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Bethany Sharp: The Journey from Lady Jet Set to The Scout Guide · Forking Around with Flavor South Florida

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Thank you. Welcome to Forking Around with Flavor
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South Florida. I'm Kerri Paizzi, CEO of Flavor
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South Florida. We are sitting down with entrepreneurs,
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business owners, and influential community partners
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to talk growth, trials, tribulations, and more.
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These conversations lead into Flavor South Florida,
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the region's largest restaurant month, happening
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every September from the 1st through the 30th.
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If you're in hospitality or thinking about building
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something meaningful in this industry, you're
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in the right place. Pull up a chair and let's
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get into it. This episode is sponsored by Altima
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Caviar. Visit them at AltimaCaviar.com. Today's
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guest is Bethany Sharp, a Palm Beach Gardens
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native, real estate investor, former founder
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of Lady Jet Set, and the owner -editor of The
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Scout Guide, Jupiter, and Palm Beach Gardens.
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Known for connecting people and supporting local
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businesses, Bethany has turned challenges into
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opportunities through resilience and reinvention.
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Please welcome Bethany to the show. I'm so happy
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for you that you're here. Thank you for having
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me. This is such an honor. I'm so glad you're
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here. You are the queen of... reinventing, innovating,
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just like getting things done in the most, what
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seems to be to me a flawless way. But let's talk
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about that. You started a company years ago called
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Lady Jet Set, which kind of like rent the runway,
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right? Where you were doing clothing, couture.
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And that evolved to... real estate. I don't know
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how that was correlated. And then it's just out,
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so like, I want to know the story, how A went
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to B to C. Yeah, I love that. Thank you for having
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me. So I did grow up here in Jupiter, Palm Beach
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Gardens, but my passion has always been design,
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fashion. I've always been a lover of... people
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and relationships and pretty things. And I decided
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early on, I wanted to create a business that
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I felt like it should exist for other women.
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And so I created Lady Jet Set, which is high
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-end rental where you could rent it, but we would
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deliver it to destination. So in 2017, that was
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my first entrepreneurial experience in how do
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you start a company? And I just dove in headfirst.
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And basically I found out early on The best way
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to create a company is think about what you wish
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existed and just go after it. Don't let your
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fears get in the way. And you will learn along
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the way. So for three years, you know, blood,
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sweat, and tears into creating a new company.
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And then COVID hits. And I thought, oh my gosh,
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I just created my dream company, like fashion.
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All I did was pretty dresses and travel. And
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I thought, this is it. This is my dream company.
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But I learned in those three years of creating
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a company, how much logistics go into, you know,
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you can't just have a good idea. It has to have
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execution. It has to be profitable. And so. After
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that was kind of taken away from me and COVID
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and some personal issues with a divorce and all
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that, I realized, you know, creating a company,
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it can't just be your dream and it can't just
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be a good idea. It really has to have execution
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and profitability. So I decided what would be
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the most profitable decision to make moving forward
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with financial situation that I have. And everything
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that I read, and my greatest advice is there's
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a podcast or a book for everything that you don't
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know. Right. And I remember somebody said to
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me, you have no idea how to do business. And
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I thought. I can't believe you just spoke that
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over me. And second of all, well, you're kind
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of right, but also why can't I, why can't I learn
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business? There's a book or a podcast for everything.
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So I was like, I'm going to learn business. And
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I realized that the most profitable at the time
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was real estate. So I'm like, you know what?
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I'm going to dive into some real estate flips.
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It wasn't my passion at the time. Back to what
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my most passionate thing is, design and people
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and connections and relationships. So the whole
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time I'm doing real estate investment, I'm still
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kind of just praying to God, you know, I would
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love to do something that is my passion. And
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I just remember early on listening to a podcast
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and hearing about, you know, there's going to
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be a new version of you every five to seven years.
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grow with it, learn the new you and be flexible
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with that. Be okay with changes and become your
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best version of yourself in that process. So
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grow with it, learn, read, listen to podcasts.
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And I was just like, you know what? I really
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want something to come to me that would be more
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passionate design or people or connections. And
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the Scout Guide was presented to me and it just
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felt like right up my alley because it's such
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a beautiful. print publication, but focusing
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on businesses in my beloved hometown and connecting
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our community. I love this. So tell the listeners
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if they're not familiar, what exactly is the
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Scout Guide? Yeah. So it's a beautiful once yearly
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print publication that features our local businesses.
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And the concept behind the Scout Guide is connecting
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our community, not just, you know, if you open
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a magazine and you're like, oh, ad, ad, ad. advertisement.
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No, the Scout Guide came together because it
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was all about how can we showcase our most amazing
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businesses, but not just businesses, the story
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behind them. Who is the owner of this lifelong
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mom and pop restaurant? Let's get to know them
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and their story. What if they came from Italy
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and they put $5 into this spot and now it's the
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best local Italian restaurant? And how can we
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get our community to know that story so that
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we now support that business. Because as we know,
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it's really the story that sells, not an advertisement.
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And so the purpose of The Scout is to show the
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story behind the business in a beautiful print
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way. It really is a gorgeous book. I think it's
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beautifully done. And we'll put a photo up for
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the folks to see as well. You have never done
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any sort of publishing or writing or printing
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before, right? That's not your background at
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all? Well, no. I mean, I did get my degree in
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graphic design. Oh, you did? Okay. Actually,
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my goal in school was I'm going to go to New
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York and I'm going to be in a magazine. It was
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all like about the Devil Wears Prada to me. Yeah,
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yeah. Fashion and pretty dresses and somehow
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I will have, you know, the Gucci hand -me -downs
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one day doing a beautiful print magazine. But
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to me, I associated that. I associated that with
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magazine. Okay. But I had kids early, so never
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did I imagine I would end up being the editor
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and owner of a... publication, but here we are.
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That's awesome. So did you live in New York?
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No, never left Jupiter Florida. So you've always
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been here. You're actually a Floridian? Yes.
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My daughters go to the same school that I went
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to. It's really sweet. So I don't meet many people
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that are born in Florida. I always tell my son,
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I'm like, you're the only Floridian I know. So
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now there's two of you. Unicorns. That's cool.
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Unicorns. So I want to dive into something. I've
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heard you say this, and I think it's a nice I
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think it's a nice way to live life with these
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words in your head, or at least it's a good piece
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of advice I'd like to share with people. So you've
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said you could be better or bitter. And so if
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you talk about that better or bitter moment.
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Did you have any professional setbacks ever or
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personal ones that you'd like to discuss? And
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what were those hurdles? What made those decisions?
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And how did you get to where you are now with
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that in mind, with the better or bitter? Yeah,
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so true. Well, after starting Lady Jet Set and
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then, you know, I felt that I was at the peak
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of my life. I had started this dream company
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and it was on the verge of taking off. Actually,
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we were speaking with Shark Tank. It was actually.
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Really? Yeah. And they, I'll never forget the
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email I get. We're going to have to cancel our
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flight to come down to meet you because this
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virus that's going around and we're not sure.
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where it's going from here. And I'm sitting in
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my showroom, three bedrooms full of $1 million
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of beautiful designer ski wear and ball gowns
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and dresses and thinking, oh no, like this world
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might be shutting down. And a week later, the
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world just shuts down. And there goes my entire
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concept of my business, travel, and then even
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further some personal things. So walking through
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that journey of basically Every dream of professional
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and personal thing kind of just being taken away
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from me, not my choice. And, you know, hearing
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advice from somebody, I believe it was a Christian
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counselor I was talking to or a podcast I was
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listening to. And she looked at me and said,
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you know, Bethany, everybody will go through
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a crazy hard challenge in life. And what's even
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more challenging is when the challenge is something
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that. is not what you wanted or something that
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didn't even have anything to do with a mistake
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you made or something you did wrong. It's a challenge
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that just something completely ruined your life,
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got taken away from you. You get the choice in
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that moment. Like here's the next version of
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your life coming up, coming up 2 .0. You get
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the choice. Do you want to become bitter or better?
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Nice. And we all know that person that just walks
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around life with like, woe is me, poor me. Do
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you know what happened to me? And I was like,
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wow. you know what? I'm going to become the best
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damn version of myself. Those are such powerful
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words, though, if you really think about it,
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because so many people, like you just said, are
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walking around saying, poor me, for no reason
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at all. It actually blocks the blessings that
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are supposed to come your way for 2 .0. And if
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you can just learn how to be okay with the punch,
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roll with the punches, but also... like the reward
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that comes with it. When you make yourself so
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proud, like I did it. I just, I went through
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that and now maybe it's not what I want right
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away, but the version of the next version of
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me is coming and it's going to be the best version
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of me. That's, and it's great advice. I feel
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like I'm so in the daily grind that I don't.
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I give myself a lot of time to think anything
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really at these days anymore. Think negative,
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think positive. I do think a positive a lot and
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I try to share positivity because I think life
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is too short to not. And I feel like those are
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just great words of wisdom for any entrepreneur
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or anybody in general to hear those words because
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you're all going to go through struggles. It's
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like your decision to do what you're going to
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do with it, right? Absolutely. You know, you've
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built businesses. I mean, you've done quite a
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bit in a short amount of time, all while having
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two little girls, right? Yes. And how old are
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they? 11 and 13. And they're like stunning. They're
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like little mini -me's, like little copy and
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pastes of you. And that's so nice, though, for
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them. You know, for us, we're both moms. And
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I think it's nice for our children to see. us
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hustling and see us working really hard and building
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things and being a part of the community and
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I think that's really good you know sometimes
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I get the mom guilt because I'm not home and
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I'm working or out to dinner I'm doing the things
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but I'm like you know at the end of the day I
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always remind him I do this for you honey yeah
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and I told him even just the other day I said
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you know we're here in the midst of the summer
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the kids are just going back to school and it's
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like You know, you have to take those moments
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and make the time and really make a conscious
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effort, I think, and to play that role as a parent
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or a mom specifically and as a business owner.
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It's a struggle, I think, that a lot of people
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don't talk a lot about. Yeah. The juggle struggle.
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It really is. It really is. So let's talk about
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like community building versus entrepreneurships,
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because I know that you have hosted events, I
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think, or you've chaired events, but I feel like
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you're always out in the community. You know,
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you and I are similar, I think, where we like
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meeting our neighbors and helping our community
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grow. Yeah, I think that's what it's all about.
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You know, with anything in life, whether you
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are a mom looking for the best pediatrician for
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your child or you're hosting an event and you
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want to find that, I think that our community.
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relies on each other. And you can see that through
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group pages like Jupiter Mamas. We all rely on
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each other. What would you say is your best experience?
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And so what that tells us in any business, or
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even if you're not a business owner, is that
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our word of mouth is everything. And so even
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if you are running a business that has to do
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with print advertising or digital marketing or
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sales or restaurant, The word of mouth is the
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most powerful. And so what that means is that
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we need to rely on the words of mouth that are
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going around town, right? So we can only do so
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much as one human being. But what happens when
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we get 110 business owners in the same room and
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we are getting them on the same page? Hey, will
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you support each other? Will you become each
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other's advocates? Because we know that word
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of mouth is the most powerful. And that happens
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through when we get to know each other, through
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the community, through the story. So through
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these events, you know, not only are you getting
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to meet somebody, but now you're seeing. wow,
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I didn't know that that was the chef of the restaurant.
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I did not know that that boutique was owned by
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that mom and she's got four kids. I didn't even
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know that. But now I want to go support that
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boutique. Now I want to go support that restaurant.
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Now I want to go support that business because
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you're getting to know their story. And that's
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what happens when you combine our community business
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owners. And it's just so important. We kind of
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get lost in the digital world. But the personal
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relationships, that's never going to be something
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I can take away because we need it. Yeah. Oh,
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100%. You need a human interaction and that,
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you know, knowing people, meeting people. I do.
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I thrive on it. And it's the most powerful for
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business. Any ROI, any return, any business will
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tell you when I get on the phone with them, I'll
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ask them, what has been the most successful for
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you in your business? Because I know they're
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not going to say, putting my business in a print
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publication. I already know that. No, you know
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what they say? Word of mouth. I already know
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that because you're right. That does work. That
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is where we tie in everything. When you tie that
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in to be a part of everything that you do in
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your business, and when you make that the most
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important part, then you realize our community
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events are so important. And they are. And what
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I love specifically about our area, jupiter to
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cuesta it's like the cutest tiniest town and
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it's just hopping off gardens uh i do really
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have a sense of because i'm from new york originally
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and i'm here 15 years now and that's it was funny
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because it's like i did the similar things in
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new york when i lived there i was always out
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and about i'm still i'm still the same person
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i've been all these years and i feel like i kind
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of like tapped out like on long island not the
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city but i'm like I felt like I knew everybody,
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but I loved it. And I'm like, I want to go conquer
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another area and move to Florida. And then I
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had my son and all that. But it's just, it's
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a really nice town because I can go anywhere.
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And especially like our local businesses here,
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I cannot speak enough about them because as you
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said, whether it's a boutique, whether it's a
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restaurant, whether it's even a jewelry store
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here. I mean, we have a lot of really good, I
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don't feel like we're inundated with big, huge
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corporate. spaces and businesses. And I'm like,
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that makes me so happy because I do want to meet
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the owner. Like Lady Jetside is a great example.
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I rented from you a couple of times and I would
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rather support you than Rent the Runway. I don't
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know Rent the Runway. I don't know them. Or Amazon
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or Fast Fashion, which is the greatest waste.
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That's how I think. And that's what I think our
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community is well aware of. I agree. I think
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the residents in Jupiter. crave to support each
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other. When we find out, like in Jupiter Farms,
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when we find out that a business is closing and
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we rally, that's like, oh my gosh, no, we don't
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want to see that. We want to rally around each
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other. And I'll never forget, I saw on Jupiter
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Mamas a post that said, I ran into the owner
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of Rosa's Popsicles, the ice cream off of Indiantown,
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and a sweet son and father started it. And they
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said they're having to shut down because they're
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not doing well. And she said, can we all rally
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around and support? And I was like, let's do
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it. And I took that. I reposted it on our page.
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I'm like, everybody, let's go. How can we support
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them? How can we go? Who wants to see a business
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close their doors because they didn't have community
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support? And that is what's so beautiful about
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Jupiter Palm Beach Gardens. Living here my whole
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life, seeing that we crave that, we support that.
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We're never going to want to see the Starbucks
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take out the mom and pop coffee shop. 100%. And
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that's what I love about this town. And what
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I love, one of my favorite quotes is, don't New
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York our Jupiter. Because we, that was - I'm
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your 15 years now. I'm already like a resident,
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all right? So let me have it. I know. No, but
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when you see that go into the businesses, it
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really does make it special because - You can
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guarantee every business owner has the same mindset,
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and that's what makes it even more powerful because
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they all do rally around each other. You don't
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want to see you close. We all want to see each
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other not just thrive but literally succeed to
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the end. So restaurants are one of the businesses,
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one of the industries that— It's hard. It's rough.
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Yeah. It's rough. They're running on very, very
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little profit margins. Food costs are up. Their
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insurance is through the roof. They're every
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which way, you know. And I love that you have
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in the Scout Guide some features of restaurants
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which were beautifully designed by which artist
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was it? Kirsten Sadlier. She drew this beautiful.
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Top taste of town. That's gorgeous. That's absolutely
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gorgeous. And I love, so they can put features
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in the guide. Is that correct? The restaurants
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can? Okay. Yes. And so what are your, you're
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a flavored diner. Have you worked in a restaurant
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ever? I sure did. You did? Growing up, yes. Tell
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.com. I was a waitress at, let's see, 15 years
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old, my first job at CR Chicks North Lake.
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I got to know the owners, Chris and Rick, and
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helped them. I watched them build even now that
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I think they have eight locations. And every
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single time I walk into a CR Chicks, I know.
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I used to work the commissary. I know how fresh
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this food is. I know the owners. They're two
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amazing dads, locals. Their kids grew up here.
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And so it's really special to see that. Then
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I worked in West Palm Beach at Brewzzi and
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Nick and Johnny's. Bart was serving, bartending?
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Yes, serving. Serving, okay. But no, I actually
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have such a special place in my heart for restaurants
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in Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens because growing
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up here, when I was going to Jupiter Christian
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right on Indiantown, The restaurants that we
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had, I think the nicest restaurant that we had
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was The Food Shack. I remember thinking everybody
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loved it, but that was like the one fine dining
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you went to. There was no 1000 North. There was
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no Beacon, Jetty's, UTK, like all these new spots.
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So I love fine dining and I love eating out.
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To see these new restaurants come, I am just
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like, yay! more options for me. But also like,
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we need to make you succeed. We need to make
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sure that you, that this is successful because
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to me, it's so exciting to see new restaurants
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come. We, I feel like, and you of all people
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can speak to this. So when I used to visit my
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grandfather, he lived in Jupiter and Stewart
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in 96. So I came here when I was a teenager and
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me seeing the evolution from then to now is insane,
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right? So for you, who was actually like born
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and raised here, I think it's so cool that we
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have this evolution. We have a huge, we have
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a food scene. Yeah, we do. I mean, we just got,
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Michelin came here last year. We have some serious
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restaurants in this county. Yes, we sure do.
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Like, no joke, celebrity chefs. Yep. Like, it's
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actually incredible. So you. participate as a
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flavored diner. Oh yeah, absolutely. So it's
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like, tell me like what your... August, September
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is my favorite month in Jupiter because, you
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know, as with the real estate and post COVID,
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we've seen such an influx of New Yorkers in California
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moving down here, which is great, fine. Like
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we, that's, it's been amazing for our businesses,
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right? Because it's helped our businesses grow.
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It's helped us be able to build and grow new
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restaurants because As Jupiter locals, we're
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aware we need more restaurants. People from New
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York are moving down here and they're craving
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good high -end quality food. So September is
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my favorite because one, we get our town back.
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I don't have to fight my restaurants for reservations.
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I'm like, knock it off. Get me in my favorite
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spots. I eat out a lot. So it's amazing in September
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to see. not only with a passion and the heart
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behind, let's make sure our restaurants, our
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businesses don't even ever have to deal with
22:28
a slow month, but also it's a great opportunity
22:31
because there's such a local love here, including
22:33
me. I'm a local resident. We get our town back.
22:37
Now is my chance. I'm like, yes, now I get to
22:39
go. back to all these restaurants where I know
22:42
it's hard in December to get reservations and
22:45
go explore and try these new flavor menus. And
22:50
I love, love, love the flavor menus you guys
22:53
put together. It's truly always my favorite picks
22:56
from the restaurant, from the menu. But the way,
22:59
the price point that you've got together, even
23:02
as a local, it makes it like a no brainer to
23:05
just go out and eat every day. I'm always like,
23:07
so otherwise I'm going to Whole Foods and I'm
23:11
buying $195 worth of groceries to cook for two,
23:16
wasting it all. I'm not a big leftover fan. Or
23:20
go get this flavor menu for what, like a great
23:24
price point for two of us. And all incredible,
23:27
you've got incredible restaurants on here. Truly
23:30
some of my favorite, all my favorites. Top tier.
23:32
I mean, we've got 1000 NORTH, Capital Grill.
23:36
I love the V&E Restaurant Group is on board. Salute Market.
23:41
I don't know if you've been there. We've got
23:44
like really, really – Cafe Chardonnay has been
23:47
doing it since we started Flavor almost 20 years
23:50
ago. They are like the OG. They are the most
23:51
iconic OG. Yes, they are. How fun is that? When
23:54
you look at that, it just makes me so proud as
23:57
a local. Like you made it. And you know what
23:59
helped them make it? Local love, supporting them
24:03
and being a part of everything that they're doing.
24:05
And that's what I love what Flavor does. But
24:08
also – You've done it in such an amazing way
24:10
where as a local, I genuinely can't wait to try
24:14
these menus. I love that because I actually really
24:17
deep in my heart want it. I cry like dirt. You're
24:21
talking about COVID before we had restaurants
24:24
that had to close, right? Everybody did. Industries
24:27
closed, like not specific to restaurants. I can't
24:29
take it away from other industries, but like.
24:31
I cried. I was crying. Because you know that
24:35
it's a mom and dad behind that business. It's
24:38
not a corporate industry. It's a local family.
24:42
And to see any business shut down because they
24:45
don't have the local community support is, one,
24:48
unnecessary. Two extremely heartbreaking. Yeah.
24:51
So, I mean, thankfully, all the ones that I work
24:55
with, we got through it and we were I was reading
24:58
state orders. We were like I was finding loopholes.
25:01
I'm like, here, you guys, we can do this. We
25:03
can do that. We got very creative. There was
25:07
great lines everywhere, but we did it. Yeah.
25:09
So, OK, let me ask you some locally. Where are
25:12
your your favorites in Palm Beach County for
25:16
Girls Night? Ooh, girls' night, I would say.
25:23
And it could be anywhere in Palm Beach County.
25:26
I'm loving Riverhouse lately, 1000 North. Stage
25:29
has a fun. But Seminole Reef Grill, have you
25:32
seen their girls' night lately? I haven't. They
25:35
have the martini stack. Caesar salad, french
25:38
fries, and espresso martini. That's a fun girls'
25:41
night. That's a new favorite. I'm in on that.
25:43
I'm 100 % down for that. Date night? 1000 North.
25:47
Yeah. To me, it's just so special seeing the
25:51
water and the lighthouse. Are you a member? Yes.
25:55
Okay. Do you spend more time upstairs or downstairs,
25:57
though? Actually, we love going upstairs just
26:00
to have, like, maybe that quiet, like, a little
26:03
after -dinner cocktail or to bring some friends
26:06
up there who maybe are from out of town and just
26:10
go, like, have you seen the lighthouse at sunset?
26:12
Have a cocktail and then go down for... A great
26:15
dinner. They have a great flavor menu. Yeah,
26:18
they do. They really do. I actually noticed something
26:20
recently. I'm going to keep going here, but I
26:22
noticed recently about myself. Like, I like...
26:25
um like the dark male vibe restaurants isn't
26:29
it funny so like cozy i love a thousand north
26:31
i love the butcher's club like think about these
26:34
are all like very masculine looking like i also
26:37
like rouse side yeah oh polar room yeah that's
26:40
another one exactly boom boom boom that's my
26:42
vibe of my favorite like where i want to go eat
26:45
dinner i want to go Dark and moody and all that.
26:47
Cozy. Cozy. Yeah. I also like the light and airy.
26:51
Yes. I like the Palm Beach spots too. I like
26:53
the colony. I like all that. But it really is
26:56
so funny because I realized that recently I was
26:57
giving somebody recommendations. They're all
26:59
very masculine designs, aren't they? I go, you're
27:02
right. They are. That was so interesting to me.
27:05
Okay. Favorite waterfront location? Probably
27:08
Riverhouse. Riverhouse. Okay. I always lean toward
27:12
beach spots. I don't even think of that, but
27:15
good call. Good call on that. There's something
27:17
about watching those boats go by. I'm like, take
27:19
me with you. Where are we going? It's literally
27:23
take me with you. Happy hour? Actually, ARA
27:28
and Beacon have had a good happy hour. ARA and
27:32
Beacon are solid. Good choices. Good choices.
27:34
Did you ever go to Topside? Oh, yes. Topside's
27:36
fun. Yeah. I feel like it's underrated. I feel
27:39
like a lot of people aren't even like remembering
27:41
to go there. Yeah, that's a good idea because
27:43
it's more like you feel like you're on vacation
27:45
when you go there. Yeah. I like Topside. I think
27:47
it's fun and it's vibey and it's cute up there.
27:50
I'm going to go there later. Yeah. Okay. And
27:53
finally, fine dining. Can't repeat answers. Yeah,
27:57
exactly. Well, for the fine dining, I really
28:00
do like to make it down to Palm Beach. Me too.
28:03
The The Polo Lounge. Oh, my gosh. That is just. It's
28:07
really great. Incredible. Have you been to Tutto Mare?
28:10
Yes. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. You know what Tutto Mare
28:13
is to me? It's like a St. Bart's vibe. Yeah.
28:16
It is kind of like another feel like you kind
28:19
of feel like you're on vacation. Great food.
28:22
You kind of like escape into. Another zip code
28:25
for a minute. So I saw Ramona from The Real Housewives
28:28
when I was there. Oh, yeah. I love her. Yeah,
28:29
recently. Actually, speaking of The Real Housewives,
28:32
do you want to play a little game? Yes. Okay.
28:34
That's fine. You have to answer really fast,
28:36
though. It's like a rapid fire. Okay. Okay. Real
28:39
Housewives or Shark Tank? Shark Tank. Sunrise
28:42
or sunset? Sunset. Favorite travel destination
28:44
you've ever visited? You go there a lot. One
28:48
thing people are surprised to learn about you?
28:51
Oh, that. My first entrepreneurial business was
28:55
fashion in 2017. That would not shock me. Not
28:58
one bit. Your daughters would describe you in
29:01
three words as? Loving, motivated, selfless,
29:07
and sometimes cranky, if they're not messy. Aren't
29:14
we all? What is something you're still afraid
29:17
to try? Ooh, expanding, going bigger. Yeah. doubling
29:23
down maybe taking on two doing a second doing
29:26
a third like afraid of that time management yeah
29:30
but learning how to manage your time has been
29:33
one of the coolest things I've learned being
29:37
okay to delegate what you think you're good at
29:40
with somebody else and being able to scale up
29:43
I feel like You would probably do okay with expanding.
29:49
But I think, because I have the same fear. Everyone's
29:51
like, would you? I was like, oh, maybe I'll do
29:53
a Flavor Nantucket. You should. Flavor Chicago.
29:56
Flavor whatever. Actually, I thought about that
29:57
the other day. Really, anywhere in the country
29:59
that wants and needs a restaurant mom. But then
30:01
you deal with the quality management, right?
30:02
Well, the good thing is, like, in theory, Nantucket,
30:05
or I'm just using that as an example, would be
30:07
not September. Correct. Because they're busy
30:09
September. So they would probably be in, like,
30:11
March or April. Seasons. And then I'm like, oh,
30:14
that sounds like a lot of work. But I think what's
30:17
important for me at least, and I think for you
30:19
too, is to have the most incredible people by
30:22
your side and cheering you on and working for
30:26
you, working with you, and having that support
30:29
system. Honestly, without my support system,
30:31
I wouldn't be here. It's so true. There's no
30:34
way. I couldn't. It's so true. It's impossible.
30:36
Building up your dream team. That's everything.
30:38
That's what it is. Honestly. It truly is. And
30:42
I think you could do 10 scout guides. I love
30:46
that. And you know, it's funny. I was afraid
30:48
to even take on this one. And my sister challenged
30:51
me. She's like, why don't you write down your
30:52
fears and just realize that those all just live
30:56
in your head. Yeah, they do. Your sister, your
30:59
twin, we have to say just Leonie. She's an identical
31:02
twin. Identical twin. My best friend. Do you
31:04
read each other's minds? You know what? We're
31:07
so in sync that it's scary. She sent me a text.
31:10
I'm like, I actually had a dream that I was supposed
31:12
to message you about that. Did you just like
31:14
read my mind or meet me in my dreams? It's eerie.
31:18
We'll show up in the same outfits. It's crazy.
31:20
Well, you share like literal DNA. So I feel like
31:24
that makes sense. You're like kind of like the
31:26
same person. It really is wild. That's really
31:29
cool though. So you have any weird twin stories
31:31
though? Oh, yeah, the funniest twin story. We
31:34
both have like a spray tan membership at a local
31:37
spray tan. And I didn't know we both went in
31:40
and bought like the same spray tan package. And
31:44
we both went in the same day within five minutes
31:49
from each other. So my sister went in before
31:51
and she said, hey, okay, well, this girl that
31:54
ran the desk didn't know we're identical twins.
31:56
she kept using my sister's package as mine. So
32:00
my sister comes in, she's like, okay, I'm going
32:02
to get the clear spray tint, whatever. I come
32:04
in five minutes later and I asked for the exact
32:07
same thing. Well, meanwhile, me and my sister
32:09
have never spoken about this. And she looks at
32:10
me and she goes, again, another one? And I was
32:15
like, yeah, like no idea what she's talking about.
32:18
So I leave and my sister's like, oh yeah, I just
32:21
got a spray tint. I was like, oh my gosh. So
32:24
we went back in. Turns out my package was empty.
32:27
My sisters had none taken away from it. This
32:30
chick thought we were coming in the same person
32:33
for like two spray tans in one 10 -minute session.
32:37
It was funny. And you're just like, yeah, I'm
32:39
here again. It's funny how many people in town
32:42
don't know we're identical twins, so they'll
32:44
confuse us. I can actually really tell you both
32:46
apart. Yeah, but we have such differences. But
32:49
if you don't know that we're a twin, there's
32:51
such a resemblance there that it makes it. Crazy.
32:54
I had ordered a special delivery for you. Oh.
32:59
What do we have here? Just walking on in here.
33:02
All right. I'm going to get you your gift all
33:04
set up. But in the meanwhile, I have to finish
33:07
my rapid fire with this. Okay. Okay. So because
33:11
we're both into fashion, I have to ask you, though,
33:14
what's your favorite designer brand? And it could
33:16
be, like, I have some very obscure, like. quiet
33:21
luxury ones. I'm curious if you tell me yours.
33:24
Okay. For clothing, Retrofête and PatBO by far.
33:28
Retrofête's collection is like, I need everything.
33:31
Bags, Chanel, Gucci, YSL. But you know, my new
33:35
favorite designer that's making this crazy strong
33:37
comeback appearance is Miu Miu. I know. I want
33:42
everything. I have to tell you a funny story
33:44
about this. So I'm one of these people, if it's
33:46
something is trending, like I'm just not doing
33:49
it. I'm like, nope. Nope. Nope. And Miu Miu sunglasses.
33:54
And their little cowboy hats. Their straw cowboy
33:56
hats. I want everything. But everyone's getting
33:57
them. And I'm like, I'm not wearing the same
33:59
sunglasses as everybody else. I'm refusing to
34:01
do this. I know. I'm going to cave in six months
34:03
when this trend is over. That's what I do. Right.
34:06
So it's so funny. So I started this new thing
34:08
that I think you'll appreciate. Okay. Whenever,
34:12
when I've been traveling, I have been purchasing
34:15
a handbag. From where I am. I love that. So when
34:20
I went to London, I got – It's the best thing
34:22
you can do. Do you know this brand? It's called
34:23
Delvaux, but I'm probably saying it wrong. It's
34:27
the oldest leather goods house in the world,
34:30
older than Hermès. No way. And you know what?
34:33
They probably do the leather for high -end designer
34:37
companies. They're from Belgium. Wow. And I –
34:40
I'm obsessed with this brand. I love that. It's
34:43
a beautiful piece. And I purchased my handbags
34:47
to collect them. Exactly. But also every time
34:50
you pick that up, you remember that amazing travel
34:52
destination. And so what else did I get? I did
34:58
Poland when I was in Paris. Do you ever get Poland?
35:01
No. Crazy, crazy expensive. I feel like it's
35:07
attainable, and the leather is beautiful. I did
35:10
a lot of research on all the leathers. Ooh, I
35:11
want to see. This could be a separate podcast.
35:13
We could have a purse fashion podcast. Absolutely.
35:17
I'm down for it, 100%. But I think people don't
35:20
realize, yes, I'm completely into food and our
35:23
food scene, but I have a serious problem. I think
35:25
food, fashion, and travel go all together very
35:27
collectively. I have a weird thing with the leathers,
35:29
actually. We like bougie, so I'm going to wrap.
35:33
up this episode with a bougie little surprise
35:35
for you. Wow. So I brought a little surprise
35:39
for you. Oh my goodness. So this episode is actually
35:42
sponsored by Altima Caviar. Wow. And I want you
35:47
to try it because I hope you like caviar. I love
35:49
caviar. Oh my gosh, yes. I mean, here, I'm going
35:52
to pass it over to you. Look at that beautiful
35:55
packaging. This is their amber, and the whole
35:58
tin is for you. No way. Here's your little Mother
36:01
of Pearl spoon. You could kick that home with
36:04
you as well. The little Van Cleef spoon. Are
36:05
you kidding me? Wow. And do they deliver this?
36:09
They deliver. They're local. Let's talk about
36:11
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36:17
Oh, my gosh. That is so smooth and, like, buttery.
36:23
Wow. I'm finding caviar popping up a lot. Who's
36:25
having a party at my house tonight? Me. Wow.
36:30
They have these little jet packs, too, for you
36:32
to bring on the airplane with you. And it comes
36:35
with a little eye mask. It's the cutest thing.
36:37
Will you send me that? That is so cute. Look
36:40
how cute. I know. It is amazing. Ways to elevate
36:43
your travel. Luxury. Caviar. Like, who wouldn't
36:46
want to take caviar on your plane? I'm bringing
36:48
it. How sweet. Thank you. You're welcome. I am
36:52
bringing my little jet pack with me when I go
36:55
away next month. I'm so excited. Oh, my gosh.
36:57
And where can you get that? On their website.
36:59
You can buy it online? So it's AltimaCaviar.com.
37:01
Wow. And you can get the jet pack there. You
37:02
can get small tins. That's incredible. Larger
37:04
tins if you're having a party. I did it at holiday
37:07
time. They have a great pack, too. So if you're
37:09
having a lot of people over, you can get all
37:11
different varieties. That was the smoothest melt
37:13
in your mouth. Wow. It's so good, right? Okay.
37:16
You'll have to send me that website. I find like,
37:18
honestly, and I know this, let me try to be relatable
37:21
here. I feel like. I've seen a lot of people
37:24
use caviar in restaurants in lieu of maybe a
37:27
salt even. I've seen some in pastas with caviar
37:31
on top, and I've seen a lot of caviar pop all
37:34
over, and I feel like it's trending right now.
37:36
Oh, it's like how truffle started out. Yes. And
37:39
it's actually more of a statement. It's almost
37:42
like bottle service at a club. Did you just order
37:45
caviar? It's a luxury statement. It does, you
37:50
know, we were just actually in St. Barts. We
37:52
just ordered caviar and they brought us table
37:53
service and they, you know, now it's caviar menus
37:56
where you can pick the finer ones. You immediately
37:59
know the finer ones, but yeah, you're right.
38:02
It's, it is like this trending, but it's actually
38:07
so good for you. It is good for you. It's actually
38:11
very healthy for you. Yeah. So shout out to Altima
38:13
Caviar because we are trying to stay healthy
38:15
over here. How exciting. I can't wait to try
38:18
it. Live through life. Be healthy. Yeah. How
38:21
cool. I am going to wrap up here with one question
38:25
for you. Okay. I'm going to show you a picture
38:28
of this woman. And I want you not knowing her
38:33
to give her three pieces of advice just based
38:37
on her photo. Okay. Okay? Okay. You're so funny.
38:53
It's so true because I think that every decision
38:57
we make needs to be like, what would that five
39:01
or 10 year version of us have? Because it's so,
39:04
our life can go by in like a blink of an eye.
39:07
And we really should be making those decisions
39:10
like, In five years from now, will I look back
39:13
and be proud of that? Yeah. So I look at that.
39:17
I'm like, don't let the fear stop you. And just
39:24
because you're not good at something, you know,
39:26
I had someone say to me, you have no idea how
39:29
to do business. And I thought that meant, oh,
39:33
my gosh, I need to be stuck as. a housewife,
39:36
or I need to be stuck only doing what I think
39:39
I'm good at. And it's such a lie from the enemy
39:43
because we are made for so much. The potential
39:47
inside of us is God -given. God created the entire
39:51
universe and that lives inside of us. And that
39:54
means we can start any business that we want.
39:57
If it's a passion of yours, if it's even... glimmer
40:00
of an idea, why can't you go start it? It's just
40:04
every day, start with something. What does it
40:05
take to start a business? You don't know? There's
40:08
a podcast for that. There's a book for that.
40:10
Learn it. Learn it. Just because you don't know
40:13
it, don't let that become your identity of like,
40:16
this is who I am. I'm only meant to be a housewife.
40:19
I'm only meant to be a mom. I'm only meant to
40:21
be good at what I'm known at. Why can't you become
40:26
the best business owner? Why can't you become
40:29
the best entrepreneur? Why can't you become the
40:32
best motivator? And it just starts with wanting
40:35
it and getting rid of those fears. And I think
40:37
the best advice is to write down those fears
40:41
because half the time they live in our head and
40:44
what happens inside of our head only happens
40:46
with us. And we have to get that out. And half
40:49
the time when you get that out, you allow like
40:53
God to come in and say, you know, that's a lie,
40:55
right? Do you actually think that's going to
40:57
happen? Do you actually think people are going
40:59
to think you're a failure? Do you actually think,
41:01
and so what if you fail? You'll get back up again.
41:04
You're known as a girl that started a company.
41:06
Good for you. So that's, I think, my biggest
41:09
advice is don't let fear stop you and don't let
41:14
somebody tell you what your identity is. You
41:17
are a joy and an inspiration. You're the best.
41:21
And I want to give you a quote since you shared
41:24
yours earlier. And the one I was told when I
41:28
was starting my marketing company in 2018 or
41:30
previous to that was it was an older woman I
41:34
knew and I met just in my work world. And I said,
41:39
well, what if I fail? And she looked at me and
41:43
she said, but what if you fly? It's so true.
41:46
And I live by that every day because even if
41:50
we fail, we're going to get back up again and
41:52
again and again. Yep. Thank you so much for being
41:56
here. I had such a wonderful time with you. I
42:00
know. And check out Bethany with the Scout Guide.
42:04
There's really awesome opportunities. I think
42:07
everyone either should be advertising in it or
42:09
just picking it up, reading it, having it on
42:12
the coffee table. It's beautifully done. And
42:14
congratulations to you. Thank you. And you too.
42:17
You're doing an amazing thing. And we have a
42:19
lot of food to eat next month. I know. We got
42:20
to make these reservations. Let's do it. Thanks
42:23
for joining me on Forking Around with Flavor
42:25
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