412. “I Burned Down My Multi 7-Figure Company + Opened a Bookstore Cafe Instead” - How Industry Leading Melyssa Griffin Reinvented Her Business + Life

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Natalie Ellis

Education, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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EPISODE SUMMARY Do you ever wish you could burn your business down and start over doing something that truly lights you up? Natalie sat down with Melyssa Griffin to unpack exactly how she did just that. After building a wildly successful multi-7-figure business, Melyssa decided to close it all down to start her dream bookstore cafe in Lisbon. In today’s episode she shares the full story behind what led to that decision, her experience with chasing success, burnout, navigating fear during seasons of change, and advice for anyone who knows they are on the brink of something new. TIMESTAMPS 1:30 - The Height of Melyssa’s Business + Major Milestones 11:45 - Closing Her Business 22:00 - Questioning + Changing Your Path 32:25 - What’s Driving You? 38:00 - Starting a Bookstore Cafe in Lisbon 49:13 - Melyssa’s Schedule + Typical Day In The Life 58:00 - Advice for Making Big Change RESOURCES + LINKS Connect with Melyssa Here! Learn More About Melyssa + Her Amazing Offerings Here! Join The Société: Our Exclusive Membership To Help You Build A Freedom-Based Business. Get Our Weekly Newsletter & Get Insights From Natalie Every Single Week On All Things Strategy, Motherhood, Business Growth + More. Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We’ll Send You Natalie’s 7-Figure Operating System Completely FREE (value $1,997) FOLLOW bossbabe: @bossbabe.inc Natalie Ellis: @iamnatalie Melyssa Griffin: @melyssa_griffin

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0:00.0	But what I do want to get into is the height of your business,
0:03.4	because you were so and are so well known in the industry,
0:07.3	like really one of the OGs who built such a powerful empire really.
0:12.6	Can you take us back to kind of the height of your business,
0:15.5	what you were doing, what it looked like?
0:17.4	Yeah, so I would say the height started around 2017-2018.
0:21.4	It was when the online course industry was just kind of booming, starting to take off, but hasn't really reached its peak yet. I launched a course, it ended up going well, and then I just kept doing that and expanding our offerings and team. I learn a lot through experience. I learn through just throwing things together and bootstrapping something. I actually find that that's that's the most fun for me. And it's like you just need a small blueprint to understand it and then you can put your own
0:46.1	nuance and your own expertise on it.
0:52.1	Welcome to the podcast.
0:54.3	Thank you Natalie.
0:55.3	I'm so happy to be here.
0:56.6	Oh my goodness, when I knew I was coming here, one I was so excited to visit your
1:01.2	Café Bookstore.
1:02.2	It's freaking phenomenal. I'm like so in awe of you and
1:04.7	two I was so excited to have this conversation with you I've been talking about it forever
1:08.8	so thank you for saying yes yeah of course I'm so excited to chat with you and thanks for visiting
1:13.3	Fable too. I'm so glad you liked it. I know that's like a real sneak peek of
1:17.2	what's coming in this interview. I can't wait to talk about all the things but
1:20.0	the last time I saw you we were in Austin.
1:23.3	Yeah, and you hadn't even mentioned,
1:25.2	like in our conversation,
1:26.4	I don't even know if Lisbon was on the cards for you.
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