Bunny Young talks about the business partners who keep you functioning, from coaches and colleagues to faith and service animals. She shares stories about her service dogs, Goose and Guinness, and why identifying your partners matters for doing the work you actually want to do.
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Business partners. And, you know, I own 100% of a better Place Consulting. I have an amazing human business partner and some of my other ventures. But I also want to acknowledge one of my business partners that you guys see on a weekly basis. But you maybe don't completely understand the significance of my business partner. And he's back there. Ginny, you gonna say hi? You gonna say hi? Come here. Come here, puppies. Come here. He's like, mom, don't embarrass me. So, you know, your tribe inspires you. And I want to just give you a couple things to think about when choosing a business partner. And there's the legal entity of having a partnership within your company. But even if you're working in a corporation, you should have a partner that you can go to, that you can rely on, that you can trust, that is constantly pushing you to be the best that you can be, but also to take the best, very best care of yourself. I happen to have a service animal that does that for me that, you know, is one of the main reasons I'm able to get out of bed each and every day. And he's gotten a lot of attention today from. Or this recently from being on the news, nominated as the heroes among us, as well as we just did another photo shoot, a brand new photo shoot with him. And part of that was me having to kind of release the past and update all of my profile photos from Goose, who is my service dog that passed away two years ago. But also, you know, in honoring all of the things that he's done and that he makes it possible for me to do so. So much so that in my network, we have this event that's coming up on Sunday called Rough and Roll. And if you're on Facebook Live or If you're on YouTube, I'll put that up right here so that you can see. And if you need the complete access to it, it's on Pawsible's Facebook page. So that's facebook.com pawsible6legs or pawsible.org and, you know, when you have a business partner that you can not only trust, but that, you know, pushes and motivates and encourages you, it's really fantastic because you're. You're able to have kind of a reason to create these different events and these different. These different kind of inspirations is really what I'm trying to say. And so even if your business partner is not a dog, I know a lot of us are working from home right now, and maybe your business partner is a dog. And I want to see photos of that, so please post them in the comments. But where do you find your inspiration from? I talked to somebody yesterday who said that their business partner is, you know, there is Jesus. And so they make every single business decision according to their faith and according to what they believe spiritually that they're being guided to do in their business. And so two points that I really want to make to you is you're not alone, whether you run your own company or whether you're just. Whether you're a professional that's within a company. And I didn't mean to say you're just a professional within a company, but sometimes that's kind of the thought process is Bonnie, you know, a Better Place consulting is for entrepreneurs and business owners. It's not for me. No. A Better Place consulting is here to help everybody make a difference and align their work and life, their professional and personal dreams and purposes and why they're here. And that's really what I wanted to show you in this video, is that, you know, I'm an individual with six legs. I'm a disabled business owner. I'm a disabled professional. And through that, I've been inspired to create a nonprofit that educates others about the importance of service animals in addition to the other companies that I own. And that, no, I don't feel like I'm doing it all. And somebody had asked me yesterday, how do you do it all? I don't. I have incredible business partners from my productivity director, Victoria, who you guys know as BigV. And she's the one who helps me send out all of the emails that you guys see and most of the social medias that you guys see. She's the one who's going to tell me that I'm a day late for doing this Facebook Live, but yesterday was my daughter's birthday. And so she also knows why I wasn't here yesterday for you to do this Facebook Live. And there's other business partners that you have, whether it's in your faith, whether it is somebody you know. I know somebody that has a colleague that works down the hall that they go to when they have questions. There are people that have been there and experienced what you're going through that you can turn to that can help you reduce your learning curve. And that's another reason to have a coach. So I just want you to think about partnership. And even in marriage, you know, it can often feel extremely alone in marriage because you've got one life that you're living and they've got another life that they're living. And it takes time, constant work. Growing a business takes constant work. Growing yourself professionally, professional and personal development takes constant work. Have partners align with partners. Grow your tribe, grow your herd. And I hope to see if you're watching this live Sunday at Rough and roll. But August 2nd kicks off service Animal Week and I don't feel like I would be a good business partner if I didn't highlight my four legged business partner, Guinness. So I hope to see you all there. Let me know who your business partner is and thank you guys for making the world a better place.
