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L. Scott Ferguson: [00:00:00] Time To Shine Today Podcast Varsity squad at Scott Ferguson. Thank you so much for tuning in. I actually did this interview kind of as a one off. A really good friend of mine, Olivia Atkin, carved time to kind of come in and drop some serious knowledge. And I guess she’s an author, rock star speaker, and somebody that, , for her age, she’s a little bit younger, but I immensely respect.

She’s humble, yet she’s hungry. She, her observation and being able to learn as she goes, but also help you level up is just above reproach. And trust me, if you’re a business owner, You’ll want me to make a warm introduction to Olivia or just sit back, relax, and kind of take notes. And if you like it, please smash that, , like button or maybe subscribe.

My sponsors are affiliates absolutely love that. And thank you so much also for considering to donate to the suicide life prevention hotline. We’ve raised over a hundred thousand dollars for them and it’s just been a fantastic journey. And without further ado, here’s my really good friend Olivia Atkin from achieving success.

Let’s [00:01:00] level up.

Time to shine today, Podcast Varsity Squad. This is Scott Ferguson. And I’m actually doing this interview on a Monday, which generally I do them on Thursdays. And I’m doing it for my really awesome sauce friend, business partner, fun size, kick ass Olivia Atkin. She’s a dynamic force from our Kansas or Arkansas.

And she’s now a uber successful entrepreneur based in New Jersey. I’m doing the Batchers. A degree in business management, a minor in sports studies. She continued to push boundaries earning an MBA, so she’s a smarty pants peeps, with a specialization in supply chain. Olivia’s expertise is showcased through diverse certifications.

I’m not even gonna read off all the acronyms in there, they’ll all be in her show notes. But she has authored a Frickin kick ass a book achieving success in career development and also her speech that she gives her TEDx speech About you taking responsibility for yourself. I’ll have a link to that in the show notes as well So people you got to go there, but stay here now because I will have a book giveaway [00:02:00] at the end that she will personally sign for you And i’m so stoked to bring on my really good friend olivia Olivia, please introduce yourself to the time to shine today podcast varsity squad but first What’s your favorite color and why?

Olivia Atkin: My favorite color is purple and then blue.

L. Scott Ferguson: Okay.

Olivia Atkin: Ironically enough, those are my two favorite colors and I somehow without. Thinking integrated them into my business. I get to see purple and blue now, literally every day

L. Scott Ferguson: in purple is kind of a blue and red, which, , I’ve known you a little bit, , we’re not like super close, but I know you a little bit.

And like you probably have that side where blue is kind of chill and kind of going, but when red needs to show up, it does, I can see it with your beautiful red hair too. And along with, , you have like, it’s royal and regal, right? So it’s like fits you perfectly. So let’s get to the roots of you, Olivia.

I mean, I know about you. We’ve connected a few [00:03:00] times and I respect you immensely, but let the squad out there know a little bit about the roots of where you came from.

Olivia Atkin: So for me, I think kind of what you just said plays a role in everything of like showing up when you need to show up, you need to show up.

So, for me, my roots really come from the fact and my mindset and business from being an athlete when I was really young, I was a professional swimmer. I swam professionally training for the junior Olympics until I was 9 years old. Wow. Yeah. And when I was nine, I was actually diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy, which is the most common neurological disease that is out there, but something people know the least about.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. Did you ever have a seizure in the pool?

Olivia Atkin: I did. The very, the very first time I was swimming and had a seizure, it was in the pool after being, [00:04:00] after diagnosed. And it really changed. the trajectory of swimming for me. Within months, I was done swimming. I really changed my mindset too, because again, like I said, mine was a rare form.

So I started off with my seizures having grand mal and that’s what you see. Typically of like what television shows and movies portray, right? The foaming

L. Scott Ferguson: and all that stuff, right? Yeah. The foaming,

Olivia Atkin: the shaking. If you have a glass in your hand, I could shatter it. Yeah. Like I could break it. Yeah. And then it went on to More of the acute seizures, staring events, things like that, to a point where I didn’t have them anymore, but when I was diagnosed, they were going from, when they started, they could range like 10, 20 seconds, and they just kept increasing the frequency in that.

So, after a few months and medication not working. It turned to the doctor saying to me, my [00:05:00] parents in a room one day, listen, none of the medication we’re trying is working. It can, within the next year, she could potentially not be able to be in a normal classroom, not know where she can go long term education wise, could really need some help.

And if any of your listeners have followed Tristan Thompson’s, Story with Khloe Kardashian, his younger brother has epilepsy and he has one of the more severe kinds, but like, that was what they were projecting happening for me. And it was a moment of, like, do I stand up and fight, or do I let. What they’re saying is going to be my reality be my reality and I was like, no, I know I could take this challenge on and it’s time to show up the way I need to show up and really drive that and ever since then, everything I’ve done is.

Whether you think it’s going to be done correctly or I [00:06:00] should be doing this or I should have the space in the room Watch me show up and watch me conquer it

L. Scott Ferguson: show out. Yeah showing up and showing out. That’s beautiful so It was you moved in through life, competitive being competitive and I actually Had to I was in a kitchen one time when somebody was having a grand mall and they were like I’m like what the hell All I could think of is biting their tongue off, right?

This is what so I literally grabbed like a wooden spoon, or at least I thought it was wooden It was actually plastic, and shoved it in his mouth and it did save him from he swallowed half the spoon And we joke about it to this day, But it’s just it’s awesome that you took these lessons that you’ve learned and What you think is real is your reality and you change your reality to what you want.

And so now you’re working with companies and individuals, correct? To have them, , level up their lives, knowing that there’s boundaries there’s past experiences and stuff and like move forward. Correct. Tell us a little bit about what you do now.

Olivia Atkin: Yeah, that’s [00:07:00] very accurate. I work with individuals and companies on team development, professional development, Communication.

I think that’s really a big thing is understanding. We all have that story. We all have things that play into our perspective today. But, and we all might not be able to communicate them freely, right? We might not all feel safe enough to say today the traumas or the experiences we’ve had in the past, but it does play a role in all of our actions.

So figuring out a way to. When companies come together and have individuals of different backgrounds, different perspectives, how to work together, how to build that relationship of trust, even when some individuals might not be comfortable sharing every nitty gritty of what’s going on in their past or even today outside of work.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah.

Olivia Atkin: And even working with individuals on understanding, [00:08:00] okay, what are your career goals? What are things that you want to set up yourself now for success or get out of your own way with? That could help you long term

L. Scott Ferguson: love it So do you get to ask you this like you ever get pushed back because of your age?

Olivia Atkin: Oh, a hundred percent. How do you

L. Scott Ferguson: handle that objection?

Olivia Atkin: So For me, there’s two folds of it I’ve always got it because of my age and sometimes because i’m a female, , I I worked in professional sports, and when I entered that field, I was the youngest person to intern at the New York football Giants.

That’s where I started and I was the same age, if not younger than the rookies coming in. So there was already that. Okay. She’s a female and she’s the same age as the guy. So when outsiders looked at it, it was the common misconception. So who did you sleep with to get [00:09:00] this role?

Who did ? How are you doing this at this age?

But what I do is, I, I always show up, right? You cannot, you can say what you want to say about me, but my work is going to speak the volumes and my experience is going to speak the volumes. And one thing I had recently. About 6 months ago was I was on a zoom conference call and I’m a president of the new Haven chapter and I sit on their international board for anybody who doesn’t know that that’s the association for supply chain management, the overboding board for supply chain.

L. Scott Ferguson: Sure.

Olivia Atkin: And. I am the youngest by many years of presidents. There’s at least a 20 year age gap between me and the next youngest president for all the state chapters. And so I was on this call and another chapter president was telling me how things should be done and that I wasn’t [00:10:00] doing it and that people weren’t going to perceive it.

Now I’m listening to this and it’s not in a healthy communicative way and I’m trying to express that and he’s just saying you really don’t know what you’re talking about because you’ve only been here a few years and you’re younger and I’ve been in this industry and have been this president for this board for 15 years.

I know what I’m talking about. I know what our members want. And I said, But that’s why your chapter is currently failing is because instead of thinking, okay, what is in industry wise changing? What is people’s needs today? You’re saying this is what they wanted. This is what we’ve been doing for 15 years.

So it works when in reality, you have to keep pushing the boundaries to some extent, to see what people are doing. Now, our world is ever changing every day. Well, I’ll be

L. Scott Ferguson: right. Yeah.

Olivia Atkin: It’s [00:11:00] always changing and I looked at him and I said, it might be due to my age, but it might be due to my, me actually listening to people.

And that’s why I have the seat at the table. And I said to him, understand 1 thing at my age, not only am I the president of the state board. But I’m the youngest person who sits on their committee for the International Board. So obviously I have the experience. I have the knowledge base to sit on these positions and and help run these organizations.

You have a

L. Scott Ferguson: different perspective because of your age. I look at that. I have a Girl, it’s on my team. I’m 52 and she’s 21 and she comes in. I actually listened to her Sometimes I got to take her down behind closed doors, and just be like, simmer down now on some things But I love her because she brings that fresh perspective and speaking of that.

So when you’re maybe working with a company And you’re kind of maybe in that one on one with one of the hierarchy, whether it’s a CEO, , COO, , they’re bringing you in, right? And you’re in that, , kind of time [00:12:00] where you’re, you’re discovering if you’re the right, , horse for the course.

Is there any secret sauce that you have, if you don’t mind sharing that may maybe helps them identify that initial blind spot that they’re working, working against?

Olivia Atkin: Yeah, so what I do across the board, whenever I’m talking, whether it’s 1 on 1 consulting or coming in for a big organization is I’m going to take the time to sit back and listen and watch.

I think that is important because 1 thing. You’re bringing me in because of my expertise, but I don’t know the ins and outs of your business. I’m not, I don’t know what’s happening behind closed doors. When I come into an organization, for example, when I worked at Lockheed Martin, I came in with experience that many of my colleagues did not have.

And the very first thing they asked me on day one is, After seeing all the tasks you have, what would you change? And I looked at management and I said, I’m not changing anything [00:13:00] today. Come back to me in two months. Let me learn the processes. Let me learn the chain of command, the communication, all these things.

Then I’ll tell you my thoughts on where we can integrate change. The very, the very similar thing happens when I go into an organization and someone’s communicating to me.

L. Scott Ferguson: Okay.

Olivia Atkin: Let me see what you’re doing for a week. Let me see the communication. Let me see the text. Sometimes it’s shorter. Let me listen to what you’re saying and seeing how what you were saying to me transcends into all your departments and your goals.

And then once I see the process, let me formulate the ideas and change because there could be things that I can look at and go, wow, that really needs to change,

L. Scott Ferguson: but

Olivia Atkin: there’s a madness behind it that makes it work that I’m just not transparent about beforehand. So I think [00:14:00] it’s really important whenever you go into an.

Organization and industry to understand that even though you’re brought in as an expert or you’re brought in to help elevate the company goals in some way or the team’s goals, you still have to see how all the dynamics and all the pieces work together.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. And it’s true. You have to. Observe and listen to respond and not react.

And that that’s in to understand that’s beautiful. That’s so mature, man. That’s why I immensely respect you. So is there any good question maybe during that discovery period that you wish they would ask you, but never do.

Olivia Atkin: That’s a good one. I think for me, it’s really, as we go along, a lot of times people don’t ask the right questions, meaning, okay, this is.

I’ll throw this example out here. This is the platform we’ve used to [00:15:00] communicate internally be within the team. You think there’s a better platform based on these goals where we could get the task done sooner, or people will know the correct information that could update in real time. It’s about knowing yourself.

Where you’d like to see the difference,

L. Scott Ferguson: right?

Olivia Atkin: What you’re having right now. And that’s something when I go in to an organization or a team, I always make sure I ask because if I don’t know your landmark goals. How can I effectively help you?

L. Scott Ferguson: I love, I love that you said landmark goals because that’s very important to any company.

And I mean, if you were to come in and, , who knows one day you might help consult my company, but , I would ask, , how are you going to handle this employee of mine? That is going to work against you So, , like how do you like you come in the ceo or the coo brings you [00:16:00] in?

They’re like listen this livia, , she’s See past her biological age. Okay But you’re gonna get pushback. Okay bottom line. You’re gonna get pushback. If you say you don’t you’re lying but like How do you handle that person, Olivia, that is, they’re, they’re not against growth, but they’re not buying into bringing this woman, this 20 something year old into us.

How, how do you get them on your side?

Olivia Atkin: For me, it’s Actually building a relationship with them. A lot of people are scared to change out of fear. How’s this going to affect my role? How, , am I going to be able to learn this new skill? Am I going to be able to perform? Well, that’s really where a lot of the pushback stems from.

Or does she really know what she’s talking about? Right? Those kinds of things. I’ve been doing this for 20 plus years. How is she going to now tell me what to do? And so for me, it’s actually spending [00:17:00] the time to sit down with those individuals and ask for their feedback.

L. Scott Ferguson: Talk

Olivia Atkin: to them as, yeah, you are the expert.

You’re the one in this role every single day, seeing the nuts and bolts of how things are operating. What do you wish to change? If you had, , that magic Disney wand,

L. Scott Ferguson: what would you like to

Olivia Atkin: see? Whatever you Feeling in this role? Yeah. That you might not feel comfortable telling someone else, but I can advocate for you.

Ooh. So it’s also understanding That’s

L. Scott Ferguson: strong, dude. That’s so good. Yeah.

Olivia Atkin: It’s understanding that the person, if you’re brought in by the CEO or team lead, yeah. You’re working with them. Not for them. You’re working side by side. But you’re also working alongside the individuals whose role it is every day.

Who’s in that mud doing it. So how can you become allies and see that way? And it really stems from communicate, communicating.

L. Scott Ferguson: I love that you, [00:18:00] you show up as an advocate for them because you’re asking them what they. Would like to see change, , in that, that’s super mature. That’s just amazing.

That’s what, , my consultant will do as well with my, my employees. So that’s exactly kind of what I wanted to hear. That’s beautiful. So you, , I know you’re young, but have you seen the movie back to the future? Yes. Okay. Let’s get in that DeLorean with Marty McFly, right? Let’s go back to say the 15 year old, the young lady, let’s go back to that.

Olivia, what knowledge nuggets would you drop on her? Not so much to change anything. Okay. Cause your experiences are pretty awesome, but maybe to even help shorten the learning curve even more to make her blast through a little faster. What would you share with her?

Olivia Atkin: I would share that in, I know I’ve done a lot of things in a short amount of time and my career.

Gear wise isn’t as long as other people’s long ways, but [00:19:00] coming out in industries, starting out in industries, I should say at going into very high productive, right? Professional sports, working with professional athletes, supply chain. I really need, I felt like I needed to really have my voice heard and having my voice heard.

wasn’t always what was needed in that time. And as I grew and as my experiences changed, I realized that like most things in life, your voice can be heard without being louder, pushing and pushing and pushing someone to hear you, right? It’s Again, going back to what I said earlier, it’s showing up in the way someone needs you to show up in that moment.

So now, I make my voice heard whether I’m the quietest person in the [00:20:00] room, right? I’ll wait for the question to come up or I will counter with the question. Sure. That means sometimes whether it’s personally or professionally, my voice will be heard but I’m not going to have a sailor mouth. I am a big person.

I joke it’s due to the years in the locker room that will drop curse words and not, don’t not think anything of it. But when I need to be heard in certain environments, I don’t raise my voice. I don’t, I pick my words very closely. I do not curse at all, which is very, Changes verse. Like if we just met for drink somewhere all the time, but it’s, how does my voice need to be heard and how do I need it to be heard on behalf of other people?

I think a lot of times I’m not scared to tell you what’s on my mind. I’m not scared to [00:21:00] show up and advocate and, , hold the mirror up real fast because I think sometimes we all forget that. , actions do speak louder than words. And so there needs to be accountability.

L. Scott Ferguson: Absolutely. Whether

Olivia Atkin: whether there’s personally or professionally and I’m, I, when someone needs that, oh, trust me, just.

Yeah, that’ll be the 1st 1 to stand up and go, wait a moment. Right? But I think. Is understanding how my voice needs to be utilized and leveraged in that moment to help have the best outcome at the end.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. That’s that’s light years ahead what you would think and being able to have people your 15 year old kind of slow down and really see that.

And know that your voice can be heard without push. And that’s amazing. So how does Olivia Wanner Dash remember them? That little line in between your incarnation date, your expiration date, your life date and death date on your, on your tombstone. Hopefully it’s way freaking down the line, but like, how does Olivia Wanner Dash remember?[00:22:00]

Olivia Atkin: For me, where I am now is as long as I’ve made an impact. So I have made an impact on people’s lives. I’ve made an impact on people’s businesses, challenging their way of thought. For me, it’s. Making that positive impact in people, whether it’s the small moments or the big moments. And a lot of times I don’t need to know what they are.

You don’t have to come to me. You don’t have to tell me I’m good without knowing it. As long as I know that little act of kindness I’ve done in the day, checking in on someone, .

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah.

Olivia Atkin: Even if they don’t always check in on you, but showing up and saying, Hey, I haven’t heard from you in a while. I just want to see how everything’s going.

You never know the difference that could make with someone.

L. Scott Ferguson: That’s beautiful, man. That’s amazing. So what then is Olivia’s definition of a life well lived?

Olivia Atkin: For me, it’s being able to mix impact with memories. [00:23:00]

L. Scott Ferguson: Impact that. Impact with memories. Okay, go deeper.

Olivia Atkin: For me, it’s being able to show up professionally and making those positive impacts, challenging people’s thoughts, changing what the norm is, right?

That is one of the big things I do with my podcast is let’s really pull back the curtain on what success means and looks like. Let’s get real and raw with that journey.

L. Scott Ferguson: It

Olivia Atkin: could be things like that when it comes to the memories. Let’s also be present, whether that’s passionately and not what we can’t all help it, but , when the thousand things are going on, make sure you’re appreciating that journey, the hard times and the glory times you’re there, you’re seeing it.

You’re acknowledging certain things.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love that. Well,

Olivia Atkin: also personally. Right. So as business owners. Right? You’re a business owner. I’m a business owner. There’s probably [00:24:00] lots of business owners listening to this right now.

L. Scott Ferguson: It’s

Olivia Atkin: also, or high performers, let me say that. High performers do the same exact thing.

When you’re on vacation, not answering your phone every time it goes off, picking up every call, stepping away from those moments, because those moments, whether it’s a conversation you get to have with someone, or it’s, Going, Hey, I have to take this phone call instead of having this cool 20 minute experience,

L. Scott Ferguson: right?

Olivia Atkin: It’s my minute experience show up for that. Have that memory, not just for yourself, but for the people around you who want to be you who want to experience that with you because at the end of the day. At when you lay your head down on the pillow at the end of the month at the end of the year the experience is just as much challenge your thinking and help your growth

L. Scott Ferguson: absolutely

Olivia Atkin: all that and you need [00:25:00] to be able to recharge your battery to have fun shut it

L. Scott Ferguson: down yeah be juve and bring it back and squad This is just awesome.

I’m blown away by, by your maturity for one, but also just your knowledge. It’s just amazing. Time to shine today, podcast, varsity squad, we are back and Olivia, like we’ve met before briefly, , whatnot, but we’ll meet again and kind of talk about some of these questions at length , 15, 20 minutes.

Someone, but. Today you got five seconds with no explanations. They can all be answered that way. You ready to level up?

Olivia Atkin: Yes, let’s go.

L. Scott Ferguson: Here we go. Olivia, what is the best leveling up advice you’ve ever received?

Olivia Atkin: Show up.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah, I love it. Share one of your personal habits that contributes to your success.

Olivia Atkin: Planning and writing down every task I have to do keeps me super organized.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. Love it Yeah, you’re like my sister from another mist. I do the same thing. Awesome So other than your book achieving success and career development, is there another book [00:26:00] that really? Like you like if you saw me and I was in my doldrums you’d be like man I’m gonna hand Fergie this book.

What book really changed your mindset

Olivia Atkin: for me? It’s actually a comic book and that sapos wrote the shoe company and they did it to demonstrate The journey an entrepreneur can take and I forget the exact name right now But it’s a comic book by zappos. And if you google it, you can definitely got

L. Scott Ferguson: it. Love it I’m, sorry.

Olivia Atkin: No continue to get okay

L. Scott Ferguson: the most commonly used emoji when you text

Olivia Atkin: the heart emoji.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it nicknames growing up

Olivia Atkin: Live and oh

L. Scott Ferguson: live and oh That you have any hidden talent and or superpowers that you have that nobody knows about well until now

Olivia Atkin: I think a lot of people forget or are not aware that not only did I [00:27:00] swim.

Five

L. Scott Ferguson: seconds, let’s go.

Olivia Atkin: Professionally, but I dove professionally and held the state title.

L. Scott Ferguson: Beautiful. Chess checkers or monopoly?

Olivia Atkin: Checkers.

L. Scott Ferguson: Me too. Headline for your life?

Olivia Atkin: Showing up and achieving your success.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. Any superstitions you buy into?

Olivia Atkin: No.

L. Scott Ferguson: Go to ice cream flavor?

Olivia Atkin: Chocolate.

L. Scott Ferguson: Right. There’s a sandwich called the Liv O.

What’s on that sandwich? Build it for me.

Olivia Atkin: Lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, honey mustard, and some boar’s head chicken.

L. Scott Ferguson: Sounds awesome. Favorite charity? Or organization you like to give your time and or money to

Olivia Atkin: I currently do that with cap alpha thetas also casa, which is a part of cap alpha theta and epilepsy foundation.

L. Scott Ferguson: Thank you for doing that. It’s beautiful So and donnie put those in the show notes Awesome last question you can elaborate on this one a little bit But the best decade of music 60s 70s 80s [00:28:00] 90s or for you 2000s

Olivia Atkin: 90s

L. Scott Ferguson: 90s. Awesome. Beautiful. I

Olivia Atkin: love and it’s probably gonna go back but i’m a big You , Tupac big , Usher, all of them.

L. Scott Ferguson: Beautiful. Love it. So how can we find you Olivia?

Olivia Atkin: You can email me at Olivia dot Atkin at achieving dash success. com. You can find me on my website, achieving dash success. com LinkedIn by searching Olivia Atkin. The come, the achieving success has. social medias on LinkedIn and Instagram and you can find us everywhere.

And I personally answer every message. So

L. Scott Ferguson: yeah, you do. And I, that’s very impressive. So you wrote this book in July, you dropped it in July of 2022, achieving success in career development. Tell me a little bit about that.

Olivia Atkin: So, I was actually approached by a publishing company who had seen my vast background working in different professions and having a degree or certification in [00:29:00] every business area and teaching career development at a university at a time.

And they were like, we’re looking for someone to write a career development book. We’ve heard you talk, we’ve heard you connect with people and challenge their thinking. Is this something you want to do? You would want to do. And I never thought I’d be an author, but I was like, what, let me listen.

Like, let me see what this could be. And I brought two things to the table. One, I was going to have to write it the way I wanted to write it. Lay it out. And two, it had to be very cost effective. For 2 reasons, I wanted the individual who couldn’t afford to go to college might not be able to afford that expensive book to be able to walk into their local bookstore or the college university bookstore and for less than 50 be able to pick up a resource where they can take everything from the book and actually apply it and do it themselves,

L. Scott Ferguson: right?

Olivia Atkin: They agreed to that. So. [00:30:00] The electric electric copy is 15 and the hard copy is 30 and it covers everything from resumes and cover letters with templates. So you can plug and chug Madeline style different professional organizations that are out there. The importance of continuous education. The how to prep for your job interview, how to think about certain things, and there’s 14 chapters and the largest chapters, 10 pages, and it covers.

All those things and whether you’re in college, taking a career development class, and they’re using it as that workbook or you’re 10, 15 years into your career, and you’re going, I want to pivot my projection. I want to apply for a new role. You can take it off the shelf. And go to the exact chapter you need and be able to Read and plug and chug the way so

L. Scott Ferguson: awesome They can implement what is in there and take [00:31:00] action on it.

That’s phenomenal. It’s in squad. I’m gonna do a book giveaway for the first person that puts in any of our social or even I don’t care if it’s Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, this will be everywhere as it usually is. But also you can email it to us, which the email is in the show notes or call us, drop us a line at tax five, six, one, four, four, zero, three, three, zero, and just put in fun size.

Whoever puts that word in there, I will personally purchase a book from Olivia and I’m going to have her sign it. And if you want to, if you can mail it out to them, that’d be great. I’ll take care of the postage, but that’d be great. Is that possible, Olivia?

Olivia Atkin: Of course,

L. Scott Ferguson: that’s awesome. So let me do me one last salad, please.

And leave us with one last knowledge nugget that we can take with us internalize and take action.

Olivia Atkin: My last nugget I’m going to leave you is give yourself grace while giving others grace. And that is because when we’re on the thick of [00:32:00] it, we sometimes forget that. We need time to breathe. We need to give ourselves grace in maybe not accomplishing that goal.

We set at a certain time. Maybe not getting everything done in a day being overwhelmed. Give yourself grace on how you would want others to give you grace in the way you’re showing up and understand that tomorrow’s a new day. You can show up differently tomorrow and. But also remember that when you give yourself grace, you also need to give others around you the same, the

L. Scott Ferguson: same courtesy.

Love that. And squad, we just had a super fun size conversation with my really good friend, Olivia Atkin. If someone, again, I immensely respect it reminds you to show up. When you need to show up, I mean, she dealt with a rare seizure disease that really changed the trajectory of her life, but it didn’t let her wreck her mindset.

 she’s a big believer in what you think is real is your reality. So if you can think your way through [00:33:00] and produce those outcomes, then absolutely do that. Cause if Olivia can do it, I’m sure that you can too, , we all have things that we play into perspective. She reminded us. And she works with companies with different backgrounds or perspectives and helps them mold into a fine tuned oiled machine, in Olivia, , she says what she kind of wants her results speak volumes She’s a big believer in really listening and observing and really I call it listening with your neck really leaning in , that’s the way that she really builds relationships with their companies because they know that she cares about them You She reminds us that, , your voice can be heard without pushing without being loud.

And I see Olivia out there doing things for the intention, not the attention. She’s not out there leaning against, she worked with professional athletes squad, but she was not out there like throwing up a bunch of pictures with them or leaning against Lambo. She’s doing the work in getting results for companies.

She’s [00:34:00] making an impact. Through all the moments, whether they’re big or small. I mean, Libby is literally planting trees. She’s never going to sit in the shade up, , and she wants to mix impact with her memories and really be present. So also show up, show up, show up. And most importantly, which I say this to my clients is.

Give yourself grace and space. And if you’re going through something, grace and space is key, but also there’s other people out there that might be affected by what you’re going through, or even if they’re not, give them the grace and space as well. And that’s what my good friend Olivia does. She levels up her health.

She levels up her wealth. She’s humble. Yeah. She’s hungry. She’s stunning. She’s earned a varsity letter here. It’s time to shine today. Thank you so much for coming on Olivia. Absolutely love your guts.

Olivia Atkin: Thank you so much for having me

L. Scott Ferguson: chat soon.

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