46. How I Got Started

Connected For Real Links FLOW Mastermind – A Business Mastermind for an Integrated Life The Fly Program – A Marriage That is Finally Free To Take Off 5 Surprising Ways to Improve Your Marriage Let’s Connect! Connected for Real is on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube! For more information about Connected for Real, visit the website! Subscribe to the PodcastSpotify | Google Podcasts | Apple Podcasts It's so exciting to be here and it has been a while. So I want to take you back to where this whole thing started because recently I was speaking to a fellow coach and she asked me, I legit need to know how this whole thing started and it was amazing to have someone who, this is their first time meeting me. They don't know anything about what I do. They don't know anything about what I used to do or how I came to this. And it was a lot of fun to start from the start and really give her the overview. And I thought, Hey, you guys don't know the full picture or the overview. And sometimes that's really exciting to hear. Let's dive into that. It all started . I don't even know where to start, right? Because when I said that, I started thinking, oh, should I tell you that I was born in Israel and then we lived in Venezuela and then in Argentina, and then in Houston, Texas, and then in Detroit, Michigan. And then we moved to New York. But that has nothing to do with it, but it, but then it does, right? Because it made me who I. So we moved a lot because my father is a rabbi, my mother's a teacher and they wanted to give to the Jewish community and be there for people who don't have who to turn to. And I think that's where I got that really. That seeped in very deep because I feel very much this need to be there for people and be the person that people turn to. And that's what I have been since I was very, very little. So that's the beginning. That's the actual beginning. But then really I think where my. Beginning starts is when I was a graphic designer, so I went to Pratt Institute in Manhattan and I became a graphic designer and I worked on Fifth Avenue, and then I got married and then I had a baby, and then I came to Israel. We made Aliah, and now we live in Israel. Since then, So for 15 years I was a graphic designer and because I really liked to do things top notch and I'm always trying to get to the top. So when we got to Israel, I got a really great job with, with the top graphic designer in Jerusalem. And then after that I, I think at that point I had three kids. I went on my own and was a freelancer and I had really cool clients Intel in Tel Aviv and you know, all over. all over Israel. And then I got some from America and from France. So that was a lot of fun. That was really great. And I got very successful, like, you know, not very successful, like what people think of success, but I felt like I was really leaning into it fully and I was able to rise to the top. And what happened was that one of the things that helps you grow in a business, and this is probably not news to anyone, but if it is, then take notes, is networking and connections are worth a lot more than. any, any other, you know, sale thing, like you could sell something to someone, but really if you become their friend and are able to help them and they can help you, you're gonna go way farther. And so I became really, you know, of course my nature is to like people and to be connected, but I got really intentional about networking and connecting and. . I went to a conference of women who are all in business, who are all trying to grow their business, who all live in Israel. And what was interesting is that they, there was this feeling you can almost like, I can feel it. I'm a very sensitive person when it comes to these things. I felt like everyone was saying the same thing, which was. . I, I only wanna grow enough, like I just need to grow a little bit more. I, I, I don't need to be a millionaire.