Have you ever wondered how a broken neck could lead to a thriving career helping female entrepreneurs? Probably not .... Well let that question sink in for a moment because it is about to make sense in a moment.

In this eye-opening episode of La'Quita's Toolbox, I sit down with Philip Wride, a tech expert with an extraordinary journey from gaming enthusiast to empowering women in business.

Philip's story is nothing short of remarkable. From his early days as a 16-year-old entrepreneur in the burgeoning world of online gaming to surviving a life-altering rugby injury, his path has been anything but ordinary. But it's how he channeled these experiences into a mission to support female coaches and entrepreneurs that truly sets him apart.

A Journey of Resilience and Reinvention

Philip shares candidly about:

• His unexpected entry into entrepreneurship through online gaming communities
• The shocking moment he discovered he'd been living with a broken neck for seven weeks
• How personal setbacks led him to reevaluate his purpose and impact

Key Takeaways:

• The power of trusting your body and intuition in the face of adversity
• Why niching down can lead to more fulfilling and impactful work
• How to measure success beyond financial gain

Philip leaves us with two powerful insights that will resonate with entrepreneurs and dreamers alike. Don't miss his perspective on the relationship between happiness, freedom, and focused repetition.

Are you ready to tap into your own resilience and find your unique path to success?

This episode will inspire you to look at setbacks as opportunities and reconsider how you measure impact in your own life and business.

Connect with Philip:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipwride/

Website: https://www.chainedtochampion.com/

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further ado, welcome to Laquita's toolbox.

Philip, how are you? I'm good, thank you,

Laquita. It's great to be here. I'm

looking forward to this conversation. Yes,

I am super excited about that as well.

Listen, I know about some of the wonderful

things that you have been doing in this, I

don't want to say e commerce space. I want

to say just making money online. Since you

were about 16 years old, you started out

in gaming and kind of just went from

there. Talk to us a little bit about your

journey at 16. You were a young

entrepreneur. I was a young entrepreneur,

yes. So I started with playing video games

online with friends from school. Now if we

see stuff in the press today about esports

and the competitions, it is a big

business. It's a multi billion dollar

business. But back in 2001, it was not the

same. But it was fun, it was exciting, it

was enjoyable. It was something new for

me. So I spent pretty much all of my time

in online communities, building

relationships, playing with my friends

from school. And that's what led me down

that path of being an entrepreneur because

it's like, oh, there's, there's things

that I can learn, there's things that I

can build, there's things that I can do.

So you know, from an entrepreneurial

perspective, I was building communities, I

was writing news articles on some of the

news sites, I was hosting my own events,

hosting online and live physical events.

So it's like, oh, you know, I just want to

try and do everything within this space

because it's so exciting. That led me to

then buying and flipping websites again

within this online gaming space. Selling

advertising on them, acting as a broker

for other community sites is like, guys, I

can get you advertising, let's work

together and I'll just take a percentage

of that. So those were some of the early

things that I did, helped me through

university as well. So I had a normal job,

retail job, going and selling electronics

and computers and things in one of the

retail stores in the UK. But then on the

side I was doing all of this gaming stuff

as well. You know, making a couple of

extra. Bits inside was a whole lot more

exciting than being in the shops selling

these games. Absolutely. It was, yeah,

because it was always changing as well.

There were new games being released, new

competitions for me to play in with my

teammates. Yeah, it was, it was an

exciting time. And that's a. I used to

spend 5 hours, if not more a night

practicing and being involved and having

these conversations and a million chat

windows open and getting involved in a

space that was exciting because it was

really new. Now take me back. You said

that you started this journey at 16 and

that was around what year again? 2001.

See, that's really, really, I'm just

thinking about it from a parent's

perspective. I'm thinking to myself, what

were my kids doing in 2001 and why weren't

they to with some of this? But, but I do,

I do have my middle son that's really into

gaming and has been for a long time. And I

remember as a parent thinking how in the

world are you going to go to university

for this and how are you going to make

money? And now that's what he does. He's a

beta tester for a lot of different gaming

companies and making money, doing what he

loves with the online community that he's

cultivated. And I'm thinking, wow, never

in a million years, you know, with growing

up during the time frame that I grew up,

would I have thought that playing duck

hunt would eventually make money? Like.

Yeah, great game there. I think it's one

of those things. Yeah, it's. It's a

generational shift. So, you know, for me,

in those early years, yes, it was a

struggle. The industry wasn't as developed

as it is now. So it's great to hear that

your son, you know, has been able to get a

job in the industry. He's doing something

that he enjoys for me back in those days,

yeah, my parents were like, what are you

doing? What are you doing with your time?

Is this constructive? Could you be doing

something else? And it wasn't until I then

started to get media attention, you know,

tv interviews, radio interviews, into the

magazines and newspapers and things like

that. They were like, okay, maybe there is

something to this. Maybe we'll just give

you a bit of grace and just see what

happens. I would that I definitely can

because we were often standing in the

doorway of his room saying, what are you

doing? And why aren't you doing something

else? Until the job offers came, start

coming. The contract started coming

through and said, okay, this is great. But

then in there, somewhere in there, you, in

that journey, you had an accident, a bad

accident that led to a shift into what

you're doing now. Can you kind of walk us

through that a little bit? Because I like

what you were doing before, and I really

like what you're doing now. Thank you. So

what I'll do then is I'll sort of skip in

sets of like ten years. So that was

obviously the early entrepreneurial

journey for me. That then led into setting

up my first proper business out of

university, doing consulting for brands,

doing projects for them, doing events. Did

that for a couple of years until the 2008

financial crash closed that down, went

through a couple of different jobs within

the tech industry while still doing gaming

stuff on the side. So there have been

periods through my life where gaming has

been front and center, and that's what

I've been focusing on, and that's been the

core of the business that I've had, or

I've been working for somebody else and

then doing the gaming stuff in the

background. So I had that first business

in 2008 and 2009. Fast forward a little

bit. I then had a tech startup myself in

2015. That was a mobile app for engaging

fans of the gaming teams and the events,

because that was a space I was still in

the involved in, started well, tailed off.

You know, the two teams that I got on

board, first, they were loving it. They

were seeing their fans engaged because we

had a match predictor and giveaways and

contents and all that sort of stuff. And

then both of those teams got acquired by

sports teams in the US, so one of them got

acquired by the Philadelphia 76 ers, and

then they were like, yeah, we don't want a

mobile strategy right now. So there's me

trying to build a tech startup, and

suddenly the two main clients that I've

got disappear because they've been

acquired. And I'm like, this is not really

what I was aiming for. So I tried to keep

it going, but I had to eventually make

that decision to close it down. So there

have been highs and lows on the

entrepreneurial journey. But you mentioned

the injury. Yeah. Fast forward a little

bit more. January 2020. I broke my neck

playing rugby and I didn't know it was

broken for seven weeks. Wait a minute, how

does that work? So, I. I've never broken

my neck, but I would think that. Talk me

through it, because I need to process what

you just said. You said seven weeks? Yeah.

So I was playing rugby, so the position I

was playing was almost like the last line

of defense, and my job was to stop the

opponent's scoring and I was lining

somebody up, so to try and make a tackle.

So, you know, if you're an american

football fan, there are some similarities.

You know, you in american football, you're

almost either trying to intercept or dive

on your opponent to stop them running.

Similar sort of thing. If you were the

last line of defense. Kind of sounds like

the position. My youngest son plays

american football, and he's what you would

call a corner. And so if the quarterback

has thrown a long pass, the person that's

going to catch it is the wide receiver. Or

if a runner has gotten loose and he's

like, if they get past him, there's nobody

else back there to stop them. Exactly the

same sort of thing. So one of the opposing

players broke through our line, so the

only thing standing between him and

scoring was me. So I tried to line him up

to make the tackle and take him down. I

got my head in the wrong position, so his

thigh went straight into my face, twisted

my head slightly, and we were both then

laid out on the ground. I got up, stumbled

to the touchline. It was actually the last

play of the game, and it's silly because

we'd already lost the game, but I was

still trying to make the tackle because

that was my job. Yeah. So I did it. I

stopped him from scoring, but in the

process took us both out, we both laid on

the turf. It was like, we definitely felt

that he was groggy, I was groggy, and I

couldn't move my head or my neck, but it

just felt stiff, as if I'd done a really

hard gym session and pulled all of the

muscles. So I then drove home, unable to

move my head, which was an interesting

experience. Cause I had to use my eyes to

try and look in my wing mirrors to see

where the traffic was. Actually turned my

head. Like, if you guys could see my face,

you would be completely laughing out loud

right now. And so, to be fair to myself,

I'm thinking about this as an american

driver who has driven in the UK. I lived

in the UK for about two and a half years,

and I'm thinking to myself, how did he do

that? That's very awkward. Like, I mean,

even driving here out of. I can't imagine.

But you got. You made it home safely.

Yeah, well, so I'm actually in Dubai, so

the traffic system over here is a lot.

It's much similar to the US system in

terms of the lights and the signals,

driving on the same side of the road. I'm

glad I wasn't in the UK, because in the UK

you have lots of narrow roads and the

roundabout, I'm. Thinking, how are you

going to all. Of those sorts of things?

Yeah. So I was fortunate in that respect.

But, yeah, it was a difficult drive. It

was a 40 minutes drive to get home, so it

was really slow, really steady, trying not

to make any errors because I didn't want

to make anything worse. So I managed to

get home, slept on it, then went and got a

soft collar from the pharmacy, started

wearing that, and the club that I was a

member of had access to a physio. So I

said, okay, let's go to the physio. I just

feel like this is just really stiff. I've

just pulled everything because of the

impact. If I go to the physio, they'll be

able to, you know, stick their thumbs in

and ease bits off and it'll all be fine.

And I did that for seven weeks. And then

the physio went. It's not really doing

anything. Maybe you should go and get some

scans. So I went to the hospital and the

consultant said, congratulations, you've

broken your neck. Here's what we want to

do. We want to do about probably maybe

three to 6 hours worth of surgery. So

we'll go in from the front because we want

to put a plate and screws in. So we'll go

in from the front and we'll do that for a

couple of hours, and then we'll sew that

up and we'll turn you over, and then we'll

go in from the back and we'll do the same

sort of thing and make sure that

everything's tightened up and then you'll

be good to go. And I was like, no, I don't

want that surgery. It sounds horrible and

I can't afford it. Wow. So I walked out

and I left it and put faith in myself that

my body was strong enough to heal, to heal

itself. So we should have another podcast

just about that, because that right there

is a powerful story. You broke your neck

playing rugby. You didn't realize for

seven weeks that it was broken. And then

you made an amazing decision after seeking

medical assistance, finding out,

confirming, yes, the neck is broken, they

give you their professional opinions on

what need to be done. And then you said to

yourself, I'm not going to do that. Yeah,

I'm not going to do that. And I'm going to

have faith and trust and believe that my

body will properly heal itself. And so I'm

just going to step out here on a limb and

say, obviously it did do that. Or is there

some more pieces to that? Yeah. So this

was just before COVID so we can go talk

about the COVID situation as well. Going

through that, obviously had the soft

collar a lot of the time. It was. There's

not much else I can do now. I'm putting

the faith in my body. You know, I'll feed

it, I'll try and get the rest. I'll do all

those things that it's going to need to

support it whilst I was dealing with COVID

and the lockdowns and trying to keep the

business going. But 18 months after that

initial consultation, I went to get

another set of scans because, yes, things

had eased off. I could start to move my

head and neck again. After a couple of

months, I was like, okay, this is okay now

I feel generally okay. So, yes, I still

waited 18 months because of the lockdowns

and financial situations and things like

that, to go and get another set of scans.

Different consultant, another specialist

who had worked with a lot of sports

injuries, so was aware of this sort of

thing. He'd done some research because I

actually went to a sports physio in the

hospital who had worked with some of the

professional team. So he'd worked with,

like, the south african rugby team. Okay,

he was south african. So again, had that

understanding and appreciation of the type

of injuries that you get playing rugby or

that can happen. So he referred me into

this sort of spinal consultants who did

some research, and then when I sat down in

front of him, he was like, I could not

find any stories like yours. Normally,

people wait three weeks and get surgery. I

couldn't find anybody silly enough to not

have surgery. So I was like, okay, well,

that's a good start. So tell me about the

scans that we've just done. It was like,

what a way to. It's a miracle because your

body has grown new bone around the brake.

You have the range of movements and the

strength as if nothing had happened. Wow.

The only slight niggle is that because of

the impact and, you know, his thigh went

straight into my face and turned my head

slightly. My head, yes. Is not now

centered. It is twisted slightly to the

right, and that means that it's impinging

the nerve. So I get some sharp shooting

pains in my right shoulder and into my

right chest every now and again. But apart

from that, it's all fine. Wow. So my body

has been able to heal that break, and I've

got pictures of the scans, and you can see

what's a normal vertebrae, what's mine,

where it's grown new bone around that

break. Wow. Like, you have to be an

interesting case study, medical case study

for that. Wow. And it's hard to leave that

story and go into what you're doing now,

because my mind is just racing, but I'm

gonna do. I'm gonna be disciplined, and

I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it because

that was a significant piece that led you

to the current journey that you're on and

how you're helping female entrepreneurs,

but still within the tech space. Talk to

us about that transition. Yeah. So that

injury and the lockdowns and losing 50% of

my business because of COVID and not being

able to do events and things. I got to a

point in 2021 and started my own personal

development journey of, I need to make

some changes here. There's got to be more

to life than this. I've just survived the

injury, just survived Covid. What happens

next? So started personal developments.

First course that I took, it was a YouTube

video. I was watching a YouTube video.

There was an advert that came up for a

course. I was like, what have I got to

lose? Okay. Clicked it, bought it, started

it. And one of the first questions was

like, so what impact and contribution have

you made and what's going to be said at

your funeral? And it's like, ah, that's

not quite what I was expecting from this

course, but yes, it's, it's an interesting

question and I think that's one of the

biggest catalysts. Yes, I. Obviously the

injury started me thinking there's got to

be more, put everything else in a

different light. The work that I'd been

doing, the business that I had, is like,

there's no impact to contribution there.

So I started asking myself how can I use

my skills and experience and what I've

done, whether it's in gaming or in tech?

So for the next year I actually focused on

the gaming stuff. So I started creating

resources at maths resources based on

video games for young kids because my

partner is a teacher. So I created maths

resources based on Roblox and Minecraft

and FIFA and Fortnight and among us, you

know, those sorts of games that are

popular at the five to twelve year age

brackets. But then there are a couple of

things that happened on the back of that.

So, you know, I wrote the first book.

First book led to the second book. And

then now I. After doing some work within

that space and helping a couple of people,

I believe the universe has a plan based on

everything that's happened to me. And I

got to that point where there were several

people coming up and almost slapping me in

the face. Metaphorical slapping me in the

face. Not actually physically because that

would be quite painful. But it's like,

Phil, you've got skills and experience

here that you can use to help people. Why

are you nothing doing that? And this was

all the tech stuff because I've been doing

it for 20 years. I was like, I'm not sure

I want to do that. But I got to that point

of realizing it's like what you don't want

to do is what you're currently doing. It's

not necessarily the tech that's the issue,

it's how you are using it and who you are

serving. That's real good. If you change

that, you can use those skills and

experience, you reframe it and actually it

becomes a very different experience. So

now I am focusing on supporting

predominantly female coaches because I am

a coach myself. I have a book, I have a

course, all that sort of stuff. So it's

helping female coaches with their sales

pages, their email automations, their tech

systems, so that they don't have to worry

about all of that because that's my

superpower. And so that they can then

spend their time serving their clients.

How having more impact, having that time

with family and friends and doing all the

things that they want to do rather than

spending 90 million hour fighting with

pieces of software and trying to get them

to work because that's not a good use of

their time. It is not. And it gives. So I

was the individual that did that and it

was no fun at all and counterproductive.

It does not save money. It actually costs

a ton of money to try to diy it. If you're

not already tech savvy. Yeah, I say some

people, they want to take it on themselves

because they enjoy that journey of trying

to learn and piece things together.

Others, you know, you've probably been in

this experience yourself. Sometimes you'll

pay for speed, you'll pay for somebody

else's expertise because they can do it

for you and do it in a way that would

potentially be far beyond what you could

get to in a reasonable space of time.

Because like anything, there are levels of

learning. You know, I can't be a superstar

athlete overnight. That would take a lot

of training, but I can get a coach to

support me in if, you know, if that's one

of the things I wanted to do. I could

eventually get there with support, but

doing it on my own, chances are I would

never get there. Would never get there.

Would never get there. Because most, most

successful individuals have a coach and a

mentor. And a lot of super successful

individuals have coaches in different

areas that have different areas of

expertise that help them in just, you

know, one area of their life or one area

of their business. And so, yeah, having

someone on that journey with you is a key

to, I don't want to say a key to rapid

success. I'll say a key to sustainable

success where it's not a one off, you

know, situation, but it's something that

sustains and continues to grow. And so

you've, you've stepped into that space of

teaching female coaches or helping female

coaches or female entrepreneurs with their

tech. And I think I asked you this in the

1000% positive I did. How did you tap into

the power of female entrepreneurs? Like,

we are an amazing group in and of

ourselves and so how did you get to that

place where you identified that we have,

that we are the niche that has the need

and understands that we have the need?

Great question. I mean, you've partially

answered it that because you're an amazing

group. So there are three reasons. The

first is my mum. So she has been an

entrepreneur herself. She's had her own

businesses over the years as well as

corporate jobs. And I have built at least

four websites for either her businesses or

her employers. So every time that she's in

that situation, she's like, Phil, I know

you've got the experience here. Can you

help me? And, like, of course I can. So

I've already got that experience of

working with, you know, female

entrepreneurs, if we use that term. The

second reason, more recently, I have

helped a couple of female coaches. So

building their sales funnels, building

their automations, helping them piece the

different bits together so that, again,

they can then take the next step up their

business. And the third reason is energy.

Now, that may sound silly coming from a

guy, but when I released my book, when I

started putting content out, the

conversations that I have at events, it's

been the ladies who have connected with

that. The majority of the reviews on my

book are from women, the majority of

comments on my content from women. So I'm

leaning into that, say, there must be

something about my style other than the

fact that I still look 16. But, you know,

it's probably not that. You can add that

to it because you look quite young. Thank

you. Yeah, I turn 40 in October, so I'm

not sure I'm quite looking like that yet,

but just that energy. I find it much

easier to have conversations, work with

women because the energy is very

different. You know, I've been in a rugby

situation, playing in teams, and felt like

the outsider because I didn't want to go

drinking all night. I wasn't full of

bravado. You know, that's just not me.

Yes, obviously there is some masculinity

there, but from an energy perspective, I

just find it's a much better connection

with women. Yeah, there tons of

masculinity. Not to say that there aren't

female rugby players, but I believe their

male energies are. You know, the masculine

energies are quite higher than. I don't

mind watching american football or rugby,

but I don't want to play it. I enjoy

watching american football. Yeah, I mean,

but I don't want to play it. Like, my

husband and my sons, they played it. They

love it. I want to play it, but then have

some friends that love playing female

football. So. But, yeah, that. That. For

you to have that journey and. And say

that, okay, it started with the help that

you were able to give your mom, not only

in her entrepreneurial journey, but, you

know, because you are so great at what you

do. The companies and her corporate

careers have noticed that and said, hey,

we want him to. And now that you've

written a book, you've done the courses,

and obviously you're a person that

understands looking at the data, and as

you look back at the data, you saw that

your ideal audience was turning out to be

female entrepreneurs. And not only were

they loving what you were putting out, but

you were also benefiting from the energy

being in that place. Because I read a post

that you did on LinkedIn recently where

you were speaking about how you had to

fire one of your biggest clients. That's

scary. And, yep, it's amazing that you had

that walk, that that walk away power with

that. But being able to be in that, being

able to be confident enough in who you are

and what you do, that you can do that and

say that, okay, that same type of

confidence that you had to walk away from

that very high paying client is the same

type of confidence for me, is what I'm

hearing that you had when you said, okay,

I've identified this audience, and this is

the audience that makes me feel good about

the work that I do. So I want to continue

to work with them. That's kind of what I'm

feeling. What I'm feeling here. Or am I

off? No, absolutely. I think it's. It's

answering that question internally. What

feels right. Can I go and work with guys?

Absolutely. Would it be a very different

experience? Probably. Would it be

something that I would feel 100%

comfortable doing? Probably not. I've

worked in tech generally. That's a guy,

heavy industry. I've already been in those

spaces. The changes that I've made in my

own life, the experiences that I've had,

it's like, okay, what can I see myself

doing for the next 20 years? Who is it

that I want to help? And that's where it's

like, yes, I am going super specific with

what feels comfortable. Five years down

the line, something else may change, and

we'll see what happens then. But for right

now, this is what feels right. Just to

expand on that a little bit, it's not just

about the tech. The tech is the first

thing, because that's the skills and

experience that I've got. But it's about

helping them have that impact. Because if

I can help them have impact, I'm able to

have indirect impact, which helps me

answer the question that I got asked on

that first personal development course. So

that's where I'm looking and say, you know

what? Maybe I only work with 100. If I

work with 100, I can work with them more

closely. I can support them with more than

just the tech. I can support them with all

of the ups and downs of the business.

Experiences that I've had over the years

and help them to have more impact. That's

good. That's real good. So in that

statement, I'm just really hearing a

person that has a heart to serve. When you

took that course, and that question was

there, it impacted you in such a way that

not to say that you didn't have a heart of

service before, because you obviously did.

That's the reason why that question was so

powerful for you. And now what I hear you

saying is not only are you understanding

that the spending power of the female

entrepreneur in that we will invest in the

things that we know that we need to make,

you know, to be sustainable and to scale,

but you're also saying that you are

willing to not only just niche it down,

but to be specific and keep a smaller

group of clients so that you'll be in a

better position to serve them in a more

holistic manner outside of tech. Yes,

absolutely. Yes. To give you some examples

of, you know, what I'm thinking for here

is, like, I want to have my own live

events that are related to the book. Okay.

Because, you know, I have a model and a

framework for helping people find more

freedom in their life. That's what the

book is about. But. But if I have this,

you know, almost inner circle of female

coaches or entrepreneurs that I'm working

with, well, then I. There's a platform for

them to be a guest speaker, join me on

those events, promote themselves. You

know, it then becomes about more than just

the tech I can come in, you know, first

and foremost, yes, let's get that all set

up because it can support you in growing

your business. But once that's all done,

what else can I help you with? How else

can I help you grow and expand what it is

that you're doing so you can have more

impact? Wow. Wow. So you. You really have

a heart for your clients to grow

personally and professionally, and you're

willing to give more of yourself to help

them do that because. So it sounds like

you're saying that the biggest win for you

is not the income that you earn from

helping the clients, but it's the joy that

you receive when you see them hit their

marks. Yeah. And that's the whole thing.

The systems can help you do that because

you can measure it. You get the data, you

can see what's working and what's not. You

can start to tweak things and you can see

that progression. And for me, that's one

of the key things because it's. Then I can

look and go. The time that I have spent

has been beneficial. I have helped people.

I can see that there is a return there,

aside from the financial stuff, because,

yes, we all love that. Helps pay the bills

and keep the lights on. Absolutely. But

it's about, I can see that this person,

they've grown their business, they've

changed their family's life, they've

impacted their clients. That is what it's

all about. Wow. That is wonderful. That is

wonderful. Listen, I know that people are

sitting here taking notes and just being

in awe of your story and your journey that

you were able to share with us today. But

look, I need you to tell them, how can the

Laquita's toolbox audience connect with

you and reach out to you to find out more

about the services that you provide? So

two of the main ways, you know, if you're

a fan of social media and having those

conversations, Facebook and LinkedIn are

my main two platforms. I do have profiles

elsewhere, but they're nothing, not as

active. I don't feel comfortable with

them. And then there are a couple of other

resources. So aside from the tech stuff,

because that is more of a conversation to

understand where you are, what you're

currently using, all that sort of stuff,

there is a free resource that are created

in relation to the book. So if you're an

audio listener and you enjoy that, whether

while you're walking or sitting in the

park or driving to work. I've recorded a

three episode mini podcast, about 15

minutes each episode, and it takes people

through the core contents of my book. So

the first episode is helping people

understand the twelve chains that hold us

back. So relationships, fear, perception,

the things that I have realized in my own

life were holding me back, which is why I

wrote the book. The second episode is

okay, which are the easiest ones to break

free of, and what does that mean for us?

The third episode is the four steps you

can take to break free of those chains. So

that is free and available people can, you

know, just stick in an email address and

you'll get access to those three episodes.

You join the mailing list, and then you

can get random thoughts from me about

what's going on in my life. And again,

using tech to improve your businesses and

all that sort of stuff, unsubscribe at any

time, that's fine. I don't hold it against

anybody. I said, you know, some people

connect with me and feel my energy or my

style is great. Others don't. That's just

the way the world works. So if anybody is

listening. And they do want access to

that. It's available@threelifesecrets.com.

so it's a number three. And then the words

life secrets.com. So that's

threelifesecrets.com. guys, make sure you

check the show notes because that link

will be available in the show notes. And

go ahead, sign up. Get the, get the audio

tracks, get the podcast miniseries, and

listen. Give it a good listen through.

Because what I found is in this journey,

especially for personal growth, the more

positive things that I can feed from, eat

from, if I can say it in that manner, have

deposited into me. It helps me to come one

step closer to being the version of myself

that I want to be in that season, you

know, because we grow continuously, at

least we should be growing continuously.

And as I increase in my personal growth

journey, that the byproduct of that is

success in my professional life, when I'm

growing personally, it gives me what I

need to grow professionally. Those two

things synergistically work together. And

so you will have the poc, you'll have the

in the show notes, the link to the podcast

mini series, connect with Philip, also on

LinkedIn and on Facebook. I'm not

connected with him on Facebook because I,

LinkedIn is my preferred platform, but his

LinkedIn is pretty awesome as well. It's

some podcasts out there. He's got some

great things in his feature section. So

make sure you get out to LinkedIn and

connect with him and follow him, because

the content that he does release on that

platform is pretty darn awesome. I have

enjoyed the bits that I've gone through so

far, so I feel that you guys will as well.

But before we wrap this up, Philip, is

there any last thoughts that you would

like to leave with the Laquita's toolbox

audience? I'll leave you with a quote from

my book. In fact, actually, I'll ask a

question. Will you permit me to give two?

Because I feel that they're connected, but

they're both valuable. Yes. Go. Right.

Okay, so the first is that happiness is a

state of mind. Freedom is a way of living.

Okay, so that's the first thought. I love

that. Say that one more time. Say it real

loud for the people in the back. Happiness

is a state of mind. Freedom is a way of

living. Okay, so that's the first thing.

The second thing. And again, it goes back

to what I've written in the book. I took

the word freedom because that's important

to me. Freedom has always been my highest

level of value. That's why I've been an

entrepreneur for so long. And I looked at

each of the letters, I was like, can I

create a memorable phrase that's easy for

me to remember that, you know, I can stick

on the wall next to me when I'm working

and all those sorts of things. And it's

like, yes, I found something. So the word

freedom, I changed into the phrase

focused. Repetition enables experiences,

desires, opportunities, and money. Wow. So

say that one more time. Freedom is

focused. Repetition enables experiences,

desires, opportunities, and money. Love

that. I absolutely love both of those

things. Look, y'all, y'all should have

wrote that down. But if you did not write

that down, don't worry. This is a podcast.

Hit rewind. Listen to this episode again.

Make sure you're taking copious notes, and

by all means, those last two points.

Because, you know, repetition is the key

to knowledge. I'm gonna have you to give

me those last two points one more time in

case somebody was like, he went through

too fast, give it to him one more time.

So, the first is that happiness is a state

of mind, and we can manage that. Freedom

is a way of living, how we want to use our

time, what we put our energy into. And

then the second thing is that the word

freedom can be thought of as a phrase. So

each letter. The FDA is for focused. So

focused. Repetition enables experiences,

desires, opportunities, and money. Wow.

Wow. Listen, y'all, on that note, we're

going to end this episode of Laquita's

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