Accidental Entrepreneur | LAYC 88

I didn't set out to build an empire.

In fact, it was quite accidental.

I was working for a company that went bankrupt.

I was highly motivated because I was the primary breadwinner in my family,

and I had some clients who gave me a nudge along with the universe that

said, Hey, can you do this for us?

And As I said, being highly motivated to feed my kids, I learned

on the job how to be a CEO, a business owner, an entrepreneur,

whatever you want to call it.

In fact, I learned how to be the chief cook and bottle washer

because in the beginning it was just me at my dining room table.

Asking for help where I could, figuring it out as I went along,

and just doing this, leaning in and having conversations with people.

Who knew that would give me the experience to become a podcaster later in my life?

But what it also did was give me the experience.

The real hands on, not from a textbook experience to help

other women entrepreneurs.

Because over the course of that journey, I learned so much.

I also learned a lot.

about what not to do, what not to do in business, what not to do in my

personal life, in relationships, and about not being so hard on myself.

Every time I did learn not to do it all on my own, to reach out and find

trusted people that I could go to, advisors, coaches, consultants, and to

build a very tight knit inner circle of advisors, other business owners, and

individuals who are a little farther ahead of me on the curve of life.

And had a different perspective and that's one of the things that I really

love to do as a give back now is to be able to share with others another

perspective and I really encourage you as a woman business owner, as an

entrepreneur in all aspects, or an entrepreneur within your organization.

Don't just sit there with your nose pressed up against your own windshield

because it gives you a very limited vision of what is possible, what is going on

around you 360 and that's why I encourage people to reach out and create and

cultivate a network of what I refer to as my certified, trusted, and smart circle.

So if I can do that for you, by sharing on these episodes, my experiences and

my lessons learned, my pearls of wisdom, and my Oh Jesus, don't do that again,

or don't do that because I did it and

OUCH!

, Isabel: I'm really glad that I can be here for you to do that.

And if you want to have a more personal, confidential, one on

one conversation, yes, yes, I am here for you to do that too.

Because.

I do believe that the better we become ourselves, the more confident we are,

the more we know about ourselves, the more that we up level and get closer

to our next best self, future self, the more we have, the more value we

create, the more we're able to help others and give others a hand up.

And that's really, what Lift As You Climb is about.

It's about that ability, that knowledge, that Not only can we, but we should be.

We are responsible to continue to up level ourselves and then that

empowers us to empower others in their success and their confidence.

Let's talk, let me know what you'd like to hear about, what honest to gosh,

candid, real raw stuff, the questions that you have as an entrepreneur, as an

entrepreneur in your 40s, 50s, 60, 70s and beyond about what is possible Because so

much is, once we stop limiting ourselves and believing some of our own bullshit.

Hope to hear from you soon.