Hello, and welcome to Networking Unleashed, building
profitable connections. Welcome back to the show,
folks. I'm your host, Michael Foreman, and you're
listening to the podcast where networking is
more than just awkward handshakes and bad coffee.
It's an art and a talent. But here's the twist.
It's an art and talent you can actually learn.
Yes, even if you're the person hiding in the
corner at every event pretending to check your
emails. Networking isn't just a nice skill to
have, it's a game changer. When you get good
at it, you'll wonder why you didn't start sooner.
More connections, more opportunities, more profits.
It's like unlocking a cheat code for life. So
whether you're the life of the party or the just
let me stay at home and text type. We've got
something for you. So stick around. Let's turn
those awkward small talk moments into big wins.
I have an amazing guest today. She has done so
much for the consulting field. But let me introduce
Dr. Lachelle Wehme. Did I get that correct? You
did. All right. That's not bad. Starting out
on the right foot. Dr. Wehme is... passionate
about helping people unlock their full potential.
For over 15 years, she has been connecting with
audiences and a motivational speaker. And for
the past six years, she has also been guiding
individuals and organizations through her coaching
business and consulting practice. And before
I butcher it even more, let me turn it over to
Dr. Weemey. And let me just introduce her because...
You'll get so much out of it. Doctor, will you
please take me off this and help me stop rambling
on? You're doing such a great job. I just got
to say, I'm so excited to be here. I feel like
when we are able to find better ways to connect,
we can create this beautiful life of abundance.
And let's just be real, Michael, money comes
from people. And if we're not connecting with
people, then how are we ever going to have the
impact and the abundance and the ways to give
back if we don't make ourselves learn the skill
of relating to and communicating with other people?
And so I'm going to give you guys a little bit
of background because never in a million years,
20 years ago, would I have ever thought that
I'd be sitting having these conversations because
I was 1000 % the awkward girl in the corner comparing
myself to everybody else. I hated to show up
at that kind of... of stuff. And here I am putting
myself out there because I believe so much in
what it is that I do. And so a little background
about me. I actually have my formal education
in anesthesia. I went to college for nursing.
Then I went on to get my nurse anesthesia degree
and then onto my doctorate and was literally
doing all the things that I thought I was supposed
to do. We shit on ourselves every once in a while,
right? And I was doing all the things, chasing
the degrees, chasing all of the titles, became
a professor. doing all this stuff in order to
really honestly, if I had to get vulnerable with
you, prove my worth to myself because I was the
shy kid. I was the one who was trying to. eventually
try to make myself good enough. And I felt like
the more that I did in the professional world,
the more I was going to get there. And what happened
to me was honestly divine intervention. I was
introduced to an opportunity that I could start
my own online business in 2016. It was something
that I wasn't even on my radar. And I leaned
in with curiosity. It completely changed my life
because I started to recognize that there was
something out there that I could do that allowed
me to be challenged and fulfilled and make a
difference and be the more present mom and wife.
And in that space, as you guys know, anytime
you put yourself into sales or entrepreneurship,
you have to recognize that it's literally a personal
development with a paycheck, right? And so I
had to start looking inward, which is how I discovered
that whole. degree chasing situation was really
just me trying to be good enough. And I started
to really hone in on ways that I could get better
so that I could serve people so I could serve
my family and love helping other people do the
same. And I know that when we were chatting before
we started to interview, you told me a little
bit about these amazing people that you serve.
And I'm guessing that a lot of the people that
are listening, the realtors out there, the mortgage
people that are out there, this might be a second
career for you. You might have started out as
a teacher, like a lot of people, and you're like,
this isn't for me. I need to do something different.
A lot of my realtor clients were previous professionals
and other things before. And I think that when
we get ourselves into these spaces, it's what
the heck am I doing here? And how am I supposed
to introduce myself? And how am I supposed to
make these connections? And how is this supposed
to work? I think that the reason that I'm so
passionate about what I am doing and how I do
it is because I've been there and I had to figure
it out myself. And really, my passion is to help
people, solopreneurs, service -based people,
really manifest consistent five -figure months
without overthinking and without burning out.
And I got to tell you, Michael, that the communication
and the meeting the people, the who, not how,
is a huge part of making that happen. And what
I love to do is I like to find ways that we are
creating resistance to that flow that can help
us get there. The butts, I call them. We all
have big butts and I cannot lie, right? It's
the things that we create these excuses around
ourselves of why we can't make that happen or
what we have going on inside of ourselves that
are creating this resistance and these roadblocks
and these butts and help you to recognize them
and be able to bust through them so that you
can get to where you want to go faster. It's
amazing because I can literally feel your passion
come right through the camera. You're so passionate
about what you do. And that's great because I
too am passionate about networking and communication
itself. So I feel your passion and that's a wonderful
thing. How did you first discover the power of
networking in your career? Yeah, so I think that
I literally was just really coachable. So when
I started my... journey as an entrepreneur, all
of this was so different. You guys, I have to
remind you that I had a career in anesthesia.
If you've ever had any experience in surgery,
you know that anesthesia is like paying no attention
to the man behind the drape. There's like the
surgery and then there's a surgical drape and
then anesthesia is in the background, like paying
attention to all of the monitors and stuff. And
so I literally could spend an entire eight hour
shift not talking to anybody. And I was not used
to this stuff. So I remember going to my very
first networking event that was told about to
me by my financial advisor. He's, hey, Lachelle,
I'm doing this. This might actually help your
side business. If you want to join me, you're
welcome to. And I was just. I was introduced
and I was exposed and I was like, this is interesting.
These people really have some experience in business.
I could really learn something from people. But
gosh, Michael, like I didn't have the confidence
myself. I didn't know how to introduce myself
and do my elevator speech. I didn't know if I
even belonged at that table. I felt awkward.
Here I was. This was just my side hustle at the
time. And I felt, gosh, what am I doing here?
But I made myself show up anyway. And I remember
just learning by listening and having people
model for me and signing up for my showcase and
introducing myself and being so nervous that
I had memorized the entire thing a couple of
days before because I didn't want to mess it
up. And now I can just, yesterday I got home
and I had to do an impromptu. to talk to somebody
in California on quantum physics. And I just
winged it because it's just what I do now. But
at the time that was so terrifying to me, but
I started to recognize like how powerful referrals
are, how powerful just learning from people who
are already successful in business and what they're
doing and how they could help me just by watching
them and asking them questions. And it was a
game changer for me, honestly. That's fantastic.
And you learned. practice. Networking is a skill.
And as every other skill, you have to practice.
And it's so important. And you get better and
more comfortable. And you think that, okay, that's
all right. I've learned enough. And you're like,
no, you have to practice more. You have to get
more comfortable so you can expand what you talk
about. Yes. That's very good. Very point. What's
the most common misconception people have about
networking? Oh my gosh. Okay. So I believe that
is that they think that there are them. And then
there's me. There are the people, we all know
them, the gregarious life of the party. They
show up and everybody's listening and they just
seem like they have all their stuff together.
And they seem like all their words come out perfectly.
And then there's ourselves who we think we are
in our mind. They're like, oh my gosh, that's
not me. Right. I am a self -proclaimed introvert.
And if you were to be more. It's probably I'm
an extroverted introvert because people are very
surprised that I'm an introvert because I come
across as somebody that's very easily articulating
what I have to say and all the things. But the
reality is that I had to learn that skill. It's
possible to learn it. And I had to acknowledge
the fact that there is not just a them and a
me. There is a me who gets to start from where
I am with what I have. And I get to learn those
skills and that comes through practice, just
like you said, right? And so oftentimes people
say, Lachelle, I'm just not that good with people.
I'm not that good with words. And I tell you
that if you are an introvert, you actually have
a leg up. And can I tell you why, Michael? Why
that's such an important thing? Absolutely. As
an introvert, you guys, we are not the life of
the party, but we are really freaking good listeners.
And when I was able to show up and I just came
with some very basic questions and then I just
shut up and listened and I allowed the other
person to tell me about them. And guess what?
They felt heard. They felt seen. They felt a
connection with me because they felt like somebody
was actually paying attention to them and giving
them their 100 undivided attention. And they
made a connection with me that made them want
to continue to get to know me. I didn't have
to come with all the fancy words. I didn't have
to come with all of the expertise. I had to come
with a few questions and just really good listening
and making sure that whenever I'm in front of
somebody, I am giving them my 100 % undivided
attention so that they feel seen and heard. And
Brent, when you are somebody who thinks that
If you're not extroverted, then you don't have
the leg up. I'm just going to tell you that oftentimes
extroverted people actually don't realize that
they're hurting themselves because they don't
stop talking. They are the ones who have to tell
everybody everything. They're the ones who find
themselves interrupting because it's just part
of habit. And the introverts are the ones that
are sitting back and they're taking it in and
they're being thoughtful. So I hear you're saying
this. And I got to tell you guys, you're going
to get further on these one -on -one conversations
because you're listening and you're genuinely
interested and people are going to start to notice
that. So stop thinking that you're not cut out
for it because you are, you actually have a superpower.
You hit on so many points of basic networking
skills that I can't even go over it. But what
you're saying is so... It's so good and so correct
that because listening is so much more powerful
than talking. OK, that's first and foremost.
But you my next question, you pretty much answered
it just now. OK, so I'm going to ask you anyway.
Can you give me three tips for effective networking
at events or conferences? Yeah. So I will tell
you that my secret sauce, everything that I do
in my company is this intersection between quantum
physics, brain science, and scripture. And I
do that in order to get people fast results.
That is more ease and flow. Okay. Part of the
intersection of brain science and quantum physics
is this law of assumption. It's the acting as
if it's already here, even before you see evidence
of it. And so what this means is when you're
going into this networking event, we've already
talked about one of my tips, which is just being
a really active listener. You would let the other
person feel like they're the most important person
in the world and they will 100 % not forget you,
okay? With that aside, what I want you guys to
do is I want you to show up and I want you to
act as if you were already the person that is
five years down the road that has already accomplished
everything that you set out to do. It is not
what we do, friend. It is who we are while we
do it. It's the posture in which we show up.
So even before I knew what the hell I was doing,
I had to pretend in my mind that I did. And I
know that we say fake it till you make it and
blah, blah, blah. We can make all of these like
cliches. But in the world of quantum physics
and brain science, you get to step into this
person, this future version of yourself. And
you carry yourself in that way. You articulate
yourself in that way. And you might get to the
car and you're like, holy crap. I hope that went
okay. Or you might be giving yourself a little
pep talk with affirmations before you walk in
the door. Nobody needs to know that you're paddling
like heck underneath the water. But when you
show up, I want you to say to yourself, I am
supposed to be here. I belong here. People need
what I have to give. And I can't wait to serve
people because I'm here and I am showing up.
And when you can allow yourself to step into
that person, when you can allow yourself to pretend
like you are the confidence person. You will
start to show up energetically that way, and
you will start to speak that way, and you will
start to believe it eventually because our brain
has things called mirror neurons. And our mirror
neurons cannot tell the difference between what
is real and what is imagined. That's why if I
imagine that I'm jumping out of a plane right
now, my heart's going to beat a little bit faster
and my palms are going to get sweaty, right?
My brain cannot tell the difference between what
is actually happening and what's going on in
my imagination. So if you can imagine that you
are already that person and you can imagine as
if you are an actor in a play and you get to
think about what would she say? How would she
carry herself? How would she introduce herself?
And you imagine that you were stepping on this
stage for this event and you are going to play
the role of a lifetime. How would that be? And
then this is the thing, your brain. will over
time with practice, start to associate yourself
with that person. Now, here's the cool part,
Michael, is that this can go way beyond you interacting
with people in networking events, because when
you start to show up in this way, you're going
to start to show up in that way for everything.
You're going to be that person in the morning
where your alarm goes off. Instead of hitting
snooze like you have for the last five years,
you're going to get up and you're going to do
your affirmations and you're going to do your
meditation. You're going to pick up the sales
call and you're going to be confident instead
of saying, oh, I'm going to call them tomorrow.
Like that person's on my chicken list. Like I'm
not going to do it. You're going to start to
behave like her or him even before you're ready.
And guess what's going to happen? Those behaviors
are going to create the results that are going
to align with that life. And if it means that
networking and it means communication, it means
getting in front of people is going to be the
catalyst. to help you put into action some of
the things that we're talking about today. Let
that be. The catalyst is going to change your
life because all of a sudden you're going to
start to act as if you were already her or him
and things are going to start to fall into place.
That's absolutely great. And for that in -person
feeling, because you have to pick up the vibe
of the person and the vibe of the room and everything,
but you're doing that one -on -one. And that's
great. But how has... Social media affected the
way people do networking. I think that it's made
people two things. I think that people will hide
behind screens more than we used to. And I would
admit to that. It's a lot easier to sit in my
yoga pants than it is for me to get all dressed
up and go into town, right? But what I've also
recognized, Michael, is that people are starved
for real relationships. I actually recently started
a network. event in my community just in the
last couple of months here. And people are just
craving real communication. Even though I offer
networking events over Zoom, they gravitate towards
the in -person ones because I feel like we are
missing out on that stuff. And so it's two parts.
Sometimes the social media and Zooms and all
those things can feed our insecurities and keep
us feel safe. But I also think that we have to
recognize that there's at some point a way for
us to step outside of that. As a global business
coach, I have clients from all over the world,
right? And that's amazing. And social media is
a way for me to make that happen. My podcast
is a way for that to happen. My YouTube channel,
whatever the case may be, right? That's awesome.
But I've also recognized that when I do these
high level luxury in -person retreats around
the world, I looked in the room and I'm like,
holy crap, like most of these people are local.
They're not somebody who just saw me on Instagram.
They're somebody who's seen me out and about
or has gotten to know me. And so when you realize
that the power of your circle in your close proximity
cannot be diminished. And so get out of your
stinking house. Don't rely. Yes, I've grown a
huge business online. That's amazing. But the
higher ticket people or the long -term clients
that don't go anywhere are local people. There's
a mantra for networking. Know you, like you,
trust you. They'll do business with you. Those
local people, you've already gained their trust.
They know you already. So that part has already
been taken care of. So that will just open them
up even more to you and you can take care of
business. So that's very good. But just bringing
this back a little bit to introverts, okay? Because
they have a social anxiety about it. And how
would you advise introverts with those social
anxieties, their approach to networking? No,
totally. So again, I'm going to say, again, I'm
an introvert, guys. So I get you. Every time,
I'm way better one -on -one. that I am walking
into a room and I'm just going to be a super
vulnerable here with you, Michael. Okay. So I'm
still the person, even though I'm speak on stages
in front of hundreds of people and thousands
of people, I still am nervous when I walk into
a room of 20 people, of five people, of 50 people.
Because in my mind, the old part of my habits
come back in and say, gosh, like what if nobody
talks to me? What if they all know each other
and whatever? What if I say something stupid?
And then it's, Lachelle, how many times have
you done this? It's been fine. And so what I
wanted to say is that remember that as an introvert
friend, you have a superpower. You have a superpower
because you are so good at listening and you're
so good at making people feel seen and heard.
So knowing that you have the advantage should
hopefully give you a little bit of a confidence
boost, right? Now, I'm not above saying that
it feels a lot nicer when I can ask a business
bestie of mine to say, hey, you want to go to
this thing with me? It's nice to know that I'm
not walking in alone. So who do you know that's
also going? Just walk in alone or so that you're
not walking in alone. But then perhaps you force
yourself to sit at different tables. Because
sometimes as introverts, what we do is we handicap
ourselves and we say, okay, good. I know all
of these people, I'm going to go sit here. But
guess what? Those people aren't going to be the
ones that are going to grow your business. The
five people over here that you've never met before
are going to. And so I'm going to ask you, do
what you need to do to get in the door. And then
I want you to give yourself a little bit of pep
talk saying, okay, who do I get to meet today
that is going to change my business? And I think
that going back to my goal, networking and doing
things as an introvert is really no different
than any of us at any stage in time that need
to do something or want to do something that
we just can't get ourselves to do it. And it
comes back to a couple of things that is universal
throughout anything. It might be a client of
mine saying, I just can't post on social media,
or I can't possibly go live, or, oh, I've been
wanting to start a podcast, but I can't, I'm
too scared. None of those things are really that
different because they require us to have to
step into something, right? So I would say there's
a couple of things that can help. Number one
is I want you to think about why the heck are
you doing this in the first place? Because if
you can make it more about something outside
of you than yourself, if you can make the reward
bigger than the pain of having to go and do something
scary, it's going to get you over that hump,
right? Mel Robbins has this great book, Five
Second Rule. Five, four, three, two, one, just
do something brave real quick, right? And so
there are reasons why I have in my coaching process,
I take people through the seven reasons that
we sabotage our success. And you guys aren't
alone in this space, okay? The other thing that
I would say is I borrowed this from Tony Robbins.
There is something called the triad of emotional
state. So whenever you are feeling like, oh my
gosh, I can't do something or I don't want to
do something, try this. There is a triad of three
things that are going to help you get into action.
Because remember that if we allow our emotions
to run the show, oftentimes we're going to choose
not to do the things that we want to do, right?
Motion precedes emotion. Motion precedes emotion.
So what I want you to do is I want you to move
your body. Physiology is the first thing. So
maybe that means that instead of sitting there,
maybe you just take a little walk, take a little
lap. I've done this all the time when I get up
on stage, little thing, if you've ever been,
you know, in a conference where I'm speaking,
you'll find me in the bathroom a couple minutes
before literally running in place because I have
to just get that excess energy out of me and
it moves my body and shifts my energy state.
So move, okay? The second thing in the triad
is focus. What are you focusing on? Are you focusing
more on the fact that, oh my gosh, I hate being
here? Are you focusing more on the fact that
I don't know anybody? Are you focusing more on
the fact that I don't know who to talk to or
what to say? Or are you focusing on the fact
that this is an opportunity for me to meet the
next person I'm supposed to change their life?
What are you focusing on? And use your brain
to shift this. And then the third part of the
triad is language. How are you speaking to yourself?
I joke around that I have two voices in my head
and I'm not mentally ill, I promise. The one
voice is, I call her Sharon because she's always
sharing her opinion with me, whether I want it
or not. So she's the one who's saying like, why
are you even here? Nobody wants what you have.
You're awkward anyway, just go home. And then
the other person's, I call her Katie because
she's just a cheerleader, right? So she's like,
you got this girl, just stand a little taller
and you got your favorite outfit on that makes
you feel confident. You got this, go do this.
So you get to decide the language that's going
on in your head and what you're telling yourself,
but more importantly, what are you listening
to? This is a little. whoa, that was deep. But
I hear Sharon and Katie, but who's hearing them?
I am not my thoughts. I am the thinker of my
thoughts. I'm the observer of my thoughts. And
therefore I get to control that narrative that's
going on in there. You are not a victim to that.
You are in control of that. So I'm going to ask
you, how are you speaking to yourself? And if
you can combine those three things, it's going
to force you into action, which is going to be
the biggest part of the moment and that you need.
That's great. That's great. I was listening so
intently because I know of Tony Robbins and the
pyramid and the triad. So I'm listening to you
and I'm listening and I'm envisioning him when
he was talking about it. So it's really crazy.
You told me so much about. You're networking
and how you are an introvert, but really an extroverted
introvert. And you make all these contacts. Yeah.
How do you structure those contacts? How do you
follow up with those contacts? Because I've always
felt that the follow up is probably more important
than actually meeting the person. So how do you
follow up with everybody? Yeah. So I do have
a system. I have a CRM, a client relations manager
that I put things in and put notes in. I would
say just find a system that works for you. Some
people do really well with just having a book
of business cards. Some people do really well
with just a simple spreadsheet. Some people do
really well with a formal CRM. Whatever the case
may be, let it be a system. I also feel like,
Michael, I love to connect people. That is one
of my absolute favorite things to do. And if
I can, as much as possible, find out what people
are needing and who I can connect them with,
that speaks volumes to the kind of person that
I am and then how I can become a person that
somebody else wants in their sphere of influence.
Because clients will either be a client or they'll
be a connector. And so I love to show them that
I'm a connector. So if I have some reason that
I think they would be of value to somebody else,
I leave a little note. And then when I meet somebody
one -on -one, a lot of times what I'll do is
at the end of our conversation, I'll ask them,
what is the biggest problem you're trying to
solve right now? And I'm doing it with the intent
that maybe I know someone that has... the ability
to help them maybe it's a free resource maybe
it's a recommendation or referral but i love
to find a ways to help people and when you do
that and when you can follow up with people and
provide some type of a service like that that
speaks volumes so that's what i would say about
the follow -ups is that let it let yourself take
a step further with that right i also feel michael
that i have to Be mindful that, how can I put
this? I think that a lot of people in the entrepreneurial
space can get caught up in the scarcity mindset
that they need to find more clients and they
need to make sure that they're talking to everybody.
And I want you guys to recognize that sometimes
when we try to do all of that, we do none of
it well. And so I want you to value yourself
enough to say, who is worth my time and energy
also? Because we don't have the luxury of having
an infinite number of hours in our day, right?
And so what I've done is I've come up with a
list of 100 people. Now, this list of 100 people
are the people that I think would be the most
amazing clients and the most amazing connectors.
And what I do is I have a goal that I can meet
with these people or touch base with these people
once every two months. So you think about that
and you're like, okay, so I have a hundred people
on my list and those people are going to be there
until. they fall off for some reason. Maybe I
decide that there's somebody that's a better
fit or maybe we just didn't click as much as
I thought we were gonna as we got to know each
other, right? So if that's the case and somebody
else is brought into that list of 100, but what
I do is I'm really fostering that list so that
I don't feel like I have to keep up with thousands
of people because I have thousands of people
that I'm connected with on social media. If I
think about it that way, it's overwhelming. So
how can I use my superpower of really good intimate
one -on -one connection and do the best that
I can with the right people that I've chosen
that are, that's supposed to be on this list.
Okay. So then you think about it. Okay. How many
days a week do I want to commit to building relationships?
So maybe that's five, five days a week. Okay.
So if I have a hundred people, I'm on a podcast
live right now, so I don't want to do the math,
but if you think about this, so if you have a
hundred people and you want to speak to those
people about every two months. and you want to
do it five days a week, you figure out how many
people per day should you contact. And you go
down that list. And maybe it's something like,
oh my gosh, I haven't talked to you for a couple
months. I just wanted to check in. How are things?
Last time we chatted about this, how far along
has that come? Or tell me about your progress
on that. Or hey, I was just thinking about you,
and I met this other person, and I think you
guys should totally meet. Or, hey, we haven't
met for coffee for a while. I would love to catch
up in person. And so when you make an intentional
process to be able to build relationships, oftentimes,
again, people are so caught up in the numbers.
And I've been in a situation where I felt like
a number, and that feels crappy. But when I can
build really solid relationships with people
that are going to continue to send me people
are going to continue to connect me with people
or who are going to just be amazing people for
me to serve. And I get to do it really well.
That feels good. Does that make sense? Yeah,
absolutely. One thing you have to remember when
you try to when you go to network is that you
are a problem solver. You are looking out for
whomever you're speaking to. And one thing that
I've always used when I'm at a networking table
and I'm finding out the people and everything
else, I say, you know what? You've done such
a good job. I like the way you do business. How
can I make you more successful? How can I be
that great referral source for you even before
they know what I do? You're always looking to
give, always looking to solve that problem. And
that's a great way to be, to think. And you're
so much happier because of it. Yeah, absolutely.
And something that you just said made me think
of this. And I'm just going to point this out
because I think it's powerful. So yesterday I
led this networking group that I have in my local
community and we had a little extra time. prompt
to just said, Hey, I want you to tell us when
you're introducing yourself, I want you to tell
us why you got into this industry. Just tell
us why, why did you become a realtor after you've
been a teacher for 23 years? Why are you doing
financial advising? It was unbelievably powerful.
I've had the financial advisor stand up and she's,
you know what? I was a single woman. And I left
my financial advisor's office more confused than
I was when I got there. And I have made it a
commitment of mine to educate women specifically
so they feel empowered to make financial decisions.
That's why I do what I do. Guess what? Every
single person in that room thought about the
woman who's recently divorced, who needs help
with their finances, who knows that they're going
to be taken care of by this particular woman.
So when you're going into these things, ask people,
tell me, why are you doing this? How did you
get started in this? And allow for their story.
It's not just, hi, I'm Bob and I sell insurance.
I said, I'm Bob. And you know, I got into insurance
because my son got sick and I realized that nobody
would insure us. And I decided that I wanted
to be of service to other families who are in
this situation. Guess what? Every single family
that you think of that might have a sick kid,
you're going to be like, hey, you need to talk
to my friend Bob here. And you become less of
a number and you become more of a person who
has the interest of others at heart because they've
gotten to know you as a person. And I promise
you guys, you're going to start to see massive
changes in your business, in the relationship
that you have, the referral base that you have
because you're real. And I mentioned posture
before. It's not about becoming fake. It's about
being the best version of you that you can be.
There's a difference. There's a difference. And
does that make sense, Michael? Or do you need
me to go into that? Oh, it makes perfect sense.
It makes perfect sense. And listen, I profess
and I go on stages and I talk and I speak about
in different workshops and keynotes and things
like that. do everything that you're saying you
explained it to the nth degree okay i don't go
into it that much i learned so much just by listening
to you and you're so well educated and so knowledgeable
and you are proof that you can have all this
knowledge but you never stop learning you never
stop learning and finding out from people, whatever
little tidbit you can pick up from a person,
the better. But it sounds like you're doing a
fantastic job. And I can't thank you enough.
If anybody would like to get hold of you, what's
the best way they get hold of you? Yeah, so I
even though my name is complicated to say sometimes,
so let's shall we me, I've done it. Simple way
to find me is just my name. So you guys can find
me at Lachelle Weemey and all the social media
channels. So LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, you
know, to my website at lachelleweemey .com. You
can find me if you Google my name, my podcast
will come up as well. I just want you guys to
know that if there's any part of this communication
part that you're like, gosh, dang it. I know
this is all this stuff I know, but I can't get
myself to do it. I want you to know that I believe
in you. I believe in you because I was you. And
I want you to know that you are meant to do amazing
things, that you are in your perfectly divinely
appointed place because of the passions that
you have, the skills that you have, your interest,
the things that you've gone through in your life
and had to overcome. Your personality traits
are all uniquely blended for just a time as this.
And you get to show up in this space and people
are literally praying for you specifically to
help them. And I want you to get out of your
own thinking way. And I want you to allow yourself
to show up because at the end of this lifetime,
I don't want any of us to think back and say,
I wish I would have tried harder or I wish it
would have gotten out of my own head. It's time,
guys. It's time for us to step up and to do all
the things that we are meant to do in this planet
and to help each other get there along the way.
And I know that communication is the best way
to build relationships and to keep relationships.
And I'm so grateful, Michael, for your podcast,
the message that you have, and giving people
the skills in order to get there. Thank you very
much. And as I said before, you're a fantastic
guest. And I look forward to speaking to you
again. Thank you. Me too. Well, hold on, folks.
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