EP 277 Clarity, Connections, and Entrepreneurship: Angela Lewis on Purpose-Driven Business Growth

On this episode of the Stuck In My Mind Podcast, host Wize El Jefe welcomes the multi-faceted strategist and entrepreneur Angela Lewis for a conversation overflowing with clarity, connection, and unexpected golden nuggets. What starts as a humorous mix-up – with Wize thinking Angela was a PR pro due to her knack for making connections – quickly unfolds into a powerful exploration of what it really takes to build, scale, and revitalize a business or brand from the inside out.

Angela shares the real story behind her journey as the founder of Savvy Designs and The Pink Elephant Solution, underscoring her relentless drive to help businesses, creatives, and entrepreneurs not just survive but truly thrive. She unpacks how her background in art, consulting, and design evolved into strategic brand-building and developing accessible platforms to help businesses at every financial level lay solid foundations. Listeners get a window into Angela’s education at Harvard, her ongoing commitment to self-learning, and her mission to pass on deep-rooted business principles so that others can grow resilient organizations.

Together, Angela and Wize discuss the common traps leaders fall into—like launching businesses without foundational skills or tactical structure, and failing to see the difference between an LLC and true liability protection. Angela’s advice is sharp: invest early in strategic accounting and legal support, and always focus on learning before leaping.

But the conversation moves way beyond business nuts and bolts. Angela talks about the art of connecting people, the difference between transactional exchanges and lasting relationships, and how one’s personal journey and emotional health feed directly into entrepreneurial success. Wize opens up about his own life: losing loved ones, overcoming personal struggles, rediscovering his purpose through podcasting, and the true power of supporting others and being supportive in return.

Whether it’s how to build an “elevator pitch,” navigate a rapidly changing business climate, make crucial pivots, or the importance of celebrating personal milestones and self-betterment, Angela delivers invaluable insights with warmth and contagious energy.

If you’re an entrepreneur, leader, or creative who feels “stuck in your mind,” this episode is a masterclass in finding clarity, embracing connection, and choosing purpose-driven momentum over busywork. Tune in for a conversation that doesn’t just drop gems—it hands you the blueprint for building your own business legacy and living boldly, one intentional action at a time.

Don’t miss this episode if you want tactical business wisdom, real talk about life’s rollercoasters, and inspiration to get out of your own way. Connect with Angela Lewis—aka The Real Angela Lewis—at Savvy Designs, The Pink Elephant Solution, or on social platforms, and keep following Stuck in My Mind for more mind-shifting conversations.

Episode Transcript

(00:42):
And welcome to another episode of Stuck in My Mind podcast. I
am your host, W I Z E and. And my next
guest is. It's gonna. It's gonna be a funny story because I'm excited
for come on the podcast.
It's. It's just gonna be. It's gonna be a great podcast. I'm excited to have
us on the show. So let me just bring on to the show

(01:04):
Angela Lewis. I usually have a better
intro, but this. This is just. It's just
funny to me. It's just a funny situation. So this
whole time. So just everybody know, this whole time, I
thought she was a PR person because she. She's
been bringing me pr. Yes. And

(01:27):
she does not do pr. Not at all.
And so I'm excited to have on this show
have her explain to me what it is she does.
Well, I got some questions, though. I do got some questions. Okay, let's go over
the questions first. All right. Okay. So.

(01:50):
All right. Excuse me. So what triggered you, triggered you
to launch Savvy Designs. And
as you were saying before, you. You have multiple business. Multiple
businesses. So let's start off with Savvy Designs. Okay,
so Savvy Designs came from
me just wanting to help businesses succeed.

(02:13):
I didn't know what that looked like, but that was my prayer. I want to
help businesses succeed. And
the way I started was with design. So I
started with graphic design, so I'm an artist.
And that came morphed into brand building,
promotions designing, advertising designing.

(02:37):
Then it morphed into. Wait, you've been
consulting me this whole time? Let me. Why don't I just pay you to
consult me? Which morphed
into I can't afford your services, and I really love
what you do. Which birthed the pink elephant
solution. And that is a foundation now.

(02:59):
And what it does, it creates a platform for
business owners who are either pivoting,
who are starting, entrepreneurs who have an idea and not
know where to go when they don't have the budget. What it
does is create a foundation for them. It puts all of the
business basics into their lap. I have speakers. Come on.

(03:24):
Attorneys, accountants, pr. You know,
what you thought I was. You know, all the. The things that you need
to get a good foundation for your business. I have that one for free
for the foundation. But it is. It was created
from the services that I provide at Savvy Designs.
Okay, so I

(03:47):
see earlier, and you answered, you attended Harvard.
You attended Georgetown as well. So what are your trainings
going to these schools? And what kind of effect has
it had on your training and how you approach
things today. So I didn't do Georgetown, but I did do

(04:08):
Harvard for Successful Business Strategies.
But
I wanted to know, how can I help these
business owners, these businesses create a legacy
and how do we make sure when we
build the foundation that our roots are deep? Because in businesses,

(04:30):
as we know, as we learn, especially
those who didn't grow up in that environment, it's tough.
You're going to get knocked down, you're going to get pushed down, and those winds
and those storms are going to come. And if your roots aren't firmly
planted in the ground, you can bend and eventually
break. So I wanted to learn how

(04:52):
can I alleviate those things that
keep you up in the middle of the night, those headaches, the emotional
roller coasters that entrepreneurs have, because
in one breath you're quitting, in the other breath I can't. How do I
help people navigate through that? So those are the reasons why I
continually take classes. It's not. I didn't stop at

(05:15):
Harvard and actually I'm going to go back pretty soon to finish the other
part of my business degree. But I
wanted to finish, figure out as a tinkerer, as a
cure, a curiosity mindset, as
a theorist, can I solve the problem

(05:35):
indefinitely? Infinitely. How can I start? How
can I make sure that the foundation is so deep you never have to.
Okay, sorry. So
what's one of the biggest overwhelms, traps you see leaders
or business owners, entrepreneurs falling into?

(05:58):
Ooh, not educating yourself first.
Having a business, it sounds great until you do it.
Sometimes we put the cart before the horse and then
the cart start moving and now you running behind the cart because you lost
the horse, right? Not

(06:19):
being structured properly, not realizing that just because
you heard it on the Internet, that means that's the way you do your business.
An LLC is not to protect you. Right?
Corporations protect you. So if you look at an llc,
you have a, a limited
liability company versus an S

(06:41):
Corp, a C corp and incorporation. So
that's another way to, you know, make sure that your foundation is built properly.
Because when things happen as they do, if someone
wants to sue you and you're not properly structured, they're going to sue
you, not your business. So if you want to,
you know, make sure that you are

(07:03):
properly put in place, your. Your
name is right, you're not going to get sued for your name,
that your SEO is lining up with your brand.
I remember a client had a company and
when you googled it, it was for ATVs. This guy did

(07:24):
spiritual healing. But if you don't know those things and
you're trying to figure out why no one is coming to your website, these are
things that can hurt your business. So those are things
that, that I come across often.
So like you mentioned, so
when should someone decide to move on from the, from the

(07:47):
LLC and start an S Corp or C Corp or whatever.
I'm sorry, say that again. So you mentioned that
LLC doesn't really protect you. When should,
when should someone decide to move on from the LLC and
into an S Corp or C corp, whatever. So what you want

(08:08):
to do is a sub S corp. And what that does is because some people
tell you if you do an S corp, you have to have this so much
money. You don't, you don't. That's, that's a, that's a myth.
So you, when you are structuring your company,
do it immediately as a part of the, that you want to know what kind
of entity you are, make sure it's a sub escort and you have a

(08:28):
fantastic accountant that is a business
accountant. And they also do strategy. You don't just want
to have someone that sees you at the,
what, April 15, you know, or the months prior. You
want them talking to you throughout the year to structure you properly to
say, hey, you made too much or this is

(08:50):
the time of year where we need to start moving things a little bit differently
so you won't have this big tax bill.
You want to move these things differently so you have
more income than expense. So
yeah, making sure you have the proper people. And you. And the thing is
people say I don't have the budget for that.

(09:14):
You can't afford it because when that thing
happens, you rather pay. You'll realize you'd
rather pay for it up front for prevention then
afterwards and you now you don't have any back and you lost everything.
Okay. Have you ever

(09:37):
mentors or books that help what where there
mentors or books that help launch you into clarity instead of chaos?
Yes, I have a plethora
and not all of them
helped everywhere. I learned that because

(10:00):
my mind is complex because I have a
analytical mind and a, from an
architect standpoint, but I'm also a creative.
So I had to hit some have to find multiple
coaches, multiple mentors to help me

(10:22):
until I found one that hit all of those things spiritually, mentally,
business wise, from a creative standpoint, from a leadership
standpoint. And it took me a while to find
the right people. But when you do hold on to them
because very difficult but I can tell
you this. When you are going through to

(10:46):
find these people, when you're going through to find the books that work for you,
because not every book that works for me will work for you, right? Not every
author is going to speak to you. Like I would mention a name, this very
big name, but because of their voice is.
Which is very raspy. I'm trying to translate.
You know, again, I'm a creative. I have the add, the hdd, the

(11:08):
hdtv, the ocd. I have all the Alphabet, right.
So I can't translate and absorb
at the same time. It doesn't work for me. So I have to have someone
that resonates me holistically.
So my mentors might not help you, but

(11:29):
some of the books that I've read, I've read
like Russell Brunson's book, Napoleon Hill,
Covey's book, Tim Ferriss's
book. I have a bunch of them. And it's
little tidbits that help. It's not like,

(11:50):
oh, this whole. This book changed my life. Like, start with.
I think it's called Start with the end in mind or
something like that. Or no, start with why. That was one of the books I
started with. What I understand it now.
I didn't understand it when I started. I thought if I started with the book

(12:11):
that says Start with why I would get it. But I had to go through
the process of business to get it so that I can come back
and say, ah, that's why you do that.
Sharon Lecter books. Sharon Lecter actually wrote all of the Robert
Kiyosaki books. She has one called
Exit Strategy. Reading bits and

(12:33):
pieces of that
have to get it in bite sized pieces. So
no, there isn't like a book that I can say
really changed me or it's a
series of life events.

(12:57):
This is a series of mentors
that I had that kind of made a compilation of,
oh, the 150,000 thoughts that I have per day, they
actually are aligned. Oh, okay. And then once I
realized that, I said, okay, so how can I make it simple for
other people? And another thing is I homeschool. And I

(13:20):
wanted to make homeschool fun. And the way I did is I
taught my kids backwards. So they got high school in fourth and fifth
grade. So when they got to high school and you had all these hormones and
things going on, I wanted to make it simple for them. And it was like
a. A recall. So I do the same thing for my
clients. The things that I have learned, I make it simple for them.

(13:42):
So it's a recall. So when stuff comes up like a podcast for you,
even though we didn't talk about it, it's easy for them to have, you know,
to have these conversations with Off Rift. Yeah,
yeah. So it's like I said, it's a compilation of everything.
You have to. Sometimes you have to just do things
on the fly. Just, just,

(14:05):
I guess just find a way to make
it work. And, and people who really
like with the podcast. There are times. Yeah, like today
it was a great example where I
am not prepared whatsoever. But I'm ready to have.
Because, just. Because the way it started with, just the way

(14:28):
everything started with us, to me it was like, man, it's like
because you're a connector and that. And that's what you said. You're. And that to
me is very important. Being able to connect people and networking, that's something
that I'm very big on is being able to connect with people
and build relationships with all these people. So that's a beautiful thing.
How big is that for you? It's

(14:52):
huge. It's
actually better to be relational
than transactional. Relationships are
long lasting. A transaction can happen in an instant and be done
right. These relationships,
like I said earlier, I create a

(15:15):
mental Rolodex of problems and problem
solvers. I'm working on a product
on a project for 2026 around this time
and they needed a product. I said, oh,
that's right. I remember I was in la. I met the people
who made the boxers for Ellen. When we can get them in the

(15:38):
room, she said, Ellen who?
DeGeneres. I know them, I have relationship with them
and I can have them come. Oh, okay.
Just like I have a person who is a
former Swiss private banker. When I know

(16:01):
someone who was having a problem
with their finances, I have a couple of
guys in my pocket for that. And again, it's for,
it's. It's to help others. How can I help people? By
bringing value. My way of bringing value is connecting you to someone else.

(16:22):
And in my business as a strategic accelerator
to help my clients get to where they need to be
and position them for power in
being known as the SHME or the expert in
their space. I need to know people to connect them, to

(16:42):
allow them to do that. If I don't have these connections, how can I get
them on a podcast? How can I get them in a magazine? How can I
get them at the other events that I do that are aligned
with the Oscars and the Emmys and the da da da? Da, da. How can,
how can I get them in those rooms if I. I know no one.

(17:02):
Yeah. So being a connector is huge. Huge. That's just like when
you go to school, it's not about the school you went to,
no matter how big the school is. But guess what? If I want
something and I know somebody who went to Harvard
has that product, it doesn't matter whether I have a relationship or not.
We went to the same school. It's a phone call.

(17:26):
And that's, that's, that's how you, how you move
about in the world. It's not how much money you make, it's who you know.
So how do you help clients identify what to drop
versus what to double down on?

(17:53):
Can you hear me now?
Yeah. Okay. Just fine. So
again, that's experience, right?
When it comes to people
who move like you, those are the ones you're down, you double down on.
And the other ones you kind of like fade in the back fact. If you

(18:16):
don't move as fast as I, as I need you to,
because I need these things to happen pretty quickly, that's when, that's when I double
down that double down. But you have to give people the chance
to, to, to lose that from you. I give
everybody 100% respect, total trust in the beginning. And it's up to you to
lose that. Even with the relationship.

(18:38):
It's up to you to lose the relationship because I'm here for it. I'm here
to support you from day one. But
that when.

(19:12):
All right, I'm back.
It's one of those shows today.
Oh man. But I just. Because I, I just.
I was using Stream Yard, right. And I
switched to Eevee Mug. So I'm still working out the kids kinks in it.

(19:33):
But yeah, sorry about that. No,
you're fine, you're fine. I am a very easy going
person. It's just one of those shows, you gotta laugh at these show. Like when
I first started I would have probably been. You got. When I first started I
would have probably been frustrated and we're all red and embarrassed. But it, it
happens. I've had so many funny situations happen. Like there was

(19:55):
a time where I'm sitting here and I'm have. I'm with me having this great
conversation with someone and my
whole entire system just crashes on
me. Oh no. But, but there was a
reason. There was a reason. So I looked down, I looked
down and my grandson is down

(20:17):
under my desk. He
saw the light and decided that he wanted to press the, the light.
Yeah. And everything shut off. So
it was, I'm a, I'm a light presser. A button.
Yeah. He saw. What is that? He saw the light and, and, and,
and I didn't see anything after that. So

(20:41):
it was, it was so funny. And it was great that I met that my
guest was a podcaster because they knew,
okay, technical difficulties let me keep the show going. And
so I got, I got back on and,
and had some jokes and it was, it was funny. It was
just, but it's, I mean. I was, I was ready to, you know,

(21:04):
finish explaining what I did if you ain't pop back in a little bit. So
I, I, I'm, I'm free spirit. So you get to go over
here. All right, so it, okay, so
it's. Again, I, it's okay. Okay,
so, so, so questions. Let's see. So what kind of
clients do you have? Because I see it's a different kind. Is that what you

(21:25):
want to know? Well, you could know because you have multiple
businesses. So, like, I'm sure
what, I'm sure all of them have to do with helping people because you look
like you're someone who's just like, that's your thing, is to really help others.
And like, because, just because I'm
just fascinated. Again, again,

(21:48):
I'm thinking you do the pr. Like, it's funny to me because
the way you did it, though. But the way you did it, the way you,
you could introd, like, just introduced everybody. It was like,
okay. And so that's why I actually thought. And that's why to me,
it's just so funny because damn, you good. And it's not even.
You're good. And it's not even thank you.

(22:12):
That's not even what thank you. Someone else asked me.
I just find that amazing. I think that's, that's just amazing that the fact that
something you don't do for a living, you're amazing at
it. I appreciate that. I
really do. This is actually
something that one of my clients

(22:36):
asked me, and this is how I get into everything. Even with the whole logo
thing, because I didn't even do logos at first.
I have someone ask me a question, and because I'm
a problem solver, I'm going to work it until I figure it out. So I
had a client that said, angela, you know, you know, everybody,
can you get me on such and such and such? Can you do such and

(22:58):
such and such? I said, sure, I'll try it. You know,
But I don't doubt myself. I say, yeah, I can do it.
And that's how I ended up saying, okay, if
this works for this person at this level, right.
Imagine what happens when I use this for my clients that are up here, my
clients that are, that have their, their, their,

(23:22):
their 32nd pitch. They have their, their brand. Correct.
They have all of their marketing together. They just haven't done this
part. Or I have a client that is very
well known in multiple industries, not just in the
United States, but not so much in the United States, just in different
parts of the world that know them more so than

(23:44):
other places. And I said, you got to come
from behind that. You're, you're hiding behind the
brand that people know you as, you know, that you
work with. Let me get you out here and do you know
some other things? But what really, what I love about this particular
client is they said, you know what? I don't like

(24:07):
how, how these things are working out, these positioning proper,
these positioning products are working out. What I want to do is give back to
universities in my field and I'll do it for free,
which is huge. He's like, you know, what
is. It's about to be, you know, winter. Look, I'm gonna have

(24:28):
downtime do it for free. And
that makes all the difference in the world for me because
now this is fun. This is fun now because now I get
to. It's like Christmas when I call these people and they know who
this person is and they know their resume and they're like, wait, they want to
do this for free for us? When we got people

(24:50):
who've done less with their life and they want xyz.
So it's, it's like crazy Christmas for me. That's a win, win,
win, win situation. And I love those. Win. Wins are cool, but
the win win when it's helping the community and then it will now
trickle down to the next generation because of someone taking
their time out to do something for them. You help the next person by

(25:13):
grabbing each other's hand and then realize, like, hey, you are human. Just like I
am. No matter what industry I am, no matter what title I have, no matter
how many moves you see me in, no matter, you know, what I've done
for the earth thus far, we're still here together and we're
bringing each other up and, and holding each other accountable. Not everybody needs
a hand out. Most people are just looking for a hand up and sometimes

(25:36):
just given these opportunities
and being on platforms and saying, hey, I'll do this just because
it's pretty cool to me, those are the people I love working with. Not to
say that all my other clients aren't, but you know, those are the ones where
it's like, yeah, I'm for that.
Awesome. So what,

(25:58):
what trends or challenges are you watching right now in leadership and
coaching?
It's the budget now due to
the political climate. Not every,
every opportunity that was free flowing
before is available now, especially

(26:22):
in, you know, certain
schools, in certain
demographics, in certain areas
where it was no problem for me to get
these opportunities and get my clients paid for. But now
you have cuts from the state, you have stuff cuts from the county,

(26:46):
you have cuts from federal,
the kids have to go to school. So why would you bring a, a speaker
in and spend money on the speaker when we trying to retain the students for
the next semester? You know, so that's what's happening in
universities and then other businesses, they trying

(27:06):
to hold on because now they don't have federal contracts, they don't
have, you know, county contracts because those things were taken
away. So they don't have the opportunity to bring people in, even
though it's a need.
So how can, so how can

(27:28):
someone struggling with these issues right now,
how can they make that pivot? What, what is it? What can they do right
now to make that pivot to something else? Or
podcasts are really good. Who, people who can't get
pot, you know, like schools and things like that, or they cannot

(27:49):
get paid events. Podcasts are good, but they also really, people
need to know that
right now. Good. All press is good press, right? Whether
they have 30 people on a podcast
or they have 3,000 hundred or 300,000

(28:09):
people watching a podcast, you don't know who those 30 people are.
It's kind of like bypassing the, the janitor in the building.
You know, you thinking you don't want to speak to the CEO? No, you need
to speak to the janitor because they know all the business, they know
everybody's office, they know what's going on ins and out
of the day. The janitor has the most, most information.

(28:31):
CEO only knows what CEO is doing.
But people really need to understand that it's a process, you
know, and when it comes to sea
SEO for for example, the more podcasts that you do,
the more articles that you're written in, the more magazines that you do.
It builds your, your digital footprint. So you have

(28:55):
to think about it that way. When you want somebody to Google you
and they've seen them, they'll see your podcast, right?
They'll see LinkedIn. If they're on LinkedIn.
If they have social platforms, they'll be on that. If they were
written up on in a article, all these things are

(29:16):
backlinks that you can use on your website to
make sure that Google says, okay, this is the person that can solve a problem
that does X, Y. And now I'll send
organic traffic, not paid traffic, organic traffic to that particular
person because now I see that They've been on 20
or so podcasts or been written about in

(29:40):
10 articles, and now we're going, oh, so this is how
we can put this, what I call an intra web together to say this
is the person we need to send them to versus this person over here.
So that's how you can do it. That's the easiest way that you can do
it. Ads, of course, but
unless you are using a smaller platform,

(30:04):
if you're using LinkedIn
before got the way it is now,
you can use these platforms to do ads. But now a lot of
the bigger people are using LinkedIn and, and Facebook and
Instagram. So you're competing with them. So you just have to know your numbers, where

(30:24):
the data is and use that to grow your
business. Don't try to compete with them, just go in a different
direction, go a little bit faster. And podcasts is almost like
a even playing field right now as far
as getting attention for your brand, for your business, for
your product or your service. Oh, yeah, it's, it's. Right now,

(30:46):
it's. One of the hottest mediums right now is, you
know, on a podcast. That's something that, as
a podcaster that I know personally that I need to be a guest on other
podcasts so I can reach a different audience. And
so the way, and people think that
podcasting is oversaturated right now, but it's not true.

(31:09):
Because if you look at the number of active
podcasts, there might be like 2 million podcasts out there in
the space, in the air. But if you check out how many are
really truly active, it's less than a million.
It's probably, absolutely. It's probably less about.
It's. I think it said it was

(31:30):
800,000, but it was only 80.
I can't remember. I think it was 800,000 that are completely
active. But you have to think about it. You have the. Those that are niche
down, you know, they only talk about hiking,
you know, they only talk about gaming. Travel.

(31:52):
Gaming. Yeah. And then you just find your industry,
you find your people so you can talk to your people.
And those are the platforms that you Use. So like with you,
because you are a podcaster, you can just talk to
podcasters, you know, especially podcasters who want
to grow other podcasters platforms. Wink,

(32:14):
wink. Those are the ones that you want to get on.
Yeah, absolutely. Always helping, right? Yes. But my question,
My question is, how did you find me, though? Because you,
I just was my se. What
do I need? As, as,
As I said, I, as you said, I'm not going to say

(32:38):
I'm a great researcher. Okay.
And homeschool taught me that being
able to create curriculum for my kids
and make it fit
for their heart and the way that they, they learn
help me become, go down rabbit holes really quick

(33:01):
and come up with solutions. And
this, it helps me. Me, homeschooling helps me literally in
everything that I do daily. And it
helps with my patience level. It helps me with
my clients who are like me, who are creatives, who are all
over the place. And they're not necessarily all over the place. It's just that

(33:25):
they need someone to ideate with them like I do
so they can operate in their zone of genius. So, yes, it's several
things that's going to keep you up at night, but my job is to keep
you calm, keep you clear and concise so you can do what you do best.
And that's how we create acceleration and meet. Going
out and researching based off of your energy, your, Your industry,

(33:48):
or who I know you are as a person, and then
aligning you with that, it helps easily position
you. So when I say, hey, I got this person,
you're going to listen to me because I, I know you
and I'm going to protect you. I'm not going to put you in a place
on a platform that's going to hurt your brand or damage your brand or damage

(34:10):
you. You. Because that's my name. I only have one.
Right. So I'm, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna damage you at
all. And I'm going to place you in a place that is going to
position you and not just you, the person that you're speaking to,
on a higher playing field. So, yeah, I, I did some,

(34:31):
some research on, I did my due
diligence. All right. All right. Okay, good. Awesome. Awesome. At least,
at least now I know I'm, I'm, I'm. There's
research on me. There's. That could be done. So. Because when
I first started, like, when I first started, it was so difficult to find guests.
All right? Because I wasn't, I wasn't in media. This was

(34:53):
in my. My lane. And so when I first started, it
was, oh, what are your downloads? Or what? I'm like,
I'm starting out. I'm just starting out. Like, this is something new to me. This
is a new realm. I'm. And so it took me
just being consistent, going, reaching out to people. Started off with
friends, and then I started connecting with, networking

(35:15):
on Facebook groups and stuff like that, and started just connecting with different people
and just started building relationships with all these people. At one point, I got
connected with this PR guy, and he bought a lot of
celebrities and other podcasters,
and that's what started it. And then when I finally, finally
decided, like, this is the lane I want to go to, I want to focus

(35:36):
more on coaches speaking to entrepreneurs, content
creators, that's when I started really
talking to people like yourself, people like Ron. Eventually, when
I get to speak to Ron and everyone
else you've introduced me to. But
it's just been. Been amazing because I've learned so much.

(35:59):
Like, I've learned edit video, edit
audio. I've got into graphic design, doing graph
logos and creating my own logos for my own podcast and.
And intros and outros and all this stuff. And so I've
developed skills that I didn't know I had. Like,
I'm a. My day job. I am a pit boss in the

(36:21):
casino. I'm not a pod. I'm not in media.
I'm not in. And then once I got into podcasting,
I found that there's. There's another side of me. There's more to
me. Like, I didn't know what my purpose was. And. And until I
started podcasting, and I didn't know I had a purpose.
So once I started podcasting and. And realized, like, this

(36:43):
is. This is awesome. This is amazing. Like, being able to have these
conversations. And when certain episodes,
when people tune in and they catch an episode that they needed to listen to
and they send me a message, those are the ones. Like, I'm like, all right,
this is. This why. This is why I do it. This is why I keep
doing it. Because one of my favorite

(37:04):
episodes, like, one of my favorite messages was from. Actually,
she was a guest twice on my show, and the second time she
was on my show,
I hadn't released the episode for, like, I had it in the can for, like,
a year. I didn't release it. And. Cause I kind of got lost
in the shuffle. And so when I did release it,

(37:29):
she saw the thumbnail, this description of the
episode and everything, and she had been going through
some stuff. Personally, she kind of felt lost.
And when she saw the description, the picture that I used for the thumbnail,
she's like, oh, that's one of my favorite pictures of me. She's like, and
all the wonderful things you said about me and everything you said in the description,

(37:51):
she said, I kind of lost myself.
I didn't feel like that person anymore. And then
you released the episode, and so that, to
me, was an amazing feeling to be like. We
recorded this episode a year ago, and it got
lost. And then when I did release it, it was for her. It

(38:14):
was like that episode, her own episode, was for her. And so
I love doing this. I love having these conversations. I love being able to
learn. I've learned so much from the podcast.
Yeah. And that's the thing. When you are
walking in your purpose, you realize

(38:35):
it's not hard. What you're doing is not
hard. And we have to realize everything that was created was created with
breath. So why are we pushing so hard? Why are we pushing this
mountain? Just rock up a mountain when you don't have to think about the thing
that you do the easiest, that people are always
asking you questions about, can you help me fix this

(38:58):
girl? Can you help me do. Da, da, da, da, da. Do you know how
to do this? Can you do this? And this with you,
your communicator? Okay, so when you. Even when
you're doing your. Your day job, you're communicating,
you're. You're doing what you're doing, but just in a different atmosphere.
Yeah. This is more of a intimate atmosphere for you.

(39:19):
So now instead of you having the buzz around you, you have an
intimate atmosphere with those people that you might have
found intriguing or you
were curious about when they were sitting there with you. Now you get to talk
to them. Like, hey, if. If you weren't sitting at my
table, this is what the conversation would look. Right. And that might be something that

(39:42):
you. You might want to try. Like, those people that you find really intriguing at
your table. Like, hey, you know, I would love to continue this conversation on a
podcast. That might be another way for you to get some more
interesting people, because you never know who you're talking to. This is why you should
always speak to everyone and respect everyone, because you never
know who you're talking to. That one conversation can change your entire life.

(40:04):
Oh, no. You know, I've.
It's. The. The relationships I've been able to build through
podcasting are lifelong friendships. Now,
like, there's. There are people that I've Built like I
haven't. There's been a couple of people I've met in person
and just those relationships, just being able

(40:27):
to have those relationships where, where
if say they say I, I drop something or release something.
The people I've connected with, podcasting,
those are some of the first before even friends and, and real close,
intimate family and for friends and stuff. Those people already

(40:48):
supporting whatever I'm doing, like if 100%
a newsletter or whatever, they're the first ones to
like, they're jumping through hoops for me. They're sharing it.
And so brand ambassadors. But
I realize it's because I do the same for them.

(41:10):
For me, it's always if I see anyone on any of my
timelines, on anything, any of my, like
Instagram, Facebook, any. Any of my friends who have a business, what if
they share something? If they. I'm sharing it, what it doesn't hurt
me to share it. And if it's something that I can purchase, then I'll
go and I'll go purchase it off. If there's a kids book, I'll go buy

(41:33):
their kids book, whatever. But because I feel like how can
I expect anyone to support me if I'm not being
supportive, if I'm not helping out, if I'm not connecting. How do I expect people
to connect with me if I'm not connecting others,
if I'm. You treat people the way you want to be treated and if
that's what you're looking for, if you're looking for support, that means you should

(41:55):
operate in that in a supportive way and then
also be intentional about it. Right. You want
to attract supportive people. But when in your
actions is what you will receive, which is
an effect, you know, cause an effect because you are
helping other people and being supportive. The effect is these people are

(42:17):
becoming supportive for you. Yeah.
So ideation, facilitation and creation,
execution, delegation, these are things that I work my clients through.
Because not everything is professional, right? You have
personal things that are intertwining. Your personal brand is your professional

(42:39):
brand, whether you want it to be or not. Because you are you. No matter
where you go, no matter what hat you wearing, no matter whether it's your
W2, your side gig or your business,
you are you. And you have to represent yourself in a certain way. But
you also have to realize that you are a person. You have to give yourself
grace. Right? So when you have those ups and those downs on

(43:00):
your entrepreneurial roller coaster, because it is like I said, one
day it could be that morning I'm not doing this ever again.
You know, my equipment broke. You know, this happened, this happened, this
happened, this happened. But then on that same dip,
you coming right back up. Oh my gosh. It's the best thing that ever happened
to me. You know, I didn't do this, this, this podcast but a year ago.

(43:22):
But look what it did. Look how, what effect, look at that. The impact
of this having on. Which is way more,
it's going to leave a, more, a bigger impression on you
than the equipment networking, right? The, the, the fact that
you, you impacted someone.
Bless someone with, with that information at that particular

(43:44):
time. That's when it was supposed to be at that time. It was
supposed to wait for that. It was supposed to be for that. And
those are the days that we live for. Not the ones where we're like, why
in the world would I wake up to do this again? Especially if it
happened like this yesterday. But those days when you can say,

(44:05):
wow, because I got up, this is
what happened. Those are the best days. And when you are
speaking to someone like myself, I help you get
clarity in that. So even though you might have felt this
way when you got on the call, you might feel a different way and another
in the end of the call because now you that

(44:27):
those things that were weighing you down, keeping you up, the elephant in the room.
Because one of my, one of my companies is called the Pink Elephant.
Pink Elephant Solution. I'm sorry. And what that does is
allows us creatives to know that we were always
supposed to stand out. And sometimes those weeds that we have
in our lives that we didn't put in our, our minds

(44:50):
ourselves, other people put them there. And the thing is with
pink elephants, they are a real occurrence in nature. Okay? It happens in
0, 0.7% in elephants.
And they're not like unicorns. But
when you are a pink elephant, whether you are a baby or
you're a full grown adult amongst a host

(45:14):
of gray elephants, you're going to stand up. And you're the
one who took the road less traveled. You're the one who might not have done
so well in school, but you are an amazing person in business. You
might be the person who didn't go to the school
that your, your parents said to go to, but because you are a business
owner now, you killing it. Now you're taking care of them. You know, you

(45:36):
decided not to, to be the problem, you decided to be
the solution. And that's what pink elephants are. They're innovators, they're creatives.
But they also need other innovators and creatives to
understand their. Their life's work, their mind's
work, so then they can operate in their zone of genius. And when you are
in your creative state, you get to do more. You. You become

(45:58):
more productive. And productivity equals profitability.
Right? So but when you're clear and you're concise and you have
clarity, you can focus and have momentum. That's one of my coaches call
it. You have to focus. And that was an F word for me. I
hated that word. But now I understand that I have to
align my thoughts to where I want to go. And if you're all over the

(46:20):
place, you can't put in your gps. I want to go all over the place.
No, you have to go in this direction. So those are the
ways that I help people. I'm connecting them is one of
those ways, helping them reach the place
that they wanted to go next without having to put that effort in themselves.
Just ideating with me so I can go out and create and or

(46:42):
execute or figure out whether we need to delegate those problems
or those solutions to other people. Because just because you know how to
do something doesn't mean you know how to do it, doesn't mean that you have
to. So sorry. Just because you know how to do something doesn't mean that you
have to do it. There's a lot of things that we are able to do
and we might be great at, but if it is causing you to

(47:04):
step away from or take away from you, operating in your zone of
genius and doing your thing, the thing, you need to delegate
that. So that's some of the things that we got to
think of as entrepreneurs wearing all of the hats. Sometimes we need to
let some of those hat has go. So we can not have to balance
those things, but we can walk straight in the direction that we're. We're our

(47:27):
purpose to go. Awesome.
I can give you a little bit of. A little bit more of what I
do, because I know, like right now you're like, what, what,
what, what, what did I get? I'm good. No, I'm good. I believe you.
But so what, What's. What's next for your
brand? Scaling mentoring courses? What do you have planned

(47:49):
next? Oh, so
I am now operating in my passions and my purpose,
their line, my personal, my professional brand are
line, period. But now my passions are starting to
peek out a little bit more. I want to help

(48:09):
those who don't know what they don't know until they find out they
don't know, and I want to be the one to tell them. So want to
go in, in about three to five continents and help
people who want to know about business. Didn't know they like
podcast, didn't know they want to own their own business. Who, you
know, just needed to talk to someone, to ideate, to say, okay, wow, this is

(48:29):
the thing that I'm supposed to be doing. Even if it was a gentleman
that I helped him get his
career by listening to his voice. He had the most
beautiful DJ voice, but he was a waiter,
you know, it was a gentleman that I helped now with
his photography career. He was in

(48:52):
community college at the time, and they didn't have any other
courses that were aligned with his, his studies.
And it was three. It was three
alternatives. And I said, why don't you take photography? That's something you can always
use. You know, you don't have to, you know, you don't have to continue end
up being this man's career. And then

(49:15):
we were in a room together and he says, you know, I would
love to do what that guy is doing. He was, we were doing a federal
event and the guy was a photographer. So go over there and talk to him.
He's been working with that guy since they, since it's been 20 years now.
Wow. Sometimes I need to be in the room with you.
Sometimes I can, I could do it like this, but a lot of times if

(49:36):
I'm in the room with you, I can feel a little bit more
and, and see things that can. That need tweaking
and we can, we can move from there.
And you're amazing. You're amazing. This is amazing
having this conversation. Listen, when you don't expect
things, you get. And it's a

(50:00):
gift. Today is the present. Well, yesterday was the present, but look what
you get. Know we are present in this moment. Today is a
present. And this is the gift that you got today. So, yes, it is just
honor that. You live in it. I am, I'm blessed to be able to have
this conversation. Thank you. So
what, what's one clarity building tool? Every leader

(50:22):
should start with. Oh,
easy one. If you have a product or service
or brand, if you cannot say it within two
to three sentences, you do not have clarity.
Elevator pitch. Yeah,

(50:42):
start with that. Because if somebody asks you in a room,
on, On a social media, on a social platform,
at a family function, what do you do? And it takes you five minutes to
explain, explain, they automatically. Well, not necessarily.
If someone is experienced, they're going to automatically know you're not prepared. You're not

(51:03):
ready. But if you can say, you know, I help
people do XYZ so that this
can happen, Just that very. That simple. Very simple.
I help people create shoes so that their
feet won't hurt. I help people build
businesses so they can

(51:25):
grow plants. Very simple. You can build on the
conversation, but when someone asks you a question, be very
concise. And the other thing, when someone
asks you what you do, don't tell them what your job title is.
Tell them how you solve a problem. They don't care that you're an
attorney. They want to know if you can solve their

(51:47):
problems so you can tell them, well, I help people do so.
And so this starts. This continues the
conversation as an attorney. They go, oh, great, that's
wonderful. And they'll move on unless they need an attorney. But if
you say, I help you structure your business
so you don't have to worry about the pitfalls later,

(52:09):
that makes you intrigued. That makes you want to ask more
questions. Well, what kind of business. Things like that, those are the quickest
ways you can kind of structure yourself. I gotta make sure to come
back and listen to this episode because I need gems. You
laugh. These are some real good gems, man. You dropped some. You dropped some.
Some golden nuggets right now. So that, for me, right, Right. What you're saying

(52:32):
to me right now, I. I like, it's really resonating with me with. With
just. With what you said right now. As far as, like, the
elevator pitch and all. Like, I never thought about it. Like, when people
say, actually, oh, what. What's your path? What. What do you do? Oh, I'm
just a podcast. I didn't really decide. I didn't think about
real hard about. Oh, no, that's not interesting.

(52:54):
Like, you made me think about it. Yeah.
So you, hello, People's. You elevate people's voices on. On the
podcast platform. Right. You are
helping people position their brand by using your podcast to tell about,
you know, the things that have helped them in their business or get. Or you
build a podcast. You could say it that way. I built a platform

(53:17):
to help people get out of their minds, you know,
or we all get stuck in our minds. So I created this
so that this can happen. Yeah. That's what I'm gonna start using.
Thank you. Yeah. You see how the conversation flows a little
bit more versus yeah. Podcaster. Yeah. Yeah. No,
it's. It. When you were saying it, it was like. It was just like,

(53:40):
damn, that makes sense. Yeah. So that's why I
said, I'm gonna go. I gotta go back and listen to this entire episode because
you've been dropping golden nuggets through the whole thing. So I really
appreciate it. It's been great. I appreciate this has
been really good. I'm, I'm glad I kind of threw you off guard. I'm glad
you didn't prepare for this because I believe you got what you were

(54:02):
supposed to out of. Out of this. Oh, no, definitely. It wasn't,
it wasn't about the structure of it.
I think this, this episode was for me, personally,
honestly, because. Because it got me out of my comfort
zone because I'm used to being prepared and everything. So it got me a little
bit out of my zone and, and being able to have to go on the

(54:25):
fly and do this. So, yeah, no, this episode was for
me, so. And anybody else out there who needed it, but I'm taking it
as it was for me. Oh, I appreciate
that. I want to know, like,
questions that you, you ask people that have
been thought provoking as a podcaster, because

(54:47):
those, those questions can actually change your guest
life. It can actually change your life because the way they answer it.
Right. What is thought provoking question? Yeah.
About even podcasting. So when you, when I help you
get on these other podcasts, which I'm. I'm
soliciting my services for you right now,

(55:11):
what thought provoking thing can I help you say
to get other podcasts to say, podcasters say, I
want this dude.
That's a good question. Yeah,
that's a really good question. I mean, I'm have to really sit

(55:32):
down and answer that question because. Yeah. And. And
Jess, I would love to use your service.
You are really good at what you do.
Thank you. Thank you. Oh, no, thank you.

(55:54):
If that doesn't show. It does. It does. And that's why this
episode has been so much fun, because the energy, just the energy
of it just being able to have this great conversation
and see you at work. And
like I said, I wasn't prepared, but it turned out to be a really
great episode. So I am, I am really. I'm really happy, man.

(56:16):
This is good. This is dope. We can do this
again if you like. I would love to. Oh, yeah, definitely. To
help. I'm always here to help. But yeah, I want to
even turn the tables on you to say, hey, like, like, why
did you start your podcast? Like, why did you. You think

(56:37):
that this was the medium for you? Why do. Your
voice should be heard. I'm quite sure your listeners want
to. Know that, oh, they've heard. But
for me, it's been. It started and
it started 2001 when I met my first

(56:58):
wife and she introduced me into the world of self development
and, and all this other stuff. And then in 08,
she passed away in a car accident.
And then just. Life just started spiraling after that.
A year after my wife passed away, I reunite with my

(57:19):
dad. After
him not being a part of my life for 28 years.
2 2009, now June, go, go to
Puerto Rico for Father's Father's Day weekend. Arrive Friday,
talk to my dad. I

(57:42):
forgive him. We, we talk. And, and it's just, it was
kind of this. We get closure. Saturday morning, he
passes away. So now it's like, all
right, what the hell? What's going on? Hey.
I lose my wife, I reunite with my dad, only to lose him the
next day after. We really get to connect.

(58:05):
And it was just like one tragedy after another. I buried
my uncle and my brother within three months of each other.
My uncle was a freak accident, fell down some stairs
and my brother got sick and he passed away.
And then probably a year after that,

(58:27):
my brother that I reunited with from my father's side,
he's probably three months older than me, he
passes away from a drug overdose.
And so now I'm like,
I'm angry, I know. And thinking
like, why me? Why is this happening to me? Why, why is it

(58:50):
that I'm being punished? Why are you doing it? And that's
what. And so for me, it was like
I just headed down the dark path of drinking and
really not caring about anything, not caring about life, just
being very self destructive. And then one day

(59:11):
this voice is in my head telling me,
this isn't for you, this isn't your path.
This is not what you're meant to do. And so
I went, I sought help, started turning my life around,
got clean, just basically
just started going in the gym and things started turning around.

(59:35):
And in
2013, I meet my wife that I'm with
now. And that just
accelerates things. Now I'm back into self development.

(59:56):
I've been at my job now for the last visit to job I'm at now.
Been there 11 years now. And so I've been able to turn
my life around. But
at the beginning of this, of me and my wife being t, I didn't know
my purpose. I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing. And then the
pandemic hit and I was furloughed from

(01:00:16):
work and now
I had Purchased this podcasting equipment the year
prior to the pandemic, and it was just sat in my house,
just me and my friend was going to do a sports
podcast. Not the lane that I'm
in now. It was going to be a sports, sports podcast, and it just didn't

(01:00:39):
work out. And then the pandemic hit, the George
Floyd situation, hit the elections. So
it was a lot of stuff that I had to get off my chest. It
was just something that I didn't.
I finally got over the fear, because it was like, who's gonna
want to listen to me? I sound horrible, My voice sucks,

(01:01:01):
all these different things. And then I
finally just pressed record One day. I'm just sitting here with my nephew. I got
the phone, I'm talking to him on the phone, and I just decided to hit
record. And we just, me and him, gave a quick
probably five, seven minutes, and we
introduced the podcast. Like, stuck in my mind, I said, stuck

(01:01:23):
in my head. Something, any. Whatever it was. And that broke the
ice in me. And once I did that, it was like, okay.
I started with. It took me a month to do the next episode,
but then I got a little bit more comfortable. Then it took me, like, three
weeks to do the next one and got more comfortable. And then it took me
two weeks now to do the next one. And then to get to the point

(01:01:45):
where I was probably recording a podcast a day, like,
just talking. And so
that, for me, it was just like, okay. And then when
I started to really have these really
amazing guests come on and people really talking about their stories and
sharing their journey and everything, and the

(01:02:08):
response that I was getting, it was like, okay, this is what I'm supposed to
be doing. Being able to have these conversations and
step out of my comfort zone and do something that I'm not
professionally trained to do and just come out and just do
it. Yeah, but you do it like
breathing. Like breath. You do it like breath.

(01:02:30):
That's how you know you're supposed to do it. It didn't start off that way.
But you have to be consistent. Yeah. No, you have to be dedicated,
and you have to take action. That's it. Once you do those three
things. Oh, yeah, you got it. Oh, you have none. As long as you
consist of and give yourself a goal. Like, people

(01:02:51):
be like, oh, yeah, I don't. I don't want. I don't have money to spend
on. I. My. My first setup was a hundred
and. A hundred and something dollars I spent on a podcasting
kit from Amazon. And that's How I started.
And then when I really started seeing traction, and I was like,
oh, this is something I really enjoy. This is something. Then I started

(01:03:13):
investing in inequality, Mike, and I started investing in the
camera and investing in myself. And because I
felt like, all right, people are giving me something very precious, which is
their time, and I want to be able to give them something. I want to
give them. Be able to give them the best quality that I can. I want
to make sure that my audio's on point. I want to make sure my video's
on point. I want to make sure that

(01:03:36):
they're getting their times, whatever the time that they're
investing in my show. Exactly. I agree.
And you're doing a great job at it. I appreciate it.
So, you know, I'll be sending more people your way, but I know it's
very important for the people who haven't seen your
podcast before, they need to know, like, why. Why are you

(01:03:59):
doing this? And it also connects people to you.
Not. 2019 was like that for me. I
had lost after loss after loss, and it was like I went silent.
Yeah, I didn't talk to anybody
after that last one. It hit
December because I was like, oh, I made it through my birthday. I made it

(01:04:20):
through November. I was like, cool, I'm about to make it. December's about to
happen. A couple days before
Christmas, my world got rocked, and I just stopped talking. So I totally
understand where you are. I told another saying where you were.
And once we realize that this whole
thing we call life is a process, it's

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not about how fast you get there. It's the lessons that you
learn, the things that you go through, the idols that you put down,
whether you wanted to or not. When you worship
certain things that take
you out of alignment, it doesn't allow you to
get to Nineveh faster. You know, you're taking a long way,

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but when you. You keep your eyes focused on where it needs to be, on
the thing that you're supposed to be doing, it goes a lot faster. And when
you are aligned with the right people, and that's the thing. Your alignment
was off, you can just move your hips just a little bit,
and you'll be going a total opposite direction of where you're going. And you might
think you. You're. You're going in the right direction, but just an eighth of an

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inch can take you totally off track. And
that's a part of life. And when. When dark stuff happens, when we don't want
to know why, the question we should really be asking is
why not? Why not?
And it's been, it's because even

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recently, so 20,
20, 23
was, was a pretty, was one, was
pretty good year for my podcast, right. It really started growing and
taking off, but it was kind of like
difficult because my mom

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started. She was diagnosed with
dementia and Alzheimer's and so
started declining and deteriorating quickly. So I was,
I'm, I'm still doing the podcast, right? And, and
I'm. And I'm going through the stuff that I'm going through with my mom and,
and, and then on top of that, I'm,

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I'm 300 and. And something pounds.
I'm. I'm really overweight and obese. And
I, I, I have a CPAP machine. A malfunctions
and I really don't. And there's probably like three, four months where
I'm not getting any sleep, I'm not

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sleeping properly and dealing with the stuff with my mom and
everything. And so I didn't really get
to celebrate the success of the
podcast. I didn't really. And it was like I was.
And it was crazy. Cause I was still doing the show consistently, even though
I was going through with what I was going, being tired and all that.

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It was like I just went on autopilot because I
had been training myself to really just get a system in place
where it's easy for me now it just takes me
a couple 20, 30 minutes to have the show ready for
the next day. And so
when she finally, when she passed last year,

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sorry, it was like,
all right. I didn't get to enjoy.
I got to enjoy my last moments with her.
So that was something that even though I didn't get to enjoy the success
of the podcast because I was kind of like enjoying my

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moments with her and spending my time with her and,
and doing what I had to do to really,
to really like, make sure that when I was on the podcast that I was
still doing what I had to do. Make sure I was like, I was still
on point, consistent. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. And sometimes, unfortunately, that

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happens. You know, we put our blinders on, you know, like the horses to put
your blinders on. And you just, you put your head down and you do what
you got to do until you get out of where you're going or
you're, you're at your destination. But what I do want
to do is, is allow you to
understand that you are human and give yourself grace

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and celebrate. Yeah,
yeah. That was something that was very important. Now
I've, I start so I started
my, my journey on my weight loss journey last year.
Let's go. Remember? So now I, I,

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when I started my journey, I was probably like 370,
380. I, I am
way under that now. I am
probably. Are you what now what, what number are you at? Because
you have to be proud of that number. Oh, I'm, I'm ecstatic of the
number. 265.

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Let's go. Come on now. Yeah, 265. Come
on now. You have lost a whole teenager. Oh, I lost a whole body.
Yeah. Yeah, you lost the whole teenager.
Come on now. Lost the whole body. And it's made so much
difference in, in, in just my energy and
just so many different things. Like, it's really changed

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my life to be able to be able to
breathe and I could. And
not run up behind a breath or just take a couple of steps
upstairs and still. So
it's been an amazing journey this past year. And
so, yeah, I'm excited. I'm proud of

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you. I'm. Yeah, thank you. I'm super
proud of you because it takes a lot to have dedication
to do that and your craft and work and,
and all the other hats that you have on. Right. Because you're not
just a podcaster, like you said, you're a grandpa, your uncle.
Yeah. You know, your dad, your husband. You're wearing

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all these other hats while you're still dedicated to yourself
and self preservation. Right. Because you want, you want to be there to walk your
grandson down the aisle. So you're doing these things so you can, you, you can
be here. You're also understanding. Yes, I did have
parents that passed early. How can I better myself?
You know, because I'm sitting. How, how can I move? How can I,

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how can I be better? How can I eat better? How can I present
myself better? How can I be present? Because it's very hard to be
present. And you realize when that was going on, you weren't.
And it happens. It happens some. Like you said,
we go into autopilot when, when shift
happens, there's nothing you can do. You just pivot.

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Right. Or you operate in it until you can pivot. But the,
the cool thing is, is that you were still winning in the process
of your shift. That's the cool part.
Yeah. And at the end of your shift shift, you
shifted your mindset to be better. Your,
your personal development, you know, helping your mind,

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you're helping others with these platforms. And I mean,
it's, it's only going to get better from here. So I salute you for all
that you have done, not just for others, but for yourself. You have
to operate at your
best self in order to help others. You can't
operate from a deficient place. Your cup cannot

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be empty. Yeah. And if you don't find ways to pour
into your cup constantly, you're going to be drained. This is how you
gain weight because you pouring out what you don't have.
But when you're pouring out from abundance, and I did learn that from Grant Cardone,
you can't. You should always pour out from overflow and abundance.

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That way you are never taking from the cup that should always be full.
Like I said, you've been dropping nuggets the whole episode. So that's just another one.
This is something. This is one episode I'm definitely gonna have to come back and
listen to. I appreciate you for having me.
Oh, thank you. But now we've come to the part of the show where you're
gonna get the solo screen and you're gonna get to plug away and let everybody

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know exactly where they can find you. Website, everything.
Okay, well, my name is Angela Lewis. You can find me
on Instagram, Facebook and
LinkedIn as the real Angela Lewis. You can also go to
my website Savvy Designs as S, as in Sam, as in

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Apple V as in Victor V, as a Victor Y Designs with an S dot
info. You can also find me at the pink
elephantsolutions.com pink
elephantsolution.com or you can connect with me at the
Pink Elephant solution forward slash.
Angela, those are ways that you can connect with me.

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And you can also email me@Angela
SavvyDesigns.info Again, that's Angela
SavvyDesigns.info I'm here to help
businesses grow. I'm help. I'm here to help
entrepreneurs take it, take their business to the next
level. But I'm mostly here to help you to begin to

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become, to continue to be the expert in your space.
Thank you. Awesome. Thank you for being
such a wonderful guest. This is great. Don't leave
just yet. Let me close out the show and we'll chat a little
bit off the air. But thank you so much, man, this has been great. I
love this episode. We've even gone over the time

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that I used. I know you'll chop it up. No, no,
no. It's going on like this completely. No, I don't mean I
usually. The episodes usually go like. I've had episodes that have
gone more than an hour, but that's because the conversation has been great.
That's why. Thank you. 35, 45 minutes. But
when you get that guess that you just have so much you can talk about,

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and it's just a great conversation, it tends to
overflow. So that's. That's fine with me. I don't. I'm cool with that.
Cool, cool. Thank you for having me again. This has been fun. Even
though this is not my zone, me doing podcasts. But
keep. Keep doing them. Keep doing them. Don't stop. Thank

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you. You're. You're a wonderful guest, and all
those platforms will benefit from. From having you. So if. If. And
I actually, I. I'm gonna reach out to some of my podcasting people. But
it's. It's funny, right? Because
I am the only out of all of my friends in
podcasting that I. That I really connect with and have relationships with.

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I'm the only one in my niche, really, except for Maria.
I'll connect you with Maria and Jeff, but
all the other ones are more based on
pop culture, entertainment,
movies, and stuff like that. Well,
yeah, let me connect them with me because, you know, I know

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somebody who's there. I know
somebody in those industry. I have a couple clients that are actors and in the
industry, and. Okay, so, yeah, I'll connect you with more peoples and.
Yeah, I'll do that, man. I
appreciate you for that. I know. I appreciate you. You've been throwing me some great
guests. So excited.

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Yeah. But thank you once
again. Let me close out the show and we'll chat a little bit more, but
thank you once again. This is great. I love it. Thank you.
This has been fun. All right,
everybody, another great episode is in the
books. I had a great time. This was awesome. If today's

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chat woke you up to how clarity can move the needle, go find
Angela's work and let her show you how to cut the clutter and
ignite momentum without drowning and busy work. And if you
know a leader sitting on noise instead of strategy, send this episode their
way. Momentum loves action. Let's get it moving.
Stay clear, stay bold, stay wise. You know your boy. Wise

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does it. Peace out.
Sa.