Have you ever wondered how a simple shift in color can ignite confidence and change your entire outlook on life? Amanda Fairley, a former agricultural sales expert turned color analyst and empowering mentor, joined us to share her story of transformation. In a candid conversation, she unveils the magic of color analysis, not just for your wardrobe, but as a tool for personal empowerment, revealing how understanding your natural palette can lead to a renewed sense of self and the way you approach the world.
Life's pivotal moments often require us to reassess our priorities, and Amanda's choice to put family first is one such inspiring example. She shares the challenges and triumphs of leaving her structured job to start her own business, all to ensure she could be present for her children’s milestones. We delve into the essence of intentional living and the decisions that lead us to a life rich with purpose and joy. Her testimony is a powerful reminder that when we align our actions with our values, we can achieve a gratifying balance of personal and professional satisfaction.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to another episode of Stay Modern with
Murray, brought to you by MurrayCustom Homes, where we build
your dream home together.
Now sit back, buckle up andenjoy the ride with your host,
Matt.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Murray the day.
Matthew Taylor, I'm pinchhitting for Matt Murray.
Today we are joined by a veryspecial guest, amanda Fairley.
She's a career coach,leadership facilitator, event
speaker, color analyst, farmwife and mother of two.
Everybody help me welcomeAmanda.
(00:35):
All right, amanda, thank youfor taking the time out of your
day today and the time out ofyour busy week to come and sit
in on the Stay Modern withMurray podcast.
I'm so fired up to get to knowa little bit more about the
person behind everything that wejust labeled here.
Let's lead into this.
Can you tell me a little bitabout you personally, kind of
where you grew up, some of yourpersonal interests and then the
(00:57):
whole farm?
Wife and mother of two.
How did that all come about?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Yes, so I am not originally from Nebraska, I am a
transplant.
So I am originally fromDelaware and I've been in
Nebraska for 14 years and I washere about six months and met my
husband and I guess what dothey say?
The rest is history.
And two kiddos later.
So we have a son, bo, anddaughter Ellie, and we farm and
have cattle.
My husband is a crop duster, sopilot and does aviation, so we
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stay very busy is a good way toput it, but productive.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yes, ma'am, delaware.
So what I'm typically on thispart it's like oh, the girl
brought you to Nebraska, that'show we kind of lead into that.
But why, why Nebraska, and whattook you to Delaware in the
first place?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Yeah, so I grew up in Delaware.
Those are the.
That's where I was raised.
Those are my, my roots, and Iwas raised on a farm.
I've got an agriculturebackground and my first job out
of college was actually to sellcorn and soybean seed.
And they gave me an option ofall of these different states
(02:11):
that I could move to, andNebraska was one of them and I
thought where else would I go tosell corn and soybean seed but
the heart of the country?
So I'm going to Nebraska and sothat's how I got here and I was
here about six months before Ior I was here six months and met
my husband and it's beenincredible and I love this state
(02:33):
.
I love it.
I would I would live nowhereelse.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
It becomes home.
Right, Like we can go visitother places, we can look on
vacation spots, but every singletime you get to the end of that
vacation, you get to the end ofthat trip.
You're just anchoring to comehome.
It is home.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yes, they don't call it the good life for nothing.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
No, they don't.
So is it crops and farm animals, or are you guys just mainly a
crop-based farmstead out there?
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, so we raise crops and livestock.
So we've got some cattle, so werun some cow-calf pairs and we
do a lot of rotationally grazing, so kind of setting them up in
small paddocks and grazing andthen moving them more frequently
.
But we also raise corn,soybeans and alfalfa.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
And that is incredible.
You're literally providing ourcommunity with their means of
survival, right?
I mean, you're talking fuel,you're talking food, you're
talking everything.
I love it.
It keeps you busy, right.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
It does.
It is a lot of fun and to bepart of that foundation is
really neat.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am.
All right, so let's get rightinto it.
We talked about being a coloranalyst off air and I kind of
want you to give the listeners alittle bit of a background.
Can you explain to the audiencewhat a color analyst is and how
it can benefit somebody?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Absolutely so.
Color analysis is a verypowerful tool and, as a color
analyst, I lay drapes on myclients to find the best colors
that create harmony and balancewith their natural features.
So I am looking at skinundertone, I'm looking at lip
color and eye color, and each ofthe drapes that I have were
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chosen specifically for eachseason based on the color that
they reflect on the client.
And something else that I willnote here is some people may be
familiar with the traditionalfour color seasons, and I
actually do 12.
And so I have 12 differentdrape sets and a set of test
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drapes to really find out theseason, the accurate season, of
my clients.
So I'm looking at neutrals aswell as true seasons.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Man, that is incredible.
Okay, so we talked off air andwhat I took out of the
conversation is look good, feelgood, perform good and all of
those things kind of come around, the idea of carrying yourself
with self-confidence, a littlebit of self-pride awareness.
And you mentioned, hey, it tookme two minutes, three minutes,
(05:07):
to put on the outfit that I'mwearing today when, in turn, I'm
wearing all black, and it stillprobably took me 15 to 20.
And it probably says more aboutme than anything.
I get it, but can you kind ofwalk us through?
Hey, my name is Matthew Taylor,I want to set up a meeting with
Amanda and I want to figurethis thing out from start to
finish, from the minute I walkinto your door.
I mean, what are we looking atas far as timeline and how long
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would it take for a session?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Absolutely.
So.
It is a two hour appointmentwith me, and so I bring you in
no makeup and wear some comfyclothes, because you're gonna be
sitting for two hours, and Iput a plain gray drape on you
and then I just start laying thedrapes, and so I'm really
looking for the changes thathappen in your face.
(05:53):
So, based on the color we wearas a shirt on our chest, the
color reflects on our face.
So sometimes black can createthis washed out.
Look on us.
Sometimes those that are morecool skin tone, if they wear
warmer colors, it can createyellow in their skin.
(06:13):
And so if we have any ladieslistening that you've put
something on and it doesn't feelright, or you don't make it out
of the house, or it's stillsitting in your closet with the
tags on it, it's probablybecause it is not right.
It's probably because you'vebeen able to see in your face
that something is off, but youhaven't been able to name it.
(06:33):
And so that is what we do inthe appointment is, as I'm
laying the drapes on, I'm saying, you know, did you see this?
And watch for this?
And then I put the drape backon, and so I want you to see it,
I want you to feel it so that,when you leave the appointment,
you get a fan with 65 differentcolors that are specific to your
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season, and you can use thatwhen you shop or pick out paint
colors for your home or buy yournext car However you want to
use it, you can do that.
Even hair color makes a bigdifference, and so some of my
clients have been dyeing theirhair a different color and after
they find out their season, I'mlike you need to go warm or you
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need to go cool, and they'relike, wow, I've been fighting
this for so long, trying to besomething that I'm not, and
that's what really.
I think it brings people backto who they truly are, and so I
think it's one of the best giftsthat I'm able to give is
helping women feel confident inwho they are, and that just
(07:38):
ripples into all the other areasof their life.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Oh, absolutely.
I.
We, you and I were talking alittle bit before we started
this and I know this is MattMurray's side of the podcast
thing.
So for those that are tuning infor the first time hearing my
voice, I am a baseball coach andI try to take that more than
just the game of baseball.
I try to you know betterstudents, better friends, better
brothers, better athletes.
Last in secondary, I want tobuild better futures for our
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future leaders of our community.
That being said, I'm constantlytalking about confidence.
I mean to the point where youshould have all the work done
before game day.
So when you walk onto the fieldyou know, hey, I am the guy, I
am the man.
I put in my time, I put in mywork.
Now it's time to go have funand play this kid's game.
Right, A lot of what we forgetis baseball is a kid's game.
(08:25):
These kids should be having funand with that, you have to have
the confidence to walk up tothe plate and know me versus you
and I'm going to win it, Evenif you don't right, you go into
it with that mindset.
I say all that, knowing thatconfidence is a large part of my
day.
Right, I grew up overweight.
I've recently lost 200 poundsin the last two years, so I'm a
completely different person,right?
(08:47):
So confidence is something thatI preach to not just my kids
that I coach, but also mypersonal my own kids and my wife
and our team here at MurrayWatching my wife go shop, go
with my wife to shop, and she isdead set on this outfit and
that outfit and that outfit.
Set outfits are still in ourcloset, have never been worn,
(09:09):
have never taken the tags off,and I've always thought to
myself I'm like you look great,you look amazing, it doesn't
matter what you have on.
And she was like no, no, I justdon't feel it.
I don't feel it.
I don't feel right.
I've never put those two thingstogether.
You know, who am I to tell youhow you should feel or how you
should look when they leave youroffice?
(09:30):
That has to have a sense offulfillment on your side of
things, or else why would you doit Right?
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Yes, yes.
So so much of that resonateswith me.
Uh, congratulations, by the way, on that loss.
So I have lost 100 pounds threetimes, and so I it resonates.
I feel like there's, you know,this precedence out there that
we should be something, weshould be this, and I just want
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women to be them.
I want them to be who theytruly are, and that's a huge
part of what they get to walkaway with, and so being
confident in the colors thatthey wear, and then they don't
have to spend time decidingwhich outfit to put on, because
they're all going to look good,and so it's definitely a huge
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boost of confidence.
And we talked previous aboutrelating it to baseball and just
having your color analysis done, doing the shopping, cleaning
out your closet, creating thatalignment, and then you feel
good about picking something outsuper quickly and that doesn't
have to consume your day.
(10:57):
So we all feel like most women.
They're like if I could getback an hour, or if I could get
an extra 15 minutes, and so thisactually gives you back time
and money in the long run.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Yeah, that whole cleaning out the closet, that
would be like the perfectanalogy for this right.
And I don't men, women, kids,adults, grandparents, whoever it
may be, that's listening rightnow.
We all have said one time oranother I don't care what I, I
don't care what they think Ilook like, I don't care what
their opinion.
That's not what the point is.
The point is is you and youropinion of yourself and your
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belief in yourself and yourconfidence in yourself.
That's fantastic.
How did you fall in line withthis?
How did it?
Was this schooling?
Was this just a love, a passion?
How?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, so great question.
I had my color analysis done bythe traditional four seasons
five years ago and I guess youcould say that's when the bug
bit me and I just truly feltthat it was something that I
wanted to give as women andempower women.
And so much of what I do,whether it is on the career
coaching side, the mentoringside, the rise coaching side
(12:08):
we're going to talk about all ofthose things.
It's about empowering women andbuilding other people up, and
that is, I feel like, my goal,is to create that beautiful
space in this world becausethere's there's a lot of
darkness and so if I can be thatlight and give that light to
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others, then that's, that's whatI truly want.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I'm constantly saying I'll even post it on Facebook
every morning, like just for metype deal, just so I can go back
and I can read it.
It's go change someone'soutlook on the day.
Go change someone's opinion ofyou on the positive side.
Go change someone's outlook onthe day.
Go change someone's opinion ofyou on the positive side.
Go change someone's mood forthe better and just the.
I call it almost a coach'scurrency, right, like cause, we
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make $0 an hour doing what we do, trying to help the youth.
So it is what it is, so I callit my coach's currency.
Just seeing you kind of strive,right, seeing the person that
I'm helping mentor or coach orwhatever it may be at that time,
just seeing them kind of lightup a little bit and a smile on
their face because it'ssomething that you said or did
or helped.
That's the fulfilling factor,right, that's our currency on
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all this.
It's amazing, absolutely Allright.
So I'm already starting tothink about how we can do this
color analysis for our homes andthe paint and all that.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
It is super powerful.
I took a wall that I hadoriginally painted in our home
before I knew what my colorswere, and that was one of the
first things that I actuallychanged, because it was in the
opposite palette of mine and Ididn't realize how much it
bothered me until I painted itand I had naturally decorated
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the rest of the home in mypalette, except for that wall.
And when I changed that wallcolor, the entire room changed,
and so I know it might soundsilly for some people that you
would use your palette for paintcolor, but when we surround
ourselves with our colors we arehappier because our colors make
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us happy.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Man, just one accent wall and your living space could
change.
I mean, you wake up.
It's the first thing thatyou're going to walk past.
You're right.
You're right.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
It makes a huge difference.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Okay, so you have all these things in the fire right
now.
You're not just doing a coloranalysis, you have everything
career coaching, yourmotivational speaker, event
speaker, mother and wife.
And what does a typical daylook like for Amanda?
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yeah, depends on the typical day, but usually it is a
mix of all of those thingssometimes.
So, you know, monday I startedout I had multiple coaching
calls in the morning and then Ihad two color analysis in the
afternoon, and so today I'mmeeting with you today, or
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meeting with you right now andtalking about this, and then
after today I've got, or, excuseme, after we meet today, I am
meeting with a gal about anevent, speaking at one of her
events, and then I have a coloranalysis on my way back home
tonight.
So I try to maximize my time.
It's one of my strengths and sothat's definitely something
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that I try to do is utilizing mytime in a positive way.
But it's a beautiful mix of allof them.
So, whether I am careercoaching, so meeting with a
client, doing a coaching session, a color analysis appointment,
or even meeting with a leader, ateam lead, on some leadership
development for their team, it'sa mix.
(15:45):
My typical days usually arequite mixed.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
It's thriving in chaos.
Right, you're able to thrive inthe chaos.
Don't let it just eat you up.
All these things kind of tie intogether, though.
I mean the event speaking, thelife coaching, the career
coaching, rise, which we'reabout to get into, and I find
this one of the most importantaspects of the community of
Lincoln and the surroundingareas.
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I really do.
I've been up to the Chamber ofComrades office and met with
their Shannon and then thepresident of the chamber, and
the one thing that they hit onis you have to get somebody in
from Murray on this RISE group.
So, all right, tell us aboutyour involvement with Rise and
share with the listeners whatRise is all about and how did
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you get started with the group.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Yes, so Rise is a program that is housed under the
Lincoln Chamber and it isessentially for women in
business that may not haveaccess to coaching that's one
piece of it or access to anetwork of women inside their
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workplace, and so this givesthem an opportunity to have
connections, have conversationsand meet other women in a space
that is positive and that'sgoing to build them up.
And so Rise is one of thoseprograms where women come
together.
They have monthly gatherings,and I was just up here last week
for the Rise gathering and itwas hosted at a local boutique,
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and so it just people women getto come and meet each other and
there's just conversation andit's just a uh, it's an
incredible program that theyhave put out, and so I am
honored to be one of the risecoaches for that, and so, uh,
they are group coaching sessions.
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So right now I'm hosting it'scalled Own your Genius, and so I
use the Working Genius as abase for the group coaching
program, and I've got abouteight gals in my group.
I like to keep my group smallso that everyone can have a
voice and feel like they have achance to be coached, and so
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that's kind of my role in Riseis the coaching piece.
But I had a really good friendof mine that works at the
chamber and she said, amanda,you would be perfect for this.
She's like it doesn't pay, butyou would be perfect at it, but
you would be perfect at it andkind of your.
Your example of baseball issome of the greatest things that
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we can do.
We may not be getting monetarypayment for it, and so the the
connections that I've built withthe gals that come to rise is
is just incredible and sowonderful women.
And it is, it's definitely.
It's.
It's definitely a space thatwomen feel safe and feel like
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they can be built up.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Yeah, and you know what?
It's so hard for somebodythat's just getting into the
world of trying to help othersto look past the all right.
Well, how do I make this?
I hear it all the time aboutthe Big Brothers program, the
mentorship program.
I hear it constantly.
Well, I don't have the time, Ican't find the time.
How do I do it without gettingpaid?
And if those, you have to finda way to give back to the
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community.
If you can, and it's not, it'snever going to come down to
you're getting filthy rich fromit or you're monetizing from it.
What it comes down to is beingable to help the next generation
of leaders or athletes or womenwho are that you want to
empower.
Like it has to start from theground level.
You know, at a young age.
I would, I that's what I'malways saying.
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If you can ingrain that seednow, they will give back to the
community when they're our agetype of deal.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Absolutely.
I was speaking to a 4-H groupat one of their banquets this
past weekend and one of thethings that I touched on is that
we are given gifts to sharethem.
It's not about hoarding them ormaking people pay us for them.
Yes, we need to make a livingright, but we have been given
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gifts to give them back and Ithink that is just so powerful
and we have to remember that.
So I wonder, you know, think,what are the gifts that the you
know, whoever's listening rightnow what are the gifts that you
have that you could give back?
How could you give back tothose around you?
Speaker 2 (20:24):
And it's the most fulfilling life that you can
live.
You wake up the next morningwondering how do I get to the
next person?
How can I help the next person?
What message can I pass along?
I I get to the next person.
How can I help the next person?
What message can I pass along?
I think I told you about thebigger than baseball message.
Right, that's to me it's.
Baseball is secondary.
It is raising better young menand young women to help lead our
community in the future too.
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You are an incredible person.
I know everything happens for areason.
I'm a firm believer on that.
But, like you know, I don'tknow.
Just hearing you kind ofvocalize and talk about what
your day looks like and how yougot into this.
It nothing's by accident, right?
I mean, everything has happenedfor a reason.
You moved from Delaware toNebraska for a reason.
Now you have a wonderful familyand it's yeah.
Um, before we get to this nextquestion about um advice for
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leaders in the in in thecommunity, I want to pause.
Knowing what you know now andall the tools and everything to
help you be successful in youreveryday activities, is there a
piece of advice you would giveyoung Amanda?
I mean before the move fromDelaware to Nebraska or
something that you wish that youwould have known.
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I know it's a sneak question, Ididn't brief you on it.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
I guess I would probably say to her hang in
there, I promise it's worth it,I love it.
There's a lot of things that wego through, I think, when we're
younger and we wonder why isthis happening to me and why is
this so hard and it's worth thewait.
Just wait for it.
And so I think that's what Itell her is just be patient and
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wait, because it's so worth itand it has been.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
And I got goosebumps.
That's incredible, Amanda, thatis yeah, it's worth it.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
It is.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Whatever it is, it's going to be worth it.
Okay, If you could give aleader of a company three pieces
of advice three to five piecesof advice to be a successful
leader, what would the advice be?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Yes.
So one of the number one piecesthat I try to share at the
beginning of any of my workshopsor working with leaders is the
best leaders are self-awareleaders.
So when we become self-awareabout ourselves, we are able to
communicate that back to thepeople we work with, and people
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are usually going to give moregrace to those that know
themselves and are willing toshare.
And so the best leaders areself-aware leaders.
The second one that I wouldshare is invest in yourself and
invest in your people.
So sometimes when you're at thetop, it can be a little lonely,
right.
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And so find your network ofpeople, whether it is a coach
that you do one-on-one work with, or whether it is a mastermind
of other leaders that are at thelevel that you are at.
Invest in yourself that way,and then investing in your
people.
People stay with businesses andorganizations because they feel
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wanted and they feelappreciated and they've been
invested in, and so if you wantto keep your people, you want to
foster that growth, invest inthem and they will stay and they
will be loyal to you in yourbusiness.
The other one I will mention ispaying attention to your
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environment and your culture.
So what is the culture that youwant to create in your business
and organization.
What is the environment?
You want to create, thatenvironment where people are
able to grow and thrive and betheir best self, they're working
in their strengths and theylove what they do.
And so I think it's a goodreminder to ask yourself what is
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the culture that we arecreating here?
What is the environment?
When people walk through ourdoors or they see our business
name or organization name, orour employees are talking about
where they work, how are theygoing to talk about that
environment?
Are they going to talk aboutthat culture?
And then the last one that I'llleave you with is communication
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is the foundation for success,and so no one can read minds
right, and so if we are going tobecome better, whether it's as
a leader or with a team, it's somuch about communication and no
matter the relationship.
So whether it's husband, wife,you know where you work, it
doesn't matter.
Being open and communicating isis going to give you that
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success that you want.
So there's my four that I wouldgive to, uh to any leaders.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
It's so crazy that this is the second person that
I've talked to that was givenadvice to the few, to the
leaders of companies, and it'sthe second person in a row
that's brought up culture.
And I tie it back to about ayear ago when I was hired to
leave the government and comework here for Murray.
I had three interviews and thenthe fourth interview was a
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culture interview and I had noidea what he was talking about.
I have never once where I'veworked, for I'll just leave it
at the government.
Well, I worked for about adecade with him and and I went
home every single night and Iwould tell my wife about how I I
I was good at what I was doing,but I was taking things away
from people.
I would go in secure ground forfuture beltways, I would go in
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secure ground for futureoverpasses and literally taking
people's livelihood that they'veknown and loved.
And that's how they grew upfarming right.
Being from Western Nebraska, mygrandfather would say there are
two things in this world theLord gave you dirt and your body
and you're taking dirt fromthese farmers.
You need to find a differentcareer and you know that stuck
with me.
And anyways, coming back to theculture interview.
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Once Matt Murray and Megan said, all right, we got one more
interview and it's our cultureinterview.
We want to make sure thatyou're the right culture fit for
what we have here.
I couldn't wrap my mind aroundit and then I thought I didn't
get the job right.
I mean, two days went by afterthe interview.
I'm like I guess I don't fitthe culture.
I couldn't have been more wrong, like I walked through these
doors every single day and I andI'm thankful that I don't have
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to go home and tell my wifeabout how I'm stealing ground
from homeowners and farmers andand landowners and at the end of
the day it all ties back tobeing able to wake up and feel
like you're doing somethingpositive in the world or the
community or helping others.
And that culture thing, it, it.
This job wouldn't be what it isunless you felt that when you
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walk through these doors, I talkabout it every single day.
My son wants to come to workevery single day.
That he doesn't have school.
It's crazy.
You got Matt and Megan'sdaughter out there running
around right, like that's,that's, this is home, it's a
family environment and everybodyfeels that when they get here.
It makes such a huge differencein our workload.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Absolutely.
Yes, it really does the, theculture that is created, and it
starts with leadership, and so,just like you said, you know
Matt and Meg, they they madesure that that was important.
That was that was a separateinterview Like that's huge.
I don't know very manybusinesses or organizations
doing that and so, but we haveto put a precedence on that
(27:39):
because and people want that,you want to have a career that
you're not complaining about orthat brings you down, and so one
of the best pieces of feedbackI get from clients when I work
with career coaching clients isI can't believe that I get paid
to do this.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
That's incredible.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
And it just fills my cup to hear that because that's
where we want to be.
I feel that way about what I do.
I can't believe that I get paidto do this because it is so
fulfilling and we should allwant that, and so how do we get
it?
And it's about becomingself-aware.
(28:23):
It's about having people investin us.
It's investing in ourselves tofind that.
So I think back to even beingin college and, yes, you know,
you get a degree, you have thesethings to go out into the world
, but are we really given thatfoundation to know what
(28:44):
direction we should go in?
I don't feel like I was asprepared as I should have been,
and so knowing, knowing what Ididn't have has given me the
opportunity to provide that formy clients.
And so, uh, I would challengeindividuals to really take a
(29:06):
close look at, uh, if they havethe ability to make a shift or
change in a culture orenvironment.
Do it, do it.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
And it's not going to be easy, because I mean, if it
was easy, you know they probablywouldn't be the right thing to
do.
I say to my son all the timehe's seven, you can do hard
things, right, you put the workin, you can do the hard things
now.
And trust me, man, when and ifand when you fail because you
will I'm here, man, I got you,Like, go out, go out and set
(29:37):
your expectations super high.
And if you fail, so what dude,what can I do to help you?
Right, what can we do next timeto help?
Speaker 3 (29:44):
We never fail.
We learn.
Oh my God, I say that to myteam all the time hey, we're not
.
We either win or we learn.
That's it, oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Absolutely Jeez Louise.
How did you get into careercoaching?
Speaker 3 (29:55):
Yes, so I spent almost 10 years in higher
education teaching, and so I wasteaching in the classroom, I
was an academic advisor, I was aprogram director for a little
bit and then I managed ainternship program, and so I
worked a lot with employers andmatching students to career
placement, essentially, and Ijust I'm so fueled by that
(30:20):
finding that fit.
And so it was just when I knewI wanted to step away from
corporate and start my ownbusiness.
I knew that was a natural fitfor me, because that was
something that I was trulypassionate about and truly loved
.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Now starting your own business.
I know I'm completely offscript at this point, but
starting your own business, whatwas the final push?
I mean, what gave you the hey?
I'm doing this.
Whether I win or I learn, I'mdoing this.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Yes.
So my youngest, my daughter,was going to start preschool and
she was going to be off onTuesdays and Thursdays.
And I hit a point in my lifewhere I realized I think people
tell you you know, these yearsgo by really fast and you know
you need to make the most ofthem, et cetera, and I realized
(31:12):
I wanted to be with her on thoseTuesday Thursdays and so I
didn't actually teach a class inperson on Tuesday Thursdays and
I asked if I could stay homeand work from home on those days
so I could be with her.
And I was told no.
And God had laid on my heart tobe a more present mom because
(31:33):
I'm not going to get that timeback and I want to foster that
relationship, I want to helpgrow them.
And so that was the push, theno.
I got a no and I said, okay,this is it, I'm stepping out,
and it was a huge leap, superscary.
(31:53):
People are like you're crazy,you're crazy, but I think we all
have a little craziness rightand it has been very rewarding.
It's been hard.
It is hard being a businessowner.
I mean you do everything, so Icreate the content, I think well
, I go, I think about the idea.
I create the content, you know,I deliver it and then I do all
(32:17):
the follow-up and I bill and Ido the books, and I do it all
Like I am a one woman show andso there's a lot that goes into
it.
But at the end of the day,being able to walk away and
knowing that I've changed lives,knowing that I've had a
beautiful impact in this world,is so worth it.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
And you'll never, ever, ever regret spending the
amount of time that you get tospend with your little one.
I mean, that's, or I guess,what was that five years ago?
Speaker 3 (32:48):
Two.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Two years ago, okay.
Speaker 3 (32:50):
Yeah, and it was priceless, absolutely priceless,
two years ago.
(33:15):
Okay, to today, and there isnothing.
No, this is what I would say.
There is no amount of money,there are no benefits that can
outweigh that time and thosemoments and those memories, and
I just, I feel so blessed to beable to do that.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
That is 100% the reason why I started vigorously
and angrily applying to theseplaces.
I applied for the VP of salesposition at Murray initially and
I had never, ever, ever everdone any of that.
That's what I applied for, justbecause I needed out, because
my work schedule that's whatthey always said Are you able to
live in the gray?
You lived in the black andwhite for so long.
(33:50):
If I wasn't there at 7.30 and7.33 went by, then I would have
to stay till 5.33 and it wasjust an entire thing and it came
down to I don't want to have topay for afterschool care
anymore.
My daughter is 11 years old.
My son is seven.
They live in a small town,local Nebraska.
They should be able to take thebus home.
I should be there to be able tomake sure they get off of the
(34:13):
bus and that their home's safe,and we shouldn't have to pay for
childcare and daycare for threehours or two hours when I can
do what I do from my home officetoo.
So I mean, at the end of theday, you're right, there is no
amount of money, there is noamount of benefits, there is no
retirement fund stashed away.
That's going to take anythingaway from the amount of time I
get to spend with those two kids.
(34:34):
It's invaluable.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
Absolutely, and I know not everyone can
necessarily do what I did, but Ithink you have to get really
clear on the priorities that youhave for your life, and my
(35:02):
priorities were I want to be abetter wife.
I want to be a more present mom, 100% about, and it has
definitely rippled into allareas of my life.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Yep, Feel good, look good, perform good.
It all kind of ties back tothat.
And also those four things arekind of lean into the four
pieces of advice that you gaveto the local leaders in our
community that are listening.
Absolutely With that same trainof thought, if you could talk
to the 20 year old Amanda right,I know we had already said the
piece of advice you would, youwould just stick with it and it
(35:36):
gets better With the train ofthought of the four pieces of
advice that you gave to theleaders, what is something that
you would tell yourself that'scoming straight out that just
said hey, guess what?
I'm quitting my job and I'mstarting my own business.
What's that piece of advice?
Speaker 3 (35:52):
know the areas where you want to spend your time and
get really clear on that.
Time is the universal equalizer.
So you and I may make differentamounts of money, we have
different families, we drivedifferent cars, but you and I
both have 24 hours in a day.
(36:14):
But you and I both have 24hours in a day, and so how we
spend that time is what sets usapart from other people.
And so I would say, get reallyclear on how you spend your time
and where you put your time andwho you spend your time with.
That's what really matters.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
You know what?
I've said this for the lastcouple of years.
With the weight loss I've alsobeen on year nine of sobriety.
Right, no alcohol, no, nothing.
I have no energy drinks.
The last month and a half I'vetried to tell myself that you
can do hard things too, right.
So with all that, I had tocompletely change the people I
(36:55):
surrounded myself with and notanything against them.
It was just where I wanted togo with my life.
We did not have the same goals.
When I asked hey, man, where doyou see yourself in two, five,
10 years?
It's the same exact dang spot.
You are right now.
You know I'm drinking beer onmy porch.
You know drinking beer with myold man in the backyard.
That's fine, but that's not mygoals.
(37:16):
My goals is I want to leave alegacy behind for my two kids
that share my last name.
I want to leave a legacy behindfor the kids that I've been
coaching for the last 10 yearsof their life.
I want to leave somethingbehind for my wife.
If I leave first, I want my momto be proud of her.
Son.
Couldn't do those things withthe life that I was living, dang
sure couldn't do those thingswith my supporting cast of
characters that I called friendsright.
(37:37):
And it's funny.
Now to this day, about 10 yearslater, not one text, not one
hey.
And I've reached out to themI've said hey, man, sorry for
the way I left things.
You know, I'm in a better placenow.
Let's talk, let's meet up,nothing Again.
(37:59):
You know, I probably could havehandled the front end of things
differently, but I had to dowhat I had to do for me.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
I had to, I had to be able to at least try to hit
those goals.
You know I haven't hit all ofthem yet, but I'm still trying
every single day.
Yes, we become who we tellourselves we are and we become
who we surround ourself with,and I believe those two things.
And when we really start makingshifts in our life and
analyzing is this best, is thiswhere I want to be?
And then making the changesthat we need to, it's huge.
(38:26):
It can make a huge differencein our life and you and I are
both living proof of that, andanybody can do it, and it's not
rocket science.
Just use what we've talkedabout in this podcast today and
ask yourself these questionsthat I've posed and do an
analysis of it and whatevercomes out of it, start making
(38:49):
some shifts and you'll thankyourself later.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
The definition of insanity is trying the same
thing over and over and over andexpecting a different result.
It isn't ever going to happen.
Amanda, how do people get ahold of you?
How can we get in touch withyou?
How can we book sessions withyou?
I want to know it all.
How do I get a hold of you?
Speaker 3 (39:08):
Yes, so head straight to my website,
amandafairlyllccom.
It is all there.
I do have presence on Facebookand Instagram, so my color
analysis business is the studioof color and, but it is all
housed under myamandafairlyllccom on my website
.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Now, if somebody wanted to show up and get with
you in two weeks from now, areyou?
Would they be able?
Would you be able to fit peopleinto your schedule after
hearing this podcast?
Do you have availability?
Do you have openings?
Speaker 3 (39:41):
I do so I am booking out to about the middle of uh,
middle of April right now, soI'm about a month out.
So I would encourage you tojump on the calendar now, and
especially with summer coming.
I really cut back once, the mykiddos are out of out of school
and so, uh, but you can alwaysemail me my calendar.
It is what it is when you go tomy booking link.
(40:03):
But, uh, you can.
You can always ask and theremight be an opening or I might
get a cancellation somewhere,and so I do keep a list of those
so that I can reach back out topeople.
Speaker 2 (40:13):
And we will have all the ways to get ahold of you in
the description of this podcastlink and if you are on our
Facebook page, we will havelinks to her pages there as well
.
I got one more question for youand it's simply just for my
personal knowledge and bank hereThoughts on social media.
I am a big component of.
There is a right way and awrong way to do Facebook and
(40:34):
Twitter or, wait, sorry,Facebook and X and Instagram and
the social media aspect of it.
I am a, I'm a, I'm a believerin.
These are tools for people likeus and leaders and coaches and
business owners to be successful.
What are your thoughts on thedirection that social media is
heading and advice again forother leaders to use those tools
(40:56):
.
Speaker 3 (40:57):
My advice would be to show up in your most authentic
self.
Social media there's so muchout there that is fake.
People are fake, words are fake, pictures are fake, and so if
you really want to draw peoplein, I think you've got to lean
(41:19):
into who you are authenticallyand that's how you show up.
And so it's hard.
I do all the things, like Isaid, in my business, and social
media is one of them, andsometimes I struggle getting
things up there, but I reallytry to make it.
This is me, this is what I'mdoing, this is, uh, this is
(41:40):
where I'm at, and so I.
That's what I would say is showup as your authentic self in
those spaces, because people,people will eventually see
through the, the, the chatter,the fake that's out there.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
The BS out there.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
Yes, but they'll recognize and they'll be like,
wow, this person's real andthey'll be drawn to it.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
I have.
About a year ago, I stoppedwith the.
Should I do this?
Should I post this?
Is this too much information?
Am I being too real?
And I just gave up all theother stuff and I just put
myself out there and I'm tellingyou.
It has made a differencebecause I don't have to hide
anything.
I don't fake it.
When I meet somebody, I am whoI am and you knew the minute
(42:29):
that you saw it.
This is who I am,wholeheartedly.
If it's at baseball, if it's atwork, if it's at home, if it's
with my kids, I am this sameperson online as I am everywhere
else, and it's made my lifemore, almost more simple.
You know, absolutely, amanda.
Any final thoughts?
There's something we didn't hiton that you want to touch base
on.
Speaker 3 (42:51):
I would just.
I would just say do some, dosome self-reflection.
We don't normally take the timeto do that, unless we're
working with a coach or we haveto do it in some type of
workshop, but I would encouragelisteners to set some time aside
(43:14):
to really self-reflect on thelife you want to have and how
you want to live, because wecould just go through the
motions of life so easily and somany people do and I did for so
long.
But when we truly start to beintentional about where we spend
(43:34):
our time and who we spend ourtime with, and pouring into
ourselves, we're able to show upas our best self in all areas
of our life.
So in our marriage or with ourkids, or at baseball or in our
jobs, it doesn't matter, we areable to show up as our best self
.
So I would say pour into you,take the time to concentrate on
(43:57):
you and self-reflect and plan,because you are worth it.
Speaker 2 (44:03):
And you can do hard things.
You're an incredible person.
I know I said it before we wenton air and I probably said it a
couple of different times.
Matt Murray, I hope you feelbetter, but thank you for being
sick today, man, because I hadso much fun better, but thank
you for being sick today, man,because I had so much fun with
this.
I thank you for being here.
Thank you for taking the timeout of your day.
I know you're busy and I knowthere's a thousand other things
you can do, but again,everything happens for a reason
(44:26):
and I'm glad you showed up today.
Thank you for having me.
Thank you everyone for joiningus with this Stay Modern with
Murray podcast.
Speaker 1 (44:32):
I appreciate everyone's support and look
forward to the next episode, ifyou have questions or topics
you'd like us to discuss, youcan email them to info at
murraycustomhomescom.
If you liked this episode, besure to subscribe to Stay Modern
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(44:54):
episodes.
Welcome to another episode of Stay Modern with
Murray, brought to you by MurrayCustom Homes, where we build
your dream home together.
Now sit back, buckle up andenjoy the ride with your host,
Matt.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Murray the day.
Matthew Taylor, I'm pinchhitting for Matt Murray.
Today we are joined by a veryspecial guest, amanda Fairley.
She's a career coach,leadership facilitator, event
speaker, color analyst, farmwife and mother of two.
Everybody help me welcomeAmanda.
(00:35):
All right, amanda, thank youfor taking the time out of your
day today and the time out ofyour busy week to come and sit
in on the Stay Modern withMurray podcast.
I'm so fired up to get to knowa little bit more about the
person behind everything that wejust labeled here.
Let's lead into this.
Can you tell me a little bitabout you personally, kind of
where you grew up, some of yourpersonal interests and then the
(00:57):
whole farm?
Wife and mother of two.
How did that all come about?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Yes, so I am not originally from Nebraska, I am a
transplant.
So I am originally fromDelaware and I've been in
Nebraska for 14 years and I washere about six months and met my
husband and I guess what dothey say?
The rest is history.
And two kiddos later.
So we have a son, bo, anddaughter Ellie, and we farm and
have cattle.
My husband is a crop duster, sopilot and does aviation, so we
(01:32):
stay very busy is a good way toput it, but productive.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yes, ma'am, delaware.
So what I'm typically on thispart it's like oh, the girl
brought you to Nebraska, that'show we kind of lead into that.
But why, why Nebraska, and whattook you to Delaware in the
first place?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Yeah, so I grew up in Delaware.
Those are the.
That's where I was raised.
Those are my, my roots, and Iwas raised on a farm.
I've got an agriculturebackground and my first job out
of college was actually to sellcorn and soybean seed.
And they gave me an option ofall of these different states
(02:11):
that I could move to, andNebraska was one of them and I
thought where else would I go tosell corn and soybean seed but
the heart of the country?
So I'm going to Nebraska and sothat's how I got here and I was
here about six months before Ior I was here six months and met
my husband and it's beenincredible and I love this state
(02:33):
.
I love it.
I would I would live nowhereelse.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
It becomes home.
Right, Like we can go visitother places, we can look on
vacation spots, but every singletime you get to the end of that
vacation, you get to the end ofthat trip.
You're just anchoring to comehome.
It is home.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yes, they don't call it the good life for nothing.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
No, they don't.
So is it crops and farm animals, or are you guys just mainly a
crop-based farmstead out there?
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, so we raise crops and livestock.
So we've got some cattle, so werun some cow-calf pairs and we
do a lot of rotationally grazing, so kind of setting them up in
small paddocks and grazing andthen moving them more frequently
.
But we also raise corn,soybeans and alfalfa.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
And that is incredible.
You're literally providing ourcommunity with their means of
survival, right?
I mean, you're talking fuel,you're talking food, you're
talking everything.
I love it.
It keeps you busy, right.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
It does.
It is a lot of fun and to bepart of that foundation is
really neat.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am.
All right, so let's get rightinto it.
We talked about being a coloranalyst off air and I kind of
want you to give the listeners alittle bit of a background.
Can you explain to the audiencewhat a color analyst is and how
it can benefit somebody?
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Absolutely so.
Color analysis is a verypowerful tool and, as a color
analyst, I lay drapes on myclients to find the best colors
that create harmony and balancewith their natural features.
So I am looking at skinundertone, I'm looking at lip
color and eye color, and each ofthe drapes that I have were
(04:15):
chosen specifically for eachseason based on the color that
they reflect on the client.
And something else that I willnote here is some people may be
familiar with the traditionalfour color seasons, and I
actually do 12.
And so I have 12 differentdrape sets and a set of test
(04:36):
drapes to really find out theseason, the accurate season, of
my clients.
So I'm looking at neutrals aswell as true seasons.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Man, that is incredible.
Okay, so we talked off air andwhat I took out of the
conversation is look good, feelgood, perform good and all of
those things kind of come around, the idea of carrying yourself
with self-confidence, a littlebit of self-pride awareness.
And you mentioned, hey, it tookme two minutes, three minutes,
(05:07):
to put on the outfit that I'mwearing today when, in turn, I'm
wearing all black, and it stillprobably took me 15 to 20.
And it probably says more aboutme than anything.
I get it, but can you kind ofwalk us through?
Hey, my name is Matthew Taylor,I want to set up a meeting with
Amanda and I want to figurethis thing out from start to
finish, from the minute I walkinto your door.
I mean, what are we looking atas far as timeline and how long
(05:30):
would it take for a session?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Absolutely.
So.
It is a two hour appointmentwith me, and so I bring you in
no makeup and wear some comfyclothes, because you're gonna be
sitting for two hours, and Iput a plain gray drape on you
and then I just start laying thedrapes, and so I'm really
looking for the changes thathappen in your face.
(05:53):
So, based on the color we wearas a shirt on our chest, the
color reflects on our face.
So sometimes black can createthis washed out.
Look on us.
Sometimes those that are morecool skin tone, if they wear
warmer colors, it can createyellow in their skin.
(06:13):
And so if we have any ladieslistening that you've put
something on and it doesn't feelright, or you don't make it out
of the house, or it's stillsitting in your closet with the
tags on it, it's probablybecause it is not right.
It's probably because you'vebeen able to see in your face
that something is off, but youhaven't been able to name it.
(06:33):
And so that is what we do inthe appointment is, as I'm
laying the drapes on, I'm saying, you know, did you see this?
And watch for this?
And then I put the drape backon, and so I want you to see it,
I want you to feel it so that,when you leave the appointment,
you get a fan with 65 differentcolors that are specific to your
(06:53):
season, and you can use thatwhen you shop or pick out paint
colors for your home or buy yournext car However you want to
use it, you can do that.
Even hair color makes a bigdifference, and so some of my
clients have been dyeing theirhair a different color and after
they find out their season, I'mlike you need to go warm or you
(07:15):
need to go cool, and they'relike, wow, I've been fighting
this for so long, trying to besomething that I'm not, and
that's what really.
I think it brings people backto who they truly are, and so I
think it's one of the best giftsthat I'm able to give is
helping women feel confident inwho they are, and that just
(07:38):
ripples into all the other areasof their life.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Oh, absolutely.
I.
We, you and I were talking alittle bit before we started
this and I know this is MattMurray's side of the podcast
thing.
So for those that are tuning infor the first time hearing my
voice, I am a baseball coach andI try to take that more than
just the game of baseball.
I try to you know betterstudents, better friends, better
brothers, better athletes.
Last in secondary, I want tobuild better futures for our
(08:05):
future leaders of our community.
That being said, I'm constantlytalking about confidence.
I mean to the point where youshould have all the work done
before game day.
So when you walk onto the fieldyou know, hey, I am the guy, I
am the man.
I put in my time, I put in mywork.
Now it's time to go have funand play this kid's game.
Right, A lot of what we forgetis baseball is a kid's game.
(08:25):
These kids should be having funand with that, you have to have
the confidence to walk up tothe plate and know me versus you
and I'm going to win it, Evenif you don't right, you go into
it with that mindset.
I say all that, knowing thatconfidence is a large part of my
day.
Right, I grew up overweight.
I've recently lost 200 poundsin the last two years, so I'm a
completely different person,right?
(08:47):
So confidence is something thatI preach to not just my kids
that I coach, but also mypersonal my own kids and my wife
and our team here at MurrayWatching my wife go shop, go
with my wife to shop, and she isdead set on this outfit and
that outfit and that outfit.
Set outfits are still in ourcloset, have never been worn,
(09:09):
have never taken the tags off,and I've always thought to
myself I'm like you look great,you look amazing, it doesn't
matter what you have on.
And she was like no, no, I justdon't feel it.
I don't feel it.
I don't feel right.
I've never put those two thingstogether.
You know, who am I to tell youhow you should feel or how you
should look when they leave youroffice?
(09:30):
That has to have a sense offulfillment on your side of
things, or else why would you doit Right?
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Yes, yes.
So so much of that resonateswith me.
Uh, congratulations, by the way, on that loss.
So I have lost 100 pounds threetimes, and so I it resonates.
I feel like there's, you know,this precedence out there that
we should be something, weshould be this, and I just want
(10:12):
women to be them.
I want them to be who theytruly are, and that's a huge
part of what they get to walkaway with, and so being
confident in the colors thatthey wear, and then they don't
have to spend time decidingwhich outfit to put on, because
they're all going to look good,and so it's definitely a huge
(10:36):
boost of confidence.
And we talked previous aboutrelating it to baseball and just
having your color analysis done, doing the shopping, cleaning
out your closet, creating thatalignment, and then you feel
good about picking something outsuper quickly and that doesn't
have to consume your day.
(10:57):
So we all feel like most women.
They're like if I could getback an hour, or if I could get
an extra 15 minutes, and so thisactually gives you back time
and money in the long run.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Yeah, that whole cleaning out the closet, that
would be like the perfectanalogy for this right.
And I don't men, women, kids,adults, grandparents, whoever it
may be, that's listening rightnow.
We all have said one time oranother I don't care what I, I
don't care what they think Ilook like, I don't care what
their opinion.
That's not what the point is.
The point is is you and youropinion of yourself and your
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belief in yourself and yourconfidence in yourself.
That's fantastic.
How did you fall in line withthis?
How did it?
Was this schooling?
Was this just a love, a passion?
How?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, so great question.
I had my color analysis done bythe traditional four seasons
five years ago and I guess youcould say that's when the bug
bit me and I just truly feltthat it was something that I
wanted to give as women andempower women.
And so much of what I do,whether it is on the career
coaching side, the mentoringside, the rise coaching side
(12:08):
we're going to talk about all ofthose things.
It's about empowering women andbuilding other people up, and
that is, I feel like, my goal,is to create that beautiful
space in this world becausethere's there's a lot of
darkness and so if I can be thatlight and give that light to
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others, then that's, that's whatI truly want.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I'm constantly saying I'll even post it on Facebook
every morning, like just for metype deal, just so I can go back
and I can read it.
It's go change someone'soutlook on the day.
Go change someone's opinion ofyou on the positive side.
Go change someone's outlook onthe day.
Go change someone's opinion ofyou on the positive side.
Go change someone's mood forthe better and just the.
I call it almost a coach'scurrency, right, like cause, we
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make $0 an hour doing what we do, trying to help the youth.
So it is what it is, so I callit my coach's currency.
Just seeing you kind of strive,right, seeing the person that
I'm helping mentor or coach orwhatever it may be at that time,
just seeing them kind of lightup a little bit and a smile on
their face because it'ssomething that you said or did
or helped.
That's the fulfilling factor,right, that's our currency on
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all this.
It's amazing, absolutely Allright.
So I'm already starting tothink about how we can do this
color analysis for our homes andthe paint and all that.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
It is super powerful.
I took a wall that I hadoriginally painted in our home
before I knew what my colorswere, and that was one of the
first things that I actuallychanged, because it was in the
opposite palette of mine and Ididn't realize how much it
bothered me until I painted itand I had naturally decorated
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the rest of the home in mypalette, except for that wall.
And when I changed that wallcolor, the entire room changed,
and so I know it might soundsilly for some people that you
would use your palette for paintcolor, but when we surround
ourselves with our colors we arehappier because our colors make
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us happy.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Man, just one accent wall and your living space could
change.
I mean, you wake up.
It's the first thing thatyou're going to walk past.
You're right.
You're right.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
It makes a huge difference.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Okay, so you have all these things in the fire right
now.
You're not just doing a coloranalysis, you have everything
career coaching, yourmotivational speaker, event
speaker, mother and wife.
And what does a typical daylook like for Amanda?
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yeah, depends on the typical day, but usually it is a
mix of all of those thingssometimes.
So, you know, monday I startedout I had multiple coaching
calls in the morning and then Ihad two color analysis in the
afternoon, and so today I'mmeeting with you today, or
(14:58):
meeting with you right now andtalking about this, and then
after today I've got, or, excuseme, after we meet today, I am
meeting with a gal about anevent, speaking at one of her
events, and then I have a coloranalysis on my way back home
tonight.
So I try to maximize my time.
It's one of my strengths and sothat's definitely something
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that I try to do is utilizing mytime in a positive way.
But it's a beautiful mix of allof them.
So, whether I am careercoaching, so meeting with a
client, doing a coaching session, a color analysis appointment,
or even meeting with a leader, ateam lead, on some leadership
development for their team, it'sa mix.
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My typical days usually arequite mixed.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
It's thriving in chaos.
Right, you're able to thrive inthe chaos.
Don't let it just eat you up.
All these things kind of tie intogether, though.
I mean the event speaking, thelife coaching, the career
coaching, rise, which we'reabout to get into, and I find
this one of the most importantaspects of the community of
Lincoln and the surroundingareas.
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I really do.
I've been up to the Chamber ofComrades office and met with
their Shannon and then thepresident of the chamber, and
the one thing that they hit onis you have to get somebody in
from Murray on this RISE group.
So, all right, tell us aboutyour involvement with Rise and
share with the listeners whatRise is all about and how did
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you get started with the group.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Yes, so Rise is a program that is housed under the
Lincoln Chamber and it isessentially for women in
business that may not haveaccess to coaching that's one
piece of it or access to anetwork of women inside their
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workplace, and so this givesthem an opportunity to have
connections, have conversationsand meet other women in a space
that is positive and that'sgoing to build them up.
And so Rise is one of thoseprograms where women come
together.
They have monthly gatherings,and I was just up here last week
for the Rise gathering and itwas hosted at a local boutique,
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and so it just people women getto come and meet each other and
there's just conversation andit's just a uh, it's an
incredible program that theyhave put out, and so I am
honored to be one of the risecoaches for that, and so, uh,
they are group coaching sessions.
(17:42):
So right now I'm hosting it'scalled Own your Genius, and so I
use the Working Genius as abase for the group coaching
program, and I've got abouteight gals in my group.
I like to keep my group smallso that everyone can have a
voice and feel like they have achance to be coached, and so
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that's kind of my role in Riseis the coaching piece.
But I had a really good friendof mine that works at the
chamber and she said, amanda,you would be perfect for this.
She's like it doesn't pay, butyou would be perfect at it, but
you would be perfect at it andkind of your.
Your example of baseball issome of the greatest things that
(18:30):
we can do.
We may not be getting monetarypayment for it, and so the the
connections that I've built withthe gals that come to rise is
is just incredible and sowonderful women.
And it is, it's definitely.
It's.
It's definitely a space thatwomen feel safe and feel like
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they can be built up.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Yeah, and you know what?
It's so hard for somebodythat's just getting into the
world of trying to help othersto look past the all right.
Well, how do I make this?
I hear it all the time aboutthe Big Brothers program, the
mentorship program.
I hear it constantly.
Well, I don't have the time, Ican't find the time.
How do I do it without gettingpaid?
And if those, you have to finda way to give back to the
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community.
If you can, and it's not, it'snever going to come down to
you're getting filthy rich fromit or you're monetizing from it.
What it comes down to is beingable to help the next generation
of leaders or athletes or womenwho are that you want to
empower.
Like it has to start from theground level.
You know, at a young age.
I would, I that's what I'malways saying.
(19:38):
If you can ingrain that seednow, they will give back to the
community when they're our agetype of deal.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Absolutely.
I was speaking to a 4-H groupat one of their banquets this
past weekend and one of thethings that I touched on is that
we are given gifts to sharethem.
It's not about hoarding them ormaking people pay us for them.
Yes, we need to make a livingright, but we have been given
(20:06):
gifts to give them back and Ithink that is just so powerful
and we have to remember that.
So I wonder, you know, think,what are the gifts that the you
know, whoever's listening rightnow what are the gifts that you
have that you could give back?
How could you give back tothose around you?
Speaker 2 (20:24):
And it's the most fulfilling life that you can
live.
You wake up the next morningwondering how do I get to the
next person?
How can I help the next person?
What message can I pass along?
I I get to the next person.
How can I help the next person?
What message can I pass along?
I think I told you about thebigger than baseball message.
Right, that's to me it's.
Baseball is secondary.
It is raising better young menand young women to help lead our
community in the future too.
(20:46):
You are an incredible person.
I know everything happens for areason.
I'm a firm believer on that.
But, like you know, I don'tknow.
Just hearing you kind ofvocalize and talk about what
your day looks like and how yougot into this.
It nothing's by accident, right?
I mean, everything has happenedfor a reason.
You moved from Delaware toNebraska for a reason.
Now you have a wonderful familyand it's yeah.
Um, before we get to this nextquestion about um advice for
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leaders in the in in thecommunity, I want to pause.
Knowing what you know now andall the tools and everything to
help you be successful in youreveryday activities, is there a
piece of advice you would giveyoung Amanda?
I mean before the move fromDelaware to Nebraska or
something that you wish that youwould have known.
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I know it's a sneak question, Ididn't brief you on it.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
I guess I would probably say to her hang in
there, I promise it's worth it,I love it.
There's a lot of things that wego through, I think, when we're
younger and we wonder why isthis happening to me and why is
this so hard and it's worth thewait.
Just wait for it.
And so I think that's what Itell her is just be patient and
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wait, because it's so worth itand it has been.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
And I got goosebumps.
That's incredible, Amanda, thatis yeah, it's worth it.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
It is.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Whatever it is, it's going to be worth it.
Okay, If you could give aleader of a company three pieces
of advice three to five piecesof advice to be a successful
leader, what would the advice be?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Yes.
So one of the number one piecesthat I try to share at the
beginning of any of my workshopsor working with leaders is the
best leaders are self-awareleaders.
So when we become self-awareabout ourselves, we are able to
communicate that back to thepeople we work with, and people
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are usually going to give moregrace to those that know
themselves and are willing toshare.
And so the best leaders areself-aware leaders.
The second one that I wouldshare is invest in yourself and
invest in your people.
So sometimes when you're at thetop, it can be a little lonely,
right.
(23:08):
And so find your network ofpeople, whether it is a coach
that you do one-on-one work with, or whether it is a mastermind
of other leaders that are at thelevel that you are at.
Invest in yourself that way,and then investing in your
people.
People stay with businesses andorganizations because they feel
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wanted and they feelappreciated and they've been
invested in, and so if you wantto keep your people, you want to
foster that growth, invest inthem and they will stay and they
will be loyal to you in yourbusiness.
The other one I will mention ispaying attention to your
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environment and your culture.
So what is the culture that youwant to create in your business
and organization.
What is the environment?
You want to create, thatenvironment where people are
able to grow and thrive and betheir best self, they're working
in their strengths and theylove what they do.
And so I think it's a goodreminder to ask yourself what is
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the culture that we arecreating here?
What is the environment?
When people walk through ourdoors or they see our business
name or organization name, orour employees are talking about
where they work, how are theygoing to talk about that
environment?
Are they going to talk aboutthat culture?
And then the last one that I'llleave you with is communication
(24:35):
is the foundation for success,and so no one can read minds
right, and so if we are going tobecome better, whether it's as
a leader or with a team, it's somuch about communication and no
matter the relationship.
So whether it's husband, wife,you know where you work, it
doesn't matter.
Being open and communicating isis going to give you that
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success that you want.
So there's my four that I wouldgive to, uh to any leaders.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
It's so crazy that this is the second person that
I've talked to that was givenadvice to the few, to the
leaders of companies, and it'sthe second person in a row
that's brought up culture.
And I tie it back to about ayear ago when I was hired to
leave the government and comework here for Murray.
I had three interviews and thenthe fourth interview was a
(25:28):
culture interview and I had noidea what he was talking about.
I have never once where I'veworked, for I'll just leave it
at the government.
Well, I worked for about adecade with him and and I went
home every single night and Iwould tell my wife about how I I
I was good at what I was doing,but I was taking things away
from people.
I would go in secure ground forfuture beltways, I would go in
(25:49):
secure ground for futureoverpasses and literally taking
people's livelihood that they'veknown and loved.
And that's how they grew upfarming right.
Being from Western Nebraska, mygrandfather would say there are
two things in this world theLord gave you dirt and your body
and you're taking dirt fromthese farmers.
You need to find a differentcareer and you know that stuck
with me.
And anyways, coming back to theculture interview.
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Once Matt Murray and Megan said, all right, we got one more
interview and it's our cultureinterview.
We want to make sure thatyou're the right culture fit for
what we have here.
I couldn't wrap my mind aroundit and then I thought I didn't
get the job right.
I mean, two days went by afterthe interview.
I'm like I guess I don't fitthe culture.
I couldn't have been more wrong, like I walked through these
doors every single day and I andI'm thankful that I don't have
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to go home and tell my wifeabout how I'm stealing ground
from homeowners and farmers andand landowners and at the end of
the day it all ties back tobeing able to wake up and feel
like you're doing somethingpositive in the world or the
community or helping others.
And that culture thing, it, it.
This job wouldn't be what it isunless you felt that when you
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walk through these doors, I talkabout it every single day.
My son wants to come to workevery single day.
That he doesn't have school.
It's crazy.
You got Matt and Megan'sdaughter out there running
around right, like that's,that's, this is home, it's a
family environment and everybodyfeels that when they get here.
It makes such a huge differencein our workload.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Absolutely.
Yes, it really does the, theculture that is created, and it
starts with leadership, and so,just like you said, you know
Matt and Meg, they they madesure that that was important.
That was that was a separateinterview Like that's huge.
I don't know very manybusinesses or organizations
doing that and so, but we haveto put a precedence on that
(27:39):
because and people want that,you want to have a career that
you're not complaining about orthat brings you down, and so one
of the best pieces of feedbackI get from clients when I work
with career coaching clients isI can't believe that I get paid
to do this.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
That's incredible.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
And it just fills my cup to hear that because that's
where we want to be.
I feel that way about what I do.
I can't believe that I get paidto do this because it is so
fulfilling and we should allwant that, and so how do we get
it?
And it's about becomingself-aware.
(28:23):
It's about having people investin us.
It's investing in ourselves tofind that.
So I think back to even beingin college and, yes, you know,
you get a degree, you have thesethings to go out into the world
, but are we really given thatfoundation to know what
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direction we should go in?
I don't feel like I was asprepared as I should have been,
and so knowing, knowing what Ididn't have has given me the
opportunity to provide that formy clients.
And so, uh, I would challengeindividuals to really take a
(29:06):
close look at, uh, if they havethe ability to make a shift or
change in a culture orenvironment.
Do it, do it.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
And it's not going to be easy, because I mean, if it
was easy, you know they probablywouldn't be the right thing to
do.
I say to my son all the timehe's seven, you can do hard
things, right, you put the workin, you can do the hard things
now.
And trust me, man, when and ifand when you fail because you
will I'm here, man, I got you,Like, go out, go out and set
(29:37):
your expectations super high.
And if you fail, so what dude,what can I do to help you?
Right, what can we do next timeto help?
Speaker 3 (29:44):
We never fail.
We learn.
Oh my God, I say that to myteam all the time hey, we're not
.
We either win or we learn.
That's it, oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Absolutely Jeez Louise.
How did you get into careercoaching?
Speaker 3 (29:55):
Yes, so I spent almost 10 years in higher
education teaching, and so I wasteaching in the classroom, I
was an academic advisor, I was aprogram director for a little
bit and then I managed ainternship program, and so I
worked a lot with employers andmatching students to career
placement, essentially, and Ijust I'm so fueled by that
(30:20):
finding that fit.
And so it was just when I knewI wanted to step away from
corporate and start my ownbusiness.
I knew that was a natural fitfor me, because that was
something that I was trulypassionate about and truly loved
.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Now starting your own business.
I know I'm completely offscript at this point, but
starting your own business, whatwas the final push?
I mean, what gave you the hey?
I'm doing this.
Whether I win or I learn, I'mdoing this.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Yes.
So my youngest, my daughter,was going to start preschool and
she was going to be off onTuesdays and Thursdays.
And I hit a point in my lifewhere I realized I think people
tell you you know, these yearsgo by really fast and you know
you need to make the most ofthem, et cetera, and I realized
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I wanted to be with her on thoseTuesday Thursdays and so I
didn't actually teach a class inperson on Tuesday Thursdays and
I asked if I could stay homeand work from home on those days
so I could be with her.
And I was told no.
And God had laid on my heart tobe a more present mom because
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I'm not going to get that timeback and I want to foster that
relationship, I want to helpgrow them.
And so that was the push, theno.
I got a no and I said, okay,this is it, I'm stepping out,
and it was a huge leap, superscary.
(31:53):
People are like you're crazy,you're crazy, but I think we all
have a little craziness rightand it has been very rewarding.
It's been hard.
It is hard being a businessowner.
I mean you do everything, so Icreate the content, I think well
, I go, I think about the idea.
I create the content, you know,I deliver it and then I do all
(32:17):
the follow-up and I bill and Ido the books, and I do it all
Like I am a one woman show andso there's a lot that goes into
it.
But at the end of the day,being able to walk away and
knowing that I've changed lives,knowing that I've had a
beautiful impact in this world,is so worth it.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
And you'll never, ever, ever regret spending the
amount of time that you get tospend with your little one.
I mean, that's, or I guess,what was that five years ago?
Speaker 3 (32:48):
Two.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Two years ago, okay.
Speaker 3 (32:50):
Yeah, and it was priceless, absolutely priceless,
two years ago.
(33:15):
Okay, to today, and there isnothing.
No, this is what I would say.
There is no amount of money,there are no benefits that can
outweigh that time and thosemoments and those memories, and
I just, I feel so blessed to beable to do that.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
That is 100% the reason why I started vigorously
and angrily applying to theseplaces.
I applied for the VP of salesposition at Murray initially and
I had never, ever, ever everdone any of that.
That's what I applied for, justbecause I needed out, because
my work schedule that's whatthey always said Are you able to
live in the gray?
You lived in the black andwhite for so long.
(33:50):
If I wasn't there at 7.30 and7.33 went by, then I would have
to stay till 5.33 and it wasjust an entire thing and it came
down to I don't want to have topay for afterschool care
anymore.
My daughter is 11 years old.
My son is seven.
They live in a small town,local Nebraska.
They should be able to take thebus home.
I should be there to be able tomake sure they get off of the
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bus and that their home's safe,and we shouldn't have to pay for
childcare and daycare for threehours or two hours when I can
do what I do from my home officetoo.
So I mean, at the end of theday, you're right, there is no
amount of money, there is noamount of benefits, there is no
retirement fund stashed away.
That's going to take anythingaway from the amount of time I
get to spend with those two kids.
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It's invaluable.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
Absolutely, and I know not everyone can
necessarily do what I did, but Ithink you have to get really
clear on the priorities that youhave for your life, and my
(35:02):
priorities were I want to be abetter wife.
I want to be a more present mom, 100% about, and it has
definitely rippled into allareas of my life.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Yep, Feel good, look good, perform good.
It all kind of ties back tothat.
And also those four things arekind of lean into the four
pieces of advice that you gaveto the local leaders in our
community that are listening.
Absolutely With that same trainof thought, if you could talk
to the 20 year old Amanda right,I know we had already said the
piece of advice you would, youwould just stick with it and it
(35:36):
gets better With the train ofthought of the four pieces of
advice that you gave to theleaders, what is something that
you would tell yourself that'scoming straight out that just
said hey, guess what?
I'm quitting my job and I'mstarting my own business.
What's that piece of advice?
Speaker 3 (35:52):
know the areas where you want to spend your time and
get really clear on that.
Time is the universal equalizer.
So you and I may make differentamounts of money, we have
different families, we drivedifferent cars, but you and I
both have 24 hours in a day.
(36:14):
But you and I both have 24hours in a day, and so how we
spend that time is what sets usapart from other people.
And so I would say, get reallyclear on how you spend your time
and where you put your time andwho you spend your time with.
That's what really matters.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
You know what?
I've said this for the lastcouple of years.
With the weight loss I've alsobeen on year nine of sobriety.
Right, no alcohol, no, nothing.
I have no energy drinks.
The last month and a half I'vetried to tell myself that you
can do hard things too, right.
So with all that, I had tocompletely change the people I
(36:55):
surrounded myself with and notanything against them.
It was just where I wanted togo with my life.
We did not have the same goals.
When I asked hey, man, where doyou see yourself in two, five,
10 years?
It's the same exact dang spot.
You are right now.
You know I'm drinking beer onmy porch.
You know drinking beer with myold man in the backyard.
That's fine, but that's not mygoals.
(37:16):
My goals is I want to leave alegacy behind for my two kids
that share my last name.
I want to leave a legacy behindfor the kids that I've been
coaching for the last 10 yearsof their life.
I want to leave somethingbehind for my wife.
If I leave first, I want my momto be proud of her.
Son.
Couldn't do those things withthe life that I was living, dang
sure couldn't do those thingswith my supporting cast of
characters that I called friendsright.
(37:37):
And it's funny.
Now to this day, about 10 yearslater, not one text, not one
hey.
And I've reached out to themI've said hey, man, sorry for
the way I left things.
You know, I'm in a better placenow.
Let's talk, let's meet up,nothing Again.
(37:59):
You know, I probably could havehandled the front end of things
differently, but I had to dowhat I had to do for me.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
I had to, I had to be able to at least try to hit
those goals.
You know I haven't hit all ofthem yet, but I'm still trying
every single day.
Yes, we become who we tellourselves we are and we become
who we surround ourself with,and I believe those two things.
And when we really start makingshifts in our life and
analyzing is this best, is thiswhere I want to be?
And then making the changesthat we need to, it's huge.
(38:26):
It can make a huge differencein our life and you and I are
both living proof of that, andanybody can do it, and it's not
rocket science.
Just use what we've talkedabout in this podcast today and
ask yourself these questionsthat I've posed and do an
analysis of it and whatevercomes out of it, start making
(38:49):
some shifts and you'll thankyourself later.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
The definition of insanity is trying the same
thing over and over and over andexpecting a different result.
It isn't ever going to happen.
Amanda, how do people get ahold of you?
How can we get in touch withyou?
How can we book sessions withyou?
I want to know it all.
How do I get a hold of you?
Speaker 3 (39:08):
Yes, so head straight to my website,
amandafairlyllccom.
It is all there.
I do have presence on Facebookand Instagram, so my color
analysis business is the studioof color and, but it is all
housed under myamandafairlyllccom on my website
.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Now, if somebody wanted to show up and get with
you in two weeks from now, areyou?
Would they be able?
Would you be able to fit peopleinto your schedule after
hearing this podcast?
Do you have availability?
Do you have openings?
Speaker 3 (39:41):
I do so I am booking out to about the middle of uh,
middle of April right now, soI'm about a month out.
So I would encourage you tojump on the calendar now, and
especially with summer coming.
I really cut back once, the mykiddos are out of out of school
and so, uh, but you can alwaysemail me my calendar.
It is what it is when you go tomy booking link.
(40:03):
But, uh, you can.
You can always ask and theremight be an opening or I might
get a cancellation somewhere,and so I do keep a list of those
so that I can reach back out topeople.
Speaker 2 (40:13):
And we will have all the ways to get ahold of you in
the description of this podcastlink and if you are on our
Facebook page, we will havelinks to her pages there as well
.
I got one more question for youand it's simply just for my
personal knowledge and bank hereThoughts on social media.
I am a big component of.
There is a right way and awrong way to do Facebook and
(40:34):
Twitter or, wait, sorry,Facebook and X and Instagram and
the social media aspect of it.
I am a, I'm a, I'm a believerin.
These are tools for people likeus and leaders and coaches and
business owners to be successful.
What are your thoughts on thedirection that social media is
heading and advice again forother leaders to use those tools
(40:56):
.
Speaker 3 (40:57):
My advice would be to show up in your most authentic
self.
Social media there's so muchout there that is fake.
People are fake, words are fake, pictures are fake, and so if
you really want to draw peoplein, I think you've got to lean
(41:19):
into who you are authenticallyand that's how you show up.
And so it's hard.
I do all the things, like Isaid, in my business, and social
media is one of them, andsometimes I struggle getting
things up there, but I reallytry to make it.
This is me, this is what I'mdoing, this is, uh, this is
(41:40):
where I'm at, and so I.
That's what I would say is showup as your authentic self in
those spaces, because people,people will eventually see
through the, the, the chatter,the fake that's out there.
Speaker 2 (41:56):
The BS out there.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
Yes, but they'll recognize and they'll be like,
wow, this person's real andthey'll be drawn to it.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
I have.
About a year ago, I stoppedwith the.
Should I do this?
Should I post this?
Is this too much information?
Am I being too real?
And I just gave up all theother stuff and I just put
myself out there and I'm tellingyou.
It has made a differencebecause I don't have to hide
anything.
I don't fake it.
When I meet somebody, I am whoI am and you knew the minute
(42:29):
that you saw it.
This is who I am,wholeheartedly.
If it's at baseball, if it's atwork, if it's at home, if it's
with my kids, I am this sameperson online as I am everywhere
else, and it's made my lifemore, almost more simple.
You know, absolutely, amanda.
Any final thoughts?
There's something we didn't hiton that you want to touch base
on.
Speaker 3 (42:51):
I would just.
I would just say do some, dosome self-reflection.
We don't normally take the timeto do that, unless we're
working with a coach or we haveto do it in some type of
workshop, but I would encouragelisteners to set some time aside
(43:14):
to really self-reflect on thelife you want to have and how
you want to live, because wecould just go through the
motions of life so easily and somany people do and I did for so
long.
But when we truly start to beintentional about where we spend
(43:34):
our time and who we spend ourtime with, and pouring into
ourselves, we're able to show upas our best self in all areas
of our life.
So in our marriage or with ourkids, or at baseball or in our
jobs, it doesn't matter, we areable to show up as our best self
.
So I would say pour into you,take the time to concentrate on
(43:57):
you and self-reflect and plan,because you are worth it.
Speaker 2 (44:03):
And you can do hard things.
You're an incredible person.
I know I said it before we wenton air and I probably said it a
couple of different times.
Matt Murray, I hope you feelbetter, but thank you for being
sick today, man, because I hadso much fun better, but thank
you for being sick today, man,because I had so much fun with
this.
I thank you for being here.
Thank you for taking the timeout of your day.
I know you're busy and I knowthere's a thousand other things
you can do, but again,everything happens for a reason
(44:26):
and I'm glad you showed up today.
Thank you for having me.
Thank you everyone for joiningus with this Stay Modern with
Murray podcast.
Speaker 1 (44:32):
I appreciate everyone's support and look
forward to the next episode, ifyou have questions or topics
you'd like us to discuss, youcan email them to info at
murraycustomhomescom.
If you liked this episode, besure to subscribe to Stay Modern
with Murray on Apple andSpotify, or check back on our
website and social mediaregularly for the latest
(44:54):
episodes.
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