On this episode of the Tandem Talks Podcast, Carrie and Craig speak with Tisha Marie Pelletier, author, podcast host, Chief Experience Officer at Tisha Marie Enterprises, and Founder of Property with Personality. Starting the journey of entrepreneurship is not a clean cut process. It takes grit and persistence because nobody gets it 100% right at the first try. Tisha shares some tips for aspiring entrepreneurs who are thinking of making their side hustles their main businesses, including the importance of mentorship and the multifaceted benefits of investing in yourself. She explains that focusing on skills that you enjoy and delegating the rest makes you a badass entrepreneur primarily because you enjoy what you are doing. For Tisha, letting your authenticity shine comes back in more ways than you could ever imagine. This benefits in creating meaningful connections while networking and it also helps in solidifying who and what your personal brand is all about. Your personal brand is something you carry with you and this is especially relevant to solopreneurs and small companies.
HIGHLIGHTS
01:54 Tisha makes her side hustle the main hustle
04:17 Get started, have a mentor, have a vision, and invest in yourself
09:12 Choose a skill you love and focus on it
12:01 Gain momentum, increase confidence, and keep going
19:00 Networking tip: Strike up genuine conversations
22:14 Create your personal brand: Personal and work life will always intertwine
30:07 Connect with Tisha
QUOTES
04:36 "You have to get out there. You have to start getting out and networking. I had a mentor that I highly recommend when you're starting something, having a mentor, having someone that's 10 steps ahead of you, that can be there to be bouncing ideas off of."
06:31 "Every time I invested in myself, every time I said, okay, I believe in myself, I'm going to do this, I'm going to put the money even though it could be a little bit of an air situation, it absolutely came back to me in the form of new opportunities."
12:44 "Once you start with one, it's easier to start building the momentum because now what happens, you're believing yourself, the confidence is there and now you, in a way, are unstoppable. You just keep going."
17:37 "Get back up, do it again, get back up, do it again. And you see that you progressively get better if you keep learning. If you keep surrounding yourself with the right people and you keep going with it."
23:38 "What I always share, the biggest takeaway that I feel people get when I talk about personal branding is that your personal and your professional life are going to intertwine. There's no mistake about it."
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