On this episode, Bella talks with Carey Conley, speaker and Co-Creator of Infinite Nation; a community created for skill building, mentorship, and community for aspiring leaders and business owners.
Carey Conley
Bella and Carey talk about:
Why “Vision is Victory”….especially for entrepreneurs
The biggest stumbling blocks for people to actually put a vision down on paper and follow through with it
What happens when people try to run a business without a clear, concise vision
Community and accountability
You can find out more about Carey Conley and the services she offers on her website at InfiniteNation.com. You can email her directly at carey@careyconley.com
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Transcript:
This is episode 39 of Bella in Your Business.
Welcome to Bella in Your Business, where Bella will discuss anything and everything about your pet sitting business to help you land on target. So get ready—Bella’s got your chute. Let’s jump.
Welcome to Bella in Your Business. I am Bella Vasta, and I’m here today with Kari Conley, a speaker and co-creator of Infinite Nation. She has a community created for skill building, mentorship, and a network for aspiring leaders and business owners.
Bella: Carrie, how are you today?Carrie: I am fabulous. How are you?Bella: I am wonderful. I want to tell everyone how we kind of met because it’s such an off-the-wall story. It kind of shows just how you have to be open to things in life. You guys, I don’t even know if you know this, Carrie. I was watching you do this big event here in Phoenix online because one of my friends, Gail Yacoblitt from Networking Phoenix, was there and posting about it. So you were on my radar. Then all of a sudden, I get a Facebook message from you saying, “Hey, your brother was my Lyft driver, and he told me about you. I thought I’d like to connect.” It was the most serendipitous yet bizarre thing that happened. It was so cool.
We had such an electric conversation that I said, “Carrie, I need to get you on and have you influence my listeners,” because you are a spitfire with so much energy and a powerful message. So I want to get into this whole thing about vision. You talk a lot about vision—not the fluffy, hokey stuff, but actual, life-changing strategy. Why do you say vision is victory, especially for entrepreneurs?
Carrie: Thank you so much for letting me talk about my favorite subject, Bella, because it’s my signature talk. I do it several times throughout the year. The reason I do it is because, like many people coming out of college in the ’80s, we were told to get a good degree, work for a good company, and climb the ladder. My husband did that very well, but I was one of those people who changed jobs every two years because I just couldn’t follow the mold.
Long story short, I met a mentor at one of my jobs who was the first person to tell me that I needed to figure out what I wanted to create and then find a career path that fit that. So in 1988, I took a day off from work, sat down with a legal pad, and wrote out everything I wanted my life to look like—in as much detail as possible. Where I lived, what my house looked like, my relationship with my husband, where we traveled, who we were with, and the kind of mom I wanted to be.
On another sheet of paper, I started brainstorming ideas about being an entrepreneur—something in health, wellness, or marketing consulting since my background was in marketing and advertising. But at the very bottom of that paper, I wrote that someday I’d like to be a speaker and trainer on vision building and goal setting.
Bella: Love it.Carrie: What happened that day is why I’ve staked my career on this. That day, I listened to what I believe my purpose is on this earth. I know it sounds kind of hokey, but I think I dropped into what God really wants me to do for my life, and the ripple effect began. A few years later, I was introduced to my first entrepreneurial route—Arbonne.
