Hello and welcome to Franklin Covey's on leadership podcast.

The world's largest weekly podcast dedicated to the topic of leadership.

My name is Scott Miller and I am privileged to serve as your ongoing host and interviewer.

Today we have the world's most renowned thought leader and expert on small business known

as the small biz lady Melinda Emerson who is the book author of become your own boss in

12 months, a month by month guide, to a business that works today.

Melinda welcome to on leadership.

Thank you so much for having me Scott.

Melinda you are a renowned podcast radio host, your coach, your expert counselor.

You are a keynote speaker.

You're an author.

You have online courses.

You're known as one of the nations, if not the nation's top leadership expert when

it comes to small business side hustles, things like that.

Today we're going to talk about all things, entrepreneur ship, solo, and intra, now most

of our listeners are in leadership capacities, they often work for large or mid-size organizations

but we'll be all having common is I'll bet a secret or not so secret desire to be our

own boss to open our own business, if not as a full-time gig or a leap of faith perhaps

to dip our toes in the shallow end of the water as a entrepreneur or even a side hustle

which is becoming more and more common and not just acceptable but normal for most people

to have some kind of side hustle, Melinda before we get into the book and some of your expertise

which is so practical, well you reorient our listeners and viewers from around the

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