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93: Quit Your 9 to 5 Job With Confidence And Invest In Yourself With Janet Aisyah Quek (SEASON 2 PODCAST U SHAPE)
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The podcast features business leaders, celebrities and inspirational figures with guests including Gary Vaynerchuk, Sheryl Sandberg, Elena Cardone, Mary Buffett, Neil Patel, Kim Kiyosaki, Pia Wurtzbac, Gerry Roberts, Grant Cardone, Denise Duffield Thomas, Sue B Zimmerman, Jay Abraham, Robert Kiyosaki, Anik Singal, Blair Singer, Nas Daily, Dame Wendy Tan, Jacy Wee, Freda Liu, Carrie Lee, Success Resources Veronica Tan & Richard Tan and many more.
Hear more about amazing role models from around the world share their inspirational stories and practical tools for personal and professional success. In each episode, creator and host Genecia Alluora draws out the stories and deconstructs the strategies of remarkable figures making an impact. To Own & Love The F-Word: Being Fabulous, Having Freedom, Financial Independence and family.
Genecia Alluora is a former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner and Southeast Asia Woman of Excellence 2010, 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 2019. She is the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000 women across the region in the ‘Soul F’ membership program. For the past 17 years, Genecia coached celebrities, CEOs and politicians to be seen as a leader on stage. Today, with the Soul Rich Woman Blueprint and online academy, she mentors hundreds of thousands of women to bring their business and leadership brand online. With her coaching products, academy and membership, her vision is to support 1 million women to own and love the F-Word.
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Genecia Alluora: A strong and independent woman is something to behold. She pays her own bills, buys her own things, and she doesn't let a man affect her stability or self-confidence. She is a Soul Rich Woman. Are you ready to be rich, doing what you love? Be on purpose and in control of your life again. And For Women Who Love the F-word Podcast, we will be openly talking about getting more clients online, getting recognition as the leader and female entrepreneur, and also the F word. Being fabulous, having freedom and financial independence. It's time to own and love the F word. Welcome to the show.
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Genecia Alluora: Hello, gorgeous and welcome to today's episode. I'm your host, Genecia Alluora. Today we have a special guest. Her name is Janet Aisyah Quek. She is a podcast host. She is a corporate 9-5 employee with more than 25 years of experience in HR Asia Pacific region. And today she's here to share with you her results and her journey of launching two years, I would say the second year of her podcast show that has been batched because she is busy at work. So we've helped her to batch her out her content and launch her second season of her show. So she's here today to share with you her journey and her thoughts about the entire experience. I hope there's something for you to think about on how you are creating your content, how you're launching consistently and be amazing. Remember, you have a diamond that is within you and you deserve to shine.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: Hi, it's Janet Aisyah. And in this bonus episode, I would like to share with you my success in launching the podcast season two. Launching the podcast season two impacted my life instantly in 2020. I truly agree that a podcast is not only about building online presence, but most importantly, online credibility and recognition by showing up consistently. I have been headhunted more than 10 times directly from companies and recruiters in three months from Asia Pacific, US and Europe. Even in this COVID-19 situation. I realized that my message has impacted more people than I ever thought it could now with listeners and followers in nine countries in just three months.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: After awarded Platinum Instant Podcast Leader, I have garnered more than 100 likes on social media in one post. And I have been able to reach more than and some friends commented that now I am like a queen. And have drawn attention to new connections who are keen to know what I am doing and how podcasts can help them. My husband has also showed more support by helping me with the technical stuff whenever I need to prepare for my podcast recording and help to ensure that children are cooperative so that I can do my recording at home. My children now are used to me doing my work as podcast host though knowing that I have left my corporate job. Initially, my youngest son told me that doing podcast is not working but I have to explain to him that how this will help me in my business to bring my business online and also help me in seeing as a leader online.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: Eventually, I do have C-suite who connected with me even after three years who have not been in touch and he signed up a clarity call. Another friend also signed up Instant Leader Podcast Program after seeing me consistently on social media as a podcast host. I was given opportunity to share on National Achiever Congress Virtual Global Platform with my mentor, Genecia, and my podcast coach, Joanne Lee. I have done more than 14 times Facebook Live in two months. This was not possible if I had not started my Instant Podcast Leader Podcast Show on Women Leadership. It has helped me to set a routine though I am not working and I have to do this recording from home. I get to learn about setting my mental state of mind and getting myself into the momentum to do my podcast recording that is where I was able to complete my two years of podcast content in less than three months.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: As I keep the momentum to complete the Season 2, I am able to think on the spot whatever topic that came to my mind and also the content is free flow and because I have the proven structure, system and process that I have followed through from Season 1 to Season 2, this is possible that I am able to do it. When I got to start the podcast Season 2, I was not sure if this is something I want to continue or just wait to see what results I have after launching Season 2 over a year before embarking on my Season 2. So, since I am taking a career break now, so I decided to prepare myself by continuing before I get busy once I get a new job or to do my business online which is working in progress.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: I realized that time flies so fast and it has been nine months since I quit my last job. So, I decided to use this time to continue Season 2 so that I will have two years ahead of content. By now, I have already taken a career break for almost nine months as I mentioned and I saw how my Season 1 has helped me to get leads, enquiries and my first two C-suite clients. I do not have any income since August 2019 as I left my corporate job to care for my late mom before she passed on late November 2019. I would be spending on my savings which meant to last longer should I not be able to get a suitable job. And I had to cut down on other expenses during this time to continue to invest in myself and prepare myself. And then, I thought that I really want to achieve my dream since I had been in corporate for more than 25 years.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: I want to achieve my dream as to be an online entrepreneur and also to and that is where I decide to continue to invest in myself even though I am not working. So, it was actually a money issue in the beginning but when I realized that I can actually earn more the moment I have built my reputation online, by showing up and having my voice heard, people will come to know who I am and what I stand for. People will start to support me, to trust me, just like headhunters who have approached me instead of me going to them. More people will come to get to know me and my brand once I build my business online. At first, my husband was worried that I am not earning but I continue to spend during such a short period of time with my podcast show before I can even see any income coming in.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: But I told him that this is part of my branding and for future business that I am going to build on. So, since I am available now, it will be the best time to do the preparation otherwise, there is never a good time. Best is because I have the choice to do it now and the time and with my husband's support, I can have a breakthrough and it also has influenced him to see things differently about the power of online presence after I completed season 2 episode in 48 hours, especially during this lockdown period during COVID-19. He saw that I have became more confident even though I am not working in a job but I continue to show that I have the discipline and habits to get my recording done despite I could just sit on it delay since I would have a lot of time on hand as I am not working in the corporate.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: I don't know how I can continue recording when there was a circuit breaker announcement in Singapore that I no longer able to do that at the head office. I was so used to do at the head office, my recording physically being there for my season one and the initial episode of season two. Genecia and Joanne explained to me that they will support and guide me to do it online. I just need to follow what they need me to do. Having the whole Soul Rich Woman team put me at ease knowing that I just have to focus on my script and they do the rest. I just need to continue my posting and recording on a daily basis without any worry about the technical part that I am more at ease now. As I'm not sure if I have enough topics to share in season two, my mentors Genecia spent time with me to draw out my experience and content and guided me to position myself with the topics I could share.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: That continued to give me some ideas and topics in my list for season two. As I am also building my business online as a podcast coach and given opportunities to do Facebook Live and conduct virtual events, I have also more content to share on my experience and learnings which are very fresh on my mind. Another issue I had was time. Even though I'm not working at the moment, but I have to juggle when my time is up, my helper had to go back to Manila to attend to her family due to emergency matter. So I had to attend to my children, household and cooking during that period of time when I was embarking on season two. However, I continue to do my podcast recording despite that because I believe in the importance of doing it now and the urgency of doing it rather than later.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: So I managed to make some arrangements, look for resources and continue to keep the momentum. It is a relief for me that I have my content ready and I can continue to focus on the next step in building my business and attending to leads and enquiries that keep coming in. On top of all those issues, I had fears on the outcome if I will be repeating myself in some of the topics. Will listeners get bored on what I share? How will people respond? But because it has been my dream to reach out to my first 10,000 audience in three years, so I need to continue to build my content and keep me going. I also understand that as I had more episodes that is on different platform, my voice is easily searchable on internet. Podcast is a marketing vehicle that can be used and again and again for life. And it is also a legacy that I can leave for my children and grandchildren.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: I was also feeling anxious about what I am going to share if listeners will connect with me despite I have launched season two. I still went ahead as I realized I have so much content to offer and empower women who can achieve success like myself. Understanding that my intention is to share and inspire and not to criticize or destroy other people's lives gave me the courage to continue, despite the hard work and for me to continue my Season 2 podcast recording. Recording the episode also requires a lot of time and effort, especially it is in Ramadan when I cannot eat and drink from sunrise to sunset. I do get tired at times where there are distractions from my family members or external environment that I had to record again for some of the episodes, which is not within my control.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: So I also had to manage that with the support of my team members by explaining to them and telling them that I need this time to finish my recording. Otherwise, it's not productive for me and I'm not able to spend time with them to do the activities that they'd like me to do. There were also few tasks that I had to set aside every day just to give priority to my podcast recording to complete it in 48 hours. Now I see this to be my big lesson in life. If you want to succeed in anything, you have to stay focused, remind yourself why you first started, make it happen, and you have to set it as your number one priority. I have been getting attention on some responses that they see me as expert in podcast leader online in social media and even refer someone to me to learn from me and to get to know how to do this podcast show.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: Having launched Season 2, I am also anxious about what will happen next. Somehow, I am looking forward to launch Season 3 with new level of perspectives and new learning in the next phase. By going back to understanding my intentions and remind myself why I started, that this will be about doing something positive for me and for others. By knowing that I have a strong team of Soul Rich Woman to support me, my worries are tamed and controlled. So, having your family and friends to support you in what you are doing and giving you the understanding of the journey you wish to embark on is already a great encouragement.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: Not to mention that having the Soul Rich Woman team is your rocket launcher. Knowing that you have people behind you who will look after your best interests and follow up on you so that you don't fall to the little voices that are inside your head. So, it has been a great support. Therefore, I believe that no matter how good you think you are, you need a team who can support and guide you. But most importantly, people who know what they are doing. The Soul Rich Woman team makes you feel you are family and that they got your back every step of the way.
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Janet Aisyah Quek: Having launched my podcast show Season 2 in 48 hours, it boosted my confidence to a higher level and achieved so many great results in 3 months. I feel that I have grown to next level and continue to hone my skills and learning to bring my business online. I feel that I am also blessed to have crossed paths with Soul Rich Woman team who could help me make it possible. When we raise our voices together, the words woman power becomes more than just a phrase. It becomes a movement. Know that your dreams are valid and on your path. You are never denied and only be directed. Let your voice be heard, it's time.
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Genecia Alluora: Thank you so much for joining me today. I'm so honored that we are connected. And I hope that I can continue to serve you as you build your dreams. And if you love this episode, and I hope that you did, rate it five stars. Give us that glowing review because it will help more women around the world finding the Soul Rich Woman podcast. Alone you are strong. Together we are unstoppable. Now share this with every woman who needs it because this is how we are changing the world. One woman at a time. As always, get out of your comfort zone and go towards the dreams you've always wanted to achieve. For women who love the F word, being fabulous, having freedom, and financial independence. My dear Soul Rich Woman, sending you my love and I'll speak to you soon. Bye for now.