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broadcasting from Boston Massachusetts
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you're listening to the technology
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equals a quality podcast hey welcome
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back to the technology if is a quality
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vodcast am your host Lori Brooks and
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this is episode 50 am super excited
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about today's episode as we have a very
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special guest who many of you have
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spoken with via your mobile devices over
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the years but today we have the
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opportunity to take a row behind the
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scenes look at the journey of Susan
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Bennett also known as the original voice
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of Siri it is my absolute pleasure to
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have you join us here today so thank you
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thank you Hamas welcome so Susan what we
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would love to know is a story of how it
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is you once saw the future before you
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decided to begin branding yourself and
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building out your business before you
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became a voiceover actress before you
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were you know known as theory what did
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you think the future was gonna look like
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well it depends on what point you're
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starting from I guess in college I was
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very very confused of I've always been a
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musician singer and keyboard player and
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I did love acting in college and I
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didn't really think you know that that
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was something you could make you know a
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living doing and so I haven't really
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thought much about that but I I knew
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some of the things that I did not want
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to do just because of my personality my
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nature and my likes and dislikes I
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couldn't picture myself in an office and
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so I really didn't have any uh any
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thoughts of you especially any
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entrepreneurial thoughts because I came
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from a pretty modest family and it just
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really didn't mind my mind didn't work
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that way I you know had more of a
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musician's mind i guess and i was
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fortunate enough that i decided to get
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married I'd sounds person that I that I
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loved and fortunately he was a
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professional athlete and so we were able
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to get by on on what he was making and
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so being involved with him allowed me a
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lot of extra time to to con
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plate to test things out hey and and see
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what I wanted to do and for for many
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years you know I guess I've always been
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in still am a freelancer and so I guess
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that my business is such you know I'm
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just a freelance voiceover and singer
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and you know that's my brand so back
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before you got married you were in high
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school you were a musician you weren't
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really thinking of an entrepreneurial
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journey but when you had the opportunity
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to take that time you began freelancing
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and and working with the you know
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working as a voice of an actress did you
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go about becoming a voiceover actors
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with an agent or was this something that
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you know you just kind of went out and
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did interviews or auditions and things
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of that sort well I got it 2 voiceover
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accidentally really so much thanks so
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much that's happened in my life that's
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been fortuitous just just you know
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serendipitously just without my really
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knowing it was happening ah in my in my
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job as a singer and musician I used to
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do a lot of jingles back in the day when
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when there were big groups of people
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gathered around the microphone singing
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jingle and one day the boys talent
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didn't show up to read the doughnut of
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the jingle so the studio owner said
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Susan you don't have an accent come over
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here and read this coffee and so I did
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and I realized that it was something I I
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could do fairly naturally and I thought
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oh boy I can do this this could be a
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whole other offshoot of the singing
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career and so I got a voice coach and
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eventually an agent and started working
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pretty quickly right after that that's
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awesome and that's kind of what I was
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looking for I thank you for that because
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what I'm looking to do is pull out the
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piece of this story where you went from
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kind of doing the the jingles and doing
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the
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day to day of your general work that you
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were doing as a freelancer to kind of
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beginning to build out their brand of
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yourself honing your talent recognizing
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that there was a talent that you had and
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and it's funny because there's many
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entrepreneurs who have mentioned to me
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you know throughout interview after
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interview that their talent is actually
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brought as their attention by someone
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else much like with your story where you
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know it just so happens that you were
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great at reading the copy that someone
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else didn't show up to read that day and
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just by chance you happen to recognize
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that there was something more there that
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you could kind of hone and work with and
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move forward with so once you did begin
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you know taking those steps with the
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voice coach and find an agent what do
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you find was the most difficult part of
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kind of breaking into that industry of
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voice over acting to tell you the truth
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it almost seems like kismet or destiny
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it I don't recall having a lot of
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difficulty the difficulty in it is to
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just be really really good at what you
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do and so to work hard at it so many
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times especially now booth voiceover has
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become a quote thing in the past when I
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would tell people that I was a voice
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actor they say what's that hey call
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everyone everyone because of Technology
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and because of the thing fairly
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comparatively inexpensive cost of a home
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studio these days everyone wants to get
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in on the pig everyone everyone wants to
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get in on everyone wants to be a
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voice-over talent but what they keep
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forgetting about just life in general is
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that you have to be good at what you're
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doing and it takes time it takes skill
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it takes effort and AH you know
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sometimes I think you talked earlier
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about luck and you know sometimes the
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people helping you on your way when I do
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my serie presentation I would like to
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talk about the fact that
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when I was a little kid I had two
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favorite toys one was a a one octave
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piano and the other one was an operator
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switchboard toy which sounds just
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horrible but it was you know is the
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switchboard and I would you know uh plug
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in the cables and pretend to answer the
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file to pretend to be the operator and
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you know how prescient is that that I
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ended up being you know a singer and
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piano player and on just hundreds and
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hundreds of phone system so it makes you
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wonder about life but that you you
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whether you really are is whether it is
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just luck or if they're if there's some
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sort of path there but regardless i do
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believe that in in luck and I the
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importance of luck I don't know if
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you've ever seen a Woody Allen movie
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called match point it's one of my
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favorite movies of his and he starts off
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with the premise that people don't
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really give enough importance to the
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idea of block and the first theme is a
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tennis match and the ball hits the top
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of the net and goes straight up and he
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talks about the fact that so what is
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going to determine who wins this game
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you know which way the fall fall what's
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going to determine that you know a
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little bit of wind you know or luck and
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then he proceeds to to to tell the story
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of this rather heinous character who
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just has the most amazing look despite
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the fact that he's not a good person
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there are a lot of factors in play and I
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think you mainly really have to invest
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in yourself um believing yourself which
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is sometimes difficult because we all
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have a tendency to want to compare
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ourselves to other people and you only
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have to be careful doing that because
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you know I'm never going to look like
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you know Julia Roberts or or have the
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talent of a Meryl Streep but it doesn't
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mean that I don't have a place in this
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world and I think that's true for
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everyone so you kind of have to get off
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your own back and put yourself on the
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trenches and go to work if there's
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especially if there's something you
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specifically specifically love to do and
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no job you know are you going to
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of one hundred percent of the time but
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you really have to put in the time you
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have to put in the time he have to put
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in the effort definitely it takes
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commitment and I think that you know one
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of those big recipes of you know having
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that passion having the commitment and
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the world power and just believing in
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yourself having that positive mindset
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and keeping those people around you that
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assists in in maintaining that mindset
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is is very key in terms of becoming
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successful okay that's true but I think
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you have to be really careful about just
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the all these aphorisms around oh well
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think positively and everything will be
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okay well you know maybe eventually and
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yes in the big picture it will all be
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okay but you have to be sort of
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realistic too I think that if you have a
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passion you know maybe you have a
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passion for doing some odd thing it
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doesn't mean you're going to be able to
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make a living at it and so you have to
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sort of be a realist and you may have to
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you know your time as it trenches may
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involve doing some you know menial job
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that you don't particularly like but
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that pays the bill and allows you you
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know at least the wherewithal to have
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the time to spend on the thing that you
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really love and you know if it isn't
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something that can that you can make a
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living doing that doesn't mean that you
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did you stop doing it I think that's one
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of the really bad things about our
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culture is that you know money trumps
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everything money has just taken over
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money has become king in this country
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and I just think it's so superficial um
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you know it's trumped integrity it's
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trumped creativity it's just absolutely
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incredible that people just are so
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enthralled with money and having money
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and I think that you have to try to look
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beyond that because not all of us are
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going to end up with a lot of it you
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know it doesn't mean that we aren't
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going to have a good life so fortunate
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doesn't necessarily mean having a
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fortune it's refighting money it just
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means having a good life and I think a
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good life is is a balance
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life definitely i love the way you the
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way you put that that you know being
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fortunate doesn't necessarily mean have
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an unfortunate it's really living a good
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life and it's it's important to make
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sure that you have a plan to pay those
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bills and have a pet you know a plan to
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create the cash flow in whatever that
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passion or or you know whatever that
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project is that you're looking to
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venture into but definitely you know
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having the passion is not necessarily
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going to be the end-all be-all nor is
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you know creating the cash flow I think
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it's really a matter of creating that
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balance like your senses and that's
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that's some a really important point
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it's a matter of making sure that that
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balance is there in life so regardless
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as to whether or not that passion
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project is generating an income of that
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passion project is is generating a
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lifestyle that makes you happy and that
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makes you enjoy life in general that
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that's more than enough for a lot of
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people in life and it should be more
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than enough for a lot of people in life
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what do you think a prospective
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entrepreneurs should really take into
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consideration prior to venturing into
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any sort of project or any sort of
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entrepreneurial journey what would you
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you know if you went back a couple of
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years what's one thing that you wish
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someone had mentioned to you when you
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first started well that's a really
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difficult question to answer because um
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I never thought about it from an
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entrepreneurial perspective you know the
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your audience's is obviously you know
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people who are trying to to get their
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own businesses started and that sort of
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thing and I don't know that I'm really
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the person to ask about that basically
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what I did was just as a freelancer just
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try to to be as good at my job as I
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could be and you know it as an
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entrepreneur assault it's important to
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to to keep
0:13:21.420,0:13:26.450
going back to being realistic you know
0:13:23.460,0:13:29.910
you have to you have to have the funds
0:13:26.450,0:13:31.710
or figure out a way to get the funds you
0:13:29.910,0:13:33.270
have to really put in the work and the
0:13:31.710,0:13:38.580
time the effort the commitment as you
0:13:33.270,0:13:41.610
said um you also have to to reach out to
0:13:38.580,0:13:44.430
people and in this culture with
0:13:41.610,0:13:47.730
everything mostly being done by email
0:13:44.430,0:13:50.160
text and Twitter Facebook and those
0:13:47.730,0:13:53.750
those kinds of things I think people
0:13:50.160,0:13:56.940
people lose sight of the fact that
0:13:53.750,0:14:00.540
personal interaction can really make a
0:13:56.940,0:14:02.730
big difference um reaching out to a
0:14:00.540,0:14:06.870
person and actually talking to them on
0:14:02.730,0:14:09.360
the phone how old school I know but and
0:14:06.870,0:14:12.000
reaching out reaching out to people on a
0:14:09.360,0:14:13.950
personal level you know if you do a job
0:14:12.000,0:14:16.050
for someone and they were very pleased
0:14:13.950,0:14:18.600
you know right right them and thank them
0:14:16.050,0:14:20.040
for the job and they'll remember you for
0:14:18.600,0:14:23.720
that little little things like that that
0:14:20.040,0:14:27.840
you can put your personal touch on your
0:14:23.720,0:14:29.460
prospective business very much them very
0:14:27.840,0:14:32.100
much I agree with that one hundred
0:14:29.460,0:14:34.110
percent I think making sure that being
0:14:32.100,0:14:37.620
personable when you're networking is
0:14:34.110,0:14:40.530
something that has kind of fallen to the
0:14:37.620,0:14:42.360
wayside everything has become rather
0:14:40.530,0:14:44.520
mechanical and automated and though
0:14:42.360,0:14:46.470
that's a wonderful thing because you
0:14:44.520,0:14:49.320
know technology creates equality it
0:14:46.470,0:14:51.210
really helps those who are not able to
0:14:49.320,0:14:54.420
accomplish certain things accomplish
0:14:51.210,0:14:56.040
amazing things nowadays due to
0:14:54.420,0:15:00.540
technology but at the same time it can
0:14:56.040,0:15:04.650
become very a stock oriented you know
0:15:00.540,0:15:07.410
and and computer driven so I think that
0:15:04.650,0:15:11.510
that extra little touches is very nice i
0:15:07.410,0:15:14.880
know it's something that creates a
0:15:11.510,0:15:18.540
memorable aspect to any interaction much
0:15:14.880,0:15:20.420
more so than a standard tweet or text
0:15:18.540,0:15:23.670
that mount up you also have to take into
0:15:20.420,0:15:25.440
consideration that the tweets and you
0:15:23.670,0:15:28.800
know any kind of thing that involves
0:15:25.440,0:15:32.400
abbreviation you're just basically
0:15:28.800,0:15:35.310
getting the basic facts across and not
0:15:32.400,0:15:38.010
much else people forget how
0:15:35.310,0:15:40.950
the sound of the human boy faces and you
0:15:38.010,0:15:43.770
can you can say a lot of subtle things
0:15:40.950,0:15:45.660
with the inflection of a voice that you
0:15:43.770,0:15:49.760
can't say just you know tapping at your
0:15:45.660,0:15:53.100
keyboard and so don't lose sight of that
0:15:49.760,0:15:54.750
um I think we we are losing that as we
0:15:53.100,0:15:56.910
get more and more towards artificial
0:15:54.750,0:16:00.480
intelligence and more and more you know
0:15:56.910,0:16:04.580
of our jobs are being done by you know
0:16:00.480,0:16:07.950
robots and and other types of machines
0:16:04.580,0:16:10.050
yes you have to remember how important
0:16:07.950,0:16:14.130
the sound of the human voice is it
0:16:10.050,0:16:19.020
really is a major thing for jion
0:16:14.130,0:16:21.029
communication 100% it's funny the way
0:16:19.020,0:16:24.589
you stated that it brought back a memory
0:16:21.029,0:16:28.230
of not too long ago just this past fall
0:16:24.589,0:16:30.720
going to an orientation at my daughter's
0:16:28.230,0:16:32.550
new school and one of the courses that
0:16:30.720,0:16:34.770
we were sitting through one of the
0:16:32.550,0:16:37.500
conversations was cisely that the
0:16:34.770,0:16:40.080
changes in inflection and voice and how
0:16:37.500,0:16:42.870
can you know completely change an entire
0:16:40.080,0:16:46.290
freeze in one of the phrases i believe
0:16:42.870,0:16:48.420
was what are you doing i ate the
0:16:46.290,0:16:50.220
instructor had you know each of the
0:16:48.420,0:16:53.190
students and the class go around and say
0:16:50.220,0:16:55.680
it in a different manner and discuss the
0:16:53.190,0:16:58.320
different meanings behind the different
0:16:55.680,0:17:00.510
way each child stated those phrases so
0:16:58.320,0:17:03.570
no it's very important inflection in the
0:17:00.510,0:17:06.300
voice and and communication between
0:17:03.570,0:17:09.870
people so I agree one hundred percent
0:17:06.300,0:17:11.939
that the human voice is extremely
0:17:09.870,0:17:15.179
important when it comes to interaction
0:17:11.939,0:17:17.370
and and that is definitely lost in the
0:17:15.179,0:17:19.199
digital world to a certain extent well I
0:17:17.370,0:17:22.140
think also the fact that our language is
0:17:19.199,0:17:25.470
pretty much going away it's changing so
0:17:22.140,0:17:27.900
dramatically and i really i really
0:17:25.470,0:17:30.360
regret that i know that as we move on
0:17:27.900,0:17:32.820
and when we go into the future and a
0:17:30.360,0:17:35.730
change is always a constant one has to
0:17:32.820,0:17:37.740
adapt and a transition from what maybe
0:17:35.730,0:17:39.929
we used to do to what we what we're
0:17:37.740,0:17:41.580
doing now but i think it's important
0:17:39.929,0:17:43.860
especially for young people who are not
0:17:41.580,0:17:45.870
getting the same type of study in the
0:17:43.860,0:17:48.710
english language that I got when I was
0:17:45.870,0:17:51.149
in school it's important to have
0:17:48.710,0:17:52.859
for example I've been studying Spanish
0:17:51.149,0:17:55.080
for a few years and I just love it it's
0:17:52.859,0:17:56.729
very interesting but what and what I
0:17:55.080,0:17:58.889
found out is that you can't be a
0:17:56.729,0:18:01.440
specific in Spanish as you can in
0:17:58.889,0:18:02.940
English one of those reasons is there
0:18:01.440,0:18:05.279
are two hundred twenty-five thousand
0:18:02.940,0:18:08.249
words in Spanish there are over a
0:18:05.279,0:18:12.059
million words in English so you can be
0:18:08.249,0:18:14.970
as precise and and descriptive as you
0:18:12.059,0:18:16.559
could possibly want and sometimes I
0:18:14.970,0:18:18.479
think when you're just you know using
0:18:16.559,0:18:20.460
abbreviations or you're just using
0:18:18.479,0:18:23.369
catchphrases you're not really
0:18:20.460,0:18:25.499
completely expressing exactly what you
0:18:23.369,0:18:27.539
want to say and so I would encourage
0:18:25.499,0:18:32.570
people to to play with the language
0:18:27.539,0:18:36.450
learn learn some more vocabulary is
0:18:32.570,0:18:38.070
Susan a woman yeah otherwise then maybe
0:18:36.450,0:18:42.059
you'd be able to talk like oh well i
0:18:38.070,0:18:43.619
like i like i like well you'd really
0:18:42.059,0:18:52.169
like it a lot if you could sign the word
0:18:43.619,0:18:53.849
you were looking for a spin now i'm
0:18:52.169,0:18:56.970
starting to sound like a dinosaur but I
0:18:53.849,0:18:59.789
wear it proudly hahaha it's so cute
0:18:56.970,0:19:02.820
didn't know I agree with a two percent
0:18:59.789,0:19:05.909
you are absolutely lovely Susan and
0:19:02.820,0:19:08.549
speaking of gene the show is really
0:19:05.909,0:19:11.299
designed to help entrepreneurs come up
0:19:08.549,0:19:13.859
with ideas for different companies or
0:19:11.299,0:19:15.659
products in an industry that they may
0:19:13.859,0:19:18.989
not have thought of before and we would
0:19:15.659,0:19:21.869
absolutely love to help you so Susan if
0:19:18.989,0:19:25.830
you had a magic wand and could change
0:19:21.869,0:19:31.979
anything at all in your business what
0:19:25.830,0:19:33.840
would it be and why ah why you know at
0:19:31.979,0:19:35.789
this stage of the game I'm sure I'm a
0:19:33.840,0:19:38.489
great deal older than most of your
0:19:35.789,0:19:42.419
audience so I have a different
0:19:38.489,0:19:44.580
perspective on my business I'm at this
0:19:42.419,0:19:46.799
stage where you know I think there was a
0:19:44.580,0:19:49.710
famous Helen Mirren quote on Facebook
0:19:46.799,0:19:52.379
lately where she said she'd wished she'd
0:19:49.710,0:19:54.479
said f you more often in her career and
0:19:52.379,0:19:57.839
you know when you reach a certain age
0:19:54.479,0:19:59.879
you kind of allow yourself to you know
0:19:57.839,0:20:01.799
not actually say that to people but
0:19:59.879,0:20:02.370
think it to yourself and just politely
0:20:01.799,0:20:04.260
say
0:20:02.370,0:20:06.750
you know I don't think I want to do that
0:20:04.260,0:20:08.760
so I think for something to be
0:20:06.750,0:20:13.080
successful for people starting out and
0:20:08.760,0:20:14.910
trying to build a business uh it seems
0:20:13.080,0:20:18.240
that just from the get-go you should
0:20:14.910,0:20:20.940
have some sort of idea what you like or
0:20:18.240,0:20:23.340
what you're good at and if those two
0:20:20.940,0:20:27.600
things are a combination that's that's a
0:20:23.340,0:20:29.640
bonus um starting with those things you
0:20:27.600,0:20:32.760
know you know use the web I mean it's
0:20:29.640,0:20:35.429
such an incredible research tool to look
0:20:32.760,0:20:37.230
into things that could that could be a
0:20:35.429,0:20:40.530
business related to the things that you
0:20:37.230,0:20:42.450
like and want to accomplish as you know
0:20:40.530,0:20:44.730
for me I didn't really have a choice it
0:20:42.450,0:20:48.300
was it was sort of in the cards for me I
0:20:44.730,0:20:50.010
I was heard playing my little toy piano
0:20:48.300,0:20:51.929
at the age of four by a neighbor and the
0:20:50.010,0:20:54.270
neighbor called my parents is that I
0:20:51.929,0:20:56.370
think you have a musical child and this
0:20:54.270,0:20:59.580
wonderful gentleman gave me his old
0:20:56.370,0:21:00.960
upright piano and I started taking piano
0:20:59.580,0:21:03.210
lessons and that was the beginning of
0:21:00.960,0:21:05.610
that s'okay you've got for the idea of
0:21:03.210,0:21:07.860
luck this gentleman just happened to
0:21:05.610,0:21:14.000
hear me playing by ear on on my porch
0:21:07.860,0:21:16.890
and uh you should have some sort of sin
0:21:14.000,0:21:18.809
as I said either something that you
0:21:16.890,0:21:20.700
really really love or something that you
0:21:18.809,0:21:24.210
know you're good at we're all good at
0:21:20.700,0:21:27.000
something and you know we've got our
0:21:24.210,0:21:28.950
culture is just so into this celebrity
0:21:27.000,0:21:30.690
mode and everything in people I think
0:21:28.950,0:21:32.580
people feel badly about themselves that
0:21:30.690,0:21:34.110
oh they're not gorgeous they can't be a
0:21:32.580,0:21:37.650
model or they're you know not this
0:21:34.110,0:21:40.110
fabulous actor or something um you know
0:21:37.650,0:21:43.140
how about science there you go talk
0:21:40.110,0:21:44.790
about affecting your culture um you know
0:21:43.140,0:21:47.730
take something that you're really good
0:21:44.790,0:21:49.980
at and figure out a way to uh to make it
0:21:47.730,0:21:51.690
work for you now another thing to keep
0:21:49.980,0:21:54.360
in mind too is that nothing happens
0:21:51.690,0:21:58.470
overnight you know if it does happen
0:21:54.360,0:22:00.510
overnight it usually disappears you know
0:21:58.470,0:22:02.250
it's something that you have to work
0:22:00.510,0:22:05.160
towards and that sometimes it may take
0:22:02.250,0:22:06.960
years for you to settle in to find me or
0:22:05.160,0:22:10.230
settle into the thing that's going to be
0:22:06.960,0:22:12.330
your niche during you know your life and
0:22:10.230,0:22:13.770
and also it's not to say that that can't
0:22:12.330,0:22:15.840
change I mean there are some people that
0:22:13.770,0:22:17.549
that do which I
0:22:15.840,0:22:19.200
met a woman recently that I did a
0:22:17.549,0:22:21.600
documentary for she's doing a
0:22:19.200,0:22:24.750
documentary about older women and what
0:22:21.600,0:22:26.130
they're doing in their lives and she was
0:22:24.750,0:22:28.080
in the corporate world and very
0:22:26.130,0:22:29.909
successful very successful in the
0:22:28.080,0:22:32.100
corporate world and she just got to a
0:22:29.909,0:22:33.900
point she says you know I want to be a
0:22:32.100,0:22:37.080
director I want to make documentaries
0:22:33.900,0:22:39.659
and so she did she started doing it just
0:22:37.080,0:22:41.820
you know financing herself course I said
0:22:39.659,0:22:44.100
she was very successful in the corporate
0:22:41.820,0:22:47.789
world so she had some of her own backing
0:22:44.100,0:22:49.679
to work with him but um you know there's
0:22:47.789,0:22:55.289
I don't think there's anyone hard fast
0:22:49.679,0:22:58.140
rule for anyone except work work work
0:22:55.289,0:23:00.840
work work and you've got to put in the
0:22:58.140,0:23:05.100
time it's not going to just suddenly
0:23:00.840,0:23:10.169
happen okay right definitely so I i
0:23:05.100,0:23:14.299
would say that your your choice or your
0:23:10.169,0:23:20.360
wish to change something would be to
0:23:14.299,0:23:24.059
have maybe decided to not do certain
0:23:20.360,0:23:28.740
aspects of voiceover work or certain
0:23:24.059,0:23:32.340
aspects of the journey more often in the
0:23:28.740,0:23:37.919
career in your career or I get I guess
0:23:32.340,0:23:39.539
I'm i kind of am losing the be yeah the
0:23:37.919,0:23:42.059
magic one thing is really tough for me
0:23:39.539,0:23:43.919
because i can't imagine having nothing
0:23:42.059,0:23:49.370
with it can't imagine having a better
0:23:43.919,0:23:52.110
life um i I've been so fortunate um I
0:23:49.370,0:23:54.840
was able to find the things that I loved
0:23:52.110,0:23:57.659
early and I questioned that I didn't
0:23:54.840,0:24:01.620
think I was talented and awkward or good
0:23:57.659,0:24:04.890
enough but I just kept doing it because
0:24:01.620,0:24:07.230
I was compelled to do it and so if I
0:24:04.890,0:24:09.570
were to have a magic wand for someone
0:24:07.230,0:24:14.419
else I would jizz they just well find
0:24:09.570,0:24:17.789
that thing in yourself that defines you
0:24:14.419,0:24:19.620
okay so then i would say that maybe what
0:24:17.789,0:24:21.960
we'll do is that rewind the clock and
0:24:19.620,0:24:25.710
and let you relive it all for 20 years
0:24:21.960,0:24:28.440
and just enjoy it again there we go
0:24:25.710,0:24:30.720
hahaha
0:24:28.440,0:24:32.730
I love it Susan you've been absolutely
0:24:30.720,0:24:34.680
wonderful and it truly appreciate you
0:24:32.730,0:24:36.840
sharing with the audience today please
0:24:34.680,0:24:38.910
share the best way I mean we can all
0:24:36.840,0:24:41.250
wait you on our cell phones and iPads
0:24:38.910,0:24:43.410
daily but share the best way for our
0:24:41.250,0:24:46.290
listeners to find Susan well probably
0:24:43.410,0:24:48.710
the best thing to do is to reach me
0:24:46.290,0:24:52.230
through my website which is Susan see
0:24:48.710,0:24:57.390
Bennet calm and Bennett has 2 n's and 2
0:24:52.230,0:25:00.300
t's um you can contact me on Twitter but
0:24:57.390,0:25:01.980
I have a lot of followers and so I don't
0:25:00.300,0:25:03.810
it's tough for me to keep up with
0:25:01.980,0:25:06.600
everyone there so it's probably best to
0:25:03.810,0:25:09.660
reach me through my email on my website
0:25:06.600,0:25:16.050
but my twitter handle is at seriously
0:25:09.660,0:25:18.870
susan s ir i owe us ly and facebook i
0:25:16.050,0:25:21.510
just basically keep for people that I
0:25:18.870,0:25:23.070
know personally so once again it's
0:25:21.510,0:25:27.420
probably best to just reach me through
0:25:23.070,0:25:29.880
my personal email on my website we will
0:25:27.420,0:25:32.190
be sure to link to that see the show
0:25:29.880,0:25:33.930
notes page and season just thank you
0:25:32.190,0:25:36.540
thank you once again for sharing today
0:25:33.930,0:25:39.240
you're so welcome i enjoyed it have some
0:25:36.540,0:25:42.090
ideas to what it is you're good at but
0:25:39.240,0:25:45.090
be realistic then feel free to reach out
0:25:42.090,0:25:46.590
the season at susan see Bennet com you
0:25:45.090,0:25:49.740
can always reach her through our show
0:25:46.590,0:25:53.220
notes page at technology quality calm
0:25:49.740,0:25:54.840
forward slash Susan Bennett Susan thank
0:25:53.220,0:25:56.640
you once again for joining us today we
0:25:54.840,0:25:58.860
truly appreciate you sharing with the
0:25:56.640,0:26:01.080
audience in tucky community thank you
0:25:58.860,0:26:03.300
guys for checking out episode number 50
0:26:01.080,0:26:05.760
I hope you guys enjoyed this episode as
0:26:03.300,0:26:07.530
much as I did and until our next episode
0:26:05.760,0:26:10.500
when we continue to hear the journey
0:26:07.530,0:26:12.860
find the pain and create solutions enjoy
0:26:10.500,0:26:12.860
the week
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