🎙️ November CEO Spotlight | Lead with H.O.P.E. Podcast Episode 64

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Welcome to the Lead with Hope
podcast, where we highlight

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stories of resilience, purpose,
and leadership that inspire us

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all to build a brighter future.
I'm your host, Brandy Kelly, and

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whether you're leading in your
school, your workplace, or your

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community, this space is for
you.

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A place to refuel with hope and
rediscover what's possible.

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Today, I'm excited to welcome
some very special guests to the

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Lead with Hope podcast.
Joining me are two outstanding

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students from the Macoupin
County CEO Program.

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Throughout the month of
November, we're shining a

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spotlight on this incredible
program that's empowering the

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next generation of leaders.
These students, Lydia and Sean,

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generously volunteered to come
on the show and share who they

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are, what inspired them to join
the CEO class, what they're

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learning along the way, and
what's giving them hope in this

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world right now.
Welcome to the show, everyone.

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I'm so glad you're here.
Let's start off by getting to

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know each of you a little
better.

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Could you each introduce
yourselves and tell us what

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inspired you to join the CEO
program?

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OK, I guess I'll go first.
I'm Sean Roche and I go to

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Gillespie High School and I'm
involved in a lot of things at

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my school.
I do student council, NHS, all

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that.
So I've got not too much time on

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my hands, but I do enjoy all of
it.

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What what motivated me to join
the CEO program was I've always

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been interested in starting my
own business, and I joined the

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program in the hopes of
narrowing down what exact type

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of business I want to start,
along with gaining skills that

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would help me run that business.
Thank you for that, Sean.

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And have have you been able to
do that since you've joined the

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CEO program?
Yeah, Yeah.

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I definitely have a better idea
of what I want to do now.

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I had no clue what I was even
going to center my business

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about before I joined the
program.

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But now that I'm part of the CEO
program, I think that I'm going

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to do something involved with
either data or technology or

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something like that.
And I plan to talk to my mentor,

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Jared, to narrow down what I
want to do for that business.

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Yeah.
That's great, Sean.

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Lydia, how about you?
So I'm Lydia Vincent.

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I go to move Mike High School.
I am well I was Co captain of

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the tier team.
Football season is ending this

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week so not for much longer.
I'm president of the art club.

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I'm pretty active, like doing
volunteer work.

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I'm also in NHS so I'm pretty
active in the community and I'm

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pretty busy most of the time I
work as well.

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I joined CEO because I really
wanted to break from my team.

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I really, I enjoy school and I
enjoy learning, but I also know

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that school kept me stagnant in
one place and joining CEO was

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like I knew it would be an
expansion for my growth and I

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really I value that.
Yeah, I love that you said that,

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Lydia.
Personal growth is so important.

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You are becoming a better
version of Lydia every single

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day.
So thank you for sharing that

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and thank you both for
introducing yourselves.

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Now that you've been part of the
program for a while, can you

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guys maybe share a story or a
highlight that really stands out

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to you?
This could be a project, a

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mentor visit, some experience
that has had a big impact on

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you.
I guess I'll go first again.

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One of the experiences that
really had an impact on me was

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our visit to the Napa Auto Parts
warehouse over in Blitchfield.

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Because at first I thought, oh,
OK, this is going to be another

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business visit.
We're going to walk through,

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we're going to meet the owner,
all that.

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It's going to be same shindig.
But then near the end, we all

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went to this little meeting room
and sat down in there and Earl

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Flack, the president, was
talking to us and he was asking

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us questions like, what do you
want to do after high school?

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And I said, hey, I'm going to go
to SRUE for two years.

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And then U of I for my last two
years, got a degree in

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management.
And he said, oh, it's really

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cool.
Hey, reach out to me at some

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point about an internship
opportunity.

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I can't guarantee that you'll
get in here, but I'll see what I

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can do for you.
And that really stood out to me

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because him taking the time to
directly offer something like

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that to me really, really moved
me.

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Yeah.
Wow, that is amazing.

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And when you think about the
connections that you've made,

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even your first semester is not
even over, you know, even at

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this point in your journey and
CEO, it's really kind of

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inspiring to see the
connections, the networks you're

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building and the possibilities
for your future.

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Yeah.
Lydia, is there anything that

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stands out to you?
Yeah, so all of our personality

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tests were really interesting to
me.

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So I'm someone that's very like
like self aware.

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And so like I have done all
kinds of research on my own

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before this class in like on my
own personality and things like

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that.
And so seeing this with like

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other people really helped me
because learning about myself

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doesn't do a lot for me working
with others.

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So whenever I was able to see
what everyone else's personality

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types were, that really helped
me because I can realize how to

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work with others.
And I think it was just

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beneficial for everyone in
general because everyone needs

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to know how to work with others
because the sorry, the point of

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life is to connect with others.
So.

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Yeah, absolutely.
And I'm a I'm a nerd.

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We have that in common in terms
of loving personality tests,

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typologies, anything that has to
do with self-awareness.

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I love it.
I will try just about any

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personality tests you give me.
What personality tests did you

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take in this program, Lydia?
We took the enneagram.

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I was an 8.
Do you remember what was the

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name of that?
Was it the challenger?

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Challenger.
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So yeah, very much like
leadership, like a dominant

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personality, but not necessarily
overbearing, just like, I don't

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know, I don't really know how to
word it.

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We also did the colors test and
I was agreeing, which I asked a

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lot of questions before making
decisions.

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Sean was also agreeing, hence
why we're both on project

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management maybe.
But yeah, the all the tests were

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really good and they were all
very beneficial.

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Yeah, the Enneagram a you're a
challenger.

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And one of the things that
stands out to me about the

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Challenger, my husband is also a
Challenger.

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So that's one that I've studied
a little bit more, you know,

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getting to know him, his fears,
his motivations, his blind

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spots.
But you are fiercely protective

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of those that you love.
So it it's just interesting to

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see how those personality test
typologies fit or don't fit.

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And it doesn't mean that it's
putting you in a box.

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It's just helping you to
understand yourself a little bit

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better.
And as you said so beautifully,

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how you work with others.
Because that's the point, right?

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Yeah, that's great.
So often we don't realize

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everything that a program like
the CEO program has to offer

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until we're in it.
What is something you've

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discovered about the CEO program
that you wish you'd known before

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joining, or that you think that
other people should know?

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One of the things I think that
people really need to know about

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the CEO program is that, well,
actually a few things A, it's OK

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to mess up or screw up or do
something like that because

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you're in an environment where
it's OK to do that.

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There will be no huge
repercussions towards you.

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And I really think that the
program is one of the only

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places you can do that because
if you tried to start a business

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like say later on in life and
you screw up, you're probably

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down like thousands of thousands
of dollars.

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As opposed to the program where
it's OK to mess up because

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that's not going to, well, I
mean, OK, there will be some

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like repercussions to failure,
obviously, but it won't be

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severe.
It won't be life threat like

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life changing.
And another thing that I think

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people should know before going
into the program is the

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importance of it.
You don't even have to be like

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the most social butterfly, but
just being willing to socialize

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with the people you meet goes a
long way.

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Yeah.
And you know, the idea of

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failing forward, the idea of
having a safe environment to

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make mistakes in, I think
there's so much to unpack there.

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But going back to Lydia's point
of personal growth, that's how

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we grow.
When we make mistakes, when we

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fail and we learn from those
things, that's how we grow.

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So in terms of failure or making
mistakes, how does the CEO

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program and traditional school
differ, Sean?

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In traditional school, if you
make a mistake, that usually

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means like you get a bad grade.
Like if you get, I don't know,

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say AD on a test that reflects
poorly on your GPA in which in

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turn will reflect poorly on your
opportunities to say again to

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the college that you want to get
into, as opposed to the CEO

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program, which is entirely
different from school.

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For one, the facilitator, our
facilitator, Carrie, she's, she

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doesn't act like a teacher.
She doesn't tell you what to do.

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And if you make a mistake,
that's OK.

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She gives you advice on what to
do from there or gives you

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advice on what you could do
differently next time.

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And and it won't absolutely like
demolish any opportunities that

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you have as opposed to school
where you screw up, you've

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screwed yourself.
Right.

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Great point.
The idea of grading and GPA that

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does restrict that willingness
to make mistakes.

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Yeah, that's a great point.
Great point.

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Sean, how about you, Lydia?
On the what to expect?

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Yeah, So what didn't you expect?
That maybe you wish you'd known

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before joining?
Or that you think everyone else

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should know.
How many connections you should

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make, you would make really
'cause once like before they

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were like, oh, you're going to
go meet with businesses, things

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like that, like they'll come to
you.

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I didn't think that we were
going to like get first hand

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personal connection with
connections with them.

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I thought it was just going to
be like, we know them, but we

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don't know them.
Like Carrie has contacts for

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like every single person we've
met.

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So to know someone that has been
in a famous movie or like, you

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know what I mean?
Just things like that.

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It's it's really interesting and
it's really beneficial as well.

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Yeah, And the cool thing about
it for this series on the CEO

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that I'm doing for my podcast,
I've talked to former students

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as well and the connections
never end.

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These are connections that you
can have if you want for your

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life.
So after you get out of high

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school, just like Sean said
earlier, if he wants to reach

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out to that guy at Napa about an
internship, he's already got

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some connections, some
relationships and network that

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is in process and and building.
So it puts you guys definitely

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he gives you a leg up in life, I
believe.

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Yeah, absolutely.
Now you guys are both high

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achievers.
You're you're intelligent,

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you're articulate, you're going
places in this world.

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What would you say to those
people that they they look at

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you and they don't see
themselves?

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What would you say for someone
considering the CEO program for

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the future?
Why should they join?

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For one, you don't have to see
yourself and us, you're your own

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person and you can also be
successful as yourself it you.

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I would absolutely 100%
recommend the program.

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It helps you become more apt to
speaking.

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You're OK to fail in there.
And it's just overall an amazing

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program.
You meet so many different types

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of people that you would have
never met in, say, a classroom

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in your first hour.
And it gives you those real

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world experiences as opposed to
just sitting in your class

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taking a test when you could be
out there meeting real business

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people in the real world.
Well put, Sean, Well put.

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What about you, Lydia?
I think that if you believe you

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can, then you can.
And if you think you can't, then

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you can't.
So if you think you can do this

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program, if you think you can
own your own business, if you

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think you can go to college, if
you think you can pay for it,

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you can do it.
There are ways to do it.

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You just have to put your mind
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And everything around you is
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So if you think you can do it,
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And I would suggest the program
because it's, it gives you a

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very good bottom ground for how
to start in.

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Even as someone who's just in
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that it's giving you a good
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everything there for you.
And you don't have to win at it.

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You don't have to succeed fully
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Lydia, I love that, the power of
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And I've been watching the show
Ted Lasso.

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Have you guys watched that
before?

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I I've been told about it by
English teachers.

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He's a huge fan of it.
Yeah, I just started watching it

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and he has a sign over his door.
He's a a soccer coach and he has

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a sign over his door that just
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And it's so true, Lydia.
That power of belief, it can

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definitely fuel your hope.
And of course, I have to talk

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about hope because this is the
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So for the two of you, what is
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right now?
I would say seeing my classmates

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in the program and seeing how
they develop as opposed to how

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they were at the start of the
semester, it's really inspiring

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to see all of them just take the
reins on this and say, OK, we're

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going to do this and it's it's
OK if we're unable to do it for

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some reason.
But it's just been really

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inspiring to see my classmates,
their willingness to step, to

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put that foot forward and just
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program.
I love that Sean.

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I love that Lydia.
What's giving you hope?

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I think it would have to be
seeing everyone come together.

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And I don't mean just in our
class, I mean like in the world

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overall today, because as much
as there isn't a lot of

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diversity today, there really
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And like based on the system
today, like a lot of people

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don't agree with it and some
people do.

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And you see mass movements of
people coming together and I

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think that's really powerful.
That gives me hope and seeing

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our class come together as well
working on things.

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Yeah, it's a beautiful thing for
human beings to come together.

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We crave connection and the
relationships you guys are

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building and the CEO program
will definitely last a lifetime.

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So Lydia and Sean, thank you so
much for joining me today.

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The two of you are giving me
hope, and I am.

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I'm excited about what your
futures hold, and it is clear to

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me that the CEO program is
building not just entrepreneurs,

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but leaders who care deeply
about their communities and

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their futures.
The world needs your leadership,

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and change starts with you.
Fuel your life with hope,

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embrace your purpose, and shine
your light for others.

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Until next time, thank you,
thank you, thank you so much.

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And thank you so much for tuning
in to today's episode of Lead

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with Hope, where we believe that
leadership rooted in habits,

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optimistic mindset, purpose, and
excellence can truly change the

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world.
I'd love to ask you for a small

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favor that makes a big impact.
Help me spread hope.

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Share this episode with a friend
or a colleague who could use a

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little encouragement today.
And if this conversation

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inspired you, please take a
moment to head over and give the

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show a five star rating.
It helps others find us and

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keeps the message of hope
growing strong.

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I'm also excited to share
something new with you, the Hope

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Fueled Kickstart.
This is a powerful short term

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one-on-one coaching experience
designed to help leaders like

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you reclaim your vision, reset
your mindset, and reignite your

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purpose so you can lead with
hope again.

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To learn more about the
Kickstart program, just click

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the link in the show notes.
Until next time, remember the

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world needs your leadership and
change starts with you.

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Fuel your life with hope,
embrace your purpose, and shine

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your light for others.