Episode 15
Gaming Guru to Female Entrepreneur Ally A Journey of Reinvention
Have you ever wondered how a broken neck could lead to a thriving career helping female entrepreneurs? Probably not .... Well let that question sink in for a moment because it is about to make sense in a moment.
In this eye-opening episode of La'Quita's Toolbox, I sit down with Philip Wride, a tech expert with an extraordinary journey from gaming enthusiast to empowering women in business.
Philip's story is nothing short of remarkable. From his early days as a 16-year-old entrepreneur in the burgeoning world of online gaming to surviving a life-altering rugby injury, his path has been anything but ordinary. But it's how he channeled these experiences into a mission to support female coaches and entrepreneurs that truly sets him apart.
A Journey of Resilience and Reinvention
Philip shares candidly about:
- His unexpected entry into entrepreneurship through online gaming communities
- The shocking moment he discovered he'd been living with a broken neck for seven weeks
- How personal setbacks led him to reevaluate his purpose and impact
Key Takeaways:
- The power of trusting your body and intuition in the face of adversity
- Why niching down can lead to more fulfilling and impactful work
- How to measure success beyond financial gain
Philip leaves us with two powerful insights that will resonate with entrepreneurs and dreamers alike. Don't miss his perspective on the relationship between happiness, freedom, and focused repetition.
Are you ready to tap into your own resilience and find your unique path to success?
This episode will inspire you to look at setbacks as opportunities and reconsider how you measure impact in your own life and business.
Connect with Philip:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipwride/
Website: https://www.chainedtochampion.com/
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Transcript
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Speaker:to realize your boldest dream. Welcome
Speaker:back to another amazing episode of
Speaker:Laquita's Toolbox. I am your host, Laquita
Speaker:Mondley, and I am absolutely excited to be
Speaker:with you guys once again. And I have a
Speaker:fabulous guest in studio with me today and
Speaker:his name is Philip. But before we get in
Speaker:and learn all of the great things about
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Speaker:know that Phillip is going to share some
Speaker:amazing tools in gems with us today that
Speaker:is going to help take our businesses and
Speaker:brands to the next level. But without
Speaker:further ado, welcome to Laquita's toolbox.
Speaker:Philip, how are you? I'm good, thank you,
Speaker:Laquita. It's great to be here. I'm
Speaker:looking forward to this conversation. Yes,
Speaker:I am super excited about that as well.
Speaker:Listen, I know about some of the wonderful
Speaker:things that you have been doing in this, I
Speaker:don't want to say e commerce space. I want
Speaker:to say just making money online. Since you
Speaker:were about 16 years old, you started out
Speaker:in gaming and kind of just went from
Speaker:there. Talk to us a little bit about your
Speaker:journey at 16. You were a young
Speaker:entrepreneur. I was a young entrepreneur,
Speaker:yes. So I started with playing video games
Speaker:online with friends from school. Now if we
Speaker:see stuff in the press today about esports
Speaker:and the competitions, it is a big
Speaker:business. It's a multi billion dollar
Speaker:business. But back in 2001, it was not the
Speaker:same. But it was fun, it was exciting, it
Speaker:was enjoyable. It was something new for
Speaker:me. So I spent pretty much all of my time
Speaker:in online communities, building
Speaker:relationships, playing with my friends
Speaker:from school. And that's what led me down
Speaker:that path of being an entrepreneur because
Speaker:it's like, oh, there's, there's things
Speaker:that I can learn, there's things that I
Speaker:can build, there's things that I can do.
Speaker:So you know, from an entrepreneurial
Speaker:perspective, I was building communities, I
Speaker:was writing news articles on some of the
Speaker:news sites, I was hosting my own events,
Speaker:hosting online and live physical events.
Speaker:So it's like, oh, you know, I just want to
Speaker:try and do everything within this space
Speaker:because it's so exciting. That led me to
Speaker:then buying and flipping websites again
Speaker:within this online gaming space. Selling
Speaker:advertising on them, acting as a broker
Speaker:for other community sites is like, guys, I
Speaker:can get you advertising, let's work
Speaker:together and I'll just take a percentage
Speaker:of that. So those were some of the early
Speaker:things that I did, helped me through
Speaker:university as well. So I had a normal job,
Speaker:retail job, going and selling electronics
Speaker:and computers and things in one of the
Speaker:retail stores in the UK. But then on the
Speaker:side I was doing all of this gaming stuff
Speaker:as well. You know, making a couple of
Speaker:extra. Bits inside was a whole lot more
Speaker:exciting than being in the shops selling
Speaker:these games. Absolutely. It was, yeah,
Speaker:because it was always changing as well.
Speaker:There were new games being released, new
Speaker:competitions for me to play in with my
Speaker:teammates. Yeah, it was, it was an
Speaker:exciting time. And that's a. I used to
Speaker:spend 5 hours, if not more a night
Speaker:practicing and being involved and having
Speaker:these conversations and a million chat
Speaker:windows open and getting involved in a
Speaker:space that was exciting because it was
Speaker:really new. Now take me back. You said
Speaker:that you started this journey at 16 and
Speaker:that was around what year again? 2001.
Speaker:See, that's really, really, I'm just
Speaker:thinking about it from a parent's
Speaker:perspective. I'm thinking to myself, what
Speaker:were my kids doing in 2001 and why weren't
Speaker:they to with some of this? But, but I do,
Speaker:I do have my middle son that's really into
Speaker:gaming and has been for a long time. And I
Speaker:remember as a parent thinking how in the
Speaker:world are you going to go to university
Speaker:for this and how are you going to make
Speaker:money? And now that's what he does. He's a
Speaker:beta tester for a lot of different gaming
Speaker:companies and making money, doing what he
Speaker:loves with the online community that he's
Speaker:cultivated. And I'm thinking, wow, never
Speaker:in a million years, you know, with growing
Speaker:up during the time frame that I grew up,
Speaker:would I have thought that playing duck
Speaker:hunt would eventually make money? Like.
Speaker:Yeah, great game there. I think it's one
Speaker:of those things. Yeah, it's. It's a
Speaker:generational shift. So, you know, for me,
Speaker:in those early years, yes, it was a
Speaker:struggle. The industry wasn't as developed
Speaker:as it is now. So it's great to hear that
Speaker:your son, you know, has been able to get a
Speaker:job in the industry. He's doing something
Speaker:that he enjoys for me back in those days,
Speaker:yeah, my parents were like, what are you
Speaker:doing? What are you doing with your time?
Speaker:Is this constructive? Could you be doing
Speaker:something else? And it wasn't until I then
Speaker:started to get media attention, you know,
Speaker:tv interviews, radio interviews, into the
Speaker:magazines and newspapers and things like
Speaker:that. They were like, okay, maybe there is
Speaker:something to this. Maybe we'll just give
Speaker:you a bit of grace and just see what
Speaker:happens. I would that I definitely can
Speaker:because we were often standing in the
Speaker:doorway of his room saying, what are you
Speaker:doing? And why aren't you doing something
Speaker:else? Until the job offers came, start
Speaker:coming. The contract started coming
Speaker:through and said, okay, this is great. But
Speaker:then in there, somewhere in there, you, in
Speaker:that journey, you had an accident, a bad
Speaker:accident that led to a shift into what
Speaker:you're doing now. Can you kind of walk us
Speaker:through that a little bit? Because I like
Speaker:what you were doing before, and I really
Speaker:like what you're doing now. Thank you. So
Speaker:what I'll do then is I'll sort of skip in
Speaker:sets of like ten years. So that was
Speaker:obviously the early entrepreneurial
Speaker:journey for me. That then led into setting
Speaker:up my first proper business out of
Speaker:university, doing consulting for brands,
Speaker:doing projects for them, doing events. Did
Speaker:that for a couple of years until the 2008
Speaker:financial crash closed that down, went
Speaker:through a couple of different jobs within
Speaker:the tech industry while still doing gaming
Speaker:stuff on the side. So there have been
Speaker:periods through my life where gaming has
Speaker:been front and center, and that's what
Speaker:I've been focusing on, and that's been the
Speaker:core of the business that I've had, or
Speaker:I've been working for somebody else and
Speaker:then doing the gaming stuff in the
Speaker:background. So I had that first business
Speaker:in 2008 and 2009. Fast forward a little
Speaker:bit. I then had a tech startup myself in
Speaker:2015. That was a mobile app for engaging
Speaker:fans of the gaming teams and the events,
Speaker:because that was a space I was still in
Speaker:the involved in, started well, tailed off.
Speaker:You know, the two teams that I got on
Speaker:board, first, they were loving it. They
Speaker:were seeing their fans engaged because we
Speaker:had a match predictor and giveaways and
Speaker:contents and all that sort of stuff. And
Speaker:then both of those teams got acquired by
Speaker:sports teams in the US, so one of them got
Speaker:acquired by the Philadelphia 76 ers, and
Speaker:then they were like, yeah, we don't want a
Speaker:mobile strategy right now. So there's me
Speaker:trying to build a tech startup, and
Speaker:suddenly the two main clients that I've
Speaker:got disappear because they've been
Speaker:acquired. And I'm like, this is not really
Speaker:what I was aiming for. So I tried to keep
Speaker:it going, but I had to eventually make
Speaker:that decision to close it down. So there
Speaker:have been highs and lows on the
Speaker:entrepreneurial journey. But you mentioned
Speaker:the injury. Yeah. Fast forward a little
Speaker:bit more. January 2020. I broke my neck
Speaker:playing rugby and I didn't know it was
Speaker:broken for seven weeks. Wait a minute, how
Speaker:does that work? So, I. I've never broken
Speaker:my neck, but I would think that. Talk me
Speaker:through it, because I need to process what
Speaker:you just said. You said seven weeks? Yeah.
Speaker:So I was playing rugby, so the position I
Speaker:was playing was almost like the last line
Speaker:of defense, and my job was to stop the
Speaker:opponent's scoring and I was lining
Speaker:somebody up, so to try and make a tackle.
Speaker:So, you know, if you're an american
Speaker:football fan, there are some similarities.
Speaker:You know, you in american football, you're
Speaker:almost either trying to intercept or dive
Speaker:on your opponent to stop them running.
Speaker:Similar sort of thing. If you were the
Speaker:last line of defense. Kind of sounds like
Speaker:the position. My youngest son plays
Speaker:american football, and he's what you would
Speaker:call a corner. And so if the quarterback
Speaker:has thrown a long pass, the person that's
Speaker:going to catch it is the wide receiver. Or
Speaker:if a runner has gotten loose and he's
Speaker:like, if they get past him, there's nobody
Speaker:else back there to stop them. Exactly the
Speaker:same sort of thing. So one of the opposing
Speaker:players broke through our line, so the
Speaker:only thing standing between him and
Speaker:scoring was me. So I tried to line him up
Speaker:to make the tackle and take him down. I
Speaker:got my head in the wrong position, so his
Speaker:thigh went straight into my face, twisted
Speaker:my head slightly, and we were both then
Speaker:laid out on the ground. I got up, stumbled
Speaker:to the touchline. It was actually the last
Speaker:play of the game, and it's silly because
Speaker:we'd already lost the game, but I was
Speaker:still trying to make the tackle because
Speaker:that was my job. Yeah. So I did it. I
Speaker:stopped him from scoring, but in the
Speaker:process took us both out, we both laid on
Speaker:the turf. It was like, we definitely felt
Speaker:that he was groggy, I was groggy, and I
Speaker:couldn't move my head or my neck, but it
Speaker:just felt stiff, as if I'd done a really
Speaker:hard gym session and pulled all of the
Speaker:muscles. So I then drove home, unable to
Speaker:move my head, which was an interesting
Speaker:experience. Cause I had to use my eyes to
Speaker:try and look in my wing mirrors to see
Speaker:where the traffic was. Actually turned my
Speaker:head. Like, if you guys could see my face,
Speaker:you would be completely laughing out loud
Speaker:right now. And so, to be fair to myself,
Speaker:I'm thinking about this as an american
Speaker:driver who has driven in the UK. I lived
Speaker:in the UK for about two and a half years,
Speaker:and I'm thinking to myself, how did he do
Speaker:that? That's very awkward. Like, I mean,
Speaker:even driving here out of. I can't imagine.
Speaker:But you got. You made it home safely.
Speaker:Yeah, well, so I'm actually in Dubai, so
Speaker:the traffic system over here is a lot.
Speaker:It's much similar to the US system in
Speaker:terms of the lights and the signals,
Speaker:driving on the same side of the road. I'm
Speaker:glad I wasn't in the UK, because in the UK
Speaker:you have lots of narrow roads and the
Speaker:roundabout, I'm. Thinking, how are you
Speaker:going to all. Of those sorts of things?
Speaker:Yeah. So I was fortunate in that respect.
Speaker:But, yeah, it was a difficult drive. It
Speaker:was a 40 minutes drive to get home, so it
Speaker:was really slow, really steady, trying not
Speaker:to make any errors because I didn't want
Speaker:to make anything worse. So I managed to
Speaker:get home, slept on it, then went and got a
Speaker:soft collar from the pharmacy, started
Speaker:wearing that, and the club that I was a
Speaker:member of had access to a physio. So I
Speaker:said, okay, let's go to the physio. I just
Speaker:feel like this is just really stiff. I've
Speaker:just pulled everything because of the
Speaker:impact. If I go to the physio, they'll be
Speaker:able to, you know, stick their thumbs in
Speaker:and ease bits off and it'll all be fine.
Speaker:And I did that for seven weeks. And then
Speaker:the physio went. It's not really doing
Speaker:anything. Maybe you should go and get some
Speaker:scans. So I went to the hospital and the
Speaker:consultant said, congratulations, you've
Speaker:broken your neck. Here's what we want to
Speaker:do. We want to do about probably maybe
Speaker:three to 6 hours worth of surgery. So
Speaker:we'll go in from the front because we want
Speaker:to put a plate and screws in. So we'll go
Speaker:in from the front and we'll do that for a
Speaker:couple of hours, and then we'll sew that
Speaker:up and we'll turn you over, and then we'll
Speaker:go in from the back and we'll do the same
Speaker:sort of thing and make sure that
Speaker:everything's tightened up and then you'll
Speaker:be good to go. And I was like, no, I don't
Speaker:want that surgery. It sounds horrible and
Speaker:I can't afford it. Wow. So I walked out
Speaker:and I left it and put faith in myself that
Speaker:my body was strong enough to heal, to heal
Speaker:itself. So we should have another podcast
Speaker:just about that, because that right there
Speaker:is a powerful story. You broke your neck
Speaker:playing rugby. You didn't realize for
Speaker:seven weeks that it was broken. And then
Speaker:you made an amazing decision after seeking
Speaker:medical assistance, finding out,
Speaker:confirming, yes, the neck is broken, they
Speaker:give you their professional opinions on
Speaker:what need to be done. And then you said to
Speaker:yourself, I'm not going to do that. Yeah,
Speaker:I'm not going to do that. And I'm going to
Speaker:have faith and trust and believe that my
Speaker:body will properly heal itself. And so I'm
Speaker:just going to step out here on a limb and
Speaker:say, obviously it did do that. Or is there
Speaker:some more pieces to that? Yeah. So this
Speaker:was just before COVID so we can go talk
Speaker:about the COVID situation as well. Going
Speaker:through that, obviously had the soft
Speaker:collar a lot of the time. It was. There's
Speaker:not much else I can do now. I'm putting
Speaker:the faith in my body. You know, I'll feed
Speaker:it, I'll try and get the rest. I'll do all
Speaker:those things that it's going to need to
Speaker:support it whilst I was dealing with COVID
Speaker:and the lockdowns and trying to keep the
Speaker:business going. But 18 months after that
Speaker:initial consultation, I went to get
Speaker:another set of scans because, yes, things
Speaker:had eased off. I could start to move my
Speaker:head and neck again. After a couple of
Speaker:months, I was like, okay, this is okay now
Speaker:I feel generally okay. So, yes, I still
Speaker:waited 18 months because of the lockdowns
Speaker:and financial situations and things like
Speaker:that, to go and get another set of scans.
Speaker:Different consultant, another specialist
Speaker:who had worked with a lot of sports
Speaker:injuries, so was aware of this sort of
Speaker:thing. He'd done some research because I
Speaker:actually went to a sports physio in the
Speaker:hospital who had worked with some of the
Speaker:professional team. So he'd worked with,
Speaker:like, the south african rugby team. Okay,
Speaker:he was south african. So again, had that
Speaker:understanding and appreciation of the type
Speaker:of injuries that you get playing rugby or
Speaker:that can happen. So he referred me into
Speaker:this sort of spinal consultants who did
Speaker:some research, and then when I sat down in
Speaker:front of him, he was like, I could not
Speaker:find any stories like yours. Normally,
Speaker:people wait three weeks and get surgery. I
Speaker:couldn't find anybody silly enough to not
Speaker:have surgery. So I was like, okay, well,
Speaker:that's a good start. So tell me about the
Speaker:scans that we've just done. It was like,
Speaker:what a way to. It's a miracle because your
Speaker:body has grown new bone around the brake.
Speaker:You have the range of movements and the
Speaker:strength as if nothing had happened. Wow.
Speaker:The only slight niggle is that because of
Speaker:the impact and, you know, his thigh went
Speaker:straight into my face and turned my head
Speaker:slightly. My head, yes. Is not now
Speaker:centered. It is twisted slightly to the
Speaker:right, and that means that it's impinging
Speaker:the nerve. So I get some sharp shooting
Speaker:pains in my right shoulder and into my
Speaker:right chest every now and again. But apart
Speaker:from that, it's all fine. Wow. So my body
Speaker:has been able to heal that break, and I've
Speaker:got pictures of the scans, and you can see
Speaker:what's a normal vertebrae, what's mine,
Speaker:where it's grown new bone around that
Speaker:break. Wow. Like, you have to be an
Speaker:interesting case study, medical case study
Speaker:for that. Wow. And it's hard to leave that
Speaker:story and go into what you're doing now,
Speaker:because my mind is just racing, but I'm
Speaker:gonna do. I'm gonna be disciplined, and
Speaker:I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it because
Speaker:that was a significant piece that led you
Speaker:to the current journey that you're on and
Speaker:how you're helping female entrepreneurs,
Speaker:but still within the tech space. Talk to
Speaker:us about that transition. Yeah. So that
Speaker:injury and the lockdowns and losing 50% of
Speaker:my business because of COVID and not being
Speaker:able to do events and things. I got to a
Speaker:point in 2021 and started my own personal
Speaker:development journey of, I need to make
Speaker:some changes here. There's got to be more
Speaker:to life than this. I've just survived the
Speaker:injury, just survived Covid. What happens
Speaker:next? So started personal developments.
Speaker:First course that I took, it was a YouTube
Speaker:video. I was watching a YouTube video.
Speaker:There was an advert that came up for a
Speaker:course. I was like, what have I got to
Speaker:lose? Okay. Clicked it, bought it, started
Speaker:it. And one of the first questions was
Speaker:like, so what impact and contribution have
Speaker:you made and what's going to be said at
Speaker:your funeral? And it's like, ah, that's
Speaker:not quite what I was expecting from this
Speaker:course, but yes, it's, it's an interesting
Speaker:question and I think that's one of the
Speaker:biggest catalysts. Yes, I. Obviously the
Speaker:injury started me thinking there's got to
Speaker:be more, put everything else in a
Speaker:different light. The work that I'd been
Speaker:doing, the business that I had, is like,
Speaker:there's no impact to contribution there.
Speaker:So I started asking myself how can I use
Speaker:my skills and experience and what I've
Speaker:done, whether it's in gaming or in tech?
Speaker:So for the next year I actually focused on
Speaker:the gaming stuff. So I started creating
Speaker:resources at maths resources based on
Speaker:video games for young kids because my
Speaker:partner is a teacher. So I created maths
Speaker:resources based on Roblox and Minecraft
Speaker:and FIFA and Fortnight and among us, you
Speaker:know, those sorts of games that are
Speaker:popular at the five to twelve year age
Speaker:brackets. But then there are a couple of
Speaker:things that happened on the back of that.
Speaker:So, you know, I wrote the first book.
Speaker:First book led to the second book. And
Speaker:then now I. After doing some work within
Speaker:that space and helping a couple of people,
Speaker:I believe the universe has a plan based on
Speaker:everything that's happened to me. And I
Speaker:got to that point where there were several
Speaker:people coming up and almost slapping me in
Speaker:the face. Metaphorical slapping me in the
Speaker:face. Not actually physically because that
Speaker:would be quite painful. But it's like,
Speaker:Phil, you've got skills and experience
Speaker:here that you can use to help people. Why
Speaker:are you nothing doing that? And this was
Speaker:all the tech stuff because I've been doing
Speaker:it for 20 years. I was like, I'm not sure
Speaker:I want to do that. But I got to that point
Speaker:of realizing it's like what you don't want
Speaker:to do is what you're currently doing. It's
Speaker:not necessarily the tech that's the issue,
Speaker:it's how you are using it and who you are
Speaker:serving. That's real good. If you change
Speaker:that, you can use those skills and
Speaker:experience, you reframe it and actually it
Speaker:becomes a very different experience. So
Speaker:now I am focusing on supporting
Speaker:predominantly female coaches because I am
Speaker:a coach myself. I have a book, I have a
Speaker:course, all that sort of stuff. So it's
Speaker:helping female coaches with their sales
Speaker:pages, their email automations, their tech
Speaker:systems, so that they don't have to worry
Speaker:about all of that because that's my
Speaker:superpower. And so that they can then
Speaker:spend their time serving their clients.
Speaker:How having more impact, having that time
Speaker:with family and friends and doing all the
Speaker:things that they want to do rather than
Speaker:spending 90 million hour fighting with
Speaker:pieces of software and trying to get them
Speaker:to work because that's not a good use of
Speaker:their time. It is not. And it gives. So I
Speaker:was the individual that did that and it
Speaker:was no fun at all and counterproductive.
Speaker:It does not save money. It actually costs
Speaker:a ton of money to try to diy it. If you're
Speaker:not already tech savvy. Yeah, I say some
Speaker:people, they want to take it on themselves
Speaker:because they enjoy that journey of trying
Speaker:to learn and piece things together.
Speaker:Others, you know, you've probably been in
Speaker:this experience yourself. Sometimes you'll
Speaker:pay for speed, you'll pay for somebody
Speaker:else's expertise because they can do it
Speaker:for you and do it in a way that would
Speaker:potentially be far beyond what you could
Speaker:get to in a reasonable space of time.
Speaker:Because like anything, there are levels of
Speaker:learning. You know, I can't be a superstar
Speaker:athlete overnight. That would take a lot
Speaker:of training, but I can get a coach to
Speaker:support me in if, you know, if that's one
Speaker:of the things I wanted to do. I could
Speaker:eventually get there with support, but
Speaker:doing it on my own, chances are I would
Speaker:never get there. Would never get there.
Speaker:Would never get there. Because most, most
Speaker:successful individuals have a coach and a
Speaker:mentor. And a lot of super successful
Speaker:individuals have coaches in different
Speaker:areas that have different areas of
Speaker:expertise that help them in just, you
Speaker:know, one area of their life or one area
Speaker:of their business. And so, yeah, having
Speaker:someone on that journey with you is a key
Speaker:to, I don't want to say a key to rapid
Speaker:success. I'll say a key to sustainable
Speaker:success where it's not a one off, you
Speaker:know, situation, but it's something that
Speaker:sustains and continues to grow. And so
Speaker:you've, you've stepped into that space of
Speaker:teaching female coaches or helping female
Speaker:coaches or female entrepreneurs with their
Speaker:tech. And I think I asked you this in the
Speaker:1000% positive I did. How did you tap into
Speaker:the power of female entrepreneurs? Like,
Speaker:we are an amazing group in and of
Speaker:ourselves and so how did you get to that
Speaker:place where you identified that we have,
Speaker:that we are the niche that has the need
Speaker:and understands that we have the need?
Speaker:Great question. I mean, you've partially
Speaker:answered it that because you're an amazing
Speaker:group. So there are three reasons. The
Speaker:first is my mum. So she has been an
Speaker:entrepreneur herself. She's had her own
Speaker:businesses over the years as well as
Speaker:corporate jobs. And I have built at least
Speaker:four websites for either her businesses or
Speaker:her employers. So every time that she's in
Speaker:that situation, she's like, Phil, I know
Speaker:you've got the experience here. Can you
Speaker:help me? And, like, of course I can. So
Speaker:I've already got that experience of
Speaker:working with, you know, female
Speaker:entrepreneurs, if we use that term. The
Speaker:second reason, more recently, I have
Speaker:helped a couple of female coaches. So
Speaker:building their sales funnels, building
Speaker:their automations, helping them piece the
Speaker:different bits together so that, again,
Speaker:they can then take the next step up their
Speaker:business. And the third reason is energy.
Speaker:Now, that may sound silly coming from a
Speaker:guy, but when I released my book, when I
Speaker:started putting content out, the
Speaker:conversations that I have at events, it's
Speaker:been the ladies who have connected with
Speaker:that. The majority of the reviews on my
Speaker:book are from women, the majority of
Speaker:comments on my content from women. So I'm
Speaker:leaning into that, say, there must be
Speaker:something about my style other than the
Speaker:fact that I still look 16. But, you know,
Speaker:it's probably not that. You can add that
Speaker:to it because you look quite young. Thank
Speaker:you. Yeah, I turn 40 in October, so I'm
Speaker:not sure I'm quite looking like that yet,
Speaker:but just that energy. I find it much
Speaker:easier to have conversations, work with
Speaker:women because the energy is very
Speaker:different. You know, I've been in a rugby
Speaker:situation, playing in teams, and felt like
Speaker:the outsider because I didn't want to go
Speaker:drinking all night. I wasn't full of
Speaker:bravado. You know, that's just not me.
Speaker:Yes, obviously there is some masculinity
Speaker:there, but from an energy perspective, I
Speaker:just find it's a much better connection
Speaker:with women. Yeah, there tons of
Speaker:masculinity. Not to say that there aren't
Speaker:female rugby players, but I believe their
Speaker:male energies are. You know, the masculine
Speaker:energies are quite higher than. I don't
Speaker:mind watching american football or rugby,
Speaker:but I don't want to play it. I enjoy
Speaker:watching american football. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker:but I don't want to play it. Like, my
Speaker:husband and my sons, they played it. They
Speaker:love it. I want to play it, but then have
Speaker:some friends that love playing female
Speaker:football. So. But, yeah, that. That. For
Speaker:you to have that journey and. And say
Speaker:that, okay, it started with the help that
Speaker:you were able to give your mom, not only
Speaker:in her entrepreneurial journey, but, you
Speaker:know, because you are so great at what you
Speaker:do. The companies and her corporate
Speaker:careers have noticed that and said, hey,
Speaker:we want him to. And now that you've
Speaker:written a book, you've done the courses,
Speaker:and obviously you're a person that
Speaker:understands looking at the data, and as
Speaker:you look back at the data, you saw that
Speaker:your ideal audience was turning out to be
Speaker:female entrepreneurs. And not only were
Speaker:they loving what you were putting out, but
Speaker:you were also benefiting from the energy
Speaker:being in that place. Because I read a post
Speaker:that you did on LinkedIn recently where
Speaker:you were speaking about how you had to
Speaker:fire one of your biggest clients. That's
Speaker:scary. And, yep, it's amazing that you had
Speaker:that walk, that that walk away power with
Speaker:that. But being able to be in that, being
Speaker:able to be confident enough in who you are
Speaker:and what you do, that you can do that and
Speaker:say that, okay, that same type of
Speaker:confidence that you had to walk away from
Speaker:that very high paying client is the same
Speaker:type of confidence for me, is what I'm
Speaker:hearing that you had when you said, okay,
Speaker:I've identified this audience, and this is
Speaker:the audience that makes me feel good about
Speaker:the work that I do. So I want to continue
Speaker:to work with them. That's kind of what I'm
Speaker:feeling. What I'm feeling here. Or am I
Speaker:off? No, absolutely. I think it's. It's
Speaker:answering that question internally. What
Speaker:feels right. Can I go and work with guys?
Speaker:Absolutely. Would it be a very different
Speaker:experience? Probably. Would it be
Speaker:something that I would feel 100%
Speaker:comfortable doing? Probably not. I've
Speaker:worked in tech generally. That's a guy,
Speaker:heavy industry. I've already been in those
Speaker:spaces. The changes that I've made in my
Speaker:own life, the experiences that I've had,
Speaker:it's like, okay, what can I see myself
Speaker:doing for the next 20 years? Who is it
Speaker:that I want to help? And that's where it's
Speaker:like, yes, I am going super specific with
Speaker:what feels comfortable. Five years down
Speaker:the line, something else may change, and
Speaker:we'll see what happens then. But for right
Speaker:now, this is what feels right. Just to
Speaker:expand on that a little bit, it's not just
Speaker:about the tech. The tech is the first
Speaker:thing, because that's the skills and
Speaker:experience that I've got. But it's about
Speaker:helping them have that impact. Because if
Speaker:I can help them have impact, I'm able to
Speaker:have indirect impact, which helps me
Speaker:answer the question that I got asked on
Speaker:that first personal development course. So
Speaker:that's where I'm looking and say, you know
Speaker:what? Maybe I only work with 100. If I
Speaker:work with 100, I can work with them more
Speaker:closely. I can support them with more than
Speaker:just the tech. I can support them with all
Speaker:of the ups and downs of the business.
Speaker:Experiences that I've had over the years
Speaker:and help them to have more impact. That's
Speaker:good. That's real good. So in that
Speaker:statement, I'm just really hearing a
Speaker:person that has a heart to serve. When you
Speaker:took that course, and that question was
Speaker:there, it impacted you in such a way that
Speaker:not to say that you didn't have a heart of
Speaker:service before, because you obviously did.
Speaker:That's the reason why that question was so
Speaker:powerful for you. And now what I hear you
Speaker:saying is not only are you understanding
Speaker:that the spending power of the female
Speaker:entrepreneur in that we will invest in the
Speaker:things that we know that we need to make,
Speaker:you know, to be sustainable and to scale,
Speaker:but you're also saying that you are
Speaker:willing to not only just niche it down,
Speaker:but to be specific and keep a smaller
Speaker:group of clients so that you'll be in a
Speaker:better position to serve them in a more
Speaker:holistic manner outside of tech. Yes,
Speaker:absolutely. Yes. To give you some examples
Speaker:of, you know, what I'm thinking for here
Speaker:is, like, I want to have my own live
Speaker:events that are related to the book. Okay.
Speaker:Because, you know, I have a model and a
Speaker:framework for helping people find more
Speaker:freedom in their life. That's what the
Speaker:book is about. But. But if I have this,
Speaker:you know, almost inner circle of female
Speaker:coaches or entrepreneurs that I'm working
Speaker:with, well, then I. There's a platform for
Speaker:them to be a guest speaker, join me on
Speaker:those events, promote themselves. You
Speaker:know, it then becomes about more than just
Speaker:the tech I can come in, you know, first
Speaker:and foremost, yes, let's get that all set
Speaker:up because it can support you in growing
Speaker:your business. But once that's all done,
Speaker:what else can I help you with? How else
Speaker:can I help you grow and expand what it is
Speaker:that you're doing so you can have more
Speaker:impact? Wow. Wow. So you. You really have
Speaker:a heart for your clients to grow
Speaker:personally and professionally, and you're
Speaker:willing to give more of yourself to help
Speaker:them do that because. So it sounds like
Speaker:you're saying that the biggest win for you
Speaker:is not the income that you earn from
Speaker:helping the clients, but it's the joy that
Speaker:you receive when you see them hit their
Speaker:marks. Yeah. And that's the whole thing.
Speaker:The systems can help you do that because
Speaker:you can measure it. You get the data, you
Speaker:can see what's working and what's not. You
Speaker:can start to tweak things and you can see
Speaker:that progression. And for me, that's one
Speaker:of the key things because it's. Then I can
Speaker:look and go. The time that I have spent
Speaker:has been beneficial. I have helped people.
Speaker:I can see that there is a return there,
Speaker:aside from the financial stuff, because,
Speaker:yes, we all love that. Helps pay the bills
Speaker:and keep the lights on. Absolutely. But
Speaker:it's about, I can see that this person,
Speaker:they've grown their business, they've
Speaker:changed their family's life, they've
Speaker:impacted their clients. That is what it's
Speaker:all about. Wow. That is wonderful. That is
Speaker:wonderful. Listen, I know that people are
Speaker:sitting here taking notes and just being
Speaker:in awe of your story and your journey that
Speaker:you were able to share with us today. But
Speaker:look, I need you to tell them, how can the
Speaker:Laquita's toolbox audience connect with
Speaker:you and reach out to you to find out more
Speaker:about the services that you provide? So
Speaker:two of the main ways, you know, if you're
Speaker:a fan of social media and having those
Speaker:conversations, Facebook and LinkedIn are
Speaker:my main two platforms. I do have profiles
Speaker:elsewhere, but they're nothing, not as
Speaker:active. I don't feel comfortable with
Speaker:them. And then there are a couple of other
Speaker:resources. So aside from the tech stuff,
Speaker:because that is more of a conversation to
Speaker:understand where you are, what you're
Speaker:currently using, all that sort of stuff,
Speaker:there is a free resource that are created
Speaker:in relation to the book. So if you're an
Speaker:audio listener and you enjoy that, whether
Speaker:while you're walking or sitting in the
Speaker:park or driving to work. I've recorded a
Speaker:three episode mini podcast, about 15
Speaker:minutes each episode, and it takes people
Speaker:through the core contents of my book. So
Speaker:the first episode is helping people
Speaker:understand the twelve chains that hold us
Speaker:back. So relationships, fear, perception,
Speaker:the things that I have realized in my own
Speaker:life were holding me back, which is why I
Speaker:wrote the book. The second episode is
Speaker:okay, which are the easiest ones to break
Speaker:free of, and what does that mean for us?
Speaker:The third episode is the four steps you
Speaker:can take to break free of those chains. So
Speaker:that is free and available people can, you
Speaker:know, just stick in an email address and
Speaker:you'll get access to those three episodes.
Speaker:You join the mailing list, and then you
Speaker:can get random thoughts from me about
Speaker:what's going on in my life. And again,
Speaker:using tech to improve your businesses and
Speaker:all that sort of stuff, unsubscribe at any
Speaker:time, that's fine. I don't hold it against
Speaker:anybody. I said, you know, some people
Speaker:connect with me and feel my energy or my
Speaker:style is great. Others don't. That's just
Speaker:the way the world works. So if anybody is
Speaker:listening. And they do want access to
Speaker:that. It's available@threelifesecrets.com.
Speaker:so it's a number three. And then the words
Speaker:life secrets.com. So that's
Speaker:threelifesecrets.com. guys, make sure you
Speaker:check the show notes because that link
Speaker:will be available in the show notes. And
Speaker:go ahead, sign up. Get the, get the audio
Speaker:tracks, get the podcast miniseries, and
Speaker:listen. Give it a good listen through.
Speaker:Because what I found is in this journey,
Speaker:especially for personal growth, the more
Speaker:positive things that I can feed from, eat
Speaker:from, if I can say it in that manner, have
Speaker:deposited into me. It helps me to come one
Speaker:step closer to being the version of myself
Speaker:that I want to be in that season, you
Speaker:know, because we grow continuously, at
Speaker:least we should be growing continuously.
Speaker:And as I increase in my personal growth
Speaker:journey, that the byproduct of that is
Speaker:success in my professional life, when I'm
Speaker:growing personally, it gives me what I
Speaker:need to grow professionally. Those two
Speaker:things synergistically work together. And
Speaker:so you will have the poc, you'll have the
Speaker:in the show notes, the link to the podcast
Speaker:mini series, connect with Philip, also on
Speaker:LinkedIn and on Facebook. I'm not
Speaker:connected with him on Facebook because I,
Speaker:LinkedIn is my preferred platform, but his
Speaker:LinkedIn is pretty awesome as well. It's
Speaker:some podcasts out there. He's got some
Speaker:great things in his feature section. So
Speaker:make sure you get out to LinkedIn and
Speaker:connect with him and follow him, because
Speaker:the content that he does release on that
Speaker:platform is pretty darn awesome. I have
Speaker:enjoyed the bits that I've gone through so
Speaker:far, so I feel that you guys will as well.
Speaker:But before we wrap this up, Philip, is
Speaker:there any last thoughts that you would
Speaker:like to leave with the Laquita's toolbox
Speaker:audience? I'll leave you with a quote from
Speaker:my book. In fact, actually, I'll ask a
Speaker:question. Will you permit me to give two?
Speaker:Because I feel that they're connected, but
Speaker:they're both valuable. Yes. Go. Right.
Speaker:Okay, so the first is that happiness is a
Speaker:state of mind. Freedom is a way of living.
Speaker:Okay, so that's the first thought. I love
Speaker:that. Say that one more time. Say it real
Speaker:loud for the people in the back. Happiness
Speaker:is a state of mind. Freedom is a way of
Speaker:living. Okay, so that's the first thing.
Speaker:The second thing. And again, it goes back
Speaker:to what I've written in the book. I took
Speaker:the word freedom because that's important
Speaker:to me. Freedom has always been my highest
Speaker:level of value. That's why I've been an
Speaker:entrepreneur for so long. And I looked at
Speaker:each of the letters, I was like, can I
Speaker:create a memorable phrase that's easy for
Speaker:me to remember that, you know, I can stick
Speaker:on the wall next to me when I'm working
Speaker:and all those sorts of things. And it's
Speaker:like, yes, I found something. So the word
Speaker:freedom, I changed into the phrase
Speaker:focused. Repetition enables experiences,
Speaker:desires, opportunities, and money. Wow. So
Speaker:say that one more time. Freedom is
Speaker:focused. Repetition enables experiences,
Speaker:desires, opportunities, and money. Love
Speaker:that. I absolutely love both of those
Speaker:things. Look, y'all, y'all should have
Speaker:wrote that down. But if you did not write
Speaker:that down, don't worry. This is a podcast.
Speaker:Hit rewind. Listen to this episode again.
Speaker:Make sure you're taking copious notes, and
Speaker:by all means, those last two points.
Speaker:Because, you know, repetition is the key
Speaker:to knowledge. I'm gonna have you to give
Speaker:me those last two points one more time in
Speaker:case somebody was like, he went through
Speaker:too fast, give it to him one more time.
Speaker:So, the first is that happiness is a state
Speaker:of mind, and we can manage that. Freedom
Speaker:is a way of living, how we want to use our
Speaker:time, what we put our energy into. And
Speaker:then the second thing is that the word
Speaker:freedom can be thought of as a phrase. So
Speaker:each letter. The FDA is for focused. So
Speaker:focused. Repetition enables experiences,
Speaker:desires, opportunities, and money. Wow.
Speaker:Wow. Listen, y'all, on that note, we're
Speaker:going to end this episode of Laquita's
Speaker:toolbox. Connect with Philip on his social
Speaker:media platforms, on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Speaker:If you are not already subscribed to the
Speaker:Laquita's toolbox podcast, go ahead and
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