Vicki Updike-Women's Leadership Conference

SPEAKER_01 0:07

Throughout my own life and fitness journey, I have had the privilege of meeting incredible people who've shared valuable insights on mindset, health, fitness, and spiritual growth. The profound impact of this knowledge on my own life has inspired me to share it with all of you. I'm Erica Sweeney, host and founder of My Fit Tribe Podcast. Join me as we explore inspiring conversations with experts, thought leaders, and everyday heroes who offer their stories and practical tips to help you on your own journey. From nutrition and fitness to mental well-being and personal or spiritual growth, our mission is to empower you to take charge of your health and live your best life. We are more than just a podcast, we are community. Through coaching, a wealth of shared knowledge, and a strong support network, we are here to guide and encourage you every step of the way. Come be a part of our tribe. In this episode of the My Fit Tribe podcast, I speak with Vicki Updike. I learned more about her passion for supporting women through the upcoming Women's Leadership Conference, as well as her newest passion, the Lucella Project, focused on building confidence in young women. I love sharing the impact people are making in our community. And whether it's creating a stage for others to share their stories or creating opportunities for young women, Vicky is definitely making that impact. Here's my conversation with Vicky. Today on the My Fit Tribe podcast, I'm joined by Vicky Updike, the founder and president of New Sage Strategies, a women's leadership development company focused on helping women realize their greatest potential. After a successful career in corporate leadership, Vicki turned her experience toward executive coaching, speaking, and leadership development. She is the author of Navigating Your Journey and the founder of the Women's Leadership Conference, an annual event designed to educate, encourage, and inspire women both personally and professionally. Vicki, welcome to the My Fit Tribe podcast.

SPEAKER_00 2:03

Thank you for having me. It'll be a fun day.

SPEAKER_01 2:06

I found you on social media because you do run that women's leadership conference, and I was really inspired by providing a platform for women to talk about their journeys, about their knowledge, and to be able to share it with other women to help it grow. But before we get into that, I want to hear how you got from your corporate leadership position into doing this.

SPEAKER_00 2:25

Yeah, great question. You know, I had a great corporate career, and um, you know, my last role was as a president of an organization, and I truly loved it. But what I learned in my last few years is that what I loved was the people development side of the leadership and not so much everything else that comes with running a company. So that's what really got me thinking about really doing my own thing and helping executives continue to move their businesses forward and move themselves forward. You know, and it evolved over time because what happened is that women started recognizing their challenges and started reaching out to me. So then it was really now about 90% of my clients are women in leadership roles. And it's just really wonderful. I mean, it was a bit frustrating that as I left my corporate career to see some women still having the challenges that I had years ago as we try to continue to advance our career. So it really was a great fit. And I really enjoy and love those light bulb moments that are able to happen through a coaching experience.

SPEAKER_01 3:40

That's a big step when you are, you know, working, going to the office nine to five or seven to six for most of us. And then you kind of let that go and make a pivot towards something else. And one thing I found from leaving my entrepreneur position with a staff into you know, downsizing and having myself, that I had to learn how to be a leader for myself, which is something I don't think we always think about leadership as, you know, guiding yourself and setting those habits and growing and learning. How are you finding that with your coaching, how important that is to really step into leadership as a personal growth process?

SPEAKER_00 4:15

That is a great point. I, you know, there's no one holding you accountable but you. So that is a real thing. You know, for me, stepping out on my own, I found the most vulnerable part was that I didn't have a company or a job title anymore. I was just Vicky. And, you know, that it was a bit of an insecure, vulnerable moment for me to say, okay, now what? But to lean into that and to be my authentic self was kind of that a vulnerable moment for me, stepping out on my own.

SPEAKER_01 4:47

Well, it's good to know that I'm not the only one who had those moments of self-doubt. And I think it's important to have that conversation because I think some women, you know, look at people who have been successful in the career or who go on to coach or do other things, that they think that they're different and that they don't have those insecure moments. But you talk to people who are successful, whether it be in career or that next chapter of impact, you still have that self-doubt. So can you share a little bit about your experience with that and how you've continued to move forward in your impact and your organization?

SPEAKER_00 5:20

Yeah, you know, so it's just me. I also wasn't looking to build a company, right? So it's I am just a solopreneur that is doing this. What I found is the value of a network is so important. You know, in my corporate career, I had a great network, but I didn't really lean into them, right? Who has the time? You know, you're doing the everything and and to start connecting with people and just building relationships and watching that, you know, and even today, people will step in and you know, reach out to me and they're like, okay, Vicki, now I need I want to work with you, right? It might not have worked three years ago, but it's just continuing to build those connections and those relationships. And that is not selling, right? So that comes very natural, but I gotta tell you, it was a learning curve also, because you know, as your business gets momentum, you just trust the process.

SPEAKER_01 6:19

That's kind of hard to do sometimes, though, trusting the process.

SPEAKER_00 6:23

It is, right? And, you know, there are days when you're like, am I even doing the right thing? For sure. Those insecurities are there. But it took me years. You know, I'm in my ninth year, and it took me years to trust that those relationships and trust the network I'm creating and to lean into it.

SPEAKER_01 6:41

So, how long ago did you start the leadership conference?

SPEAKER_00 6:45

Our first year was 2019. And how that, you know, I, as I was exiting my corporate career, I was invited to the Forbes Women's Business Summit in New York. It's a huge event. I think literally Michelle Obama was speaking at that conference that year. And I didn't end up going, but I it kind of sparked something. I'm like, so women's summits are a thing. So I started looking around and I, you know, Googling and you know, just researching where are these women's business summits or conferences or and they were very few around back then. And so I'm like, well, we have really awesome people here in Wisconsin. What would happen if we would create a day for women to come together and learn from each other and give great content and really connect? And that was how it began. I had someone in my network that has an event planning company, and I reached out to her and I said, I'm thinking of doing a women's conference. And she kind of looked at me and she's like, Let me think about it. And I'm like, Okay, that's a bad idea, right? But she came back, I think I got an email from her at about five o'clock the next morning, and she goes, Okay, Vicky, you got to do this. And then it started, right? I went to my first company to say, right, if you'll sponsor this, I will put it together and I will make sure it happens. And I got a few companies engaged and off we were. We had 280 women in a nice little event space. The energy in the room was amazing, right? When you hear the hum and the buzz of everybody just enjoying each other and learning from each other, that's what I saw as success.

SPEAKER_01 8:32

That's one of those moments where you you know you're doing the right thing at the right time, right? Because your vibration is so high and you just love everybody around and you know that everyone's learning and you know, kind of working towards that best version of themselves. Like that's that's what I love about this too, because it it gives you the opportunity to know that people are taking a step forward in whatever direction they need to in their life. So that's so cool. Yeah, thank you.

SPEAKER_00 8:53

Yeah, and it's just evolved over time. We outgrew, you know, two different venues. We are now at the RESH Expo Center in Green Bay, right across from Lambeau Field. And, you know, we're expecting uh anywhere from a thousand to eleven hundred women and probably another four or five hundred uh attend virtually.

SPEAKER_01 9:14

Wow, that's phenomenal. I was gonna ask you how it was then, you know, starting in 2019 and then having COVID happen. How did you navigate that?

SPEAKER_00 9:22

Well, right, talk about is the universe telling me that one, you know, this was great and you know, one is enough. I did some real thinking on that. And, you know, by October, our event is always the first week in October. And by October 2020, we were so tired of sitting behind our screens and just sitting at our desk, right? So I didn't know. But we put together a virtual event and we did the event live. So we still had the stage and production, and the speakers came through on the stage live. I was in on my little laptop and you know, off stage and watching for questions and bringing questions to the stage. And we went pretty quick, right? It was about an hour each speaker, and you know, we let people take breaks as they needed, but we just let the the agenda roll. And we had 370 attendees really all day. So, you know, some came and went, but you know, it was a pretty great consistency of the 370. So I was thrilled, right, that the content was still resonating with the audience and that they really saw the value to stay. And then the following year, 2021, we were back to live. It was a challenge, and we were still all trying to figure it out, right?

SPEAKER_01 10:40

It was such a weird time. We all can look back and go, it did that really happen. It just feels like a bad dream.

SPEAKER_00 10:46

Sometimes it feels like forever, and sometimes it feels like yesterday.

SPEAKER_01 10:50

Right? Yeah. So wow, that's a huge outcome to be able to have that many people to come to this event. Congratulations. That's amazing. Thank you. So you're impacting, you know, the people that are attending the event, but look at also how much you're impacting the people that you're allowing to speak. Because I that's something that I'm really passionate about is giving people a platform to talk about their experiences again, their knowledge, and being able to share with others. What have you noticed as a coach and as the, you know, creating this event, how is that impacted on that side of the stage?

SPEAKER_00 11:19

Yeah, I really love bringing that opportunity to to women in our, you know, in our area. We do bring some national speakers, but I would say half are really speakers from Wisconsin. And I have one speaker this year, and she was like, Okay, I really want to speak at the women's leadership conference, but I want to do it next year. And she was doing some speech somewhere, and I had one person call me from the audience where she was speaking, and they said, Vicki, you really need to get married to the women's leadership conference. So I reached out to her and I said, Mary, I think this is your year. I think you should do this. And she's like, I don't know if I'm ready, right? And I'm like, and and she's so ready, right? It's just allowing them that opportunity and giving them that encouragement that they know, you know, and we have a pretty big stage, right? So we, our breakout sessions, the most popular breakouts end up on the main stage because it's the main stage that is our virtual audience. So we like to give the most popular breakout speakers the main stage. And there was one year that a speaker from Madison, her topic was one of the most popular. And I said, So we want to put you on the main stage. And she's like, I don't know if I can be on the main stage. And I'm like, oh my gosh, you so can, right? And she did a really great job. So it is, you're absolutely right. Watching these women thrive uh and do their thing, it's really fun.

SPEAKER_01 12:46

It's really cool, but it's very scary for most of us who've been on the stage. And I think you know, one thing that I've struggled with the most with speaking and doing keynote speaks is that I kind of think, why me? Like, is my story important enough? Or can I not only that, but can I give the audience something that they can use to fulfill what they're looking for by coming to this event? Because that's a lot of pressure, especially when you're talking about 1100, 1200 people. So how are you able to, you know, kind of bring everybody in that kind of brings the same message and encourage those people to really step into that this is the right time?

SPEAKER_00 13:19

Yeah, you know, we really look for topics that are relevant in what we're facing today. And I think what gives me a little bit of an advantage there is I work with so many women and I'm hearing what they're saying. So it really gives me insight into a few things that maybe areas that we could bring to the conference. But we really coach our speakers to leave the audience with actionable takeaways. And because we encourage our attendees to take a few things, right? Two, three, maybe four, and try something new. I reiterate that with our speakers, right? What are the actionable takeaways? And it's really that that brings the speakers to the women's leadership conference.

SPEAKER_01 14:04

That's really important. And that's funny that you say that because you know, we're recording here for season three, which is going to be dropping next week. And, you know, after doing this, you know, over 75 episodes, and I did my keynote this summer, and I realized when I did that that, you know, we can listen to a podcast or go to an event and listen to someone speak, and we can be inspired. But it tends to, you know, by the time we get home, we're thinking about cooking dinner and all the tasks we have to do, and we kind of forget that. So, you know, in this season, we've incorporated at the end of the podcast to share an actionable step. Because I think it's important to know that just one thing that you do differently each day as you would develop your habits can create that momentum to make those more positive changes, whether it be your health or your profession or your family, or just again, what your what your impact is or what your mission is at this point in your life. When you're dealing with your clients and the attendees and the speakers, you know, there's such a wide range of stages in your life when you're just starting your career, when you're all in and growing it. And again, that next stage where you're kind of maybe looking for doing something different. Do you feel that your conference really addresses all of those stages of the career?

SPEAKER_00 15:12

Yeah, I do. You know, I think like this year, our theme is fearless, be fearless. And I think every one of those stages, we do encounter fear. And it's how we work through fear, right? So that's a lot of what we're talking about, right? Fear is just some, it's just telling us that we're doing something new or we're growing. So our goal this year is to really change the lens around fear and take a step. You may not know all the steps, but we're just asking you to take a step.

SPEAKER_01 15:43

Yeah, goosebumps. Uh, you do those breadcrumbs, as we talk about, those signs that it happened where you think you're going in the right direction, they're not meant to give you the whole roadmap of what's coming up. They're really just meant to give you that next step and that courage to move forward. And again, there's so many aspects of our life, again, health, especially, or wellness, or again, that personal growth, where it is about moving forward, you know, not the whole picture, but moving forward. So, what a great opportunity to share that. What are some of the struggles you're seeing with women right now in their career, no matter what stage that is? Are you seeing a common theme and what you're hearing from people?

SPEAKER_00 16:16

So, confidence is always, I would say, one of the biggest things, right? How we face, you know, and no one's 100% confident 100% of the time. So it's really enabling these women to see that even though they don't have 100% of the confidence, they still have enough to move forward, right? So so often that holds us back. And then there's the I need to be perfect at everything. You know, so we talk a lot about we have so many things, right? We have so many balls in the air, but let's keep the eggs in the air and the tennis balls can bounce every once in a while, right? So understanding those priorities. And, you know, 80% done is sometimes done. Let's let it go. Um, but that's hard. You know, we, you know, there's a lot of perfectionism in our work life and even in our, you know, everyday life.

SPEAKER_01 17:10

Yeah, you know, I just recorded another episode this morning too with someone we were talking about perfect, how you've got that, you know, you have to be perfect at being a mother and in your job and how you look and all these expectations that our culture puts on us, or that we just put on ourselves, that we sometimes don't give ourselves grace in what we're doing, where the only thing that we decided is perfect is if the perfect thing to do is to start today. It's a perfect day to say, I'm gonna do it and I'm gonna try something hard or I'm gonna make those changes. I'm sure that you have a lot of super impactful speakers that have been a part of the conference. And I love when people talk about, you know, doing the uncomfortable or doing the hard things and how much you grow as a leader and as a mother and a wife and a woman when you're doing those hard things. Do you have some of those stories that you can share about how that type of impact?

SPEAKER_00 18:00

Oh, for sure, right? I think, you know, it's those hard stories that write books. Um, and you know, it's those, you know, looking back at my career, it's the hardest moments that I lean into. And so how did I come through it? When you're going through it, you kind of really don't know. But it is taking the step and just trusting your instinct. I I have worked with a woman whose company was purchased, and she didn't know if she was gonna have a job post-acquisition. And so the insecurities that come along with what that is. And then to realize that yes, she is getting a position and it's a really good position. And then going through the guilt that not everybody at the company was then also getting, you know, their positions. So balancing the happy for her that her career is continuing to evolve, but yet mourning what is now going to be, you know, left behind. And, you know, kind of that imposter syndrome is like, well, can I do that? You know, so it was really challenging. But, you know, kind of remembering it's in those moments that we learn so much.

SPEAKER_01 19:13

And not only just stepping into who we could be, which I like to call like that possibility principle, but also again being open to you know what's possible, like being open to that this is the path I'm supposed to take. When we downsized our business, I you know, I'd worked so hard for so many years, I never thought that I would have that opportunity because I thought I was gonna be doing that the rest of my life. We had a real estate business. And when, you know, the next day came after we sold, I was like, what now? And then I was deal dealt with this grief process that I did not expect to be there. And that's something too that you don't really take into account. You know, your image of what you think it will be sometimes doesn't really work out that way emotionally, right? Right. So I think there's so many different stages again through our career as we leave things or we try new things between that imposter syndrome and that grief and that expectation that can be sometimes unexpected and hard to navigate.

SPEAKER_00 20:08

Yeah, absolutely. And I think it's the unknown. I mean, that scares us, right? And we, you know, we never see ourselves as enough, right? When we don't have enough experience or we don't have exactly everything on the new job description as experiences. You know, I always work with women. I said, so what do you do when you don't know what to do? And they're like, well, I figure it out. I'm like, that is one of your most important capabilities. It's not that you have to know everything, sometimes you just have to know how to figure it out.

SPEAKER_01 20:42

Yeah, that what a resource that is and how how often we do that on a daily basis, you know, for sure. So I want to get into the details of the women's leadership conference, but I also want to touch base on your other passion project, the Lucella Project, because I think it's important that we talk about, you know, women and all the stages of the career, but how important it is that we give the young women in our life that self-confidence. So I don't have a ton of time left, but please let us know about that, where that came from and what that's coming out to be.

SPEAKER_00 21:09

Yeah, so the Lucella Project, so it started with a high school girls leadership conference. And what happened was it was somewhere in 2024. My husband's in education, he's been in high school education his whole career, and the CDC study came out, and the girls' sense of confidence and belonging post-COVID, their scores were just continuing to decline. And boys were kind of plateaued, but the girls, and I'm like, courage, confidence and belonging is what I coach most in executive women, right? Do I belong at the table? Do I have the confidence to speak up? And so I'm literally driving home and I walk in and my husband's cooking dinner, and I'm like, I think I need to do a high school girls' leadership conference. And he's like, Yeah, I've been telling you that for years. And he probably But he, you know, so that's where it began. And I just, we had the infrastructure set up from the women's leadership conference. So I'm just like, well, just add a day, right? What's adding a day? Well, we were able to use some really great speakers from the women's conference who donated their time. And we were able to bring 500 girls from 20 different school districts to our very first high school girls' leadership conference. Our theme that year was dream big and sore. And we had a mural on the wall for the girls to write their dreams. And, you know, some of them were really, you know, one was I want to be a homicide detective, which I'm like, oh my God, you go do that. But there was this girl, and and she was, she was, she was just so dang cute. And she's holding her marker. And she walks up there and she writes, I want to be confident. And her whole dream is to be confident. I'm like, oh my gosh. So then the wheel started turning. How can we make an impact on these young women beyond just a great day together? And from there, we established a nonprofit organization. We developed a four series workshop now that we bring back into high schools and we work with a cohort of 20 girls at a time, bringing them through authenticity, courage, and confidence and belonging, and really able to not teach them, but to enable them to see themselves differently. So they can, you know, even their authentic self and the challenges these girls face with social media is real. And, you know, and we work on that, right? I'm not here to say stop doing social media. We're we're no. But why us adults are so concerned about the girls is because there is a definite correlation. The more time you're on social media, the higher your anxiety level. I just want them to know that when they go out there, go out there with intention. And if you're not getting your proper vibe back at you, start changing your feed. And I'm just, you know, so we are in year two. We're rolling out the workshops this year. We are, um, we did have a leadership conference the second year. And again, we capped it at 500 girls and we piloted the workshops this past school year. This year, where our goal is to get into about 15 different high schools here in Northeast Wisconsin and reach about 400 girls through the workshop process. And, you know, my dream for this whole thing is that we are going to create a franchise 501c3 nonprofit organizations. And I want other communities to open their Lucella chapters and start bringing this to their community as well. So it has been such a passion project of mine. And I am just thrilled with the emotion and support I get from teachers and mothers and you know, businesses. So we are really in the process of scaling up and really trying to make a bigger impact.

SPEAKER_01 25:16

Oh, I have goosebumps. That is so amazing because as you, you know, social media can be wonderful, but it can also be horrible. And these youngsters, the stuff that they're dealing with, between AI and social media and the pressures, and it's just it's hard. I'm grateful that my kids are grown up so I don't have to worry about them, you know. Yeah, but it's really important that we have resources, and it's so great that you're able to turn what you do for women and their career to be able to give these young women an opportunity to get that confidence to stand up for themselves and shoot for their dreams. Like, just go for it.

SPEAKER_00 25:49

You know, it was I was having a moment. I was flying to a retreat of all things, and I'm by myself and I'm, you know, up 30,000 feet. And I just watched the Ruth Bader-Ginsburg story in flight. And I am sitting there crying. And I'm like, this is in the point where it's like, what are we building? What am I doing? Or, you know, am I really the person to do this? Right. And I'm just going through all that doubt. And so I'm sitting here in the airplane. People must have thought I was nuts. But like, literally crying. I'm like, if we move a trajectory of one girl to do just one more thing, what can happen? What is the possibility? And I'm like, all right, I'm all in. We're gonna go do this.

SPEAKER_01 26:30

I'm in. Oh, that is amazing. Well, you know, I think again, I'm so excited about your leadership conference because again, creating a platform for people to continue to learn and then for also people to speak and share and create that impact is just something I'm so passionate about. So thank you for doing that. But then to see you do it on the young women's side is even almost more impactful to me because I think they need it the most, right? Like we all as adults, you know, we have people in our corner, we have our experiences and we're moving forward. But when you're that young, you know, there's so many hurdles to go through. And I really I think having resources for them is so important. So kudos to you for creating that. That is amazing. Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 27:07

Yeah, it is definitely fun. You know, I I don't work with girls, right? I work with professional women and I facilitated a couple of the pilot programs this year, and they are so fun. They really, they you give them the environment and they just embrace it. And I'm excited about what's possible.

SPEAKER_01 27:28

Oh, I think you're just getting started, in my opinion. But so let's talk a little bit, wrap up quick with the the women's leadership conference, when it is, where it is, and how people can find out about it.

SPEAKER_00 27:38

Sure. So it's October 7th in Green Bay at the Rush Expo Center. Our keynote speaker is Judy Holler, Holler at your dreams. She's just a dynamic speaker. And you can register, you can walk in and register. So it goes, uh, our doors open at 7:30 and we go till four and end with a cocktail reception. And, you know, we really look to build an inclusive space for for everyone. You can register or see more at women's leadershipwi.com.

SPEAKER_01 28:10

And I will put that link in the show notes as well and make sure that we get this episode out before October 7th. We'll push this this episode up so people can get that. Um, and then for the Lucella Project, so people, what how can people find out more about that?

SPEAKER_00 28:23

Sure. I would love for you to connect with me. You can reach out at thelucellaproject.org. L-U-C-E-L-L-A. So thelucellaproject.org and all the information's up there.

SPEAKER_01 28:37

That's I just got a chance to glance at it because I wasn't even aware of that until we started. And it just looks like a phenomenal thing. Here, Jake is my producer, and they do a girls' uh summer band camp in the summertime. So on what, four, four Fridays a month every summer, three Fridays every summer. Then they come, they work all week on their music and they come together and you know, record here in the studio and the excitement for these girls to help support each other and to you know just step into a space of of dreaming what's possible too goes along with it. And so it reminded me of that too, how much we really, you know, we need to make sure we continue to pour into our younger generation. So it's very cool. I'm sure they could maybe be do a collaboration of some sort. I'm just thinking. So, anyway, so as we right? I really wish we had more time. I'm really sad that we have to cut this shorter. We might have to have you on again so we can talk about maybe how the women's conference went. But since we talked about actionable steps, so if someone's listening and they're kind of in that that kind of middle, you know, part in either their career or their life where they just need some inspiration, do you have an actionable tip that you would give our listeners?

SPEAKER_00 29:44

I would say my actionable tip is to slow down, to create a quiet space for you to think. We are um autopilot so often. And and I know I was there, right? When we are living through our corporate career and we are a mom or we are, you know, are raising our kids or you know, and just life, right? It is it is fast-paced to find a pocket of time, you know, once a week. Just start with once a week and just journal your thoughts and slow down. And even if you don't are not a good journaler, you could just write, I don't know what to write, and just keep going, right? But I would really encourage women and your audience to find a pause.

SPEAKER_01 30:31

It's hard to do, but it's really important. That's one thing, you know, out of all the things that I work on in my life, that's one thing that I keep working on, and I I'm still not very good at it. So I know if the heading need to work on it, you know. So that's great that you say that. So I'm gonna wrap up the episode by asking you the final question of the of the podcast, which is a two-part question. So if you, Vicky, today could have a conversation with your past self, maybe you know, you think about the young women that you're impacting during the Lucella project. If you can relate to that from your past, what advice would you give yourself?

SPEAKER_00 31:04

Wow. Um, so what I would give my younger self is to just be you. You don't have to be anyone but yourself to be in the room, and that's enough. As we're going through our career, right? Those doubts and the imposter syndrome, and you know, trying to be like all the other leaders, you know. And when I started becoming myself and truly bringing my own personality into my leadership style is when I made started making real connections and real influence on people.

SPEAKER_01 31:42

So now you, Vicky, today, you pretend you're sitting in your favorite place, maybe taking your quiet time, and you get to sit next to a future version of yourself. You can pick five, 10, 20 years in the future and you're sitting having that conversation with her. What would you ask your future self and what do you think she would say back to you?

SPEAKER_00 32:01

I would say I would ask her, was it fun? Did you have fun? Because you know, there's there's a lot of good to be done in the world. And yet building connections and just having those fun moments are such important building blocks for me. So was it fun? And what do you think she would say back to you? Heck yeah. Heck yeah.

SPEAKER_01 32:26

I love that. When the future self answers heck yeah, then you know things are going well.

unknown 32:33

Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 32:34

Awesome.

SPEAKER_00 32:35

Those are great questions.

SPEAKER_01 32:36

Well, you know, there's so much part of our life where you know we we wish we could tell our past self something, but really we've learned so much through the way that life has gone. But oftentimes what we tell our past self incorporates to what we would tell our future self. Like to have fun, you have to step into who yourself and be who you are. It all is kind of a learning process just to again figure out what we're supposed to be doing on this journey. So it's pretty, pretty darn cool. It is. That's a very cool question. Thank you. Awesome. Well, I plan to attend your leadership conference, so hopefully I can meet you in person at that time. So I will plan to be there. Please do. And again, we'll make sure we put the the registration in the show notes to make sure we can get people aware of it before the event. So I thank you so much for your time today and your patience through our tech issues. And you know, hopefully we can stay in touch in in the future. Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 33:24

Absolutely. Thank you. Yep, have a great day.

SPEAKER_01 33:33

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