May 6, 2021
24. How to Find Your Spark and Create Your Path
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are all unique beings with unique skills and talents. At some point in your journey through life, someone might have urged you to “find your spark.” But what does this truly mean? Some discover their path early in their lives, while others continue to search in vain. We even doubt ourselves without realizing only we steer our lives. So create what you want to create — and that goes the same with our life journey.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Alisa talks about her journey toward becoming a Vision Producer. She delves into the story behind finding her spark and eliminating her “shoulds.” She also shares the meaning behind her company's name, The Happy Cactus, and what entrepreneurs can take away from it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to know how you can find your spark, then this episode is for you.</span></p> <h2><strong>Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode</strong></h2> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Discover what being a vision producer is all about.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Find out how getting stuck in the land of shoulds hinders your journey as an entrepreneur.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Learn the idea behind being a happy cactus.</span></li> </ol> <h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beenspiration-by-geraldina/id1512988892"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Beenspiration by Geraldina</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">More from Alisa:</span> <a href= "https://thehappycactus.club/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Happy Cactus Club</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">|</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/thehappycactusclub/?hl=en"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@thehappycactusclub</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">More from Michael:</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/michaeldm/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@michaeldm</span></a></li> </ul> <h2><strong>Episode Highlights</strong></h2> <h3><strong>[00:52] The Impact of the Pandemic</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The pandemic has highlighted what is important to people.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The important answers Alisa got in her conversations are spending time with family, making their home nice, and making sure their time is well-spent.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">People who have gotten the "entrepreneurship itch" have realized this is an excellent time to start a business.</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>[01:35] Beenspiration</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">It's a podcast all about entrepreneurship by Alisa's friend, Geraldina. Geraldina has a photo booth business in Florida and has an educational background.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Geraldina asked the question, “What’s your spark?” to prepare for her interview.</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>[02:13] Find Your Spark</strong></h3> <p><strong>Alisa:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“When I think about the word ‘spark,’ I think about what lights me up.”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">As a Vision Producer, Alisa’s job is all about helping people find their spark and do something with it.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">More than the discovery process, her job is action-based.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">If you want to eliminate your "shoulds", then you need to get super clear on what you want and what's important to you.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What’s important to you? Find your spark!</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>[03:41] Her Job as a Vision Producer</strong></h3> <p><strong>Alisa:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“If your brain feels like spaghetti, I'm the person that's gonna come and help you take all of your ideas noodle by noodle, and help either separate them or bring them all together.”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Alisa is a vision producer at The Happy Cactus, helping women untangle ideas they have in their heads.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">People who have big visions often think they have too many, and nothing connects. However, many times, everything connects because of who we are.</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>[04:26] Alisa’s Background</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">About a year ago, she was in the corporate world and had been working in executive coaching for almost ten years</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">She knew she wanted to be in that world and move up the ranks and eventually become an executive herself. But then, she started getting bored.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">She didn't want to become a full-time executive coach because there are a lot more things she wanted to do.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Working with her coach, she started rediscovering things she loved doing in her career. She discovered it was working with visionary people.</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>[05:26] Alisa’s Journey Toward Becoming a Visionary Producer</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tune in to the full episode to find out about Alisa’s first visionary jobs!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Throughout her career, she realized that she could help put pieces together for visionary people to make things happen.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Her coach compared this to being a producer, which birthed the title, Vision Producer.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Here, she brings back her marketing savvy from her corporate experience and thinks above the surface for visionary women. She helps them see the bigger picture.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">She uses all of her skills in her job to create her path and career.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In the future, she would like to have her vision production agency and create other vision producers.</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>[07:24] The Land of Shoulds</strong></h3> <p><strong>Alisa:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“There are a lot of shoulds that have stopped me along the way.”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">She always had identity crises because she realized her identity is not about following a specific path.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Once she realized that she creates her journey, it gave her permission to continue to create as an entrepreneur.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">For her, entrepreneurship was not a big vision or choice. It was a realization of who she is.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">After getting laid off from her corporate job, she got to the point where she had to make it happen for herself.</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>[08:32] The Happy Cactus</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Her company's name is The Happy Cactus because when she was stuck in her "shoulds," she thought about her cute bunny ear cactus.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">She owns one that she adored and wanted to post on Instagram. But as months went by, it started growing weird and sometimes ugly ears.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">One day, while looking outside her patio window, she saw the cactus out there taking all the sun. It’s growing weird ears whenever and however it wants.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">She realized that the cactus was happy doing what it wanted. And she wanted to be like that happy cactus, growing where she wants to grow and doing things her way.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">She named her company Happy Cactus as a reminder that there is no path she’s following as an entrepreneur. She’s creating her path as she goes.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Alisa:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was looking outside my patio window and I saw it (Alisa’s bunny cactus) out there in the sun taking it all and growing weird ears whenever it wanted, however it wanted and I thought, you know what? That cactus is so happy. I want to be like that happy cactus.”</span></p> <h3><strong>[10:02] Her Spark</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The idea of The Happy Cactus: you can be you, and being you is okay.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Her spark is knowing that she can create what she wants to create.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Everyone can be a happy cactus.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Whenever you feel like the weight of the world is on you, remember that if you find your spark, you can create your own life and be happy.</span></li> </ul> <h2><strong>Enjoyed this Episode?</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you did, make sure to subscribe and share it with your friends!</span></p> <p><strong>Leave a review and share it!</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">If you enjoyed tuning in to the show, then don't forget to leave us a review. You can also share this with your friends. Find your spark, and help others create the life of their dreams and find their own spark!</span></p> <p><strong>Have any questions?</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">If you have questions for Michael or Alisa (or both of us), please submit them for “Serious Fam Q&A” at</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">seriouslythoughpodcast@gmail.com</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">or</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/seriouslythoughpod/?hl=en"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@seriouslythoughpod</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more episode updates, visit our</span> <a href= "http://seriouslythoughpodcast.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. 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