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Girl CEO

From Midlife Crisis To Million Dollar Brand Pt. 2

Girl CEO

GIRL CEO Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.6896 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Get out your notebook because smart advice comes fast and furious on this episode of The Girl CEO Podcast. Host Ronne Brown welcomes beauty influencer and educator Kay Lynn, who is sharing her journey from being a single mom with “zero clients, zero dollars” to leading a seven-figure luxury hair extension business that is changing lives. Her #1 online teaching platform @KerriAlstonHair offers not only education and mastery but also a community for entrepreneurial women looking to grow their beauty ventures. Has getting to this point been easy? Of course not. But as these two dynamic women remind us, it’s a process! You’ll come away with important advice related to relationships (self-love comes first!), building out a business (don’t rush it!), setting expectations and creating a network of support to get you through the inevitable bumps and bruises. There’s no use being “thirsty for a relationship or companionship when really we just have to learn to be content with ourselves,” says Kay, whose meaningful (profitable!) life is grounded in a hard-won sense of self-worth that she has also modelled for her kids. Are you ready to let old assumptions go and clear the way for something better? This episode is full of actionable strategies to change your mindset, grow your brand and watch your new vision take flight!

If you want to learn more about Kay and her #1 training platform for luxury hair extensions, then visit this link. https://kerri-alston.teachable.com/?affcode=641107_phtevkli

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QUOTABLE:

• “It was fairly new when I started doing luxury extensions. It was kind of a hidden thing. I saw some white space and jumped in!” (Kay)

• “It’s crazy how we play small with ourselves versus saying, ‘I’m going to work for myself and have my own brand.’ ” (Ronne)

• “The beauty industry is the most lucrative industry. There is so much money!” (Ronne)

• “As women we want to be successful but, as I always say, success is a very small portion of your happiness.” (Ronne)

• “I never regret any of my experiences because I always come out on top by learning something.” (Kay)

• “When you’re looking for somebody, you’re going to be so … thirsty for a relationship or companionship when really we just have to learn to be content with ourselves. And just be patient, because you don’t want someone that’s not for you.” (Kay)

• “When I saw that next level of success I wanted to tell more people about it so they could also be successful.” (Kay)

• “Once I got out of the (bad) relationship, it’s like my mind just opened up!” (Kay)

• “If you’re going to be successful you have to promote yourself!” (Ronne)

• “It doesn’t matter what type of business you’re in, if you develop (a strong) relationship with your clients … Those little acts of kindness go a very long way.” (Ronne)

• “Content is currency. Without content, it’s like, is it really happening? If you’re not capturing the moment it’s like it didn’t happen.” (Kay)

• “Give (your business) all that you have and then I promise it gets easier because it starts to work on your behalf.” (Kay)

• “Allow your business to push you into the next level … Allow it to grow and push you into that space where you’ve got enough income coming in that it’s time to transition out.” (Ronne)

• “Sometimes you just have to wait until it’s your time … Sometimes it’s your time to not expect recognition, edification, applause. Just do the work and eventually it will be your time.” (Ronne)

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About Ronne:

A brand expert, podcast host and TedX speaker, Ronne went from being a single mom mopping floors as a janitor to becoming a successful business owner and influencer. She has been a full-time entrepreneur since 2013, building GirlCEO from scratch. Featured by Forbes and NBC News, Ronne helps clients find their life design, develop brands and grow online audiences across industry sectors.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Yes, so here we are. We are here at Kay's actual location. We're going to give you guys like a little

0:06.8

tour. Oh, Oh, So we made it here and it felt really good again I had to I think this is another thing people have

0:56.1

struggle with too I had to let go of all of my concierge clients because they I wasn't they

1:01.0

were like so you're not coming to me anymore I was like like no. You know they are not going to come with you.

1:07.8

That's another pivot. I was like okay. So they're not gonna come to me and I probably had one girl come just for support

1:16.9

But then I guess she never came back because they were so I mean again that was

1:20.1

That was what it was they were like you come to me and I was coming to them 9 o'clock at night before they go to dinner dates with their husband.

1:27.5

So I was just at their beck and call and I'm like I have a one o'clock if you want to come get that slot they're like girl no so starting

1:35.1

over for me has been like the story of my life like I've been open to starting over

1:41.2

especially when I know that the start over is like a better

1:44.8

vision. I'm like I don't want that anymore anyway you know it's like letting go of

1:48.8

what was and being okay with that because I know a lot of my students they struggle they saying like I'm a

1:54.9

braider but I don't want to do braids anymore I'm like well why are you still taking braids

1:57.7

clients you know like you're still holding on to something you're saying you don't want but

2:02.4

you're not letting it go.

2:04.1

Like you have to just release it.

2:06.2

Stop letting them pull you by the ankles, like let it go.

2:09.1

So when I told them I had a space now, come see me, they didn't.

2:14.2

I said, okay, it's fun.

2:15.4

I had already, like you said, kind of transitioned over,

2:19.1

like kind of doing like the Tuesdays and Wednesdays here

2:21.8

and then the Thursdays and Fridays over there. So was like it's fine you know the the price point was so much higher on this side I was like I don't even really want to deal with that anyway

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