Entrepreneur Interview With Laurie

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Hey, guys, welcome back tothe stack Pack show. Another entrepreneur by
your interview, like Lorie coming in. She's about to tell you guys all
about her, what she does andhow she's a great connector. It's gonna
be a fire episode. You onthe look up she's about to pull up,
because stop me all the way upthere, for I am. I

(00:23):
ain't dead, for I am therefor my great never gone paysing when I
see a dream, he's creating greatlever bone paying. When I see a
dream, I will for you.I'm aligned with my divine purpose. I
massed my energy. That's understanding ofa picture comes so natural to me.

(00:47):
My life moves and flictit effolisitly mylife moves and the listens, effolis.
I'm allied with my divine purpose.I'm master of my energy understanding up big
picture. It comes so natural withme home. It's going to be another
fire entrepreneur interview. Do you guysunderstand I got a special guest coming through,

(01:08):
right, Special special guests coming through. Laurie Right, She'll be here
at any moment, any minute,right, and she's going to be telling
you guys all about what she does. Right, Laurie, are you here?
Can you please introduce yourself to myaudience? Thank you, appreciate you.
Good morning. My name is LoriHopkins. I am a poet,

(01:30):
I am a consultant. I ama mother out of Tennessee. I'm looking
to expand my reach. I cannotwait to talk to her. She's going
to expand her reach with us today. Gush, she's on the stock question.
Got a few questions for you.What does collaboration mean to you?
Right? This collaboration mean to youin your field? Let's talk about it

(01:53):
all right. Collaboration means that youhave the ability to join forces with other
creatives, other business people, otherlifelinded individuals, come to a consensus and
move something forward in a way thatis a positive and mutually beneficial for everyone.
I believe that it is a necessaryelement in most forms of business.

(02:20):
I work currently for someone that usescollaboration as one of their major staples as
their tenants for how they operate theirbusiness, and I think that is absolutely
vital to be able to collaborate withothers in order to expand your reach,
to be able to grow your products, to be able to have different ideas

(02:43):
presented in a way that everyone caneither come to agree or disagree in a
positive way. And I think thatit's just vital for business. It is
vital for business. It's vital forbusiness. Look, we got laurent Re
having another fire entrepreneur enerview. Now, Laurie, tell me something that you've

(03:04):
always been passionate about. It's somethingthat you've been passionate about your whole life.
Let's talk about it. So Iam a writer. I am a
poet. I write affirmations, Iwrite prayers, I write poetry. I
write free verse, and I writeprose. I learned to write. I
love to read when I was threeyears old, and I have had a

(03:25):
love affair with words since I wasthree years old. I love the written
language and how you can take itand espress yourself in a way that is
allowing you to connect with others justthrough your words. And there is an
energy that is connected with those wordsas well. And so I am a
personal believe insteadifying the soul. Ihave been through a great deal of pain,

(03:47):
but I have not been defined bythat pain, and so I try
to I can identify pain in others. I use that as a tool to
help me gauge where I need tohelp others, and I moved forward in
that than I. I love poetry, I love writing, I love I

(04:09):
love connecting with others through the writtenword. Connecting through written words, that's
something that I love to do aswell. This is what we're gonna do
with connecting through bringing words today.Let them lory to the stackpack show.
If you guys are just joined,we got Laurier up here. We're gonna
be chopping it up with her.Right, So, Lourie, with something
that you've used that's been innovative foryou. Have you been staying above the

(04:31):
trends and how are you doing thistoday in twenty twenty four? Over to
you? Okay, So I havenot been staying above the trends. I
don't think that I'm utilizing social mediato force capacity, but I do have
connections. I have very positive connections, and I'm able to maneuver in a
way that is forward. You know, I'm not stagnant at this time of

(04:55):
life. I am a person thatI believe that I have been given the
gift of help by the Creator,and I believe that it is one of
my divine gifts. Uh And Ihave been here purpose and passion for such
a thing as this time. SoI am looking to expand my reach at
this point in time, and Ibelieve that it is my season to do.

(05:17):
So it's got to be your season. You always got to believe in
your season, right, And that'ssomething that enough believe in her season.
Right. So, Laurie, what'ssomething that you wish you would have known,
you know, right now that youcould have learned you know, back
then? You know what I'm saying, because people always learn these lessons later
in life, right with something thatyou wish you would have known right now?

(05:40):
Going forward and everything and all yourendeavors over to you. You know,
the hindsight is twenty twenty and allin all things. But wisdom comes
through experience, and there are certainexperiences that I wish I would have had
sooner in life. I have experiencedgreat deals up and out and throughout this
lifetime, and my most recent tragedywas losing my son to a car accident

(06:04):
two years ago. But I havegone through the process of the grieving and
I'm on the other side of that. I wish that I had I lost
my mother when I was ten,and I've experienced a great little loss in
my life. I don't have anygrandparents, neither of my parents. Most
of my extended family is the fiefat this point in time, and as

(06:26):
I've gotten older, I don't haveany regrets. The wish was to have
had more time to be more impactfulto their lives, if I had known
that the time would be so short. There are certain things that I definitely
know that I would have done differently. But I'm grateful to be where I

(06:46):
am now and be able to lookback and still know that I did make
an impact, that I was loved, that I was cared for, and
despite their absence, energy never dies. The spirit is eternal, so I
will always have that connection. Iwish that I had known in the grieving
process previously that there is victory onthe other side of pain, and no

(07:09):
matter how dark it gets, justkeep plowing forward because there is light on
the other side of that that journeyand so much more opens up to you
when you get passed through it,and the only way out through you have
to go through the processes. Sothose are the things that I have learned
and would have liked to learn.Soa ooh, that victory um telling and

(07:31):
make sure you guys sending your prayersover to Lot. We had a great
conversation and we're going to be divinginto some bigger things. But Laurie,
I appreciate it because it's all aboutbeing vulnerable and telling your story. If
you can tell your story, morepeople will be relatable to you. Do
you agree, And what do youhave to say about relatability, because that's

(07:51):
something that you know the media andthe media mentors is going to help you
out with, is being relatable toother people, because then me some more
mothers out there that have been goingthrough what you've been going through, and
all you need to do is tellyour story to make a bigger impact than
you've already been doing. So whatdo you feel about relatability? Well,
I think that everybody, all ofthe human rates, have a commonality.

(08:16):
We are interconnected at soul level.Whether we choose to accept that and believe
that to be true or not,it is the truth of life and it
exists that as a whole, thereare we have more things in common then
we have differences, and a lotof people just don't take the time to
cultivate the relationships needed in order tosee those commonalities. I believe in being

(08:37):
an open spirit, not so muchthat I'm open and I'm protected, but
open enough to allow those that needto gravitate towards me and those that I
need to be able to gravitate towardshappen in a more organic way. I
have gosh, this has been aninteresting in fifty years. I have lived

(09:01):
quite an adventurous life, and it'sbeen full of ups and downs. But
I think that because of the upsand the downs, that has made me
more relatable because I am human andI don't have a problem with showing my
flaws, and people are drawn tovulnerability and reality, and I think that

(09:22):
those are tools that I use tomy advantage when it comes to relatability,
because well, we all have somethingin common, whether it be pain,
whether it be joy, whether itbe life experiences. There is something that
you can find that's common between twopeople or two parties if you choose to

(09:43):
allow yourself to see that. I'mtelling you here with that fire. So,
Gloria, is there anything coming upfor twenty twenty four that you want
us to get ready for? Anyannouncements? Before I tap in? You
know your social media talk to me. Oh, let's see. I am

(10:05):
in the process of getting with AmazonPublishing this year. I am and I
have a business partner in she andCharlotte, North Carolina, and the two
of us have several She's got fourtranscripts that I want to get published this
year. And I have a bookof poetry that I am trying to get
published and released this year. Itis my goal to have it done before

(10:26):
my birthday, which is in November. UH. And I am in correspondence
with the KDP and with the Amazonplatform at this time, so looking forward
to moving that to the next level. UH and becoming an author, a
published author. I love that.Look, Laurie, is there anything else
you want to say? And socialmedia because right after we're done with this,

(10:50):
people are going to be like this. She came with the student my
name is my My name is Glori. It is I am under my page
my real name on Facebook. Uh. I am on Instagram as under or
under UHLRII d underscore Hopkins. Uh. I use I am my brand.

(11:13):
So I've never had uh a differentname or or anything like that. Now
the business name that I have alwayswanted to use is called the Soul's kiss
because I kissed souls. I am. I am a person that is a
connector, and I have been giventhe gifts uh and the ability to help
others actualize their dreams, and souh, I feel like it's my season.

(11:35):
You know, it's come full circle. The ability uh to help and
be helped is here, and I'mjust grateful. I really am so.
On Facebook it is Laurie Hopkins.On Instagram is Lori d Underscore Hopkins and
you can find me on both ofthose platforms. I am also a clubhouse
uh, and I'm also uh acouple of other plat want to slip Facebook

(12:01):
in my Instagram on my most actedprofile. So we goodn't have Laurie come
through. We appreciate you, Laurie. Cannot wait to see you come up
to the podcast show, come out, wait to hear more about your media
journey and you being more relatable.Thank you for coming on the stag Pack
Show. This will be right oniHeartRadio, this will be right on Spotify,
this will be right on Google Podcasts. Be on the lookout for Lourie.

(12:24):
I appreciate you right here. Let'sgo