From the NY Giants to the Last Frontier

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Welcome, listeners.

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I'm so thankful that you're here today.

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I have Olivia Atkin with me, and

she's someone that's kind of new.

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You're a new person that popped up in

my world, and I'm excited to get to

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know Olivia more for Several reasons.

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One is she's got a podcast

called Achieving Success.

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And Olivia, I did listen to some of

that today and I did really like it.

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You have some great guests on there.

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And so I would just, um, tell

my audience, if you're looking

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for some interesting stories.

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It's good life stuff too.

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I mean, it talks about business and

growth and, and I'm about that too.

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You know, even though I'm a little bit

more probably on the mature side, I still,

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I mean, it's still fun to grow and learn.

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And another thing that drew me to you was

you talk about having a voice in Olivia.

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You're so young and you have

a voice and that's so awesome.

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But I think about.

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I am just starting to find

my voice and I don't know if

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it's common for women or not.

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I just know what I've gone through and

I know that I have kind of been maybe

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a little bit afraid, maybe wanting to

people please and haven't used my voice.

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So I want to talk about that a little bit.

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Today too.

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But before we get into all

of that, Olivia, welcome.

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And please just share your story.

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Just tell us a little about you, what

led you to do this work and, and you're

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in New Jersey, which everyone's going

to know when they hear your voice.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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So one interesting fact I'll

start with is I currently.

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Um, go between New Jersey

and Juneau, Alaska.

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Oh

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Speaker: my gosh!

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Speaker 2: We're currently, yes, um,

which is an interesting story about

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owning your voice and your power, um,

in itself, because, never thought, a

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girl born in the South, grew up in New

Jersey, and then after college went back

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and lived in New Jersey, I never thought,

and refused to move out of the area.

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So Alaska was not even

on my visiting list.

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Um, let alone moving.

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Um, but my boyfriend

is the chief in the U.

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S.

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Coast Guard and he got stationed here.

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So we are here.

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Um, do you know Alaska?

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But it's a very fun journey and Let

me tell you when the times comes every

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few months I could go back to Jersey.

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I'm like, yes

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Speaker: Well, okay, so I didn't know

that I thought you were in New Jersey.

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So right now you're doing

this recording from Alaska

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Speaker 2: Yes, and I keep it New Jersey

at like for example on LinkedIn where we

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first connected Because typically, there's

stereotypes with Alaska in general, right?

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Um, oh, the six months darkness, six

months lightness, there's no real

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civilization, which I'm not, there's

some parts of that that are true.

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There's some parts that aren't, but

typically, just like in general, um, when

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people hear Alaska, they get preconceived

notions on your own capabilities,

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what you could do, what you can't do.

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And I'm like, We're going to

keep it to New Jersey because the

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lower 48, everyone kind of knows.

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Um, but yeah, so my story is I started

my business Achieving Success, LLC,

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which has a book division, my podcast

division, as well as podcast consulting.

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When I started my podcast,

Achieving Success with Olivia Atkin.

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That launched November 1st, 2022.

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So we're three years in, it's

been a wonderful journey, but for

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me, I'd written my book first and

that gets used at universities, I.

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Was teaching career development and

speaking about career development

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and working at Lockheed Martin

at the time, but to also give

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a little bit of backstory.

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I did not go to undergrad college

saying I'm going to be in supply chain.

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I'm going to do this and that.

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Actually went my undergrad degree

is business management with a dual

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minor in sports studies and law.

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I was the youngest intern to ever

intern at the New York Football Giants.

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And I worked in professional

sports for eight years.

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So if you would ask me, I always go

back to like that young professional,

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if you'd ask me then, my career would

always be in professional sports.

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And I was lucky enough that

halfway through my college career,

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I had that opportunity and I was

staying with the organization.

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So I didn't even need to worry

about a job or go like, I might not

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be able to work in this industry.

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But it got to a point where I was growing

and I was working for them, managing

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professional athletes and just going,

there's pieces of this I really enjoy.

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There's pieces of this I enjoy

and don't enjoy, but there's also

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pieces of this that when I look

at my future, is this sustainable?

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And that's when I then You know,

transferred into and went back to school

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and got my MBA with the concentration

supply chain because all these

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different factors you get to work on

in supply chain and the things I love.

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And by the time I graduate, graduated

with my MBA and start working at Lockheed.

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It's a degree of certification

in every business area.

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And the big thing I found was that when

you're talking, especially to young

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professionals, they think what they

go to college for, even by year two or

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three, and they might not be in love

with it, is what they have to stay in.

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And I'm like, that's not true.

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And if you talk to most people,

they don't enter or graduate with.

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A certain degree and specific the

specificity of that industry or whatever

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it might be that they enter and stay

that long term we change as individuals.

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And that really needs to be what

I think and why everything's

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called achieving success.

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Because success changes and it

should change because the one

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constant in life is change.

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And so for me, doing my business

and podcast is going wherever

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you are today, even if you're

in the thick of it, it is okay.

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And it's relatable.

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And it's finding your footing,

finding your voice, owning your story.

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That will take all those moments

of doubt, uncertainty, growth that

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you're having, and possibly even

issues other people don't know about.

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And be able to become the victor of

that and go, yes, this is where I am.

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And I'm proud of it.

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Speaker: Okay.

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I love this on so many levels.

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And I just have to say that I love

that you say success changes because

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I really didn't start doing this work

that I love until I was like 49 or 50.

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So I want my listeners

to know that this is.

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Any stage of your life.

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And I want to talk more about that.

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And I want to, I do want to

get more information on what

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you did in the sports world.

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Cause that's just intriguing

and I can't help it, Olivia.

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I don't know if you even want to

talk about Alaska, but you peaked my

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curiosity and I have to ask because they

have those shows like living Alaska.

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And I never looked down.

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I, like I watch and I think, wow,

what a beautiful beautiful space

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to live in and how different is.

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And can you just for a few minutes

shed a little light and tell me,

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is it dark for six months or not?

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Cause I'm in Wisconsin.

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I feel like we're kind of close

to Alaska, but you tell me.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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So I could debunk some myths.

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I could give you some insight.

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So, I live in Juneau.

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So, Juneau is the most

southeast part of Alaska.

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Um, it does not have six months of

darkness and six months of whiteness.

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It, and I will go over the time span

in a minute, I also want to highlight

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Juneau is technically a rainforest.

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So we don't get massive dumps of snow.

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It's actually, I'm pretty sure from

something I've read when we moved

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here, it's the only rainforest

in the U S I could be wrong.

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Could be right.

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Um, so don't quote me on that.

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I'm just saying, um, But the way

in this section of June of Alaska,

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the sunlight works is the longest

month of the year is June, and

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it peaks at 18 hours of sunlight.

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We, we moved here in the end of June

and to give an idea of what that was.

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About 3.

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30, 4 a.

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m.

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is sunrise and sunset's

at about 11 o'clock.

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That's a little

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Speaker: crazy.

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Was that a little crazy?

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Speaker 2: It was, especially moving here.

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Um, so Juneau is also waterlocked.

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So the only way to get here is by boat.

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Um, and they have a ferry cruise line for,

if you're getting to different parts of

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Juneau and from Seattle as well as planes.

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So we got here on a boat cause

we had our truck and all of that.

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And we got off the boat because of

some delays at two in the morning.

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So we got to our house.

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We were moving into it.

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Two 30.

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We're pumped.

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We do a quick walk

through completely dark.

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And then we're just talking like

ants walking through everything.

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And all of a sudden I look at the window.

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I'm like.

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Is the sun rising already?

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Like, what time is it?

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I'm like, oh my god, it's 3.

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15 in the morning, like.

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What is happening where

the craziness really lies.

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You have to be careful with that.

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Um, because we moved here again

as part of the Coast Guard.

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So we packed a lot of stuff in our truck.

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Um, but like our bedding and stuff,

obviously the Coast Guard moved.

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So we were sleeping in the living

room on our guests furniture.

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We had bought when we were here

and We have a lot of windows.

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So you were getting, I'm a light sleeper.

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That sun's coming in

at four in the morning.

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I'm waking up thinking it's seven,

eight, you know, at Northeast

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time that 8am the day's going.

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Where it also gets confusing and plays

with you is we all have that time

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where it's like, okay, it's getting

darker, you know, days winding down.

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And when it's bright sun at nine 30

at night and You're, you know, working

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through the day and you look at the time

and realize what time it is, or you're

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sitting and watching TV going, Okay,

I can watch TV for a little longer.

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It's not that late.

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And you're like, it's 11 o'clock.

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Knowing that in a few hours, yeah,

it's getting dark now, but in a few

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hours, it's going to be light again.

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That's where it gets hard.

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The other aspect is,

let's do the flip side.

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So the shortest, um, month

of the year is December.

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The shortest day to give you

some comparison is, we just lived

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through this for the first time.

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The sunrise was 8 30.

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It might have gotten up to

like, 8 45 being the latest.

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Sunset was The shortest day 3 0 8 p.

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m.

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So you're not even done your day.

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It's a 6 hour chain.

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six hours and like 48 minutes,

I think is the shortest day.

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It might be a little less than that.

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You're not even done your work

day and you're looking outside and

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it's, you know, getting darker.

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Um, and so you have to

mentally be prepared.

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For that and get used to it because if

not, especially if you work at home,

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whatever your work environment, even if

you don't, you're leaving the house in

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the dark and you're coming home in the

dark and that really can play on you.

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Um, also being here as someone who grew

up in an environment where you can.

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Drive five minutes and there's

a Wawa in every corner.

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Um, you got Target ten minutes away.

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You've everything at

your fingertips, right?

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Um, and you can drive, where I

grew up in Jersey, you're, to give

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some example, you're 15 minutes

from Philadelphia in the stadiums.

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You're two, not even two

hours from New York City.

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You're an hour from Baltimore.

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You have the shores within 45 minutes.

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You can, you know, there's

so many things you could do.

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We have the smallest Costco,

um, in the world here.

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Um, we have two other supermarkets.

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Um, you, the only chain restaurants

you have here are Papa John's,

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Subway, and, um, McDonald's.

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Everything else is mom and pop.

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Um, so when you want to get things.

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You can't just hop in the car

and go, you can't just do things.

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That's that to me was honestly one

of the most difficult things because

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I like to have accessibility to

things, whether it's resources,

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being able to go, Oh, I need this.

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Let me go run out and get it.

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You can't run out and get it.

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Um, most of

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Speaker: the time.

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So do you, do you order from Amazon?

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Speaker 2: I do, but here's the thing.

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Everything from Amazon comes from Seattle.

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And 99.

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9 percent of the time, the U.

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S.

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Postal Service is going

to be delivering that.

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So let's say you order

something on Friday.

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Typically it's good and

it comes in three days.

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Sometimes it's a week.

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You have to kind of prepare

for that, but they'll tell you.

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Um, but let's say you order

it on a Friday morning.

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Delivery, three days out, will be Sunday.

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You're not getting it on Sunday.

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Speaker: The U.

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Speaker 2: Postal Service

doesn't deliver on Sunday.

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So there's those nuances.

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Um, and, you know, in Alaska, it's

really for outdoor people if you're

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going to live here long term.

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The outdoor activities.

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Um, the fishing's great.

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I've gotten into fishing.

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I'm not a big hiker.

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Um, the snow's here, so we

do still get snow in Juneau.

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Takes a little longer to gather.

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So like, I have a ski lesson,

like I do ski lessons now.

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Um, but there's a lot of pieces to it

that you have to go into with an open

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mind when it comes to living in Alaska.

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being open to also helping others

understand what it's like here,

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because not that anyone tries to

have misconceptions about what it's

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like in Alaska, but some of the TV

shows depict things differently.

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Um, there's one that Alaska has

continuously, uh, I forget the name

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off the top of my head, but sued and

actually thrown the people in jail.

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Because they're misrepresenting

Alaska so severely of like,

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Like what you could do hunting

and survival wise that they don't

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want that representation because

it's not actually accurate.

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But those are the things that Sadly, you

know, doesn't showcase what it's like.

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Speaker: Yeah, I think it's so interesting

and I can't, my mind goes to when we

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have our summertime here in Minnesota

and Wisconsin, I'm right on the border.

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It's like you are.

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Your life is just so full and it stays

sunny out and you feel so good and

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happy and you're so much more active.

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And, you know, in the winter, like now,

when you leave the house and it's dark

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and you come home and it's dark, even

though it's not as, as it is where you

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are, you, I, I tend to be less active.

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I tend to just kind of sit around.

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And so I just think I might

be like a crazy woman.

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If I lived in Alaska during

that June month, because I'd be

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like, you know, I'm like that.

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Speaker 2: So, um, in the summer when

we were here, I'm like, this is awesome.

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Like, again, I've, my boyfriend

has been fishing his whole life.

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He grew up in Florida.

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I got into fishing when he

was stationed in Florida.

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Um, so like fishing was

great being in the water.

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Like at nine o'clock at night watching

the boats go by like it's great.

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Um, But i'm mainly in the house now.

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So again, it's understanding Between

work and then it being dark and cold

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like What you could be doing and keeping

that in mind to not go stir crazy

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Speaker: Yep, and i'm and i'm sure

that I mean you just when those summer

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months come I feel like I don't even

want to work Just get me outside

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And I'm sure it's even more so.

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So, okay, thank you for, for fulfilling

my curious mind about Alaska.

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I love that.

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I love learning about that.

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And now I just want to ask a little bit

more about your career with the giants.

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Tell me, tell me about that a little

bit, because that's interesting too.

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Speaker 2: So I got in with the giants

and I always tell people the importance of

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networking and informational interviews.

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So a lot of people.

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Don't necessarily think of ever

building long term relationships

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or doing informational interviews.

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I reached out to the Giants when I

wanted to work there as, Hey, can I

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just do an informational interview?

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I'm not looking for a job.

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I don't, you know.

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Obviously an internship would be nice, but

I just want to learn about the industry.

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I just want to see what it's like.

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I want to, you know, be able

to get some of these questions.

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And through some conversations

that was able to happen.

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Um, and then I built a relationship

with, um, at the time the general

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manager was Jerry Reese, his assistant.

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And I continuously just

touch base with her.

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And, um, really just built that

relationship up and the following year.

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So it was almost a year was a

sophomore, and I get again we're

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going to email back and forth.

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She goes, I think.

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There's a department still

looking for an internship.

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And if they're not, I think the vice

president of that department would be

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more than happy to do another, like,

an informational interview with him.

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So she does an introduction.

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He says to me, Olivia, why don't you come

in and we'll have a meeting in person.

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We don't hire people your, your age.

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Typically, they've

already graduated college.

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But we'll talk so do that.

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Um, that was during lunchtime.

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So very interesting time because at the

New York Giants, everyone eats together

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at the same time, including ownership.

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So you're sitting down for an interview.

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And, you know, Jerry Reese is

coming in, the mayors are coming

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in, the players are coming in.

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And you're sitting down for an interview.

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At the end of it, he goes, you know what?

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Do you have your resume on you?

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Do you have your business card on you?

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There's a department I think is, I

know is still looking for someone, and

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I think you would be a good fit in.

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Ended up that being player

engagement, so I worked, and I

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ended up getting hired by them.

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So, I worked directly with the players.

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I did the rookie training camp,

um, helped people do relocation,

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do all the different events.

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So.

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really worked closely and made sure

player engagements, the support staff

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to the players needs and making sure

everything, you know, best it could be

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without getting into too many details.

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When my internship was up, which

was going into my junior year of

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college, they actually offered

me a job in the PR department.

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Cause again, With, at that time,

my degree I was getting and my two

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minors, I could do stuff in HR, I

could do stuff in legal, I can, you

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know, do these different departments,

and I built relationships with all

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the higher ups in those departments.

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And there were times where I would step

in during training camp and help the

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legal department with like, setting

up the forms and the folders that the

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players would need, and like, seeing

different aspects of the business.

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And I looked at them like, I still

need to finish my college degree.

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Like, I gotta go back to

school in a few weeks.

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I can't work here full time.

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I wanted to get that degree and finish,

even though it was a great opportunity.

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And I also low key knew my parents

would probably kill me if I

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Speaker 3: dropped

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Speaker 2: out of college

because I got a job.

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Um, and so they came back, the head of

the PR department, the director at the

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time, and said, okay, well, what if

you come and work our game PR stuff.

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And kind of be one, you know, under him

and the full time role, like for the

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game day PR staff, you'd be the leader.

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I was like, I can do that.

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And that is where I sat for

the most of my remaining time.

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If other issues or events came up,

they needed support because of my

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relationships, no matter the departments,

they would call me to do them.

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And then it just got to a point where

there was no full time availability.

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To be hired and I was getting older and

I was just like, Okay, this is great.

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But I'm about to be on my

parents health insurance.

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I got to start figuring this out.

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Um, but I built because of the positions

I was in and really advocating and

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having conversations with the players.

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I built relationships with the players

that during that time I was managing some

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of the day to day activities with the

players, meaning their non profits, if

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they wanted to do a charity event, um,

one of my players during the time that I

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managed when he got traded was starting

a clothing line and I oversaw the start

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to finish of doing that clothing line

and approving designs and Doing all

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that different things that really led me

that when I went into supply chain and

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then starting my business To have the

fundamentals to be able to talk about

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everything, understand things differently

because I worked in professional sports

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first, you know, that length of time

and then went to supply chain, which

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is two very different industries.

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But it's all about the experiences I got

over the time that I can leverage and have

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conversations about and I was recently

just on a call with a company that is

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a distribution platform for a podcast.

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And they are doing amazing things

and They are rolling out a system

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that should be way better for podcast

hosts and monetization wise and this

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and that And I got on the call and

i'm like, okay walk me through your

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process and procedure walk me through.

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How's this gonna work?

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How's that gonna work?

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We were on an hour call and they're like,

well you're way more in depth wanting

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to make sure everything is actually good

and we're being held accountable and like

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Before taking the next step, then, you

know, the producers we brought in house

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to see if they want to beta test it.

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And like, yeah, cause all of this stuff

is important and if I'm not asked, I

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understand I need to ask it and what

the questions are, but I also care

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enough to go, okay, how would this work?

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Speaker: Right.

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Well, and I think, okay, this is, this

is going to kind of simplify what you're

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saying and it's something that I picked

up that I just kind of want to share

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with the listeners and I'm going to

throw it out at you, but what you're

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kind of saying is that nothing's a waste.

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Okay.

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And so if you are spending your time in

a career and you feel like you hate it or

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wow, that was a waste of time, that's not

true because everything is leading you.

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So take every opportunity and everything

in every area that you're in to learn

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and grow because you never know.

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Where it's gonna lead.

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And so, Olivia, so you agree with that?

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Does that sound, sound right?

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Oh, I 100

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Speaker 2: percent agree.

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And just, I know you

have another question.

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To just highlight that a step

further, is I started my business

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and left Lockheed Martin.

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Okay, so I'm no longer Technically in

the supply chain realm that we all know

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supply chain isn't everything we do.

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Right.

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And when I started my business,

I stayed involved at the time.

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I was the president of the

Association of supply chain management

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for the state of Connecticut.

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I stayed the president and every year

I've still been elected the president.

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I also was sitting on the International

Board for the Supply Chain Management

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Organization as a committee member.

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And every year they just kept

asking me if I would be willing

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to stay, and the answer was yes.

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I, no matter whether it's that or

something else, my friends have always

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asked me as a young professional, like,

that's not having to do with your job

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today, why would you do it, right?

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And I said, because you never know

when it's going to come in handy.

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You never know.

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Also, if you're trying to

grow professionally wise,

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what that certification you

get today might not be handy.

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It might just be extra knowledge

that you have might be handy

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in five years from now.

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Well, in five years from now, when

you need to take that certification

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to get that job promotion and you

have kids and you have a life and

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you haven't been out of school.

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Trying to fit in taking that

certification can be way harder to do.

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But going back to that story.

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So I've been going to the

conferences, speaking at the

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conferences past three years.

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This past December, I decided to

start an apparel company for the U.

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S.

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Coast Guard.

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For the men and women and their families

who support us every single day.

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Something that they could

just wear that's fun, right?

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And all of a sudden, all the stuff I

had been sitting in meetings about and

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been listening about and keeping up to

date played directly into what I was

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doing and the decisions I was making.

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And if I hadn't stayed active in those

things, past experiences would still help.

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But I want to have the same foundation

and understanding and network

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that when that moment came up to

be like, yes, I want to do this.

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And.

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You know, we're going to do this side.

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I call it's not side business.

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It's an additional business, but

we're going to go through with this.

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I knew all the people to talk to

and new people to consult with and

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make sure it got up and running.

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And I think that's a pure example

of even when it could seem like

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it might not be beneficial at all.

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Something can happen where it all pivots.

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Speaker: And even, I mean, and not

to be afraid to go back to those

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connections that you have and connect,

you know, it's because I think about

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people my age, sometimes that's tricky.

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You know, you're like,

Oh, that was years ago.

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I haven't really been doing this.

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Everything that you just would be so

surprised If you really look at it,

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the experiences and the connections

that are going to mold you moving

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forward, you know, if it's something

you're thinking about, but Olivia,

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okay, so time is running out.

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I can't even believe this, but okay.

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So tell me you do this

great, successful podcast.

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You have an apparel company.

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Tell me.

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There's more.

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Did you say you wrote a book?

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I didn't know that.

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I thought I researched you.

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There's a

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Speaker 2: lot of different facets to me.

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Yeah.

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So achieving success, LLC has a

book division, which has a textbook

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that gets sold in high schools and

colleges on career development.

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So you're.

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Resume building cover letter building,

but you can buy it online and on amazon

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and all the platforms So I do get people

who buy that as a workbook tool that when

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they're ready to change their career They

have those resources, but I do a lot of

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obviously my podcast and then podcast

consulting as well within my business and

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That's a big chunk of what I do is working

with people, getting them on the right

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podcast to share their voice and make

that impact, or working alongside hosts

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to either build their podcast from scratch

and make sure everything runs smoothly

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and work on those titles, descriptions,

the whole gamut, or if they already have

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that podcast, they're not play words

here, achieving the goals they've set

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on why they've implemented that podcast.

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I come in, I help build that strategy

out and then do the titles, the

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descriptions, the uploading to all the

platforms, the coding in the background.

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Um, and again, like have meetings like

I had before our recording today of,

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okay, if this is going to be optimized

more for people in the industry.

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Let's see how it works and break it down.

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And so I'm always doing research and

finding out the information and then being

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able to manage that, not just into the

best tools for all of us in the podcast

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space, but also as a workflow system.

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So for my clients who are hosts.

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I very much oversee their workflow

so they don't have to, you know, if

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they have an editor, for example, go,

Hey, have you edited that episode?

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I got to check in with you tomorrow.

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Okay.

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Have you edited that episode?

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Um, and then get it over to

me and then get it to the next

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person that gets taken care of.

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Speaker: So, I mean, in, in essence,

what a great way to use your voice.

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Is in a podcast.

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And so if anyone's interested in

getting, you know, in hiring you for

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that work, we'll have your information.

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What's the best way to find you?

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Speaker 2: So you can find me

on LinkedIn by searching Olivia

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Atkin or achieving success LLC.

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We have an Achieving Success

page and my personal LinkedIn.

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I answer all the messages

as well as my email olivia.

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hackin at achieving success.

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com.

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Again, it might take me up to 48 hours.

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I try to warn everyone.

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But I do answer every single email myself.

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Um, I like to make sure that people

know, you know, it's It is me.

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I will answer them.

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Um, and then you could go to

my website, achieving success.

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com.

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Speaker: Awesome.

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And like I said, we'll have all that in

the show notes, but Olivia, thank you

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for sharing all this information and

thank you for the work that you're doing.

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Speaker 2: Well, thank

you for having me on.

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And it was so enjoyable.

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Speaker: It's so fun.

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I love chatting.

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It's one of my favorite things, so it's

been a pleasure and I have a feeling

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I'm going to be talking to you more, so

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Speaker 2: everyone, she will

be on my podcast and listen to

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both sides of the conversation.

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Speaker: Exactly.

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Exactly.

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I'm looking forward to it.

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Thanks so much, Olivia.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.