Rapid Fire - Alyson + Jennie

07/09/21 • 12 min

After every interview on the Girls Who Do Stuff, we do Rapid Fire with our guests. We ask them a bunch of questions and they respond with the first thing that pops into their head.

After every interview on the Girls Who Do Stuff, we do Rapid Fire with our guests. We ask them a bunch of questions and they respond with the first thing that pops into their head.

Previous Episode

The one with two women in business, two cities, one empire

Although from different cities, they met on a Facebook group over the shared experience of thinking people were doing their marketing wrong. They quickly formed a friendship and started working together.

Good things can happen from sliding into people's DM's. They started working by helping each other in their businesses before they started working together and building projects together.

Once they launched their podcast, System to Thrive, it has been more intentional and gradual as they start to build their dream team.

We discuss the importance of understanding the way your partner likes to get work done and giving them the things they need to do their best work.

We realize how we don't talk enough about non-spousal adult relationships and friendships, partnerships, and working with "work husbands and work wives."

When you work closely with someone you are going to learn things you love about them and things you don't love so much... It educates you on the art of compromise. It's not about who wins but creating the best work together.

Trust is not one of those things where you have a moment where it's just "there." Trust is something you know when it's not "there."

It's important to normalize misunderstandings and break in trust even in business relationships. We are human and humans have emotions. The important thing to do is realize you can reach back out and repair those misunderstands and breaks in trust and foster a stronger relationship with deeper trust. Not just write off someone professionally at the first sign of disagreement or conflict.

Connect with Jennie and Alyson
You can listen to their podcast
Jennie Wright's Website
Alyson Lex's Website

Next Episode

Stephanie Mojica - The one about how to be a writer and get stuck in Suriname during a pandemic

Drawing on her 17-year tenure as an award-winning journalist with publications such as "USA Today," "The Philadelphia Inquirer," "San Francisco Chronicle," and "The Virginian-Pilot," among many others, her greatest passion is working with executives, attorneys, consultants, coaches, and business owners to craft their story into a book they can be proud of.

She also considered herself a digital nomad and recorded her episode from the country of Suriname in South America. We talk about her adventures in travel.

We talk about her career's beginning in journalism and the state of journalism today. We talk about bias in media and how people today can write something and publish it as journalism on social media, but it wasn't vetted or fact-checked by anyone.

Stephanie shares tips and tricks for successful authors on how to get the word out after the book is written. One tip: stay away from print on demand!

We also discuss our shared pet peeve of people calling themselves coaches who can help you grow your business to six figures who have never had a six-figure business or have only achieved a six-figure business by coaching people on how to have a six-figure business. Since the pandemic, there has been a large influx in coaches, and we discuss the lack of regulation, accreditation, or certifications for business coaches.

Stephanie helps people write about what they are passionate about and speak difficult truths. One truth she has been sharing more often lately is being open about speaking out against racism. She experienced white privilege for the first time in a foreign country. Although she is not white, she was assumed to be white and treated differently than her travel companions because of her American passport.

If you're interested in finding out about this stuff, you can find her on Instagram. You can check out my free book, three things you must know before writing your book, on her website. Get their attention now. She is all over Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and she is active clubhouse.