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Unlocking Business Transformation Through Small Changes with Yvonne McCoy · The One Small Change Podcast

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  Welcome to the kickoff episode of the One Small Change. I
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  am so thrilled to be sharing this with you on your
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  journey of exploration and transformation.
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  I'm your host, Yvonne McCoy, and I bring with me
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  almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience.
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  And, you know, I started out with, I have an MBA, and
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  I started out in in corporate. I moved then
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  to a more entrepreneurial position with a big company.
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  And one of the things that I learned with these things is, you know,
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  we all may have the same goals, but there are lots of ways to get
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  there. And we all have a
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  passion for growth and having an impact
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  on the people around us. And what I learned is
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  that one of the most important things you can do is to do it your
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  way with the thing that you're the uniqueest about.
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  So I wanna help you in this entrepreneurial journey to
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  find ways that one small change can have a huge impact on
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  your business because it isn't always the big flashy, shiny
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  things that you get into that are really gonna have the biggest
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  impact. So every week, we're gonna explore some of the most
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  incredibly small changes, through
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  honest conversations with fellow entrepreneurs, and they're gonna show you
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  how a small unexpected or insignificant change
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  sparked remarkable transformation and growth in their life, both
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  personally and professionally.
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  Inspiration. Exploration and your inspiration.
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  So the way that I got
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  here, where it
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  actually really started, was that I got fired.
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  And for the first time in my life, my slate was
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  totally clean. It was empty. And, you know, I actually
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  remember, thinking, I don't have a job. I
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  don't have a title. I don't have a paycheck. I have nothing
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  to know. What am I gonna do? And
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  so I sat and thought, well, you know, this could be an
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  opportunity. I don't have to treat try to keep building on what
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  I already have. I could actually change directions and go in a
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  totally different direction. And
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  so I decided that I would volunteer. I
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  always wanted to teach, reading to adults because
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  I I I found it inspiring that people were
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  willing to face up to, you know, a struggle that they have and wanna
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  try to solve it. And the short version of it was I was not
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  very good at it. And the reason that I probably wanted to teach, you
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  know, reading was because I couldn't read as a kid and somebody took the
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  time to help me to overcome my challenge. I was not
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  good at that. But what I was good at was I
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  was very good in workforce development,
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  And I was very good at kind of being a
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  translator because they had grants that they had to give away to
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  businesses, but they couldn't seem to make them understand the
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  value of them because they would say, we can increase the reading level of
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  your people. And, you know, they were like, we don't want we don't care about
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  their reading level. We want them to stop making mistakes.
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  And so I was able to go in and say, look, guys. Here
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  here here's what we've got. You've got problems that need to be solved
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  because people are not understanding instructions or not following
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  instructions and not using initiative. If they were
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  able to read better, a lot of this would be fixed. So,
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  you know, the grant is free, but you've gotta invest in this.
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  And suddenly, we had more people taking up the offer than ever
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  before. And so I found that I was kind of a translator,
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  between the experiences the 2 different experiences. And
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  so that's what I like entrepreneurs to be able to see.
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  I had a unique ability to be able
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  to straddle both worlds, and so became incredibly
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  successful at that. And what I want you to see is the thing that you
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  think is weird, and that's usually the thing that your parents tell you
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  not to do, or you've always done that with a, you know, a a
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  sigh of disgust. That is probably the thing that
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  will make you incredibly profitable and
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  incredibly unique so that you have a niche and people
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  high priced clients will be willing to pay for your
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  services. So just imagine if you
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  could find what that was, what or a small change in your business that
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  could shatter some barriers, streamline some
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  processes, or even, you know, propel you
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  to higher levels of success, what would that feel like? What
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  would that be like? So over my years of experience, I've learned
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  that the beginning of that is changing lifelong beliefs
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  that that keep you from uniquely impacting the world. And the
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  key is, you know, that's the key to unlocking
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  the success that you never imagined.
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  I think through this podcast, we're gonna hear from entrepreneurs who experience
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  these these kinds of changes. And I aim to ignite your
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  imagination and empower you so you can amplify your
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  impact on the world and do it faster.
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  So what's your bold vision for change? What hurdles stand
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  in your way? So let's see what we can do together to uncover
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  those missing pieces that can catalyze your business and your
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  dreams to unparalleled excellence. And here's the
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  exciting part. You don't have to do this alone.
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  Every week, I'm gonna sit down with entrepreneurs who've who've cracked the
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  code to, you know, finding ways to
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  do this and and have shifts and transformations
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  that have impacted their business and life in unexpected ways.
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  And I have to tell you that with change comes unexpected consequences.
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  And so it is really good to have somebody to share this journey
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  with and how you do it so that you don't have to make
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  the mistakes that they made and you can get through it a lot
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  faster. And as a first step, I need to make sure that
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  you subscribe and share and engage in the podcast
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  because we want to supercharge your business through connection. And
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  it's my way of giving back to this community and fueling your quest
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  for growth and impact. So
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  let me tell you a little bit more about the show because it's gonna be
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  kinda wide ranging. The theme is gonna be the same. So we're gonna
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  have people who are going to, help you with
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  how the small change that happened in their business. They're gonna teach
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  you about. Other people are gonna teach you about,
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  how a small change in your health can help your business. Other
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  people are gonna talk about how you look and how you present
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  yourself. And so there are gonna be a lot of different categories
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  that impact you because you are a whole person.
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  This is what I wanna tell you. You know, too many times
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  people try to split you into 2 people. You know, you've got your business persona
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  and you've got your personal persona. My personal belief
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  is that you're one person. And in order for you to be effective
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  and have impact, the things that you do should've you should
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  be able to use them both. So the way that I'm not telling
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  you, the person that's gonna talk to you about how you present yourself
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  is not gonna say you have to present yourself this way for business and this
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  way for for your personal life. There are
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  people who are gonna talk to you about how your
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  health is the fuels your energy for your
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  business. Some of the things that I like
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  in particular is and I think one of the things that that they all are
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  gonna be is what is that what is that limiting belief that
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  you have that keeps you from getting out there? And I will share one of
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  mine. It took me a really long time to speak because I'm
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  fat and I didn't want wanna get in front of a lot of people.
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  Thank god for Zoom. So you're
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  gonna find lots of different things. So I invite you to listen
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  to at least 3 episodes to get a feeling about the show,
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  because if the first one is not on a topic that you like, I still
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  think you'll be able to take something away from it. But, you know, you wanna
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  see what's happening so that you can see what the theme is
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  and how it can help you. Because my model is you learn
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  something, you apply something. So every speaker will give you a
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  practical tip that you can use. And then you share it with
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  people because just talking about it actually helps you
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  to clarify how you're gonna use it. And it also makes you
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  more credible because you're bringing new information to your group of
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  people. And then we wanna make sure that you have a way to use this.
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  So by coming to another episode, it says,
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  oh, did I actually use what I learned in the last episode? So
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  it's kind of a built in thing so that you, you know, have automated
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  this learning for yourself. And pick a
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  time when it's a good time for you to listen to the broad you know,
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  the podcast so that you know that it's always there, and you wanna
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  bookmark it so you can find it. So that's what we're
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  gonna be doing, and I'm excited because I think it's gonna make a huge
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  change in the way you view your entrepreneurial and personal
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  life. So I
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  hope I've given you enough that you'll stay curious, that you'll
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  join me for the one small change and embark on that journey
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  where even the smallest ships can yield monumental transformations?
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  And it helps if you can say that monumental transformations.
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  So I want you to listen to the next episode and
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  dive into a world of bold vision and innovative possibilities.
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  And this is the thing that I wanna leave you with. Remember,
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  change can be simple, but it's not always easy because it requires
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  courage and resilience and a willingness to step out of your comfort
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  zone. So I want you to join me so I can help you with that.
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  And be sure to tell a friend. Be sure to subscribe.
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  Be sure to bookmark this so you can find it. And I'm gonna
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  say to you, I want you to stay curious because the world is
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  constantly changing. And if you don't change with it, you're
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  gonna get left behind. Join me for the next episode.
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  Stay curious.