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This is the she's in business podcast, where every week, I'll explore topics and have real conversations around what it's like to run a regional business, the advantages and the unique challenges. I'm Donna Han, a seasoned regional business owner, and certified high performance business coach. I'm here to make training and professional development easily accessible for regional business women everywhere. So join me and guest experts as we share tools and insights to elevate your business, boost your mindset, and ensure that you never feel alone on this journey. No matter where you live, I'm fired up. And I'm here to educate you on what it truly takes to grow your business and your mindset beyond what you thought possible. Today, this episode is, it's going to be about me opening up and being quite raw and taking you to a personal level in sharing the lessons that I've learned along my business journey. And the reason that I'm sharing this with you is because soon I'll be launching a brand new offer into the world which up till now, has only been available to existing clients. It's called soaring to success. And I can't wait for you to join or you can't join just yet. But if you would like you can join the waitlist now, which is by going to done a hand.com forward slash waitlist, which I will put it into the show notes as well. But I want to take you behind the scenes of how it's come to be over the last three years, as to what's led me to creating this membership, and why in my soul, I know that it's the right time to share this offer with the world and to share it with you and to give you the opportunity to step up and step into it, if you feel that it's right for you. So welcome back to another episode of the shoes in business podcast if you're a longtime listener, and if you're a new listener. I'm Donna Han and I started my very first business whilst I was at uni, at the age of 19. In Western Australia, which is where I grew up. And I sold that first business to travel the world. I worked away for a couple of years in remote areas of Australia doing fly in fly out work, which is where I cut my teeth on leadership and the power of professional development as a learning and development coordinator and a workplace trainer. So that's kind of like where I guess my origin story began in starting a business quite young. And then moving into the space of leadership and professional development, and really getting my you know, realizing where I really enjoyed the work that I really enjoyed, which was you know, being in the space of being a trainer. And then we relocated to Queensland, after settling a little family into the seaside town in central Queensland of Tannum sands, which is where we live now. I continue to work in the space of learning and development and was employed at our local council. And it was at that time when we decided to have babies. And that led me to wanting to create a job for myself that I could work my own hours, do what I love, and still be around for my family. And I'm sure that you can relate to that as well if you have children of your own. And so for the past 10 years, I have been starting selling and essentially growing businesses, and it's been a whirlwind and I look back, and I can't believe that, first of all, it's been 10 years. And, you know, I can't believe the experiences that I've had over that time. And, you know, I I'm here today to kind of share that with you because I think it's really important to share with you the journey that I have been on to, I guess, let you know that I understand what it's like to walk the path of being a business owner, I am not a certified business coach that is straight out of a course and has no actual hands on experience. It's quite the opposite. So if I take you back and sort of run you through the past 10 years, so you can get to know me a little bit more if you're a new listener or maybe if you've been listening for a while but haven't really heard the full story will today you're gonna get it and on one hand I can I feel that, you know, every every single one of the days, you know, every single day within those 10 years. I can absolutely remember you know if they felt like really long days because I had two boys in the process of how Having the businesses over the last 10 years. And on the other hand, it feels like though those 10 years have gone by in the blink of an eye. But being a business owner for the last 10 years, I firstly just want to say how proud I am of that it's a long time to be in business. And you'll hear me say that business is a long game because it is right. It's there's no overnight successes. And there are so many lessons along the way. And each of them have taught me things that I could implement into the next venture that I took on. My first business after having kids was a side hustle. And I found a product that I really liked. It was a folding camp style chair for babies. It was a folding highchair. It packs down really small. I could put it in the boot of my car, I had it in there all the time. And it revolutionized our travel as a family and made it so much easy to have visits at the park and go to family and friends places to have dinner, you know, the family and friends who didn't maybe have kids stuff. It just made our life so much easier. And I loved it so much that I approached the company who created those high chairs, and I became a wholesale stockist to sell them in my local area because I just loved them so much. And I knew that they would be really popular. And they agreed. And I started selling them and they flew out the door. And I remember the very first market that we went to, we had I think like 25 chairs or something like that. And we sold them in the first three hours absolutely sold out. And that was like a Whoa, this is this is awesome. And so then I added lots of other products into our shop. We took it from a market style shop into an online store. So the E commerce became my main source of business. And things were going really well. I became the biggest stockist for that particular supplier. And over a few months, we obviously built up a really great relationship. And they offered to sell me the national business. And that was really exciting as you can imagine. But you know, there came a very big lesson out of that, which I will share with you in just a second. But before I do, I want to share with you a little bit more about the particular business that I was running at that time. So the business that I was that I'm talking about here was a business called Tiny travelers. I sold travel products for families that made life easier, but we love traveling as a family. We loved it, then we still do now, you know, be at camping or caravanning or traveling interstate or overseas to visit family. My mission was to make parenting a little bit easier, so that you could enjoy those special moments and reduce the stress of travel. And I through that business learned so much about creating an online store, you know calculating shipping and freight which if you are a regional business owner, you would know that that can be absolute killer. I looked at into drop shipping and you know, always was creative with my pricing. I built a really great strong local following and our regional area, I was also able to expand to reach out to neighboring regions. I learned about stock control and merchandising I learned how to network and make really strong connections and nurture relationships with suppliers so that they trusted me to represent their brand. And I learned so much about customer service in regional areas. And you would know this, if you're a regional business owner as well is that at its core, you can gain such loyal, amazing clients if you just provide amazing service if you don't try and rip people off just because you're the only person that stalks that thing in that regional area. But instead you'd love them up with great customer service. And then they're happy to pay a little bit extra to get that thing from you rather than ordering in from somewhere else. Like there are so many lessons that I learned from running that business initially. And the other big lessons that I learned was all about sourcing from overseas suppliers and manufacturing. And at the time, and this is going back 2013
At the time, I didn't have a business coach. At that point in time there really wasn't much going on with online courses. And you know, there wasn't the help and resources available like potentially there is now online I was just learning as I went along. I was having the courage to try I knew things and bounce back as best as I could if I made a mistake. And the biggest lesson that I learned was about protecting your IP. And that sometimes, even when you do protect it, the big guys can still win. So, what I learned from that, which I'm going to share more about in a second, but what I really learned from that was the importance of having multiple revenue streams. Being that that's really vital to all businesses. So don't put your eggs in one basket, have a diversified range of revenue, revenue streams into your business just to protect, protect that flow of cash coming into your business. So let me just circle back because I mentioned that the business who supplied me with those folding camp chairs, and you may have seen these chairs around if you've had kids, in the last kind of 10 years, you've probably seen them because they're pretty awesome. But the opportunity came my way to buying out the business. And I was so excited. You know, basically, I was buying the design of the chair, the stock that they had already purchased, I'm talking like a C container of folding Canvas high chairs, where was it going to put it, I had no fucking idea. But that didn't matter. I'd figure it out. Right, I was really determined. And I was, you know, also buying the relationship with the manufacturer that was based in China. So I was really keen. And I'd invested into an accountant to look over their books, How heavy was on board, the contract was ready to sign and the week that it was all going to happen. A big chain store that specialized in camping gear, released the very same folding Canvas highchair for a third of the price. The catalogue landed in my letterbox, and there it was advertised on the front page, and my heart sank.
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I was gutted. I was so so guarded, but also obviously,
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kind of relieved, like imagine if I'd signed that contract the week before, I would then have been stuck with a container load of stock. And I would have been forced to sell all of that stock at a much less price than what I would have purchased them for just to price match these big guys who obviously had bigger buying power and could buy many, many more in one transaction, which would then obviously make it more negotiable to get the manufacturing price down. So I wouldn't have stood a chance, right. And you may have heard me say that when it comes to competition in business, what makes your business different is the way that you or your team, make the customer feel. If the customer aligns to your business value, if the customer feels like they've got more of a connection to you, not just in what you do, but how you do it, you know, that can be the difference between them purchasing from you or purchasing from somebody else. And I do stand by that. I do believe that is true. But with this particular example that I'm sharing with you, the product was the very same in every way, the material, the design, the colors, all the same. And they were printed in catalogs that went nationwide, it was also on their huge, massive website, and there are a third of the price. So really, I didn't stand a chance. And I'm a really loyal person. It's actually one of my highest values. And it taught me a lot about loyalty, when it comes to overseas manufacturers, and that there is no such thing. Even if a product is painted, which this was they will do a work around if it means that they will make the money. So obviously I made the decision not to buy their business that had been offered to me. And I actually chose to sell tiny traveler's the business that had grown. And remember I had become a stalkers for other products to build out my store. But for me at that point, I knew our biggest seller, which was the highchair wasn't going to be viable, and that the other products whilst they were really great, it wasn't going to be enough for me at that point, to generate the kind of income that felt like a fair exchange for all of the effort that I was putting in. So I decided to sell it rather than close it because I had built a strong presence in my regional area. But also, this is a big tip for anyone who's thinking of selling. I'd created processes and documented how I ran the business, which is where the value lies when you price when you put a price on your business to sell. Right and I'll talk more about that later. But when I go into something I'm All in 100%, I'm there, I'm working my butt off to make it happen. And at that time, 10 years ago, I was a first time mom, we live interstate and away from family. At the time, Harvey was working 14 hour days, six days a week. And I was juggling all the things. And I was absolutely gutted when all of this happened when, you know, this other company bought out all of these, the same product that I had for a much cheaper price. And it really hurt. And although I was really proud of what I created, and I was excited to grow with the opportunity that have come my way, I was also really pissed off that these big guns had essentially wiped that away for me. And I was also really mad for the ladies who had, like who I was buying the business from, who'd done all the groundwork to create this awesome product only to have it stolen away, like my heart really, really went out to them. So I realized that I needed to just pause, lick my wounds for a while I was pregnant with my second baby. So the timing felt right, that it was the right decision to sell that business and let someone else take it and shape it in their own way. So that's what I did. And during that time, I was teaching a couple of dance classes a week for a local dance studio. And I've always been a dancer all my life. And my style of teaching is based on positivity and building kids up to have the confidence to learn and try new things. So my classes always went really, really well. And with the arrival of my second baby, I got itchy to get back into business, because I don't know, it's just you would know, right? If you're an entrepreneur, it's just the way our minds work, right? It's really hard not to be thinking creatively about what you could do and who you could sell it to, and all of those kinds of things. So I decided I would go back to my roots, and I would start a dance studio, which was a huge success. Initially, it was with a business partner. So but we did part ways after about 12 months, which again, taught me a lot some massive lessons there as well. Within three months of starting that dance studio, we had 100 students. And it was around this time that I discovered a business coach, who was specifically helping dance studio owners to grow their businesses. And I knew, I just knew that I needed to be part of that program. My business was showing huge potential for growth. And I wanted to harness that. And although I have always had a natural knack for business, and you know driven with ambition, and I enjoy the buzz of taking a risk and try new things, I wanted to do it right this time, and wanted to learn from someone who'd walked the path before me. And it helped other dance studios, and could share how to do that, like how to shortcut the learnings. And it was a massive investment at the time. So it was $1,000 a month. And that's big, right? That's a big investment. And I'll admit, I'll admit, I didn't tell my husband, that I was investing $1,000 a month into a business coach and a membership program. Because even though, you know, he does prefer to stay out of my ventures and not get involved. He doesn't value professional development the way that I do. And remember, I come from the learning and development space. I'm a qualified trainer and assessor. It's what I did for many years, and I understand how important it is to upskill and grow and learn from others. And so I knew that investing $1,000 a month into training specifically for my business would increase the chance of success with my business tenfold. If I did the work, and I want to just hash that right there. Investing in a coach, investing in a program, a mastermind or a membership, it isn't the silver bullet, right. It's not magic, you have to implement the lessons, the action steps for it to work like magic. Just like a personal trainer can support you in getting fit and share their knowledge and how to do that they can tell you how many reps to do what to eat, you know, they they can't do it for you. The results only happen when you take the action to make it happen. So I knew that investing that money into my business at the early stage that I was at was going to help my business because I was determined to take the action. So I invested and I committed to it.
And within 12 months we'd expanded to multiple locations in nearby towns with a 20 to 30 minute at sorry, 20 to 30k radius and we grew to three 100 students, it was a six figure annual profit. And we were taking performance teams from our little regional town down to the big smoke in Brisbane, because we were being asked to perform in televised events. For things like the Brisbane City, Christmas carols to represent our region, we were known as the go to studio, everyone knew about us, for all the right reasons we won National Business Awards, you know, and even though we reserved re reached those really great results, and we were continuing that on, I still continued with that program, and invested that $1,000 A month back into my business and back into my own professional development, because I knew that at every new level, as the business grew, there would be a new devil that I would need to work through, right. So as a business grows so to to the challenges, and it can get so lonely in a business, and I'm a social person, maybe you are too, I need to have interaction, I need to talk things out. And as I mentioned before, he prefers to stay out of my ventures and not get so involved. He's also never owned a business, so kind of doesn't get it. And when I talked to him about stuff, like it just, you know, he'll hold space for me and listen, but it's just, I don't know, you know what I'm talking about. So having a community of like minded business owners within that membership that I joined back then made a difference to how I manage my mindset. And I loved that I had a safe space to bounce ideas with people who really, truly understood, and also who held that in confidence as well, you know, because I think as a business owner, it can sometimes feel like an expectation that on the outside, you've got to keep everything together. But on the inside, you might be going through some different stuff. So it's important to have the space, and the people, the right people in that space, to be able to express what's really going on for you. And the big lesson that I learned from, from my dance studio, when I look back upon it now, is that what it taught me what the biggest lesson was, was the importance of managing my energy and well being. Because what happened was I ended up burning myself out, I was working my butt off. And between the kids who when I started the studio, my eldest was three. And my youngest was six months, between the kids and the business, I had no downtime. And every day, I was completely exhausted, I would often wake up at night, you know, staring at the ceiling, with my heart pounding in my chest, feeling really tight thinking about all the things that I didn't get done for the day, and all the things that I still needed to do. And the huge amount of mum guilt that I was feeling, you know, because the kids had either been parked in front of the TV during the day whilst I was doing the admin work and then handed over to a babysitter. So I go out and teach in the afternoons. Like there was a lot going on inside of my head that made me question whether I wanted to continue with the business or whether I was even made out to be a business owner. And the other thing that happened is that the relationship that I had with my husband started to fray, so things weren't great. He was working big hours, I was working big hours, and we kind of became like ships in the night. So what I decided to do, from kind of realizing that I was just tired of feeling that way, you know, nights on end, staring at the ceiling, and you know, feeling completely, I don't know, just worn out worn down. I decided to reshape my business. And it wasn't that the group that I was involved in didn't give me like a lot of the tools that I needed to grow my business. But there was this other side that was obviously really draining and depleting my energy levels. And I needed to really address that and reshape my business so that I didn't stay on that path of burnout because it didn't feel good. So I got really clear on my why I got really clear on my purpose, not just my business purpose, but also my personal purpose. And I created systems and automations that then freed up so much of my time so that I can be more present in the moment with my family and the people that meant the most to me. And I pulled my head out of the sand I put my big girl pants on and I became confident with the numbers inside of my business. So I knew which lever to pull if my revenue dropped and I needed to increase the number of students or reduce the the number of expenses in my business and as a result, my profit rose and I became really intentional about the way I ran my business like really intentional about the way around it so that my business wasn't running May I was actually running it. I also changed my leadership style, to enable my staff to take on more responsibility. Rather than me rushing in to rescue them all the time, I gave over more control so that they had the space and the opportunity to step up. And I developed my business in such a way that it was no longer dependent upon me to run, it ran without me, I removed myself from the main core components of my business, which was teaching dance. And I got the right people in the right seats to run the admin side of the business. And it literally ran with ran without me for 90% of the time. And where the, I guess the silver lining came in, but also, as you'll hear, the shit hit the fan in March 2020 COVID here. And we were forced to stop all of our classes, and transition, essentially the entire business into online classes. And thank goodness that I had reshaped my business. And it was bittersweet, right, I reworked my whole business. And because of that, we were able to pivot very quickly. And I know pivot is like the COVID word that now everyone rolls their eyes out. But that's exactly what we had to do. And we were able to do it, because we had all the systems and processes in place, I knew my business inside out. So I could pull the levers that needed to be pulled to make sure that we would survive, I knew exactly the revenue that we needed to maintain. And I knew all of the expenses and what I could cut. And I also had the most amazing team, who really understood the importance of marketing in and working together to make that shift to ensure that the business and their jobs survived COVID, when so many businesses sadly didn't. So it was as it was, for a lot of people that experience of COVID was really crazy. But that wasn't the only thing that happened during that time. Because what happened next, and Thank fuck that my business could run without me because in April of the same year, 2020, my hubby and I separated for five months, the relationship strain had become too much. And we broke. It wasn't one single thing that caused us to make that decision together. It was a combination of lots of things. But we both felt that it wasn't working anymore. So So I moved out. I was hoping, of course that we would work through it. But you know, in that stage of gosh, it was so hard like moving out of our family home, I knew that I might never move back. Never move back into the home that we created together for our beautiful boys. And it was one of the hardest times of my life. And as you can imagine, I had a limited capacity, emotionally, to be immersed in my dance studio at that time. And again, my team were amazing in stepping in and holding the fort. The systems were all in place. They just needed to follow them. And I was so grateful and continue to be so grateful to my team that because they were there. And because we had reshaped the business to be what it was. I could step away from everything at that point and be where I needed to be, which was supporting my boys through a really, really hard time when they were super young, working on my marriage, and also working on myself because like I was completely broken. My husband was completely broken too. So it was just a really messy time. Like it was horrible.
And, you know, I'll be honest, at that time, I just wanted to walk away, I just wanted to close the doors to my business. And just just go just go and hide somewhere. But financially, I knew that if I didn't keep it together and keep the business open. If we didn't get back together, I needed that income. So the opposite like so the option to actually close the doors wasn't there. But I also emotionally wasn't in the space to really have my head in the game of being in business at that time. So my team, they held the business for me. And because they did that If I had something to come back to, when I felt strong enough, and my family unit was stable again, you know, I had something to come back to. And we had such great customer service policies and procedures in place, that I know that hardly anyone noticed that anything was happening behind the scenes. In fact, I don't know if anyone noticed, we develop the business in such a way that it was no longer dependent upon me to run. And I hadn't been running it as the face of the business in the way I had previously, for a while by that stage. So, you know, being that the business ran without me 90% of the time, I was so grateful when this happened, that no one really noticed because it was the business was already working in that way, if you know what I mean. And I was really grateful that I done that with the help of my team, of course, so that when the shit did hit the fan, they could handle it, I could handle it. And you know, I could come back to it when I was ready. Yeah, so obviously, that was a really, really hard lesson really hard time. And I took so much learning from that, that now I can share with my clients who work with me. And just to let you know, finishing off that part of the story, Troy and I did get back together, and three years on, we are so strong. And the whole experience in shaping my business in the way that I did meant that I you know, even during that time, I could serve the people that I wanted to serve, we could make the money that I needed to make, without me being the only person who could turn the cogs to make it happen. And then when personal circumstances forced me to really test out the strength and resilience of my business and the systems and the way that it operated. It showed me that I had the recipe for reshaping a business that up until the point that I changed the way that I ran my business, it was sucking me dry. So it taught me the importance of navigating ambition and striving for big goals and achieving great success, whilst also creating the business that isn't dependent upon you to have that success. So that you can manage your own well being and you can manage your relationships. It was a big hard lesson. But one that I am grateful for now, when I look back upon it. The other thing that happened in 2021 Was that my dad got really sick, he became terminally ill with cancer. And this was another moment in time where I removed myself from the business to be with him in a completely different state on the other side of the country. And again, the business ran without me. And so I decided in that timeframe that it was time to sell my business. I knew with confidence that I could sell it for a profit, and that it would bring the next owner the same profit margins because all the systems were in place. And the business didn't need me to operate, they could step in and continue on from where I left off. And we did a vendor finance agreement with actually one of my teachers who was on staff, the new owner, that teacher paid me for the business in the profits of the business over 12 months. It's called vendor finance. And so the reason that I'm sharing these lessons with you, that I've learned along my business journey, is that I want to let you know that this is not my first rodeo. As a business coach, I know my stuff, I've walked the path, I know the ups and downs. I've been forced to think on my feet many times over to feel the fear, do it anyway. I've existed outside of my comfort zone basically for the past 10 years, because I've continually invited opportunities for personal and professional growth. And that takes courage. And it takes the willingness to fail and get back up again. And I just want to say I'm really proud of myself for that. And I'm going to say that I think it's really important to recognize our achievements and to celebrate progress and commitment, because it can be rare these days. And I felt that it was important to share the origins of where my desire and the inspiration and the knowledge that I now share in supporting regional business women to grow their businesses. I distinctly remember sitting on the floor of the rented Airbnb house that I had when I separated from Troy. I was bawling like ugly snot crying, wanting to close my dance studio throw in the towel but knowing financially that I couldn't that I needed the income. But also thinking to myself in that moment, like, what else could I do? What else would I do? If it wasn't this? What could I do that would help other women to have a business that was more than a side hustle that gave them financial freedom, but also didn't burn them out or burn down their relationships? Like, what could I do? What could that be? So I put pen to paper. And I listed down all the things that I love to do, to connect with other women to cheer them on to share my knowledge, to give information, encourage big dreams and success. I love to teach, I love to communicate, I listed out all the things that I felt I was good at or that other people had said to me over the years that I was good at. So coming up with new business ideas, being spontaneous and thinking outside of the box, people would come to me and ask me for business advice or to bounce ideas are to work through a problem. I knew I was good at business strategy and systemization, and marketing and customer service. And, you know, I knew that I was good at understanding at a grassroots level. What I needed to do in a regional town to build the community around my business. I also I also knew I was good at leadership, self leadership and team leadership. I also listed out like what am I qualified or experienced in Well, I'm a trainer and assessor, I'm certified. In marketing, I've experienced starting growing and selling businesses, I've done it three times now, I had completely reshaped my business from it being totally dependent upon me to it running without me, I'd built a business that turned a six figure annual profit in a regional town. And I can't quite believe it, but I've been self employed for 10 years. And that accounts for so much when it comes to being qualified to share my knowledge, right as a business coach. And I'm also now certified as a high performance coach, I wasn't at the time when I was sitting on my floor writing all this out, but I am now. And I came away from that brain dump knowing that if I wanted to help other business women develop and grow their business. And not just that, but I knew at that point that I wanted to create a community of like minded business women who shared the same dream of growing their business who are down to earth, who are kind and who were open to sharing and collaborating. So it began with my signature course and my group program called ready to rise. It's an eight week full immersive program that can take you either from an idea all the way through to starting a business or to reshape the business that you already have, just like I did. Then I added private coaching to my services, and also speaking at events, which is also something that I love to do. And now I'm offering a membership. And this has been the memberships or into success. Two years in the making, I'm gonna say close to two years in the making, for at least the first 12 months, it was kind of up in my head clients who had been through the ready to rise program, were asking for more like what's next? How can I learn more from you. And there's only so much that I can squeeze into an eight week course and group coaching. And I trust me, I do squeeze a lot into there. But I can't squeeze 10 years into eight weeks. It's just impossible. So I was milling around the idea for about 12 months in my head before I finally started creating the membership. And I invited my existing clients into that membership in January of this year, so eight months ago, and my Oh geez. You know who you are. You've they've been enjoying it, they've been getting the the value that they have been looking for in continuing their business journey and continuing to get the professional development that they need. And I've been getting the formula just right. So adding different things, making sure it's jam packed and full of value, but not overwhelmingly so.
Soaring to success was created to make professional development accessible with monthly masterclasses on business or mindset topics presented either by myself or guest experts who are leaders in their field. So relevant topics that are important for your business where you're at with actionable steps to implement it into your business. So you see results straightaway. So bite sized, but meaty, right was my was my intention in the master classes that are part of the membership. I also wanted to have 90 Day planning sessions because what I know to be true is that when you are striving forwards, having a plan is the most effective, simple thing that's going to make sure that you reach those goals. If you don't have plan, it's just a wish, right? So 90 Day planning sessions are in there. And I can tell you they are the highlight for some of my members who are inside soaring to success because they have seen that it is the thing that moves their business forwards when they have a plan. The other thing that I wanted to work into this membership is monthly accountability group coaching calls, to help you to make sure that you get stuff done. So really important that if you're the type of person that you know, you need that extra accountability, then that's why this is in here for you. And also, we do quarterly networking sessions where all members come together to share ideas, to collaborate, to share their wins, to feel more connected, and less alone on their business journey. So it's just the right amount of business, mindset, networking planning, all in one spot, as well as having that opportunity to have accountability with a business coach at your, at your fingertips. And it's not a huge commitment of time, right, that's the other important thing that I wanted to make sure was here for you is that on average, it's like three hours a month. And if you can't show up live, everything gets recorded and added to the library. So it's really accessible. It's also really affordable. So it's less than the cost of a cup of coffee a day. One of the things that I have found frustrating region, like about living regionally is the lack of resources and training opportunities and mentoring that's available. Unless you have the time and the money to travel somewhere else to go and get those things, it can be really hard to access those things and get the support and the information that you need to grow your business. So I wanted it to be affordable, I wanted it to be easy, easily accessible, whether you wanted to show up live to these things or whether you wanted to watch them back later or, you know, watch the replay to help to solidify what you had learned by showing up live. It's all there. And it's been running for eight months now. And I feel really confident that we've made sure that everything runs smoothly, that it's just the right amount of information and opportunity for you to learn and grow without it feeling like there's too much and it's overwhelming. And I feel like it's ready to be released into the world, which is so exciting. And I have butterflies in my tummy saying it out loud. Because I'm so deeply passionate about this. And I'm also deeply passionate about helping you and the women in my community there have a business that really lights you up, and to share all the lessons that I've learned along the way so that you don't have to learn them the hard way like I did. So I'm all about finding the shortcuts. And I'm open book for my clients to pick my brains to take my templates and my tools and to use them for themselves. And I'm also all about seeking out to the experts that come into our membership to deliver their knowledge in a 60 minute masterclass. So if you haven't picked up on it, I'm super driven. I'm super impact driven. And I feel a deep sense of service and actually kind of obligation, if I can put that word to it to really pass on what I know, to help more women, as many women as possible to create their own life and their own business by design and have a freedom filled business. And I know that this is the best way, the most effective way and the most affordable way for you to access all of that, so that your business can soar. So there you have it, I've given you the inside scoop of why I do what I do the raw and very real hard lessons that I've learned through each of my businesses. And obviously there's so many more lessons that I've learned inside of my businesses too. But you know, I don't want to have this podcast go on for too long. But there's not only hard lessons that I've learned but there's also amazing things that I've learned about business that I can now share with you through the soaring to success membership. So exciting. So if you are keen as a bean and you want to join the waitlist now you absolutely can you can go to Donna han.com forward slash waitlist. If you have any questions feel free to Instagram me DM me on Instagram, Donna Han underscore coaches where you'll find me and watch this space. Keep tuning into the podcast because I am going to be bringing the very same guest experts who are presenting masterclasses inside of the membership here to speak with me on the podcast so that you can kind of sample what they're like. See the quality of guests that I'm bringing in and the types of topics that we cover. And like I said earlier, everything changed for me in my business when I invested in how Having a business coach at my fingertips and being part of a community through joining a membership back in 2016. And yes, it was a big investment, but it was so worth it. And soaring to success isn't $1,000 a month, it's much, much less than that. As I said, it's less than the cost of a cup of coffee a day. And I know that it's exactly what you need without it being overwhelming in both content, the amount of content or the commitment of time that you've got to add to your already busy schedule. I feel like we've got the recipe just right. So I'm sharing it with you go and jump on the waitlist. And yeah, I'm so excited to share this with you in more detail over the coming weeks. And as soon as the doors are open, you will be the first to know if you're on the waitlist. In fact, I'm going to actually give you sneaky early bird access. So you'll get the opportunity to join before anybody else does, and get heaps of bonuses when you do so. So that's my story. Thank you for holding space for me to share today. I can't wait to return the favor and hold space for you and your business journey too. I appreciate you listening and tuning in today's podcast, and I look forward to sharing more with you really soon. Have a great day. Bye. Thank you so much for tuning in to this episode of the shoes in business podcast. Make sure you hit follow so that you are the first to know as soon as a new episode drops. And if you really want to deliver me smiles send me a DM find me on Instagram at Donna Han underscore coach and tell me what you loved most about this episode. Also, feel free to let me know what topics you need to learn more about if you are regional businesswoman ready to rise and soar towards success. I'll see you back here next week for another episode.
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