Law Chat with Girija

Our guest today went from being a chef to working in the IT industry to being in the field of martial arts and is now a practicing attorney for the last fifteen years.

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by Neil Tyra who shares with us his vivid list of experiences in various professions. He shares where he began from, what he's done in life and what he plans to do. He also speaks about the importance of continuously educating oneself.

Episode Summary:

Neil Tyra shares with us every step of his journey, some fun facts and lets us in on his secret to an extremely streamlined process of content creation and marketing. He shares the various phases of his journey, his challenges, and also how he overcame them.

Main Takeaways:

• As an entrepreneur, it is very important to have a working knowledge of even the most minuscule tasks in your business.
• Consistently educating yourself will help you in various areas of your life and business.
• In today's day and age, it's very important for an entrepreneur to have an online presence.
• One of the most efficient methods to get things done is to treat your work like a job where you're dedicating a particular amount of time to it every day.
• Neil Tyra's top tips to work ON your business:

1. Clearly define who your clients are.
2. Find out where your ideal client is present and active.
3. Ask yourself what concerns your ideal clients have.

• Whatever business you're in, go watch what other people in that field are doing. Observing will give you direction.

Resources Mentioned:

LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning

Ruby Receptionists: https://www.ruby.com/

Susie Q Bookkeeping: https://www.susieqbookkeeping.com/

Find Neil Tyra:

Website: https://tyralawfirm.com/

Podcast: https://thelawentrepreneur.com/about-the-show/

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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Our guest today went for a job interview and ended up buying that very business instead.

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by Megan Gillikin. Meghan is the owner of A Southern Soiree Wedding and Event Planning. She tells us about her journey from going to A Southern Soiree in hope of a job interview and ending up buying the entire business instead.

Episode Summary:

Megan Gillikin walks us through her entire journey from working at the reception to being the venue coordinator for a hotel to now owning a full-fledged event company and helping others do the same. She shares with us some secrets, and what she wishes she could've done differently in her business and her life. The episode also consists of some golden law advice from Girija that'll help you make an informed decision if you're planning to buy a business.

Main Takeaways:

• When you purchase a business, you're also taking over its assets, liabilities, goodwill, and market reputation.

• It is extremely important to do due diligence before purchasing an established business.

• A smart way of getting information about a business' position is to ask around about their reputation in their industry.

• Instead of dropping off your business as every business owner does, ask your potential client what would help make their life easier.

• As industry professionals, you need to stop worrying about the new people entering the industry. There's always going to be someone who offers more competitive prices.

• Do more things that make you happy and fewer things for approval from others.

• You should keep checking in on your goals and ask yourself do you still really want them.

• Listen to the voices of the people you trust but don't let them dictate every decision you make.

• Girija's top advice for when you're taking over a business:

1. Due diligence is very important.

2. There should be resilience on your end.

3. Look at the contracts that are existing in the company.

4. Take a look at intellectual property and its legal aspect.

Fun Facts About Megan Gillikin:

• Her favorite books are Dare to Lead, Building a Story Brand and You Are A Badass.

• She's disrupting the industry by creating an actionable resource for event planners and vendors who need support but cannot afford to spend on high-end business coaching.

• Her favorite holiday tradition is cooking meals with her family on Thanksgiving.

Find Megan Gillikin:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asouthernsoiree/

Website: https://asouthernsoiree.com/

The Planner's Vault: https://www.theplannersvault.com/

Get the visual experience, watch the videocast for the episode here: https://youtu.be/220jBohlCjU

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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Our guest today is a cyber genius by the day and a fashionista all the time. She's bringing plus size positivity on Law Chat's mic!

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by Emily Bastedo. Emily is a cybersecurity analyst and a fashion blogger. She shares with us the major challenges she's had to face as a plus-size influencer as well as her moments that have disrupted the plus-size influencer industry completely.

Episode Summary:

Emily Bastedo walks us through her love of all things fashion, her body positivity and her journey is becoming a plus size fashion influencer. She shares fun incidents from her life, some scary threats she got online, her top advice for budding influencers and her behind the scenes struggles with our listeners.

Main Takeaways:

- Learn to ask for help when you need it. Even if you can, it's okay not to do everything by yourself. - Instead of overwhelming yourself with multiple content types and platforms, find the area you want to focus on and only concentrate on producing relevant content. - Emily's top advice to conquer your industry are: 1. You have to be ready to put yourself out there, to have the vulnerability to say that I'm going for this. 2. In everything you do, there's going to be people who don't agree with you or don't support you, learn that it's okay for that to happen. 3. Find a group of people who want you to succeed and support yourself with them. - Emily's top tips to be secured while making online transactions: 1. Prefer using a credit card instead of a debit card. 2. Make it a habit to review your credit card statement on a weekly or bi-weekly basis depending on your usage. 3. Have a strong password for your crucial accounts.

Fun Facts About Emily Bastedo:

- Her favourite book is One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London - Her favourite blog is Covering The Bases. - Her favourite business tools are Lightroom, Tailwind and Google Sheets.

Find Emily Bastedo:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EmilySGSB/

Website: https://www.somethinggoldsomethingblue.com/

Get the visual experience, watch the videocast for the episode here: https://youtu.be/Tspv_x4wnho

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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Our guest today has done it all, from being a ghostwriter to a VA to a PR Manager to a successful blogger, a mom of six, and a booked out coach for mompreneurs.

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by Lani Jackson. She's an entrepreneur who wears several hats. She's on the Law Chat mic today to share with us what her journey of being a successful blogger and mompreneur looks like and every single hardship she's faced along the way.

Episode Summary:

Lani Jackson walks us through her first encounter with the world of blogging, what she learned as a blogger and how she did several jobs during her time as a blogger that all came together to help her cultivate the business of her dreams. She also shares about the emotional struggles she had to face with her six kids while on this route of building her business.

Main Takeaways:

• Sometimes it's okay for you to not do something but just be able to learn it and equip yourself with the knowledge.
• Lani's top tips to help overcome negative feelings about your business:

1. You need a cheerleader by your side. Someone who motivates you encourages you and supports you in your business.
2. Speak your limiting beliefs out loud so that you can realize the ridiculousness of them.
3. Do it scared. Just start, no matter how much it freaks you out.

• When you feel hesitant about taking a step forward in your business, remember all that you've faced and conquered so far in your life.
• It's okay to not say yes to every income opportunity and focus on the money you really want to make instead.
• Find out your "why" in life and that's going to lead you to your dream business.
• You don't need 8 hours a day to build your business, you can do it in small portions of 15-30 minutes multiple times a day.

Fun Facts About Lani Jackson:

• Her favorite book is Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller.
• Her favorite blog is The Pioneer Woman.
• Her favorite business tool is Trello.

Find Lani Jackson:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/lanijacksoncoaching

Website: https://lanijackson.com/

Get the visual experience, watch the videocast for the episode here: https://youtu.be/3M81q3NcpVE

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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Our guest today built her entire business for YOU to be heard, seen, appreciated and loved. Find out how!

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by the founder of the one-stop-shop for bloggers. She has built her entire business around creating a go-to resource for all your blogging needs.

Episode Summary:

Bree Pair walks us through her journey of pursuing graphic designing, working at a 9-5, travelling across the nation in a truck for one year and then finally realising what her life's purpose is. She shares the things she has struggled with, how she overcame them and how she leveraged her existence and passion for community to build Thrive.

Main Takeaways:

• As an entrepreneur, you can often find yourself to be lonely. In times like these, you lean into your community for support.
• Not knowing everything doesn't need to lead you to imposter syndrome. You just need to be willing to go and find out.
• When it comes to blogging and social media, things are constantly changing and there's a constant learning process involved.
• Sometimes you just need to start without overthinking the process of how things will work out.
• To start a new business, you just need to take your ego out of it.
• No matter what amount of success you achieve, challenges are never going to go away.
• Bree's top tips to work on your success mindset:

1. Be selective of the content that you're feeding yourself. Select positive things (podcasts, books, blogs, affirmations etc.) and serve yourself those.
2. Whatever you do, make sure you master it and become an expert before moving on to the next business avenue.
3. Break things down and plan them in quarters, that way you're not saying no but you're giving yourself the time to focus on the task in hand.

Fun Facts About Bree Pair:

• Her favourite books are Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert and The Girls' Guide to Love and Supper Clubs by Dana Bate.
• Her favourite business tools are Flodesk, Plan and Canva.

Find Bree Pair:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrivetogetherblog/

Website: https://thrivetogether.blog/

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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Imagine not going shopping -- sounds simple, right? Now imagine not shopping for anything for a whole year. Our guest today did it and she's here to share her experience.

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by a true minimalist who tells her how she turned her life around by realizing the importance of what she already had as opposed to always chasing for more.

Episode Summary:

Miranda Anderson walks us through her journey where she had always been used to independence ever since she was a young child and how that made an impact on her entire life. She shares all her milestones from being a nurse to blogging as a hobby and then finally monetizing her creative side. She also shares how she and her family have adopted the value of minimalism and changed their life.

Main Takeaways:

• When you're confused about what you want to do in life, stop doing everything and put things into perspective.
• Sometimes letting go off of the idea of the way things should be done can help you do better.
• You may think that you have wasted time while working in a different stream when you were supposed to do something else but you don't realize the fact that you're always learning and gaining skills that can be spun off and utilized in a different manner.
• Simplifying the little things in your life such as your meals and your closet can help take a load off of your schedule.
• Focus on budgeting your energy along with time and money.
• If you're not utterly excited about something, then you probably shouldn't do it.
• You should give yourself grace for sitting down and doing nothing. You need a break every now and then.
• Perfection isn't about not bending the rules, it's about bringing a level of intention to every choice you make.
• If you truly care about something, make sure you keep it protected.

Resources:

• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Fun Facts About Miranda Anderson:

• Her favorite books are Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown & The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
• Her favorite business tool is Teachery.
• Her favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.

Find Miranda Anderson:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LIVEFREEMIRANDA/

Website: www.livefreecreative.co

Shop Her Book: https://shop.livefreecreative.co/

Get the visual experience, watch the videocast for the episode here:

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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From planning her son's baptism to being a booked-out event planner, our guest today on Law Chat will show you how to party and hustle like a true Venezuelan.

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by a super talented party planner, Macy Lima. She tells her all about the beginning of her journey as a decorator, some of the biggest milestones in her business, what she struggled with, and how she made it big for herself.

Episode Summary:

Macy Lima walks us through everything from her first paid event for a friend, to all the rookie mistakes that she made, realizing her worth and now being a booked out and one of the most well-known names in the event planning industry. She tells us about the impact that her network has had not only in her business but also in her overall life. We get to hear about her legal blunders, her pivotal journey, and all the fun (and not-so-fun) parts of being a party decorator.

Main Takeaways:

• Entrepreneurship is not an overnight journey, it takes time, patience, persistence.
• The first step to getting something done is believing that you can do it.
• The mindset shift from calling your work a hobby to calling it a business is a crucial step in order to understand your work's worth and scale.
• Our cultural upbringing can have a huge impact on how we do our business and what we do in the first place.
• In order for your business to be profitable, you need to understand your worth and charge right for what you do.
• When you show kindness, it circles back to you.

Fun Facts About Macy Lima:

• Her favorite book is Animal Farm Book by George Orwell
• Her favorite business tools are Honeybook and Lightroom

Find Macy Lima:

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/macylimadecor

Email: [email protected]

Get the visual experience, watch the videocast for the episode here: https://youtu.be/gb1ZGKEOpTI

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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Do you ever wonder what your life would look like if you were to change your career to do something that you've never done in your life before? Our guest today did and then she almost changed the name of her business from Macaron to Macaroni, listen to find out more.

Episode Introduction:

In today's Law Chat episode, we are accompanied by a holistic wellness practitioner who turned into a phenomenal pastry chef. Sukaina Rajani shares her journey with us, the hardships she faced in life, which led her to become a pastry chef, and how she managed the drastic pivot.

Episode Summary:

Sukaina Rajani shares with us how she started and set up Macaron by Patisse to be a massive success. We get to hear about her family, her marriage, her mindset blocks, her attitude towards life, how she worked with children diagnosed with ADHD, and of course how she turned her life around to find purpose and build a business that she is immensely proud of. The conversation also highlights the impact of culture in various situations in one's life.

Main Takeaways:

• Oftentimes, the relationships you form without even realizing are the ones that become your pillar of strengths in time that you need them the most.
• Sometimes, you need to realize that your attempts are more powerful than most people's ends result, hold onto that, and keep moving forward.
• Perfection should not be a prerequisite to start.
• Sukaina's top tips to navigate through the problem you're facing:

1. Even though failure isn't an option, it isn't wrong to fail. Failing is okay as long as you don't stop there.
2. Reach out to people without feeling bad about it.
3. Find people that have done what you want to do and learn from their journey.
4. Use the resources you have access to, you don't have to try and do everything by yourself.

• Having a mentor or a coach is a good thing because you need to be able to lean on somebody when you're struggling may it be personally, professionally, physically or spiritually.
• There is nothing wrong with finding a shortcut if you can learn from somebody who's walked the same path before.

Fun Facts About Sukaina Rajani:

• Her favorite podcasts are Hidden Brain Podcast and Hashtag No Filter.
• Her favorite app is Instagram.

Find Sukaina Rajani:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macaronbypatisse

Website: http://www.macaronbypatisse.com

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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In today's Law Chat, we have a recovering perfectionist with us. She started her business on her own terms because she knew that she was meant for the entrepreneur life. She ditched the big corporate giants and paved her path to support small businesses with her skills.

Episode Introduction:

In this episode of Law Chat With Girija, we are accompanied by an entrepreneur at heart, Kelly McInturff. She tells us about the beginning of her entrepreneurial journey, her pivot into it and how she built a life she loves by making the right choices for herself.

Episode Summary:

Kelly McInturff shares with us the experience she had while building her marketing firm, Bird & Hyssop where she helps entrepreneurs in creating clear marketing messages that resonate with their customers so they spend less time looking for clients and more time doing what they love. She also walks us through the process of picking her niche in business and the challenges she faced while doing so. She also tells us about her confidence jam, some fun moments and super valuable nuggets of knowledge.

Main Takeaways:

• Kelly McInturff's top three suggestions to a 22-year-old today:

- Find something that you're passionate about and you're good at it too.

- Go for it - try a lot, fail a lot & readjust a lot.

- Re-train your brain to understand that you don't always have to be perfect but the important thing is the effort.

• Most people don't start their business thinking about the various aspects it would include (like Marketing, Law, etc.), that's a potential path for you to pursue, to help others with what they're struggling in.
• When changes happen in your personal life, it's okay to show grace and give yourself a break in your professional life.
• One of the biggest challenges that mompreneurs have to overcome is the mom guilt.
• As a mother, it becomes important to separate your personal identity apart from just being a mom.
• You can do many things, it's just not practical to do them all at once.
• There are tons of free resources on the internet that can help you get your work done more efficiently. Some of them discussed in this episode are Planoly, Trello & Asana.
• If you're not asking people to buy your product -- that's subconsciously leading them to believe that you're not confident in your own product.
• Focus on providing a direct call-to-action on your website.

Recommended Resource:

• Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald A. Miller

Fun Facts About Kelly McInturff:

• Kelly's favourite book is Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers.
• Her favourite magazine is Real Simple.
• Her favourite podcasts are Armchair Expert and How I Built This.
• Her favourite apps are Space for Instagram and Loom.

Find Kelly McInturff:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birdandhyssop

Website: http://www.birdandhyssop.com

Connect With Girija:

Website: https://www.gbplaw.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbplaw/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBPLaw/

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