Mastering Audience Engagement Using Humility
with Ryan Wimpey
In the realm of public speaking, ego can be your greatest adversary. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that commanding the stage is about asserting dominance or showcasing superiority. However, true leadership and influence in public speaking stem from humility—a quality that Ryan Wimpey, the head people grower at Tip Top K9, explores deeply in the latest episode of The Flourishing Entrepreneur Podcast.
Ryan's journey from a confident entrepreneur to a humbled speaker offers valuable lessons for anyone looking to make a genuine impact through public speaking. Here’s how embracing humility can transform your approach and help you connect more authentically with your audience.
Embracing Humility to Connect with Your Audience
1. Listen More Than You Speak:
Even as the speaker, your primary job is to listen. Understanding the needs, emotions, and reactions of your audience allows you to tailor your message and make it resonate more deeply. This reciprocal engagement transforms a monologue into a dialogue, where the audience feels valued and heard.
2. Share Failures, Not Just Successes:
Great speakers are relatable speakers. Share your failures and the lessons learned, not just your triumphs. This openness not only humanizes you but also provides your audience with practical lessons they can apply in their own lives. As discussed in Spark the Stage, using the Crisis Story Framework™ to structure these experiences can enhance their impact and relatability.
3. Highlight the Journey, Not Just the Destination:
Your speech should be a journey that you and your audience embark on together. Instead of merely presenting the endpoint, invite your listeners into the process. Describe the challenges and uncertainties you faced along the way. This narrative style fosters a shared experience, making your conclusions more impactful and memorable.
Practical Tips for Humble Public Speaking
Focus on Adding Value:
Before stepping onto the stage, ask yourself, "How does this help my audience?" Shift the focus from showcasing your knowledge to delivering value. Each point you make should serve the audience's interests and needs, not your desire to impress.
Seek Feedback and Act on It:
Post-presentation feedback is gold. Encourage it, listen to it, and most importantly, act on it. This not only shows your commitment to improvement but also deepens your connection with your audience, as they see their input being valued and implemented.
Use Stories to Enhance Engagement:
People don’t just want to be informed; they want to be involved. Incorporate stories that invoke emotions and provoke thoughts. Remember, the more your audience can see themselves in your stories, the stronger their engagement will be.
Conclusion
Humility in public speaking does more than enhance your likability; it amplifies your effectiveness. As Ryan Wimpey illustrated through his own evolution, when you shift from seeking applause to fostering understanding and connection, you transform not only your presentations but also your impact on others.
Want more insights on mastering public speaking? Tune into The Flourishing Entrepreneur Podcast for more episodes like this and learn how to turn every speaking opportunity into a transformative experience.
Podcast Episode Overview
Ever felt like your message just isn’t landing, or worry that ego might be clouding your connection with your audience? Dive into an eye-opening discussion with Ryan Wimpey, head people grower at Tip Top K9, as he unpacks the transformative power of humility in public speaking and entrepreneurship. This episode of The Flourishing Entrepreneur Podcast is a must-listen for anyone eager to learn how to captivate and genuinely engage any audience, all while keeping ego in check.
Key Takeaways:
Ego Management: Ryan discusses the pitfalls of bringing ego onto the stage and into business, recounting a speaking event that taught him the importance of humility and audience connection.
Engaging the Audience: Learn how Ryan shifted his approach from self-promotion to engaging and adding value to the audience, enhancing both his speaking and business strategies.
Authenticity in Business: Discover Ryan’s philosophy on building a business and a speaking career by being authentic, avoiding the "guru" mindset, and fostering genuine connections.
Practical Advice for Entrepreneurs: Ryan shares tips on creating linear workflows to streamline business operations, making complex processes understandable and manageable.
Ready to dive deeper into how ego affects your professional growth and how you can harness authenticity to captivate any audience? Don’t miss this profound episode with Ryan Wimpey.
This episode is packed with lessons not just for public speakers but for anyone looking to lead with authenticity and integrity in their business endeavors. Tune in to explore how to turn every speaking opportunity into a moment of genuine connection and learning.
About Ryan Wimpey
Ryan Wimpey is the founder of Tip Top K9, a successful dog training franchise with 19 locations across 11 states. His journey into dog training began after adopting a problematic Schnauzer-Terrier mix named Curley. Frustrated by traditional methods, Ryan developed the Tip Top Method, based on classical conditioning, which transformed Curley’s behavior. This breakthrough became the foundation of his business, helping countless dogs and their owners live better, more fulfilling lives. Today, Ryan’s passion drives the continued growth of Tip Top K9, offering proven training solutions nationwide.
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About Aleya Harris
Aleya Harris is the spark for your spark™. A trailblazer in purpose-driven story crafting, she is a marketing executive and ex-Google Vendor Partner who brings her dynamic experience to her role as the CEO of The Evolution Collective Inc. Aleya is an international award-winning speaker, the founder and lead trainer of Spark the Stage ™, and the host of the award-winning Flourishing Entrepreneur Podcast. She is also the author of the bestselling book Spark the Stage: Master the Art of Professional Speaking and Authentic Storytelling to Captivate, Inspire, and Transform Your Audience. Her unique approach as a Strategic Storytelling Consultant has revolutionized the way businesses communicate, transforming workplace cultures and market positioning. With her dynamic energy and proven methodologies, Aleya guides clients to unlock their potential, articulate their radically authentic stories, and achieve unparalleled success.
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[00:01] Aleya Harris: Do you consider yourself a guru,
[00:05] a wizard at what you do?
[00:08] Well, I'm here to tell you that that might not be a good thing.
[00:11] That might actually be what is holding you back from being good on stage and in your business. And you do not have to take my word for it. Not that you would anyways.
[00:23] I don't think you really be taking my word for anything. That's why I'd be having these guests come on here.
[00:28] So the person that I suggest that you listen to about that is Ryan Wimpy. Ryan Wimpy is a self proclaimed head people grower at Tip Top Canine, a successful dog training franchise with multiple multiple locations across 11 states.
[00:48] His journey into dog training began after adopting a problematic solution, Schnauzer terrier mix named Curly. He was frustrated by traditional methods, so he developed the Tip Top method. I love me a good methodology on a framework.
[01:01] Love it, love it, love it. He based it on classical conditioning. And guess what? Curly's a good dog now. Curly became a good dog because of that breakthrough and his processes.
[01:15] He has a super successful business based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. But this episode is not about dogs, I promise. This episode, like all the episodes in this season, is about speaking and how he has used public speaking to help people curb their egos and to curb his own and uses that same methodology to grow his successful business.
[01:44] I know this episode is all about the ego, what to do with it, what people do when they throw you off of it when you're on stage, when you're off stage, and that now it's an unexpected outcome, all because of the answer to the question of what if they ask me a question and I don't know the answer.
[02:01] This episode is for you. If you feel like you are going to get caught up on stage by not knowing the answer, or if you're afraid of getting on stage and hearing crickets because the audience is not engaged.
[02:16] This is all about how to have your ego be your amigo during your quest to have the most engaged audience and the most compelling talk. All right, you ready? Let's go.
[02:30] Yuliya Patsay: Welcome to the flourishing Entrepreneur podcast with Alaia Harris.
[02:36] If you're looking for actionable ways to overcome communication and differentiation challenges by sharing radically authentic stories, you are in the right place. Listen in and learn how to stand in the power of your unique narrative to transform your personal life, business and workplace culture.
[02:57] And now, your host, award winning international speaker, strategic storytelling consultant and Japanese whiskey lover, Ruby Coral's mom, Alaia Harris.
[03:19] Aleya Harris: Hey Ryan, thank you so much for joining us. Here on the Flourishing Entrepreneur podcast. How you doing today?
[03:25] Ryan Wimpey: Hey, I am doing great. Thanks for having me on.
[03:28] Aleya Harris: I am so excited to have you on because people I think probably are like, aleyah, why are we doing dogs? Like, what is happening? But I actually am going to dissuade that salacious rumor by telling people what you told me your job title was, which is head people grower.
[03:50] You are actually in the people business despite the name of your company and the picture behind you that says we love dogs. So tell me a little bit about what it means to be a head people grower before we get into some of our topic here.
[04:06] Ryan Wimpey: Yeah, so we grow people. So we have a franchise company with 24 locations. Most of them are dog obsessed people that have no business skills. Some of them are come from the business background.
[04:18] But so we're growing people into the business side. We're growing people into the sales side that just have a passion for helping people with their dog. And then I'm also growing a corporate team alongside it to support all those locations.
[04:31] So some companies, they buy their talent, right? Tip top. We grow it.
[04:37] Aleya Harris: I love it. So we have homegrown, dog loving people that work tip top. And you also are in the business of speaking to people as well, hence the reason why you're on this podcast right now.
[04:52] And when I asked you, hey, Ryan, what brain gems could you share and sprinkle on the people, you said that your secret sauce specifically lives in the area of engaging the audience and keeping their attention,
[05:07] which I would like to note before I get into more overarching concepts. Like, do you have a story of when you did that either really well or really, really badly and what you learned from that?
[05:22] Ryan Wimpey: Yeah, the bad one sticks out huge.
[05:25] So I remember I was speaking at a, a smaller business conference.
[05:32] It was a sold out room, but it was only like it's 300 people. 250. 300 people. And I was on there with two other guys talking about branding and building branding.
[05:41] And I remember tooting my own horn, bringing my ego in and yuck.
[05:48] Aleya Harris: Ew, ew, yucky, yucky. Ew.
[05:53] Ryan Wimpey: You out over there. But yeah, it was. I saw it. I could feel it. I could see it in the audience. I felt disconnect because that was my first time talking in front of this audience and I was still up for 45 minutes.
[06:06] But in about 15, 20 seconds, I saw the disconnect. I felt it. And when I tried to get it back and act a little more humble, it didn't work.
[06:18] I lost that audience you lost them for 40.
[06:20] Aleya Harris: So you were up on the. Oh, that's the. I've never had that happen.
[06:24] Ryan Wimpey: Oh, you want to talk about it?
[06:25] Aleya Harris: Back audience for other reasons, though.
[06:26] Ryan Wimpey: Like, so they're listening. They're engaging with the other speakers. But I, I, I didn't do good on that one. Right. And I was like, oh, wow.
[06:35] Aleya Harris: So I want the people to really hear because I talk about this all the time.
[06:40] I like, you know, your ego is not your amigo, and you got to take control of your ego. Ego meditations. There's ego in my book. All of the things I don't think people believe me that, like, bad things can actually happen.
[06:52] You lost the audience for that entire 45 minutes, right?
[06:56] Wow.
[06:56] Ryan Wimpey: I did. Yeah. They disengaged. They said, hey, this guy's got an ego. He. They didn't know me. I was just someone brought up on stage, and I didn't provide value first.
[07:07] I didn't connect with their needs first. I tried to kind of like the narcissistic people in your book you talked about. I, I was patting myself on the back, and I got an instant disconnect.
[07:15] And so you know what? I didn't make that mistake again. And that was one of my first times being on really, a slightly bigger stage. Right. Since then, have been on bigger ones.
[07:24] But, you know,
[07:26] for me then, that, that was a, that was a big learning curve.
[07:30] Aleya Harris: Okay. So if you could rewind and do it again, what would you do differently?
[07:38] Ryan Wimpey: First off, point out the multiple people and the coaches, consultants that I've worked with. That helped me. Right. The books I've read, spending all that time studying. There was a lot of other stuff and a lot of help along the way that went to it and point to that and really make sure that I'm focused on the audience.
[07:56] Like, it's not like, oh, what have I done? Like, hey, how can I help them build their brand? Hey, how can I help them think about linear workflows to grow their business?
[08:04] As a new entrepreneur doing less than a million a year in revenue, that would be my focus. Now stepping onto the stage.
[08:10] Aleya Harris: We need to have, like, a vocab break. Ryan. A linear workflow.
[08:15] Ryan Wimpey: Yes.
[08:16] Aleya Harris: What is that? Okay, so we have the education corner with Ryan. Let us begin.
[08:25] Ryan Wimpey: Got it. So I run a franchising company. We have 24 locations. We want a linear workflow, which means step, say, 1 to 10 in a linear fashion, just in a straight line.
[08:35] So think Chipotle or Subway,
[08:38] where they're running someone through a line. Chipotle runs people through very, very quickly, right? They have a very linear flow. You pick the first thing to go or there I went today to go or there.
[08:49] Hey, burrito, salad bowl, what do you want? And you keep going. So the more systems in a business that you can make linear, you can pass that system off to someone else.
[08:59] And with a little bit of instruction, they can duplicate exactly what you did.
[09:03] Aleya Harris: Okay, so what's the opposite of a linear workflow then?
[09:07] Ryan Wimpey: Great question. The opposite of a linear workflow is the guru wizard mindset. Where, well, when it's this, I do this, when it's that, I do that. And there's 50 different ways to handle a problem, right?
[09:21] And if you really want to know, you have to consult the guru.
[09:25] I want to do the opposite of that. I want to empower the people. So I make a system, I give it to someone. Whatever breaks, I fix it again until I can hand it off and hand it off.
[09:34] That's why, you know, McDonald's is successful. They have a good linear way to make burgers.
[09:40] You know, how to do everything. And they're able to do it very quickly with a variety of people.
[09:46] Aleya Harris: You know what is making me giggle on my toes about what you just said is the guru wizard mindset is literally an ego driven business model.
[10:00] And that's the one that is not scalable. That's the one that is not creating franchises. That's the one that is stressing people out. That's the one where you, you're like, oh, but that's not me.
[10:10] But then you say to yourself, oh, but nobody can do it like I do. I can't replicate myself. Yeah, yeah, homie, that's you. You are that guru, guru wizard. It's having problems.
[10:21] So I love the way that you said that. From the lesson in your talk, the lesson in the way you run your business is literally removing your ego, realizing that your mama told you you were special, but you ain't that special.
[10:32] You can put your special down in an SOP and keep it pushing.
[10:37] Ryan Wimpey: I love that.
[10:39] I think a lot of that comes from experience and time though. You know, as, as people start up a business in the beginning, they're like, oh, well, no one can do it as good as me.
[10:47] Luckily, I'm married and I have a wife that says people can do as good as you. You just need to show them.
[10:52] Aleya Harris: See, this is the power of wife. I don't know why nobody leaves me. I am a wife. I'm a proud wife. Wife's unite.
[11:02] They're the wives are the only reason why the world goes round, man.
[11:08] I swear. I like your wife so much.
[11:11] Ryan Wimpey: Oh yeah. She's a rock star so much.
[11:14] Aleya Harris: Okay, so now that we've talked about actually ego in multiple different facets from a business model standpoint and also from how to win and or lose an audience, the question that you say most people asks you the most is actually also related to ego.
[11:31] The question is what if they. Assuming an audience member, what if they ask me a question and I don't know the answer?
[11:39] What is your answer to that?
[11:41] Ryan Wimpey: Yeah, so I'll tell you. So I'm trading right now, corporate. I have a lady, she's from Norway. English is her second language. She's in a sales position. Right. She's very calm.
[11:51] Not like super like bro culture type person,
[11:55] you know, so some people like.
[11:56] Aleya Harris: That more of her. We. I'm sorry, bro, but.
[12:03] Ryan Wimpey: You know, the bro culture sales type person, they'll, they'll answer with bs, right? But an authentic real person, they're nervous. They don't, they don't want to be asked a question. And you've been on big stages before, right?
[12:14] What happens? The bigger rooms you get into, you run into these intellectual people with high IQs, high self importance, and they're going to ask an intellectually loaded question to make them self look smart.
[12:27] Aleya Harris: Yes. Because they actually probably had their speaking submission rejected, ended up coming to the conference anyways and trying to pee like they could be on stage. For the record, if that's you, you are a heckler, sir.
[12:42] You are not an intellectual. I've had that happening before. I've been in my friends. It's ridiculous. The audience thinks that you're a jerk and I think you're a jerk too.
[12:53] Just in case you were wondering. Please do continue, Ryan, with this story.
[12:57] Ryan Wimpey: Here's how, here's how we kind of approach that.
[13:00] Hey, normally we're just going to push. You can say just the basic, hey, yeah, it's a good question or hey, I never been asked a question like that before.
[13:10] And then I tell them just to admit if they're not a hundred percent. Yeah, that's a great question. I have no idea on that. And then pivot to power. Whatever the conversation topic is, hey, you're going to push that push is going to give you a few seconds of breathing room,
[13:25] Right? Few seconds of breathing room. Then you're going to admit. Don't be s. People can tell when you're inauthentic. Right. That's your whole book. I'm Only halfway through it.
[13:32] Aleya Harris: Yeah. But that's my whole book, which is Spark the Stage, available on Amazon. Do continue right here. Oh, we have product placement holding up.
[13:42] Highlighted, everybody. There's highlights in it.
[13:45] Ryan Wimpey: We got some highlights in this. It's good.
[13:47] Aleya Harris: Okay.
[13:49] Ryan Wimpey: But then you got to pivot to power. So whatever you're talking about, if it's dog training, like that's what our people do, then they're going to say, but, hey, you know, 98% of dogs, this method of classical conditioning works on, and we do a money back guarantee, so you literally have nothing to lose.
[14:05] So if we did this, would you want to do this package or this package?
[14:09] Aleya Harris: Love it.
[14:10] Ryan Wimpey: Love it.
[14:11] Aleya Harris: I love that pivot to power, because that's exactly what those people in the audience are trying to get you out of, out of the center of your power so that they can make you feel less than and make themselves feel more than.
[14:24] In a storytelling framework. Do you know what that person is in the story? The role they're playing?
[14:29] Ryan Wimpey: No, what?
[14:31] Aleya Harris: The villain.
[14:32] Ryan Wimpey: Villain, yeah.
[14:33] Aleya Harris: Basically, you have, like, a mixture of, like, Jafar or like Maleficent or like Ursula, obviously, all the Disney villains out in the audience trying to take away your little voice. Little Mermaid.
[14:48] The best thing that you can do is say, uh, I don't think so. In fact, I like my legs and I like my tail. I'm going to choose to figure out how to live in both worlds, and you are going to stand in the center of your power.
[15:00] I love, love that. Because you know what? Relating back to this ego situation,
[15:05] what we're witnessing in that situation is someone whose ego has run amok and is threatening to make your ego run amok as well. Because your ego can tell. Can, like, do what did the time that you were on stage and make you be like, I'm all big and bad.
[15:21] Or also do the opposite and make you be like, you're nothing. Let me protect you. You,
[15:27] you're worthless.
[15:28] Ryan Wimpey: Right, right, right.
[15:30] Aleya Harris: And it's like the clash of the ego. Like Clash of the Titans, but clash of the ego. So I love when you said pivot to power.
[15:37] Ryan Wimpey: Right.
[15:38] And that's going to change, right, Depending on what your stage is, what type of questions you're entertaining. But wherever you're strong in, I, I, I tell our people, like, hey, do not get in the mud and wrestle with them.
[15:50] Aleya Harris: The mud? Yeah.
[15:52] Ryan Wimpey: Path. Wherever it's at, you have your area where you're strong in. When someone tries to dig you down in the mud, because that's where they, like, to live. Don't get up in there with them.
[16:00] Do not go down in the mud with them.
[16:02] Aleya Harris: Do not go down in the mud with them. That's like, what is it? Michelle Obama? When they go low, we go high. That's kind of like that whole experience.
[16:11] Ryan Wimpey: Exactly.
[16:12] Aleya Harris: The room. What if, though, you have. It's not maleficent out there. It's just a random, you know, c person with a genuine question that you don't know the answer to. What do you do in that case?
[16:27] Ryan Wimpey: I actually. I say, hey,
[16:32] let me think about that for just one second. That's a hard question. And I pause early on when I was speaking in front of people or on a mic anywhere.
[16:42] I had a hard time pausing until I actually worked with a speaking coach.
[16:47] I wanted to fill the silence out of a little bit of insecurity, right?
[16:52] Aleya Harris: Oh, that's super common.
[16:54] Ryan Wimpey: The pause for me is huge. Especially with those big questions. People feel like, hey, you need to know 8,000 answers to every single little question. No, you don't.
[17:03] No.
[17:04] Aleya Harris: The thing that helps me with that is realizing that I'm on stage channeling that message for that moment, for that audience. And I almost picture conferences as, like, a rotating stage.
[17:15] Like, I get off and another audience member might be able to get on and talk about their area of expertise, and then another audience. I am not supposed to be, you know, the end all.
[17:24] Be all of all answers on all topics of all things. And actually the feeling that you need to do that and be that pulls away your focus. It makes you then trip back into that ego place where you feel like you need to be the guru or the wizard,
[17:40] not someone who's just really good at that. What? Linear. Tell me again, what is it? Linear.
[17:45] Linear workflow, which is now my new thing, just in case you're wondering what I was stealing from you. That it among other things. But that's the main thing that I'm feeling and realizing that power comes from simplicity, right?
[18:01] Power comes from actually vulnerability and saying, you don't know. And I've done that before on stage and been like, exactly what you did. I have no idea. Anybody else know?
[18:13] I swear to God. In rooms where there's 50 people. And I actually did it a room with 500 people, but they had one of those squishy mics that you could throw around.
[18:23] And I With the mic, right? And I said, I actually have no idea. That is the best question. I applaud. I had everyone applaud that.
[18:33] Ryan Wimpey: That's amazing. That's great.
[18:34] Aleya Harris: Such a Good question. I said can I get the squishy mic? Does anybody have thoughts? And we threw it around for like 5, 10 minutes in the middle of.
[18:43] Ryan Wimpey: The audience probably went up with that too.
[18:45] Aleya Harris: So up I got the highest marks in that, that, that conference. And it's because I view myself not as the sage on the stage and their plea seats and obviously now I'm.
[18:58] No one is should be viewing themselves as a guru, a sage or a wizard after this, this conversation, right? I'm. I'm just happen to be the cute person that had to put on the nicer dress and I'm in the spotlight that day, but I'm facilitating a group experience and most of that experience is coming from my mouth and there's some interaction but I have no problem breaking the rules or like being like Deadpool and breaking the fourth
[19:25] wall. Right? Like there's no reason why this has to be a flat experience.
[19:31] I love that you lean into being uncomfortable and I think more speakers need to do that to lean into doing something different rather than. Because what's the other option? Standing or broing it out and BSing, which is not.
[19:46] Ryan Wimpey: Yeah, the BS. So I mean in today's age, like the BS meter on people, they're, they got the BS shield. Everybody knows like you're not getting away with just BSing people non stop anymore.
[19:57] Those days are gone.
[19:58] Aleya Harris: Those days are gone. Thank you. RIP to those days.
[20:05] So I'm super struggling with this 15 minute format. We've already been recording for 16 minutes and 51 seconds. But is there anything else that you'd like to leave the people with as far as ego, as far as you know how to manage an audience, as far as what to do when you don't know anything.
[20:28] Ryan Wimpey: I think like in your book being authentic is huge. If you don't know, say you don't know. And then a lot of times with my people specifically,
[20:38] they want to imitate or mirror whoever's the top person around, they might want to imitate or mirror me or someone else that they see. And like I was talking to someone yesterday and, and I'm like, hey, you're doing you.
[20:49] Like you're going to be the best version of you don't try to be someone else because then you're also going to be not real. You're going to be fake. Everyone's got a story.
[20:57] Like bring your story into your speaking, bring your background. You don't need to hide it. You don't need to pretend you're someone else. She thought she needed to act differently, dress differently, et cetera.
[21:07] You don't have to do that. Bring your story in and people are going to identify with you, who you are and where you're at. So there's no reason to hide that or definitely don't pretend you're someone you're not.
[21:17] Aleya Harris: Well, I find that as a personal mic drop moment. Thank you so much, Ryan.
[21:23] Now, before we let you go, please tell the people where they can find you and how they can connect with you.
[21:30] Ryan Wimpey: Absolutely. So we do dog training. You can go to tiptop k9.com if you're interested in dog training or, you know, opening a franchise if you're a passionate animal lover. I'm on LinkedIn.
[21:41] We have our Facebook,
[21:43] all of our socials. I'm not on anything except for LinkedIn. Personally, I stay slammed. I'm literally on LinkedIn. That's it. So if you want to connect with me, go to LinkedIn.
[21:52] I check it about every once a week.
[21:55] Aleya Harris: I love it. Ryan, this has been a joy, a joy, joy, joy, joy. I really loved having you on. Thank you so much for joining us today.
[22:04] Ryan Wimpey: Well, you're a rock star. Thank you so much for having me on.
[22:09] Aleya Harris: Well, I don't know about you, but I am ready to get linear.
[22:15] Never am I ever again going to call myself a guru. You heard it here first. Or a wizard. Or the sage. Never ever, ever. Because now I really have heard and had it solidified by Ryan that that is a really easy way to lose money and like build a business that's going to like fail and like lose an audience.
[22:34] So I'm not going to do that because as we've discovered, I love me some woo, I love me some ayahuasca and I also love me some money. So if you are smart like me.
[22:45] Oh, without my ego calling, I'm a work in progress people. You are going to listen to Ryan's advice and be able to use those non conventional techniques including putting your ego to the side to be a better business owner and a better speaker.
[23:03] If you want some help on figuring out that whole ego thing, you should buy my book because I have a whole chapter about that. It is Spark the Stage available on Amazon.
[23:13] You can get the in the show notes.
[23:16] Today was an awesome episode and I am, I promise working on getting these shorter. But you know, it is what it is.
[23:24] Until next time. My name is Alayah Harris. This is the Flourishing Entrepreneur podcast and I am sending you lots and lots of love, light and abundance. Bye for now.
[23:36] Yuliya Patsay: Thank you for listening to this episode. Of the Flourishing Entrepreneur Podcast with Alaia Harris. Vibing with what you hear. Leave a five star review to spread the love and be sure to click subscribe.
[23:48] We wish you love, light and abundance. See you next time.
