and we've

(13:50):
already been putting severalmonths of time and energy into
this Right. Creating thispodcast, kind of structuring
some stuff to create excitementand buzz within our chapter
because we have a specialchapter, and that's really
exciting, to be part ofsomething so special and to to
watch it grow is going to be sofun.

Eric Beels (14:09):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm definitely I'm looking
forward to that. And, so let soI know, Crystal, you were
educational coordinator 2, Iguess, 2 years then.
Mhmm. So how has like, when youstarted at being, as education
coordinator, one, I've alwaysthought that was a very fitting

(14:29):
role. I thought that was aabsolutely perfect role for you.
And, like, when you kinda firsttook that, where were you at? I
mean, kinda try to, like, Iguess, think back a bit.

Oh, no. I exactly know where I was at. So,
I would highly encourage if youget the call to do a role that
you do consider taking thatcall, even if it feels like you
might be pushing or like youdon't have time or energy. I, at
the time, we were we had justgone through the pandemic, so
we're kind of coming out of thetail end of that. I was actually

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moving when I took over therole.
And when I mean moving, I wasliterally learned how to drive a
trailer and I packed all of thestuff from my house and brought
it over here with 2 of mygirlfriends. So I I was moving.
I was a single mom. I was goingthrough a separation. I started
to do a beauty pageant.
I was starting my own business.I was still educating myself,

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and I was raising my kids and mydogs full time.

Eric Beels (15:29):
You had a lot. So you had a ton going on, more
than just normal things.

Yeah. Much more than a normal, time of my life,
but I also felt that that was abig springboard for the growth.
Because had I not taken, thatsituation that kind of forced me
to grow and forced me to learnnew things, then I don't think I
would have elevated myself asquickly either. Because the next
thing you know, I'm on the topsof, I actually was in, downtown

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San Diego on the top of askyscraper taking my branding
photos

Eric Beels (16:01):
on the

top of, one of the buildings down there because
I had a vision that came to mejust like I had a vision of what
I could do with the educationrole and what I have a vision
I'm gonna be able to do withthis chapter, as the president.
Because I feel like if we canjust build value and resources
within this amazing group, thatwe can take these beautiful,

(16:23):
like, plants and just water themand watch them blossom in whole
new ways, because who doesn't,respond well to being encouraged
and and having a group ofresources behind them?

Eric Beels (16:36):
Mhmm.

As a as an entrepreneur, we've talked about
this in the past. You're wearingall of these hats, and it's,
like, almost suffer suffocating.It can become a little bit too
much. That's why, a lot ofentrepreneurs get burnt out.

Eric Beels (16:50):
Mhmm.

Yeah. Because that the pressure, you just need
to be able to breathe or relax.And and BNI, when you are start
to offload some of yourresources, you've got your
accountant that you can use. Youcan feel safe because you've got
an attorney, on hand, thingsthat you wouldn't have maybe
gone out shopping for.

Eric Beels (17:08):
Mhmm.

Now they're at your fingertips, and and you can
realize the the benefit. Like, Isaved 1,000 of dollars by
putting on solar before theychanged some of the laws.

Eric Beels (17:18):
Right.

So now I I would've had no idea about that

Eric Beels (17:22):
if it weren't

for my group. So I learned from the people in
my chapter. Not being presidentdoesn't mean I know everything.
It means that I'm smart enoughto open up to the connection
within the group.

Eric Beels (17:32):
Mhmm. Yeah. But that's interest you know, it's
it's interesting that you, like,with all that kinda going on, I
think a lot of people would belike, I I they're like, you
know, they would you tell theVP, but, like, hey. I have a lot
going on. I can't I can't dothis right now.
But instead you did theopposite, you're like,
absolutely. I'll take it. Andand I don't know how much you
were sharing all that at thetime too. Maybe probably not as

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much as you are now and such.Right?
Because that was and so where doyou think that you would be if
you, like, didn't take that?Because that's I think that's an
interesting question. Like like,where would that have where
would that have taken you if youdidn't take the education
coordinator role at the timewith all that stuff kind of

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going on?

Yeah. That's a really great question. I guess
it's really impossible to reallyknow because I took the path I
did.

Eric Beels (18:23):
Right.

I what I can tell you is I'm grateful, and I
know that I wouldn't have beenas strong or as powerful or as
productive or successful. I knowI wouldn't have gotten the
Microsoft, account if I hadn'tlearned PowerPoint, and I've
been able to present for them 4times on a global level. I

Eric Beels (18:40):
Specifically PowerPoint. Sounds like not like
keynote or

something. No. No. Specifically PowerPoint.
They'd be like, oh,

Eric Beels (18:45):
you're a keynote? Oh, no. No. We don't work with
people that

use keynote. Exactly. But, I mean, mental
health is something that youwant to get into the hands of
many people. So if you can helpindividuals, if you can help
nonprofits, if you can go usethe resources that you get from
the tools that you get from BNI,if you can take those tools, I
wouldn't have had as many toolsin my tool belt. I wouldn't have

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been as proficient as a per ofan entrepreneur.

Eric Beels (19:12):
Mhmm.

So I might have gotten as far, but my painting
wouldn't have looked as good.You know, when you have a sharp
different paintbrushes, you canmake a different kind of

Eric Beels (19:21):
Or it might have been or maybe it was or maybe it
might you might be delaying it,essentially. Right? So maybe,
like, you're you're you'reyou're kind of, you know,
destined to kind of do the youknow, get the the Microsoft deal
or or whatever it might be. Butbecause you're not taking that
initial stepping stone someonemade a, I remember seeing a,
like a, like, a graph, like apicture, where it says, like and

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it was like, your goals are uphere, and it's like, you're down
here. And I think it was like a2 sided picture.
And it was like, one, it's like,the goals are up here. You're
here, and it's like basically acliff. And the person can't get
to their goals because that'swhat your goals are at. Yeah.
But then another one shows,like, a stepping stones.
And then and then each of thestepping stones had different,
like, milestones. Yeah. And itwas like, this was you know, in

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this case, it might be, like,educational coordinator. That's
like one stepping stone. Mhmm.
The next stepping stone is,like, you know, president or
whatever. Right? And so it's allthese kind of stepping stones
because you can't just, like,jump up to that to that next,
whatever your, like, grandmission goal

is with how you

Eric Beels (20:24):
doing all those things. Right?

Yeah.

Eric Beels (20:26):
And so that's where that's where it kinda sometimes
maybe feels like, oh, I don'thave time to kinda do this. It's
like I think really the becauseyou don't necessarily have time
not to do that. And so it's justa matter of, like, I think kind
of convincing yourself that thisis what you should be doing.

But it's also kind of like a relationship.
Like, if you're in arelationship about with someone
that you really care about, youmake time for them.

Eric Beels (20:49):
That's true. Mhmm.

If you're in a relationship where you're like,
I'm I'm kind of into this, like,but I'm a little I think I'd
rather spend time by myselftoday, or I have friends I wanna
hang out with. I'm sorry. Well,let's reschedule. It's kind of
like that relationship withinyour business. It's like, how
Yeah.
How willing are you to sacrificea weekend? How willing are you
to go the extra mile to connectsomeone within your group

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because you know it will benefitthem? Mhmm. How much are you
willing to put yourself on theline? It in my in my regard, it
was almost like working 2 or 3or 4 jobs at once Yeah.
Because the exponential growth,it catapulted me.

Eric Beels (21:30):
Yeah. Yeah. And it kinda you know, it kinda feels
that way sometimes. I know someof the I've been on MC for,
like, a year and a half now,and, like, it sometimes kinda
feels like a like a second parttime part time job. Mhmm.
And and, you know, you you kindof brought up a point on those

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things where it's kind of likeyou're like, you you start
investing more into into it whenyou kinda take that that it's
like an ownership role,essentially. Right?

The accountability.

Eric Beels (22:00):
The account yeah. Accountability. Exactly. And
taking that ownership role overthe the over these these, BNI
things, which is, already gotall these structures. I think I
know I've started, like,considering things and
implementing things.
I think even on a subconsciousof or I don't necessarily

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realize until I kinda thinkabout it, into my own business
after kinda learning thesethings in b and I. Yeah. And I
think this is one of thesethings that isn't really talked
about very much in with that'sthat's that's a key thing with b
and I. No one's because that'snot necessarily the the draw.
The draw initially for a lot ofpeople is, like, you know, let's

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get some referrals.

Positive side effect.

Eric Beels (22:45):
It's like a positive, yeah, it's like a
positive side effect that kindathat that that happens when you
start taking these leadershippositions. If you just kinda
stay a member, you're you'reyou're kinda I think you're
gonna kinda hit like a like athat like a ceiling a little
bit. Absolutely. Or it's like

Like a plateau.

Eric Beels (23:05):
A plateau and a plateau a little bit. Yeah. And
and maybe even, I think in oneaspect, I think we all kinda
have to go through thesestepping stones in some form.

Totally.

Eric Beels (23:17):
It doesn't necessarily have to be through
BNI, although BNI is a goodavenue to do that. It's just if
you don't do it with BNI, youdon't have to do it if there's
something else. And so

Essentially, that they have an option. They
can they have they have theoption of growing Mhmm. And
keeping going, or sometimespeople get stuck. So that's when
the level of uncomfortablenessin their life basically keeps
them where they're at. And it'slike, no.
I'm a little un toouncomfortable to take that role.
I think I'm just gonna staywhere I'm at. But I love for

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people to consider this. Youmight stay uncomfortable in that
position and not grow, but youalso will be uncomfortable in
the growth op opportunity. Soboth roles, you're gonna be
slightly uncomfortable beingstuck and growing.
But one of them has a differentoutcome than the other.

Eric Beels (24:06):
What do you mean by that? So so so stuck in your you
means you mean uncomfortablebecause it's like maybe you want
to grow, but then

don't want you But you just want to grow, but
you just can't get there. Mhmm.So sometimes people feel a
little held back. They they havea goal, but they can't figure
out what step to take. Or orevery time they try to take a
step, they it just doesn't feelright.
So they feel like, you know,they make a mistake or, things
didn't work out the way thatthey anticipated. So they're
like, you know, I'm just gonnasit on the sidelines for a

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little bit, see how everythingkind of, you know, unfolds,
where I feel like there's alevel of uncomfortableness to
not moving forward.

Eric Beels (24:45):
Mhmm.

Because you you want to move forward, but
there's like it's like you'rethere's a dichotomy happening.
It's like you want to moveforward, but you also can't for
some reason.

Eric Beels (24:55):
Mhmm. So it's

like an inner tug of war. But in the other
situation, you're uncomfortable,but there's growth happening.

Eric Beels (25:01):
Sure. There's there's movement happening.
Right.

There's there's a level of uncomfortableness
with either option. Option.

Eric Beels (25:07):
Mhmm.

But which result do you want?
Uncomfortable and and not maybeas much traction?

Eric Beels (25:12):
I just kinda thought of, like, a, like, a, an an an
an analogy just kinda came cameto mind, and that's like, like,
stagnant water can get reallygross.

Yep.

Eric Beels (25:24):
And if you're in the stagnant water, like, it's kinda
gross being in just stagnant,like like like algae, muddy
kinda water. Like, it's notmoving, but it's also gross to
kinda be in it. Also, if butthen if you're in, like, rapid
waters, that might beuncomfortable as well. Different
kind of uncomfortable, but it'slike, at least now you're
moving. Right?
And so I just like, either way,you're in in some kind of

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waters. It's like you're eithernot moving and it's gross and
it's uncomfortable, or you aremoving and it's also,
uncomfortable. But at least nowyou're moving. You're growing
through it, though.

But now I'm gonna play devil's advocate to
myself and to give anotheroption is sometimes even though
I was able to push through allof that pain and that situation
I was going through, somethingin my, internal guidance system
was telling me I needed to pushmyself at that time.

Eric Beels (26:12):
Mhmm.

But there also might be times where you do take
a step back.

Eric Beels (26:16):
Mhmm.

And maybe, like, we have a woman in our
chapter, Julie Litchfield, who'sbeen in a role for 7 years.

Eric Beels (26:22):
Sure.

So for her, she she paid her dues. Like, we we
high fived. We got we got togive her a break this time, and
I feel good about that. And andthat's a different season in her
life too. So even though I feelcompelled to push myself, I'm
going to support people whomight be feeling this and
watching this and go, I agreewith her, but maybe this isn't

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my time.
So it's really important

Eric Beels (26:46):
to

check-in with ourselves because in reality, we
know the answers that are bestfor us. So following that
internal system for us thisyear, something told us, let's
give it a shot. And I didn'tknow when I said yes that it was
gonna be you, but you were on mylist of, like, people I was
hoping that it would be. SoWell,

Eric Beels (27:05):
yeah. So what's what's interesting about that,
because I last year, I was askedto be president. I don't know if
I was the 1st pick or not. I'mnot really sure. I I, but I
know, I was asked to bepresident first.
And then for me, I'm, like,running a meeting. Like, it's I
still get nerves when I when I,give even the 32nd

(27:26):
presentations. I still getnerves. I've just learned to
kinda how to, like, overcomethat a lot better than I used
to. And Nerves

are a good thing.

Eric Beels (27:35):
It's a good thing. Because one thing you know, so
one thing with nerves just sidetopic for a second. One thing
with nerves is I I've noticedthat if you're not at least a
little bit nervous, generallyspeaking if you're not a little
bit nervous, it means youprobably don't care.

Yeah. You don't have enough skin in the game.
Right.

Eric Beels (27:53):
If you are nervous, you can look at it as sign.
Like, you might see that that'slike, oh, I'm too nervous. Like,
I don't like being so nervousand stuff. It's like, no. It's a
good thing to be nervous becauseit shows that you care.
Like, because if you think aboutit, like, what are you nervous
about? It's it's like, okay. Theworst thing out of appreciation
is that you in a 30 secondcommercial is that you

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completely stumble over yourwords and everyone, like, you
know, gives you a pat on theback. Like, hey. You know, good
job.
You you worked so you workedyour way through and stuff.

Sympathy credit. Yeah.

Eric Beels (28:22):
You're gonna get sympathy credit. If they if you
don't if everyone kind of beatson you, you should probably, you
know, get it, like, get out ofthat chapter then because
everyone should be supportingyou. Right? And, and so that but
if you if if and so but if youif you're not caring, you're
just gonna, you know, you youyou're probably not gonna give a

(28:42):
very good commercial, honestly.You're not and and you're stuck

in your business.

Eric Beels (28:46):
Should be in it. Your heart's not gonna be yeah.
And so so, but, I know so I wasfirst a year ago, I was I was
asked to be president. And forme, that I was like, oh, that's
I have to, like, kind of run themeeting. I'm still really
nervous at that time, like,giving my presentations.
And so, a lot of people told me,like, it's, like, the easiest

(29:08):
thing in the world. I'm like,well, maybe if you do a lot of,
like, talking and presenting itis. And I would expect that. I'm
like, I don't I don't really doa lot of that. So so I had I
had, turn I turned that down,and then I was asked vice
president.

Mhmm.

Eric Beels (29:24):
And I was like, oh, this is a little bit more in my
alley. But but I'm like, I wasstill I I think I had a lot of
things kinda happening. And soPiling. Piling. Didn't quite
feel right for me.
And so I was like, let's I needto kinda turn this, turn this
down as well. And I I actuallydid feel kind of I did feel kind
of bad because it's likeeveryone wanted me. Like, we

(29:44):
went out to this, like, lunchand see thing and stuff too. And
I'm just like, man, you guys arereally like

Later on this.

Eric Beels (29:50):
Right now. Like, I'm like and so but I I still turned
it down because I don't know. Itjust didn't seem right for me.
And I know this feels kind of,like, backwards because we just
talked about, like, you know,pushing forward to things. And I
think there's an aspect wheremaybe I did delay something.
I might have delayed somethingat that at at at that time.

Or maybe or maybe it was the mental push
that you needed to know thatmaybe at some point you could do
that job, and it was in the backof your mind going, then you had
a year to observe that role froma different perspective.

Eric Beels (30:21):
That could be. You know, there there is there's
truth in, like, the first timeyou're you're asked I know,
like, in in advertising, it'slike someone for someone's know,
someone sees an ad the firsttime, they're they're almost
never going to act on it. Theyhave to see it, like, 8

7 or 8 times.

Eric Beels (30:34):
Yeah. Something like that. And, and so I would
imagine it's it's there's asimilar thing with with, you
know, when you ask someone to bepresident or vice president. And
so that that in in a lot ofcases. And so I think I think
that might have been kind ofthat first bit to kinda cue me

(30:54):
subconsciously to kinda, like,really start paying attention to
that.
Right? Because at that point, Ihad been on MC for about a year
now.

Might not have been on your radar and kinda
shifted your perspective then.

Eric Beels (31:04):
I don't think it was at all. Yeah. So in a sense, it
kinda caught me off guard alittle bit, but it definitely
cued me. It it it got me, like,on alert with that. So, like,
like, really kinda pain You

weren't on the path yet, but you could see the
freeway exit. Right. You're like

Eric Beels (31:18):
And then, yeah, when and then when it came around
here, I remember, I remember, Ithink I think it was either
Michael Michael or Ray. So oneof them I forgot who asked me
first. And and then I was like,let me oh, no. It was Michael. I
remember because I becausebecause, yeah, it was Michael.

(31:40):
And he asked me, like, hey.You're my, like, you're my
you're my pick to do VP. I waslike, let me let me pray about
it. Let me think about it. Letme pray about it.
And, like and after afterpraying about it, God was
telling me, like, hey. You know,you need to take this. And I was
like, I I I I like my everyfiber I mean, it was like, I

(32:03):
don't wanna take this. And but Iwas like, but I'm gonna kind of
act on faith and kinda do thisout of faith. And so I was like,
okay.
I'm gonna let's I wanna let's doit. And so I told him, like,
okay. I'm gonna do it. And thenI think even before that, I had
thought about it'd be cool if wedid a podcast for BNI for for

(32:26):
BNI. Like, just kinda beforethat.

Well, we worked together. You created my online
course, so we knew how well

Eric Beels (32:31):
it was before. I even knew that you were gonna be
president. I didn't know any ofany of this.

Yeah. For our audience to know that we've
already worked together in thepast.

Eric Beels (32:39):
Yeah. We've worked together. We've I helped you
build the online course. And, sowe've we we're already well
acquainted with each other. Andwhen I, I noticed that, like, as
soon as I kind of, like, saidyes to that, I started seeing

(32:59):
other kind of things in in inmotion.
The the podcast idea started tokind of, like, really formulate
now, and and that's when I kindastarted, like, see, like, the
whole picture of it. And thenand then I think you had called
me about something. I don'tremember I don't remember why
you had you had called me. So Ihad already accepted at this

(33:20):
point, then you told me you weregonna be president, and then I
was like, hey. I was like, okay.
Perfect. So Yeah. So the youknow, it it it it

When you had done that podcasting, event,
maybe it had to do with thatwhere you hosted some of us from
the

Eric Beels (33:34):
chapter. Maybe. I don't remember if that was
before that or after. I can'tremember. But, I remember when I
learned that you were beingpresident, I was like, okay.
Everything's kind of, like,fitting together because I
already knew. It was like, you'dbe I'd love to have you as as a
a co host. I tell people, like,be careful who you pick on your
coast. Make sure you're gonnawork because you're gonna work
with them for a while. So butthat was a no brainer to working

(33:55):
with you on on on on this.
And so when I I remember youcall, you were like, I'm gonna
be president. And I can tellthat you were like, I'm doing
this, but I'm, like, kind of,like, on a I'm 5050 still on the
decision and stuff. And I waslike, well, guess who's gonna be
a vice president? And I know youwere just sort of like, yes. You
were so excited.

I think you had, like, an hour long
conversation planning things,like, on the spot at that
moment. I

Eric Beels (34:19):
Right. And then that's when I I think to first
told you about the this thisthis podcast idea here that
we're doing

now. Yeah. It was born.

Eric Beels (34:27):
Right. It was it kind of, like, really came to
you, like like like, started tocome into fruition after that
that that conversation. And Iknew that that would get used to
it because I was already, like,stuck. I was, like, on fire with
it. And and

It's so cool what it's gonna do for our
chapter and to have a resourcefor our audience.

Eric Beels (34:45):
Right. Now the reason I kinda bring all that up
is to kinda, like, tie all thistogether. It's like, I don't
know if this podcast would evenbe happening if I didn't take on
that vice pres because I youknow, that that vice president
role. Like, I might maybe youwould have maybe taken president
role, but then I wouldn't havebeen vice president. And I don't

(35:07):
know if I would have, like,adapted and gone and and taken
that ownership over doing this.
Yeah. Right? Which is

And if I hadn't taken presidency and you went as
vice president, there might havebeen someone else that wouldn't
have been as good of a fit.

Eric Beels (35:21):
Right. Or maybe I'd just be single hosting it or
something. I don't I don't knowat that point. But I definitely
I think it's a lot easier to doit with a as a cohost than doing
single. Because I I have a lotof product I have a lot of
experience with with producingpodcasts.
I don't have a whole lot ofexperience with hosting them
yet. And so for yeah. Yeah. Andso, so this is certainly like

(35:47):
like a stepping stone and a anda a learning curve for myself. I
mean, it's definitely helpfulthat I understand all the back
end stuff, everything that kindof goes goes around it.
But I I I wanted to kind of justtie tie this in on, like,
certain things. Like, you don'tnecessarily you you necessarily
wouldn't wouldn't necessarilytie together, like, accepting

(36:09):
vice president, okay, equalscreating this podcast. You know
what I mean? Like, those thingsfeel so just just, like,
distantly and completelyunrelated, yet they're they're
very, very intertwined.

Yeah.

Eric Beels (36:23):
And I'm not saying that, like, if you take
president or vice president rolethat you're gonna suddenly start
a podcast, but there could beother things.

Your path might look differently, but they might
be synchronizations or businessroutes or processes or people or
situations that might be on yourplate because of that role.

Eric Beels (36:42):
Right.

Yeah. Yeah. Mhmm.

Eric Beels (36:44):
So, so, yeah, is anything else that you wanted to
to add?

I think one thing that's kinda popping up to
my mind is how interesting it isbecause, you know, I feel like
we're gonna be breaking somestigmas here. And in our
chapter, there hadn't beenanother female president in 10
years.

Eric Beels (37:02):
Yeah. I think it was it was Julie.

Julie Litts. Yeah. I wasn't even

Eric Beels (37:04):
part of the group at

the time. Yeah. So, I think it's neat to
different voices, create alittle different impact. And,
Wes Marshburn, he bless hisheart. He was our president for
2 years in a row.
So I would give him a little bitof a break and try another role
that he hasn't explored, andthat's neat too. It's like not
necessarily stepping down.

Eric Beels (37:24):
Mhmm.

You're just stepping in a different
direction. And, I mean, we willall respect him and appreciate
him even more because of therole that he took.

Eric Beels (37:32):
Mhmm.

And had he not taken that, there wouldn't have
been that little extra layer ofappreciation.

Eric Beels (37:37):
Yeah. And and I'd like to kinda take take kind of
a few minutes too to talk about,like like we we talked about the
leadership roles, but, and but II like to kinda talk about,
like, what was what what whatour kind of purpose is for this
podcast? Like, why we kind ofstart like, why we're on fire
for this? And so for me, there'sa few a few things. So one so

(38:05):
one, it's a stepping stone formyself, like, get more hosting
experience.
But, and then, another thing,though, is, I I really want to
help our chapter grow. And sothat's one of the reasons, like,
when we when we kinda set outfor this, I really wanted to
make sure it was a single CUpodcast. So you can, like,

(38:29):
listen to one episode, and thenthat counted as a full CU. And I
thought that that that would itwould make it a a a really easy
way for people to listen. It'salso gonna help other chapter
members, so it's gonna help themgrow too.
Yep. People who are, like, neverbeen on a podcast before, we

(38:49):
have our chapter members on, andit's gonna help them, like,
break through that barrier. Iknow some people I talk to,
they're like, oh, I'm so nervousto be on a on a podcast. And I'm
just like, it's thisconversation. It's really easy.
But so it's a good steppingstone

for them. Like that with your first commercial.
So we have a level of compassionthat we know, okay.

Eric Beels (39:08):
Right. Exactly.

But but giving them that opportunity to take
those micro steps or the forthem, what might feel like a a
giant leap Mhmm. Then, you know,when they're exposed to it and
they get done with it, look thesense of accomplishment. Like, I
did it. I can't wait to hearthat episode. I can't wait to
see how people responded.
And now I can have my chapterall learn more about me, and we

(39:31):
can all send that to people thatare wanting to know more. Like,
if if I want to share about yourpodcast, I can now say, hey,
check out this podcast. Eric isnot only part of it, but he
helps create that.

Eric Beels (39:42):
Mhmm.

And now you get exposure, and they can see your
work. And it's just a beautifulcycle of giving and receiving.
And

Eric Beels (39:51):
Yeah.

It's it's amazing.

Eric Beels (39:53):
I know. And and it also like, it's gonna it's like
there's a lot of kind of, like,killing multiple birds with
with, with one stone on this.Right? Because then it's like
you also have a a one to one outof it too. Yeah.
Because now so maybe, the if Ihave, we have somebody on that

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maybe I haven't really had a oneto one yet with or it's been a
while since I've had a one toone with them, that will then
count as a 1 to 1. So then thatyou you kind of get that out of
it too. So it's gonna raise ournumber ones up as a whole for
the chapter.

Our 1 to ones are CEUs, exposure, visibility.

Eric Beels (40:35):
Yeah. Visibility, credibility equals

profitability. Right? Yep.

Eric Beels (40:40):
And, and and then other members now that maybe
haven't had a one to one withthe member, they listen to the
episode, and they go, oh, okay.I really wanna have I need to
have a one one with this personfrom what they talked about.
Maybe so sometimes I I've I've Imean, there's there's some
people where doing 32ndcommercials can be really hard

(41:00):
where it's like you're you're itmakes sense to you, but then
you're not really fully, like,getting through to Your

perspective is different than theirs, so they
might not feel or or understandor wrap their head around where
you're coming from.

Eric Beels (41:16):
Right. And so this is kind of a way, from a, like,
a, I guess, a, like, a CUstandpoint to really kind of
understand the guests and, like,what

Dive deeper.

Eric Beels (41:26):
Dive deeper. And then it's not a, it's, like,
very complimentary to the 8minute presentations, which go
into more in-depth than, like,32nd commercials. And doing
these now this isn't necessarilya presentation that you're,
like, you know, just talkingabout business. We wanna know
what kind of value you have as aguest to to from a business

(41:50):
standpoint. Right?
And but it it it it it helpspeople, like, relate. You can
kind of understand how theperson talks and

Well, perception is everything. You
said, like, kill 2 birds with 1stone. And and my brain, like,
my lights were going off becausemy I have my youngest son's
quite the animal activist. Andso he took he took that

Eric Beels (42:11):
Don't say that. No.

Actually, he yeah. He revamped it to be feed
2 birds with 1 crumb.

Eric Beels (42:17):
Nice. I like that.

So that just kind of popped into my mind, and
it went to kind of parallel thethe perception. To one person,
it might be good to kill 1 birdwith 2 or 2 birds with 1 stone.
If you're a hunter, those arehunter, but to someone else,
that might not be as beneficial.Right. But I think the point is
that, we could see the growth,and we got basic excitement.
And there was, like, a tangiblereason to do the podcast.

Eric Beels (42:42):
Right.

But, also, it was kind of a giver's gain. Like
Mhmm. We're doing this to giveback to our chapter. We're doing
this because we're passionateabout it, and we want to see
them grow. So I'd say that isthe intention is to see people
grow and and to build value andto to give more resources to the
audience, to the people in thechapter.

Eric Beels (43:01):
Mhmm.

And the more you communicate, the more people
can be compassionate to oneanother. If we know why
someone's in business or we knowwhat motivates them, it's a lot
easier to connect with them on aon a soul level. So that makes
you, you know, bond, and you yougenuinely care about that
person. I think that's one ofthe, like, secret recipes of our
our chapter is people care aboutone another.

Eric Beels (43:24):
Yes.

And it's not just a surface level, networking
group. We are, we've got somesubstance to us.

Eric Beels (43:33):
Right. Right. Yeah. I mean, a lot of I mean, a lot
of people are, like, my friends.I see them at my church a lot.
Mhmm. Like and and and I thinkthat's that's it's more than
just, like, a, you know, areferral network, essentially.
Right? I mean, that's what it'sadvertised. That's the people

(43:53):
come for the referral network,but you're gonna stay for the
people.
Right?

I mean, that could be the bare minimum.

Eric Beels (43:58):
Right.

Right. But it's like, how do how much do you
wanna make out of it? And wecould go into this term, you
know, doing the bare minimum,just running the meeting,
showing up, doing our 90minutes, and maybe the next 90
minutes within the week with 1to ones. But instead, we've gone
into it before we even startedthe presidency, putting time,
energy, care, creating.Essentially, we are all

(44:23):
creators.
If we can find ways to energizeourselves and be excited about
what we're doing, I mean, Imean, life can get a little
mundane and being anentrepreneur can be heavy.
Having an outlet like this, I Ilike to think of ourselves,
like, they call it used to callit a renaissance person. But in
my I'm my name is Krystal, so Ilike to say as, like, as a
Krystal, the more facets wehave, the more we sparkle.

Eric Beels (44:47):
Nice. Okay.

So we don't we're not supposed to just have
this one side of us.

Eric Beels (44:51):
Mhmm.

It's it's important that, yes, you know
how to do the lighting, you knowhow to set the sound up, but
maybe that was part of the skillthat was all required for you to
actually create your own stagefor your own voice.

Eric Beels (45:04):
Right. Right. I think it could it could work the
other way around too. I know,like, there's lots of people who
are on stage, but then theyreally don't understand a lot of
the back end stuff. But it'shelpful for them to understand
the back end stuff, just becausethey they then maybe be they
become a a better host becausethey know how to, like, set

(45:25):
something up for a better edit,that sort of thing.
Right? Make it easier on youreditors. I'm just thinking from
my own perspective, and whatI've I've experienced. I'm sure
there's there's similarities tothat in in in other fields.

I think there's a point though that I wanna
bring up before I forget it thatI think people don't realize
too, and it's, like, such abeneficial motivation. BNI, we
you do kind of weed a few peopleout because it is a little bit
more the chapter it it costs tobe in BNI. Mhmm. But I would
like to challenge people even ifyou're not making the first

(46:00):
amount of money that year. Thereare people that I've used within
the chapter that have saved memy dues.
Mhmm. Time and time again, overand over because we do care
about one another. We a lot ofpeople give one another
incentives or discounts or arecompassionate when they can be.

Eric Beels (46:19):
Mhmm.

And I know that as a single mom, there's at
least 2 or 3 times where I'veused people within BNI Mhmm.
That I could have been takenadvantage of. Like, well, the
restoration project that Ineeded when one of my walls got,
well, saturated with water

Eric Beels (46:34):
Mhmm. And

I needed someone to come out and take
care of me. That's an industrywhere people can take advantage
of you. And instead, I hadMichael Lee from All Dry come
in. They showed me everything.They broke it down very simple,
so I understood it.

Eric Beels (46:48):
Mhmm.

I got to make my own educated decision, and I
ended up having them help me.And I felt so much better, and I
wouldn't have even known that Ineeded to cut that wall out

Eric Beels (46:57):
Mhmm.

If I hadn't listened to Michael Lee's 32nd
commercial that explained to mehow water and mold interacting
because

Eric Beels (47:04):
the wall, I'm I'm guessing, looked perfectly fine.

It did. It was a small amount. It was a small
drip. My my faucet accidentallygot turned on during the night.
Some some clothes When

Eric Beels (47:16):
it wasn't supposed to turn on at all.

The some clothes had, like, hit it. So it
had, like, a small little drip,and it ended up going onto the
floor and through 2 differentwalls. So I had to cut a good
amount of stuff out, but myhouse is only 3 or 4 years old.
If I didn't do it now andwould've let it fester, people
could've I could've got sick. Ihave kids and dogs.
Like, I wouldn't have known whatI knew to to that it needed to

(47:42):
be taken care of

Eric Beels (47:43):
Yeah.

Nor would I have had a resource. So I could
have I could have been in thehole just from that one
incident.

Eric Beels (47:49):
Mhmm. Yeah. Well, you know, I thought, too, like,
recently, I have some somefamily members that are in, in
Texas, actually. Now I don'tknow. And and and they were I
know that consistent, I kepthearing there was, like,
contracting issues that theywere they were having.
Then I was, like, I bet there'sa BNI a couple a BNI chapter or
2 around here. So it what what,like, what it does being in BNI,

(48:14):
like, myself, like, I don't evenknow you. If I wasn't even if I
if I wasn't in BNI, I would havedone the exact same thing where
I'm like, hey. Look. Here'shere's 2 b and I chapters.
I sent them the links to thechapters. Here's a list. Here's
a list of of of the of people.If you need somebody, go, like,
find one of these people first.

So smart.

Eric Beels (48:34):
And because and I and I told them, like, because
one of the things is peoplekept, I guess, they kept, like,
dropping the ball or they would,like, like, disappear or
something like that. So I'mlike, look. If you get one of
these people, if something doeshappen, you can you can as a
customer, you can, like, youcould contact the chapter
president and be like, hey. Yourguy here, he just flaked on me.

(48:57):
They just disappeared.
They're gonna take that veryseriously.

Yeah.

Eric Beels (49:00):
Like, if someone came came if a a if a customer
came to me, I was like, okay.Yeah. We're definitely gonna
have a conversation with them,see what the heck's going on and
all that. Right? And so it Iguess I never

thought of it from a customer perspective that
they could interject.

Eric Beels (49:14):
But I totally I totally,

like, you could. There's no reason you
Yeah.

Eric Beels (49:17):
Right. There's no reason. And I haven't I haven't
really either until I kinda wentthrough that. I was I was like,
yeah. I guess I was like, do thecustomer should just you know,
if they know about it Mhmm.
And, you know, look up these thethe these people. And the reason
I kinda mentioned that is, like,you know, you and it's only,
like, the reason why. Like, it'sbecause we have a very strict,

(49:38):
like, set of of of of standards,and it's more just

to the ethics when we sign up. Like, it's part
of that that original process ofbecoming a BNI member.

Eric Beels (49:50):
Exactly. So, like like, you know, what you kinda
mentioned on on, like, the thosethose the trust aspects. Like, I
think the common one is like anauto mechanic kind of thing.
Right? You know, sometimes theauto mechanic is, oh, you got
all these things.
It's like, do I? I don't know.I'm just trusting you. And, you
know, if if there's a mechanicthat's not very trustworthy,

(50:12):
one, he's he's not he's probablynot gonna make it into a BNI
chapter. But 2, if he isn't one,he's not gonna stay in for very
long.
So you just have a a betterchance. I don't know what kind

of timing checks and balances.

Eric Beels (50:25):
Yeah. And I know I'm talking on, like, a customer
standpoint, but the, the reasonI kind of mentioned that,
though, is is, just because ofall the, all the, like,
structure and and, theleadership and ownership roles
that we take in BNI. So, yeah, Ithink that's that's what I

(50:50):
really wanted to talk abouttoday.

I have a question for you. Yeah. What
would you like to see thechapter create, and how what's
your what's your ideal scenario?How what do you wanna manifest
for this chapter this next year?

Eric Beels (51:04):
Well, I I think so for a while, we've been focusing
on on, achieving 60 plusmembers. So I think as a
chapter, I think that would be,like, our next milestone is
reaching that 6 that that 60members. And I think I think
this is, a part of that. I knowwe'll have other episodes with,

(51:27):
like like, talking about gettingmore visitors and stuff too. And
what that kind of looks likethat's something I myself need
to work on more is is bringingmore more more visitors

And traffic lights.

Eric Beels (51:38):
And the traffic lights. And, I think this is
just like one this is just onecog of of kind of helping
achieve that. But I I think it'sa very doable number. I don't
and

because at one point, our chapter was the
number one chapter in all of SanDiego.

Eric Beels (51:58):
Mhmm.

And shout out to Carmel Valley. You've given
us a run for our money, but herewe come. Yeah.

Eric Beels (52:03):
We're about to give you a run for your money now.
Yes. I love it.

It's a healthy competition, and it's all in
good fun. I mean, greatleadership over there. We can
learn from one another. Wepartnered with them, and we've,
kind of had some, events thatwe've connected, like, co hosted
events together with them. Socollaboration is key, but
there's competition's fun too.
Why not?

Eric Beels (52:24):
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. And and, you know, it's
all, like, reciprocal. It's allkind of ties into and and, one
way or another.
So

begets love. I mean, it might be healthy
competition, but I would turnaround and pick that person up
off the ground if they neededit. And, and one thing also is,
like, you get the opportunity toshare this podcast with the
world. So people have neverconsidered a podcast and they're
needing an education moment andthey get to tune into this, and
next thing they're like, well,you know what? Based on what

(52:57):
Eric said, I I might be able toto create a podcast.
And I have a message or I have achapter that I might be leading.
This could help our chapter.Mhmm. I would encourage them to
reach out to you. Yep.
And and I know for myself, beinga mental health advocate and and
specializing in trauma, it'svery important for me to find

(53:18):
different platforms becausepeople of all walks of life need
to know that we're breaking thatmental health stigma and Mhmm.

Eric Beels (53:24):
They

can be part of this, transformation on a
personal and professional level

Eric Beels (53:29):
Mhmm. To

help their businesses, to help their,
relationships, and just to feelbetter because, I mean, life,
right, and I don't I don't knowone entrepreneur that probably
hasn't had a a stressful day. Iyou have you have to know how to
manage stress, to be in thatrole.

Eric Beels (53:44):
Yeah. I know. It it everything everything everyone
kind of goes goes through thatin in in some way. Right? And so
sometimes I think it maybe feelslike, oh, man.
That person's got everything soput together, and it's like,
well, you don't know everythingthat they're that they're that
they're going through. Mhmm.Oftentimes, they they hide it or
they just kinda push push pushthrough it. I think like

(54:08):
yourself with the takingeducation, education coordinator
role a couple years ago and suchtoo. Right?
So, and so I guess, like, thethe the takeaway that I wanna
encourage people on this is if,you know, if you're considering
taking a role or you've beenconsidering in the past, but,
you know, it just didn't seemright or it, I wanna encourage

(54:30):
you to, you know, take some kindof role. Like, it might not may
I'm not saying you should go outand just immediately jump into
president or vice president orwhatever, but, something like a
visitor host, whatever it is,because there's other aspects
that, start to really, reallymanifest in your own growth, in
your business growth, becauseyou start learning things that

(54:53):
really I can't tell you whatyou're going to necessarily
learn because, but all but I Ican promise that you will grow
though, and you and it willaffect your business, and it'll,
just all be healthy growththough.

And what kind of legacy do we wanna create? I
mean, we're already buildingsomething super exciting, and,
BNI is like an instrument tothat. So had we had neither of
us joined BNI, I don't even Imean, clearly, we would not be
working together in thiscapacity at this stage in our
life.

Eric Beels (55:26):
So Right. All this, this is nothing anything I could
have ever predicted. But, like,you know, even after being in
BNI for a year or 2, I wouldhave never kind of predicted
this kind of happening. And,again, I don't think if I kinda
just, like, stayed a member andI just just like, no. I don't
wanna do visitor host.
I don't wanna do MC or any ofthat. This definitely would. I

(55:46):
know this would not if I did nottake MC, this would definitely
not be happening. I know thatfor sure. And at the time I took
MC, though, I never would havebeen going like, oh, I'm going
to start a podcast, you know,and that's right.
So and and so that's why I thinkit's so important to, like,
really take those those those onon those roles. And it's it's

(56:08):
all kind of back to that giversgame mindset. Right? You're
you're giving time. You'regiving you're you're you're
you're giving, not ownership,but, like, you're you're you're
taking control, I guess, of ofwhatever that role is.
So

And and also, part of that, giving yourself
permission to to take a new stepin a new aspect of your journey.

Eric Beels (56:30):
Yeah.

Yeah.

Eric Beels (56:31):
Right. It's yeah. I I think I think if you're not a
little bit nervous to take onthat role just a tiny bit, it's
probably not the right role foryou. Like, you should take a
role that's maybe gonna make youa little bit nervous.

Yeah. Following the intuition on which which is
a good fit for you at thetiming.

Eric Beels (56:46):
At the timing. Yeah. If if and so so I think you
should take on on, like, a rolethat's gonna make you a little
bit nervous because that's gonnashow that I think if you're not,
you're probably not gonna grow.You're probably not growing if
you're not a little bit nervous.So but, yeah.
Anything else you'd like to add?

I'm wildly anticipating, success and growth
for the chapter this year. SoI'm actually really looking
forward to tuning in, when we'redone and seeing what we were
able to manifest because I don'tknow what it'll be, but I know
it's gonna be glorious.

Eric Beels (57:20):
Yeah. Cool. Alright. Well, thanks so much, guys. And,
we'll see you, in the nextepisode.

Tune in. Thank you for joining us for the
Business Boost Hour. My name isCrystal Privette, and this is
Eric Fiels. Thank you forjoining us, and don't forget to
document your single CEU. Seeyou next time.

Eric Beels (57:38):
See you in the next episode.

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