I'm on this journey with me each week. When you join me, we are going to chase down our goals.

Overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.

After no sleep, I'm ready for my close time.

Hi and welcome back. I'm so glad you're back here with me this week. I hope your week is off

to a strong start this past week. I gave a keynote for the Girls Club who I've been. They've

been bringing me back the past couple of years. I'm super grateful to deliver keynotes for them.

I love the group of fantastic ladies and I wanted to share some of what I talked about this week

in my speech with you because I thought maybe it could add some value to your week.

Okay. So one of the things I think that people get caught up with is when times get tough, right?

Because I get it. When everything hits the fan, it can be very trying to stay positive.

It can be trying to find out what that opportunity is to look and shift your perspective

when you're really overtaken by negativity. My moment with that, for sure, two big ones that

stand out. One was when I got fired. I went into total panic. I couldn't think clearly. I was not

looking for opportunity. I was like, how am I going to survive this? How am I going to pay my bills?

Total panic. Okay. So I get it. The other one was when the pandemic hit. That was another big moment

in my life where I thought, oh my gosh, I just built everything up on my own company and my

speaking business disappeared overnight and I had to pay my mortgage and take care. My son and I

and my son didn't leave the house anymore and we were stuck inside. So that was another big moment.

I broke out in a rash, right? Like I freaked out, I panicked. And that never helps me, by the way.

But I'm sharing that with you. So you know, if you panic and freak out,

totally normal. It will pass. It's not going to solve any problems. The more we can learn to

acknowledge, huh? I'm acting a little crazy right here. This is not going to help. I have some

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