Has anyone ever inspired you to create a more fulfilling and successful life for yourself? As a leader in your business and in your community, what are the questions that you ask yourself on a daily basis? What are the questions that keep you up at night? I am your host, Betty Collins, I'm a CPA. I'm a business owner, and I partner with other women, other business owners who want to have remarkable results for themselves and for their business and their community. And I am here to help inspire you to take positive steps forward for a better life. So over the next 12 episodes and this season, we're going to focus on lessons learned. We're gonna hear from other women who have learned lessons, and they're gonna share with you. You know why? Because it's the right thing to do to help you navigate maybe similar situations that you're in. And I hope to challenge you that you have lessons learned in your journey that other women need to hear. Never underestimate that part of your life and that story because it will have impact.

In my opinion, we're obligated to share those life lessons. In my opinion, we have a responsibility to each other Women to woman. Ware women to men. But I really believe what we've learned in our lessons over our journey are impactful, and they need to be part of how you give back and how you help others.

Alright. So without further ado, Everyone give it up for peace. Yeah.

So many of

you were supportive to me in this venture that I decided to take called running an election. And some of you have been I know Women McGregor and Nancy, you guys have had how many elections that you've run for all these years, I couldn't imagine doing it. How about Ware? 23 elections. I mean, that's just huge. And part of the reason I decided to do, this not just today, but with my podcast is my mother the next day. So we had a party at, Ware Boer in Gahanna, and, my husband goes, well, didn't you bring anybody to be here? I'm like, if I lose, I don't want anybody here. You know? And, because I just had no idea really what to expect, honestly. But my mom, the next day Ware she had got on to to find out what this this stuff was.

And so she says, how how are you doing today? And I said, you know, I'm actually there's there's some of it a little bit of relief because it was gonna be a big task to take on. And she said, well, you know, this is my mom. She's 86, and people that old can say what they want. Right? She said, you're not really used to losing, let alone coming in last. Wow. You know? But that kinda did stick with me, and I thought, you know, I'm not gonna waste the opportunity of what did I learn from doing this. And I jumped into this, and it was kinda just I can't believe I jumped in really, and did it. And then I thought there's so many lessons in doing something like this this that you can apply it to business or whatever and and 24 to you know, hopefully, I can pull out some things that these are just things I learned along the way that I should know already.

Right? We always know this kind of stuff until it hits you. You're like, wow. So I would love if anyone had questions students because we are gonna put some of this on social media because my my podcast this year is gonna be the theme is lessons learned and kinda deriving from this. But does anyone have any questions about an you know, just what what Gahenna went through or what I went through? Mayor Held.

So I was thinking today, I was comparing and contrasting what you're saying versus somebody who's coaching today. And She's going through a tough time, and she's blaming everybody around her for creating this situation. Yeah. I didn't hear that once from you. No. You're taking responsibility for what happened. What is it within you, your mindset, your values that allows you to say, I could've done better versus blaming everybody, but taking responsibility.

1st and foremost, I chose to do this task. I chose it, I'm gonna own it whether because believe me, if I would've won, I would've thank you. But I lost. No. I mean, I I chose to do this. Nobody nobody made me. Nobody paid me. Nobody said these are our of you or any I mean, it was my deal from the beginning.