[00:00:02] Speaker A: Ramping up your business. The time is near. You've given it heart, now get it in gear. It's Passage to Profit with Richard and Elizabeth Gearhart. I'm Richard Gearhart, founder of Gearhart Law, a full service intellectual property law firm specializing in patents, trademarks and copyrights.
[00:00:20] Speaker B: And I'm Elizabeth Gearhart, not an attorney, but I do marketing for Gearhart Law and I have my own startups and podcasts.
[00:00:26] Speaker A: Welcome to Passage to Profit, the Road to Entrepreneurship, where we talk with entrepreneurs and celebrities who tell their stories about their business journey and also share helpful insights about the successes that they've had.
[00:00:39] Speaker B: Did you know that 2 in 5Americans want to start a new business or are business owners? Well, we have lots of information to help them too.
[00:00:46] Speaker A: And we also talk a little about the intellectual property that helps them flourish.
[00:00:50] Speaker B: And now it is time for four secrets of the entrepreneurial mind. We are going to start with Julian. Julian, do you have a secret you can share with our listeners?
[00:01:01] Speaker C: Let me put it this way. I see, like business itself, I see it like a Swiss watch with many gear wheels, ideally gliding in perfectly. And like the biggest gear wheel of them all is like the leader, the business owner itself, you know, and that's where we look at first. And there are many aspects coming into play because, for example, relationship is a huge part of business because when you don't get along with your partner, it's draining a lot of energy. And many entrepreneurs tend to be like, in their head all the time. I would like to start with something for the soul. My advice would be just to not be too hard to yourself when you start your business because it's very good that you're really motivated and you want to survive and build this business. But as human beings, we tend to be really hard on yourself. And I think it's a really, really brave thing to start a business in the first place. Many people don't understand you and when you don't succeed in the first month, they look down on you, maybe laugh at you.
Keep in mind, hey, it's a brave thing. I'm doing my best. So that would be like the first little secret.
[00:02:23] Speaker B: Excellent. Thank you. Christie, do you have a secret?
[00:02:26] Speaker D: Yeah, kind of building on what Julian was saying, that building a business is really hard and very few people actually have the guts to do it or the healthy relationship with risk to do it. So I would say acknowledge that and pat yourself on the back for even giving it a shot. I also think something a coach told me is a really important secret. And it's you are your business and your business business is you and it won't grow until you do like that.
[00:02:52] Speaker B: Brandy, do you have a secret?
[00:02:53] Speaker E: I just think your secret is your power to believe in yourself even when things get hard. So like they said, it's you're going to fail. You're going to fail a lot of times. And everything that you did took more courage than the person who was sitting on the sideline who's judging you. So we don't have time to be worrying about what people think. We just need to focus on moving forward every day.
[00:03:15] Speaker B: Oh, I like that too.
[00:03:16] Speaker A: Richard Gearhart I'm going to quote somebody, her name is Sylvia lafaire and I worked with her as a coach. And one of the things that she said, the purpose of a leader is to grow other leaders. And so if you're fortunate enough to have teams with you, whether they have managerial or responsibility, they're all leaders. Everybody on your team is a leader in some respect and your job is to help them grow. And I think if you can do that, you're going to be in pretty good shape.
[00:03:49] Speaker B: And my secret is be very confident about saying no. I mean, I can't tell you how many people, oh, let's do this together. And oh yeah, I don't have any time or money. So you're going to do all the work. But we're going to split it 50, 50.
When you know stuff that other people haven't learned yet or maybe are interested in learning and they want to take your knowledge and have you help them do something with it for free, I think you need to say no. That's my secret.
[00:04:16] Speaker A: That's great. Well, that's it for us. Passage to Profit is a nationally syndicated radio show appearing in 38 markets across the United States. In addition, Passage to Profit has also been recently selected by Feedspot Podcasters Database as a top 10 entrepreneur interview podcast. Thank you to the P2P team, our producer, Noah Fleischman and our program coordinator, Alicia Morrissey, and our studio assistant, Rishiket Busari. Look for our podcast tomorrow anywhere you get your podcasts, our podcast is ranked in the top 3% globally. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram X and on our YouTube channel. And remember, while the information on this program is believed to be correct, never take a legal step without checking with your legal professional first. Gearhart Law is here for your patent, trademark and copyright needs. You can find
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[00:05:15] Speaker C: Sa.
