Hey, welcome to the Because I Can, live podcast, and big hugs to you.

Because you made it through the Cyber Weekend.

Whether it's your first Cyber Weekend being on the other side where you have a store or whether you've been

doing this for a long time. Congratulations my friend you survived and right there is a

huge celebration.

It's actually a little bit different for me this year

because it's the first year I actually haven't been on the Commerce side

in about 10 years because we sold our

pillowcase business a couple months ago and then we sold our bigger one a few

years ago and I'll tell you what it was a really weird feeling not

prepping everything because I've been in such that habit for so long but I feel like after 10 years I owe it to my family to just be able to sit

be with them and then of course make sure I'm 100% available for my students as they rock

and roll this holiday cells season out but I have a

feeling next year I'll be right back at it because the excitement of fourth quarter

holiday cells has just ingrained in me.

And I missed it a little bit, not going to lie.

Both good and bad.

So in today's podcast episode, I'm bringing in Ruth Hopiki because I have been able to watch her for the past couple years build and craft and grow this beautiful business.

And because I've been able to watch her,

I've seen some awe-inspiring things

that I think we'll just grasp onto.

And today we're going to dive into topics like,

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