October 31, 2024 • 38 mins
Can you imagine managing not just one, but five different businesses while homeschooling your children and still finding time for personal growth? Meet Billie Sharp, a remarkable entrepreneur from Australia whose journey from aspiring plastic surgeon to dynamic business mogul is nothing short of inspiring. Her ventures span a variety of industries, including a coaching business, a marketing agency, a handyman electrical service, a cleaning and maintenance company, and a groundbreaking scheduling app. Billie’s story is about more than just entrepreneurial success; it’s about a profound commitment to empowering others by addressing local market needs and seizing organic opportunities as they arise.
Throughout our conversation with Billie, we dive into the transition from corporate life to entrepreneurship and the perpetual journey of self-discovery that fuels her success. She candidly shares the challenges of maintaining authenticity amidst societal pressures and the crucial role that mindset plays in personal and professional growth. We discuss the power of coaching and the importance of aligning personal goals with business strategies, emphasizing that true change is an individual responsibility. Billie’s insights remind us that while success is subjective, maintaining a positive outlook and focusing on self-alignment are key components in defining our own narratives.
Freedom and fun are at the heart of Billie's philosophy, as she reflects on the ultimate liberty of choosing how we spend our time. Our discussion ventures into balancing work and leisure, the resilience needed to overcome adversity, and the strength found in teamwork and delegation. Billie's journey exemplifies the power of kindness and choice, underscoring that our past does not dictate our future. This episode is a testament to the endless possibilities that come with determination, vision, and a mindset focused on empowerment and resilience. Join us as we explore these profound themes and more with Billie Sharp.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back.
This is Julie Baranek, host ofthe 7 Figure Builder Show, and
I'm here today with my friend,Billie Sharp.
Hey, Billie, Hi, how are yougoing?
I am fabulous and you arejoining us from the other side
of the world.
I am All the way in Australia,I love it and I know you've got
amazing expertise.
We're going to dig in today,but over 70,000 dedicated
(00:23):
followers.
We're going to dig in today,but over 70,000 dedicated
followers, accolades from over300 media outlets, and you are
on a mission to empowerentrepreneurs, especially women.
So, tell us a bit about what itis that you do and what lights
you up in this.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yes, absolutely.
So I actually own fivebusinesses.
One of them is my coachingbusiness, where I do public
speaking and business coaching,and then I also own a marketing
agency, a handyman electricalbusiness, a cleaning and
maintenance business, and we'rebuilding a scheduling app for
service-based businesses.
So, we keep very, very, verybusy, but what lights me up at
(01:00):
the core of every singlebusiness is we help people.
That's ultimately what we do.
Um, if I looked back, when Iwas in school, my whole life I
told everyone that I wanted tobe a plastic surgeon because I
wanted to go and travel to thirdworld countries and help
disadvantaged children.
Like that's what I reallyreally wanted to do, and I had
(01:22):
some unfortunate things happenearly on in my life and that
never eventuated.
And what's really interestingnow is when I look back at that.
At the core, I just wanted tohelp people, and that's still
what I'm doing today.
So it's really interesting thatI never really veered that far
off my path.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah, absolutely, and you're right in all of those
it's helping people and helpingpeople to enhance their lives,
right, yeah, that's awesome.
So talk to us about you knowthere's a varied pathways there
in those different businessventures, but they're also very
connected so what's with the?
Different businesses and how dothey all relate?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
So they don't necessarily relate.
When I first went into businessbusiness, I started with my
coaching business with just theaim in my local town.
At the time I was living in asmall country town and I could
see businesses closing and Iknew that I had the expertise to
help them grow and stay open.
And I was talking like mum anddad, small businesses and that's
(02:21):
, and that's what I'd done mywhole career.
So that's where I started.
And then all of my clients weresaying to me like, who does
your marketing, who does yourwebsite, who does your logo, all
of that stuff.
And I was like, well, I do that.
And they said, can you do itfor me?
And I was like, no, I wouldn'thave the time to coach if I did
(02:45):
that.
And then I tried to collaboratewith other agencies and they
just I felt like they wereletting my clients down and then
I felt bad about that.
So then I just brought on asubcontractor to start, just a
freelancer, to kind of help meout.
And yeah, and then it justevolved so naturally and so
(03:07):
organically, um, over the lastfive years, which has been
amazing, um, and so, yeah, westarted with like a freelancer
and now we have five full-timestaff in the agency.
So, yeah, it's absolutely great.
Um, and then yeah, yeah, justfrom there.
I guess seeing gaps in the localmarket is what really drives me
(03:31):
.
So there's a huge gap here for,like, handyman and electrical.
There's like a lot ofrenovations happen in our area,
so that's how that began, and myhusband's also a high voltage
electrician.
So in Australia you need tohold a special type of ticket to
have that type of business.
So very fortunate that he holdsthat ticket so we could do that
(03:54):
.
And then the yard maintenanceand cleaning business.
It actually came up for saleand they were a business I'd
used before for my yard and whenI spoke to the owner, basically
she was just like if I don'tsell it in the next 30 days, I'm
closing it.
The staff lose their jobs, likeI'm done.
And I felt really just bad forthe staff.
(04:16):
I was like these people they'renot going to have a job in 30
days.
I can't imagine what that feelslike.
Just to be like in 30 days time, if this business doesn't sell,
you're out on your own, like.
So I said to my husband like weshould buy this business and he
was like no, we shouldn't.
Yes, we should.
And, um, I explained everythingto him and he was like does it
(04:39):
really matter what I say?
I feel like you're just goingto do it anyway.
I am Kind of I am.
So, yeah, we did that and thenthrough that, we were using
scheduling apps and because westarted with three staff when we
bought the business and now wehave 20 in 12 months so it's
gone quite quickly and thescheduling systems that are
(05:02):
available to us, we just feellike they're really falling flat
, and if they're falling flatfor us, I know that means
they're falling flat foreveryone.
So, yeah, we're at the finalstages of the app at the moment
and then we'll test it in-housefor six months and then we'll go
to market with it.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Wow, that's pretty amazing.
So you're bored, is what I'mhearing, right.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yeah, I'm always really bored.
We also homeschool.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Oh, my, is what I'm hearing, right?
Yeah, I'm always really bored.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
We also homeschool.
Oh my goodness.
I know it's really interesting,though, because I think for me
I went to like a public school.
I lived in a small town, I grewup in a small town, I went to
work straight from school, andyou just taught to conform like
(05:48):
constantly taught to conformlike.
Constantly taught to conform.
Like I was listening.
I was um watching a show theother day and had dilly partners
like nine till five right and Iwas like it's so true, though,
and I was singing um workingfour till two, because I I start
work at 4am but I finish at 2pm.
That that's just.
I like that, so it works for me.
But because I'm not conforminganymore.
(06:08):
But when you've conformed forso long, it's not easy to stop
conforming.
So, although, like, when I meetpeople for the first time,
they're like you're so busy,like you know, why would you
homeschool, why would you takeon all this exercise, I'm like,
yeah, but in our life, like,although we are busy, people
(06:29):
like there's no doubt about that, but it never feels stressful
or chaotic or you know, it'svery easy for us, and I think
that's what's really importantis what works for you.
And it's not easy to stopconforming like I'm still, I
still conform, but I'm like why?
(06:50):
Why am I doing this?
Why because society tells youit's wrong.
Society tells me that I'm notsupposed to be this successful
and this happy, wet, doing whatI'm doing.
They're like you should beburnt out and tired and cranky
all the time and you know, notenjoying your life, and I'm just
doing the complete opposite,which is really it's a mind fuck
(07:13):
at the end of the day.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
It is.
So let's talk about that,though, like what.
What have you found are thesecrets to that and what has
made it work really well, reallywell for you guys.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Yeah, I think it's going to sound super cliche, but
really understanding andknowing what you want is really
important, because people willsay that this is what they want.
Right, and it could be becauseyou're in a marriage or you live
in a certain suburb or any ofthose types of things and you
think that's what you want.
(07:43):
But what I would say is does itset your soul on fire, like,
does it actually like, make yougenuinely like giddy, happy
inside?
And when I ask my people,they're like no, like I'm like
do you like your job?
They're like yeah, I love myjob.
I'm like okay, so would youquit if you won the lotto?
They're're like yes, I'm likeokay, so you don't love your job
(08:04):
.
Like and this is what I don'tquite understand so, like, if
you, I think you've always gotto say to yourself, like, if I
won the lotto, would I live inthis house?
If, like, what would change forme?
Like what?
What type of life would I livedifferently?
And it's not about the money,right, people will say but if I
(08:26):
had that much money, I would dothose things.
And I'm like but it's not,because those fundamental things
about you don't change.
That is who you are like welive on acreage 30, I think,
it's like 30 kilometers or 20kilometers from from Australia's
third largest city, and people,like all of my friends and
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family, were like you're insane,who, why do you want to live on
acreage?
And I was like because I lovecamping, like I love the
outdoors, I love going to thecity and I love fine dining and
I love all these amazing things,but at the core, like I love
just being able to go for a walkaround my backyard, like that's
who I am, um and like, butthat's not what all of my
(09:08):
friends would have chose to do,right?
So I again, I I'm going againstthat normal grain and I think
that's really important becauseit's not about them.
They don't have to come andlive in my house, they don't,
you know.
I literally, and I think what'sreally interesting for people is
I went from this huge,beautiful, stunning mansion it
was like five bedrooms, threebathrooms it was absolutely
(09:30):
amazing Pillows, like beautifulhome, but I hated it.
It felt really cold andclinical to me, like it didn't
feel like a home.
And now our home is like builtin the eighties.
It's super old.
And now our home is like builtin the 80s.
It's super old, needs to berenovated.
Um, it's like four bedrooms,like it's not big enough for us
(09:51):
at all.
Um, like, but I love it, like,absolutely love it.
I just it feels like home and Ithink that's the difference.
Like I could have stayed in themansion, but it it wasn't me,
it wasn't who I am, and it'sokay to say that's not who I am,
right as long as, because whenyou do that, you will be happier
(10:11):
.
People around you becomehappier.
They might feel or saydifferent things at the start,
but when they can see thatyou're truly happy, they start
to get on board.
They're like okay, no, you diddo that for you.
It's like yes, yes, I did.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yeah, yeah, I know, and I love that question of like
, if whatever would change inyour life, what would you do?
Because it helps you look at it, look at your situation through
a different lens, not just whatdo I have to do now, you know,
am I truly happy doing this, orif I had the opportunity, I'd be
doing something completelydifferent.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
And it's really interesting for me because, like
, I play the same game withmyself, right, because although
I have seven figure businesses,like if I want $50 million
tomorrow, does that change mylife?
And I look at my house and Ithink the only thing I really
want is a view right, like abeautiful view of like mountains
type thing.
And so I told my husband thatand he was like, okay, well, why
(11:05):
don't we go for a drive andfind a house with a view?
And I was like, okay, let's dothat.
So we went for this drive andwe found these houses with the
view.
And he was like, we can sellour house and buy any of these
houses if you wanted.
And I was like, okay, like, andI was really like playing into
the idea.
But then any of the houses witha view didn't have a usable
backyard, like it was all verylike downhill slope.
(11:26):
They're on a hill, right, likewell, that's the reason they
have the view.
It was like that's what you'recompromising with, and I was
like I really have to thinkabout this now.
I'm not sure I want a view, soyou know.
But to have that thought and belike, okay, well, that's what I
want.
He's like okay, so you know.
(11:49):
But to have that thought and belike, okay, but that's what I
want, is like okay, let's go fora drive and see if that's what
you really want like, go downthe path.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Is that really what you want?
No, okay, that's fine, comeback, try something else.
Yeah, now, and it's great tohave a partner with you know,
your husband that will do thatwith you.
And kind of walk through thatlife experience and that
situational like is thisactually what we want?
Let's go explore.
And maybe it's not, and itgives you more peace that where
I'm at is exactly where I'msupposed to be.
Yeah, exactly.
And I'm curious do you see thesame thing play out with your
(12:14):
clients, or how does thatrelationship work out?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
I see the same thing with my clients.
A lot Like most of them comefrom corporate careers or still
are working corporate careerswhile they're trying to become
entrepreneurs.
And again, it's really hard tostop conforming, especially if
you're still having that career,because I'm telling you not to
conform, like all entrepreneursare telling you not to conform.
(12:39):
But then you're being draggedevery day to conform.
So that's very confusing andconflicting in your brain, um,
but it all just starts withbeing true to yourself and I
think people really strugglewith that just in general.
And you're not obviously goingto be the same person you were
when you're 15, 20, 30, 40, 50,like you are going to change as
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a person, but I don't think thefundamental stuff changes unless
you've been through somethingquite traumatic and then you're
just becoming a whole new you.
But I see people on a journeyof self-discovery all the time
and I think the other importantthing to note is it doesn't end
Like you're constantly having towork on yourself and be the
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best version of you.
I have seen psychologists andpsychiatrists and wellness
people and holistic people forprobably almost 18 years now
even more than that on aconsistent basis, and what's
really interesting to me is evensometimes when I think I've
dealt with something, it comesback and you've just got to keep
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working on it and showing upfor yourself.
I think that's the mostimportant thing.
Like I don't show up every dayfor my clients, I show up every
day for me.
I don't show up for my daughter, I don't show up for my husband
.
I just show up for me and Iknow that by doing that,
everyone else around me is goingto be okay, and I think that's
another thing like that to a lotof people.
(14:06):
I'd be like that's selfish.
I'm like, yeah, well, you needto be selfish because nobody's
looking out for you more thanyou can, nobody's going to come
and save you, nobody comes tofix your problems.
Like, even if you hire a coach,you're the one that does the
work.
Like your coach can guide youand advise you and help you,
give you strategies, all ofthose things, but you fix your
problems.
You're the only person that canfix your life.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Yeah Well, and you're the one that has to stay
consistent to it.
So, even if they walk youthrough to that point of okay,
now I've gone through whateverhurdle, you're the one that
carries it forward.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
And I always tell my clients as well, like at any
point.
I'm like if I tell you to dosomething and you don't agree
with it or you don't like it orit doesn't sit well with you,
you need to tell me that because, at the end of the day, we're
going to part ways at some pointand you're left with whatever
we created.
And if you hate what we'vecreated, I haven't done my job.
So it's really important that ifI tell you to do something,
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you're like, yeah, I went to doit and it just it turned my
stomach Like it made me feelreally ick inside.
Then we do something else, Likethere's other options.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Yeah, for sure.
And what are the we'll say gapsbut that you found yourself or
that you see with clients inyour journey to seven figures?
Can you talk to us about whatthat looked like?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
The gaps?
Yeah, I think it varies forevery single person and it's
definite, like it's mindset, andunderstanding what that means
for you and understanding whatsuccess is for you, because
there's going to be people thatfeel successful maybe once
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they've reached six figures,right, and that's all they need,
or it's a certain car, or it'sthat they don't have to work as
many hours.
Every person's version ofsuccess is so very, very, very
different.
So the first thing isunderstanding what you actually
want to achieve, so that you cancreate goals to get there.
And I feel like that's wherethe gaps start to show, because
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then, depending on the goal, alot of people will be like I
want to make seven figures,right, and I'm like, okay, cool,
how much money are you making?
Right now I'm making fourfigures.
I'm like, okay, that's great,that's a big jump, like you know
.
Four to seven, like that's notgoing to happen overnight.
But we live in such a world ofinstant gratification that
(16:30):
they're like well, all theadvertising says that I can be
successful tomorrow.
I'm like, okay, well, that'scool, go spend your money with
those people because I don'tthink that you can.
There's very few people in thisworld that have the ability to
turn a business around in 30days and actually start making
money off it.
And then, even if you do havethe ability, do you want to
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commit the time that that'sgoing to take?
Because that's the other thingI find is, people will say they
want to do everything, but then,when it comes to the crunch and
I'm like, okay, well, you'vegot to turn Netflix off tonight
and you've actually got to work,they're like, no, I like
watching Netflix.
I'm like, okay, well then,that's fine, you can watch
Netflix.
I'm all for that, but yourtimeline extends.
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But there's a sacrifice ineverything we do.
The benefit is, you get tochoose what that sacrifice is.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Absolutely, and how?
How does mindset play into that, as people are overcoming
different hurdles in theirjourney?
Speaker 2 (17:28):
I think mindset's different for everyone.
If you've got mental healthissues, there's a bigger part to
play there and I think it needsto be tackled on more fronts.
But I think understandingmindset and making it work for
you because, like I rememberwhen I first started and
somebody said you just manifestlike a million dollars I I
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should say I can't remember whatexactly was, but it was that
you just manifest it and I waslike no, you don't, you work
hard and you get that thing.
Like that is telling people youjust think about something, can
you get it?
That is absolutely ludicrous.
But then over time I realized,like that's not what people are
saying, like that's not whatmanifestation actually is.
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The idea behind manifestation isthat you believe something so
much so and change the languagearound what you're thinking
about to the point that yourmind starts to believe it.
You're starting to trick yourbrain and from a psychological
perspective that's fantastic,because what we do as humans is
our brains are wired to remembernegative thoughts.
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So if somebody tells you you'rebeautiful, 20 times 20
different people tell you you'rebeautiful and then one person
says, oh, your bum doesn't lookquite good in those jeans, right
?
All you're going to rememberwhen you put those jeans on next
time is does my bum look funnyin these jeans?
Not the other 20 people thattold you you're beautiful.
And I think what people don'tunderstand is mindset's about
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changing that thought right.
It's about making sure we'refocusing on the 20 people and
not on the one using differentlanguage around.
That it's not hippy-dippy,right.
People think like mindset isjust like this woo-woo thing.
It's not it dippy, right it's.
People think like mindset isthis like this woo woo thing?
It's not.
It's very, very clinical,psychological.
But for some people thoseholistic approach works a lot
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better because that's where theyconnect emotionally, whereas
other people it's going to be ascientific approach that
connects better.
So you've got to find whatworks for you.
There's so many differentpeople out there.
For me I sit somewhere in themiddle, like I'm a bit woo-woo,
but I'm very like logical andscientific as well, and my
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husband did science atuniversity, so in our household
it's very science-based.
But even I can see him likehe's the same, like if you had
have said 10 years ago likelet's manifest, or like let's
talk about this, or let's saylike that business is successful
when it's not because it'sgoing to be.
I know it's going to be, andhe's like no, no, we can't do
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that and it's really hard forhim.
Even still, because I'm likeevery time you start to speak
negatively about moneysurrounding one specific
business, it flows on toeverything else.
I'm like you literally diminishall the other success we've
created because one businessisn't doing well or as well as
you'd expected.
So it's important to be likeokay, but these are the goals,
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this is what we're achieving andthat's what we're working
towards.
Don't worry about what'shappening right now.
That is what we're achievingand that's what we're working
towards.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Don't worry about what's happening right now.
That's what we're workingtowards, yeah, and to that point
, you can't do it alone, right?
So how?
How have you been able to buildteams to, you know, have
success in all these differentcompanies at the same time?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah.
So I think staff are the mostimportant thing to me because
they they literally run my lifeand without them I have nothing
Like I genuinely have nothing,and I think that's what a lot of
business owners don'tunderstand.
They build businesses forthemselves and really keep
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themselves in the business.
If I did that, I wouldn't beable to continue to buy and
build businesses.
So for me it's really importantthat a business can run without
me and have.
We have business managers inplace in each of those sectors
and we just meet with them.
Mostly we still meet with allthe staff.
We have staff meetings andthings like that.
(21:27):
We have staff meetings andthings like that.
But it's about finding theright people and listening to
them about what they need andwhat they want.
A lot of people will say I don'thave the budget, right, I don't
have the budget to employsomeone.
I hear that a lot and I justthink that you don't have the
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budget to not employ someone.
So and it's about what theywant so we just bought um on a
contracts lawyer from tesco overin the uk and she's living in
australia now and um like peoplelike, oh, she must be on like
hundreds of thousands of dollarsa year and I was like, well,
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she's not she.
I think she's on like 70,000,which in Australia is a really,
really, really low wage now, butshe gets to work from home
around her three children.
Right, she was like I've neverhad a job offer me that type of
flexibility before.
So for her, and she didn't wantthe stress, she didn't want to
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be and she really wanted to besupported by another woman that
understood motherhood, becauseit's tough being a working mom,
right, early mornings, latefinishes, school drop-offs, all
of these different things.
And I create flexible workingarrangements for as many of my
staff as I can and we employ alot of moms.
So for us, even with thecleaners and things like that,
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we allow them so that they candrop their kids at school, pick
their kids up from school.
You know, those types of thingshave different hours on school
holidays, all of those types ofthings, because that's what's
important to them.
So it's not about money, right,you've got to find what's
important to your staff.
Some people want growth, somepeople want to grow within the
business.
Some people might want a fancycar or just a car.
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They can't afford a car,whatever it is.
You've really got to look ateach person as individuals and
work out what they want.
And once they're happy, theirproductivity is so much higher
anyway.
And then you're getting morebang for your buck.
Like people just don't theyemploy based on a box.
Again, you've got to not conformand be like, okay, just because
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it hasn't.
People will say, well, we'vedone it for 50 years and it's
worked.
It hasn't worked.
Mental health has never been sohigh.
People are so burnt out.
They're so tired.
Like I can't imagine getting upat six o'clock in the morning
to get.
Try and get all your kids readyfor school, get them to the
school, go to work all day.
They go to after school care.
(23:55):
You come back, you pick them up, you've got to get them to all
their sports.
You do dinner, all of thisstuff, and then you might see
your husband for 30 minutes andthen it's like, ok, well, good
night.
Everyone.
Like that's not living.
And another day, yeah, and everysingle day.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Yeah, absolutely, and I think that's critical all of
it, but critical.
To ask your employees like whatis what is important to you?
Right, like most employersdon't ask other than can you do
this job?
Do you have the skill set?
Are you available these hours?
Okay, go.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Yeah, I've got one staff member and she runs the
marketing agency for me and sheworks like at night, which is
really weird, like I'm such amorning person and she works
like at night, which is reallyweird.
Like I'm such a morning person,but she works at night and, um,
she always has.
And she messaged me because shedoesn't usually get online
until after midday and but wehave clients from all around the
(24:54):
world, so for me it doesn'tbother me at all.
I'm like, okay, well, as far asI'm concerned, they get a
24-hour service now, because youwant to work at night, whatever
yeah um, but a clientcomplained about not being able
to reach her in the morning.
I was like she didn't finishtill 6 am, like um, and then she
was in bed.
Literally she had just gone tobed and then like, do I need to
(25:17):
change my working hours?
Blah, blah, blah, like she wasso upset about it and I was like
, oh no, no, I was like if, ifthey have a problem, they can go
and find another agency.
Like I'm not, like that's notokay.
I'm like my staff.
Like literally, I have onechild, but my staff to me are
like my children.
Without them I have nobusinesses, I have nothing, and
(25:39):
I think you need to recognizethat as a business owner.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Yeah, and that's very humbling to realize that and to
like, really own that conceptand to then to function that way
right With your team.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
And that's like people like you lead from the
front.
I'm like, no, I don't.
I just I know that I inspirethem.
I know that I, but it's becauseof how I am with them.
I'm no better than they are andI think that's that's the
biggest thing.
Like we might might live indifferent houses, go on
different holidays, havedifferent cars, but at the end
of the day, it's because I madecertain choices in life that
(26:15):
they all still have the optionto make.
But being an entrepreneur isn'tfor everyone.
Not everybody wants to take therisk, and that's okay.
Their hearts couldn't handle it.
But for me it's fun andenjoyable and I love it.
And if I can support as manypeople along the way, that's
like it's so humbling to me.
Now I'm like I don't justsupport my life and my husband
(26:38):
and my daughter.
We support 30 people now andlooking to expand to over 50 in
the next 12 months, so it's justa lot.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Absolutely, and I'm curious to that point.
But you've accomplished so muchin your business and personally
, but how do you define success?
What does that look like to you?
Speaker 2 (26:59):
but how do you define success?
What does that look like to you?
Yeah, so success to me is aboutbeing fulfilled across all
aspects of your life, it's notjust one.
So health is really importantFamily, business, my personal
life, but also my relationshipwith my husband.
So I don't put family, I don'tput him, into the family
(27:21):
category.
To me, family is like family,friends, children, like mom, dad
, those types of people, Whereasfor me, my relationship with
him is standalone because he ismy best friend at the end of the
day.
But I think people underestimatemarriage.
But it's I think peopleunderestimate marriage and it's
(27:45):
something that you do have toreally work on and consider.
Like sure, things come easy,like being comfortable can come
really easy, but it's aboutkeeping the passion and spark
alive which I think, if I talkto a lot of people, they're like
it's not hard work.
I'm like, yeah, but okay, well,are you passionate?
When was the last time you wenton a date?
When was the last time you didthis?
They're like, no, we don't dothose things.
I'm like, okay, so where's theeffort then?
(28:07):
Like we put all the effort intoour children and we put all the
effort into staying healthy andall the effort into being
successful, but then we forgetabout our relationship.
So for me it's about beinghappy in each of those parts of
my life, Um, which is never.
It's very interesting because,um, there's a book by a lady
(28:29):
called Marissa Peer called I amenough, and she talks about in
that book um, it's about justnot feeling like you're enough
Right.
And people that are constantlytrying to achieve and achieve
things like very, likecelebrities, athletes, people
like that, and they achievethese goals and then they still
don't feel satisfied.
So then they're like why?
And at the core of it, it'sbecause they don't believe
(28:52):
they're enough right.
So that's the message in thebook.
But I think it's reallyinteresting because people look
at me and say that I'm verysuccessful.
I think it's really interestingbecause people look at me and
say that I'm very successful andI would say that in my family
life, my health, my relationship, I am very successful.
And I know I've achieved a lotin my professional career, but
(29:18):
I'm not done yet.
So I'm not even remotely doneLike I'm the person that wants
to own the airplane.
So when people are like, oh, youknow, you want to fly first
class, I'm like, yeah, I've donethat.
I literally want to be like, oh, there's my plane, Like bye,
and that's ultimately like thegoal, whether it is an actual
plane.
It was so funny the other day.
My husband was like well, Iwant a super yacht.
And I was like I want a superyacht.
(29:42):
And I was like okay, that'scool, I don't it.
Just it doesn't, it doesn'tspark me inside.
It's like why would you notwant a super yacht?
And I was like I don't know, Ijust feel restricted there.
I was like a plane, I feel likeI can go anywhere.
I feel like a super yacht.
It's like takes still a longtime, like it's not like you get
one of each.
It was really interesting.
And then so now in my head, I'mlike thinking about the plane.
(30:04):
I'm like what is it about theplane that really gets me?
And I was like is it just?
And I think, at the end of theday, when I look at all
everything, every goal I've setfor me, it's about freedom of
time, because anytime you say tosomebody that's dying or has
just lost someone, they'llalways tell you I wish I had
more time.
Yeah, and time is something thatyou just can't buy, right?
(30:28):
So I'm only 33 and my goal isto basically semi-retire by the
time I'm 45.
So, and if I think about all ofthose things really
specifically, it's the timeright.
So I'm putting in all, I'm 45.
So, and if I think about all ofthose things really
specifically, it's the timeright.
So I'm putting in all, I'msacrificing my thirties and
twenties and forties for thetime that I get back after that.
(30:50):
So for me, I'm like the planejustifies a symbol of time.
It means that I can go anywherewhenever I want, no matter what
, and it doesn't matter aboutthe cost.
So it's all about the freedom.
And maybe because I just thinklike birds are up in the sky
flying around, I've associated aplane with that, I don't know,
(31:12):
but for me it's just completefreedom.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Like people are, like financial freedom, freedom of
this, this it's just for me,complete freedom yeah,
absolutely I'm with you on theuh the plane idea I actually
just sent to my husband.
I was scrolling on a reel andsaw like those Ironman suits
where people like those jetpacksuits I'm like I totally want
one for those.
(31:35):
So sometimes it's the mostabsurd thing and it it's like
that just looks so cool.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Yeah, but fun.
And I think, like we get, likewe have kids and we get older
and we stop having fun.
And it's very interesting whenI talk to people because we
still go to music festivals andnightclubs and casinos and galas
and all of these things, likeevery weekend we're doing
(32:00):
something and we're having fun,like we're still traveling and
having the best time.
Like, but you have fivebusinesses.
I'm like, yes, correct.
Why does that mean, you can'thave fun?
Speaker 1 (32:14):
And that's the key there is that the balance is
there, the team is there, theinfrastructure, like all those
things that you put into place,allows you to have that freedom
and enjoy the fruits of yourlabor, and you know all the
things that you guys have done.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Absolutely, and like and I find it really interesting
because I don't work anywherenear as much as I used to, but
that doesn't stop me fromworking on weekends or nights or
things like that Because for meit's like oh, I feel like
working, now I'll just jump onand do some stuff, whereas I
think, and then when I'll tellpeople that they're like, oh,
you're working all the time, I'mlike, well, I kind of am, but
(32:50):
I'm kind of not at the same time, like if I, if I work till
midday and I stop for lunch andI feel like not getting back on
my computer, I don't get back onmy computer.
It's that simple.
I'm like I'm done.
Yeah, that's.
It's about having thatflexibility and listening to
what you want yeah, yeah now,which is so important.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
And if you had the attention of the whole world for
five minutes, what would youtell them?
Speaker 2 (33:16):
um, I would tell them that that doesn't matter where
you came from, like it genuinelydoes not matter your background
, anything that's happened toyou.
You get to make the choice ofwho you are every single day.
It doesn't matter what you'vedone in your past or anything
(33:36):
that you think that is going tohold you back or people that
might hold you back.
You get to make that choice andyou get to make that change and
that kindness, the small amountof kindness, goes a really long
way.
I just don't think there'senough kindness in the world to
each other.
I think we're really horribleto each other a lot of the time
(33:58):
and we don't need to be, and I'mnot really sure why we are.
But kindness and yeah, just,you can do anything you want,
like literally.
I was raised by a single mum ina very small country town.
We didn't have a lot.
I've been through physical andsexual abuse, mental health.
I've been in been in apsychiatric hospital like this.
(34:20):
My story is very deep and if Ican do it, anyone can do it.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
I love that.
I love that and it's so true.
I mean, you've got so much morestrength inside of you than all
of us, than any of us think wedo.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Right, yeah yeah, we all get a choice, like you, and
it's not just one choice.
Like if you make a million badchoices, that's okay, there's
still more choices to make.
Like if you're sittinglistening, going like you know,
I've been on a three-day cocainebender like this is the end for
me.
You still get to make a choicetomorrow whether you decide to
come back or not.
(34:56):
Like that's your choice.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Yeah, absolutely.
And where can people find you?
How can they reach out to youand get to be part of your world
?
Speaker 2 (35:07):
Sure, so you can find me at billysharpcomau, but
basically I live on Facebookmore than anything else in this
world and the profile thatyou'll find, which is like a
friend profile, that's the onlyprofile I have.
I don't have like a secret onefor like friends and then a
secret one for everyone else.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
I don't do that.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
It's just one profile and that's where I hang out.
I have a free Facebook group,which is where I spend a lot of
my time, but, yeah, you mostlyjust find me on Facebook just
giving out advice and trying tohelp people and be kind, just
spread kindness, because youknow there's enough business in
this world to go around, there'senough money in this world to
go around, um, and I think whynot just share it?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
I love that awesome.
Thank you, billie, I appreciateit, we'll have all the links
down below so people can comecheck you out, and thank you so
much for being on today.
Thank you so much.
Have a great day.
Yeah, thank you too, and if youfound value in this episode,
please do share it.
That's how people find us andyou can find me at
sevenfigurebuildercom and I willsee you on the next episode.
Welcome back.
This is Julie Baranek, host ofthe 7 Figure Builder Show, and
I'm here today with my friend,Billie Sharp.
Hey, Billie, Hi, how are yougoing?
I am fabulous and you arejoining us from the other side
of the world.
I am All the way in Australia,I love it and I know you've got
amazing expertise.
We're going to dig in today,but over 70,000 dedicated
(00:23):
followers.
We're going to dig in today,but over 70,000 dedicated
followers, accolades from over300 media outlets, and you are
on a mission to empowerentrepreneurs, especially women.
So, tell us a bit about what itis that you do and what lights
you up in this.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yes, absolutely.
So I actually own fivebusinesses.
One of them is my coachingbusiness, where I do public
speaking and business coaching,and then I also own a marketing
agency, a handyman electricalbusiness, a cleaning and
maintenance business, and we'rebuilding a scheduling app for
service-based businesses.
So, we keep very, very, verybusy, but what lights me up at
(01:00):
the core of every singlebusiness is we help people.
That's ultimately what we do.
Um, if I looked back, when Iwas in school, my whole life I
told everyone that I wanted tobe a plastic surgeon because I
wanted to go and travel to thirdworld countries and help
disadvantaged children.
Like that's what I reallyreally wanted to do, and I had
(01:22):
some unfortunate things happenearly on in my life and that
never eventuated.
And what's really interestingnow is when I look back at that.
At the core, I just wanted tohelp people, and that's still
what I'm doing today.
So it's really interesting thatI never really veered that far
off my path.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Yeah, absolutely, and you're right in all of those
it's helping people and helpingpeople to enhance their lives,
right, yeah, that's awesome.
So talk to us about you knowthere's a varied pathways there
in those different businessventures, but they're also very
connected so what's with the?
Different businesses and how dothey all relate?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
So they don't necessarily relate.
When I first went into businessbusiness, I started with my
coaching business with just theaim in my local town.
At the time I was living in asmall country town and I could
see businesses closing and Iknew that I had the expertise to
help them grow and stay open.
And I was talking like mum anddad, small businesses and that's
(02:21):
, and that's what I'd done mywhole career.
So that's where I started.
And then all of my clients weresaying to me like, who does
your marketing, who does yourwebsite, who does your logo, all
of that stuff.
And I was like, well, I do that.
And they said, can you do itfor me?
And I was like, no, I wouldn'thave the time to coach if I did
(02:45):
that.
And then I tried to collaboratewith other agencies and they
just I felt like they wereletting my clients down and then
I felt bad about that.
So then I just brought on asubcontractor to start, just a
freelancer, to kind of help meout.
And yeah, and then it justevolved so naturally and so
(03:07):
organically, um, over the lastfive years, which has been
amazing, um, and so, yeah, westarted with like a freelancer
and now we have five full-timestaff in the agency.
So, yeah, it's absolutely great.
Um, and then yeah, yeah, justfrom there.
I guess seeing gaps in the localmarket is what really drives me
(03:31):
.
So there's a huge gap here for,like, handyman and electrical.
There's like a lot ofrenovations happen in our area,
so that's how that began, and myhusband's also a high voltage
electrician.
So in Australia you need tohold a special type of ticket to
have that type of business.
So very fortunate that he holdsthat ticket so we could do that
(03:54):
.
And then the yard maintenanceand cleaning business.
It actually came up for saleand they were a business I'd
used before for my yard and whenI spoke to the owner, basically
she was just like if I don'tsell it in the next 30 days, I'm
closing it.
The staff lose their jobs, likeI'm done.
And I felt really just bad forthe staff.
(04:16):
I was like these people they'renot going to have a job in 30
days.
I can't imagine what that feelslike.
Just to be like in 30 days time, if this business doesn't sell,
you're out on your own, like.
So I said to my husband like weshould buy this business and he
was like no, we shouldn't.
Yes, we should.
And, um, I explained everythingto him and he was like does it
(04:39):
really matter what I say?
I feel like you're just goingto do it anyway.
I am Kind of I am.
So, yeah, we did that and thenthrough that, we were using
scheduling apps and because westarted with three staff when we
bought the business and now wehave 20 in 12 months so it's
gone quite quickly and thescheduling systems that are
(05:02):
available to us, we just feellike they're really falling flat
, and if they're falling flatfor us, I know that means
they're falling flat foreveryone.
So, yeah, we're at the finalstages of the app at the moment
and then we'll test it in-housefor six months and then we'll go
to market with it.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Wow, that's pretty amazing.
So you're bored, is what I'mhearing, right.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yeah, I'm always really bored.
We also homeschool.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Oh, my, is what I'm hearing, right?
Yeah, I'm always really bored.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
We also homeschool.
Oh my goodness.
I know it's really interesting,though, because I think for me
I went to like a public school.
I lived in a small town, I grewup in a small town, I went to
work straight from school, andyou just taught to conform like
(05:48):
constantly taught to conformlike.
Constantly taught to conform.
Like I was listening.
I was um watching a show theother day and had dilly partners
like nine till five right and Iwas like it's so true, though,
and I was singing um workingfour till two, because I I start
work at 4am but I finish at 2pm.
That that's just.
I like that, so it works for me.
But because I'm not conforminganymore.
(06:08):
But when you've conformed forso long, it's not easy to stop
conforming.
So, although, like, when I meetpeople for the first time,
they're like you're so busy,like you know, why would you
homeschool, why would you takeon all this exercise, I'm like,
yeah, but in our life, like,although we are busy, people
(06:29):
like there's no doubt about that, but it never feels stressful
or chaotic or you know, it'svery easy for us, and I think
that's what's really importantis what works for you.
And it's not easy to stopconforming like I'm still, I
still conform, but I'm like why?
(06:50):
Why am I doing this?
Why because society tells youit's wrong.
Society tells me that I'm notsupposed to be this successful
and this happy, wet, doing whatI'm doing.
They're like you should beburnt out and tired and cranky
all the time and you know, notenjoying your life, and I'm just
doing the complete opposite,which is really it's a mind fuck
(07:13):
at the end of the day.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
It is.
So let's talk about that,though, like what.
What have you found are thesecrets to that and what has
made it work really well, reallywell for you guys.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Yeah, I think it's going to sound super cliche, but
really understanding andknowing what you want is really
important, because people willsay that this is what they want.
Right, and it could be becauseyou're in a marriage or you live
in a certain suburb or any ofthose types of things and you
think that's what you want.
(07:43):
But what I would say is does itset your soul on fire, like,
does it actually like, make yougenuinely like giddy, happy
inside?
And when I ask my people,they're like no, like I'm like
do you like your job?
They're like yeah, I love myjob.
I'm like okay, so would youquit if you won the lotto?
They're're like yes, I'm likeokay, so you don't love your job
(08:04):
.
Like and this is what I don'tquite understand so, like, if
you, I think you've always gotto say to yourself, like, if I
won the lotto, would I live inthis house?
If, like, what would change forme?
Like what?
What type of life would I livedifferently?
And it's not about the money,right, people will say but if I
(08:26):
had that much money, I would dothose things.
And I'm like but it's not,because those fundamental things
about you don't change.
That is who you are like welive on acreage 30, I think,
it's like 30 kilometers or 20kilometers from from Australia's
third largest city, and people,like all of my friends and
(08:46):
family, were like you're insane,who, why do you want to live on
acreage?
And I was like because I lovecamping, like I love the
outdoors, I love going to thecity and I love fine dining and
I love all these amazing things,but at the core, like I love
just being able to go for a walkaround my backyard, like that's
who I am, um and like, butthat's not what all of my
(09:08):
friends would have chose to do,right?
So I again, I I'm going againstthat normal grain and I think
that's really important becauseit's not about them.
They don't have to come andlive in my house, they don't,
you know.
I literally, and I think what'sreally interesting for people is
I went from this huge,beautiful, stunning mansion it
was like five bedrooms, threebathrooms it was absolutely
(09:30):
amazing Pillows, like beautifulhome, but I hated it.
It felt really cold andclinical to me, like it didn't
feel like a home.
And now our home is like builtin the eighties.
It's super old.
And now our home is like builtin the 80s.
It's super old, needs to berenovated.
Um, it's like four bedrooms,like it's not big enough for us
(09:51):
at all.
Um, like, but I love it, like,absolutely love it.
I just it feels like home and Ithink that's the difference.
Like I could have stayed in themansion, but it it wasn't me,
it wasn't who I am, and it'sokay to say that's not who I am,
right as long as, because whenyou do that, you will be happier
(10:11):
.
People around you becomehappier.
They might feel or saydifferent things at the start,
but when they can see thatyou're truly happy, they start
to get on board.
They're like okay, no, you diddo that for you.
It's like yes, yes, I did.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yeah, yeah, I know, and I love that question of like
, if whatever would change inyour life, what would you do?
Because it helps you look at it, look at your situation through
a different lens, not just whatdo I have to do now, you know,
am I truly happy doing this, orif I had the opportunity, I'd be
doing something completelydifferent.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
And it's really interesting for me because, like
, I play the same game withmyself, right, because although
I have seven figure businesses,like if I want $50 million
tomorrow, does that change mylife?
And I look at my house and Ithink the only thing I really
want is a view right, like abeautiful view of like mountains
type thing.
And so I told my husband thatand he was like, okay, well, why
(11:05):
don't we go for a drive andfind a house with a view?
And I was like, okay, let's dothat.
So we went for this drive andwe found these houses with the
view.
And he was like, we can sellour house and buy any of these
houses if you wanted.
And I was like, okay, like, andI was really like playing into
the idea.
But then any of the houses witha view didn't have a usable
backyard, like it was all verylike downhill slope.
(11:26):
They're on a hill, right, likewell, that's the reason they
have the view.
It was like that's what you'recompromising with, and I was
like I really have to thinkabout this now.
I'm not sure I want a view, soyou know.
But to have that thought and belike, okay, well, that's what I
want.
He's like okay, so you know.
(11:49):
But to have that thought and belike, okay, but that's what I
want, is like okay, let's go fora drive and see if that's what
you really want like, go downthe path.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Is that really what you want?
No, okay, that's fine, comeback, try something else.
Yeah, now, and it's great tohave a partner with you know,
your husband that will do thatwith you.
And kind of walk through thatlife experience and that
situational like is thisactually what we want?
Let's go explore.
And maybe it's not, and itgives you more peace that where
I'm at is exactly where I'msupposed to be.
Yeah, exactly.
And I'm curious do you see thesame thing play out with your
(12:14):
clients, or how does thatrelationship work out?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
I see the same thing with my clients.
A lot Like most of them comefrom corporate careers or still
are working corporate careerswhile they're trying to become
entrepreneurs.
And again, it's really hard tostop conforming, especially if
you're still having that career,because I'm telling you not to
conform, like all entrepreneursare telling you not to conform.
(12:39):
But then you're being draggedevery day to conform.
So that's very confusing andconflicting in your brain, um,
but it all just starts withbeing true to yourself and I
think people really strugglewith that just in general.
And you're not obviously goingto be the same person you were
when you're 15, 20, 30, 40, 50,like you are going to change as
(13:01):
a person, but I don't think thefundamental stuff changes unless
you've been through somethingquite traumatic and then you're
just becoming a whole new you.
But I see people on a journeyof self-discovery all the time
and I think the other importantthing to note is it doesn't end
Like you're constantly having towork on yourself and be the
(13:22):
best version of you.
I have seen psychologists andpsychiatrists and wellness
people and holistic people forprobably almost 18 years now
even more than that on aconsistent basis, and what's
really interesting to me is evensometimes when I think I've
dealt with something, it comesback and you've just got to keep
(13:46):
working on it and showing upfor yourself.
I think that's the mostimportant thing.
Like I don't show up every dayfor my clients, I show up every
day for me.
I don't show up for my daughter, I don't show up for my husband
.
I just show up for me and Iknow that by doing that,
everyone else around me is goingto be okay, and I think that's
another thing like that to a lotof people.
(14:06):
I'd be like that's selfish.
I'm like, yeah, well, you needto be selfish because nobody's
looking out for you more thanyou can, nobody's going to come
and save you, nobody comes tofix your problems.
Like, even if you hire a coach,you're the one that does the
work.
Like your coach can guide youand advise you and help you,
give you strategies, all ofthose things, but you fix your
problems.
You're the only person that canfix your life.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Yeah Well, and you're the one that has to stay
consistent to it.
So, even if they walk youthrough to that point of okay,
now I've gone through whateverhurdle, you're the one that
carries it forward.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
And I always tell my clients as well, like at any
point.
I'm like if I tell you to dosomething and you don't agree
with it or you don't like it orit doesn't sit well with you,
you need to tell me that because, at the end of the day, we're
going to part ways at some pointand you're left with whatever
we created.
And if you hate what we'vecreated, I haven't done my job.
So it's really important that ifI tell you to do something,
(15:02):
you're like, yeah, I went to doit and it just it turned my
stomach Like it made me feelreally ick inside.
Then we do something else, Likethere's other options.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Yeah, for sure.
And what are the we'll say gapsbut that you found yourself or
that you see with clients inyour journey to seven figures?
Can you talk to us about whatthat looked like?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
The gaps?
Yeah, I think it varies forevery single person and it's
definite, like it's mindset, andunderstanding what that means
for you and understanding whatsuccess is for you, because
there's going to be people thatfeel successful maybe once
(15:44):
they've reached six figures,right, and that's all they need,
or it's a certain car, or it'sthat they don't have to work as
many hours.
Every person's version ofsuccess is so very, very, very
different.
So the first thing isunderstanding what you actually
want to achieve, so that you cancreate goals to get there.
And I feel like that's wherethe gaps start to show, because
(16:09):
then, depending on the goal, alot of people will be like I
want to make seven figures,right, and I'm like, okay, cool,
how much money are you making?
Right now I'm making fourfigures.
I'm like, okay, that's great,that's a big jump, like you know
.
Four to seven, like that's notgoing to happen overnight.
But we live in such a world ofinstant gratification that
(16:30):
they're like well, all theadvertising says that I can be
successful tomorrow.
I'm like, okay, well, that'scool, go spend your money with
those people because I don'tthink that you can.
There's very few people in thisworld that have the ability to
turn a business around in 30days and actually start making
money off it.
And then, even if you do havethe ability, do you want to
(16:51):
commit the time that that'sgoing to take?
Because that's the other thingI find is, people will say they
want to do everything, but then,when it comes to the crunch and
I'm like, okay, well, you'vegot to turn Netflix off tonight
and you've actually got to work,they're like, no, I like
watching Netflix.
I'm like, okay, well then,that's fine, you can watch
Netflix.
I'm all for that, but yourtimeline extends.
(17:12):
But there's a sacrifice ineverything we do.
The benefit is, you get tochoose what that sacrifice is.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Absolutely, and how?
How does mindset play into that, as people are overcoming
different hurdles in theirjourney?
Speaker 2 (17:28):
I think mindset's different for everyone.
If you've got mental healthissues, there's a bigger part to
play there and I think it needsto be tackled on more fronts.
But I think understandingmindset and making it work for
you because, like I rememberwhen I first started and
somebody said you just manifestlike a million dollars I I
(17:51):
should say I can't remember whatexactly was, but it was that
you just manifest it and I waslike no, you don't, you work
hard and you get that thing.
Like that is telling people youjust think about something, can
you get it?
That is absolutely ludicrous.
But then over time I realized,like that's not what people are
saying, like that's not whatmanifestation actually is.
(18:13):
The idea behind manifestation isthat you believe something so
much so and change the languagearound what you're thinking
about to the point that yourmind starts to believe it.
You're starting to trick yourbrain and from a psychological
perspective that's fantastic,because what we do as humans is
our brains are wired to remembernegative thoughts.
(18:34):
So if somebody tells you you'rebeautiful, 20 times 20
different people tell you you'rebeautiful and then one person
says, oh, your bum doesn't lookquite good in those jeans, right
?
All you're going to rememberwhen you put those jeans on next
time is does my bum look funnyin these jeans?
Not the other 20 people thattold you you're beautiful.
And I think what people don'tunderstand is mindset's about
(18:56):
changing that thought right.
It's about making sure we'refocusing on the 20 people and
not on the one using differentlanguage around.
That it's not hippy-dippy,right.
People think like mindset isjust like this woo-woo thing.
It's not it dippy, right it's.
People think like mindset isthis like this woo woo thing?
It's not.
It's very, very clinical,psychological.
But for some people thoseholistic approach works a lot
(19:19):
better because that's where theyconnect emotionally, whereas
other people it's going to be ascientific approach that
connects better.
So you've got to find whatworks for you.
There's so many differentpeople out there.
For me I sit somewhere in themiddle, like I'm a bit woo-woo,
but I'm very like logical andscientific as well, and my
(19:39):
husband did science atuniversity, so in our household
it's very science-based.
But even I can see him likehe's the same, like if you had
have said 10 years ago likelet's manifest, or like let's
talk about this, or let's saylike that business is successful
when it's not because it'sgoing to be.
I know it's going to be, andhe's like no, no, we can't do
(20:04):
that and it's really hard forhim.
Even still, because I'm likeevery time you start to speak
negatively about moneysurrounding one specific
business, it flows on toeverything else.
I'm like you literally diminishall the other success we've
created because one businessisn't doing well or as well as
you'd expected.
So it's important to be likeokay, but these are the goals,
(20:26):
this is what we're achieving andthat's what we're working
towards.
Don't worry about what'shappening right now.
That is what we're achievingand that's what we're working
towards.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Don't worry about what's happening right now.
That's what we're workingtowards, yeah, and to that point
, you can't do it alone, right?
So how?
How have you been able to buildteams to, you know, have
success in all these differentcompanies at the same time?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah.
So I think staff are the mostimportant thing to me because
they they literally run my lifeand without them I have nothing
Like I genuinely have nothing,and I think that's what a lot of
business owners don'tunderstand.
They build businesses forthemselves and really keep
(21:06):
themselves in the business.
If I did that, I wouldn't beable to continue to buy and
build businesses.
So for me it's really importantthat a business can run without
me and have.
We have business managers inplace in each of those sectors
and we just meet with them.
Mostly we still meet with allthe staff.
We have staff meetings andthings like that.
(21:27):
We have staff meetings andthings like that.
But it's about finding theright people and listening to
them about what they need andwhat they want.
A lot of people will say I don'thave the budget, right, I don't
have the budget to employsomeone.
I hear that a lot and I justthink that you don't have the
(21:48):
budget to not employ someone.
So and it's about what theywant so we just bought um on a
contracts lawyer from tesco overin the uk and she's living in
australia now and um like peoplelike, oh, she must be on like
hundreds of thousands of dollarsa year and I was like, well,
(22:08):
she's not she.
I think she's on like 70,000,which in Australia is a really,
really, really low wage now, butshe gets to work from home
around her three children.
Right, she was like I've neverhad a job offer me that type of
flexibility before.
So for her, and she didn't wantthe stress, she didn't want to
(22:29):
be and she really wanted to besupported by another woman that
understood motherhood, becauseit's tough being a working mom,
right, early mornings, latefinishes, school drop-offs, all
of these different things.
And I create flexible workingarrangements for as many of my
staff as I can and we employ alot of moms.
So for us, even with thecleaners and things like that,
(22:52):
we allow them so that they candrop their kids at school, pick
their kids up from school.
You know, those types of thingshave different hours on school
holidays, all of those types ofthings, because that's what's
important to them.
So it's not about money, right,you've got to find what's
important to your staff.
Some people want growth, somepeople want to grow within the
business.
Some people might want a fancycar or just a car.
(23:13):
They can't afford a car,whatever it is.
You've really got to look ateach person as individuals and
work out what they want.
And once they're happy, theirproductivity is so much higher
anyway.
And then you're getting morebang for your buck.
Like people just don't theyemploy based on a box.
Again, you've got to not conformand be like, okay, just because
(23:34):
it hasn't.
People will say, well, we'vedone it for 50 years and it's
worked.
It hasn't worked.
Mental health has never been sohigh.
People are so burnt out.
They're so tired.
Like I can't imagine getting upat six o'clock in the morning
to get.
Try and get all your kids readyfor school, get them to the
school, go to work all day.
They go to after school care.
(23:55):
You come back, you pick them up, you've got to get them to all
their sports.
You do dinner, all of thisstuff, and then you might see
your husband for 30 minutes andthen it's like, ok, well, good
night.
Everyone.
Like that's not living.
And another day, yeah, and everysingle day.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Yeah, absolutely, and I think that's critical all of
it, but critical.
To ask your employees like whatis what is important to you?
Right, like most employersdon't ask other than can you do
this job?
Do you have the skill set?
Are you available these hours?
Okay, go.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Yeah, I've got one staff member and she runs the
marketing agency for me and sheworks like at night, which is
really weird, like I'm such amorning person and she works
like at night, which is reallyweird.
Like I'm such a morning person,but she works at night and, um,
she always has.
And she messaged me because shedoesn't usually get online
until after midday and but wehave clients from all around the
(24:54):
world, so for me it doesn'tbother me at all.
I'm like, okay, well, as far asI'm concerned, they get a
24-hour service now, because youwant to work at night, whatever
yeah um, but a clientcomplained about not being able
to reach her in the morning.
I was like she didn't finishtill 6 am, like um, and then she
was in bed.
Literally she had just gone tobed and then like, do I need to
(25:17):
change my working hours?
Blah, blah, blah, like she wasso upset about it and I was like
, oh no, no, I was like if, ifthey have a problem, they can go
and find another agency.
Like I'm not, like that's notokay.
I'm like my staff.
Like literally, I have onechild, but my staff to me are
like my children.
Without them I have nobusinesses, I have nothing, and
(25:39):
I think you need to recognizethat as a business owner.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Yeah, and that's very humbling to realize that and to
like, really own that conceptand to then to function that way
right With your team.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
And that's like people like you lead from the
front.
I'm like, no, I don't.
I just I know that I inspirethem.
I know that I, but it's becauseof how I am with them.
I'm no better than they are andI think that's that's the
biggest thing.
Like we might might live indifferent houses, go on
different holidays, havedifferent cars, but at the end
of the day, it's because I madecertain choices in life that
(26:15):
they all still have the optionto make.
But being an entrepreneur isn'tfor everyone.
Not everybody wants to take therisk, and that's okay.
Their hearts couldn't handle it.
But for me it's fun andenjoyable and I love it.
And if I can support as manypeople along the way, that's
like it's so humbling to me.
Now I'm like I don't justsupport my life and my husband
(26:38):
and my daughter.
We support 30 people now andlooking to expand to over 50 in
the next 12 months, so it's justa lot.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Absolutely, and I'm curious to that point.
But you've accomplished so muchin your business and personally
, but how do you define success?
What does that look like to you?
Speaker 2 (26:59):
but how do you define success?
What does that look like to you?
Yeah, so success to me is aboutbeing fulfilled across all
aspects of your life, it's notjust one.
So health is really importantFamily, business, my personal
life, but also my relationshipwith my husband.
So I don't put family, I don'tput him, into the family
(27:21):
category.
To me, family is like family,friends, children, like mom, dad
, those types of people, Whereasfor me, my relationship with
him is standalone because he ismy best friend at the end of the
day.
But I think people underestimatemarriage.
But it's I think peopleunderestimate marriage and it's
(27:45):
something that you do have toreally work on and consider.
Like sure, things come easy,like being comfortable can come
really easy, but it's aboutkeeping the passion and spark
alive which I think, if I talkto a lot of people, they're like
it's not hard work.
I'm like, yeah, but okay, well,are you passionate?
When was the last time you wenton a date?
When was the last time you didthis?
They're like, no, we don't dothose things.
I'm like, okay, so where's theeffort then?
(28:07):
Like we put all the effort intoour children and we put all the
effort into staying healthy andall the effort into being
successful, but then we forgetabout our relationship.
So for me it's about beinghappy in each of those parts of
my life, Um, which is never.
It's very interesting because,um, there's a book by a lady
(28:29):
called Marissa Peer called I amenough, and she talks about in
that book um, it's about justnot feeling like you're enough
Right.
And people that are constantlytrying to achieve and achieve
things like very, likecelebrities, athletes, people
like that, and they achievethese goals and then they still
don't feel satisfied.
So then they're like why?
And at the core of it, it'sbecause they don't believe
(28:52):
they're enough right.
So that's the message in thebook.
But I think it's reallyinteresting because people look
at me and say that I'm verysuccessful.
I think it's really interestingbecause people look at me and
say that I'm very successful andI would say that in my family
life, my health, my relationship, I am very successful.
And I know I've achieved a lotin my professional career, but
(29:18):
I'm not done yet.
So I'm not even remotely doneLike I'm the person that wants
to own the airplane.
So when people are like, oh, youknow, you want to fly first
class, I'm like, yeah, I've donethat.
I literally want to be like, oh, there's my plane, Like bye,
and that's ultimately like thegoal, whether it is an actual
plane.
It was so funny the other day.
My husband was like well, Iwant a super yacht.
And I was like I want a superyacht.
(29:42):
And I was like okay, that'scool, I don't it.
Just it doesn't, it doesn'tspark me inside.
It's like why would you notwant a super yacht?
And I was like I don't know, Ijust feel restricted there.
I was like a plane, I feel likeI can go anywhere.
I feel like a super yacht.
It's like takes still a longtime, like it's not like you get
one of each.
It was really interesting.
And then so now in my head, I'mlike thinking about the plane.
(30:04):
I'm like what is it about theplane that really gets me?
And I was like is it just?
And I think, at the end of theday, when I look at all
everything, every goal I've setfor me, it's about freedom of
time, because anytime you say tosomebody that's dying or has
just lost someone, they'llalways tell you I wish I had
more time.
Yeah, and time is something thatyou just can't buy, right?
(30:28):
So I'm only 33 and my goal isto basically semi-retire by the
time I'm 45.
So, and if I think about all ofthose things really
specifically, it's the timeright.
So I'm putting in all, I'm 45.
So, and if I think about all ofthose things really
specifically, it's the timeright.
So I'm putting in all, I'msacrificing my thirties and
twenties and forties for thetime that I get back after that.
(30:50):
So for me, I'm like the planejustifies a symbol of time.
It means that I can go anywherewhenever I want, no matter what
, and it doesn't matter aboutthe cost.
So it's all about the freedom.
And maybe because I just thinklike birds are up in the sky
flying around, I've associated aplane with that, I don't know,
(31:12):
but for me it's just completefreedom.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Like people are, like financial freedom, freedom of
this, this it's just for me,complete freedom yeah,
absolutely I'm with you on theuh the plane idea I actually
just sent to my husband.
I was scrolling on a reel andsaw like those Ironman suits
where people like those jetpacksuits I'm like I totally want
one for those.
(31:35):
So sometimes it's the mostabsurd thing and it it's like
that just looks so cool.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Yeah, but fun.
And I think, like we get, likewe have kids and we get older
and we stop having fun.
And it's very interesting whenI talk to people because we
still go to music festivals andnightclubs and casinos and galas
and all of these things, likeevery weekend we're doing
(32:00):
something and we're having fun,like we're still traveling and
having the best time.
Like, but you have fivebusinesses.
I'm like, yes, correct.
Why does that mean, you can'thave fun?
Speaker 1 (32:14):
And that's the key there is that the balance is
there, the team is there, theinfrastructure, like all those
things that you put into place,allows you to have that freedom
and enjoy the fruits of yourlabor, and you know all the
things that you guys have done.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Absolutely, and like and I find it really interesting
because I don't work anywherenear as much as I used to, but
that doesn't stop me fromworking on weekends or nights or
things like that Because for meit's like oh, I feel like
working, now I'll just jump onand do some stuff, whereas I
think, and then when I'll tellpeople that they're like, oh,
you're working all the time, I'mlike, well, I kind of am, but
(32:50):
I'm kind of not at the same time, like if I, if I work till
midday and I stop for lunch andI feel like not getting back on
my computer, I don't get back onmy computer.
It's that simple.
I'm like I'm done.
Yeah, that's.
It's about having thatflexibility and listening to
what you want yeah, yeah now,which is so important.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
And if you had the attention of the whole world for
five minutes, what would youtell them?
Speaker 2 (33:16):
um, I would tell them that that doesn't matter where
you came from, like it genuinelydoes not matter your background
, anything that's happened toyou.
You get to make the choice ofwho you are every single day.
It doesn't matter what you'vedone in your past or anything
(33:36):
that you think that is going tohold you back or people that
might hold you back.
You get to make that choice andyou get to make that change and
that kindness, the small amountof kindness, goes a really long
way.
I just don't think there'senough kindness in the world to
each other.
I think we're really horribleto each other a lot of the time
(33:58):
and we don't need to be, and I'mnot really sure why we are.
But kindness and yeah, just,you can do anything you want,
like literally.
I was raised by a single mum ina very small country town.
We didn't have a lot.
I've been through physical andsexual abuse, mental health.
I've been in been in apsychiatric hospital like this.
(34:20):
My story is very deep and if Ican do it, anyone can do it.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
I love that.
I love that and it's so true.
I mean, you've got so much morestrength inside of you than all
of us, than any of us think wedo.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Right, yeah yeah, we all get a choice, like you, and
it's not just one choice.
Like if you make a million badchoices, that's okay, there's
still more choices to make.
Like if you're sittinglistening, going like you know,
I've been on a three-day cocainebender like this is the end for
me.
You still get to make a choicetomorrow whether you decide to
come back or not.
(34:56):
Like that's your choice.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Yeah, absolutely.
And where can people find you?
How can they reach out to youand get to be part of your world
?
Speaker 2 (35:07):
Sure, so you can find me at billysharpcomau, but
basically I live on Facebookmore than anything else in this
world and the profile thatyou'll find, which is like a
friend profile, that's the onlyprofile I have.
I don't have like a secret onefor like friends and then a
secret one for everyone else.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
I don't do that.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
It's just one profile and that's where I hang out.
I have a free Facebook group,which is where I spend a lot of
my time, but, yeah, you mostlyjust find me on Facebook just
giving out advice and trying tohelp people and be kind, just
spread kindness, because youknow there's enough business in
this world to go around, there'senough money in this world to
go around, um, and I think whynot just share it?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
I love that awesome.
Thank you, billie, I appreciateit, we'll have all the links
down below so people can comecheck you out, and thank you so
much for being on today.
Thank you so much.
Have a great day.
Yeah, thank you too, and if youfound value in this episode,
please do share it.
That's how people find us andyou can find me at
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