The Key To Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur with Bri Seeley

The Entrepreneur Coach, Bri Seeley, helps entrepreneurs create long-term, sustainable success—on their terms! Bri distills her 14 years of real-world experience into easily digestible and tangible tools to help entrepreneurs go from zero to profit. She knows that one size never fits all, so her approach is customized and tailor-made to help each client monetize their vision. 

Before becoming a business coach for entrepreneurs, Bri ran her own fashion label. Fresh out of grad school, she jumped into entrepreneurship with zero clue of what she was doing. 

Bri serves Want’repreneurs, SoloPreneurs and Entrepreneurs. 

Bri was awarded a Silver Stevie Award in 2020 for Coach of the Year - Business and a Bronze Stevie Award in 2020 for Woman of the Year - Business Services. She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and the author of the best-selling Permission to Leap. Bris's expertise has been featured in over 50 press outlets, including Good Morning America, The TODAY Show, Thrive Global, Entrepreneur, Yahoo!, Forbes, and more, and has been interviewed on hundreds of podcasts. 

 She talks about her journey into becoming a business coach and all the lessons she has learned so far in her entrepreneurial journey. She also gives an entrepreneurial blueprint on the importance of having a business coach and choosing a business coach. 

 Her book “Permission to Leap” talks about how to move past your fears and out of your comfort zone to say YES to your vision, tools and techniques to strengthen the inner foundation upon which your vision will be built, and the science and psychology behind comfort zones, leaps of faith, and manifestation. 

Things You’ll Learn: 

1. How to choose a business coach for your business
2. Importance of faith and meditation in the life of an entrepreneur 
3. Dealing with Stereotypes in business 
4. Must-read books for every entrepreneur   

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Transcript

 The Business Serum Podcast - Episode 12 -  The Key To Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur with Bri Seely

Laura Lee Botsacos  0:02  

Hi everyone, I'm Laura Lee Botsacos founder and CO creator of Apollo and Artemis Beauty by Equality. And you are listening to The Business Serum Podcast where I'll bring you stories of people who have impacted the world through their unique business experiences, and how they have utilized their past and excavated their own life story to master the art of the ever changing sales strategy, beginning with themselves, because if you can close yourself on you, you can close yourself on anyone. Hi, Bri, thank you so much for agreeing to be on the business serum Podcast. I'm super excited to have you on today. 

Bri Seeley  0:41  

Oh my goodness, thank you so much for the invite. And for having me. I'm super jazzed for our conversation. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  0:47  

I know I am too. I'm really excited. I love it when there's guests that well, all my guests excite me. But then there's ones where I'm like, oh, it's also just so personal, you know? So we refer to you as the entrepreneur, coach. Okay, I know, it's a very large question. But can you just give us a sense of what exactly an entrepreneur coach is? 

Bri Seeley  1:09  

So my job is basically to make the path of the entrepreneur easier, and less stressful and less overwhelming. So I particularly work with either brand new entrepreneurs that are just getting started, have no idea. And I have helped them set up all the foundations to build a profitable business and launch it out into the world. And then I work with established entrepreneurs who have maybe hit a plateau and are looking to elevate, whether that's a new revenue stream, a new marketing strategy, whatever that looks like, really helping them double or triple their operations. So my job is just you know, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, I've been a counselor slash coach for 15 years. And I just, I feel like I've seen it all. I probably haven't seen it all. But my job is to use, you know, all the knowledge, skills and expertise, I have to make other people's entrepreneurial paths easier. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  2:03  

I love that. So how did you even get into this? How did you become entrepreneur coach, 

Bri Seeley  2:08  

So I'm a trained fashion designer, both my bachelor's and my master's are in fashion design. I had studied in Italy and came back to the US and started my own fashion label. I was running my own fashion label for about eight years. While concurrently I had a day job. I was a vocational counselor during my day job. So I was concurrently a counselor and an entrepreneur and running this business. I realized about eight years ago that I just wasn't happy. I wasn't satisfied. I was running myself into a whole lot of debt, I was stressed out all the time. And just not like that wasn't what I wanted. That's not why I left corporate, you know, was to just hate my life. And so I was in meditation one day and heard this very clear fashion as Nick shut it down, walk away. And 72 hours later, I closed my business and was like, alright, universe game on, like, if this isn't what I'm doing. And I thought this was the rest of my life. What's next for me? And so I had just hired a business coach, had a whole bunch of space and now started cleaning out my email inbox and realized that women had been contacting me for years asking for help in their businesses. And I said to all of them, like, that's not what I do. I'm a fashion designer, go find someone else. And so all the sudden I was like, Oh, well, I have, again, eight years of experience as an entrepreneur, eight years of experience, as a counselor, why don't I combine the two. And then also, too, I used to run my family business when I was growing up. And even when I was like, five years old, I would help my mom reconcile cash registers at the end of the night, I would train her teams like, all sorts of stuff. So I feel like I've been in the entrepreneur world for a very long time. So it was just the next natural step of not only did I know that I had the skills and really enjoy it, people were asking me for the service as well. So I said, Yes, 

Laura Lee Botsacos  4:01  

That's amazing. You know, one of the things I find so interesting, and I think you're going to agree with this, is that there are so many people that are successful entrepreneurs, their sense of faith is so strong. 

Bri Seeley  4:16  

I think it has to be because as entrepreneurs, essentially what we're doing is we are starting with nothing. And we have to build something and in order to go from nothing to something, you have to have faith, because you can't touch that thing that you're building for, I don't know, three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, maybe longer depending on you know, if you're building a product, there's a much longer lead time. You have to have faith because you have to trust that this vision that you have inside of you, this thing that you're crazy enough to say yes to that you can't touch yet as possible and that is exactly what faith is. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  4:59  

I love that  and it's true because it's hard. I mean, I know for myself with my business, there definitely are days, like, this weekend, I had one of those moments, you know, where I could not get myself back into the mindset. I just couldn't, you know, I call it my evil twin, Louis, you know, she was just in full force, and she's walking around and we're walking around the house. And I'm just like, Why did I do this to myself? What if I could, I could easily be out there, have a job, make a very nice living, do my thing, leave my stuff at work, go home, have a nice life. You know, but that's not what that's not what I chose. Instead, I created this brand. And it's and and it's so interesting to hear you say what you said that you were in meditation, the universe spoke to you, because I think a lot of people that start businesses really feel that way that resonated with me, I truly believe that, that this idea of this skincare line was given to me. There's no way that I self provoked that, does that make sense? 

Bri Seeley  6:00  

Absolutely. My best guidance comes from meditation. The program I launched in 2016, that led me to my first six figure year came through meditation. My book came to me through meditation, like, all of my best moves in life have not come from Me, for sure. And I know we'll get into this. But even to a point me leaving Manhattan during the middle of COVID didn't come from me either. Like me, I have learned to live a much more surrendered life and know that there's a lot more out there than I can see. And so when I don't see an out, or when I don't see what my next move is, the only thing I can do is surrender into something bigger and greater than myself. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  6:46  

Yes. So what we're talking about right now, do you teach? Do you review this? Do you teach? Or do you implement this with your clients? 

Bri Seeley  6:54  

Absolutely. So kind of the way that I approach any entrepreneur is through this combination of both personal development and business development, because I just firmly believe that unless you are really truly in touch with yourself, and your intuition, and your vision, and your values, and all of those things, you cannot build a successful business. And so I teach people you have, you have to have both, you have to be in touch with yourself, your business is an extension of you. So a lot of business coaches lead business first, I lead personal first, and then incorporate the business into the personal. And so much of that does come with a lot of universal principles, and you know, surrender and faith in something bigger than yourself. So yeah, I absolutely do. Entrepreneurship is such a full spectrum thing, that I can't just focus on business and not address what's going on with the person because it will have a detrimental impact to their business at some point. So we might as well just take a holistic approach to it from the beginning, and really guide people to build a business from the inside out, which I think is the only way to build a successful business. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  8:10  

Yeah, I agree. I mean, do you sometimes get some, you know, some kickback because some people because part of the reason why I created the business serum is because I love learning about individuals that are referred to as excavating the soul, really going in there and getting in there and taking all these different pieces of you. And, and that's kind of what creates this journey in this trajectory. But there's but you know, it's one it's not sometimes it's not fun. And you know, I can see how some people Yep, so some people might give you a little bit of resistance. 

Bri Seeley  8:40  

Yeah, and it's true. I've had, I've had some people, I had a client earlier this year that did not want to do the personal development work at all, she just wanted to be told, like what to do and how to build a business, which also isn't how I operate. I don't believe there's one pathway to success. So, you know, she wanted out of working with me, and I gladly was like, Yeah, this is not a good fit. Usually, I'm pretty good at identifying that stuff upfront. And so like, if I come upon someone that's like, I just want you to tell me what to do and how to build a business. I'm like, Yeah, this is that's not how this works. And I know it for myself as well. You know, I've, oddly enough, done that for myself as well and gotten to people being like, you're an expert, just tell me what to do. And I'll do it. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  9:22  

And I listen, I admit, I've done that, too. I  do that sometimes. 

Bri Seeley  9:27  

Every single time I do that, invest a whole lot of money and get zero return on investment. And so I've learned more and more now that like, obviously, I preach it, I teach it I have to do it for myself. And so yeah, I don't. I don't separate the two ever and if someone's not willing to grow themselves, they can pretty much just expect their business to fail at some point in the near future. And I just would rather them not waste money investing to work with me if that's going to be the case. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  9:59  

Yeah, you know, It's so interesting because ever since the pandemic, when you open up Instagram or Facebook or LinkedIn, there is a barrage of coaches out there. And there are a barrage of people who download this order. blah, blah, blah, let me help you sign up for this. So I'm not suggesting that I'm putting you in that, you know, in that pot. I'm not suggesting that I guess what I want. My question is, how would you suggest to our listeners that they are able to ascertain, you know, what's viable and what is not? 

Bri Seeley  10:36  

I think the biggest thing is you have to, you have to know yourself well enough to know what you're going into it with, right? So if you're just looking for a $39, quick fix solution, then great, go find that, you know, it's, I always think that the level, the level you're willing to kind of put in is the level you're willing to get out. So like I have, a lot of people come to me and say, I just had a woman join my facebook community. She's currently not monetizing at all, and she wants to go from zero monetization to seven figures within 12 months, but she's not willing to actually do anything to invest in her business. And I was like, you know, you kind of have to take actions that are aligned with the results that you want, right. So that's kind of the first thing, the second thing I would say is that if you are looking to invest with a coach, you need to go and do a whole lot of research on that person. Because we're at the point where kind of anyone can pop up and say, oh, yeah, I got success once in my business. And so now I'm just marketing, not to everyone telling everyone that that's a silver bullet solution. You know, you need to also maybe look at their testimonials. And I would say, look for video testimonials as well, because anyone can write a testimonial. But if you I have probably 50 video testimonials on my website of women that have worked with me that then film themselves talking about the experience and what they got out of it. So I would say you really nowadays have to do your due diligence, just because someone has, you know, one success story and got a Squarespace account doesn't mean they're qualified to help you with your business, right? Like you need to look at. I personally have experience in retail, wholesale product service events, online, in person, you know, brick and mortar, like I have experience in, I think almost every not quite every but a lot of the different kinds of business models out there. And I think it's really important to have someone that has a more of a holistic approach to business. So really, nowadays, do your due diligence, just because someone has 100,000 Instagram followers doesn't mean they're real followers, I get DMS every single day about buying followers, and I'm like, I could have a million followers by now if I really wanted to, I don't want to because none of them are real people. So it's, it's just, there's a lot of smoke and mirrors in the coaching space. And so you have to be smart enough to look past it. And really, if you're going to work with someone and invest in something like find someone that's really going to help you and not just be about the appearance of it. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  13:16  

No, yeah, I love that. And I think that's really good advice. And actually, I think you kind of answered my question, but I'm gonna, but I want to ask it anyway. So you mentioned that you help that individual that's already, you know, trying to get to the next level, because I also read that on your website. So what about those individuals that literally, like come to you, they're just like, Listen, I'm sick of it. I don't know what I want to sell. I don't know what I want to do. But I know that I'm going to make this up. I'm being very dramatic. I know that. But I know that I want to, you know, break the chains. I want to be free. I want to set my own schedule. And yes, I do want some income that's a little bit more viscerally connected to who and what I am. Where do I begin?  How do you navigate that? Do you help those people as well? 

Bri Seeley  14:01  

have a full program based on that. I've been running that program since 2017. And it's called monetizing your vision. And the whole thing is the first, the first module is all again, personal development. Who are you? What are your values? What's important to you about life? What's your vision? What do you even want to say is true in your life, 10 years from now, like, that's where you have to start. And then you can start looking at like, for example, I had a woman come to me a few years ago, and she was like, Yeah, my top core value is freedom. So I want to start a resale business. And I was like, talk to me about how having to go to the post office every day and pack up shipments and be home in case an order comes in is aligned with your core value of freedom. And she was like she was so gung ho she was like, Absolutely, I'm doing this and I was like, You're gonna your business isn't going to be successful you're going to burn out because that revenue stream or that business model is not aligned with what you need to be satisfied. And I know because I went through this, this is in hindsight part of why I had to shut down my fashion business. Because right now, my office is my laptop. And that is what makes me happier than anything in the world. Tomorrow I'll be out having meetings, the next day, I'll be at a coffee shop working the next day, I'll be at a friend's house working to the entire month of December will be in the in the state of Minnesota working like I can go where I want, when I want how I want, when you have a fashion business, you don't get to do that. And so part of the reason now that I know that I had to shut down my fashion business was because it wasn't aligned with my, with who I am and what I need to be satisfied. So if you're looking to get out of something where you're miserable, don't just step into something else, because you think it's gonna solve that misery. Like you have to figure out so many other things to identify the most aligned path forward. So monetizing your vision program starts you at zero, and takes you through identifying, you know, what revenue streams are aligned with your vision and your core values? How are you going to get that out to your customers? Who are your customers? What do they need? What are their problems? How are you going to solve them? How do you start communicating that to them through your marketing, through your product, through your mission statement, all of this stuff, and it basically walks people from zero to profit, and helps them launch their business in under 120 days. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  16:25  

So literally, I mean, so literally, somebody could come with a thought, no, no website, no social media handles, and dare I use this? And dare I ask the question, What about money? What kind of financial commitment not to you I mean, but to to create that business in 120 days? 

Bri Seeley  16:45  

I mean, it depends on what business you want to start, when I started this business, if you're starting a service based business, you need enough money to you know, obviously, yes, hire, preferably hire a coach, if you if you people think that hiring a coach costs money, and that it's expensive. And I always say, Oh, if you think it's expensive to hire me, imagine how expensive you're gonna find out it is when you're trying to DIY it and making mistakes and trial and error and how long it's going to take. And there's no way, if you don't have help, that you're going to be able to launch an effective business in less than 120 days. So obviously, like hiring someone to help you website, URL, you know, like some software, some technology, things like that. I mean, really, it depends on your business. Obviously, your business is a product based business completely different. My fashion business had a huge amount of startup capital every single season. So I think that's also something you need to look out as well is like, what is my, what is my capital? What do I have available to me? And if I don't have a lot available to me, what kinds of revenue streams can I begin to build out that just simply don't require a lot of money to get started. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  17:54  

It's so true. It's me. Yeah. It's so then. So let's do something like that. Like in my, in my situation, where now, you know, we've been in business going into our second year. So I'm assuming you also do deal with people similar to me, like, you know, hey, I'm like, Okay, I'm in year two, I should be thrilled that I'm in year two. But I'm feeling like my are no, because it's everything. It's, it's, you know, so you do help individuals like that as well. 

Bri Seeley  18:25  

Absolutely. Yeah, I have a program called quantum immersion. And that's where we really identify like, Okay, what is that next step that's going to help you kind of like really uplevel in a big, big, big way. So I'm helping someone right now who's had an event space business for a long time, she wants to transition to something that's a little bit more of a foundation, a revenue stream that can kind of be duplicatable, that she doesn't have to put all of the time and energy into building out a full event every single time. She needs customer revenue in the door, right? So we're building out a more evergreen passive income stream for her that I swear to God, I've told her this, it is going to be a seven figure revenue stream that I I am like, first customer in the door like I will purchase I don't. It's like wine based and I'm like, I don't even drink wine. I want to buy this and the guy I'm seeing right now as well as like, Can we do that when she launches that business? Like can we do it together? 

Laura Lee Botsacos  19:23  

 But I hope you keep me in the loop because I love wine 

Bri Seeley  19:29  

 I thought it was amazing. She actually told you it's five senses tastings, if anyone wants to look it up. Her business is called five senses tasting. She actually has a monthly membership right now where she does monthly tastings with people virtually, which is great. So she's, she is incredible. She is like I've done some of her in person events before in LA and they're just fantastic. And I'm just so excited for this next level for her because it's really going to build into so much freedom for her to be able to have the revenue streams that are just generating money without her having to do anything. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  20:05  

You know, it almost sounds too good to be true. I mean, you know, really, I mean, I believe you, but because I really feel like during this time during this pandemic, I feel like so many people changed their careers. And you know, being home is a bummer. But by the same token, you're sort of like, okay, well, you, you really can do anything from anywhere. 

Bri Seeley  20:30  

At this, I think so. And really, that's my whole, that's all I want, is I want to be able, you know, I want to be able to go to Bali for a month and work from there, or I use I studied in Italy, like I mentioned, I would love to buy a condo in Italy and be able to, you know, spend three or four months a year in Italy, I, you know, I currently in a long distance relationship, like my family lives in Minnesota, I have friends all over, a lot of my friends are starting to have kids, like, I just want to be able to go do what I want to do, but also make a big impact in the world, which I can do with the way that my programs are set up. And structured is like, I can do the same thing where I'll wake up in the morning and be like, Oh, I made you know, several grand while I was sleeping last night. Awesome. I have more people to now impact and help them do the same in their lives and their businesses. I don't know, it's just I wouldn't I wouldn't. I'm so glad that I shut down my fashion business. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  21:27  

 That's brave. 

Bri Seeley  21:28  

Yeah, I would never go back to that life. And I don't know, it just keeps getting better and better. So 

Laura Lee Botsacos  21:34  

That's what makes me happy. But that's really brave. I mean, it's brave. Because you're talking I mean, it's so interesting how many people that I speak to that are entrepreneurs with this strong business acumen at some point in their life. We're creative, whether it's fashion artists, actors, actresses, it's fascinating to me. 

Bri Seeley  21:54  

Well, I think too, it's the same. It's the same thing again, that like creative energy of taking nothing and turning it into something is the same whether you're painting a canvas, or you're making a dress, or you're building a business, or, you know, it all comes from the same energy, it all comes from the same inspiration point. And it's just then up to us as humans to say yes to that inspiration that's come to us, whatever form it's taken, and bring it to life. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  22:25  

I love that. So where in Italy? Did you live? Did you study? 

Bri Seeley  22:28  

Firenze, 

Laura Lee Botsacos  22:31  

Florence is my favorite city on the planet. I have been to Florence. Well, first of all , I studied there when I was in college as well. So I lived there for three months. And then I think I've been there four or five times. I love it. 

Bri Seeley  22:47  

Not to sound too much like a Florence Florence Tinian. But it is the most beautiful city in the world. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  22:53  

I know. I mean, it is , it's everything about it. It's so it's so when something is so old like that. There's so much history, it's almost like you can hear the echoes of the creatives and of the people as you walk through the streets. It's amazing. Yeah, I had an 

Bri Seeley  23:12  

I love the tangible or the textures of Florence as well, just like the artwork, the marble and the bronze next to the stonework of these huge buildings. And then the smells of it's just such a tactile city to me that I was supposed to go back, I think last year and also I tried to go back the year before and it just didn't work out. But I'm very excited to get back over there when I can because I haven't been there since 2009, which is way too long ago. I've been spending so much time building all these businesses that I just haven't had time to go back to Italy and it is time. It 

Laura Lee Botsacos  23:51  

It is time maybe you could do something in Italy, maybe you could do a retreat in Italy that's based around, you know, your you're obviously your business, your meditation and, and you know, oh, I would do that. All sign up? I mean, how great would that be like a bunch of like entrepreneurs in Florence? Oh, that'd be great. Very, you know, because like we could do a little play on words because it really was like the birth of the Renaissance. So it could be like a, you know, a renaissance. 

Bri Seeley  24:26  

For I do ally have a lot of women come to me that are like, they call themselves you know, like multi passionate or whatever. And I call them Renaissance women. Because if you think about it, Da Vinci wasn't just a painter. He was a sculptor. He was an inventor. He was an act like all of these Renaissance men back in the day did all of the creative things. And so when I talk to and I coach primarily women, it's like well, of course you have more than one thing that you want to do. You're a renaissance woman. I'm getting ready to potentially build another business that's going to be a technology plot. form for coaches and like, you know, it's I, again that like creativity is just it flow if you're really truly an entrepreneur, that creativity flows through your veins, and you just have to trust to say yes to it. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  25:15  

So let me ask you a question. And I don't know if this is a fair question. But one of the things that I get asked a lot, and frankly, that it also just for me, that I think about is this concept of age that we should be at a certain place at this particular age. Or, like, for instance, you know, I can't believe that I decided at 50 years old that I was going to launch a skincare line like Hello, you know, I have friends that are getting ready to retire, they're slowing down. And I'm like, in the thick of it. But I often talk about that. How do I express it? Well, first of all, everybody has their own story, and everybody has their own path, and everybody has their own journey. I know, we've heard that 150 times. But I think sometimes it's I know, women my age are sometimes a little like, almost labasa were intimidated, to be coached by a woman that could be significantly younger than us. Does that make sense? 

Bri Seeley  26:16  

a lot of my clients are older than me to be honest. And, you know, and relating back to what you said about like, everyone has their own journey. I started my podcast, my current podcast during the pandemic as well. And it's called the success diaries. And the whole reason I started it is because we really have this brilliant opportunity in front of all of us right now, to be deconstructing these narratives. And these stories that we tell ourselves about, like what life is supposed to look like, who says what it's supposed to look like, who says that we're supposed to, you know, like, I grew up in the Midwest, which was very, like, you go to college, that's where you meet your husband, then you get married, then you buy a house, then you get a job, then you have a baby, that and it's like this whole thing. And as much as I ever tried to fit myself into that mold, I was miserable. I would have panic attacks, even thinking about it, my ex when I was in college, but I would always tell him, like, I do not want to have children. And he would be like, Oh, that's okay, you'll change your mind. And it was just, I was like, what if I don't change my mind? Like, what if that's just not my path? What if not, every single human is meant to have the exact same experience? And so I would say, you know, if you have any older women that are listening, I would say why not give yourself the opportunity to reinvent yourself at whatever age you want. Like, I personally, you know, my mom talks to me too, about retiring. And I'm like, I don't think I'm ever gonna retire. Like why if I'm, if I love what I'm doing, and I'm making a huge impact in the world, and I'm changing lives, like why, and it's not requiring me to work 70 hours a week, or put in, you know, a lot of physical manual labor or whatever, like, why wouldn't I keep going? Like what, who's saying, who's to say that you have to stop at 65? Or that, you know, like, you can't just enjoy life, while also like this, there's this idea that it's this either, or I'm like, I don't want either or I want both. I am not, don't tell me, I can just pick one thing. I absolutely not. So I want to be the woman at 70, who's still running an amazing business, but also again, can like jet off to Florence for two months at a time, or what you know, like, the world has changed so much that I think that living by these outdated narratives, is just doing so many people such a huge disservice. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  28:38  

Yeah, I agree. I agree. And you know, the other thing too, I think that's an old narrative. Right? And does everybody assume that once you're an entrepreneur that literally you need to work 24 hours a day? And I don't know sometimes, you know, sometimes I have it in me. And sometimes I admitted, I do feel like, oh, gosh, I probably should have done a little bit more today. But there are days, I'm just like, I don't, I don't I did what I did, i i It's just not there. 

Bri Seeley  29:10  

I definitely there's seasons for entrepreneurship. And you know, I mentioned I'm in a long distance relationship right now. And so I've had to completely readjust and reevaluate all of my time. So like he's coming to Tulsa on Thursday, which means that Friday, Saturday, Sunday, my phone will be off, my computer will be off, my clients will be told that I am unavailable and my focus is 100% on him for those 72 hours. And so that means that like today, usually I'd be done working by now. I have probably at least another three hours left in me tonight. And I got up this morning and even started working early. But it's because I know that I have time coming up where I'm not going to be working at all or even during the month of December, going up to Minnesota. I have family there so I'll be seeing family But that's also where he lives. And I know that I'm going to need to kind of temper my time a little bit to like, be working less, because my quality time with him is going to be really important. So you don't have to be working 24 hours a day. The beauty of entrepreneurship is that you get to choose what your schedule looks like . If you're a night owl, don't force yourself to get up and start working at 9am. Start your work at noon, and work until eight or 10. You know, like whatever your day looks like, you get to choose that you get to create that for yourself. You don't have to work the way other people work. You have to figure out what works for you and do that. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  30:39  

I love that. I love that. So do you. Are there any great ones? Is there a book, a book that you love to read that you besides your own? Or your own? Please tell me? I'm happy to tell you about your book, actually, if you'd like that you really recommend people read? 

Bri Seeley  30:55  

Yes, so I'll tell you quickly about my book. First, it is called permission to leap. And part of it is kind of like what we've talked about is like developing that faith muscle within yourself to be able to say yes to those big moves that your soul just inherently wants to make and take. So things like me moving to Italy, knowing not a single soul. Like in under six weeks, not knowing the language just like deciding to up and relocate myself to Italy. I've moved all over the country, I moved from Italy to Seattle, Seattle to La La to Manhattan, Manhattan to Tulsa, like I just made these big moves. This new business that's coming through me right now just came to me last week. And I'd like to have three meetings around it this week, right? So it's really about saying yes to those big things and guiding you step by step through the process of what it's going to take for you to make that vision, your reality. So that's my book, I'll give you two different books that are my favorites that I like to recommend to everyone. The first one is a little bit more like a woo book less of a business book, and it's the Alchemist. The reason I love recommending this book is exactly what we were talking about. I like this idea of this journey, and one of the things about this book that I love, I just recommended someone the other day, who was like she had to get a day job. And she's been really disappointed. And I was like maybe it's just like your china shop at the top of the hill. Like you just gotta stay there for a minute. And like figure some things out before you get on with the rest of your journey. And so I just really love that book. I read it every year. In fact, I'm due to read it again, I should probably pull it out. But I read it religiously every single year since I was 26. So it was the first time I read it. The other one I will recommend to people which is a business book is called profit first. That book changed my life. Change my life. It is all about how you manage money within your business. And I swear to God if you do it, don't just read it. You don't read that you don't read books like that. You do books like that, you process books like that, you work through books like that. So that book took me I think at least a good six months to get through the bulk of it. And to be honest, I don't even know if I fully finished it. It will change everything about how you manage money in your business. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  33:11  

I love that I'm definitely gonna look that up to get. I just want to comment real quickly about the alchemist because I love that book. similar vein Have you ever read? Are you familiar with OG Mandy? No at all? Okay, so now that I just put his like little name out there his little name, I shouldn't say like that. One of the books that I reread constantly and since it's very similar, it's you're really supposed to do the book, but is the greatest salesman in the world. And I think I think if you love the alchemist, I think this is gonna resonate with you, as well. It's a small thin book. I love it. It's powerful. So what's next for you as we get so what are the next things? What's next on the horizon for your brain? 

Bri Seeley  34:03  

Yeah, honestly, I'm, I'm, I am just increasing enrollments in my programs. So I am doing a lot of partnerships moving forward. And so partnering up with other entrepreneurs who want to help their lists or their followers to do great things in their businesses. And yeah, I'm really excited for 2022. I'll be running quantum immersion three times again, and monitoring your vision is a program that anyone can enroll in any day at any time. Which I really love because there's some other startup business programs that like oh, you have to wait nine months to enroll? Absolutely not by nine months, you could already have hit your first six figures 

Laura Lee Botsacos  34:45  

So sorry to cut you off. So if people want to work with you do they first do a consultation with you is that the best way for them to? 

Bri Seeley  34:53  

Most of my stuff is just honestly available directly on my website. So I kind of stopped doing sales calls with people, if people have questions they absolutely reach out to me and like, let's, let's chat. But most of the people that enroll with me just have seen a training I've done or you follow me on social media for however long or get introduced to me through someone else. And honestly, like a lot of people just find me on Google. And, enroll with me. So, you know, I've been like I said, I've been doing this for seven years, and there's a lot of people that if I'm your person, you know, I'm going to get you whatever results you want. And I have satisfaction guarantees on all of my work. So, um, yeah, I'm never if someone comes to me and is like, Hey, I'm like, Cool. Let's work together for longer. Like, let me help you create your goals. That's what I'm here for. So, um, yeah, I made sure a client messaged me today. And she was like, I'm just really frustrated and I was like, you're fine. I've got you. I'm never gonna let you just leave working with me feeling like you didn't create what you thought you were gonna create. And she's like, she emailed me back this like amazing, like, beautiful. I'm like, can I screenshot this? Because I'm like, it's the most beautiful testimonial. She's like, You're the real deal. And I just love you so much. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  36:12  

So yeah, so where can people find you? 

Bri Seeley  36:15  

Best two places. My website obviously, which is my name, Briseeley.com. or Instagram, which is also my name Bri Seeley. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  36:25  

Bri, thank you so much. This has been invaluable. And I'm thrilled. Thank you for everything. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us and good luck with everything. 

Bri Seeley  36:37  

Thank you. This was lovely. And I definitely hope we get to connect in person when you're closer to Tulsa. 

Laura Lee Botsacos  36:43  

Yeah, I would love that. Absolutely. Thank you so much for being a guest on the business, Serum Thank you, Bri. Thank you, everyone for joining us today. And thank you so much for listening. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and leave a review. If you want to learn more about the business serum or me follow me at Laura Lee Botsacos you can also find me on the worldwide web at www.lauraleebotsacos.com  Thank you so much and continue closing yourself on you