1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,440 Welcome to the Why Not Today podcast where we celebrate courage, determination, and the 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,920 power of saying, Why Not Today. 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:11,680 I'm your host, Leslie Cain. 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:17,480 In each episode, we dive into inspiring stories of individuals who have taken bold steps, 5 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,120 faced their fears, and embraced the possibility of today. 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:26,320 From entrepreneurs, artists, to artists, dreamers, to doers, we explore the moments when they 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,320 said enough waiting, Why Not Today. 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,040 Show me as we uncover the heartwarming, the audacious, and the transformative, whether 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:38,160 it's pursuing a lifelong passion, overcoming obstacles, or simply choosing joy. 10 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:40,560 Our guests share their journeys and inspire us all. 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:45,800 I started this podcast in honor of my father, Patrick Cain, who often said, Why Not Today. 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,640 And remember, you're just one decision away from changing your life. 13 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,880 And today's episode is just me. 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:01:01,160 And we are celebrating three years of a podcast in about two weeks. 15 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:08,240 And so this is the last episode of season three, and we will start season four next 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,240 week. 17 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,360 And I thought, you know what, it's a good time to kind of get to know me, the podcast's 18 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,200 story, and what's next. 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,680 And so I'm super excited just to welcome all of you. 20 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:23,920 And thank you to everybody that's listened to follow my guests, my repeat guests for 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,440 all the great support over these last three years. 22 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:33,040 And I'm just going to share a little bit about my journey, the growth of the podcast, the 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:38,840 Why Not Today movement, new initiatives, and exciting new things coming up. 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,720 So the birth of the Why Not Today podcast, it's a movement, not just a podcast. 25 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:54,880 The inspiration was from my father, and my dad passed away March 5, 2019, March 5, 2013. 26 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,560 And ironically, that was the day he was born. 27 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:02,000 So that was when the podcast was birthed, and we started on March 5, 2022. 28 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:09,400 And it started by a social media post somebody shared about my dad and things he had done. 29 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,480 And my dad always had, my whole life, he had lost sight of an eye, one of his eyes. 30 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,480 So we always had an eye passed on Hannah Brown in a stash. 31 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,920 So he signed everything with that. 32 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:21,440 And that is where the Why Not Today logo came from. 33 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,480 So when my dad passed away, I'm like, I want to do something to honor him, his legacy, 34 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,760 thought of a nonprofit, and doing a pickleball tournament. 35 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,640 But then that was a lot of work. 36 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:35,880 And then I just kind of had the idea in 2020, maybe I want to do a podcast. 37 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:43,040 And so came up with the idea of Why Not Today after somebody shared on social media something 38 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,440 about my dad, and they said, we both always said Why Not Today. 39 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,560 So that started it. 40 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,800 And it has grown into what I'm calling my Why Not Today movement. 41 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,920 And it goes beyond the podcast episodes. 42 00:02:54,920 --> 00:03:01,440 It's a mission to inspire courage, build community, and power people to take bold actions. 43 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:08,000 The Why Not Today movement is to inspire us all to live our dreams, to live our life, 44 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,240 and do it bravely. 45 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:17,560 And so it is my passion to help people to work smarter, not harder, provide focus by 46 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,280 providing focus and systems and strategies to make a real impact. 47 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:22,360 So how am I doing that? 48 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:27,360 So just a little background on who Leslie Cain is, is I am local to rest in Virginia. 49 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,760 Those of you in Northern Virginia or know the area. 50 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,520 My parents moved here when I was two, and so I am definitely a part of the community. 51 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,920 My dad was a big part of this community being one of six kids. 52 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:42,160 He wanted to have a community to support all of us. 53 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:48,160 And so other than college and just traveling, I haven't lived anywhere else in my life. 54 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:57,280 And so I started my entrepreneurial journey 30 years ago in 1994 when I finished my MBA 55 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,160 and decided to start a Mary Kay cosmetics career. 56 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,160 I had no idea where it would take me. 57 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,560 I really just thought it'd be fun and get my products to discount. 58 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,680 I would say I put my toe in the water, fell in love. 59 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,640 Five years later, I followed my entrepreneurial dream and quit my full-time job and never 60 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:13,640 look back. 61 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:18,560 And you know, it was perfect timing, not really, I mean, nothing perfect about it. 62 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,800 But six months after I quit my job, my dad had his first stroke and I was able to be 63 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,880 there and be able to support my family. 64 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:29,480 So in my 30 year Mary Kay career, 25 years full-time supporting myself, I have earned 65 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:30,480 the privilege of driving. 66 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,800 I can't remember 16 or 17 cars. 67 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,920 I've had a team of probably thousands of women at this point. 68 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,280 And so what I've learned is one, how to grow a business, how to run a business and help 69 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:47,080 other people create their own businesses and then able to help. 70 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:52,400 I had a single mom one time on my team that was able to help her grow her business and 71 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:57,320 team to be able to stay home with her son and not have to go to that J-O-B. 72 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:02,920 I've had people starting a Mary Kay business and wasn't going to be able to pay rent with 73 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,320 what they were doing and this helped pay the rent. 74 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:13,360 So my 30 year career with Mary Kay has taught me so much and that's given me the inspiration 75 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,920 and a lot of my skills and strengths that I bring to the table with Why Not Today is 76 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,040 from what I learned with Mary Kay. 77 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:25,280 One thing I have learned in starting the Why Not Today business, which I started in 2024, 78 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:28,360 is Mary Kay as a direct selling company did a lot for us. 79 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,280 So it takes a lot to start a business. 80 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:34,400 I've learned lots of things that I want to pass on to other people and help them have 81 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,000 courage to start their businesses. 82 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:43,200 So the podcast, as I said, started three years ago and we've had over 6,000 downloads and 83 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,360 that doesn't even include YouTube because we're on YouTube, we're on all the channels. 84 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:53,720 A growing community of listeners, I think I counted where in 26 states at one point. 85 00:05:53,720 --> 00:06:00,560 We have over 100 episodes and it's just been so much fun for me to get to know people and 86 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:01,920 to interview different people. 87 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,480 I've had a couple people that have been on more than once. 88 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,360 I don't think anybody's three times, but I did talk to one of my guests. 89 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,680 I'm going to have her, I think, on a third time. 90 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:14,240 So what I found in all my episodes and talking to people and literally it started in the 91 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:20,920 beginning with anybody that had any bit of courage and really if they walked past me 92 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,160 and said they didn't sound courageous, I put them on the podcast. 93 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:32,320 It was every other week for almost the first two years and then December of 2023, we moved 94 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:37,600 to every week because I just had such a need or such an outpouring of guests and people 95 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,280 were referring, which has been really fun. 96 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:44,360 I've learned so much and have access to so many things, I said it's a masterclass for 97 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,440 me personally, all the things I've learned about running a business, about having courage 98 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,080 and everybody has a story. 99 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,760 It's often the story behind the story. 100 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:59,520 And so with the podcast episodes, I really hope that when people listen, that it gives 101 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:04,880 them hope and permission and be able to say me too or give them some tools and some skills 102 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:09,560 to help them navigate their business, their life. 103 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,000 Sometimes the Why Not Today message is really just getting out of bed. 104 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,240 I did have one guest, my friend Julia, and she talked about a Why Not Today decision 105 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:18,240 not to do something. 106 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,000 She was going to write a book and decided, you know what, it wasn't for her. 107 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,200 So sometimes Why Not Today decisions are just not doing something. 108 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,760 So it started with my first episode with my friend Meg Donnelly, who has been instrumental 109 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,660 in helping support this podcast journey. 110 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:38,280 Some of the memorable episodes is a friend of mine, Teresa, who lives in New York. 111 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,000 I had a guest that canceled last minute and I was with her and she's like, put me on. 112 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,400 I'm like, what have you done courageous? 113 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,520 She's like, well, I became, got off addiction of drugs. 114 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,800 So she was addicted to opioids based on surgery she had. 115 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:57,640 And it was a major detox that she had to do, which I had no idea. 116 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,160 I interviewed somebody, Emma G, which I'm going to get her back on here now. 117 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:06,120 Emma Stevens, a musician that played on the streets of New York City and is now coaching 118 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,480 kids and helping people through music to make a difference. 119 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:14,280 My friend Sarah White, I've had her on a couple of times and the last episode we did 120 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,360 a couple of years ago that she talked about the community that she built and people are 121 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:19,360 able to support her. 122 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:25,280 And that's one of my value strengths is building community and making that connection. 123 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:30,480 My second year anniversary, the episode for that, I interviewed my brother and we talked 124 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,920 about growing up together. 125 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,080 Our father, we talked about he'd accomplished, I think three iron. 126 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,600 And that's pretty amazing. 127 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,640 Because my youngest sister has DownCenter, I've connected people with the special needs 128 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:45,640 world. 129 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:51,560 I interviewed Elizabeth, who has a really cool blog and then Instagram account. 130 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:55,360 It's called Confessions of the Chromosomal Enhanced. 131 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,360 Probably misunderstood or didn't do that. 132 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,880 And she calls it catfish and cat chip. 133 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:06,040 And she has a younger or older sister as DownCenter and her husband adopted some of 134 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,040 them. 135 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,640 And unfortunately her mom passed away so she's raising both of them together. 136 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,360 And just some of the stories made me laugh out loud of things that I can relate with 137 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,840 my life with Amanda. 138 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:22,000 I interviewed somebody that started a local newspaper in the rest area. 139 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,520 Somebody referred me to a woman, her name is Chris Howard, that hiked the Appalachian 140 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:27,520 trail. 141 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,640 She left her corporate job, had never hiked, camped into her life until the first night 142 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:32,760 on the trail. 143 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,320 And somebody referred her to me, she heard her on the news and she lives a mile from 144 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,800 my house. 145 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,280 Laura Carney is another guest I've had twice. 146 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:46,040 And her dad, and so many similarities between my dad and we're talking and just kind of 147 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,040 those Godwinks. 148 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,240 But her dad was killed by a distracted driver. 149 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,720 And when he was 54 and Laura and her brother found his bucket list. 150 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,600 And Laura did the whole bucket list and wrote a book called My Father's List. 151 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:04,160 Laura referred me to her friend Melanie and Melanie wrote a book called The Heart Science, 152 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,680 Silence, I can talk. 153 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,480 First she wrote a book, How to Write Heart Stories. 154 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,600 She's got an amazing story, I'd check that out. 155 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,400 Season three, the kickoff episode was with my mom, although she said she had nothing 156 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:17,520 courageous to share. 157 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:23,600 She had so much, you know, being a mother of six children and the youngest with Downsend 158 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,080 her and just all the stories and navigation with that. 159 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:32,200 One of my passions is helping people find their joy and find their passion. 160 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,760 You know, if you have that thing that people say, oh my goodness, like you should do that 161 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,280 as a business because it's so easy or when somebody, you do something, somebody's like, 162 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:40,440 how did you do that? 163 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,760 You're like, that was so easy. 164 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,760 And that was an episode we talked to with my friend Amber. 165 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,280 And Amber and I literally went to get ice cream on Saturday. 166 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,480 It was, I know it was a Saturday before Easter, went with my sister to get ice cream and she 167 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:57,920 is so creative and decorating and literally we had a meeting at my house one time and 168 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,320 she's sitting at my dining room table. 169 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,320 She's like, can I redecorate? 170 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,120 I'm like, sure. 171 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,120 So we had this discussion. 172 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,600 I'm like, you really should start a business. 173 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:09,000 I don't think she heard the business part, but she started thinking she should do something 174 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 with this. 175 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,240 She called me on Monday after Easter, couldn't sleep and had put the business plan together 176 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,440 for her decorating business. 177 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:18,440 Madeline McMahon. 178 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:19,440 Oh my goodness. 179 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:26,920 We had so much fun on this episode, she's a fractional marketing specialist and we thought, 180 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,840 you know what, what is more courageous than to crisscross both my worlds with Mary Kay 181 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,320 and why not today. 182 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:39,320 And we literally did a spa session with charcoal mask and all the things on zoom and it's on 183 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:40,320 YouTube. 184 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:45,800 So you can watch us doing a pampering session and how vulnerable that is and courageous to 185 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,800 get on screen with masks on our face. 186 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,960 And then I was watching the news again. 187 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,800 Laura Carney I found from watching CBS. 188 00:11:54,800 --> 00:12:01,120 Brady Murray I found he was on NBC news and he has a nonprofit Rod's Heroes where he helps 189 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:07,760 people adopt children with Down syndrome from other countries and his son Cooper that they 190 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,160 adopted from China. 191 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,560 His goal is to throw the pitch out of every major league baseball game. 192 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:18,280 And so they live in Utah and they were here in DC right after we did the interview and 193 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,440 we got to meet him and go to a nationals game and watch Cooper throw the ball out. 194 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,960 So what a great experience that was. 195 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,560 Sam Horn was another amazing guest. 196 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,060 She spoke at an event. 197 00:12:28,060 --> 00:12:29,800 I didn't really know who she was. 198 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,400 Ironically though she lived right where I live and walk her in the lake with where I 199 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:38,600 walk and had a dog that looks like my dog and so many similarities and what an amazing 200 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,200 guest she was and she's written so many just unbelievable books. 201 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,840 So that's just some of the hundred episodes. 202 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,080 So lots of cool people. 203 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:48,080 Lots of great stories. 204 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:55,760 I'm excited about the future and the future episodes and who we're going to share. 205 00:12:55,760 --> 00:13:01,120 So the launch of the why not say movement website just launched last month. 206 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,340 Thanks to my friend Meg Donnelly who was my first guest. 207 00:13:03,340 --> 00:13:09,520 She referred me to Fairfax County and I got a grant and they were able to revamp my website. 208 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:15,960 It just launched in beginning of February of 2024. 209 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,520 And why is this a big deal? 210 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,800 The web it is a big deal because the website is a hub for everything. 211 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:21,800 Why not today? 212 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:27,120 You can find your podcast episodes events, sports, coaching, merchandise and ways to 213 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,200 get involved. 214 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,360 So as I said, it has our podcast episodes events and I'm going to talk about all the 215 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,280 different things in a second. 216 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,680 Also we have a Facebook community group called why not today community and that's a place 217 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:42,200 for us to build connection community. 218 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:50,480 So as I said, I am passionate about helping and teaching people and so I got some courses 219 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:51,480 on my website. 220 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,080 I will do one on one coaching mastermind. 221 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:59,280 I'm looking at some other courses and things because with my 30 year career in Mary Kay, 222 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,520 I learned how to run a business. 223 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,760 I know all the little things that somebody said one time and our friend of mine and I 224 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,360 always just say if you do something twice, it should be a system. 225 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,680 And somebody referred to me that I'm a natural systematizer. 226 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:16,360 I'm not quite sure what that means, but I can put systems together and I am good at 227 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,240 helping people with figuring out the details of the business, keeping the one thing, the 228 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:21,880 one thing and focusing. 229 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:27,520 So with that, I am doing leadership coaching to help people either if you have a business 230 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:32,800 and you're starting or you need kind of stuck in your business or you have an idea and you 231 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,720 need some help getting the courage to start the idea. 232 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:42,280 We have started a course last fall that is still available, how to navigate the overwhelm 233 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,880 and chaos in your life and we all have it, whether you own a business or not. 234 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:52,080 I have a course on how to do a podcast because everybody wants to know how to do a podcast. 235 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,360 And then I'm looking at a course called where are your people and networking and getting 236 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,520 to know your people and having your tribe. 237 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,920 So there's so many things I've learned because of this podcast and this journey that I want 238 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,800 to be able to pass on. 239 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,720 And then when I do the podcast, I talk to people about their why not today moments. 240 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,960 And those are moments in time where you remember exactly where you were, what you were doing 241 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,240 and you did something pivotal change in your life. 242 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,720 January of 2024, woke up in the middle of the night, couldn't sleep, got pen and paper 243 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,120 and I came up with the why not today connects events. 244 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,080 And I found we're missing community and connection. 245 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,000 We want to be with people. 246 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,760 We don't need another networking event where everybody just spits out their elevator speech. 247 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:36,960 So we created the why not today connects luncheon and we have had a year's worth of luncheon. 248 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:44,000 We started January of 2024 and we will have, we didn't do December, but we did other events. 249 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:48,640 And so each month I have a speaker and we have sponsors and people introduce themselves 250 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:49,840 with a question we ask. 251 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,960 It's not your elevator speech, but really getting to know people and building those connections, 252 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:59,560 the communities is fun to watch, not only the business being conducted with the connections, 253 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:00,800 but also just new friends. 254 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,960 I remember one luncheon, everybody left and went and got chocolate together and went, 255 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,440 saw an art exhibit with one of the guests. 256 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,120 So that has been powerful. 257 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,560 I also started, I love collaborating with other people. 258 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,920 You haven't figured that out yet, started a connect and sip with my friend Rachel as 259 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,360 a tea shop. 260 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,400 And that's really just come together with other mostly business owners or people looking 261 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,400 to business or people just need a little support. 262 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:27,120 We had somebody come who's retired and thinking about starting a business. 263 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:33,000 And we just, it's an intimate conversation, helping each other support each other. 264 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,400 And so those are once a month as well. 265 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,360 I have done some fun of other events. 266 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,640 We did a why not today summer camp. 267 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:45,840 We did a one word painting event, a holiday connect and sip, and I've got a couple fun 268 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,440 events coming up because I found we want to have fun. 269 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:49,440 We want to build community. 270 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,280 You can't work all the time. 271 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,320 So that's coming up as well. 272 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,520 And then why not today merchandise? 273 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:03,160 We have why not today cups and shirts and mugs and sweatshirts and I can create anything 274 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,160 why not today. 275 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,840 Cause, and I even have behind me, if you're watching a why not today sign that my friend 276 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,720 made, cause I really want to encourage people to say why not today. 277 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,920 I feel like why not today is so much more than a podcast. 278 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:20,800 It's a movement as I said, my biggest, big vision for why not today is it is a brand 279 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:25,360 somewhat like life is good that people are saying it. 280 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:27,560 I mean, people are constantly quoting it back to me. 281 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:32,240 I had one friend of mine whose daughter's in college and having some emotional anxiety, 282 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:33,600 issues, depression. 283 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,920 And so she got her daughter a why not today cup and a t-shirt to remind her every day, 284 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,080 say why not today. 285 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:44,560 Another one of my dad's best friends from high school, his son and I connected on social 286 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,920 media and he got a why not today t-shirt and he's always sending me pictures of places 287 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,920 with this why not today shirt on. 288 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,680 And so it's all this is available on the website. 289 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,920 You know, if there's something you want to say why not today, you know, we don't have 290 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:58,920 it. 291 00:17:58,920 --> 00:17:59,920 Let me know. 292 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:00,920 I can create it. 293 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:01,920 We can get it done. 294 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,960 So we want to spread the word of why not today and get the message to more people. 295 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,760 And so what's next with the future? 296 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,480 Well, we have an exciting season. 297 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,200 I already have, I think five or six people lined up. 298 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:18,760 The next episode kicking off season four is going to be somebody interviewing me about 299 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,200 she does a podcast, Belinda, and she's going to interview me about this podcast. 300 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,440 You get a little bit more about me. 301 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:30,280 I have other guests that are working in nonprofits that I have a guest that got in a severe car 302 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,600 accident and should not have walked away and she did. 303 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,840 And so I'm excited just the future guests. 304 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,440 So if you know you're listening to this and think I would be a great guest or you know 305 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,680 somebody, there's a form on my website, be a guest, fill it out. 306 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,440 I'd love to talk to you about being on the podcast. 307 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:54,680 So the future is more courses, more support, the why not today community Facebook group, 308 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,320 which is a private group, but anybody can join it. 309 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,720 I'm looking to add some more value there and have some why not. 310 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:07,320 I'm going to call them why not today weekly wisdom and just some training, some extra 311 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,840 support for you. 312 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:14,560 I think the first one we're going to kick off on March 5th, which is going to be a Wednesday, 313 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,560 and it's the anniversary of the podcast. 314 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,240 I thought what a more perfect time and it's going to be me sharing about where are your 315 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:25,200 people and kind of give you a little teaser on what we can do with the course. 316 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,600 I have another friend of mine that's an expert in LinkedIn. 317 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,360 I'm going to have her pop in somebody else about a CRM. 318 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:34,480 So again, if you have an expertise and you want to share on my weekly wisdom, they're 319 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:38,520 going to be a zoom call that people can come on with questions and answers and then they'll 320 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,440 be live streamed just to the Facebook community. 321 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:46,360 So nobody else will have access to those. 322 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:50,920 So lots going on, as you can tell, my head bounces all over the place. 323 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:51,920 So who knows what's next? 324 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:52,920 I thought about retreats. 325 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,240 I thought about a book. 326 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:55,360 You never know. 327 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:59,440 So again, I want to just thank you, everybody that's listened to any episode. 328 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,040 If this is your first, go back and listen to some previous ones. 329 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,640 If somebody shared this with you, thank them. 330 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,400 Please share it with your friends. 331 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:15,640 Review it, review it and like it and share it with other people. 332 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,120 And that's the only way this is going to grow. 333 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:23,800 It is growing steadily and I'm excited about where the future is going to go. 334 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,720 My mission statement, as I said, why not today is about helping people to be courageous, 335 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:32,320 great systems at work and take action without complicating their success. 336 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,920 And so you don't have to have it all figured out. 337 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,680 You just need to start. 338 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:42,920 This is about courage, focus and simple, repeatable systems and why not today take the next step. 339 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,680 So thank you for everybody that's been a part of this journey. 340 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:51,760 Remember visit the Why Not Today movement website, join the Why Not Today community Facebook 341 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:56,160 group, tune into the weekly trainings we're going to have in the group, follow, subscribe 342 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,440 to the podcast and check out the coaching, the courses and the merchandise. 343 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,880 I'll start a movement. 344 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,160 So why not today and thank you again. 345 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,680 I am so grateful for this journey being on it with you guys. 346 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:09,680 Bye. 347 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:14,680 Oh, I have to stop the recording. 348 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:15,680 All right. 349 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:34,760 I'll see you guys next time.