46: Starting a New Business: Accepting the Failures, Pivoting, and First Steps
Behind Their Success: Ep 46
Paden: [00:00:00] the number one problem, especially when you're starting a business.
is that no one knows who you are.
Welcome to Behind Their Success. This podcast is for people who are feeling stuck on their entrepreneur journey or in their careers. It's for people who want to scale and grow their businesses, learn about the power of mindset, or they just know there's more out there and they want to start making changes.
I'm Peyton Squires, the host of the podcast. I was never cut out to be an employee. And when I was an employee, I was bored out of my mind. So I made a plan. I studied and passed the CPA exam in eight months while working all with the end goal in mind of quitting my job and starting my own business. I did that in 2014 and has been amazing wild ride since.
So now let's hear from other entrepreneurs and what mindsets and probably more important, what actions they have taken that have created and led to their success.
Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Behind Their Success Podcast. I am Peyton Squires, the host, and today we have on Amanda Quick. [00:01:00] Amanda is the founder of Amanda L. Quick Coaching and Small Business Cultivator. She is the type of business coach who believes that business ownership can be simple and not ran alone.
She is a mom to two daughters and a wife to her husband, Sean. Amanda is actually a fellow entrepreneur with me here in Columbia, Missouri. She has won several awards, including Como Magazine's 20 Under 40, And Columbia Business Times Emerging Professional of the Year and uh, Entrepreneur of the Year.
Amanda, welcome on the show.
Amanda: Hi, thank you so much for having me.
Paden: Yeah, absolutely, Amanda. So
So I know you've kind of been in a transition period, but the last, last few years or so with the young kids, right. won several awards here in Columbia kind of give us a history of kind of your entrepreneurial journey, kind of where, where it started and, all through that time period.
Amanda: Yeah. So after college I graduated with business cause I knew I, Um, and I wouldn't say it did anything for me [00:02:00] besides giving me a lot of memories. I wish I could forget, but I actually got started in real estate, right out of college. And I was, I was in real estate for about 10 years.
but in 2017, I opened up a coworking space with onsite childcare and really the thought of it was for women specifically, but like obviously men, dads could come, um, but to just have that space where you were around other adults. And you could either come in and like, just simply like work on your Christmas cards, or you come in and pay your bills, or you could come in and run your business while your kiddo was like in the next room and taken care of.
and so I had that for about three years and about two years in, we're like, this is really expensive. And, um, people in our town don't see 99 for unlimited membership, worthwhile. Which is bonkers, but here we are. and so like, we just knew that like, we were going to have to do something.
And so I actually started to look at like, do I sell this? Does somebody want to take it [00:03:00] over? And in those conversations, we found somebody that owned a space. And so, like, it was going to be super easy. We had already removed the child care because that was very expensive, too. and, like, when they were crying, you could hear it.
Like, there was no getting away from it. And some people that didn't have kids were like, this is
Paden: Yeah, it doesn't work the way it does.
Amanda: and I could spend, like, three days explaining that whole three years. But, Essentially we found somebody actually was in real estate with him and we were about to like transition our space to him and COVID hit.
And so then we're like, well, this will be over much like the rest like this. Like let's just like pause, whatever. and I remember we were also in the middle of moving at this time. So like. It was fun. you know, COVID didn't just end in two weeks. And so we were getting to where we were going to be closing and switching hands at the end of June.
And this was whatever May, I think. And it got to the point where I was like, do you [00:04:00] want to do this or not? Like, I don't care, but like, I'm closing the doors either way. And he's like, yeah, I don't think this is the best time. Like, will people even be able to leave their house to go work anywhere? So basically what we were doing was like illegal because you couldn't.
Can like be in a community. Um, we ended up closing our doors and through my journey of running our space, like I would talk to a lot of the members and more of just like answering the questions when I did the marketing for our space, like the behind the scenes, like I shared everything. Everything. And so I think a lot of people just were comfortable that they could come in and talk about their business and it not, um, I couldn't really judge them because I made some really dumb mistakes.
and so through that I started what was we were like, can I pay you for this coaching session? And I'm like, I am not, uh, I am not a coach. Like this is you just being a member. And so when we closed, Some people were like, we would really love to stay like [00:05:00] coaching or whatever. And so I just kind of continued that and then built the small business cultivator, which we can get into separately.
I'll let you lead that. Um, small business cultivator came out of that as well. but yeah, I've just really been coaching and showing up where people need me to.
Paden: That's awesome. Yeah. So that, that's kind of interesting. Yeah.
you did run into some really bad timing there, right? You own a co working space and no one's allowed to co work. Yeah. That's a problem. Yeah. But the, but the really cool thing and the interesting, to me, the interesting part of that story is that you probably learned a lot about yourself, right?
And then, then also learned about what, how other people see you. Right. Like they learned that, Oh, Amanda has a lot of great information on what comes to her. And then you actually took that and capitalize on it, right. Um, turned it in kind of to, to your new business, right?
Amanda: Yes, for sure.
yeah, like it's definitely, it helps when people are like, can I please pay you? And I'm like, why? What am I doing?
Paden: that's [00:06:00] a couple of interesting points there you made, you know, and, and this is something I talk to a lot of businesses, you know, I consult with a lot of businesses and whatnot, but, the number one problem, especially when you're starting a business.
is that no one knows who you are.
Amanda: Yeah.
Paden: and like, you know, you were probably hustling around and what not, and it's, it takes years to build that, right? It takes years to be top of mind for people to know, that's the biggest problem most entrepreneurs have, is they, They are not branded as the accountant or the, you know, the coworking space person.
that's the biggest thing you got to break through.
Amanda: Yeah. I remember there was a woman and she came in to interview with me And this woman came in and she was like in the tech world and worked for like a fortune 500 company.
She sat down in front of me and she's like,I've never heard of you. And I was like, like, I'm not really intimidated very often, but I was like, she intimidated me, but in such a good way, because it was good. Cause I'm like, okay, like. I think I'm doing all of these things.
Like one, you have to continue to do [00:07:00] it, but also like, she just checked. I don't think I was egotistical to be like, everybody knows me, but it was good to be like, okay, like, thank you. Thank you. Armenta. I appreciate you. And I love, like, we're like, I don't want to say close, but was
Paden: it Armenta?
Amanda: Yes. And now like I'm on a board with her in a different one and she's wonderful.
But like, She is intimidating. I was like you
Paden: Yes, I was like you
Amanda: intimidated me like from day one,
Paden: it provided you a new perspective, right? We all, you know, constantly, you'd be learning, constantly getting new perspectives because, you know, we've only experienced whatever tiny piece of life, you know, there is to live, What fraction of the world have we experienced ourself is, I mean, it's basically zero,
Amanda: right?
Paden: And it's, you see this across all areas of life. It's amazing to me how many people believe that their experiences are everything, or like the exact, the truth of how the world works. it's the people that grow and learn and take [00:08:00] that information in and maybe recalibrate how they see the world, the people that are more successful.
Amanda: Yeah. Well, and it's also just, it was almost a good like reboot too. Cause it's at some point you're like, I am saying the same thing and doing the same thing, seeing the same people like, okay. But then you find out like, there are more people out there that don't know about me. It was almost a challenge to be like, what can we tweak?
What class can we host? Like what different things can we do to bring people in? And that was something that like pretty early on, I don't know if you know Reagan who used to work with me, but she was a Strategic communication with the graphic design, like major, which is the best freaking first hire you can make.
Cause like our marketing was who designed did it first. And then Reagan came in and she used to work for them. And so like our marketing was so good, so branded, but it was like, okay, when people walk in the door, they're joining. But to me, that means like, we're not. Not enough people are walking in the door.
[00:09:00] So like, how can we get people in? And that's when we started hosting our classes, which was so cool. cause I love networking and bringing people together, but also, me getting to see the members and their expertise more than them.
Paden: and that's kind of interesting, you know, it's like running a business and, You're trying to get as many people on the funnel.
And then, and then as they move through your funnel, right. They may see a piece of marketing. They come into the office, they take a class. And, and once you get really good at that funnel and get, get really stats and data behind it, like you can see where people are falling off, like, okay, maybe all these people come to the door, but only 50 percent of them sign up.
you can get super granular in business of tweaking. And these are the businesses that are, super successful. The ones that have really dialed in each step in this process, each step in the client journey. those, those are the people that.
Amanda: Yeah, and I think that ask for feedback like that was always something where I'm like, there's a book called All in startup.
I don't know if you've read it Diana Campbell.
Paden: It's
Amanda: actually [00:10:00] from or around this area But it's all about like getting market research to build your business and it has like a story of a business doing this And I read that book
And it was between that and the E Myth. I'm like, hands down, the two books you have to read if you're starting a business. Um, but I would, I was like, you just don't be a jerk, but like, tell me like the good, the bad, the ugly, so that we know where to improve some of it. You can like throw in the trash can.
No, but I think if you're not listening to your customers, like, If you're not asking them and they're paying you money or not paying you money, like not listening to them seems so silly. One, I think it's kind of like your ego's in the way.
Paden: Yeah. Yeah. You don't want to hear it, right?
Amanda: Yeah. To be like, well, I'm doing everything great.
But also like, who are they to tell me how to run my business? To be like, I mean, they are paying you.
Paden: you need to be open to feedback and looking for consistent feedback. And also, you know, you made a good point there.
It's like, understand the source it's coming from, like you're asking clients [00:11:00] and there's going to be a lot of great information there. There's going to be a lot of feedback they give you, too, that like, because, you know, all the details of the business, you'd be like, well, yeah, that just flat out. Right.
But the mindset of, you know, Open mind and and trying to craft it and make it constantly better and better for the clients That's that's the perfect.
Amanda: Yeah. Well, and I think it also creates your marketing too Like if you're if they're talking to you about their pain points and they're like, well, this is why I'm not coming This is why I'm not coming Then like that can then be your marketing for other people who are struggling with that and they want to use their like that's their excuse to use
Paden: Oh, yeah.
Yeah. And, and, uh, go back to e myth. Yeah. Fantastic. Michael Gerber,
book is, is so really good. I guess kind of the concept is, is really, this is a real business, right?
We're professionals here. Let's build a real business. Let's not, you know, half ass everything or, or, you know, it really. Encourages people to build [00:12:00] systems and process that as small businesses, even as a guy that like started my own small business, which actually was 10 years ago today, it, I had no idea what I was doing.
Right. I had a laptop sitting in my living room. I'm like, Yeah, I mean I could talk to people about taxes, but I had no idea how to run it.
Amanda: Yeah I love it when he says systems run businesses and people run systems And then it's just comparing it to like the mcdonald's franchise model not the french fries and the hamburgers but like the model of like The hamburger is slipped after three minutes and then the french fries come up after eight minutes and therefore you don't have to hire these extraordinary people.
You just have to have extraordinary systems for that, like to put people in place.
Paden: And that's what, you know, we were talking about earlier about like dialing in all the marketing. McDonald's has just done that over 60 years and they got their back end processes just knocked out cold. Yes.
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Paden: been on a journey, right?
Some ups and downs, right? I want a lot of words. Had a business disappear [00:14:00] because of COVID.
Amanda: Well, we were, I was switching it beforehand. So I, I do like, that was an interesting thing though, because like I had decided before that I wanted to close, like we were done, it was just so stressful. It was not making the money we were personally putting into it.
Sean's like, Okay. At some point, like we wanted to buy land and like build a house. So like this money, he's like, I believe in you 150%, but like the numbers. And so it got to, to be the point where like, it was just so stressful. And so, That's when I was like, okay, like, we're just going to close it unless somebody can take it.
the hard part was whenever it basically like closed without me being in control of how it closed.
Paden: Yeah. That had to be really tough. Yeah. And
Amanda: so, and then our landlord was so kind. He was like, Oh, Like I still have to pay my bills. So you got to pay your bills. I'm like, cool. Luckily, um, somebody came in and took over our building or else I would have been paying a lot of money over the next three [00:15:00] years,
Paden: a lot of commercial rent.
Amanda: So, but I always think like I look at my coaching. And it's, I feel like the things that I go through, I'm just a little bit ahead of the game of my clients. And so it's like, I'll go through almost declaring bankruptcy if we didn't, like, if we still have to pay our lease, like, well, you don't have a lease if you don't have a business.
And so like, we even had conversations about that until bless Mary Ropp, one of her clients, she was like, call so and so and like about your space. And so luckily. Um, they took it over, which was nice, but yeah, I just think that all of those lessons have helped me to where I am today. Cause I can really empathize with other business owners.
Paden: Yeah, you, you've been in the struggles, right? And then, you know, that whole, you know, you can easily look back on that situation, say that whole situation perfectly set me up to serve people now that are in, you know, in similar, similar type [00:16:00] situations or helping people grow their business. Right. You learned, you learned a ton of lessons and you can, serve people through the coaching.
Amanda: And then it started with small business cultivator cause it's all the members from there too. So,
Paden: We basically, we come in for, it used to be those in the messy middle that we're like ready to kind of ramp up things.
Amanda: We learned that that is not a client that probably has the investment that it costs to work with us. and the people that were coming to us were actually experts in their field. They were just working for a corporation, but they wanted to branch off on their own. They knew their expertise. They were very confident in what they could do.
They knew the services that they would be able to offer. They They just didn't know the business side, nor did they really have the time to like piecemeal what it looks like. And so, and this actually came from a show called small business revolution. And I would cry on every episode. And so essentially what we do is we come around the business owner and we run them through a framework that we created. So they start with, um, one expert and that's our brand strategy. [00:17:00] Well, they actually start with an assessment. So we know what we're, if we can help them in what they're doing.
They start with what's called a brand strategy, and that's really finding out like all of the, brand of who they are, their vision, their mission, their values of themselves, their values at the company, the values of their customer. It really just like gives them a whole like. document of who they are and who they serve and how they show up.
It's so beautiful, but Alicia does such a great job.
So every step we've figured out how it builds on each other. So that document goes to then Jillian and Jillian creates branding elements. And, um, we'll go if needed. And then both of those also then go to Kristen who works on your customer experience. So like from somebody inquiring on how they found you to pulling out a lead capture form on your website, to your sales call, to like you producing and you delivering it all the way to like, you know, you sending them a thank you card.
She works with that whole customer delivery. And then that goes to Erica who does a custom website. [00:18:00] And then, Tia creates who, you know, very well, she does the social media.
So she comes in and does like a whole social media in a day and creates your strategy, where you show up, how you show up your pillars of content, taking your brand core and your elements and creating a lot of your social media. And then like a six months worth of content. And then, Laura, she'll, she's a bookkeeper.
And so she comes in to help. Like, what do you think your expenses are going to be? What services, like, what are they going to cost? And then setting up QuickBooks. And all of that fun stuff. And so through all of that, I'm the project manager.
Paden: And then I'm also coaching them through the whole thing. Yeah. I, you know, I think if I had to sum that up, it would be, you know, you're, working with, people that are really wanting to get, get their business off the ground in a serious fashion and quickly, and then, you know, I know what a short amount of time I can guess in a, you know, a few months they're going to have a real professional presence and be really ready to just kind of jump up and, hit the ground running
Amanda: without having to like piecemeal it all [00:19:00] together on the back end.
Which is the beautiful part that is kind of like our secret.
And then you have like seven people with their networks, as hype people and just like coming from all of their different experiences and perspectives.
And so to have just like, that amount of people to like on your side, it's, you know, Pretty cool.
Cause it's pretty lonely.
Paden: Yeah, very much. So, it can be very lonely and especially grow and. You know, I, I talked to a lot of different business owners and I'm part of the mastermind group myself really for that fact.
But, you know, as you start to grow and you just have less and less, people that can relate to you, right? So it's, is a lonely journey. it doesn't have to be, that's, that's the thing. And it's amazing how powerful it is to get like in a group or a mastermind group like that.
but it's important to have those groups support, to be able to just. Talk about business stuff that it's kind of hard.
You know, you can't talk to your father in law or whatever so Amanda, you've done a lot of different things, right? Yes. What would you Credit as your best [00:20:00] skill like what skill leads to your success?
Amanda: I feel like empathy is But also being very direct and asking questions that like a lot of people don't want to touch with a 10 foot pole.
just because I think that's really where like the magic is and because not very many people want to ask that. Like I don't think business owners are living up to their full potential, a lot of times. And so I feel like that's probably what it is. And that's probably comes from me getting asked those hard questions and like therapy and my coaches.
Paden: I think it's Tony Robbins says like the, quality of your life is directly tied to the quality of your question. The question. and I have a, a executive coach friend of mine, um, that, that talks about all the time his, his kind of shtick or his line is like, you know, 1, great question, can forever change your life.
Mm-Hmm, , he's story behind that. But, um, it.
And then, you know, in the perfect situation as a coach or [00:21:00] consultant or therapist or whatever, you're just allowing them to find the answer on their own. For
Amanda: sure. And almost like just giving them the permission. To see that it's okay to do it.
Paden: Yeah.
Amanda: I think forever, like where, I mean, we come up through kids and then we go to school and it's like, you're told what you're supposed to do, where to go, what to wear, like all of that stuff forever.
And then all of a sudden you start a business, you're like, do whatever you want, you know, like I had a client, he was like, I do not want to meet in the mornings. It's killing my creative time. I'm like. Don't meet in the mornings. And he's like, can I do that?
Paden: Yeah.
Amanda: And he's like, well, people want to meet in the mornings.
I'm like, okay, well, like you can offer that if it's like. You know, somebody you really want to meet with, but like you can also not. And he's like, okay. And so interesting. Like what we think, like we can or can't do. And it's just wild.
Paden: Yeah, it, it is [00:22:00] weird. It is. And it's all habits and conditioning and stuff that happened to me as a kid and whatnot.
And that's why it's so important to become as self aware as possible, but But yeah, it's like, Oh, you don't want to work Fridays. Okay. Block the
Amanda: calendar. Don't do it. But it's like, also don't feel guilty the whole day that you're off. it'll take a minute, but it's okay.
Paden: Yeah. And I'm, probably the worst at that.
It's like, Oh, you know, if I left early from work or whatnot, I'm like, Oh, I should feel bad or it should be doing something or whatnot. And that's part of, part of just my personality. It's something that always wants to get stuff done.
Amanda: I started my business like 10 years ago today, but, I had the same kind of feelings, right.
Paden: Like I was like, just home all the time, I respond to emails here and there and whatnot.
Right. But I didn't have that much to do. And I didn't want people to know about it. But now I I want some more of that back.
Amanda: Yeah, it's like a vicious cycle. It's like you look up and you're like, oh, wait a minute. Like, what am I doing?
Paden: Built a new prison.
Amanda: I think if they say, [00:23:00] like, if you don't have control of it, like, you just built yourself your own job.
Or something. Yeah,
Paden: yeah, And that's, you know, mine's been a bit of a transition. I've had my business. It wasn't until probably three, four years ago where I'd say I've tried to transform from self employed to like a business and, you know, I'm the kind of guy that just kind of won't stop.
So I just keep creating more and more problems for myself. But my wife and I have had a lot of conversations about that and working about simplifying and trying to make things like. Let's make sure we keep the first things first.
Amanda: Yeah. I think Ed Milet, I love, he talks about like, what's your thermostat set to?
And it's like most people it's set to chaos. And so it's like, if we're
Paden: definitely in the entrepreneur, for
Amanda: sure. the iterations of entrepreneurship, whether it's like hustle, hustle, hustle, where it's like, you have to be grinding, to then it's like, well then how do we actually only work four hours a day, but then that's that's really not sustainable as you're starting, but like, how do you [00:24:00] grow?
And so I think it's also just, you know, going into the feels of like, what feels the best? Like, what, like, how do I actually want to run my life? Like, I want to take my girls to school and then I want to pick them up before I did a lot of inner work. I would have thought that the 15 ish hours a week that I actually had to work and then like get some home stuff done so that when I picked them up, like no computer, like, Hardly any cell phone.
I would have freaked out to been like, that is not enough. And I'm now like, well, it'll work, but it's also like, I have to look at like, what are my goals? Like with 15 hours, what is my income goal? Like, can it be like making six figures? Some people could probably say, yes, I haven't figured that one out yet, but it's like, how do I want, like, what do I want at the end of the day?
Like, I want to feel fulfilled. Which means like, I don't want to be doing admin all day or like behind the scenes building stuff. Like I want to be out there meeting people. And so, cause [00:25:00] then and this is where like the woo side of me comes in, but the energy that you put out there, like does attract people.
That's outside of just your social media posts, right? Like, and I don't know, it's interesting. And I feel like I'm like, I have hustled my ass off since like 2017 building the hatchery. Like, luckily I love our town and it's larger, but small that like, there's plenty of people that still remember me.
And so if I'm not at every networking event, like I used to be, like, it's not like they've I've been forgotten, which was a huge fear after I had, I was like, nobody's going to remember me. And so now I'll work from the grind and I'll see three people. I'm like, okay, I think we're good. Like,
Paden: yeah. And you know, it's similar, similar, like I've grind, you know, I've grinded and grinded for, you know, years and years.
I would say I've grinded nonstop since I'd say COVID.
Amanda: Yeah.
Paden: And, um, I think it all comes, like you said earlier, it all comes down to intentionality, right? [00:26:00] Like, okay, I have this business, like, what do you want your week to work? Look like, just start there. Like, what do you want Monday through Friday to look like?
And then build it, right. And build your business around that. and if you can do that, you know, you can find ways to fit a whole lot of stuff in. you start with the building blocks and just design. What do you want to do?
Amanda: Yeah. I love doing that work with clients because usually one of two things happened.
One is people, cause like I love brain dumps. That's like one of the things I love to do. And it's like when they're usually like, I don't have any time and I'm like, okay, let's list out literally every single thing that you're doing and how long it takes you.
Paden: Let's check those social medias.
Amanda: Oh, that too.
Yes. Yeah. And then we put it back together, like in a weekly schedule on the screen and it's like, yeah. Yeah. One person was like, I look so desperate for like trying to make this work. And she was doing like so many more services than she needed to. One person was like, I have a lot more time than I thought I did.
or they're like, I [00:27:00] have too much on there. I need to hire, but they have to see it in that way to be like, you literally have every single white space. But you're burnt out. You don't see your kids. So like, what can you hire?
And that's a cool thing for them to start seeing like, I don't actually need to do this. So and so can do this. So and so that I already pay can actually do this, this, and this. And it's such a neat concept to see for it so that they can then like take back the time that they are spending on.
Paden: And you automate, delegate, eliminate, right. And, and, you know, you see somebody has a packed schedule. You can see my calendar. It's pretty much that, but like, there's probably a whole bunch of junk on there. You can really eliminate that has no. Honest effect of the outcome of the business or how much money you make or whatever.
So once again, it's like, you know, people say they don't have time. Everybody's got the same. You know, and it's, [00:28:00] it's, it's just prioritizing and using leverage to get what, you know, get what you
It's just a lack of focus.
Amanda: Well, I think sometimes it's boundaries too, which I think then I love to be like, okay, where's that coming from? And I think a lot of it, especially when people get started is like, it's a lack of self worth.
Paden: you know, I assume you might fall in that trap as a social, you know, a more outgoing type, type person.
Amanda: Yes, and I used to have major FOMO of not going to a networking event and I think when I had the hatchery, It was like, but I could get one more member and one more member.
And like, that's going to save us. We needed a lot more than one more member. I needed everybody to know what we did. And I also felt like I had to be there because like, what am I doing if I'm not like, what am I doing being at home?
I should be there. But I think too, it's when people open up their calendly or whatever schedule they're using, it's like all day, every day. And I'm like, No, when do you do admin? when are you doing client [00:29:00] work? And they're like, well, I just want to be available. I'm like, you still can.
But like, that doesn't mean that you have to like, be wide open and available for everybody. But I think a lot of it's like, who am I? To not work on Fridays or who am I to not offer meetings on Mondays? Like, what are they going to think? And usually it's, they're not thinking anything, but like, when's the day work for them, which is usually like the whole, when I've talked to like Mizzou classes, I'm like, nobody's actually paying as much attention to you as you think they are.
Paden: Yeah. You're not as important.
Amanda: Yeah.
Paden: And, and do you really want to zoom out further? You know, you're like, you talk about legacy. Oh, people are going to forget about me or, or whatever. everybody's going to forget about you. For sure. Um, everybody alive that knows you is going to be dead someday, or you're going to be dead.
And so like, for me, there's like freedom in that to know that like, while everything I do matters, right, because everything I do affects everything else, but like in the big picture at the same, at the exact same time, it doesn't really matter at all.
Amanda: Yeah. And it's like [00:30:00] in five years, like what is this actual situation going to do for you?
It's hopefully like the blip on your timeline of things.
Paden: we make much bigger deals out of whatever's right in front of us in two years. We won't even remember
Amanda: it for sure. If that, yeah.
Paden: So Amanda, looking back, looking back at the girl that's opening the hatchery.
Amanda: Yeah.
Paden: What piece of advice would you give yourself
Amanda: if
Paden: you could talk to her right now?
Amanda: Oh man. Um, I think trust yourself more. Like give yourself more credit than you thought and like keep going with the flow I remember whenever I was creating I was like every day I'd be like, okay what I knew what I needed to work on I was like, what's the main thing I need to work on today?
It was almost like a thought but also like a prayer I think because it's like what do we need to do today? And like the thing that I was working on would like somehow get figured out And so I think it was just like Being okay with, who we were and what we were doing and just, staying true to the vision that I had.[00:31:00]
And then, probably being like, you can close child care sooner. Like, the five people that use it are gonna figure it out. And that probably would have saved a lot of money.
Paden: Yeah. And that's, you know, you, you know, you wanted to work and, for a myriad of reasons in that situation, not that it couldn't in the future or whatever, but, It's tough. Like you feel like you're letting people down. imagine that that would have bothered me.
Amanda: Yeah. I remember Colin Bunch. He had asked me cause he was part of that mentorship group. He said, okay. Because we had, there was a liquor store right next to us. He's like, okay, so somebody next door gets drunk tonight and comes in and like, accidentally lights this place on fire.
You come in tomorrow morning. What is your feeling? And I was like, relief. And he was like, okay. I think we have our answer on what our next steps is. And I was like, yes, we sure do. And I've literally used that question for so many business owners.
Paden: Well, that, and that's good because you've taken all your experiences [00:32:00] and now flipped and turned to try to help everybody that comes behind you.
And like, well, you're talking about Ed and I let he, what's he famous? He says that, um, you're the most qualified to help the person you used to be. Yes. which is so true about like the bad alcohol the most qualified to go
Amanda: Yeah,
Paden: because that that person struggling with alcohol is gonna be way more open because they understand this person's been through. Yeah. So yeah, that's great Yeah, Amanda. This has been a great conversation What is the best way people can connect with you connect with you on your coaching and small business culture?
Amanda: Yeah, so Instagram is where I usually am I kind of like take a hiatus and I come back I went like on a vacation and didn't touch it for a week. And I was almost came back and I was like, do I really want
Paden: to re-engage?
Amanda: And then some days I'm like, I have so much to say, I don't know what to say. but Instagram, @amandalquickcoaching, and then also small business cultivator, which I [00:33:00] actually haven't posted on that in a while.
but then www.amandaleequick.com and then www.smallbusinesscultivator.com. You can get to it either way,
Paden: Very cool. And then anything else you want to share with the listeners before we
Amanda: go? I think so. Thank you so much for doing this. I know that there's work that goes in behind it, so I appreciate you letting me come in and talk and then you sharing your story and their stories with other people.
So,
Paden: yeah. Well, I thank you. Thank you very much for that. Yeah, I really enjoyed doing this stuff and it's, uh, yeah, great for learning for the community. For sure. All right. Thanks guys, listeners. We'll catch you next time.
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