Liz Wolfe Coaching

I get it.

We're live. I've got the beautiful Liz Wolfe. Wolfe in the house. Liz, um, you look so familiar. I was telling you I had a few minutes. We're going to show you the website. It's awesome. But I feel like I've seen you before. I've heard of you before. I know of you. So share a little bit about yourself and where are you dialing in from?

Yes. Well, I live in New York City, although I did grow up in Western Pennsylvania on a sheep farm. Now you get the joke. Last name is Wolf.

Sorry, that is funny.

It's true. As a matter of fact, I was just visiting my sister. She lives in Cincinnati now, although I live in New York City, and she had a spinning wheel. And another friend that we were with said, I don't understand about spinning. And so I dove right— I was— I time traveled back to when I was a kid and we would go to these festivals and we would bring sheep and we would bring wool and things and we would spin them, you know, and talk about it in that moment. So I was like, wow. And I was spinning and I mean, I haven't spun wool in at least 10 years. I'm like, oh, this is like riding a bike. You don't forget. You don't forget.

Wait, was that through 4-H?

Yes, that was 4-H. That's right.

And so Liz, before you go on, I want to ask you, so because when I picture and I see these young girls and boys that are really into like the, the sheep and, and the animals, I think of their futures. And isn't that like something that really makes you comfortable talking to people? What would you say that you applied to the lessons you learned as a young girl 4-H to being in a leadership position and speaking on Liz Wiltz Consulting?

That's a great question. It was definitely a community experience. And we were all there to learn. So let's see if I can remember the 4 H's stand for heart, head, hand, and health. Those are the 4 H's. And God forbid somebody's listening to this and it's like, that's not right, but I'm pretty sure that's it. And that was what they focused on. They were like, you know, you're what's true for your heart. You're learning, you're doing, and it's all combined to make you a healthy human being. And that I, we actually have a place upstate in upstate New York. And the 4-H is one of my neighbors runs one of the 4-Hs. And I love it. I, You know, she's very crafty. So, um, we go to the fair once a year and, you know, and it's all like time traveling for me. But what I learned in that time, not just from 4-H, because we actually had the sheep and wool 4-H that we did, but there is so much about sharing knowledge and being in front of people, doing the work to do the presentations, the The things that got judged at the fairs, but also just like learning. As a matter of fact, I went back for my high school reunion. It's kind of a longer story. I won't go into too much, but it was this person that I hadn't seen in like 30 years or something. And she said, yes, I remember going to the farm. We got, we all called it the farm, going to your mom's farm and doing, that's like a fond memory for her is going back and doing these 4-H related activities together. And I thought, wow, you know, all these years later, that's still something you remember.

Wow. Are you writing articles or blogs?

I do have blogs on my website. Yes.

I think that right there is a natural— what you've learned, you could really— and go through all 4. I think that that would be a great lesson. And it would be fun to also just— and if you have any pictures of yourself when you were younger, that I think I know I'm going to— I want to not only read it, but I'm going to share it like across. I'd love to see you do that. So then, then, okay. So then you go from there, you go through the school.

Yeah. So I went, I did go to college because it's kind of an interesting thing where my family, my mother was a trained teacher. My father was an engineer. And even though she decided to have this farming life, it was not original to us. So college was a thing you did. And so I went to college and I was a photography major in college. And after college, I actually opened up a shop and selling some things from the farm. And of course I wasn't prepared. I didn't know how to run a business. I didn't know anything. And so that was a major failure. Let's just put it this way. It didn't last even, I don't even think a whole year. So then I was a free agent and I said, where am I gonna go except to New York City? And so I came down to New York City and, uh, that was in the '80s. Yes, I'm definitely dating myself, but that's okay because it's relevant to the story. Um, that was in the '80s when technology, you know, the big thing was WordPerfect. Oh yes, remember WordPerfect?

Yeah.

And A lot. I mean, it was, you have to remember for anyone listening that might be like, well, that's why is technology. It was so brand new. I remember reading in a book once, a story about a veterinarian. And when penicillin was invented, you know, there was not, not invented. It was discovered, right? But once it was discovered and they started giving it to sick animals, He said they would be better in 24 hours, that the, that the impact of the penicillin was so dramatic that he could see like they were ready to die and he gave them penicillin and then they basically, you know, it killed. So technology was something like that, right? It was so impactful and grew so quickly. There was a lot of opportunity there. I sometimes feel sad. I've, I've, kids, uh, just out of college and in college. And I feel like the opportunity that was there for me, just for the taking, because nobody understood it and I could understand it. And I was able to turn that into a business, um, mostly selling CRM software, which is database related. Loved— I loved the intricacies of databases. And, but it wasn't just doing it. It was teaching it. That's, that is really my, what you would say, you know, my bailiwick would be, I'm very good at taking information, disseminating it and saying, well, you mean this. And then being able to, that, that's what makes me a good coach is you can give me your big jumble of these are all my problems and I can listen through it and then From there, I can provide some guidance for you, so, because I'm able to problem solve it.

I love that. I think that is called a forward thinker.

Okay.

I heard that like maybe 10 years ago, and I thought, okay, that makes sense for me too. So I just wanted to say something because when you were talking about like the opportunities, I'm thinking to myself, yeah, let's, let's, I didn't want to know my son was born in '83, so he's 42. So let's say 40 years. Later, these kids have crazy opportunities. If they were you as a young kid, they could have a YouTube channel showing off all about their sheep, how to shear it, have millions of subscribers, and they'll just make money every day with like 4-H and like showing behind the scenes. It's crazy the differences.

And, and when I think about the marketing that we did on the farm, because we were quite— we were entrepreneurs. We didn't call it that, You know, that nobody called you an entrepreneur. We were farmers, but my— most of the people that had farms near us were dairy. But my mother, you know, cows are big and bulky and, um, also a little bit uninspiring. Love cows, don't get me wrong, but they're sort of like a one-trick pony, you know. It's like you give meat or you give milk. But sheep are very— you can do a lot with sheep. You could do a lot with the wool. You could do a lot with with, um, so much of it, sheepskins and different things. So we were, we were entrepreneurs. We were, uh, and we would do marketing. Like, we, we did PR. We were in the paper. People knew about us. But if we had now what— I wouldn't be having this conversation with you because I'd be on an island in Tahiti, let me tell you, because, uh, we were pretty cool. We did some really cool stuff and just documenting it would have been an amazing thing. But, you know, it wasn't available to us at the time. And I'm not sorry about the way my life, you know, the path that it took. I'm not sorry about it at all. I have a beautiful life in New York City, but it's just about the opposite of what I grew up with.

I know, you know, my dad, my parents left in Connecticut a toy museum, the Barker Cartoon Character and Comic Museum. But I regret that in 2000, And just in like 2000, general, I didn't know about podcasts. My dad would have loved to show— he had a dream of a show. I never thought, well, let me put them on YouTube or let me do a podcast. So I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't think of that part. Okay, so Liz, so then tell me, so you now you're in consulting and I love it. And I like— so, and I love that you're the only person I've ever heard that just said, throw it all at me, I'll take care of organizing it and get putting it together. That's Powerful. That, you know, I want to show everyone who's listening right now. I'm going to share my screen.

Okay.

And I want to show you, I want to show you, I like the pop-up. Oh, let's take the quiz. Do you mind?

Oh, go for it. I love it.

Let me share the tab. Let me share this tab. Okay. So it should be, Liz, help me and make sure. Okay. Right now, is it showing the Yeah.

What kind of entrepreneur are you?

Wait, who are these? Just cute pictures or anyone you know?

No one I know. This is supposed to— everybody imagines that the entrepreneur is more like the kid on the left, where it's, you have to be very forceful and be very organized. But many of us relate more to the image on the right, which is the baby with the food on its head. You know, that's like having the best time ever and yet maybe feels a little bit like a mess.

If you're watching this, if you're listening, you should really get to the YouTube. I'll have it up on YouTube. It is so good. Oh no, you can watch it live. If you're watching, you're seeing this. I am actually— I can't even tell you how much I'm loving these pictures. And so serious. Okay, we're going to take the quiz. So I am on LizWolfCoaching.com. I'm taking the free quiz. And okay, I'm gonna do it myself. In business, what do you value most? I really— it is, uh, in my own business, or someone else has been saying so funny.

In your—

yeah, in your own business, I guess I value my expertise and knowledge because I, I, I, you know, I'll say my name, my age is 63, and I really value the fact that I have 35 years. I also grew up in a family business, but logo merchandise, quite different. But there is so much that you learned so I can understand the value that you've received. And are your parents still—

No, actually, my mother passed, unfortunately, a few years ago because she was a smoker. That was even though here we were, you know, but '70s, I mean, that's what you did. My dad wasn't a smoker. He was a tennis player. So he actually just passed this past— well, it'll be almost a year. And but he lived to 95, so we had a lot of dad time, not as much mom time.

But oh, my parents worked till the day because they loved the museum, so that was their pleasure. But they were 90. And you know what, Liz, it's hard, right? Because all of a sudden you, you don't have your parents. Like, it's like when my parents would say, let's talk about it, Adrian, I was that kid. No, I don't want to talk about it. I'm not ready. And then I wasn't even ready. But it is— I just want to say out loud, right, it's not— it's never easy no matter what the age is. And Because just life without them, it's just a strange thing. Okay, so motto. So I am definitely— there's no I in team. Everything is we, to the point that yes, people think that I have like this big business. I'm sorry, I use we. It's just a habit. Good enough is never good enough. No, I actually don't believe in that crazy perfectionism because I worked for muscular dystrophy for 12 years. I raised more money by, by not worrying about balloons and little things and concentrating on the big thing. Move fast and break things. No, I don't like that either. And knowledge is power. I love that, but I'm going to go with there's no I in team. Guys, who's going to do this with me? Come on, you guys. What are you most motivated by? Achieving and maintaining high standards. Oh, 100% helping others succeed. It's a— right, Liz? It's a feeling. Tell me the feeling you get when you help your clients succeed. Put that into words for me.

Yes, it's so interesting 'cause often prospects will ask me, well, what are some of the success stories you have? And it's really hard to define what a success story is because it's so different for everyone. But I find as much pleasure and satisfaction from people who like manage to have their first sales call. So it's not, yes, do I have clients that now make $250,000 a year in their business from nothing?

Sure.

But I'm also just as proud of the people who could get on the phone and make some sales calls or just quit their job or whatever it is. Yeah.

Yep. I agree. These are great questions, by the way. Wow, you guys, I can't wait to— and then what happens? I'm going to— what is your greatest strength? Not my attention to detail. I'm not great with that. Your expertise and knowledge, your ability to inspire. I think that is what It's interesting. This is so interesting because it's not only making you think about yourself, but somehow I'm thinking what others would think. Is that kind of normal?

Yeah. I, I'm also having a lot of enjoyment of watching you take the quiz because it's, uh, yeah, I put a lot of work into this quiz. I will tell you, I put, and there's a whole backend to it where I have, I think, 10 or 11 emails that come that are content for you to depending on your style and where you are. So, yeah.

Wow. So, okay, so it's not just like putting up a quiz, you guys, on LinkedIn and saying, I'm taking a poll. This is interactive, but so brilliant. I know my son was using quizzes for his website and he really grew it. Strategy schmategy. Okay, I have to say, I love that. And conduct a— oh my gosh. Well, of course, I'm actually having a 2-day swap. And when you were talking, I was thinking, oh my gosh, that is for our next swap because how your brain works, I could tell that you would be perfect. So we're doing that swap and order event. It's a 2-day and it's a multi-stream and multi— what do they call it— syndicated. So I'm very excited about that. So definitely that. Definitely. And oh, oh, that's a good one. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. So the question is, what's your favorite motivational quote? Let me read this. Sorry, guys. I have not failed, I just found 10,000 ways that won't work. I love Thomas Edison. Okay, love. Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt. I can't see a picture of her, Liz, without crying. Um, she's so— she just represents humanity so beautifully. You could be that kid standing at the top of the water slide overthinking it. You have to go down the chute. No, Tina, I don't have to go down the chute. No, I don't, I don't feel like I have to. No, I'm afraid. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. That's my favorite one. I love this test, everyone. Which one best describes you? It's so simple. The pictures are great. The question— I could see where, where when you just said that, yes, that makes sense. This doesn't just like pop up, you guys. You got to give things thoughts. Um, I have business idea. I'm just getting started. I've been in business. I've been in business for over 3 years. Okay, and now Now you have to scroll down.

This is the only part that— yeah, ready?

Yeah, that's okay.

Yeah, put your email in.

Never mind putting in my email. I never mind putting in my name. I'm like, when you look at my LinkedIn, you'll be like, wow, she's— she subscribed to everyone's newsletter. Yes, because I love it. Okay, and then, and then let me see. I'm just waiting for it. You got a little thing.

You might need to list.

Oh, look at this. Wait, you guys, this is beautiful. All right, look at the camera. Look at the, um, wherever you're looking at your phone. Say hello to your CEO, the chief. Okay, so my CEO type is a chief empowerment officer. You are giving this away for free, even this over— this is a big deal.

Yes. And then there's— well, it says click here for a complete report on the benefits and pitfalls. There's a multi-page PDF which will explain what the, what the supporting style actually is.

Wow. Okay. I want to learn more about you, but this was amazing. I really look forward— this will be email me too, right? So I can just— okay. I can't help myself. Oh my God. This is so professional. And then look at it opens up into a PDF that shares my style. Liz, brilliant. Absolutely. Brilliant. Okay, so that's a pop-up. I took the test. All right, now for some beautiful picture of you. And aren't you guys all thinking we know Liz from somewhere? I feel like I can't help it. All right, so this I put in the, uh, in any of the programs that are up now. We're streaming to 3 channels, so you'll see that. And then, okay, let's talk about this. Let's talk about a coaching program, because Liz, I'm gonna be honest with you, if I was in my 30s and 40s and I had a coach, it would have changed my whole life. I needed a coach. There was no— we're talking about those years. I'm 60. So yeah, so, oh my gosh, so over 30. There was nothing. No coaches were called. There was nothing. If you want to talk to someone, you were talking to a psychologist, right? Or psychiatrist. You were not finding a coach. And I am such an advocate for what you do and how it helps entrepreneurs, individuals, and leadership and management. Can you please share your information so people understand that. And, and how many people actually have coaches? This— most successful people have a coach. So I really would love to hear you share this information.

Yeah, and I think it's really good to, um, to understand the difference between, let's say, a coach and a therapist. Although sometimes people say, you know, you should be a business therapist because there's no greater personal development workshop than becoming an entrepreneur and working in your business. You will be challenged in hundreds of ways daily, and there's fears, there's doubts, there's everything. So the difference between a therapist and a coach is, should be that, and this is not to devalue therapists in any way, that is for sure, is it's more, it's more accountability-focused. It's, you know, with a coach relationship, I have understood to have permission to push you a little bit to say, okay, well, what are you going to work on? What, what, you know, the next— I talk to my clients every 2 weeks. What in the next 2 weeks, what are you going to work on? And it's in the working on those things, where the breakthroughs come. People think of breakthroughs as afterthoughts, like some destination you're going to get to, and when you do, it'll be like, oh, and that's not— it's not actually how breakthroughs work. Breakthroughs are the things that cause the results, not the other way around. It's not like once you have a result, now you've had this breakthrough. If you don't have the breakthrough, you're not creating the result because that means nothing new is happening. With you, nothing new. So if, I'm sure you've heard it, you can't solve today's problems with yesterday's ideas, right? You can't with the same thinking you had previously. That's what got you in this spot to begin with. So coaching is all about shifting your mindset, shifting your thinking, shifting your approach. And my Process is clear vision plus purposeful action minus hidden barriers equals breakthrough results. So the minus the hidden barriers is the part where you don't know, you don't know why you don't like talking about money. You don't know why you hate asking for help. You don't know why you feel stuck in your business. You don't know why because you're not in action because you're trying to figure those things out. By figuring them out so you can get in action. That is not the way it works. You get in action. And when you're in action and with an accountable relationship, like with a coach, then when you run into barriers, you can come to the coach and say, hey, this is what I was referring to earlier. Dump it all on me. I'll help you figure it out. I'll help you figure out, oh, so what you're telling me is that You were brought up in a family where asking for help was considered to be weak. And so you think, or, you know, you have imposter syndrome and you don't want to tell your employees to do their jobs or, you know, whatever the thing is. And then it's about continuing and practicing.

So what do you— so to me, it's a gift to be able to work with you. I would see that as something that would be a gift I'd give to myself. But do owners of businesses ever look at their leaders and say, you know what, you already are wonderful, I want to bring— I want to help you to get to where you really want to go, let me pay for this, let me help you to get this kind of coaching?

I think most people are hiring coaches when they really experience that for themselves. I think it is like anything when you have to pay for it yourself. Uh, Jen, there are a certain percentage of people who feel very much motivated by something that they got for free or something that someone else is paying for or something like that. Um, you have to have some skin in the game to, to have it. Uh, I, I think there are a lot of leaders in businesses that believe in the value of coaching. There's executive— I don't consider myself an executive coach. I have done executive coaching. I love any kind of coaching. But what I really love doing is helping people that are feeling stuck about getting their business off the ground and started.

So important, Liz. I do understand, and I see that we can talk mission, vision. I taught the Kauffman Foundation Fast Track program when I was with I was with SCORE for 8 years, but that piece was always missing and it always seemed to come out in conversations where, you know, it wasn't like the processes, it was almost like the processes in the brain were what needed to be worked out. So I love what you do. So wait, so you mentioned New York City. Are you saying New York City, like in the city?

Yes, I live in New York City. Yeah.

What is it like to go to New York City? Are you at the— are you at Broadway like once a week?

That's hilarious. You know, it's interesting, my husband grew up in Queens, which is, you know, just over the river over here. And until he met me, which I was, we were in our late 20s, he had never been to a Broadway show.

Wow.

So I was like, well, you know, we're going. I don't go to a lot of Broadway usually, that's the, you know, I mean, I certainly have, I've probably seen you know, 30 or 40 plays in my, in my time. Not like some of my friends who go once a week and I see on Facebook, I'm like, you went to another play? I didn't even know that play was on. But New York City is so fabulous for so many things. But I was sharing with you a little bit before we got started that I, what I mostly do socially, but also just like in my life, is bluegrass, bluegrass jams. I go, I organize them. I have a website now, bluegrassjamsnearme.com. I even have a bluegrass podcast.

You do? Oh, okay, give it to me so I can put it in there, please, please, please.

Bluegrass Brooklyn, which is actually Bluegrass B-K-L-Y-N. It was started by a friend of mine. He asked me to join him as a co-host. And one more time again, it's, it's, it's Bluegrass Brooklyn, but Brooklyn is spelled B-K- L-Y-N. Oh, Blue.

Oh, that's the name of the podcast?

Yes.

Look for the podcast on all platforms.

Yep, it's on all platforms. And I give a large part of the credit to my buddy Mike, who is, uh, he does all the editing. He does pretty much— I mean, he's retired, so he has other times to be doing things. And what we do is we We interview people, and so there's a lot of fun stuff to do with that. So I spend a significant amount of my social time in New York City doing bluegrass. Then you might ask me the obvious question.

So what do you think? What do you play?

What do you play? So I do, I do play the guitar, I do sing, but I also play the, the ukulele.

And the name of your band, I love it.

Oh, so I also— so I really have two sides to me. I have my bluegrass people, but then I have my blue— a ukulele partner. Her name is Jean, and we call ourselves Eucalicious, and we have so much fun singing together. And yeah, we've played at various places, and I mean, music is such a wonderful thing. It's such a good way to bring people together, and it's It's really ramped up, I will say, since the pandemic because we were all feeling that incredible need for community and connection. And so we started playing outside together.

Oh, I love that. I was telling Liz that I love, love, love when I am at a speaking event and like a speaker will come on stage and then they'll have like some instrument or just their vocals and start like will take and sing and— oh, I wish I had the talent. So if you're looking for an amazing speaker, book Liz and you ask her to bring her ukulele or guitar. I mean, wouldn't that make an amazing presentation? I know everyone would just walk out. Liz, let's take it back a second because there was a LinkedIn user that wrote a message. Let's just read it.

Therapy—

interesting. Therapy goes into the past, trying to find out why the present situation is taking place. Then they tell the patient how to proceed. Coaching from the present tries to understand it and look into the future. The client is accountable and owns their future path. The coach supports and will not give any advice. Interesting. Any thoughts on that? And thank you to the LinkedIn user.

Absolutely. Yes. I was wondering what that was that popped up. So therapy goes into the past trying to find out why the present situation is taking place, and then they tell the person how to proceed. Great. Coaching from the present tries to understand it and look into the future. Client is accountable and owns their future path. Right. Um, so first of all, absolutely everything in here is 100% in alignment with what I would say. You say the words will not give any advice. I will have to admit that I have certainly given people advice in my time. Usually when people ask for it, uh, like, well, what would you do? And/or what do you hear? And that's the part where if I listen to people, I can usually pull out from their communication what's really meaningful to them. I'll give you a recent example. I have a client who's an education consultant and she was doing, we all do all these programs, right? And we're all spending money on all these programs. And the person said to them, do you, you can make a lot of money doing this in corporate situations. And then she, we, during our convers— our coaching conversation, she was like, yeah, this and that. And I was, and I was like, was that, did you want it? Like, I've never heard you talk about corporate presentations. Did you wanna do that? And she was like, no, actually I don't.

No. Okay.

So thank you for that, that, that advice, but it doesn't resonate for me cuz I'm an educator. I'm a, you know, I'm professional. So again, no, nothing. Not dissing the person that said that she should do that, but it just— I have to hear what's authentic for somebody. And but I love this as a definition, you know, starting from the present and look to the future.

Yeah, interesting. I would think I was always careful with SCORE that I was a certified business mentor, not a coach. Always made it clear because I understood the difference. And I mean, I can assign you homework and ask you to do it and I could help you, but I definitely you know, there's not a score mentor. Maybe they— to me, I knew the difference and understood it completely. I want to go back to your website because I, I think I, I just love everything that you're doing here. So you have a private coaching program, so the one-on-one, that is awesome. But then I was thinking, do you have a, like, a one where you're with other people? Is that— so I see the one-on-one. Are you doing A different kind where you're doing more than one person?

I don't currently have a group coaching program going, but I most certainly have done that in the past. I love it. I love doing group coaching programs. I also do some workshops. I have a really wonderful workshop called the Abundance Breakthrough Course, and it is 2 and a half days basically challenging all your beliefs that you have about scarcity and abundance. I don't have one scheduled right now, But that is certainly something I have done and I really, really enjoy that.

Oh my gosh. Okay. Yes, please let us know because that like just definitely perked me up on that one. Wait, I am— okay. So kudos to whoever put together your website. I just want to just acknowledge, I am loving it. I love, I just love the layout of it. You guys, do you see how nice and clean it looks? Any questions here? Oh my gosh, I gotta answer this one. I don't feel like I need a whole coaching program. I just feel stuck on one issue. Can you still help me? Yes, I frequently work with people to help them get unstuck. Love this. You could see book a one-off mindset. Amazing. This I really feel is amazing. And then how is the, the vision roadmap session? $497, really fair price. How can you give me a story of someone that has actually taken the Vision Roadmap and where you've seen some success from them and just even a 2-hour session?

Yes. Uh, actually, I know that keeps popping up. Uh, so the way my coaching program works is if you sign with me for the program, uh, typically 6 months, which has to me the minimum. Of what you would need to get started. I actually give you the vision roadmap session as a bonus at the beginning. And that session is as much for me as it is for the client, because I really wanna know what is your true vision. I call it future fantasy. It's a vision session, but I call it, the first part of it is like 5 to 8 years from now, what's ideal? And what I love to do, and I actually literally transcribe it. As, as they talk. And then, so for some of my clients that I've had for multiple years now, I sometimes will go back to the beginning of the doc. I have a document that we— oh, and I will go back and I will say, remember how you said you wanted to write a book? Oh right, yeah, yeah, I remember. You know how you're doing that? Like, so many times what they have spoken, it's very, very powerful. To speak what you want. And this is a, it's the first step to creating an abundant business, which is to ask powerfully. I could talk for another half an hour just on asking, but the, but asking is not just asking somebody for help or asking, you know, for whatever you want, but literally speaking into the universe. Speaking out loud. I, you know, I know it's a little woo-woo, but I believe that when you speak these things out loud, that the universe says, oh, that's what you want, being specific about it. And it's happened to me so many times correctly, exactly, that I can't even call it a fluke because it definitely It definitely does. But unfortunately, we teach our children to not ask for what they want. We dumb it down. We say it's too much. I mean, just think about your birthday, right? You blow out the candle and you make a wish. But what's the rule? Don't say the wish out loud because it won't come true. Wow, Liz, what the hell? Sorry. What the heck?

Why?

What? Who came up with that? Like, now, if like— but people do it every single day. There are people, millions of people every day whose birthday it is who blow out the candle and make a wish, but don't say it out loud because then it won't come true.

Oh my, you just wait. Oh, just hold on for a second. Let's all process this because I am just loving what you're saying and I could relate so much. And I want to like figure out why do I have trouble too? Not I could ask things out loud, but why actually asking a person likes something too. But I love— I just— sorry, I'm just loving this conversation. You have dropped a lot of great quotes, by the way. I really see, like, the photo of you and then those quotes next to you because you have some great, great quotes. Thank you. Wow, Liz. Okay, everyone just process that because that is so interesting why we really— next time, tell your children to say it out loud. Liz is going to start a whole new birthday cake candle train.

Yeah, let's teach everyone. How can the universe possibly know what you want? Or how could your significant other know what to get you for your birthday? Or how would your employee know, or your consultant, you know, your social media manager? Or how would anything be known unless you spoke it out loud? And, you know, that you should just know. It's so much more romantic. No, it isn't. Actually, it's not romantic to be disappointed when you go to the restaurant you didn't want to go to because you weren't— didn't say sushi, and he just thought it was Italian, you know. So there's so many ways that we get disappointed by— we didn't ask what we wanted.

Liz, I'm gonna lay this out here. I'm gonna just say how I feel right now. I've met a lot of coaches in my lifetime.

You have—

there's something about you. I'm so glad you're on here today because if you are looking for a coach, you guys, consider Liz. I, I, I, I feel like I, I've fallen for you. Like, I love how you represent. I, I love your simplicity of your website and how you've made things so great. Okay, so here's the blog. And I can't wait to read your article about leadership in sheeping. Look at great— you do a nice job. I'm a little jealous here. All your pictures fit. Don't look at my blog. I have good articles, but I'm not great with my pictures.

Challenges that we face is technology is such a challenge for—

Oh, I love this. Your brain at 3 AM. Oh, you got your— these are— are you writing your own blog?

Yes, I write my own blogs and I will tell you that there's lots of good stuff. I'm putting it in.

I don't want anyone to do any extra work. I'm throwing it right in the comment section so you can look at it. It is fabulous. Let me remove the pop-up. The pop-up's a little too much, but yes, now that you see it, when you see it on the screen. Okay, so videos, you have a ton of information here too. And oh, I love it. You know what you're doing. Oh yeah, you got— I, I'm telling you, I am telling you, if you are looking, I would 100% recommend you. Oh, these are with the podcast you appeared on.

Yes, it's amazing.

Okay, got it. I must have, I must have seen a— there, I know. And I feel like if we were, we'd probably— I just, there's something I know I I know you. Um, the quiz, the recommended— oh, recommend books.

Excuse me, these are all my books, a couple of which are mine at the top, by the way. If you just—

oh, you have a book called The Power of Asking. Yes, I do.

And these are all these damn pop-ups. Um, they're short, what they call short books. They're— if you can see the picture of me there, you could read it in under an hour. Now there are exercises in it, so you want to be, um, you want to do those obviously, but you can get a lot of value out of just reading them. And the Business Vision Blueprint essentially is my vision roadmap process, except you don't get the value of doing it with me.

But I'm trying to find the book right now. The Power of Asking. Oh, here it is. And I feel like, am I in the right Amazon?

I mean, there is a link there. It says click here.

Oh, look at this. I want the paperback. Um, so let me just see. And I, I just want to make sure. I want to— I'm going to add this to my cart and I am going to proceed to checkout. I should be all set. I don't know why this looks like— yep, my address is right there. I've got it right here. Everything looks good. I'm going to place my order. Boom, guys! You know what, Liz? I have a little saying: do it now, figure it out later. Do it now. See, I just did it now. And then what do you do when you're on Amazon? You follow the author because Liz is someone you follow. Like, there's not like a game to this. I'm telling you, I just got the book. I'm very excited. I need to learn to ask, so it's weird that, um, that book just called my name. Okay, guys, your business vision blueprint. This is amazing. Oh, you have journals too?

Yes, they're, they're, uh, actually all the photographs that I took. I don't know if you remember, but I said in the very beginning that I was a photography major in college, so I took these photos, and then there's just— there's sayings.

And, you know, I'm buying this Abundance Journal because I want to buy it— well, I don't know, I want— I, I want to buy it for myself, but I want to buy it for my 19-year-old daughter. So, oh yeah, so I'm gonna get this. Just give me one second. Okay guys, there we go, there we go. That's how we do it, that's how we do it here.

Thank you so much.

Are you kidding me? No, I did. Like, why are you thanking me when I'm supposed to be thanking you? I am so excited for all of this. And look at— I get to go through— oh, I gotta do— I gotta download this. Wait, guys, I don't want to lose this. And I know I probably— but I just want to get this. That is when I took the test. The test was fun. Now look at— and then it saves right to your computer as Chief Empowerment. I, I don't think—

I totally get you as a Chief Empowerment Officer. You're clearly committed to helping people and And there's pluses but minuses to being a Chief Empowerment Officer. So you'll see that in that document and then I'll send you some emails and you'll have lots of fun with it.

Liz, you are so likable, great smile. I love everything about you. I want to tell you that your episode, this episode will be turned into a book. I'm very excited. My book, Unscripted Brilliance, just came out with the last 16 episodes. So because of pod2book.com— but pod2book.com or pod2book.ai— yes, you could take— now you could take your episodes and turn it into a book. And I've got a $50 off coupon for you. It's like $200. It's a man— it's a beautiful manuscript, but we'll talk later. But the— everyone loves it. It's really written beautifully. But anyways, I'm excited about this because you're gold. I am so glad to meet you. And I don't know if how I feel about you, my connection, is because You know, New York and Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Like, I always feel like there's something about New England. I'm sorry, guys, but there is. And just the— you just, you just like have that, that beautiful feeling of a New Yorker. And it's powerful. It's a beautiful smile. Is there anything that we should know? So you have social media? Do like— how?

Yes, I am. Well, I would go to LizWolfCoaching.com. That's where all of you could set up a time to speak with me. Even if you just want to talk about your business, it doesn't have to be a sales call. You could take the quiz and I'll use any of the resources that I spent all those hours on. And, uh, certainly, you know, I'm on, I'm on Facebook, I'm on LinkedIn.

So like Liz Wolfe, is it your name? Liz Wolfe?

Yes. Liz Wolfe. I just put this most mostly, if you look up Liz Wolfe coaching, you will find me.

Okay, you know that I am that person too that will go out and follow you everywhere. I am totally a huge fan right now. All right, if anyone doesn't have any more questions, I am loving it. Oh wait, wait, um, yes please, I'm gonna play the ukulele for you.

Oh my gosh, I'll do a quick version. This is not this—

no, not too quick, not too quick.

See if I remember all the words. I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii. I wanna be with all the konis and wahinis that I used to know. I can hear the ukulele playing. At the beach at Ho'okupu. Now, now, I can hear the old Hawaiians singing. Koma mai ano ka ua ika hala wala ko. It won't be long till my ship will be sailing back to Kona. A grand old place that's always fair to see. You're telling me. I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homesick island boy. Wanna go back to my fishing poi. I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii. Where the homa homa nuka nuka apoa a go swimming by.

Okay, there are 3 tears. That was so beautiful. I'm sorry, I'm a crybaby. Oh my God, that was so beautiful. You like touched my soul.

I—

sorry, I am— I— thank you. That was really, really beautiful. I love that. You know, one of the things that I do is I, I'm the co-host of a true crime podcast called Debate the News True Crime Edition. And you know, I, I'll I, I really cry at least like humanity when someone sings so beautifully and people always laugh like, okay, you don't cry at some of the worst stories out there, but you'll cry. But there was so much heart. That was so— I loved every minute of that. I literally could be, you know, I'll nurse that one beer all night, okay? Make it cold and keep it in a can cooler for me, but I will just listen to you. Oh my gosh. So do you play? Are you like playing at places that people can see? I'd like to sit there and cry next time I'm up there.

I, I really appreciate that. Uh, well, mostly bluegrass stuff that you can find on my, my other website, bluegrassjamsnearme.com.

Oh my gosh, bluegrass! Hold on, guys, I'm not closing up until I— hold on, near me.

Oh, so do you come to New York City or you live in New York City and you're listening? Please come Come and join us. We do. It's so much fun. And you know what? It's, there are so many parallels to, uh, there's so many parallels to coaching and bluegrassing and jamming. Um, which we, in fact, you could see if you're looking at the screen, there's a, I'm doing an actual jam camp where people can come and learn how to jam. And it, it's, it's life transforming for people. It really is because of my upbringing on the farm where I was like constantly being thrust in front of people and had to do that. I, I don't— I love to perform. I love to be in front of people, but a lot of people are very shy about it. So yeah, come on out and play some music.

This is so— this, that— oh, and you have an online ukulele course too? Yeah.

Actually, I just closed down my Thinkific and I just realized that I did that. I got to set that up again. But yeah, there's— look at us. We're going to go to this beautiful place in the country and we're going to, we're going to play music.

Oh my gosh. Wait, I can't. I have to just look at what a Jam Jersey is.

Jam Jersey is a hotel takeover event that we do. We, we go to, this hotel in New Jersey, and we play all weekend. That's all we do is play music.

Oh my God, when I'm following you, I will start to promote this. I, I just, I can't. I love this so much. Oh wow.

Majority of my social media is definitely about, uh, about bluegrass because it's just, it's such a joy to do it and so much fun.

You are a beautiful human being. I absolutely love you. Thank you for all your time. Oh my gosh, Liz, I, I feel like I made a connection of a friend. We're going to stay connected. I'm going to connect, reach out to you on LinkedIn, everywhere. You'll be like, this woman— oh, I have Professional Global Etiquette, uh, you know, I'm Adrienne Barker. But oh my gosh, Liz, I love you. Thank you so much for taking your time to be here today. You've made my Wednesday. You're awesome.

Thank you. Thank you for having me.

It was, it was, it was just so beautiful. I can't even tell you. It was, it was fun. But your voice, and you brought me back to something. It must be something that touched me. Maybe it was a boy from back in college that played the ukulele. I don't know. Either way, I love you. Okay, I'm gonna end the stream right now. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.