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Hey, this is Barbara Corcoran, and you are

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now tuned in to business unusual. And

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everything you ever learned about just throw it

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out the window. I'm gonna tell you the real deal. Listen.

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Today, I'm gonna answer all your burning

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questions about work life starting

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a company, getting on track and much

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much more. Be sure to call

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Barbara. That's 888BARBARA.

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This episode is presented by LinkedIn

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navigator. Hey, if you like me,

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at times you feel lost, you

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feel scared, you might make the wrong choice,

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the wrong step even.

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It's crazy. Listen to these

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two people where I tell them exactly

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what to do. Hey,

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Barbara. I'm new to your podcast, and I'm

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curious. I am thinking about pursuing an

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NBA degree. I have no idea what I wanna

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do with my life, my current career is satisfying.

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I just wanna know your thoughts wondering

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what's the right choice. How do I know what's the right

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choice even is if I don't even know what I wanna

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be when I go up and I'm almost thirty.

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Yeah. I appreciate you. Well,

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I'm happy listening. I'm happy family. What

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really took you so long? Here's

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my spin on that question that you

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asked. And it's a question that I'm asked a

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lot. Going for an NBA in my opinion

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should be a means to an end to accomplish

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something specific after you get

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your NBA. If you don't have that

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clearly in your mind. Save

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the money. Keep it in your pocket. Don't

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spend it on the NBA. It's never

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an answer. It's a means to

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an answer. Or to an answer to where

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you're gonna find your fulfillment. So wait

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a bit on that. What you need to do instead

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is get out in the real life, not hide out

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in the class get out there and see what you

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made up. Try this on. Try that on.

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I like to say and see what really appeals

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to you. Heck, you're thirty. Thirty

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is enough of a a

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fence where most women say,

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my god, let me size up my life. And by

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thirty. If you haven't tried a lot of

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stuff on, you ought to be doing it now so that

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you can have a trajectory from thirty on,

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you'll feel a lot better about yourself. Don't

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spend your money on the NBA. Is

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Barbara.

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Hello. This is Barbara. Hi,

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Barbara. I am a young business owner.

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I've had my business for about two years and

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primarily launched it off of

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social media, a platform that I had built.

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And I feel like I have kind of

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maximized my marketing

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efforts on social media. I've

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been very successful in the past two years

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in my business, doubling my income

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over that time. But

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now I'm feeling somewhat of a paralysis.

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I don't know what to do next,

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whether I should hire an employee, whether

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I should and the marketing efforts whether

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I should come up with a new program because

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I only have one signature program right

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now. I'm just feeling a little bit

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lost and not sure which step to

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take next. I feel like

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if I take the wrong step or

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too many steps at 174, since I could

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really heart my business in the long run. So

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I would love your

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advice. Thank you so much. Okay. Well,

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paralysis happens every time

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you feel in your business, you've hit a plateau.

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That's the feeling. It's like, what do I do now?

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And it comes from not knowing which way you

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should turn. Should I go right, left, do more

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of what I'm doing? It's caused by confusion.

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What you've got to do is shake it up. You

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probably have maxed out for the

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moment on social media because that

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happens when you don't have anything new talk about.

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You need new material. I like

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the idea that you might start a new program.

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I like that a lot. And so far as

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it being right or wrong or anything else

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you might think of is right or wrong. Don't

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be afraid of that. I have never

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taken the wrong steps where it didn't then

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lead to the right steps. So don't

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be afraid of making a mistake. It's the stakes

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I'm learning more from people than they'll learn

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from me. Okay, we're ready for

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rapid fire right now. Quick questions, quick

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answers, and for little help today,

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I'm bringing my chipmunks. You know why?

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They talk fast. So they're gonna help

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me stay on track. How has Shark Tank

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changed your life? The biggest change has

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been it's made me a mini celebrity. And

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as a celebrity, I have no personal

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time. I can go anywhere and be asked

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in any circumstance. For

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a selfie, please? Just a selfie, please.

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I never do this, but and I have a selfie, please.

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This I hear every day of my life.

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But what Chaka has also brought me

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is a lucrative new living where I

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do endorsement deals, give speeches of

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a known personality get paid very well for

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my presence. What's your least favorite

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thing you have to do while filming short

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tank. Funny you ask. I

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would say two Lee's favorite things.

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My beauty treatments so that I look under

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forty when I peer over seventy, and

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buying the outfits for the show. It takes

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a lot of money, a lot of time.

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Time I don't really wanna spend, but

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I know when I look sharp. I'm

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gonna be great on a sharp tank, and

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I have my confidence. So it's worth the time.

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Once I'm there on

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set, finding my latest and

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greatest entrepreneurs. I love

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every minute of it. And

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that's all we have time for today.

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If you have a question, leave me a voice

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mail on the business unusual hotline, 888

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Barbara. That's 888BARBARA.

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You can also tweet it to me at Corcoran,

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and I may just answer on a

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future episode. You've

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