All About Business #alittleQC

Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning! Hi there, everybody, it's me. It's Monday morning and I'm here just like I said I'd be. Hi, Instagram, good morning! Good morning from Chicago. Hi, Shanika. Tania, Louisiana. Rose from PA. Wow, Finland. Hi there. Yeah, I'm back in the closet. Y'all are like, yay, the closet is back. I mean, do y'all not want me to like get out of my closet ever? Like, I'm looking forward to getting out of my closet. Just makes y'all feel like y'all know what's going on in my life. I know. You're like, we're really friends. If she's showing us her closet, then we're really friends. Oh my gosh, this is so funny that y'all are happy that I'm back in the closet. I want you to know I had to move stuff to get back into the closet. See, yes, and I'm wearing the dress. Y'all notice everything. I took it off the shelf over here, and I actually put it on. So that my husband doesn't have to, you know. Do y'all see what I mostly have in my closet? I mostly have, uh, a friend of mine called it underclothes. She came into my closet at one point. Oh shoot, I'm going to have to go get a charger cuz this phone is about to die. She came into my closet and she was like trying to get me ready for something, and she said, oh, I see what your problem is. And I said, what? She said, all you have are a bunch of underclothes. I said, what do you mean? She said, everything you have is black or brown or dark. Like, every now and then there's a pop of color. For the most part, you just don't wear color, because then that means I have to think about it. Somebody said, oh, we like seeing your closet because it's the prayer room. I see you, Florida. Hey, Latte Lover, you said you accidentally pressed on my live and was like, who's talking? I guess I better stay and listen. I'm glad you're staying to listen. So for those of you who are new this morning, my name is Chrystal Hurst, because there's always somebody new. If you're new this morning, then why don't you give me a thumbs up and let me know that you're here, because I would love to know that you're here and joining us this morning. Yay! Look at y'all waving and giving me thumbs up. Hi! You and my husband, why don't you charge your phones overnight? I, I, because I fall asleep, because that That's what happens. I fall asleep and then I wake up in the morning. She called it underclothes because she was like, they're supposed to be under something, like under a jacket, you know, under an outfit. Like they don't— they're not supposed to stand on their own. So anyway, this morning, y'all, I'm here to talk about a lot of things this morning. If you have never caught me live before, I have been going live weekly since around July. Um, before that I was going live daily. Because we were all struggling. Uh, Lady Teek said the closet is definitely a private space and you trust us in your private space. Either that or the rest of my house is worse. It's one of the two. But anyway, um, yay Taj. I'm glad you made it live. See, other people are like, my phone needs charging. So anyway, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to tell you a few things and then I'm going to disappear for 30 seconds. Probably 15 seconds and run and go get my charger. I'm sorry, I, I fail. And I have, I have chargers, I just don't— it's just a whole situation. Yeah, I just, I failed today. Okay, so anyway, um, so here's the deal. I want to— yeah, I'll charge it and I'll plug it in right there. So I'm here to talk to you about how to live your life well. That's always what I'm talking to you about, no matter if I'm talking to someone else on my podcast or via video, uh, or if I'm just here talking about the things that are on my brain and what has been on my brain are the questions that many of the women who are in the Inner Circle have asked me. If you don't know what I'm talking about, the Inner Circle is the opportunity for more, more community, more accountability, more coaching, more work. And so the good thing is, is if you are in a season, especially rolling up to 2021, where you're like, I need to be intentional about working on me and in planning for 2021. So 2021 doesn't catch me off guard. Hard, then the Inner Circle is where you want to be. And we keep it closed a lot of the time. And then we open it up at certain times. We're about to start something. We are actually— today is day 1 of our next 21-day journey. And the Inner Circle is open today through 11:00 PM. So if you've been thinking about it, you hadn't done it yet, you're not in it. Okay. All that you missed is our kickoff call last night, which we recorded. And you can watch that on replay. But today's your last day to join before 2021. So if you're thinking, oh, I need to get that planner. Oh, I want to be in community. Oh, I need to get some things done. I need to look at my life. I need to be intentional. I don't want 2020 to go wasted. Oh my goodness. Maybe, maybe, um, what else are we doing? Oh, maybe I need extra content because our Inner Circle always gets bonus content. So if that's you, then know that today's it until 2021. And we reopened it because so many people were like, man, I missed it. Can you reopen it? How do I do it? How do I, whatever. Today's your day. Okay, we opened it yesterday at 11 AM and it closes today at 11 PM. You can find out more about the Inner Circle by going to chrystallevanshurst.com/innercircle. It's on the screen if you're watching on YouTube or Facebook, because I like to produce my own shows and have all this fun stuff that's happening. The other thing that I want to make sure you know about is the online event. It is coming your way again. We did it in May, we're doing it again in November. I have 15 friends— no, more than 15, almost 20— who are coming with me to talk to you about practical ways to engage in your life. Because we don't want to waste our time with our life, and we don't want you to waste your time. And we want you to know what to do to find purpose and balance and calling. We want you to know what to do to have relationships that are healthy. We want you to know how to get that business going. We want you to understand how to operate in your life in practical ways parenting, marriage, because listen, y'all, ain't nobody got time. Ain't nobody got time to waste. Okay. Ain't nobody got time to waste. And so my goal is yes, to inspire you. Yes, to motivate you. Yes, to give you tools you can use. But more than that is to tell you how to do it. KL Benton on Instagram said, how do we invite our friend to join the inner circle? Give them the link, chrystalhurst.com/innercircle. How do you go to attend the event? Chrystalevanshurst.com/tsonline. And keep in mind that people who are in the Inner Circle get extra stuff for the event. Okay, so that's enough of all of my announcements today. I am here to talk to you about business because I got two things to cover before we go into the online event. Um, the questions that I got were related to purpose, balance, business, and relationships. I've spent two weeks on purpose and balance. If you missed those Go back, you can find them on YouTube easily, Facebook if you dig, Instagram when I'm done, they go away and they live on YouTube or Facebook. So if you follow me on Instagram and you are not subscribed to my YouTube channel or you're not following with notifications my Facebook page, do that so that way you get access and you get reminders. But today I want to talk about business. I was gonna talk about relationships and can I just keep it real for just a second? Today ain't a day for me to be talking about relationships because there are a couple people that I love that today I want to rip their head off. So today is not a day if I'm going to walk in integrity that I need to be talking to y'all about relationships. Can I just keep it real for just a second? Jesus, take the wheel. Thank you, Lord. Okay, give me one second. Let me go get my charger so my phone don't die on you, Instagram. I'll be right back. If people show up and go Where is she? Y'all just tell her she went to go get the charger. Ugh, hold on. It is what it is. Okay, I'm back. So let me just plug it in right here. Oh, I'm losing light. Let there be light. Jesus. See, look at y'all. Y'all are helping me out. You're like, she went to go get her charger. Where'd she go? Thank you so much for helping a sister out because it's just rough out here in these streets. Okay, business. Now what do I know about business? I guess enough to talk to you about, about it today. I just love coming back and seeing it. Listen, Yes. What did I let y'all see while I was out? Oh yeah. Mm-hmm. A total disaster. Y'all could see my floor and everything. Hot mess. Okay. And then my washer's out. Not my washer. My— okay. Y'all listen, let me just tell you what's happening in my life right quick. Can I tell you what's happening in my life? Can I totally take a sidebar? I'm gonna do it quick. And maybe I'll do it longer on the podcast tomorrow. Jesus help, my dryer is not working. I haven't had a refrigerator in 5 weeks. You hear me? 5 weeks. Now we do have a refrigerator in the laundry room, so I have been saved by the bell. But I'm just saying, in my kitchen, my refrigerator has not been working for 5 weeks. We have a home warranty. I normally don't bother with those because they're a hassle, but it was a part of our home buying situation, so we got it. So thank God, because we're refrigerators cost a million dollars. And so, um, the fridge went out and we had to get 5 parts mailed. Count them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 5 parts. We got 3, they almost immediately. Then the next week we got 4. Praise God, we're gonna get a fridge. We have not gotten part 5. So then I was like, y'all need to give me money so that I can get a new fridge, okay? Then y'all can also— y'all can tell I'm on 10 this morning, can't you? That's because relationships. But anyway, So they— I was like, y'all need to buy us out because I mean, 5 weeks without a fridge, this is insane. And the part is probably made in China, you know, some factory that's been closed down, COVID-19, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The point is I don't have a fridge, so they can't fix it unless they get the part. So then I said, buy me out, give me the fridge. Is Priscilla in here again? Oh Lord Jesus. So y'all, Then they bought me out. They bought me out for the fridge. I'm like, can't nobody get a fridge with that. What is— what planet are y'all living on? So then I finally went out, y'all. We went out looking for a fridge, and guess what? Guess what I learned? All of the appliances in my kitchen are black. Now, I would not normally choose black, but that's what came with the kitchen. So if I'm going to get a refrigerator, I want it to match the other appliances. Guess what? There's a shortage of appliances. Guess what? There's an even greater shortage of black appliances. You want to know why there's a shortage of black appliances? Can you tell I'm on 10 this morning? You want to know why there's a shortage of, of, of black appliances? Because they've decided they don't want to make black anymore. I don't know, I don't know how to feel about that. I feel like in this culture you better make a black refrigerator. I mean, what are you saying if you don't make a black refrigerator? They're making black stainless steel refrigerators, they're making Tuscan refrigerators, they're not making like the black plain anymore. Okay, so anyway, I can't match my kitchen. So then I went out— somebody said black appliances matter too. So then I went out— see, this is what you need. You need right now a little hilarity in your life because the election is tomorrow. That's why, that's why I'm talking about refrigerators this morning. That's why I'm losing my mind. That's why I'm talking about stuff that has nothing to do with business and nothing to do with anything substantial, because we just need to talk about nothing for a second. Does anybody else say amen? Hallelujah. This is dumb, but it's the reality. The reality is I got half a fridge because they can't replace my black fridge. And y'all, I came home and didn't believe them, so I went online and Googled everywhere and, you know, looked online everywhere and, you know, looking at maybe I can get it shipped from here and did it. I can get a black fridge if I go on Facebook Marketplace used. I can go on— I can get a black fridge if I go on Craigslist. Or let go. I can do that. But then I don't necessarily want— I don't necessarily want a used fridge if they're trying to give me a new fridge and what they're going to give me is going to cover it. I didn't never know so much about fridges, but I finally went to an appliance place. Not a Best Buy, not a Nebraska Furniture Mart, you know, not— I went to an appliance place. Oh my gosh, she said it took her 2 months to get her stove. Listen, and I told the guy, I said, listen, I said, this is ridiculous. I told the repair guy, this is ridiculous. It's 5 weeks. He said, you better be glad it's not longer. Some people are waiting a long time to get their stuff. I was like, what? First world problems. Don't have a fridge. So what I did is, y'all, I bought a stainless steel fridge because really what I want is stainless steel. And one day maybe I'll redo my kitchen, maybe like in 25 years, and I will put all stainless steel in there. But I wasn't trying to do that right now. I wanted everything to match right now. So it's supposed to be delivered tomorrow. So I have today to decide if I'm going to let them deliver the fridge tomorrow or if I'm going to just look or wait for the black fridge. So the appliance guy said, I wouldn't do that if you're supposed to, uh, if you want a black fridge, he said, because a lady bought a black fridge. Yes, Priscilla, I'm talking fast because I'm so— you know how I am about this fridge. Like, it gets me all worked up. And teenagers, Priscilla, teenagers. I'm boiling over this morning. Jesus help me. So anyway, he said a lady ordered the black fridge in June and it said 6 weeks, and then it got pushed forward 6 weeks, and then it got pushed forward. He said, I just cannot in good conscience let you order. I'm missing an earring. Oh Lord, it fell out last night and I put it in. Jesus. Of course you would call that out. Nobody else noticed until you said it. I love you though. April said, meh, redo the kitchen. Okay, Young Living superstar girl. Teenagers, April. I got to call you after this because these, these children, these children, they not gonna kill us. Okay, so anyway, yes, I'm falling apart. I'm all— I'm falling apart. So he said, if I let you order this fridge in good conscience, that won't be good because I already know this one lady ordered it in June and it's November. But like all the websites say December, like they all say December 1st, Christmas. I'm like, maybe I can just live like Little House on the Prairie until Christmas. And then maybe I'll get the fridge and then stuff will match. And then the guy said, but aren't you eventually trying to do stainless steel anyway? And I'm like, yes, but when I do stainless steel, that ain't the fridge I want— I'm gonna want— I'm gonna want to redo the kitchen and like put a Sub-Zero in. Like, so the bottom line is, y'all, I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. Get the stainless steel refrigerator that doesn't match but that will be here tomorrow? Or do I just hold out and try to have my kitchen look like it was intentional? What do y'all say? Get the fridge tomorrow or hold out for the Black fridge? Because I spent half my weekend searching all of the North Pole, North Pole all the way down to the equator for a Black refrigerator. Justine said, girl, Thanksgiving is coming, get the fridge. Marianne said, my oven ain't working and I'm just living with it. But see, stainless steel all the way, y'all. I can't— we just moved in. I cannot get a fridge and a— we're supposed to be talking about business, I'm gonna get there in just a second— get a fridge and a dishwasher and a trash compactor and an oven, double ovens, and a microwave. I have all of these things happening in my kitchen. Not only that, but the kitchen was black and gold. All the handles are gold. All the— it's not a stainless steel kitchen, so we don't care. Somebody said, get a good used black fridge. So that's the problem. How do you know it's good if it's used? How do you know? Your eat out bill will be as much as the refrigerator if you don't get something. Lisa said, how old are the other appliances in your kitchen? Getting the stainless to begin transitioning. See, that's what one of those guys said to me. And I just said, you're saying this because because you're a salesman. Of course you're supposed to say, let this be the first thing and why don't you start trading the rest of them out? That's what you're supposed to say, you know. I was like, I'm not listening to you. I'm not listening to you getting me in trouble. I'm not gonna let you do that to me. Listen, y'all, I, I, I, I— listen, what are y'all talking about over here? Y'all are getting me off track. What did April say? I missed it. Jesus, I'm gonna have to go back and find it. I can't keep up with all the I can't keep up with all the things. Y'all are, y'all got me off track. I was supposed to be talking about business and y'all have me. Okay. What does my husband say about the refrigerator? Nothing. You want to know why? He said, come on, April, come on over. Please help me. Okay. My husband says nothing because he's just like, just make a decision. I drug all the boys with me to the appliance place. I made them take out their headphones. I made them come into the store. My husband was like, why are you making them come into the store? I was like, because they need to understand that this is life. They need to be able to understand when they go with their wife, you know, in 15, 20 years to buy a new fridge. They need to understand what are the things that you need to be looking for in a fridge. They need to be able to add something to the conversation. So I drug 3 boys around the appliance store with me and my husband, and they were both like, They were all like, shoot us now. I was like, I don't care because as soon as I get this fridge in the house, y'all are going to complain. You're going to complain. Okay. Most Black Friday deals begin in the beginning of November. Yeah, I know. Priscilla said, make a decision. You know, I don't do that well. You know, I don't do that well. So just let me spiral for just a couple of more days, just 24 more hours. I just need to call them in the morning. April said remodel one piece at a time over the next year. See, you don't understand because I also wanted an ice maker. Shoot for the long-term goal. Y'all are trying to help me. Let me tell you what. Uh-oh. Somebody said wait for the black fridge. Okay. Listen, Wandeeki said you're making yourself crazy. Anita said rent a fridge, just rent a fridge. I mean, you know, and it's done. I already actually bought the fridge. I bought it. It's on its way here tomorrow. I just can't reconcile the fact that now my kitchen will be mismatched. All right, another tangent. Okay, if I don't get to business, which I'm planning on it, but if I don't, I'll just go live again tomorrow or Wednesday or Thursday or something. Another time. I'll do it. But here's the other thing about Black Friday specials. Y'all realize that they're already happening, right? Or at least that's what they're telling us. Like, Best Buy is going to be closed on the day after Thanksgiving because, you know, COVID, and they don't want us congregating. And so they're saying that the Black Friday deals are happening now. But see, like, last week I went, okay, because I have a bad relationship with my current TV. I had to get a new TV when we moved in here because the bracket wouldn't fit in the space that is black. But anyway, we got this new TV, and the best deal was on a TV I don't like. Like, the size is right— I just spit all over my computer— the size is right and the picture is right, but I don't like the menus. Okay, how frivolous am I? I don't like the menus. So I've been living with this TV waiting on Black Friday sales, and then the guy last week said this is the Black Friday sale. He lied. Because yesterday I went in there and the price was cheaper. I thought you said that last week that was the Black Friday sale. See, this is the new mode of operandum. The new mode is we gonna tell them it's Black Friday so that we can get them while they're in here. And then as it gets closer to Black Friday, when we know that they're gonna actually, uh, when they're gonna actually spend the money, we're still gonna do it. Like, we're still gonna do it. We're just gonna lie because we know they're not coming out every day, and we know they may not come out actually when Black Friday is happening. We know that we can get them with what we tell them. So then we're just gonna sucker them whenever we can get them. So when I went back and it was $200 cheaper, I was like, you lied. You lied to me. You told me 2 weeks ago that this was as cheap as it was going to get. You lied. See, now I'm wondering if the appliance guy is lying to me because he also said, listen, none of this stuff is going on sale because there's a shortage. We don't have to put the appliances on sale. People need them. They're stuck at home. You need to, you know, all of the things. So I'm just telling y'all, these people are out here scamming you. That's what I'm telling you, scamming you. Do you hear me? Scamming you. I'm so upset right now. Y'all have gotten me worked up. Reby said, why are you in the closet? Reby, I'm always in the closet. See, Marie said there's no shortage. There's no shortage. I mean, I kind of believed him though when I went on Nebraska Furniture Mart and there were like 3 fridges out of 35 in stock. I was just like, you know, you know. Anyway, yeah, I went on Amazon. The fridges weren't on Amazon, so I tried that too. I'm helping y'all because the election is tomorrow. The election is tomorrow. That's what I'm doing. I'm helping you because the election is tomorrow and I'm helping myself because this morning I wanted to kill somebody, but I'm not going to because I love Jesus and murder is a sin. Jesus. So anyway, that's my life. So then this weekend when my dryer stops working, I was like, Jesus, do you love me? Did you actually die on the cross for my sins? Are you sure? Don't you know my mother died in December? Like, for real? My fridge and the dryer and the teenager and COVID-19 and the election? Come on, Jesus. Come on. Laveera said, go to Starbucks, Chrystal Hurst. Jesus. Oh, that's the thing. The black stainless steel MoMA Carter, they're available in very, very fancy, uh, versions. I don't want a fancy version. Shawna said this is an appliance apocalypse. I don't want a fancy version. You want to know why? Because fancy versions, when things go wrong with them, they're a million dollars to fix. I'm going and looking at fridges and they got family hubs, they can play music, they got your calendar in them. I'm like I need my fridge to keep my food cold. Like, that's, that's, that's what I need. I need my fridge to keep the food. And so listen, French, we have a French door refrigerator. That's what we had. I don't even know if I like it. It's just what we had. So I just went in there, you know, I'd never had a French door refrigerator before. I kind of like the wide open doors and all the space. I don't think it's the most energy efficient, but whatever. The point is, is that we had a refrigerator with the water and the ice on the door. You know what drives me crazy is those ice makers on those French door refrigerators are tiny. They're tiny. It's like, we got 5 people in here. And then when I have my family over, I got grandkids, we run out of ice. Like, it's a whole situation. So I wanted— when he showed me that there are fridges that don't have the ice maker and the water, because I'm like, we get filtered water, like we go pick it up from the Sprouts and whatever, we keep the jugs full or whatever. We don't, we don't really use those anyway. And then a lot of times it just makes a mess on the floor. And I was like, oh, you mean I can have more storage and then the ice maker's on the bottom, so then I have 10 pounds of ice instead of 2 pounds of ice? Oh, I want, I want that fridge. So then I'm looking at all these Black stainless steels, and y'all, they're all the fancy fridges. They're all the fancy fridges. So it's like, I, I don't, I don't need a refrigerator to tell me what time it is. I don't, I don't want my refrigerator to respond when I, when I talk to Alexa. In my house, Alexa is like my extra child. She's like my, my, my sixth child. And the boys— I know Antoinette is like, you're on 1000 this morning. Yes, I am. The boys, they talk to Alexa like she's another child. I just, I just tell them, stop talking to her. Stop. Leave her alone. That's what I say to the boys. Leave her alone. They need a vocabulary word defined. They're like, Alexa, what is the meaning of— stop talking to her. Get the dictionary. Alexa, what is 38 times 75? Do the math, write it down. Oh my gosh, Alexa, I'm getting rid of Alexa. Between Siri and Alexa, somebody's always listening. That actually is very scary. But anyway, I did not want basic as much as I— when you buy basic, the stuff lasts longer. When you have on your refrigerator or on your washer and dryer, you have intricate circuit boards. When those things go out, they are a million dollars to fix. They're not made like they used to be. And when you add all the fancy stuff, then It just makes it more— it's just more stuff that can go wrong. It's fun for a while. There you go. Alexa, where can I find a black refrigerator? Yeah. So I'm just telling y'all, we allow the Antichrist— churchy. We're allowing the Antichrist into our homes with all these Siras and Alexas and everything. Just saying, because somebody said, well, they don't actually listen. Let me tell you how dumb we are. They said they don't actually listen until you call their name. But if they're not listening, how do they hear you call their name? I did this. Can we just ask that question right here? If they're not always listening, how do they hear when you call their name? I mean, y'all, have y'all ever thought about how dumb we are sometimes? It's just like, I mean, they're always listening. I have found myself whispering when I don't want Alexa to answer. I just say, boys, listen. I was telling somebody they were here and I was like, oh yeah, because we have, you know, that Alexa thing over there. I was like, why am I whispering? It's because I know she's listening. She's listening. We know she's listening. Okay. Okay. This is why Yvonne said don't add caffeine. This is why y'all, I don't do this. I don't need caffeine in the morning. I can't, I don't, I shouldn't do it. Hi, April Bynum. Listen, um, I was supposed to be talking about extra terrestrial things this morning. Let me switch my lower third because y'all are like us. Here we go, inner circle. There you go. I'm not funny, I'm just a little over the top this morning. Ah, okay, seriously, have you noticed that you can talk about something, you didn't even Google it, you just talked about it, and then the next time you get on Instagram, Instagram or Facebook is showing you what you just talked about? Y'all ain't noticed that? Y'all have not noticed that your phones are listening to you? Seriously, seriously, have y'all not ever gone, how did my phone know that? It's because your freaking phone is listening to you all the time. So I've started putting little webcams on my There's a lady who works for me, y'all, and she is like extraterrestrial concerned about people looking in on her life. But I have to tell you, since we've been working together, I've started putting the little window things over my computer because I'm like, listen, people just don't need to see all of this. All of this. I just don't need— I don't, I don't need to be walking around, have my computer open, and just You know, the world is just like, oh, oh, we don't need all of that. Uh-oh, Vivian Busso said Siri means secret in Swahili. Y'all are being monitored. You know, I just want to protect the world from all of this, so I was like, let me go on and put a thing on there, just, you know, just to be, just to be safe. Went on to Amazon, got me some little camera covers. You know, woo! Tiffany said, I don't think you're ready for this jelly. Okay. So, okay. I'm going to give a couple of, I mean, I already put a cover photo on this thing that said I was going to talk about business. So I'm going to digress prayerfully for just a second. I'm not going to get to it all. Maybe I will. You never know. Let me just see. I gotta get a fridge, y'all. I gotta get a fridge. I gotta get a fridge. Jesus, help. All right. And then I gotta make sure my kids eat breakfast before they leave this morning. How to get over the fear of starting a business? Confidence builders. Okay. Do your homework. Google. That's what my friend, Allie Worthington says. So excited. She's going to be a keynote for the business summit. For the online event. So excited about that. But anyway, she's really smart and she says, "With God and Google, you can do anything." So do your research, ask the questions, talk to people that are further ahead than you at, you know, do your research, all the things. But then honestly, I talked to a woman the other day, her and her husband own a bunch of restaurants and I had to spend money on something. I've never had to spend this much money on something before. And I called her and I just said, I said, at what point when will I start feeling like this is normal? Like, you know, as a business owner, at what point will I start feeling okay about dropping money on certain unexpected things? And she said, never, never. The minute you stop being concerned about dropping money on things that were unexpected, and, and that'll be the minute you're not growing anymore, and that'll be the minute you're too comfortable. One of the two, either extreme will be bad. The fact that you're like, wow, I've never paid this many people before, or the fact that I've never had to invest in business equipment like this before, or the fact that I've had to— the minute you stop feeling shocked is the minute you're not growing, and it's the minute where you may be either not growing or you're too comfortable, and that's not good. You always want to feel like a little bit of fear, a little bit of apprehension, a little bit of concern, and a little bit on guard, because that will teach you that you are being careful with the opportunities that God has given you. So I want to tell you, if you're like, how do I get over the fear of starting a business? You have to start, and confidence is built through competence. Your confidence will be built through competence, meaning that the more you do it, the more you'll learn. And some of the most successful people that I've admired in business had many failures first. Many failures, many failures. In fact, some good family, family friends of ours, they owned a family restaurant in Houston for years. For years they only had one restaurant, and we used to say, you got to take this like out of Houston. It's like, great. So they're now like 25 years later, they're in Dallas. But I'll never forget the story she told that she said they had a million— I mean, this is just out of my ballpark. I don't even understand this, but she said we had a million dollars due tomorrow. Like they had some loan out for some business that had failed and had gone into bankruptcy. And so when her husband said, but I want to start this other business, she was looking like shell-shocked. She was like, are you kidding me? And he said, but I just have— he had an entrepreneur's heart. And he was like, I just, you know, we just have to try again. And that was the time they did it. They had multiple failed businesses before that. But sometimes as God gives you the ability, um, you have to try and try again. So how do you get over the fear of starting one? Do your homework, Google, ask questions, and then start one. And know that you build confidence by building competence, and you can't build competence without going out there and trying. Okay, Angela Guerrero, who's already a business owner— hi, Angela— and I know her personally in real life, we homeschool our kids "How do you promote your online business and gain the support of family and friends without pushing them away?" Okay, so this is really hard for me because as a person who's in ministry that has a public influence because of my family, I'm always like, I don't want to sell to my friends and family. I don't want to sell to my church members. My friends and family are probably like, girl, what are you doing anyway? So here's the thing. I always say like, this is my job. Like it is my job. I do speak. I do write. I love Jesus. I love the Bible. Like, but membership and events, and community building. That's my job. And so I just hold my breath and do it, and I don't push it down their throats. If you look at what you do as something that serves people, you can offer people, you can offer to serve them. You don't have to sell them. Now, there, there are techniques for selling. Like, some of y'all are on my email list, and you know you've gotten multiple emails the last 48 hours about the Inner Circle, which is closing at 11:00 PM tonight, and about the online event, because I want you to come. I also know that when I've signed up for somebody's email list, right? When I've signed up for their email list, I get emails and sometimes I ignore them, right? But I'm so glad if there's something that I'm meant to do, that they send me an email to remind me. So I have to think about it like that. So, 'cause what I'm tempted to think is, girl, you getting on their nerves. They're sick of getting your emails. And some people do get sick of them. But I also have to think about that person who I'm serving, who had a busy weekend, who forgot to sign up and who needs until Monday at 11:00 PM to do it. And so if I send them a reminder at 8:00 PM, they're grateful. And I'm not serving my audience if I don't send them that reminder email. So you have to say, I'm not selling my friends and family. I'm here to serve my friends and family. So when I hear they have a problem and what I have is a solution, then I can say that, hey, listen, I don't want you to— I don't want it to be said of me that I never told you. No pressure, but I want you to know, like, this is what I do. So if I can ever be of help to you, here you go. And when you have that mindset, what I do is serving somebody, then it takes the edge off a little bit. Okay, all right, okay. So for me, I'm serving. I'm serving when I'm on live podcasting, all those things for free. When I write a book, It's $15, $10 if you're lucky. Okay, I'm serving. Okay, then the membership. I have people who were saying to me all the time, Chrystal, we want more, we want more. I would like for you to mentor me. I want to hear more from your people. I want to support what you're doing. People wanted more, so I created that to serve. That doesn't mean I have to apologize for that because family and friends don't get it. This is what God has put in my hand, right? So some of you, like Angela, I know, you know, you're Arbonne, I believe, right? And so you believe in that product, right? I have a friend, April, who has— who is convincing, trying to convince me to sell Young Living. And you know what? I love Young Living. I probably should sell it. But the point is, when people— the reason why I have it is because I've run into things in my life. And then I have had, you know, homeschooled for years. I've always had homeschool friends that, girl, you need some lavender in your house. You leave You need some oregano. My goodness, put some Thieves in your tea, make yourself a hot toddy. And over the years, this stuff has helped me. So if I decided tomorrow to say, you know what, I'm going to make sure that I, you know, do Young Living, it wouldn't be because I'm trying to make $1 million. It would be because I actually love it. I actually love the product. And there are people I'm like, ooh, you know, that I can help you with that if you would just put some oil on that. Like, that is That is your mindset. So when you talk about promoting, you're promoting it to people because they need what you have and you can serve them. And then you're not worried about your family and your friends because you're like, if they have a need, I'll let them know that I can serve them and then they can take me up on it or they don't have to. Yeah, hot toddy. Okay, Rose Goldlocks— Godlock said, how do you monetize your ministry? How to narrow down the lane you should start in? How to have real conversations as Christian people because people don't want to address the hard things. So many questions. So let me talk about narrowing down the lane. I'm actually the worst person to talk about narrowing down the lane because I love talking about all the things— relationship, balance, marriage, whatever. But I realized that my lane is not any one of those topics. My lane is actually connecting people. That's my lane. So then I realized that. Now I just believe that sometimes you throw spaghetti at the wall and you see what sticks. Nicole Walters, who I did a podcast with, she said, you see what's working, you see what's catching a fire, and then you pour fuel on it, right? And you do more of that. I would say narrowing down the lane is looking at what, um, what is working in your life. What do people naturally come to you for? What are you naturally good at? The last 21-day journey, we, we did this. We did gain a new perspective on you. Like on the gift of you. I actually have a course called Living a Life You Love. Don't buy it now, it'll go on sale for Black Friday. See, I'm serving you. But it's, it's about looking at what God has put in you and doing more of that. So in terms of narrowing down the lane, look at what God has already given you, okay? And then say, how can I do more of that? Okay, now monetizing your ministry, now that can be, you know, that could be really dicey to talk about because people get really sensitive when you talk about ministries making money. But here's the real deal: you want me to minister to you as a nonprofit? That costs money. People cost money. Social media costs money. Emails cost money. Products cost money. Mailouts cost money. You know, all these things to deliver the content to you, making it beautiful, it costs money. And so monetizing your ministry is about, again, serving. Who are the people that are served, who want you to do more of, what you're already doing. So when I first started, I paid for everything. I paid for the email list. That was $100 a month at the time. It's a lot more than that now. I paid for the subscription services to the graphics. I paid for the— I mean, like, I did all of that out of my pocket. And then people said to me, we actually want to serve you because you're serving us. So that was where I would say monetizing your ministry, it's Who are you serving? And if you're a nonprofit, do they want you to do more of what you're already doing? That's what nonprofit is, that you basically not really making money. You're just simply bringing in enough to cover your costs. And the cost of doing business is also your cost. Like, if this is your— if this is your— if this is your livelihood, you know, there are missionaries that we support, right? And they— we've got a missionary family. I've loved them and known them now for 20 years. They're in the Dominican Republic, and their income is our gift. Their ministry is monetized so that they are served, so that they can live, they can eat, they can function, and also so that out of that they can build orphanages and they can house women who have been rescued out of sex trafficking. So they're not making money off of what I'm doing. They are getting the money that they need in order to do the work that God has given them and so that they can eat. So that's one of the things you need to understand when you support ministries. And I know sometimes it gets a little dicey and we don't want people to misuse our funds, but you can't let one bad experience change how you support a lot of people who are doing good, especially in this season. Okay. So I need you to, I need you to understand that whether when we talk about ministry or business, both of them are fueling something. Okay. We spend money on things that we want. You are fueling things. So, you know, one of the arguments against Amazon is we are not fueling the mom and pop businesses that are in our neighborhood. One of the reasons why people will say we don't want Walmart to come into our neighborhoods because we don't want them to cannibalize the mom-and-pop businesses that are in our area. Well, guess what? You vote with your dollar. So you're monetizing anything you spend your money on. The reason why I cannot find a Black fridge is because y'all stopped buying them. Seriously. They were like, the demand is not there for Black and white fridges like they used to be. The demand— everybody wants a stainless steel fridge. How can I serve you today? Oh, you mean leftovers? Enjoy yourself. And you can have juice, and you can have the leftover bacon. Praise the Lord, I don't have to fix breakfast this morning. Look at God. Okay, so when you vote with your dollars, whether that be your tithes and your offerings at church, whether that be the ministries that you support— you know, you want to hear somebody on the radio every day, but have you ever actually supported that ministry? Okay. And then, but when you buy your $50 million Coach purse, guess what you're doing? You're monetizing that ministry. It's the ministry of status. It's the ministry of status. So you are monetizing the things that bring value to you. So that's how you monetize your ministry. Make sure you have a ministry that has value and make sure you're communicating to people who are benefiting from your ministry how they can support what you do. And then there is nothing wrong— can I just say this out loud? And I want to be really careful because I do believe in ministry and I do have a lot of things that I do and I don't make any money from them, and that's why. How's— here's the deal though. God, it says in the Bible, um, if I was really spiritual, I'd be able to tell you where it is. Somebody's gonna give it to us in just a second because y'all are really spiritual. The Bible says that it is God who has given us the power to make wealth. We don't have to apologize for doing things that generate income. You want to know why? Because when we as God's people are are, are able to maximize our gifts and talents to generate, generate income, guess what that also allows us to be able to do? That allows us to invest in the next generation. That allows us to leave an inheritance for our children's children. That allows us to support people who are doing God's work. It allows people who are making income to support people who are not, but who are serving the sick and serving the poor and giving of their lives. It allows us to take care of them. It's— your money is never about you being rich and living and never— I mean, listen, there was a couple that I met. I was going to a mom's Bible study, and, um, she was one of the moms at the Bible study. So this is 15 years ago. Her husband was a general contractor, and he built these lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely homes. She had moved 30 times in their marriage because every time he was building in a new division he would move into the home. So they had this beautiful home. They had no children at home. Their children were gone. Do you want to know? You want to know what she did with her home? She hosted missionaries in her home. And as a mother, the reason why I know this is she had mom weekends in her home. She said, I remember what it was like to have a mom, to be a mom of young children and to need a break. And so in that Bible study, we signed up 4 or 5, uh, a weekend at a time. And we came to her home. And she babied us, made us steaks on the grill, started a movie, made sure we had these beautiful sheets. And I mean, she used her resources to give. I had a weekend away at her house because she was like, I— this is how I'm supposed to serve. This is supposed to serve. We have moved into a home where when my children are gone, I will have space. And I've been asking the Lord, what do you want me to do with this home?? Because this home is not just so I can be here. This is for— who do I need to host? Do I need to have some Bible studies here? I told my daughter, I'm still waiting on her to get her act together, but I'm like, listen, you and all your young mom friends, pick a weekend. I will pick some of my seasoned mom friends and we're gonna host you and we're gonna feed you and we're gonna tell you that it's gonna be okay. So when you think about God blessing you, okay, when you think about God blessing you, you have to ask the question, why? Why is he blessing? The reason why so many ministries are able to do so much is because people have decided this is what we're gonna do with the wealth. And that doesn't mean you're wealthy. With the wealth that God has given. You want to know why people spend millions of dollars on presidential campaigns? Because people who have money said we're going to invest in that. So you're always looking at what you're doing with your funds. So you got to stop feeling bad. Somewhere in the church, people told us we shouldn't make money. We should be poor and love Jesus. Some of us need to be poor and love Jesus because of what God has called us to do. But some of y'all who have over-glorified not having money, being in debt, and asking God to bless you— and you need to understand that it is— you have been resourced. However God has resourced you, maximize that. The story of the talents in Matthew chapter 25, he gave one guy one, he gave one guy two, and he gave one guy five. And all of them, he said, do something with that. He didn't ask the one talent guy to do what the five talent guy was supposed to do, but he did say do something with what you have. Some of y'all don't need money. You just need to double up on what you cooked and bless a family that is sick or shut in or that has young children or just had a baby. You need to, out of the overflow of what God has given you, be a blessing. That is what business is about. How can I use what God has given me? How can I multiply what God has given me?? And then how can I let the overflow of that be a blessing to somebody else? Monique. Okay, let me tell you the story about Monique. Monique started working for me when, uh, she was in seminary. I was paying her $10 an hour, way too little for all the stuff she was doing. And I said, but please God, don't go over 10 hours a week because I can't afford to pay you any more than that. And at a certain point after she'd worked with me for a while, she said, I want to know if there's any room for growth. And I said, I don't know. All I know is that the way God has designed me, I'm always looking for opportunities to grow. I can't promise you anything. I said, you're more than welcome to keep working for me part-time and work some other part-time jobs, but I, I can't hire you full-time. I don't— I'm not rolling like that. I'm not rolling like that. So 5 years later, she's still here. She's still not full-time, but she's mostly full-time. Mostly. I think she got one little client on the side that she's a virtual assistant for. But here's the deal. I, I just believe that when you invest in, in what God has given you, the overflow blesses somebody else. I still don't pay Monique as much as I should, as much as I'd like to, but the reality is I pay her a lot more than I did 5 years ago. Why is that? Because there has been a blessing in my life, and I want the overflow of that to bless her and to anybody else that's working with me. So what I'm telling you is You have to look at what God has given you and maximize that. And then as God blesses you, as God blesses you, then you allow that to overflow and be a blessing to the people that work with you, to be a blessing to the people that you go to church with, to be a blessing to the people that live next door to you. You have to say, listen, God is doing something in my life and he is allowing me to have a portion. And as I utilize what he's given me to multiply that portion, and as my cup overflows, it's going to overflow into your cup. Woosa. When starting a new business, Sharon said, what are some of the things you should focus on in the first few years? Also, what things should you expect in the first 3 years? I would say that the first thing you want to focus on and expect, expect is growing pains. You haven't done it before, so just know you're going to learn some hard lessons and that's okay. That's okay. Know what your why is. Why are you starting this business? Because there are going to be times when and you're like, why? It's a lot of work. Working for yourself is a lot of work. It's a lot of work. Okay, let me just say that. But, um, what you should focus on is keeping an eye on your money, okay? Because there's nothing worse than bringing money in but there's a back door and it's flowing out the back door. Um, and then I would say focus on growing in business. Like, I, I'm constantly reading books about business. Constantly, constantly. What do you know that I don't know? I, I never leave a person who is successful in an area that I, I want to be successful in without saying, what can I learn from you? What books have you read that I should read? Who have you followed? What, what principles of business have you followed that I need to know about? Like, never allow someone who knows more— and this is a life principle, not a business principle— I would say get around people that are doing what you want to do or have what you want to have and figure out what they know that you don't yet know. That's called wisdom, and it's called wise counsel. Okay, how can I increase exposure, Vanessa Snyder said, for my blog? I feel like you've addressed this before. Yeah, just basically I would just say find other people, collaborate, um, online. Ask people, you know, can, can I, can I, would you link back to the blog, comment on their blog, Uh, but tagging people just so they get to know who you are on social media is a great way to do that. But mainly it's making friends. It's the modern-day version of— David Galligan. Hi, David. It's the modern-day version of making friends on the playground, but you're not about making friends and finding value. It's about the fact that we are out here doing this thing together. And so how can we serve each other? Um, one of the best ways to increase your exposure is just collaborations. So that's what I would say. Okay, I'm not going to be able to finish. Well, maybe I will. Let me see. Balance in life, start a business. We're all in the house together. I want to transition, Zipporah says, out of my 9 to 5 so I can be available to my kids. I'd like to replace my income with a home business eventually. Maybe talk about practical steps of how to balance and start a business. Okay, so listen, here's the good news. You don't have to come up with ideas, you know, on your own. Now you can, you can go to God and Google and you can say what businesses are doing well. Like literally, if you Google starting a business, what business should I start? You're going to get a million ideas, and one of those ideas may resonate with you, okay? But I'm also like, you don't have to reinvent the wheel. The reason why my friend April is very successful with her Young Living business is because she loves the product. The reason why my friend Gwen is very successful with her Mary Kay business is because she loves the product. The reason why my friend Angela is very successful with her Arbonne is because she loves the product. What product do you use that you love? Because it may very well be that there's a product that you could easily, very easily just dive into that, like get started. And the great thing is about a lot of these things, like let's just say Mary Kay, they're not just about you selling the product, they're about developing you. So there's nothing wrong with learning how to sell by going into a business that's designed to teach you how to sell. There's a lot of things online, there's ultimate bundles where people like me can say, like, here are like 30 courses on how to start a business, and I get to, for lack of a better word, license this bundle and sell it to you. I've only done it once, but I may do it again. And I get the benefit of not only selling to you what I did not create, but they are also teaching me the whole time. I mean, well, people who do it all the time, they have marketing classes, and here's what you say to your audience So you don't even have to come up with something that you're making up. Like, just pick something that you kind of sort of like. If you like makeup, pick, you know, I'm saying Mary Kay. There's millions of these. There's one of the girls that works for me and she has something I'd never heard of. It was like a, like a, like a tea business. You know, you drink those teas to lose weight and you wear those like things that hold your stomach in. She's doing really well with that. So you can start with something you love. I have a friend who sews. She's like, I just, I know I like to sew. I know this is my gift. She didn't know how to turn that into a business, and 30 years later she's still sewing and it is her livelihood. She didn't know how to do it at first. She just started with what she had and grew along the way. And it's okay if you fail, if you start with something and then it's not the right thing, because all along the way— hi, Frankfurt, Germany— all along the way you are growing. You are growing. And if it's not this idea, it might be another idea. Okay, Ashley said, I want to know more about business. I would really like to start my own, but I don't really know how to get started. How do I select an idea? God and Google. Google business ideas. You like listening to people? Maybe you ought to go to get some coach training. I'm a single mother of 4 children, 8 and under. What advice would you give me about time management and other aspects of business and home life? Okay, so one of the— my favorite businesses for moms of small children. Not, not that you should do this, but one of my favorite ones to observe was when I used to cloth diaper my kids, because I was always buying cloth diapers from moms at home. These were moms who had babies and they were selling cloth diapers and they were running this business out of their home. And they would set aside— so here's my advice for you with, with younger children— they set aside their business hours. So they would take nap time to work on their business. Now, it meant that they moved moved slowly. It didn't mean that they had, you know, ridiculous response times. They only went to the post office on Tuesdays and Fridays because they had to manage their homes, right? So I would say find something that you can do in the cracks. But I've known music artists, uh, Jamie Grace, for right now, you know, she's got her first baby, her sister Morgan Harper Nichols, and like, they're blowing up with their music and their poetry and their artistry and their creativeness, but they're doing it in the cracks. So I would say, look at the time you have or look at the time you can create. Kids' nap time, when you have younger kids, that's the time. 2 to 4, 1 to 3, 3 to 5, when your kids are napping or can be trained to be quiet in their rooms. What can you do during those times? You might move, move slower, but you will be in motion. So for time management, I would say move in batches and also connect with your husband and say, if you're married, to say, husband, I want to build this business. Can you give me from 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM? For the next 5 Saturdays so I can work on this. Okay. And if you don't have cooperation for your husband, put your kids to bed at 7 o'clock. Yes. At 8, 9 years old, they can go to bed at 7 o'clock and work on it. Then you have to be committed to it, but you have to do it as you serve your family. Okay. Oh, she said you're a single mother. Well, I was a single mother too. And you know what? I quit my first job and for a year worked for myself. I just did anything. I just went around and asked people, can I type for you? Can I answer the phone? Can I do this from home? Can I put this presentation together? And I just made ends meet. Then I worked temp, but I created space. Not that you should do that. I'm just saying, look at your time. Um, uh, what's the, what's the Mary Kay? I'm not Mary Kay. Paula Deen was a single parent. She built a whole empire as a single parent. So it is possible. Okay. It is possible to still live your life and to build your business as a single parent. There, but you have to be extremely disciplined and make sure that you're setting aside the time to work on it. Not measure yourself by everybody else's step. Valerie Burton, if you have the money to invest, has a wonderful coaching program. She's somebody I definitely consider to be in my sister circle. And there are women I know who, um, who invested, and now that is their livelihood. So there you just kind of have to say, how am I made? What should I do? And what does my life have room for? And then begin. There are women that I know that cook for other women. They love cooking. I ordered some, some kick-it-up mashed potatoes from one of my friends this weekend. She's a teacher. She always needs extra money. So her side business— and you know, here's the thing, you have to have a business where you, you have a business and all of a sudden you work for yourself. Start with thinking about a side hustle. Like, what's your side hustle? Because listen, I have tried to make those mashed potatoes and I can't do it. I've tried, I've tried. I get close, but they're not like hers. So guess what I did? I paid her to make me mashed potatoes this weekend. She loves it. She knows how to do it. That's her side hustle. Now we got to also support each other's side hustles. Okay, support each other's side hustles. Okay, so for those of you all who are saying, I don't know where to start, I don't know what to do, I just am lost— listen, Google. Don't tell me in this day and age that you can't know because there is so much free information on Google. And what you lack in money, you might make up in time. There are a lot of women that invested in someone teaching them how to do it. That's why these people are out here paying thousands and hundreds and thousands of dollars for a business coach, because they're like, I can figure it out, but I just want you to teach me. Just tell me what to do. Okay. And there's a place for that too. Shortcut, teach me, show me how to do it, the steps. I don't want to figure it out the hard way. But if you don't have money to invest in somebody teaching you, That's fine. Take your time and Google it. Just Google it. It's all right. Okay. Okay. How to manage our business finances. Mom Heart Wife Life said, I feel like we should hire outside help, but I'm not sure if we can afford it rather than putting it all ourselves. So what I would do before you hire a bookkeeper or hire an accountant, cause I'm an accountant. So that's one thing that I really have a hard time paying for because I, I can do it. Like, I'm not one of those people who struggles with money. And, you know, I struggle with time to manage my money, but managing the money and knowing what to do with it, doing my taxes— I still do my taxes myself, so it's really hard for me to pay somebody to do it. But here's what I will say, two things. At a certain point, it costs me money to manage my money because I'm not spending the time doing the thing that makes me more money. If I'm not creating content, if I'm not working on an event, if I'm not— if I'm doing— not doing that because I'm, you know, finding the dollars that I can't find, if I'm doing that, I actually am losing money. So what I would say is, first of all, find a friend who needs some extra money, who has the skill, so you're not wasting a whole bunch of money, but you're still helping somebody out. That's one idea. But the other one is take your finances and have a meeting with a bookkeeper and accountant. Maybe you don't need their ongoing services, but you just want a checkup. Checkup. So for a long time, I had an accountant who quarterly would just do a checkup. So I was using Quicken, and I would just send her my Quicken files, and she would run them, and she would say, here are the holes, this is what you need to do. But I'm sure that some of y'all have friends who would love to help you get your stuff started and would love to help you take a look at your finances. You ask your friends to help you, but look for minimal ways to get input. And then at the same— at the point where it keeps you from doing the Managing your business because you, you gotta run that business. If you are running, and that's one of the biggest mistakes that small business owners will make is they spend more time managing their business as their business grows than they spend time growing their businesses. And that's it. That's the point where you start folding inside. So at a certain point, you're going to bite the bullet and say, they are freeing me up so that I can go and do the thing that makes the money. Vanessa Harris said, what is a practical timeline to create an online course? And a coaching program on prioritizing my family. I have no team. That really depends on your skill set and what you already know about presentation software, how you are on camera. But I have a friend who can create a course in a week. In fact, she does. And she just, I mean, she just, she just puts out courses like nobody's business. Me, I struggle because I can get on camera and talk, but then like sitting down and thinking about the bullet points and then creating the, the, the, the printouts and the all, you know, creating PowerPoints or the Keynotes and all those things, that takes me time because visual stuff is not my gifting. So I would say in my life, if I were creating a course without help, like if I had to hire somebody on Upwork to, to make it look pretty for me, I can do the tech, I can load it up. I would probably say 6 weeks. Like, think about a paper. I would take a week or two to brainstorm it, another week or two to outline it, another week to actually record it, and then I would give somebody a week to make it look pretty and put it together for me. I would say 6 weeks. Angela said, how do you do— how do you know when to abandon a business idea? For example, I had the idea to start a Teachers Pay Teachers store to help me pay off my student loans. I still haven't started the business yet after all this time, and I'm doubting I can be successful at it. See, I remember reading your question, Angela, and you said, how do you know when to abandon a business idea? You didn't even try it. You talked yourself out of it before you even started. So you didn't abandon the business idea. You didn't try the business idea. So for you, I would say, ma'am, try it. And if you're not going to try that, try something. Last question, I'm going to make it. I would like to know more about combining business and ministry. Does every ministry business need a 501? No, you can have a for-profit ministry. And can I be a mentor and promote myself that way without credentials? Absolutely. There are people out here in these streets promoting themselves as coaches and they don't have any kind of coach And podcasting, how do I get started to include this in my business? And lastly, balance. I mean, you had a lot of questions. Okay. So first of all, promoting yourself without credentials, I would just say mentor is a safe word. Um, um, and podcasting, how to get started. I'm trying to think of whose podcasting course. I mean, I have like a podcasting thing that I teach, but it's a part of my, I give it away as part of my writing course and that stuff changes so often. But I would say start with Libsyn, L-I-B-S-Y-N.com, because that's where I host my podcast. And because they host podcasts, they have a lot of resources for how to get started. So I would start with them. Okay. I made it. Woo! Praise the Lord, everybody. We made it. I made it through my inner circle business questions. So Inner Circle, I hope you're happy that I got to your questions. I know I saw y'all had lots of questions down here. Yes, Shonda, Pat Flynn, his podcast course is on YouTube. Check that out. And y'all, listen, seriously, Shonda, hi, I can't believe you're watching today. Seriously, I need you to understand that there is nothing you cannot know. There is nothing you cannot learn. There is nothing you cannot figure out because we live in the information age. Before, you had to actually have the book. You had to have the library that had the book. If you didn't live good, you know, close to a library, if your library wasn't good, you'd be stuck. In this age, you got a computer and a phone. You, you, you have no excuse. Try it and fail, and then try again. But if you know you need to make extra money— I mean, the old school version of this is go sell pizzas. So figure out what your pizza is. There is something, something that you can do to generate— babysit some kids. That's the old school version of it. We, we've always been able to figure out how to make some extra money because maybe you're not supposed to be a business owner, but maybe you're supposed to have a side business that allows you to keep your job with benefits, okay? Because benefits are a whole situation, but that also allows you to make extra income. All right, so Y'all are back to the fridge. April, I'm so going to call you after this because we— I need to talk about relationships with teenage children. Jesus help. And you know what? I am going to take over my dad's Young Living account. So there's that. I don't know if I'm gonna sell it, but I'm gonna take it over. Ross, see, and then y'all are getting all the help in the comments. Ross McCam says, as a bookkeeper, we do health checks for startups and coach them to run their books. As we know, not everyone can afford our full service. Barter. Who has something you need that, that, that, and they have something, and you have something they need? Like, just get out there and try it. Do you know how many businesses got started in the, in the Depression, in the Great Depression, in the great stock market fail of 1929? You know how many millionaires were created because people had no other option other than to work for themselves and to come up with ways to keep food on the table? And then they realized that they were meeting a need, and voilà, Rockefeller. I mean, like, do you, do you realize that this may be your time? It may be your time. So stop stressing out about it. Don't worry about failing because you're gonna fail. You're gonna screw up because you're learning. And just like a child learns to walk, right? They learn to walk because they fall down and we say, get back up, try again. Guess what? This is your time to try something out. Try it, try it. You never know, you might just succeed. And I fail all the time. Yeah. Yes. Sell black refrigerators, collect them all, buy them on discount because the appliance people don't want them. And then become known as the person, the only person who has the black refrigerators. You will make a fortune because people like me are looking for black refrigerators. Okay. I gotta go. I gotta see my kids off before they go to their co-op this morning. Woosa! And if you have not yet joined the inner circle, And I know everybody can't because I understand some people have lost jobs, and I hope that nobody interprets that as me being insensitive. I just know that some people have not lost their jobs and who want to do the work, and we're here for it. So if that's you, chrystalhurtz.com/innercircle, that's my business. And also that will allow me to continue serving you in all the ways and all the things. And then go ahead, you can say hi. Hi. Come lean into the Lean into the frame. Here he is. You didn't, you didn't wash your face right there. Right there. I see, you see it? It's right there. That's how I know. And you don't have to scratch. Well, I can look around your mouth and tell. Go wash your face and put lotion on your face. Go, go, go. All the things need to be done. Let me finish this. I can see y'all at the door. Go. I'm coming. I'm coming. Okay. So anyway, Um, that's for you who want more. For 21 days, we'll be diving into what did 2020 look like, what's going on in your life right now, and what is happening in 2021 based on what you've learned in 2020. And if you ain't learned nothing in 2020, you're not here. You are not here if you are alive. Oh, and here's the other thing I'm gonna say to y'all. Let me, let me, let me, let me tell y'all one, one more thing, and then I'm gonna shut it off. You ready? Here we go. Be nice. Be kind. Tomorrow is gonna be a hard day. It don't matter if you are blue or red or black. You just are like undercover. Tomorrow is going to be a hard day. I don't care what you believe. I don't care who you voted for. I don't care what the stakes are. Be kind, because nothing will be achieved by vitriol on social media. Nothing will be achieved by you slicing people at the knees. Nothing will be achieved by you blackballing, and, and nothing will be achieved. Nothing good will be achieved. Say what you feel, give your piece, but give it in a way that allows people to hear you, okay? And if you can't do it Like your mama used to tell you, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. And then if it doesn't go your way, get to work. You run for city council, you get on the board, you change things. Or better yet, you go out there, get your business going so that as God blesses you, the overflow of what God does in you allows you to support the causes, the people, and the positions that you believe in. Quit complaining about it if you're not willing to be a part of the change. The end. Love y'all, and I will see you next Monday, and prayerfully I will have