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Welcome back to the Grand connection podcast.

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It's Susan again, and we've got an exciting podcast today,

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because we're going to be having interview with Kimberley Day. So

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you met nibbles, my late night business buddy, and you heard

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our origin story of the Grand Canyon. Now we're going to look

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at how collaboration continues to unfold inside our community.

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Before we dive in, let's just revisit our Connect, create

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collaborate framework. This is the heart of everything we do at

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the Grand connection, and I might call it CCC framework

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accidentally, but know that that's connect, create

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collaborate. Connect is the beginning. It's where we meet

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people, listen, learn and find alignment. It's it is curiosity,

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generosity and building trust. Create is where the ideas start

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to take shape. We brainstorm together, we share resources, we

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support each other with clarity, messaging and the next steps.

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This is where your grand intro and grand ask come alive. And

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Collaborate is where the magic happens. This is where people

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work together on books, workshop, podcasts, programs,

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summits, launches, whatever. When connection and clarity are

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strong, collaboration feels supportive, aligned and easy,

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and today you're going to hear how the Connect, Create,

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Collaborate framework is in action through someone who lives

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it every day. Today's guest is one of the most dedicated

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collaborators in our community. Kim day, I'm so excited you're

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here today. Kim is a best selling author, publisher and

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book to business strategist. She leads our grand authors group.

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She supports our live streams. She co hosts our promo parties.

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She partners with many of our members on workshops and book

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projects, and she is helping me write my own book on networking

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and collaboration. So I'm very excited about that. Kim. Kim is

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a powerful collaborator in our community. She's a grand example

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of how collaborative relationships can start small

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and grow step by step. Now, Kim, I'm so excited to have you here

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today. I also I'm excited to be doing this with somebody else.

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I've done a couple of monologs, you know, and I really prefer to

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collaborate on these things. Your involvement in the Grand

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Connection has been a perfect example of Connect, create,

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collaborate in action. And you know, you connected first with

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me, we met. You created ideas, support relationships. The

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relationship grew over time, right? I mean, we met in person

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that one time when we were both driving in different directions

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on a highway. And over these times, connections grew into

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powerful collaborations, like with years with me, with other

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people in the community. And, you know, before I get to your

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story, I'd love to talk to you about the collaborations that

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you've seen that happening inside the Grand Connection. You

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run a group. You're talking to people all the time. Do you want

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to share a little bit about that?

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Yeah, I love the Grand Connection. I mean, you

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know, I've been a member since that. You founded it away back

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when. And I want to thank you so much as well for taking the time

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to have me here today. I'm so excited for the podcast launch,

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your book launch. You've got so many amazing things happening in

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and around the Grand Connection community. But what really

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stands out to me the most is that the people here truly

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believe that connection is currency, right? When people

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feel welcomed, when people feel supported, when people feel

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genuinely seen and heard, they open up. And once that trust is

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in place, that's when the ideas and the collaborations really

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start flowing. And not only do they flow, they flow fast,

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right? I've been in a lot of communities where people just

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say they want to collaborate, but here at the Grand

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Connection, it actually happens. People share generously. They

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brainstorm together. They lift each other up. And that is

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really super powerful, right? They want to see each other win.

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I love that. That's rare, and that's why I fell in love with

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the Grand Connection.

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Oh well, and you've helped me a lot, like I I

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even feel better just being here on the podcast with you. It's,

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it's better doing things together, right everybody. And

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you know, people come, and they arrive into the community a

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little bit unsure, and then they, they start meeting other

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people, and it does shift. And they they watch, and they see

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what other people are doing together. They have a call with

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somebody. Somebody gives them some support. Why do you think

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those early, small connections make such a difference?

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Oh, my God, do they ever make a difference? And

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nobody starts off being a master communicator, a master

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connector, a master creator, a master collaborator, a master

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live stream. You know. Well, you were a massive podcaster. I

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mean, those think about the small steps where we just

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started doing live streaming together to support and promote

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the Grand Connection, right? And I know that success, it never

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starts with the huge, big opportunities, like, Sure, a

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million dollar deal landing in your lap would be amazing. But

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success really starts with all the small opportunities. Right?

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That first conversation, that first breakout room that you get

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into when you've never given a grand intro before and you have

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no idea what it even is, right, that very first moment that

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someone says, Hey, I see what you're building, and I can help,

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or I know someone who can help. It's those micro connections

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that really create the safety, that create the clarity, and by

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most importantly, they create that confidence, right? And then

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once people feel safe, they start creating. Once they

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create, the collaborations become a natural next step. And

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it's exactly what happened for me here at the Grand Connection.

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I connected first, then the collaborations started unfolding

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organically,

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I know, and it did. And, you know. And what's

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really cool is that when you have people that you built those

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trusted relationships, you can just call them on a dime. You

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know, it's, it's it's informal, it's friendly. They you jump

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right into it. You support each other immediately. You've got

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those people. People have your back once you've built that up.

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And it doesn't have to start, as you said, with with big the

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grandest thing, we're not getting married right away,

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right? What we're doing is we're building that little

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relationship. Simple thing, share a resource, like their

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post on Facebook. You know, offer some tip, or get, you

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know, giving a referral to somebody that is a wonderful way

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to start building a relationship. Even sharing an

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idea in a breakout room, people will just say, thank you. I've

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gotten messages from people that have come back to me and said,

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you know, you shared something for me in that in that breakout

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room, and I followed up with it, and it's been a big changer in

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my business. Thank you so much. That feels really good.

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Also started with those same tiny interactions,

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right? A resource, shared a question, asked a comment in a

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breakout room. It's how Blaney and I started collaborating, a

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simple conversation that led to hosting an entire book writing

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retreat in Mexico. Right? Small moments can create big momentum.

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And you know, I You just mentioned the retreat,

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so, so you've seen the retreat. I see people appearing on each

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other's podcasts. I see them writing books together. I see

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them creating programs and classes right now, there's a

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course going on later this week. Two members got together, and

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they're doing a workshop together, and they're doing a

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big promotion around it, and it's it's all about because they

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met together, they each had something that complemented each

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other, and they could do something bigger together, or

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more grand, as we use the word grand a lot here at the

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connection. So Kim, what are some collaborations that you've

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seen yourself like you? Are you talked about you and Blaney,

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have you seen any other ones inside the community? Well, of

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course, I

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mean, I've seen so many, even from the

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connections and the collaborations sparking inside

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of the community that you offer to members, right? We've got the

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opportunities for advanced zoom platform resources at a lower

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price, we've got the opportunity for the go high level platform,

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the marketing all in one platform. There's chat bridge

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and all sorts of tools and resources that you've

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collaborated with other tech geniuses really way more

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technologically genius than I ever will be but to bring these

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tools and resources to the community so that our community

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can thrive and can access the power of networking and all of

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these referrals so much easier and so much more powerfully.

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I've seen authors team up to co write chapters. I've seen people

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partner on events, right even the other communities from

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around the globe that you bring together, and then our community

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grows because of the influence of other people from other

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ecosystems joining the community, right? And the

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retreat example that I shared with Blaney is a perfect

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example. On my side, she had the space. I facilitated the

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retreat. Her partner, Steve even jumped in and wrote a book

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alongside the group while running the resort. And it's an

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off grid resort, by the way, with spotty Wi Fi. So her and

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Steve were both able to not only be running their own resort, but

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jump in and write the book. So I mean, it was true, true, true,

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collaboration in action. And the success stories that came out of

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that retreat too, were also extraordinary.

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No, that is a great example. And when you guys

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came back, I was so jealous I wasn't there. I wanted to be

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there, and you did it on a beach. Oh my gosh, that's a

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lovely way to. Collaborate. I say, Kim, you you run these

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regularly, I guess, don't you these retreats?

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Yeah, the retreat is a once a year. Currently, I'm

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looking at another location for a second time a year. But you

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know what I love is that none of these collaborations are forced,

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right? They grow from trust, from generosity, from alignment,

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and that's what, that's the power of the Grand Connection

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that I love, right? It's these natural connections that form

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because you spend time with people, you connect with them,

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and naturally, the relationships are going to grow and the

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collaborations are going to come to life.

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So anyone listening, if you're thinking

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about, you want to write a book, too. I know I am. You know,

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reach out to Kim. She's going to give you some comments. Contact

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information at the end. It's also in the show notes, how to

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get a hold of Kim too. And you can come to the Grand

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Connection. She's in our our membership hub as well. And you

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can find the real Kim day on on LinkedIn as well. So I'm going

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to get on with this. I I'd love you to share a story, a

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transformation story. Now, maybe we've already talked about this,

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but somebody that's you've actually moved through the

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Connect, create, collaborate, in a way that really touched you.

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Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, there are so many, and

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we've already shared a couple already, but you know, one

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transformation where I could actually see this whole, you

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know, connect, create, collaborate, framework in action

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was one of my clients, Deb. She actually came to that retreat,

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that collaborative retreat between Blaney and I. She had

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already taken my program, but she was stuck in overwhelm,

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right, in uncertainty, and I don't know if you've ever been

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there, right? You're trying to do something really big in your

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business, whether it's a book, a podcast, launching a new

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program, and she was questioning whether she could actually

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finish this book on her own. And one of the, and I know we're

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going to touch on that in a little bit too, about just the

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power of not having to do things all by yourself. But what really

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touched me is that through this you know, connection phase, she

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was able to build relationships with not only other authors in

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in my community, but with people at the retreat, right and in a

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place and an environment where she felt safe to share her story

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and her struggles. Because would you not also agree when you're

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the coach or the leader of your own community, sometimes it's

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hard to get vulnerable and share with your audience that you're

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struggling, but when you reach out to other people who are

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sharing a similar life path with you or a similar journey with

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you. In this case, it was writing her book, she was able

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to open up and felt safe enough to share that story, and through

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doing that, she was able to gain gain clarity. She was able to

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reach out for support, to get structure, which gave her that

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confidence right to be able to keep going forward,

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understanding that she had a really powerful message to

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share, and that all she needed was a little bit of a, you know,

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step forward in the right environment, with the right

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community and with the right support. And we were able to

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then map out her entire book in days, and through the

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collaboration piece, everything took off. Not only did she

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finish her book, she was able to secure some sponsorship to get

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her entire book cost paid for. Don't worry, we're going to

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share how to do that with you, too, for your book. So her

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sponsors paid for her book launch, the party, the food, the

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printing of all of the books, and she was able to actually

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make $10,000 at her book launch using the strategies that I

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shared at the retreat. So that's really the power right, of

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connecting, of creating things that are powerful, of

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participating in these collaboration opportunities,

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because connection leads to clarity. Clarity leads to

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collaboration. And it was just, it was so wonderful to see it

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all happen.

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Oh, what a great story. And I mean, a true story,

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and I heard about this as well as how well she did. And that is

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what it's nice to have that community around you. It almost

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a place to bounce off the ideas and in a fast way, community and

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collaboration help you achieve things in a much more leveraged

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way. You get to go through everything a lot quicker because

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you got other people to learn from and support you, and you

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also are leveraging their ideas, their audience, their network as

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well. Like, there's just, it's just so much more powerful than

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doing it alone. Oh, that was a great story. Kim, you know, so

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what we did is we talked about how they I'm just going to kind

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of go through this. She connected first at the event,

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right? That's the c part of Connect, create, collaborate,

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see, connect, then she got the clarity and the ideas. So that's

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the Create part, through the support of the people around

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her. And I mean, you guys already, you've already

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described this, and then she collaborated with everybody, and

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including yourself. And then people at the at the event too.

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And this is what happens in the community. So you see. This

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framework working throughout all of the relationships you have

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with your clients. And it, it's a powerful way to help them

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succeed.

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I love it. It's, it's a framework that works,

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right? You meet people where they're at, and you help them

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grow, step by step, right? So, and you were the one who just

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put that into words. But really, if you think about it, in life,

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this is a framework that just naturally fits.

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Whether it's natural, I'm not going to say I

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made it up. No, this is just, but this connect, create,

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collaborate, happens to really sound good together. It's, it

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works well. It suits what we do like it's, it's our underlying

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way that we communicate and build relationships here at the

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Grand Connection. So I love it, and we're going to be doing a

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lot more about communication, because that's so powerful. In

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future episodes we have our Self Mastery program coming out, and

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Ray McCauley is going to be doing some talks on the power of

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the neuroscience, actually, the how your brain works in

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communication. So we need to know and understand ourselves

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and be better and able to understand and work with other

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people too. So it's really powerful. So Kim, how did you

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stepping back? How did you discover that collaboration and

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the power of Connect, create and collaborate was the best way to

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support your authors? There must have been a place where you

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learned about this firsthand.

Kimberley Day: 00:16:24

Yeah, you could see it happening, actually,

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everywhere, right? I was watching what happened when

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authors were coming to me, going, Kim, I've been working on

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this book for 14 years, and I just can't finish it, right? I

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start and I stop and I start and I stop and this is what happens

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when authors try to go it alone. And I feel like this is also

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what happens when you try to go it alone in in business, when

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you try to go it alone in life, right? You can't be a lone wolf

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and expect you're going to get as far as you can when you go it

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with other people and go it together, because when you try

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to go it alone, I things get stalled. Progress slows down,

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confidence dips. I know I've done it myself. Right when you

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get into isolation, that's when you start second guessing

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yourself, and the itty bitty, shitty committee starts

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activating and saying, Are you sure that you can do this? Are

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you sure your message is strong enough? Who ever is going to

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want to read my book, right? But when you work together, whether

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it's in groups, whether it's in retreats, whether it's in a one

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on one experience with a coach, right, the speed to results is

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not only unbelievable, it's undeniable, right? I've had

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clients, as soon as they step into a container where you're

Kimberley Day: 00:17:51

literally doing this framework that you talk about. So

Kimberley Day: 00:17:54

magically, Susan, like the Connect, create, collaborate,

Kimberley Day: 00:17:57

framework in my business allows my authors to write manuscripts,

Kimberley Day: 00:18:01

full manuscripts in as little as 48 hours, right? I had my

Kimberley Day: 00:18:05

client, Alana, close two deals, $6,000 total in one week, after

Kimberley Day: 00:18:11

literally two meetings of being able to just get some clarity

Kimberley Day: 00:18:14

around her offer. Amber wrote her book in four days, and that

Kimberley Day: 00:18:18

was before chat GBT, by the way, so she didn't even have any

Kimberley Day: 00:18:21

help. She literally sat down pen to paper in four days, finished

Kimberley Day: 00:18:24

her manuscript. Liz then beat her record and did it in two

Kimberley Day: 00:18:28

again, prior to even chat GPT being on scene, Susanna came to

Kimberley Day: 00:18:33

the retreat Blaney at the lady and Steve's place, and then,

Kimberley Day: 00:18:38

which was just over a year ago now, it was in October, November

Kimberley Day: 00:18:42

of last year, and she has since gone on to become an eight time

Kimberley Day: 00:18:46

published author. So she took the framework and all of the

Kimberley Day: 00:18:50

resources she garnered through this whole connect, create

Kimberley Day: 00:18:55

collaborate framework, and she was able to use it as a stepping

Kimberley Day: 00:19:01

stone, as a catalyst for, like, unbelievable speed and success

Kimberley Day: 00:19:06

in her business. So yeah, collaboration changes

Kimberley Day: 00:19:09

everything.

Susan Jarema: 00:19:10

Oh my gosh. That's some pretty amazing results for

Susan Jarema: 00:19:13

your clients. So you've probably seen it. What happens if someone

Susan Jarema: 00:19:16

tries to create in isolation? Can they do it? Some?

Kimberley Day: 00:19:21

Of course, some do. It usually is slower,

Kimberley Day: 00:19:24

though, right? And it's not as exciting. We were pack we're

Kimberley Day: 00:19:27

pack animals. We're meant to do things together. So which is why

Kimberley Day: 00:19:31

I love the Grand Connection so much. It's just such a community

Kimberley Day: 00:19:34

of amazing people where you can lean on whether you're in a

Kimberley Day: 00:19:38

winning stage of your business, whether you're kind of feeling

Kimberley Day: 00:19:41

like you're struggling or alone, no matter what, there's a place

Kimberley Day: 00:19:45

for you here, right? There's a place at the Grand Connection

Kimberley Day: 00:19:48

for people to step into this framework and really find

Kimberley Day: 00:19:51

success here.

Susan Jarema: 00:19:54

You know, it's doing it alone is is not great.

Susan Jarema: 00:19:57

I know I many times tried to do things alone. You guys heard my

Susan Jarema: 00:20:00

story earlier, about me and nibbles alone spinning on our

Susan Jarema: 00:20:03

wheels, and it's way more fun when you're collaborating and

Susan Jarema: 00:20:07

and we're going to learn in later episodes as well as you

Susan Jarema: 00:20:09

know, how do you set the expectations right and how do

Susan Jarema: 00:20:12

you have clear boundaries and clear communications? Because

Susan Jarema: 00:20:15

it's important too. Yet you can't just start, you know,

Susan Jarema: 00:20:18

giving away everything you want. It has to be a fair relationship

Susan Jarema: 00:20:22

when you're collaborating as well for both parties. So we're

Susan Jarema: 00:20:25

going to talk about that later on. Kim, what lessons have you

Susan Jarema: 00:20:28

learned from guiding so many authors through through the

Susan Jarema: 00:20:32

through your collaborative books?

Kimberley Day: 00:20:35

Well, I mean, I've learned that when authors

Kimberley Day: 00:20:37

collaborate, they finish faster. Yeah, they deepen their message,

Kimberley Day: 00:20:43

because that happens in conversation, not in isolation,

Kimberley Day: 00:20:48

right? Your confidence expands, your impact multiplies. I've

Kimberley Day: 00:20:55

learned that systems and frameworks and support really,

Kimberley Day: 00:21:00

truly matter, instead of having to do it alone, and that's why,

Kimberley Day: 00:21:07

when you do things together, you can accelerate your results,

Kimberley Day: 00:21:13

right? Whether it's coming to a networking event or immersing

Kimberley Day: 00:21:19

yourself in a community like that, whether it's hiring a

Kimberley Day: 00:21:22

coach, right, whether you're helping people build websites,

Kimberley Day: 00:21:26

whether I'm helping somebody write a book, when you get

Kimberley Day: 00:21:29

together with others, that combination of structure and

Kimberley Day: 00:21:33

systems plus collaboration is unstoppable, and it's why people

Kimberley Day: 00:21:38

can get so much more done and when they work as a team and

Kimberley Day: 00:21:42

when they work with other people,

Susan Jarema: 00:21:45

yeah, and the systems are important too, like

Susan Jarema: 00:21:48

we talk about that in other episodes as well. We have

Susan Jarema: 00:21:51

February, our month. We have themes every month here at the

Susan Jarema: 00:21:54

Grand Connection that month, February is usually, usually

Susan Jarema: 00:21:57

systems and processes to get those in place for you planning.

Susan Jarema: 00:22:01

We got planning, goal setting, and then we move into systems.

Susan Jarema: 00:22:04

So that's, you know, having that I just love that you added in

Susan Jarema: 00:22:08

the system part because if, if having the right way of doing

Susan Jarema: 00:22:11

things can make things work a way a whole lot better. So

Susan Jarema: 00:22:15

that's a that's a great add on for someone listening here who

Susan Jarema: 00:22:18

has a message or story inside of them. Where can they begin?

Kimberley Day: 00:22:23

Well, I think instead of creating this huge,

Kimberley Day: 00:22:26

big thing, the key to starting is starting small, right? Reach

Kimberley Day: 00:22:31

out to one person, share your story on social media or in a

Kimberley Day: 00:22:36

reel, or if you're brave enough, do a live stream right, get some

Kimberley Day: 00:22:42

feedback. I remember once I had a mentor to share with me that

Kimberley Day: 00:22:47

if you ever look back on a video you did when you first started

Kimberley Day: 00:22:52

out and you don't cringe a little, you waited too long to

Kimberley Day: 00:22:57

start. So every right, every actor started somewhere. Every

Kimberley Day: 00:23:02

voice coach started somewhere right. Every book starts with

Kimberley Day: 00:23:06

writing that first page or starts with one conversation.

Kimberley Day: 00:23:11

Every collaboration starts with one connection. Every

Kimberley Day: 00:23:16

transformation starts with that first decision, right? Or starts

Kimberley Day: 00:23:21

with the clarity of knowing what you'd like to accomplish. So you

Kimberley Day: 00:23:26

just have to remember that collaboration accelerates your

Kimberley Day: 00:23:31

results more than hustle ever will. Right? You don't have to

Kimberley Day: 00:23:36

do it alone, and you weren't meant to. So go find somebody to

Kimberley Day: 00:23:41

collaborate with and start the conversation. Start small.

Susan Jarema: 00:23:47

Oh, I love it. Um, I we wouldn't be here today if

Susan Jarema: 00:23:50

it wasn't for collaboration, because this, this podcast, is a

Susan Jarema: 00:23:53

true collaboration. This is a little truism here. This is

Susan Jarema: 00:23:57

definitely stepping outside of my comfort zone. I'm a

Susan Jarema: 00:24:01

background person. I much prefer to be running things and project

Susan Jarema: 00:24:05

managing and watching my clients do all these great things and

Susan Jarema: 00:24:09

supporting them. And now here I am, you know, kind of hosting

Susan Jarema: 00:24:12

this podcast. I know there's going to be a lot of other hosts

Susan Jarema: 00:24:15

coming in as it goes along, because we've got lots of

Susan Jarema: 00:24:17

members of the community who are going to help and participate in

Susan Jarema: 00:24:20

this podcast. But definitely Kim you and you know Michelle, who

Susan Jarema: 00:24:24

you're going to meet later on. You guys have been a great

Susan Jarema: 00:24:27

support for me in my journey of stepping out of my my little

Susan Jarema: 00:24:31

quiet, you know, office shell, and trying to do something

Susan Jarema: 00:24:34

digitally, right? It's a different world we live in than

Susan Jarema: 00:24:38

when we grew up and this, you know, you got to learn and

Susan Jarema: 00:24:42

having people around you to give you comfort, to make you more

Susan Jarema: 00:24:45

comfortable in this, to learn new skills, to to inspire you,

Susan Jarema: 00:24:50

to support you, is is phenomenal. We just don't have

Susan Jarema: 00:24:53

to be doing this alone. Anyone listening here, you really don't

Susan Jarema: 00:24:57

have to do this alone. Just come, you know, come. Experience

Susan Jarema: 00:25:00

what collaboration is about. You know, meet some wonderful people

Susan Jarema: 00:25:03

in our community. Meet people in any place that you're going.

Susan Jarema: 00:25:06

It's all about finding the right people that align with your

Susan Jarema: 00:25:09

values. And Kim, I want to thank you so much for being here and

Susan Jarema: 00:25:12

everything you bring to the community. You are a grand

Susan Jarema: 00:25:16

example of what happens when connection leads to creation and

Susan Jarema: 00:25:19

collaboration. So how can people get a hold of you?

Kimberley Day: 00:25:23

Oh, that's awesome. Thanks, Susan, thanks

Kimberley Day: 00:25:26

for being the fearless leader and having this wonderful place

Kimberley Day: 00:25:30

where all of us entrepreneurs can come and do the connecting,

Kimberley Day: 00:25:34

the creating and the collab writing. If you are listening

Kimberley Day: 00:25:37

right now and you have a message inside of you, right? You have

Kimberley Day: 00:25:41

an idea for a book or an offer, or whatever it is that you're

Kimberley Day: 00:25:45

looking to bring to life. Come and join me, if you'd like.

Kimberley Day: 00:25:49

Inside of my free community, the Influential Entrepreneur

Kimberley Day: 00:25:52

Community, is completely free to join. You'll get access to our

Kimberley Day: 00:25:56

monthly 30 day challenges. So right now, if you're listening,

Kimberley Day: 00:26:00

it is December, and we are in the middle of our event advent

Kimberley Day: 00:26:04

calendar. But no matter whether you're listening in December or

Kimberley Day: 00:26:08

January or July, there is a 30 day challenge ready for you, a

Kimberley Day: 00:26:12

powerful momentum building experience that you can take one

Kimberley Day: 00:26:16

tiny little action every day towards your goals. Come inside,

Kimberley Day: 00:26:20

take the first step. It's completely free to join, and if

Kimberley Day: 00:26:23

you love it and want to stay, there's ways to do that too. So

Kimberley Day: 00:26:27

thanks so much for having me, Susan, it's been a pleasure

Kimberley Day: 00:26:31

being here with you today.

Susan Jarema: 00:26:33

Aw, thanks, Kim. And to our listeners, if you

Susan Jarema: 00:26:36

have an idea, a message or a story inside of you, take one

Susan Jarema: 00:26:40

small step this week, reach out to one person, start a

Susan Jarema: 00:26:44

conversation, see where it leads. In our next episode,

Susan Jarema: 00:26:47

we're going to explore your grand intro. This is one of your

Susan Jarema: 00:26:50

most powerful visibility tools that opens doors. It sparks

Susan Jarema: 00:26:54

conversations, and it sets the stage for collaboration. And

Susan Jarema: 00:26:57

remember, the next collaboration success story might be yours, so

Susan Jarema: 00:27:02

let's connect, create and collaborate together.