September 26, 2024 • 35 mins
What if overcoming obstacles at work was as simple as taking one small step at a time? On this episode of Pocketful of Mojo, we introduce our empowering mantra of the week, "I take small steps forward to help me overcome obstacles and challenges," and explore how this mindset can transform your professional life. We discuss the benefits of breaking down tasks into manageable steps, allowing you to build confidence and tackle challenges head-on while maintaining your personal boundaries. Work should be an empowering part of your life, not a definition of who you are.
We then venture into the inspiring journey of Leanne, the visionary behind the successful women's retail store "Must Have Pockets." Leanne's story is a masterclass in overcoming fear, embracing research, and taking actionable steps towards your dreams. With the support of a close friend, she transitioned from an unfulfilling career to becoming a thriving entrepreneur. Leanne shares valuable insights on the importance of seeking advice, thorough planning, and embracing confidence over perfection—a must-listen for anyone contemplating a significant career change.
Wrapping up, we reflect on the pivotal moments that shape our successes, featuring insights inspired by Tom Selleck's career and personal experiences. We delve into the "Law of Thirds" and its application in both professional and personal settings, emphasizing balance and perseverance. Alongside, we celebrate the opening of the Roasted Nomad café, and share our excitement for an upcoming trip to France. By staying authentic and consistent, you can navigate the highs and lows of life while embracing future adventures with unshakeable mojo.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
welcome to pocket full of mojo, where you're, you
and I'm steph, and we tune inhere to tap into some mojo.
What do you mean?
What's mojo?
Mojo is that feeling ofunshakable confidence, that
booming self-worth, like you'rean unstoppable force of nature.
You know that feeling you getwhen it makes you want to strut
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like a 90s supermodel, and I'mhere to show you how you can
have that feeling every singleday.
You see, I think I've crackedthe code to being happy.
I'm happy all the freaking timeevery day, at least most of the
day, possibly to an annoyingdegree, but hey, I wasn't always
this way.
(00:53):
And not to flex, but I have hadbreakdowns on multiple
continents and in two languages.
But by paying attention andliving with more intention, I've
curated this self-love firstaid kit and it's full of amazing
tools that help me level up andnavigate life with that main
character, energy thateveryone's talking about.
(01:15):
And I'm not here to gatekeep.
In fact, I'm on a mission tohelp you tap into your best
stuff and remember that you haveeverything you need to live
your life into your best stuff.
And remember that you haveeverything you need to live your
life on your own terms.
So settle in, we are here forsome positive change.
So let's dig in and find outwhere your mojo meets the road.
(01:36):
In today's episode, I'm goingto review the mantra for the
week and then we're going to diginto our main topic, which is
take your mojo to work day.
That's right, we're bringingour mojo to work and seeing how
it all fits together.
But, plot twist, we are takingit on the road and shaking
things up once again, this timewith a travel buddy Best way to
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road trip.
So you stick around, and I'mgoing to make sure that you're
glad that you did.
Let's get started with today'smantra and get tuned in, tapped
in and turned on.
Hello, hello, hello.
And welcome to the 36th episodeof Pocketful of Mojo.
(02:24):
I'm Steph, I am your Mojo Maven, your emotional Sherpa, and I'm
so glad you're here.
I'm here to reflect all yourawesomeness and your potential
right back to you.
So let's settle in.
Let's start by digging intotoday's mantra.
Now, today's mantra is I takesmall steps forward to help me
overcome obstacles andchallenges.
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This mantra is anaccountability mantra, perfect
to gear us up and get ready totake to work, because it's here
to anchor us in the antidote tofear, and that's action.
When we look at this mantra,it's affirming that we are
taking personal responsibilityfor how we respond when it comes
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to our working life.
We respond by moving forward.
What I love about this mantrais that it meets you right where
you are.
Whether you're working in acorporate environment or working
at the gas station or the hairsalon.
There will indeed be challengesand obstacles, and what's an
obstacle for you may not be anobstacle for someone else, and
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what this mantra captures isthat it doesn't matter.
It's what's in front of youthat matters and underlines what
you're capable of, and that isyour ability to keep going.
I take small steps forward tohelp me overcome obstacles and
challenges.
I think I read somewhere thattaking small steps is the
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fastest way to get anywhere youwant to go.
When your steps forward aresmall, they are achievable, and
when you're tackling obstaclesand challenges, it's important
to move forward with intentionand purpose.
It's important to tune in towhat the challenge or obstacle
is, what it isn't and what yourrole is when it comes to
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overcoming it.
This gives you the grace andthe time to identify if this is
even your problem to solve.
Can you imagine carrying arounda problem and worrying about
something that you don't haveany control over or
responsibility for.
Think of all your free timewhen you put it down.
Now, when you do encounter anobstacle that you face, you
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won't be bogged down withproblems that aren't yours to
solve.
I take small daily stepsforward to help me overcome
obstacles and challenges.
Obstacles and challenges almostalways make us feel like we're
stuck or restricted or thatwe're not moving forward.
But what if you flip the script?
What if, with small daily stepsforward, you were able to then
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see the obstacles as a learningmoment, a chance for you to
learn a new skill, uncover somenew information or research, and
then you're positioned tobetter execute the next steps
and deliver better results thanif you didn't have the challenge
at all?
I take small daily stepsforward to help me overcome
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obstacles and challenges.
Remember work is what we do,it's not who we are.
This mantra is void of emotion,because when we are approaching
obstacles and challenges withemotion, things get messy.
And it's when we're faced withstruggles that the jerks start
showing up to the party,overthinking imposter syndrome,
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feelings of less than and thosejerks are liars.
The truth is is that when we'refaced with obstacles and
challenges, we are in theresistance of growth.
We are learning, we areuncomfortable, and those are
surefire signs that we areoutside of our comfort zone.
So do not retreat, take abreath, observe the feeling and
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say I take small daily stepsforward to help me overcome
obstacles and challenges.
This is where confidence comesfrom.
It comes from facing challengesand working them through.
To the other side, confidenceis doing it messy and learning
along the way, while lettingourselves off the hook for it
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not being perfect.
Confidence is saying I don'tknow, let me find out, instead
of stumbling and feelinginferior and not knowing.
This mantra gives youpermission to fuck up.
Keep trying and celebrateyourself, because you have the
superpower needed to keep going.
I take small daily steps forwardto help me overcome obstacles
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and challenges.
Now, that was a mantra.
Remember my friends, when we goto work, we are there to be of
service.
You have a special set ofskills and talents that help
move your work forward, but it'sokay to ask for more.
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It's okay to ask that your job,your work, your project gives
back to you as well.
We are here on this earth notto work, but to serve and to
experience.
So be mindful, as you gothrough your day-to-day at work,
that you are squeezing all thejuice out of your experience,
that you can Sign up for theprofessional development.
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Stretch yourself, volunteer, dothe presentation, reach out,
network and do what you can tomake sure that your work
experience is just as rich andfulfilling as your day-to-day
life.
I know when I was at the end ofmy time at Starbucks, I had this
feeling that I couldn't leave.
I know weird right, a hugemultinational, fortune 500
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publicly traded company, and Ithought that they needed me and
what would they do if I wasn'tthere.
But the real question was whatwould I do if I wasn't there?
And the answer is a lot.
After 15 years, I had lost myspark and my passion for the
work and the company and I wastaking up the space of someone
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who was willing to do what Iwasn't, which was trade my time
and health for success, which iswhat it would have taken from
me if I had stayed.
Then my very good friend Susieand I were talking and she said
you know what?
You never signed a contractsaying that you'd be there
forever or that you'd dedicateyour whole life to making other
people's dreams come true.
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You do you your whole life tomaking other people's dreams
come true.
You do, you, and that inspiredme to take back my life, pursue
my passions and move to FranceNow.
Mojo doesn't only come when youblow up your life like that, and
that move is not for everyone.
However, if you are interested,I highly recommend it.
So, for more on the topic ofhow to bring your mojo to work,
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we've coordinated a very specialsegment of Mojo on the Road,
this time with our good friendLeanne, who is my business
bestie and entrepreneurextraordinaire.
So, without further ado, let'sgo to Mojo on the Road.
Okay, let's get this going.
(09:31):
Here we are micing up.
You are attached to my scarf.
We are pocket full of Mojo onthe go.
You didn't get to hear the carstart and the car rattle because
we are pocket full of mojo onthe go.
You didn't get to hear the carstart and the car rattle because
we are in the company of a 21stcentury vehicle and the amazing
, the incomparable, the one andonly leanne ryan.
(09:54):
Leanne has been on the podcastbefore.
She has been our only guest.
She is a lot of things.
She's my bestie, she's my work.
Confidant, true, you're my workconfidant, we're work besties
yes, we're life besties.
We're rupaul's drag race besties, yes, and we're on the road.
(10:14):
We're taking a little road triptoday.
We just came from the marketand it was great and so now
we're RuPaul's Drag Race bestiesand we're on the road.
We're taking a little road triptoday.
We just came from the marketand it was great, and so now
we're gonna talk about Mojo onthe Road.
And who better to talk aboutthe business of Mojo than my
fellow entrepreneur, leanne Ryan?
Welcome to the podcast, hellowelcome back.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
thank you for having me, as, as usual, always an
honor.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
And your car doesn't rattle?
Tell me about that.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
How does.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
How does one have a?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
car Cause you just trade in the lease.
Follow us for more.
Follow us for more tips andtricks.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Tips and tricks on how to not have a rattling car.
Yeah, so we've got someupgraded audio and we're going
to have a really great upgradedconversation we're going to talk
today about take your mojo towork day, because some not
everybody loves their work.
I love my work.
Do you love your work?
I love my work.
Does that mean that it's easy?
(11:16):
Hell, no, absolutely not.
Hell, no, absolutely not Hell,no.
So where does Mojo come in?
That's what we're going to talkabout today.
You up for it.
I am Very much so Nice.
So Leanne and I have beenfriends for a really long time,
but we reconnected when I cameback to Canada and I was a shell
(11:40):
of a human and still step atyour core still my lovely step,
still your amazing step at yourcore and when you're around
amazing people, the amazingnesscomes through, and that's what
Leanne did for me.
She let my, she let my mojo comeout.
Don't cry, there's no crying onthis podcast no crying in
(12:02):
baseball.
Anybody's gonna cry on thispodcast.
It's gonna be me, all right nowthat we've laid the ground
rules.
Yeah, those are the rules of thepodcast, and we've both been
watching our dreams come true ina in a work context over the
last couple of years.
So let's dig into it.
Let's talk about mojo at work,and I specifically want to hear
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from you, leanne, like themindset that was required to go
from the idea to now creeping inon your one year anniversary of
must have pockets the bestwomen's retail clothing store in
.
I'm gonna go for it.
The world.
You are.
(12:47):
You are very kind.
Thank you.
I'm a great hype man you are.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Well, you know, honestly, if, because I've
thought about this a lot in thesense that you know it's coming
up on the year and so obviouslyit's a time of reflection, and
so I would say that, if I boiledit down to like kind of one
thought is like when are yougoing to stop talking about it?
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When are you going to stoptalking about it?
When are you going to startdoing it?
And if you really think aboutit, that that could be true for
anything.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
We were just talking about that.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Yes, and so I I think it was one of those things,
like you know, when you have athought and for me it was that
thought when am I going to stoptalking about it?
And that was the one thatreally hooked in.
Right and felt like it was thetipping point.
It was the tipping point to saylike I I do need to.
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I need to either stop talkingabout it and just own where I
was right, because I wasn'tobviously happy where I was, but
it was to the point where itwas.
I either have to stop bitchingabout the work that I'm doing
currently and move on tosomething else, or I just need
to stop bitching right um and inthe case for me it was then I
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need to move on to that otherthing, and that other thing for
me, luckily, was then taking thesteps into pursuing my
entrepreneurial career, and Ithink the thing and you always
knew what that was.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
You weren't like.
I'm going to be an entrepreneur.
I'm going to go shop around andsee what fits.
You would always been talkingabout having a shop with your
name on the door.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Yes, right, and and I think there was also a part of
that that was, you know, like Ijust I hadn't done enough
research.
I thought I had, but I reallyhadn't.
And so I think that's the otherthing that I would give as a
takeaway for someone else who'spursuing it is, by doing the
research, like I had taken thebusiness course, the Women's
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Entrepreneurial Business Plancourse, and I got a lot of great
information from there, but Ididn't ask all the questions
that I was there, like, forexample, I knew I had to give my
own financial buy in.
That's all they said, and Inever asked how much.
Interesting, and that'sridiculous that I didn't ask
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that question, because in myhead it's like $100,000.
It's like no, no, that wasn'tthe amount, yeah, but so I
should have just asked morequestions and as well, because
we're so confident in ourassumptions, yes, and we're
scared of looking like we don'tknow.
Looking like we don't know, andI think that was part of it too,
is you know?
(15:32):
And I also started like I foundsome people that I felt like I
could trust with the idea andfrom there I seeked out maybe
people that had more informationthan me, like, even though I
had experience in buying andexperience in corporate
experience with small business Ihad never owned a small brick
(15:55):
and mortar business yeah, you'dnever shopped for commercial
real estate, you never owned asmall brick and mortar business.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Yeah, you'd never shopped for commercial real
estate, you've never built awebsite, you'd never come up
with a marketing strategy, right?
So it would be really easy totalk yourself out of it, because
there's so much you don't know,and it doesn't take a lot of
research to come up with thatlist.
Our brains are really good athighlighting our deficits
sometimes.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Well, and I think so, my the other thing that I
started to do was to reallybreak down what those to do's
were seek out somebody that Icould talk to them about again,
a trusted source, or or somebodywhere I felt like I could share
this information with and theywouldn't make fun of me, they
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would give me honest opinions,like all of those things, as
opposed to you know, um feelinglike I I didn't want to share
and then like feel like I wantedto take back my share moments.
Yeah, exactly so.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Um, so, yeah, I would .
So it was curiosity, it wasdetermination and it didn't.
And I think I've been thinkinga lot about the confidence
podcast that I did a few weeksago, which was lovely.
Well, thank you, one of myfaves so far.
And I keep getting remindedthat confidence isn't doing it
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perfectly, it's not doing itright, necessarily.
Confidence is doing it anyway.
Confidence, yes, not knowingwhat you're doing, yeah, but
figuring it out.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Confidence is seeing the roadblock and being like,
hmm, I wonder how I'm gonna getover that yeah, confidence is
the willingness to try a hundredpercent, yes, and I'm not gonna
take credit for that, likesomeone's smart, someone said it
, but yeah, it's the willingnessto try, and so I think that's.
The other thing too is I'vealso been reflecting a lot on
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like remember, how did we havethis?
We might have had this in theother.
The other time we recorded thepodcast was when we talk about
like if you see somebody thatgets up and does something and
they might not do it well orthey fail, and it's like well,
they did better than I could do,better than I could do, and so
I think that's the other thingtoo is that we're so, we're so
(18:09):
scared of failure, and so thenit just becomes a.
Then that becomes a barrier,yeah, and I really honestly
think that we just start rottingin our comfort zone.
Well, and we like, if you thinkabout it, if you look back on
some of your failures and Ithink part of it is is we all
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think like well, what will otherpeople think?
Who?
Speaker 1 (18:32):
cares, who cares?
They're not thinking about you,and so I think that's the thing
is.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
We get so wrapped up in, oh my god, what will other
people think they might thinkabout it when they hear about it
for that moment and say like,oh, did you hear about Leanne?
She started a business and thenit failed and that'll be the
end of it?
Yeah, and then life will go on?
Will it be hard?
Like I'm not saying that, yeah,shame is a real thing, shame is
a real thing.
Or, like I also don't tominimize, like if somebody
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started something and thenperhaps, like you know it,
drained their bank account.
I don't want to.
No, nobody wants that, nobodywants that for anybody, but I I
just mean like, if you trysomething, at least you tried,
yeah, man, and we just don't getenough credit for that.
What if yeah?
Speaker 1 (19:14):
What if?
What if it works?
You meet some amazing people.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
What if?
Speaker 1 (19:17):
you're actually really good at this.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
What if?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
you end up, you know, creating an empire.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
I was listening to a podcast with I think it was like
Tom Selleck, oh, and he wasjust like, well, if this doesn't
work out, I'll figure it likeI'll find something else.
Yeah, and then he became Tommotherfucking Selleck.
You know and imagine if he didend up just like working at a
garage.
He would be robbed of magnum pi, yeah, and short shorts, those
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short shorts, that hawaiiandream you know, so fun is that
even living is that if?
Speaker 2 (19:56):
we don't have.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Yeah, I agree the reference point of magnum pi and
everything amazingly came afterand that iconic mustache.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Like I can't live in that world, no but I, I so, to
pick back up, I think I thinkthat's the thing is like.
We really are like shame, allof it, embarrassment, whatever
we want to say, but I think itreally is like a, it is a huge
limiting belief.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
And even I remember, I remember telling you, it's
fear, right, and the antidote tofear is action, yes, and action
doesn't have any emotionattached to it.
It's not good, it's not bad.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
You know, know, we assign happy action or sad
action, or absence of action,based on a feeling, but that's
where we're overthinking thingswell, and I think as well, like
um, I know sometimes for myselfI think this happens every week
where I'm like I'm gonna lose 10pounds and then I tell my
(20:56):
husband and then like so, don'tbuy cookies, ice cream, whatever
.
And then like you know.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
And then snack attack Leanne, and then a real pissed
at that.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
So I think we also get wrapped up in like like well
, like I said before, if I, if Isay I'm gonna do it, am I gonna
do it.
So I remember sitting down oractually I remember telling like
two different groups ofgirlfriends and kind of thinking
, like am I going to say thisout loud?
And I remember even saying tothem, like I'm saying this out
(21:28):
loud, like this is a thing I amprotecting what I'm about to say
.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
But also just like I'm really going to actually put
it out into the world and I'mgoing to announce it.
And when I announce it, Iwanted to make sure that I there
was like a little bit ofparameters.
Like I'm working on thebusiness plan, I have a meeting
at Women's Enterprise Center,I've secured, like my I don't
know my commercial, uh, realestate agent, like those things
(21:53):
where there was also some like,don't bombard me with a million
questions about what my paintcolor is going to be, because
I'm at step one and a half.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Yeah, and that's a step seven question.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
But there was also the part where at least I was
also saying, like I didn't sayto them, I'm thinking about
opening a clothing store.
It was within the actions thathad already been taken.
Yes, when I made theannouncement, um, because I
wanted to make sure that.
Like so, the very first thingthat I did and I would recommend
(22:24):
this to anyone who's wanting togo into business is do some
comp shopping and see what's outthere and go and explore and
ask questions.
Like so, do your research firstand then because I think
sometimes too and I would evenrecommend this for anybody who's
looking like maybe you want tobecome a nurse go talk to
(22:45):
another nurse.
Yeah, Talk to 10 nurses.
Talk to 10 nurses and just andand see if talk to former nurses
yeah, Like all of the thingsdoing it anymore.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, absolutely, and I think what I really love
about your journey throughentrepreneurship is your
confidence comes from how wellyou know yourself, like you knew
that this was right for you,because it's.
It's in your DNA, it's in yourhardwiring, it shows up in all
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the jobs that you've had priorto this one, but now you're
doing this on your own terms,yes, and you didn't have to be
like oh, it sounds like a goodidea and something I might like.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
You're like no, I actually can't finish this life
without opening my own storewell, and it's actually funny in
in the last few weeks, um, inthis store I've caught myself
where I'm like I'm a really goodsalesperson and I know the
funny thing self-talk rightthere.
Well, and the funny thing is Ialso think that, like 20 years
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ago, I felt like there was a lotof let's say, a lot of shame in
making that proclamation Likeall I am as a salesperson.
Now I really really do wear itwith a badge of shame in making
that proclamation like all I amis a salesperson.
Now I really really do wear itwith a badge of honor,
especially in the sense that Ifeel like it's kind of a lost
art.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
No, you're there to create experience.
Exactly, which is why I thinkyou know that's a big key to
your success too is that you'renot transactional, you're
experiential, yes, and that youknow when you weave yourself
into your work, whether it iswhether your name's on the door
or not.
I think that's what we're hereto do.
(24:27):
I think that's what we'rebecause it's not about because I
don't want to come, you to comeon and listen to this podcast
and think that I'm trying totell you that the solution is be
your own boss, and that's foreveryone, and that's how you
know.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
That's not no, that's not it entrepreneurship is
absolutely not for everyone.
It isn't, and.
I have a lot, I have a lot morerespect for that now, too sure,
in the sense that I thinkeverybody thinks that wouldn't
you want to be your own boss andI?
I get that there's a certainromance to it, but some people
you know what they don't.
Yeah, they not.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Everybody is built that way, yeah and it's a really
specific skill set and we don'tall have to be the same.
Happiness doesn't look the sameon everybody, no, it doesn't.
I did really well.
Having a boss.
I really loved it.
In fact, not having a boss isone of my least favorite things
about being an entrepreneur.
I like being told what to doand doing a good job at it and
(25:23):
having someone lay out thosesteps for me.
But we, you know, we figure itout Right and you know, I think
when it, when I think about kindof that moment where the rubber
met the road and you went toyour friends and you said this
is what I'm doing.
I'm doing this, I'm doing itfor myself, I'm doing it because
(25:43):
I've always wanted to.
What was their reaction?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Everyone was ridiculously supportive and they
were oh my God, tell me more,what is it going to look like?
And ask questions.
And, and it was look like andask questions, and, and it was,
I think, because, as well, ofcourse, they knew that I wasn't
happy where I was and I hadn'tbeen happy in a long time, sure,
(26:08):
and so, um for me that I don'tthink the happiness had to do
with not, um, pursuing the dream, it just I was in the wrong
place, right, and I think all ofthose things had to happen for
me to get to where I am today.
So I don't want to discount theexperiences that I had in my
(26:29):
corporate career.
They all taught me something ohmy God, that's everything, it
is everything.
And so that's where I thinkthat, again, when it comes to
people's personal experiencesand there's nothing wrong with
taking the time and, you know,doing the job, whatever it might
(26:51):
be a side hustle and I do thinkthat the other thing that I
feel a little embarrassed aboutcurrently is I still lack
confidence when it comes tospeaking with other, like
boutique owners specifically,because I kind of feel like I'm
(27:15):
despite the fact that I've hadyears of experience in the
corporate world.
I don't have years ofexperience as an entrepreneur,
so I kind of feel like I can'tbe a part of the cool girls club
the ones that have owned thesebusinesses for right years
because I haven't earned aveteran.
Yeah, I'm not a street friendyeah, yeah, kind of like looping
(27:37):
all the way back to the mojo,um mojo in the workplace of look
with like, the good, with thebad, and can you handle the bad,
like, for example, um, everyonetold me who I talked to, where
there's been uh like people whohad brick and mortar.
(27:58):
Uh, they would say, like youhave to be prepared for $0 days,
and so I was like, yep, okay,got it, and you gross.
No, thank you.
Yeah, and like so, and I'm notgoing to be arrogant enough to
say that I it'll never, it'llnever happen.
I've had them, I've 100% hadthem.
(28:18):
And so I remember, like the day, the first day that that
happened, I was like okay, sitin this, like sit in this
discomfort, yes, but also shakeit off like it won't.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
tomorrow could be a huge day, you can visit this
place.
Yeah, you don't get to livehere.
No, um, this doesn't mean thattomorrow you close your doors.
And I I saw this really greatinterview with an olympian who
was saying that she was workingwith her mentor and coach and
they were trying this one thing.
I think she was a long, uh long, jumper.
(28:54):
Okay, she was working on thisone piece with her coach and
he's like okay, how does it feel?
And she's like not great.
And he's like okay.
He's like well, that's the lawof thirds for you, okay what's
the law of?
thirds, and he said well, whenyou're working on anything, you
won't be a hundred percentfeeling good about it all the
(29:15):
time.
Thirty percent of the timeyou're gonna feel good about it.
Thirty percent of the time it'snot gonna feel good at all.
Thirty percent of the time it'sjust going to feel good about
it.
30% of the time it's not goingto feel good at all.
30% of the time it's just goingto kind of feel okay and that
means that things are in balancewith regards to that specific
activity.
And I guess you can look atthat in life in general, because
if everything's easy all thetime, maybe you need to look at
(29:39):
how hard you're pushing yourself.
Maybe you need to see where inthe areas are that you can grow.
If things are hard all the time, maybe you need to get on a
different bus right, and so it'sthat it's tapping to that into
that awareness and givingyourself that grace that
sometimes there's gonna be highs, there's gonna be lows, and
(29:59):
this is just gonna be a low day.
This is gonna be a day thatyour exercise or your, your runs
don't feel that great.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
That just means that you can check that off your list
of things to do, that you'vehad a bad day because they're
going to be there.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Well and I think that was the thing too is that
understanding that the bad dayswill be there Like cause, it is
like the.
The takeaway as well forentrepreneurship is the highs
are amazing highs and the lowsare like valley lows.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Because it's wrapped in your identity when you're an
entrepreneur, because your nameis on everything.
Yes, and so protecting thatself-worth piece is so important
.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Very much so.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
I'm still an amazing entrepreneur and I had a $0 day.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
Yeah.
Or like you know, someone leftme a bad review, or yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
When you're in business.
I think if you want to show upand have credibility and
authority, then you need toreally be in tune with your
message, whether that's in theboardroom, working for someone
else in a corporate environment.
You need you need to be able toshow up as authentically if you
want to be taken seriously, ifyou want to be considered for
(31:13):
the promotion.
Um, but living on the otherside of fear, where you're
letting kind of your conditionsand your environment and the
expectations dictate how youshow up, then there's some
tweaks that need to be done andsome some reflection that you
get to do in this life becausewe get to change our mind we
(31:34):
don't have to work at the sameplace for 45 years like our
parents did no, and I think, um,and here's the thing that I do
want to at least give credit toour parents generation is there
is nothing wrong with that, ifthat's what you, oh my god no.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
I think it's amazing.
I think it's amazing too, and Iand I think for some reason
it's lost its credibility.
But we won't go down that path.
Today, I do think as well, um,like, in terms of at least
showing up every day, beingpresent every day.
It's no different than, kind of, when I talk about the be
beautiful, be intentional sideof it is that it's like I can be
(32:13):
dressed to the nines every day,do my hair and makeup, but if
I'm walking into wherever I'mwalking in with shitty mojo,
that follows you too, you bet.
And so I think that that's thepart like I guess that
ultimately, we're trying to talkabout here and the mojo at work
but it's the mojo anywhere isthat if I'm just going to be
constantly walking around withthat I don't know monkey on my
(32:35):
back, let's say, with a graycloud over your head, yeah, yeah
.
Then I've already given up.
I haven the gray cloud overyour head, yeah, yeah.
Then then I've already given up.
I haven't even left the houseand I've already given up.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Yeah, so I think.
And then don't be surprisedwhen the world meets you there
exactly and you get the parkingticket and the bill comes
overdue and you know what?
I mean, like there there is aripple effect to that.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
There is, uh, that is a vibrational frequency and I
think um, oh, my god, I'm sohungry I'm so glad we're here
the roasted nomad.
I'm so excited, we're soexcited for you.
Speaker 1 (33:07):
Coffee and more I will have, the more please yeah,
we're gonna have one ofeverything I think I want.
Did we have a good talk abouttaking mojo?
we so did I think so, mygoodness.
Let's give a shout out toroasted nomad.
We're super proud of you foropening this up.
You took a classic diner andyou're keeping it alive, and you
(33:29):
did it on your own, so highfives to you for doing that.
Shout out to Leanne and musthave pockets.
Check the links in the shownotes and buy something online,
cause that those clothes areamazing and we're gonna go fill
our faces with some breakfast.
Yay, awesome.
Thank you for being on thispodcast.
Thank you for having me allright, we're gonna send it back
(33:51):
to the studio.
Ciao for now.
And that was Pocketful of MojoRoad Trip Edition.
Tune in next week for a veryspecial episode where we take
(34:12):
this international.
That's right, I'm going to becoming to you direct from France
and sharing more mojo magicwith you, if I can find a spare
moment between shoving my facewith croissants and cheese.
But seriously, thanks fortuning in and I hope this helped
you tap into some of that mojoof yours, because you're worth
it, baby.
And in the meantime, if youfeel like your mojo could use a
(34:35):
tune-up, I've gotten up withlots of ways that we could do
this again sometime.
Make sure you take a coupleminutes to subscribe to the
podcast, and extra good juju toyou if you leave a review.
Follow me on Instagram for dailymantras and affirmations at
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likes and the comments.
(34:56):
I am a recovering peoplepleaser, after all, so you know
it means the world when you do.
And look, you found me at thevery beginning of all things
mojo, and there's so much coolstuff on the way.
All of the links are found inthe show notes, so please go
have a look, because I meanyou're here anyway, right, and
while you're at it, share thisepisode with a friend.
(35:17):
Not only is it good for yourkarma, but it will also give you
something to discuss when yougo on your next awareness walk
together.
So be sure to tune in next weekand until then, stay classy,
stay kind and put love ineverything you do.
Ciao for now.
welcome to pocket full of mojo, where you're, you
and I'm steph, and we tune inhere to tap into some mojo.
What do you mean?
What's mojo?
Mojo is that feeling ofunshakable confidence, that
booming self-worth, like you'rean unstoppable force of nature.
You know that feeling you getwhen it makes you want to strut
(00:33):
like a 90s supermodel, and I'mhere to show you how you can
have that feeling every singleday.
You see, I think I've crackedthe code to being happy.
I'm happy all the freaking timeevery day, at least most of the
day, possibly to an annoyingdegree, but hey, I wasn't always
this way.
(00:53):
And not to flex, but I have hadbreakdowns on multiple
continents and in two languages.
But by paying attention andliving with more intention, I've
curated this self-love firstaid kit and it's full of amazing
tools that help me level up andnavigate life with that main
character, energy thateveryone's talking about.
(01:15):
And I'm not here to gatekeep.
In fact, I'm on a mission tohelp you tap into your best
stuff and remember that you haveeverything you need to live
your life into your best stuff.
And remember that you haveeverything you need to live your
life on your own terms.
So settle in, we are here forsome positive change.
So let's dig in and find outwhere your mojo meets the road.
(01:36):
In today's episode, I'm goingto review the mantra for the
week and then we're going to diginto our main topic, which is
take your mojo to work day.
That's right, we're bringingour mojo to work and seeing how
it all fits together.
But, plot twist, we are takingit on the road and shaking
things up once again, this timewith a travel buddy Best way to
(02:00):
road trip.
So you stick around, and I'mgoing to make sure that you're
glad that you did.
Let's get started with today'smantra and get tuned in, tapped
in and turned on.
Hello, hello, hello.
And welcome to the 36th episodeof Pocketful of Mojo.
(02:24):
I'm Steph, I am your Mojo Maven, your emotional Sherpa, and I'm
so glad you're here.
I'm here to reflect all yourawesomeness and your potential
right back to you.
So let's settle in.
Let's start by digging intotoday's mantra.
Now, today's mantra is I takesmall steps forward to help me
overcome obstacles andchallenges.
(02:46):
This mantra is anaccountability mantra, perfect
to gear us up and get ready totake to work, because it's here
to anchor us in the antidote tofear, and that's action.
When we look at this mantra,it's affirming that we are
taking personal responsibilityfor how we respond when it comes
(03:07):
to our working life.
We respond by moving forward.
What I love about this mantrais that it meets you right where
you are.
Whether you're working in acorporate environment or working
at the gas station or the hairsalon.
There will indeed be challengesand obstacles, and what's an
obstacle for you may not be anobstacle for someone else, and
(03:30):
what this mantra captures isthat it doesn't matter.
It's what's in front of youthat matters and underlines what
you're capable of, and that isyour ability to keep going.
I take small steps forward tohelp me overcome obstacles and
challenges.
I think I read somewhere thattaking small steps is the
(03:50):
fastest way to get anywhere youwant to go.
When your steps forward aresmall, they are achievable, and
when you're tackling obstaclesand challenges, it's important
to move forward with intentionand purpose.
It's important to tune in towhat the challenge or obstacle
is, what it isn't and what yourrole is when it comes to
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overcoming it.
This gives you the grace andthe time to identify if this is
even your problem to solve.
Can you imagine carrying arounda problem and worrying about
something that you don't haveany control over or
responsibility for.
Think of all your free timewhen you put it down.
Now, when you do encounter anobstacle that you face, you
(04:34):
won't be bogged down withproblems that aren't yours to
solve.
I take small daily stepsforward to help me overcome
obstacles and challenges.
Obstacles and challenges almostalways make us feel like we're
stuck or restricted or thatwe're not moving forward.
But what if you flip the script?
What if, with small daily stepsforward, you were able to then
(04:58):
see the obstacles as a learningmoment, a chance for you to
learn a new skill, uncover somenew information or research, and
then you're positioned tobetter execute the next steps
and deliver better results thanif you didn't have the challenge
at all?
I take small daily stepsforward to help me overcome
(05:18):
obstacles and challenges.
Remember work is what we do,it's not who we are.
This mantra is void of emotion,because when we are approaching
obstacles and challenges withemotion, things get messy.
And it's when we're faced withstruggles that the jerks start
showing up to the party,overthinking imposter syndrome,
(05:42):
feelings of less than and thosejerks are liars.
The truth is is that when we'refaced with obstacles and
challenges, we are in theresistance of growth.
We are learning, we areuncomfortable, and those are
surefire signs that we areoutside of our comfort zone.
So do not retreat, take abreath, observe the feeling and
(06:06):
say I take small daily stepsforward to help me overcome
obstacles and challenges.
This is where confidence comesfrom.
It comes from facing challengesand working them through.
To the other side, confidenceis doing it messy and learning
along the way, while lettingourselves off the hook for it
(06:27):
not being perfect.
Confidence is saying I don'tknow, let me find out, instead
of stumbling and feelinginferior and not knowing.
This mantra gives youpermission to fuck up.
Keep trying and celebrateyourself, because you have the
superpower needed to keep going.
I take small daily steps forwardto help me overcome obstacles
(06:51):
and challenges.
Now, that was a mantra.
Remember my friends, when we goto work, we are there to be of
service.
You have a special set ofskills and talents that help
move your work forward, but it'sokay to ask for more.
(07:14):
It's okay to ask that your job,your work, your project gives
back to you as well.
We are here on this earth notto work, but to serve and to
experience.
So be mindful, as you gothrough your day-to-day at work,
that you are squeezing all thejuice out of your experience,
that you can Sign up for theprofessional development.
(07:37):
Stretch yourself, volunteer, dothe presentation, reach out,
network and do what you can tomake sure that your work
experience is just as rich andfulfilling as your day-to-day
life.
I know when I was at the end ofmy time at Starbucks, I had this
feeling that I couldn't leave.
I know weird right, a hugemultinational, fortune 500
(07:58):
publicly traded company, and Ithought that they needed me and
what would they do if I wasn'tthere.
But the real question was whatwould I do if I wasn't there?
And the answer is a lot.
After 15 years, I had lost myspark and my passion for the
work and the company and I wastaking up the space of someone
(08:22):
who was willing to do what Iwasn't, which was trade my time
and health for success, which iswhat it would have taken from
me if I had stayed.
Then my very good friend Susieand I were talking and she said
you know what?
You never signed a contractsaying that you'd be there
forever or that you'd dedicateyour whole life to making other
people's dreams come true.
(08:42):
You do you your whole life tomaking other people's dreams
come true.
You do, you, and that inspiredme to take back my life, pursue
my passions and move to FranceNow.
Mojo doesn't only come when youblow up your life like that, and
that move is not for everyone.
However, if you are interested,I highly recommend it.
So, for more on the topic ofhow to bring your mojo to work,
(09:03):
we've coordinated a very specialsegment of Mojo on the Road,
this time with our good friendLeanne, who is my business
bestie and entrepreneurextraordinaire.
So, without further ado, let'sgo to Mojo on the Road.
Okay, let's get this going.
(09:31):
Here we are micing up.
You are attached to my scarf.
We are pocket full of Mojo onthe go.
You didn't get to hear the carstart and the car rattle because
we are pocket full of mojo onthe go.
You didn't get to hear the carstart and the car rattle because
we are in the company of a 21stcentury vehicle and the amazing
, the incomparable, the one andonly leanne ryan.
(09:54):
Leanne has been on the podcastbefore.
She has been our only guest.
She is a lot of things.
She's my bestie, she's my work.
Confidant, true, you're my workconfidant, we're work besties
yes, we're life besties.
We're rupaul's drag race besties, yes, and we're on the road.
(10:14):
We're taking a little road triptoday.
We just came from the marketand it was great and so now
we're RuPaul's Drag Race bestiesand we're on the road.
We're taking a little road triptoday.
We just came from the marketand it was great, and so now
we're gonna talk about Mojo onthe Road.
And who better to talk aboutthe business of Mojo than my
fellow entrepreneur, leanne Ryan?
Welcome to the podcast, hellowelcome back.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
thank you for having me, as, as usual, always an
honor.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
And your car doesn't rattle?
Tell me about that.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
How does.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
How does one have a?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
car Cause you just trade in the lease.
Follow us for more.
Follow us for more tips andtricks.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Tips and tricks on how to not have a rattling car.
Yeah, so we've got someupgraded audio and we're going
to have a really great upgradedconversation we're going to talk
today about take your mojo towork day, because some not
everybody loves their work.
I love my work.
Do you love your work?
I love my work.
Does that mean that it's easy?
(11:16):
Hell, no, absolutely not.
Hell, no, absolutely not Hell,no.
So where does Mojo come in?
That's what we're going to talkabout today.
You up for it.
I am Very much so Nice.
So Leanne and I have beenfriends for a really long time,
but we reconnected when I cameback to Canada and I was a shell
(11:40):
of a human and still step atyour core still my lovely step,
still your amazing step at yourcore and when you're around
amazing people, the amazingnesscomes through, and that's what
Leanne did for me.
She let my, she let my mojo comeout.
Don't cry, there's no crying onthis podcast no crying in
(12:02):
baseball.
Anybody's gonna cry on thispodcast.
It's gonna be me, all right nowthat we've laid the ground
rules.
Yeah, those are the rules of thepodcast, and we've both been
watching our dreams come true ina in a work context over the
last couple of years.
So let's dig into it.
Let's talk about mojo at work,and I specifically want to hear
(12:24):
from you, leanne, like themindset that was required to go
from the idea to now creeping inon your one year anniversary of
must have pockets the bestwomen's retail clothing store in
.
I'm gonna go for it.
The world.
You are.
(12:47):
You are very kind.
Thank you.
I'm a great hype man you are.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Well, you know, honestly, if, because I've
thought about this a lot in thesense that you know it's coming
up on the year and so obviouslyit's a time of reflection, and
so I would say that, if I boiledit down to like kind of one
thought is like when are yougoing to stop talking about it?
(13:13):
When are you going to stoptalking about it?
When are you going to startdoing it?
And if you really think aboutit, that that could be true for
anything.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
We were just talking about that.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Yes, and so I I think it was one of those things,
like you know, when you have athought and for me it was that
thought when am I going to stoptalking about it?
And that was the one thatreally hooked in.
Right and felt like it was thetipping point.
It was the tipping point to saylike I I do need to.
(13:43):
I need to either stop talkingabout it and just own where I
was right, because I wasn'tobviously happy where I was, but
it was to the point where itwas.
I either have to stop bitchingabout the work that I'm doing
currently and move on tosomething else, or I just need
to stop bitching right um and inthe case for me it was then I
(14:07):
need to move on to that otherthing, and that other thing for
me, luckily, was then taking thesteps into pursuing my
entrepreneurial career, and Ithink the thing and you always
knew what that was.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
You weren't like.
I'm going to be an entrepreneur.
I'm going to go shop around andsee what fits.
You would always been talkingabout having a shop with your
name on the door.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Yes, right, and and I think there was also a part of
that that was, you know, like Ijust I hadn't done enough
research.
I thought I had, but I reallyhadn't.
And so I think that's the otherthing that I would give as a
takeaway for someone else who'spursuing it is, by doing the
research, like I had taken thebusiness course, the Women's
(14:51):
Entrepreneurial Business Plancourse, and I got a lot of great
information from there, but Ididn't ask all the questions
that I was there, like, forexample, I knew I had to give my
own financial buy in.
That's all they said, and Inever asked how much.
Interesting, and that'sridiculous that I didn't ask
(15:11):
that question, because in myhead it's like $100,000.
It's like no, no, that wasn'tthe amount, yeah, but so I
should have just asked morequestions and as well, because
we're so confident in ourassumptions, yes, and we're
scared of looking like we don'tknow.
Looking like we don't know, andI think that was part of it too,
is you know?
(15:32):
And I also started like I foundsome people that I felt like I
could trust with the idea andfrom there I seeked out maybe
people that had more informationthan me, like, even though I
had experience in buying andexperience in corporate
experience with small business Ihad never owned a small brick
(15:55):
and mortar business yeah, you'dnever shopped for commercial
real estate, you never owned asmall brick and mortar business.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Yeah, you'd never shopped for commercial real
estate, you've never built awebsite, you'd never come up
with a marketing strategy, right?
So it would be really easy totalk yourself out of it, because
there's so much you don't know,and it doesn't take a lot of
research to come up with thatlist.
Our brains are really good athighlighting our deficits
sometimes.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Well, and I think so, my the other thing that I
started to do was to reallybreak down what those to do's
were seek out somebody that Icould talk to them about again,
a trusted source, or or somebodywhere I felt like I could share
this information with and theywouldn't make fun of me, they
(16:37):
would give me honest opinions,like all of those things, as
opposed to you know, um feelinglike I I didn't want to share
and then like feel like I wantedto take back my share moments.
Yeah, exactly so.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Um, so, yeah, I would .
So it was curiosity, it wasdetermination and it didn't.
And I think I've been thinkinga lot about the confidence
podcast that I did a few weeksago, which was lovely.
Well, thank you, one of myfaves so far.
And I keep getting remindedthat confidence isn't doing it
(17:13):
perfectly, it's not doing itright, necessarily.
Confidence is doing it anyway.
Confidence, yes, not knowingwhat you're doing, yeah, but
figuring it out.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Confidence is seeing the roadblock and being like,
hmm, I wonder how I'm gonna getover that yeah, confidence is
the willingness to try a hundredpercent, yes, and I'm not gonna
take credit for that, likesomeone's smart, someone said it
, but yeah, it's the willingnessto try, and so I think that's.
The other thing too is I'vealso been reflecting a lot on
(17:46):
like remember, how did we havethis?
We might have had this in theother.
The other time we recorded thepodcast was when we talk about
like if you see somebody thatgets up and does something and
they might not do it well orthey fail, and it's like well,
they did better than I could do,better than I could do, and so
I think that's the other thingtoo is that we're so, we're so
(18:09):
scared of failure, and so thenit just becomes a.
Then that becomes a barrier,yeah, and I really honestly
think that we just start rottingin our comfort zone.
Well, and we like, if you thinkabout it, if you look back on
some of your failures and Ithink part of it is is we all
(18:29):
think like well, what will otherpeople think?
Who?
Speaker 1 (18:32):
cares, who cares?
They're not thinking about you,and so I think that's the thing
is.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
We get so wrapped up in, oh my god, what will other
people think they might thinkabout it when they hear about it
for that moment and say like,oh, did you hear about Leanne?
She started a business and thenit failed and that'll be the
end of it?
Yeah, and then life will go on?
Will it be hard?
Like I'm not saying that, yeah,shame is a real thing, shame is
a real thing.
Or, like I also don't tominimize, like if somebody
(18:58):
started something and thenperhaps, like you know it,
drained their bank account.
I don't want to.
No, nobody wants that, nobodywants that for anybody, but I I
just mean like, if you trysomething, at least you tried,
yeah, man, and we just don't getenough credit for that.
What if yeah?
Speaker 1 (19:14):
What if?
What if it works?
You meet some amazing people.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
What if?
Speaker 1 (19:17):
you're actually really good at this.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
What if?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
you end up, you know, creating an empire.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
I was listening to a podcast with I think it was like
Tom Selleck, oh, and he wasjust like, well, if this doesn't
work out, I'll figure it likeI'll find something else.
Yeah, and then he became Tommotherfucking Selleck.
You know and imagine if he didend up just like working at a
garage.
He would be robbed of magnum pi, yeah, and short shorts, those
(19:47):
short shorts, that hawaiiandream you know, so fun is that
even living is that if?
Speaker 2 (19:56):
we don't have.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Yeah, I agree the reference point of magnum pi and
everything amazingly came afterand that iconic mustache.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Like I can't live in that world, no but I, I so, to
pick back up, I think I thinkthat's the thing is like.
We really are like shame, allof it, embarrassment, whatever
we want to say, but I think itreally is like a, it is a huge
limiting belief.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
And even I remember, I remember telling you, it's
fear, right, and the antidote tofear is action, yes, and action
doesn't have any emotionattached to it.
It's not good, it's not bad.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
You know, know, we assign happy action or sad
action, or absence of action,based on a feeling, but that's
where we're overthinking thingswell, and I think as well, like
um, I know sometimes for myselfI think this happens every week
where I'm like I'm gonna lose 10pounds and then I tell my
(20:56):
husband and then like so, don'tbuy cookies, ice cream, whatever
.
And then like you know.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
And then snack attack Leanne, and then a real pissed
at that.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
So I think we also get wrapped up in like like well
, like I said before, if I, if Isay I'm gonna do it, am I gonna
do it.
So I remember sitting down oractually I remember telling like
two different groups ofgirlfriends and kind of thinking
, like am I going to say thisout loud?
And I remember even saying tothem, like I'm saying this out
(21:28):
loud, like this is a thing I amprotecting what I'm about to say
.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
But also just like I'm really going to actually put
it out into the world and I'mgoing to announce it.
And when I announce it, Iwanted to make sure that I there
was like a little bit ofparameters.
Like I'm working on thebusiness plan, I have a meeting
at Women's Enterprise Center,I've secured, like my I don't
know my commercial, uh, realestate agent, like those things
(21:53):
where there was also some like,don't bombard me with a million
questions about what my paintcolor is going to be, because
I'm at step one and a half.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Yeah, and that's a step seven question.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
But there was also the part where at least I was
also saying, like I didn't sayto them, I'm thinking about
opening a clothing store.
It was within the actions thathad already been taken.
Yes, when I made theannouncement, um, because I
wanted to make sure that.
Like so, the very first thingthat I did and I would recommend
(22:24):
this to anyone who's wanting togo into business is do some
comp shopping and see what's outthere and go and explore and
ask questions.
Like so, do your research firstand then because I think
sometimes too and I would evenrecommend this for anybody who's
looking like maybe you want tobecome a nurse go talk to
(22:45):
another nurse.
Yeah, Talk to 10 nurses.
Talk to 10 nurses and just andand see if talk to former nurses
yeah, Like all of the thingsdoing it anymore.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, absolutely, and I think what I really love
about your journey throughentrepreneurship is your
confidence comes from how wellyou know yourself, like you knew
that this was right for you,because it's.
It's in your DNA, it's in yourhardwiring, it shows up in all
(23:17):
the jobs that you've had priorto this one, but now you're
doing this on your own terms,yes, and you didn't have to be
like oh, it sounds like a goodidea and something I might like.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
You're like no, I actually can't finish this life
without opening my own storewell, and it's actually funny in
in the last few weeks, um, inthis store I've caught myself
where I'm like I'm a really goodsalesperson and I know the
funny thing self-talk rightthere.
Well, and the funny thing is Ialso think that, like 20 years
(23:49):
ago, I felt like there was a lotof let's say, a lot of shame in
making that proclamation Likeall I am as a salesperson.
Now I really really do wear itwith a badge of shame in making
that proclamation like all I amis a salesperson.
Now I really really do wear itwith a badge of honor,
especially in the sense that Ifeel like it's kind of a lost
art.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
No, you're there to create experience.
Exactly, which is why I thinkyou know that's a big key to
your success too is that you'renot transactional, you're
experiential, yes, and that youknow when you weave yourself
into your work, whether it iswhether your name's on the door
or not.
I think that's what we're hereto do.
(24:27):
I think that's what we'rebecause it's not about because I
don't want to come, you to comeon and listen to this podcast
and think that I'm trying totell you that the solution is be
your own boss, and that's foreveryone, and that's how you
know.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
That's not no, that's not it entrepreneurship is
absolutely not for everyone.
It isn't, and.
I have a lot, I have a lot morerespect for that now, too sure,
in the sense that I thinkeverybody thinks that wouldn't
you want to be your own boss andI?
I get that there's a certainromance to it, but some people
you know what they don't.
Yeah, they not.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Everybody is built that way, yeah and it's a really
specific skill set and we don'tall have to be the same.
Happiness doesn't look the sameon everybody, no, it doesn't.
I did really well.
Having a boss.
I really loved it.
In fact, not having a boss isone of my least favorite things
about being an entrepreneur.
I like being told what to doand doing a good job at it and
(25:23):
having someone lay out thosesteps for me.
But we, you know, we figure itout Right and you know, I think
when it, when I think about kindof that moment where the rubber
met the road and you went toyour friends and you said this
is what I'm doing.
I'm doing this, I'm doing itfor myself, I'm doing it because
(25:43):
I've always wanted to.
What was their reaction?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Everyone was ridiculously supportive and they
were oh my God, tell me more,what is it going to look like?
And ask questions.
And, and it was look like andask questions, and, and it was,
I think, because, as well, ofcourse, they knew that I wasn't
happy where I was and I hadn'tbeen happy in a long time, sure,
(26:08):
and so, um for me that I don'tthink the happiness had to do
with not, um, pursuing the dream, it just I was in the wrong
place, right, and I think all ofthose things had to happen for
me to get to where I am today.
So I don't want to discount theexperiences that I had in my
(26:29):
corporate career.
They all taught me something ohmy God, that's everything, it
is everything.
And so that's where I thinkthat, again, when it comes to
people's personal experiencesand there's nothing wrong with
taking the time and, you know,doing the job, whatever it might
(26:51):
be a side hustle and I do thinkthat the other thing that I
feel a little embarrassed aboutcurrently is I still lack
confidence when it comes tospeaking with other, like
boutique owners specifically,because I kind of feel like I'm
(27:15):
despite the fact that I've hadyears of experience in the
corporate world.
I don't have years ofexperience as an entrepreneur,
so I kind of feel like I can'tbe a part of the cool girls club
the ones that have owned thesebusinesses for right years
because I haven't earned aveteran.
Yeah, I'm not a street friendyeah, yeah, kind of like looping
(27:37):
all the way back to the mojo,um mojo in the workplace of look
with like, the good, with thebad, and can you handle the bad,
like, for example, um, everyonetold me who I talked to, where
there's been uh like people whohad brick and mortar.
(27:58):
Uh, they would say, like youhave to be prepared for $0 days,
and so I was like, yep, okay,got it, and you gross.
No, thank you.
Yeah, and like so, and I'm notgoing to be arrogant enough to
say that I it'll never, it'llnever happen.
I've had them, I've 100% hadthem.
(28:18):
And so I remember, like the day, the first day that that
happened, I was like okay, sitin this, like sit in this
discomfort, yes, but also shakeit off like it won't.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
tomorrow could be a huge day, you can visit this
place.
Yeah, you don't get to livehere.
No, um, this doesn't mean thattomorrow you close your doors.
And I I saw this really greatinterview with an olympian who
was saying that she was workingwith her mentor and coach and
they were trying this one thing.
I think she was a long, uh long, jumper.
(28:54):
Okay, she was working on thisone piece with her coach and
he's like okay, how does it feel?
And she's like not great.
And he's like okay.
He's like well, that's the lawof thirds for you, okay what's
the law of?
thirds, and he said well, whenyou're working on anything, you
won't be a hundred percentfeeling good about it all the
(29:15):
time.
Thirty percent of the timeyou're gonna feel good about it.
Thirty percent of the time it'snot gonna feel good at all.
Thirty percent of the time it'sjust going to feel good about
it.
30% of the time it's not goingto feel good at all.
30% of the time it's just goingto kind of feel okay and that
means that things are in balancewith regards to that specific
activity.
And I guess you can look atthat in life in general, because
if everything's easy all thetime, maybe you need to look at
(29:39):
how hard you're pushing yourself.
Maybe you need to see where inthe areas are that you can grow.
If things are hard all the time, maybe you need to get on a
different bus right, and so it'sthat it's tapping to that into
that awareness and givingyourself that grace that
sometimes there's gonna be highs, there's gonna be lows, and
(29:59):
this is just gonna be a low day.
This is gonna be a day thatyour exercise or your, your runs
don't feel that great.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
That just means that you can check that off your list
of things to do, that you'vehad a bad day because they're
going to be there.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Well and I think that was the thing too is that
understanding that the bad dayswill be there Like cause, it is
like the.
The takeaway as well forentrepreneurship is the highs
are amazing highs and the lowsare like valley lows.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Because it's wrapped in your identity when you're an
entrepreneur, because your nameis on everything.
Yes, and so protecting thatself-worth piece is so important
.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Very much so.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
I'm still an amazing entrepreneur and I had a $0 day.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
Yeah.
Or like you know, someone leftme a bad review, or yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
When you're in business.
I think if you want to show upand have credibility and
authority, then you need toreally be in tune with your
message, whether that's in theboardroom, working for someone
else in a corporate environment.
You need you need to be able toshow up as authentically if you
want to be taken seriously, ifyou want to be considered for
(31:13):
the promotion.
Um, but living on the otherside of fear, where you're
letting kind of your conditionsand your environment and the
expectations dictate how youshow up, then there's some
tweaks that need to be done andsome some reflection that you
get to do in this life becausewe get to change our mind we
(31:34):
don't have to work at the sameplace for 45 years like our
parents did no, and I think, um,and here's the thing that I do
want to at least give credit toour parents generation is there
is nothing wrong with that, ifthat's what you, oh my god no.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
I think it's amazing.
I think it's amazing too, and Iand I think for some reason
it's lost its credibility.
But we won't go down that path.
Today, I do think as well, um,like, in terms of at least
showing up every day, beingpresent every day.
It's no different than, kind of, when I talk about the be
beautiful, be intentional sideof it is that it's like I can be
(32:13):
dressed to the nines every day,do my hair and makeup, but if
I'm walking into wherever I'mwalking in with shitty mojo,
that follows you too, you bet.
And so I think that that's thepart like I guess that
ultimately, we're trying to talkabout here and the mojo at work
but it's the mojo anywhere isthat if I'm just going to be
constantly walking around withthat I don't know monkey on my
(32:35):
back, let's say, with a graycloud over your head, yeah, yeah
.
Then I've already given up.
I haven the gray cloud overyour head, yeah, yeah.
Then then I've already given up.
I haven't even left the houseand I've already given up.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Yeah, so I think.
And then don't be surprisedwhen the world meets you there
exactly and you get the parkingticket and the bill comes
overdue and you know what?
I mean, like there there is aripple effect to that.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
There is, uh, that is a vibrational frequency and I
think um, oh, my god, I'm sohungry I'm so glad we're here
the roasted nomad.
I'm so excited, we're soexcited for you.
Speaker 1 (33:07):
Coffee and more I will have, the more please yeah,
we're gonna have one ofeverything I think I want.
Did we have a good talk abouttaking mojo?
we so did I think so, mygoodness.
Let's give a shout out toroasted nomad.
We're super proud of you foropening this up.
You took a classic diner andyou're keeping it alive, and you
(33:29):
did it on your own, so highfives to you for doing that.
Shout out to Leanne and musthave pockets.
Check the links in the shownotes and buy something online,
cause that those clothes areamazing and we're gonna go fill
our faces with some breakfast.
Yay, awesome.
Thank you for being on thispodcast.
Thank you for having me allright, we're gonna send it back
(33:51):
to the studio.
Ciao for now.
And that was Pocketful of MojoRoad Trip Edition.
Tune in next week for a veryspecial episode where we take
(34:12):
this international.
That's right, I'm going to becoming to you direct from France
and sharing more mojo magicwith you, if I can find a spare
moment between shoving my facewith croissants and cheese.
But seriously, thanks fortuning in and I hope this helped
you tap into some of that mojoof yours, because you're worth
it, baby.
And in the meantime, if youfeel like your mojo could use a
(34:35):
tune-up, I've gotten up withlots of ways that we could do
this again sometime.
Make sure you take a coupleminutes to subscribe to the
podcast, and extra good juju toyou if you leave a review.
Follow me on Instagram for dailymantras and affirmations at
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likes and the comments.
(34:56):
I am a recovering peoplepleaser, after all, so you know
it means the world when you do.
And look, you found me at thevery beginning of all things
mojo, and there's so much coolstuff on the way.
All of the links are found inthe show notes, so please go
have a look, because I meanyou're here anyway, right, and
while you're at it, share thisepisode with a friend.
(35:17):
Not only is it good for yourkarma, but it will also give you
something to discuss when yougo on your next awareness walk
together.
So be sure to tune in next weekand until then, stay classy,
stay kind and put love ineverything you do.
Ciao for now.
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