Nov 29, 2021
How often do you stop to take in everything you’ve achieved in business? Did you really set out to make 6 figure months? Or did you why begin with spending more time with those you love? Being a better role model for your kids? In today’s episode we speak to Lani Rosales, COO at The American Genius news network, who shares her perspective on money, wealth, connections and finding joy in the little moments in your life.
In this episode we chat about:
- How Lani’s childhood shaped her relationship with success
- Giving, volunteering and seeing wealth as a spectrum
- Social media blessings & curses
- Finding the invisible successes in your life and the privileges that entrepreneurship can bring
- How she and her husband began the Big Ass Social Happy Hour to support local connections
- Making money through corporate sponsorships with her free to access platforms
- Pivoting when COVID cut the company in half.
- Finding the confidence in your small business.
And so much more!
Connect with Lani:
https://theamericangenius.com/about
https://facebook.com/groups/theamericangenius
https://linkedin.com/in/lanirosales
Continue the conversation by joining my private Facebook group “I am Becoming…” here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/befearlesswithpaula
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Timestamps:
(03:05) How Lani navigates success without feeling pressured to “look successful”.
(05:12) The concept of “flaunting wealth”, empathy, compassion and giving.
(06:15) How money is a spectrum and the freedom is accepting where you are.
(07:32) How Lani’s childhood of volunteering has shaped her relationship to wealth.
(08:57) Paula’s favorite minivan memory with her family and how perspective can change everything.
(12:27) How health is the biggest shifter of perspective.
(16:08) The blessings and curses of social media.
(18:55) Focusing on the little joys in life and your family.
(20:49) Focusing on the invisible success in your life and the privilege in entrepreneurship.
(21:41) How being a parent prepares you for entrepreneurship.
(24:01) Why you shouldn’t wait for the right number in entrepreneurship.
(26:21) theamericangenius.com the news site for entrepreneurs built by Lani and her husband.
(27:20) How they began the Big Ass Social Happy Hour from the beginnings of Twitter almost by accident.
(30:05) How Lani makes money through corporate sponsorships and networking.
(30:25) How COVID cut the company in half with the loss of in real life events & invited them to pivot.
(31:45) How Lani saw opportunities to monetize their free to join services through intentional relationship building.
(33:31) The pivot of the new world order and the pandemic’s impact on positivity.
(36:10) Making sacrifices for your vision.
(37:29) Finding perspective whilst striving for success.
(41:08) The Big Guy vs. The Little Guy in business. And finding the confidence in your small business.