WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.080 Welcome to Milestone Moments, the show where 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.960 we explore the journeys that lead to success. 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:10.220 I'm Sheila Slick, your host and founder of Five 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:13.859 Milestones. In every episode, we will bring you 00:00:13.859 --> 00:00:17.100 insights from the minds of entrepreneurs, leaders 00:00:17.100 --> 00:00:20.820 and experts who will share not just their expertise, 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:24.120 but the milestone moments that have reshaped 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.059 their journeys and led to significant achievements. 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:30.359 So if you're looking for motivation, you're in 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:33.560 the right place. Subscribe now and discover the 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:40.579 milestones that mark the path to success. Welcome 00:00:40.579 --> 00:00:44.140 to another episode of Milestone Moments in Business 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:47.159 and Leadership. I'm your host, Sheila Slick. 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.920 And today, my special guest is Jeanette. Sis 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:55.780 Alkowski. She is a personal life strategist with 00:00:55.780 --> 00:01:00.659 over 11 years of experience and for over four 00:01:00.659 --> 00:01:02.979 years has been working with top entrepreneurs, 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.939 helping them break through plateaus, reignite 00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:09.980 their passions, and create the energy they need 00:01:09.980 --> 00:01:13.480 to scale all without burnout. Welcome to the 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:17.769 show, Jeanette. Hello, hello. Well, let's start 00:01:17.769 --> 00:01:21.569 learning a little bit about you and how you got 00:01:21.569 --> 00:01:24.430 to doing what you do today. How did you become 00:01:24.430 --> 00:01:28.489 a personal life strategist? What was that pivotal 00:01:28.489 --> 00:01:31.670 moment that led you to decide this is what I 00:01:31.670 --> 00:01:35.489 want to do? Yeah, so personal life strategist 00:01:35.489 --> 00:01:39.790 that leans into using feng shui and it's like 00:01:39.790 --> 00:01:42.890 combining energy and those personal development 00:01:42.890 --> 00:01:47.480 tools. The way I ended up combining both of them, 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:49.859 I have a master's in landscape architecture where 00:01:49.859 --> 00:01:53.060 I found out about feng shui, which is studying 00:01:53.060 --> 00:01:57.420 the landforms. Fun fact, feng shui originated 00:01:57.420 --> 00:02:00.980 with where do you bury your ancestors to receive 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:04.439 ancestral luck. So it's not everything it is 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.859 today about decluttering. And sometimes people 00:02:07.859 --> 00:02:10.180 think it has to do with tchotchkes in their house. 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.740 It actually started with. you know the energy 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:14.580 of the environment so I learned that when I was 00:02:14.580 --> 00:02:16.580 getting my degree I became a landscape architect 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:20.120 and while I was doing that I you know it's a 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:22.419 five -year master's and then you go into it you 00:02:22.419 --> 00:02:25.060 kind of dedicate your life to that and think 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:27.319 that's where your life will end up in the first 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:31.800 two years I was just very anxious I started getting 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:34.580 very paranoid at work anxious at work like I 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:37.659 can't sit at a desk the rest of my life and do 00:02:37.659 --> 00:02:43.719 this like um Yeah, it just and what we learn 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:45.060 and a lot of your guests have kind of talked 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:49.819 about this, too, is your body will tell you something's 00:02:49.819 --> 00:02:51.900 up and it usually shows up in the form of emotions, 00:02:52.219 --> 00:02:54.680 paranoia, anxiety, something, you know, I'm lucky 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:56.780 that it didn't result in any big health issues 00:02:56.780 --> 00:03:00.020 other than just like my heart racing. And yeah, 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:05.180 so I sit there and I start to look at what do 00:03:05.180 --> 00:03:08.210 people tell me I'm good at? Right. And. Meanwhile, 00:03:08.310 --> 00:03:09.949 I'm doing feng shui on the side. So this all 00:03:09.949 --> 00:03:12.830 does tie back together. But I'm like, what do 00:03:12.830 --> 00:03:14.750 people tell me I'm good at? Well, at work, everyone 00:03:14.750 --> 00:03:16.889 tells me I talk a lot. And it turns out you could 00:03:16.889 --> 00:03:19.830 get paid to do sales, which is just like talking 00:03:19.830 --> 00:03:21.990 for work. And I was like, I should switch into 00:03:21.990 --> 00:03:26.449 that. So I feng shui my space to attract the 00:03:26.449 --> 00:03:29.849 right helpful people to attract this new job. 00:03:29.889 --> 00:03:33.069 And I did. I attract this sales job. I have no 00:03:33.069 --> 00:03:36.310 experience moving to that. I love it. It's great. 00:03:37.009 --> 00:03:42.030 We fix that first plateau of not liking and feeling 00:03:42.030 --> 00:03:43.610 really uncomfortable in my corporate career. 00:03:43.789 --> 00:03:49.409 Go into sales. I love it. It's fun. I told the 00:03:49.409 --> 00:03:51.270 CEO of a company one day that I would be the 00:03:51.270 --> 00:03:54.129 CEO of that sales firm. I just love it so much. 00:03:54.330 --> 00:03:58.449 In true universal fashion, we try to control 00:03:58.449 --> 00:04:01.689 things. We think that we know the story. Because 00:04:01.689 --> 00:04:05.310 of COVID, I... was let go, even though I was 00:04:05.310 --> 00:04:07.210 the youngest salesperson in the company, one 00:04:07.210 --> 00:04:11.710 of the top five salespeople. And again, I asked 00:04:11.710 --> 00:04:14.810 myself in this transition point, okay, even though 00:04:14.810 --> 00:04:16.930 I loved this, it wasn't like the first one where 00:04:16.930 --> 00:04:19.250 I quit. This one I loved. I wanted to stay in 00:04:19.250 --> 00:04:21.670 sales. I thought, okay, if everything's always 00:04:21.670 --> 00:04:24.790 happening for me and not to me, how is this? 00:04:25.029 --> 00:04:26.870 What is this showing me? What is this telling 00:04:26.870 --> 00:04:29.170 me? And I thought, well, I just learned all these 00:04:29.170 --> 00:04:32.230 skills, how to hit quotas, exceed quotas. And 00:04:32.230 --> 00:04:33.949 I've been doing this feng shui thing that I love. 00:04:34.230 --> 00:04:35.649 You know, they tell you when you're looking for 00:04:35.649 --> 00:04:37.529 your passion, what's the thing you could talk 00:04:37.529 --> 00:04:41.189 forever about? You just like you get lost in 00:04:41.189 --> 00:04:44.069 books and I would get lost in things like feng 00:04:44.069 --> 00:04:46.350 shui. And that's where this 11, I think we're 00:04:46.350 --> 00:04:49.290 now year 12 of experience. I'd always been doing 00:04:49.290 --> 00:04:50.970 it for friends or family. And I thought, OK, 00:04:51.050 --> 00:04:53.209 well, if I can do sales and I'm like exceeding 00:04:53.209 --> 00:04:56.089 my quotas and I can run a business and I should 00:04:56.089 --> 00:04:58.670 do it, the world's ending anyway, it seems. So 00:04:58.670 --> 00:05:02.779 why not go give it a shot? And so that's how 00:05:02.779 --> 00:05:06.259 I ended up where I'm at. And I have combined 00:05:06.259 --> 00:05:08.139 it with personal life strategy because I've always 00:05:08.139 --> 00:05:10.120 used feng shui as a personal development tool. 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:13.120 I noticed the first couple of years of running 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.360 this business, Elemental Clarity, that people 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:17.399 just thought it was about decorating. And they 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.019 kind of think like, oh, if I just rearrange my 00:05:20.019 --> 00:05:23.860 space and I just decorate better and declutter, 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:27.019 that I meet the love of my life, I make a lot 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:30.240 of money and things go well. But it's actually... 00:05:30.410 --> 00:05:32.829 Again, the way I personally share it is it's 00:05:32.829 --> 00:05:37.410 more personal, like personal development. How 00:05:37.410 --> 00:05:39.569 can we create an environment that helps you be 00:05:39.569 --> 00:05:41.129 the best version of yourself so that you can 00:05:41.129 --> 00:05:46.430 achieve more? So anyway, that's a big circle. 00:05:46.949 --> 00:05:50.649 Yeah, no, I loved it. But you hit the, you know, 00:05:50.670 --> 00:05:53.449 you hit it with the nail on the spot when you 00:05:53.449 --> 00:05:58.959 said that Feng Shui is. about redecorating because 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:02.060 when you ask someone like me that's not an expert 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:06.639 I seem to tie it in with energy like the way 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:10.860 that your bed is facing or you're supposed to 00:06:10.860 --> 00:06:13.560 have certain elements in certain corners of the 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:18.319 house and the gist or the basic idea is that 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:23.279 the energy flows exactly So anything else I'll 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:25.819 learn. I don't know what those elements are. 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.220 I do know that when it comes to designing an 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:32.480 office, for example, I rearranged my office trying 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.500 to follow some of those tips because some bring 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:37.439 prosperity. One of the things I had learned, 00:06:37.500 --> 00:06:40.279 for example, was you want to face the door, not 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:42.959 have your back to the door. Yes. Power position. 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:46.839 Yeah. Something I read inspired me enough to 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.189 actually do that change. I don't remember what 00:06:50.189 --> 00:06:51.730 it was, but I just remember you're supposed to 00:06:51.730 --> 00:06:54.189 be facing the door, not have your back to the 00:06:54.189 --> 00:06:57.509 door. And so I do look forward to learning more 00:06:57.509 --> 00:07:00.129 and also getting some more tips on how we can 00:07:00.129 --> 00:07:03.529 improve our life, not just our workspaces or 00:07:03.529 --> 00:07:07.810 home spaces using it. So how does it tie in to 00:07:07.810 --> 00:07:12.189 personal development? I'd love to know that versus, 00:07:12.290 --> 00:07:14.670 you know, the traditional ways that we think 00:07:14.670 --> 00:07:18.319 about it in spaces. If you think about it, you're 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.939 optimizing. A lot of people start with optimizing 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:24.839 their internal energy, right? Entrepreneurs that 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.720 are maybe looking for being like more spiritually 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.519 led or just more balanced leaders in entrepreneurship, 00:07:30.620 --> 00:07:33.339 right? Not all hustle. They like the creative 00:07:33.339 --> 00:07:37.360 side as well. They maybe meditate. They eat well. 00:07:37.579 --> 00:07:40.699 They meditate to clear their thoughts. So they're 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:43.180 working on their internal systems. And that's 00:07:43.180 --> 00:07:45.060 what most people are familiar with. And I actually 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:48.720 started backwards. I was looking at my environment. 00:07:49.220 --> 00:07:52.139 And so what I've realized, the way that it links 00:07:52.139 --> 00:07:56.000 in is that we put, especially entrepreneurs, 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.339 people who are very motivated, who consider themselves 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:02.680 high achievers, they think they have to do everything. 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.680 I have to be the best. I have to think positive. 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:09.399 I have to be calm. I have to achieve like everything. 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:11.819 They put so much pressure on themselves that 00:08:11.819 --> 00:08:14.339 they have to do everything. And with feng shui, 00:08:14.889 --> 00:08:19.850 Yes, there is this high -level layer of decluttering. 00:08:20.110 --> 00:08:22.509 Whether you're feng shui -ing, whether you're 00:08:22.509 --> 00:08:25.370 being intentional about it, we all know that 00:08:25.370 --> 00:08:27.569 visual clutter is mental clutter, right? It's 00:08:27.569 --> 00:08:31.610 hard to function in a hoarder's house. But what 00:08:31.610 --> 00:08:34.389 feng shui goes deeper is it's kind of like creating 00:08:34.389 --> 00:08:37.350 this. Your home can be a 3D vision board. You're 00:08:37.350 --> 00:08:41.269 working out. You're trying to think positive. 00:08:41.309 --> 00:08:45.539 You're meditating. But if your space, makes it 00:08:45.539 --> 00:08:48.080 difficult to eat healthy, makes it difficult 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.480 to meditate, makes it difficult to get out the 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.659 door. And again, there's a still even higher 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:54.519 level. If you don't know where your keys are, 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:57.460 your energy is always somewhat drained. You cannot 00:08:57.460 --> 00:09:01.320 function or show up 100 % in your business. Then 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.500 there's an even deeper layer of the elements, 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:06.220 like you mentioned. We balance fire, earth, metal, 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:10.000 water, and wood. So we get even deeper into each 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:12.600 direction in your house. signifies a different 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.960 part of your life so the basics are you have 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.299 four lucky directions based on your birthday 00:09:17.299 --> 00:09:20.279 in your can you work from your lucky current 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:24.879 success direction is your like lucky relationships 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.820 direction just a complete mess well then no wonder 00:09:27.820 --> 00:09:30.320 your relationships are a mess you know so then 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:32.919 we get even deeper into that so the way I combine 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:36.700 to go back to your question of how is it related 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:40.820 is I see it as like everyone is doing so much 00:09:40.820 --> 00:09:42.879 internally and even as somebody who considers 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:46.500 themselves a high achiever it's like kind of 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:48.919 helps you let go you know like if you're really 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:50.740 stressed out at work and you're really putting 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:52.440 all this pressure on yourself to be perfect and 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:55.279 do all these things if your environment is a 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:58.679 space where you can come home feel relaxed and 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:01.440 know that the energy in this space is helping 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.059 you attract opportunities. It's kind of like 00:10:03.059 --> 00:10:05.419 doing some of the work for you, right? You can 00:10:05.419 --> 00:10:07.960 truly relax and take a deep breath in your house 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:10.440 because you know that everything is balanced. 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:13.179 Just like you might be balancing your chakras 00:10:13.179 --> 00:10:16.720 or your mental state. But that's how I link the 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.100 two. So in your bio, it says that you have a 00:10:20.100 --> 00:10:23.580 framework, a three -hour framework, and it's 00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:27.490 reframe, rearrange, reinvigorate. and they connect 00:10:27.490 --> 00:10:30.590 identities. So tell us a little bit about how 00:10:30.590 --> 00:10:34.649 you help the people, what that looks like. Yeah, 00:10:34.649 --> 00:10:38.049 so this dives perfectly into the personal development 00:10:38.049 --> 00:10:41.950 side. Reframe is what is your identity with yourself? 00:10:42.070 --> 00:10:45.750 What is your perspective on life? It's before 00:10:45.750 --> 00:10:48.590 you even get into the feng shui, if your identity 00:10:48.590 --> 00:10:51.149 is that good things don't work out for me, or 00:10:51.149 --> 00:10:54.669 I mean, good things don't happen for me, I never 00:10:54.669 --> 00:11:01.429 like... I always attract people that bring a 00:11:01.429 --> 00:11:04.309 lot of conflict or things are always, you know, 00:11:04.309 --> 00:11:07.129 first you have to look at what is your motivation 00:11:07.129 --> 00:11:09.610 behind making these adjustments in your life? 00:11:09.690 --> 00:11:13.330 Are you working from the energy and the perspective 00:11:13.330 --> 00:11:19.570 of fear or is your perspective of yourself and 00:11:19.570 --> 00:11:21.330 your identity and relationship with yourself? 00:11:22.009 --> 00:11:24.129 positive one like this is working i am getting 00:11:24.129 --> 00:11:25.690 better every day so first we have to look at 00:11:25.690 --> 00:11:28.169 what's your perspective at identity relationship 00:11:28.169 --> 00:11:31.490 with yourself then we rearrange and that's making 00:11:31.490 --> 00:11:36.309 space in your space to receive and applying the 00:11:36.309 --> 00:11:39.049 proper feng shui elements to create balance in 00:11:39.049 --> 00:11:41.950 your home so that you not only now does your 00:11:41.950 --> 00:11:45.190 is your identity good things happen for me i'm 00:11:45.190 --> 00:11:47.549 always in the right place at the right time now 00:11:47.549 --> 00:11:51.620 your space supports that i have intentional imagery 00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:54.740 in my office my desk is set up in the power position 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:59.360 you know that's that rearrange and then reinvigorate 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.600 is taking action so how do you now take aligned 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:05.299 action you have a lot of people that say i want 00:12:05.299 --> 00:12:08.240 work -life balance but if they ever get a little 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:10.159 bored they subconsciously create a little bit 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:15.909 of chaos or i want to be healthier you know, 00:12:15.909 --> 00:12:17.730 but look at all, that's an obvious one, but look 00:12:17.730 --> 00:12:19.649 at all your habits. None of your habits are aligned 00:12:19.649 --> 00:12:23.110 with being healthy. So it's three different fronts 00:12:23.110 --> 00:12:27.149 that we cover because feng shui alone, it makes 00:12:27.149 --> 00:12:29.610 massive improvements and it pairs very well if 00:12:29.610 --> 00:12:31.750 you're already optimizing everything internally. 00:12:31.990 --> 00:12:35.289 But those three segments of your life, how you 00:12:35.289 --> 00:12:37.549 feel about yourself, how your space is set up 00:12:37.549 --> 00:12:39.649 and how you're taking action will really help 00:12:39.649 --> 00:12:43.429 you see results. Who do you serve? Entrepreneurs, 00:12:43.509 --> 00:12:46.909 professionals, people who work from home, offices? 00:12:47.129 --> 00:12:50.350 What does that target market look like? Yeah, 00:12:50.370 --> 00:12:53.169 so I help entrepreneurs, whether they're working 00:12:53.169 --> 00:12:55.909 from home, whether they're C -suite in an office, 00:12:56.009 --> 00:12:58.690 whether they are small business in a business 00:12:58.690 --> 00:13:01.889 space. I help anyone who wants to improve their 00:13:01.889 --> 00:13:05.980 space. Can you give us like an example? I'm trying 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:07.720 to just visualize it. And I guess it's because 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:10.960 the concept is really unique. The mind, the person, 00:13:11.100 --> 00:13:15.000 the mindset and the space. So it's not just like 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.360 getting an interior decorator or someone that 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:19.440 knows about that. We're combining the two. So 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:21.879 I'd love to continue learning a little bit more. 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:25.059 Yeah, no, it is. It is like a, you know, and 00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:27.480 this is why I changed my title from Feng Shui 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:29.320 consultant to personalized strategist, because 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.830 most people. They heard Feng Shui consultant 00:13:32.830 --> 00:13:35.289 and they would immediately either write me off 00:13:35.289 --> 00:13:37.470 or write the idea off because they'd think, I 00:13:37.470 --> 00:13:39.129 don't need to declutter. I don't need to rotate 00:13:39.129 --> 00:13:42.149 my couch. My business is losing money. My personal 00:13:42.149 --> 00:13:44.909 life is in shambles. And I'm like, well, that's 00:13:44.909 --> 00:13:47.049 exactly what Feng Shui helps with, actually, 00:13:47.110 --> 00:13:49.570 is that when you balance your space, when you 00:13:49.570 --> 00:13:51.929 balance your bedroom, your relationships improve. 00:13:52.009 --> 00:13:53.629 When you balance your kitchen or your living 00:13:53.629 --> 00:13:57.389 room, your health improves. And so it is a very 00:13:57.389 --> 00:14:01.200 unique concept. changing the terminology around 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:03.779 because most people don't think that their environment 00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:07.120 impacts them as much as they do. So a business 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:11.639 example is I had a woman who ran an event company 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.440 and she had like a headquarters and she was getting 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.600 hit with a lot of lawsuits. And also all of her 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:21.179 staff were like arguing. There was a lot of gossiping 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:23.759 in the office. There was a lot of internal bickering 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:26.070 in the office. And she's just like. We're an 00:14:26.070 --> 00:14:28.210 event company. Like we're fun. Things are colorful. 00:14:28.370 --> 00:14:30.149 Things are a good time. Like I don't understand 00:14:30.149 --> 00:14:32.570 why all this stuff is happening. And she had 00:14:32.570 --> 00:14:35.169 hired an interior designer. She spent thousands, 00:14:35.289 --> 00:14:38.230 tens of thousands of dollars making it look very 00:14:38.230 --> 00:14:42.889 high end, like boutique style is very cool. She 00:14:42.889 --> 00:14:45.529 did the interior design part that she thought. 00:14:45.610 --> 00:14:47.690 But when I got into the space and looked at the 00:14:47.690 --> 00:14:52.690 energy layer of it, we saw that there are certain 00:14:52.690 --> 00:14:55.490 elements conflicting. And that's like. Kind of 00:14:55.490 --> 00:14:57.289 a whole other rabbit hole. But if people are 00:14:57.289 --> 00:15:00.269 familiar with traditional Chinese medicine or 00:15:00.269 --> 00:15:02.230 any kind of metaphysics, you're balancing these 00:15:02.230 --> 00:15:04.789 elements. And in her case, she had employees 00:15:04.789 --> 00:15:08.169 in a part of the office where there was a tension, 00:15:08.389 --> 00:15:11.009 like a fighting, arguing energy. Well, we moved 00:15:11.009 --> 00:15:14.029 that. We moved their desks to a different room. 00:15:14.190 --> 00:15:17.230 And some people quit. Some people, it just went 00:15:17.230 --> 00:15:20.970 away. We added water to a certain part of her 00:15:20.970 --> 00:15:25.250 headquarters, painted a wall black. added in 00:15:25.250 --> 00:15:27.590 a more natural light to the door and the lawsuits 00:15:27.590 --> 00:15:31.610 go away. And then we made her have her own office. 00:15:31.669 --> 00:15:34.149 It was an interesting scenario where she wanted 00:15:34.149 --> 00:15:36.529 to be relatable. She wanted to be the boss where 00:15:36.529 --> 00:15:40.450 she was interacting with people and she wanted 00:15:40.450 --> 00:15:43.490 to be, she had difficulty with authority, I guess. 00:15:43.490 --> 00:15:44.730 You know, she wanted to be everybody's friend, 00:15:44.830 --> 00:15:47.320 but it's like, you're the CEO. You need your 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:49.659 own office. We need to set your office up to 00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:52.019 be CEO -like, right? We have talked about power 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:54.000 position. You mentioned you put your desk in 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:55.779 the power position where you're facing the door. 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:59.059 That also created some structure in the business 00:15:59.059 --> 00:16:01.360 as well. So everything in her business started 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:05.860 flowing more smoothly. And of course, money comes 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:08.039 in after that because you don't have all the 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.610 wasted. the fighting, the waste of time, you 00:16:10.610 --> 00:16:13.850 know, I've wasted resources on lawsuits. And 00:16:13.850 --> 00:16:16.889 then she felt more powerful showing up. She felt 00:16:16.889 --> 00:16:18.990 better. Now I don't want to say dictating, but, 00:16:19.029 --> 00:16:20.970 you know, like delegating, hey, this is your 00:16:20.970 --> 00:16:22.710 role. This is your role. We have to get these 00:16:22.710 --> 00:16:25.649 things done. So that's the power of feng shui 00:16:25.649 --> 00:16:28.809 in a commercial space. But then, yeah, a lot 00:16:28.809 --> 00:16:32.500 of times entrepreneurs work from home. And it's 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:34.200 but it's it's still similar. Maybe you don't 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:36.259 have all your employees in your house, but do 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:39.059 you feel powerful in your office? Do you a lot 00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:40.860 of new entrepreneurs, they feel really uncomfortable 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:44.820 pricing their offers and they feel like, oh, 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:46.700 I don't I can't ask two thousand dollars for 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:49.059 coaching. I can't ask ten thousand dollars. I 00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:50.919 can't say I'm a thought leader. You know, they 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:53.980 feel an imposter syndrome and it's similar to 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:56.240 dressing for success. Right. You dress your space 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.059 for success so that you can show up your best 00:16:58.059 --> 00:17:03.159 self. With the office space. I do feel differently. 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:06.779 I can't explain the why, but I like open spaces. 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.799 I don't necessarily love enclosed spaces. So 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:12.920 when I set up my office, I'm always looking for 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:16.220 that open space. Otherwise, I guess I feel enclosed. 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:19.440 I may not know the meaning behind it, but I do 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:23.819 like that openness. So what is one small change? 00:17:24.750 --> 00:17:27.490 that a person listening to this episode today 00:17:27.490 --> 00:17:31.829 can do to evaluate their surroundings so that 00:17:31.829 --> 00:17:35.569 they can improve their space or their life. Yeah. 00:17:35.710 --> 00:17:37.910 Since you have a lot of entrepreneurs that listen 00:17:37.910 --> 00:17:41.049 and a lot of people who are in transition, go 00:17:41.049 --> 00:17:45.150 ahead and look at that home office. Are you feeling, 00:17:45.250 --> 00:17:48.930 do you feel bold and empowered where you're sitting? 00:17:49.849 --> 00:17:51.809 The power position that we keep referring to 00:17:51.809 --> 00:17:54.390 is, if you think about kings and queens, their 00:17:54.390 --> 00:17:57.710 thrones are facing the people that come up to 00:17:57.710 --> 00:17:59.549 them, right? You don't have your back turned 00:17:59.549 --> 00:18:02.269 to the door. They don't have their throne turned 00:18:02.269 --> 00:18:05.009 to where people enter. And that's what we mean 00:18:05.009 --> 00:18:06.789 by the power position. It's great if you have 00:18:06.789 --> 00:18:10.970 a strong, stable wall behind you. And whatever 00:18:10.970 --> 00:18:14.150 your artwork is, does it help you feel empowered? 00:18:14.289 --> 00:18:18.579 Does it look? People also kind of judge if you're 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:20.539 on Zoom, if you're doing interviews, if you're 00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:23.500 doing any discovery calls to hire new clients. 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:27.240 If you have a bunch of Kleenexes or family photos 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.180 or it's just disheveled and doesn't look purposeful, 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:34.539 there's a subconscious thing there, right? Where 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:37.259 the new potential client or the new potential 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:41.720 boss will say, they just kind of they judge it 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:43.319 it's like an unspoken thing just how you said 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:45.359 it's unspoken i don't know why i'm drawn to having 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:47.539 more space but these are those subconscious energetic 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:50.839 cues um so check are you in the power position 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.019 facing the door if you're working facing a wall 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:56.220 you often feel like you're hitting a wall it'll 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:58.079 like manifest itself that way you feel like you're 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:00.400 hitting a wall not having creative ideas check 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.539 the back of you is it a solid wall and if you 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:06.829 have artwork if you have bookshelves Is it placed 00:19:06.829 --> 00:19:08.930 with intention? Have you looked there? Have you 00:19:08.930 --> 00:19:11.809 cleaned it out to where everything there feels 00:19:11.809 --> 00:19:15.769 meaningful? And then also, what is the first 00:19:15.769 --> 00:19:18.869 thing you see when you walk in your office? Because 00:19:18.869 --> 00:19:21.250 a lot of times people say, I don't want to work 00:19:21.250 --> 00:19:22.890 from, I can't figure out where I want to work. 00:19:22.910 --> 00:19:25.609 I'm uncomfortable. I don't want to, I have an 00:19:25.609 --> 00:19:27.089 office, but I want to work from there. Well, 00:19:27.109 --> 00:19:28.529 what's the first thing you see when you walk 00:19:28.529 --> 00:19:32.250 in? Is that inspiring or motivating? Or is it 00:19:32.250 --> 00:19:35.809 like? A trash can, old tax receipts, tax forms, 00:19:36.009 --> 00:19:37.609 like a bunch of projects to do. Well, of course, 00:19:37.609 --> 00:19:39.410 you're not going to want to enter that room because 00:19:39.410 --> 00:19:43.150 you're not drawn to the trash, the old projects, 00:19:43.329 --> 00:19:45.430 the to -dos that you'll get to later. So you 00:19:45.430 --> 00:19:47.109 go work from the couch or you go work from your 00:19:47.109 --> 00:19:50.150 bedroom instead. So those three areas I think 00:19:50.150 --> 00:19:53.549 are, people will feel such massive shifts, just 00:19:53.549 --> 00:19:56.609 those, the power position, desk placement. What 00:19:56.609 --> 00:19:59.410 is behind you when you're sitting at your desk 00:19:59.410 --> 00:20:01.650 and have like your camera on? And then what's 00:20:01.650 --> 00:20:03.970 the first thing you see when you walk into your 00:20:03.970 --> 00:20:09.089 office? Where can we find you online? The best 00:20:09.089 --> 00:20:12.230 place, keeping it simple, is Instagram Elemental 00:20:12.230 --> 00:20:18.289 Clarity. And what is your next milestone? My 00:20:18.289 --> 00:20:23.670 next milestone is I would love to bring in more 00:20:23.670 --> 00:20:27.789 speaking events. even I mean, long term tenure, 00:20:27.890 --> 00:20:31.089 like some kind of TV show to really show people. 00:20:31.150 --> 00:20:34.890 It's such a visual experience. So similar to 00:20:34.890 --> 00:20:37.069 how like the home edit got a show or works with 00:20:37.069 --> 00:20:40.650 Extreme Home Makeover or like a little Netflix 00:20:40.650 --> 00:20:43.970 series like Marie Kondo. I would love working 00:20:43.970 --> 00:20:48.509 towards that more visibility. I look forward 00:20:48.509 --> 00:20:51.109 to tuning in as soon as you figure out what platform 00:20:51.109 --> 00:20:54.400 you're going to launch that in. So I look. forward 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:58.619 to your own show thank you thank you and thank 00:20:58.619 --> 00:21:02.319 you so much for joining me today thank you and 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:05.680 thank you all for tuning in to another episode 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:08.539 of milestone moments in business and leadership 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:10.200 until next time