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This podcast is dedicated to educate and help fellow BNI members grow their numbers so that they can be truly successful in their chapter. On the Business Boost Hour podcast, Eric and Crystal discuss various BNI related business topics. Their vision is to help BNI members become overall better business owners. On top of all this, they wanted to create a platform that served as a simple place to fulfill your CEU! Often times they host segments on the show, talking about Misner Moments, BNI Tech Tips, Mental Shifts, and more all centered around BNI and being successful in BNI. Join us today!
Ever wondered how stepping into a leadership role can change your career? In episode 3 of the Business Boost Hour, Krystal and I share our experiences taking on key positions in b and I and the surprising benefits we've discovered. Tune in for an insightful chat. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Business Boost Hour podcast.
Eric Beels:My name is Eric Beals.
Crystal Privett:And my name is Crystal Privett. This is The Single CEU Podcast.
Eric Beels:And so today, it's just Crystal and I today, and we wanted to do a podcast together. And, and one of the things that we we really wanted to talk about was, serving in leadership. And we thought that this was kind of a kind of a fun time to kind of talk about this now. So because, at the time of this recording, we are not currently president and vice presidents, but we are going into being, I'm gonna be vice president. Crystal's gonna be president.
Eric Beels:And so we wanted to kind of talk about aspects of what that's what like, why taking on those those roles? Like, why we decided to do it? Because there is a lot of work involved with doing this. I'm seeing this my first time becoming vice president. And, like, I'm seeing, like, how much work actually kind of really goes into it.
Eric Beels:And so we just wanna kind of, like, talk a bit about that. I know, like What
Crystal Privett:our motivations were, how we feel like it's going to benefit ourselves and our businesses, and maybe we can check-in with ourselves and our listeners, after our, reign and seeing how our our legacy was built and what we were able to create for our chapter.
Eric Beels:Yeah. And, like, I I know, like, I there's a lot there's so much there's a lot of, like, prep work, the transitionary period and such too. And and so and people, you know, people are training me up, and I'm so grateful for, like, all our members to kind of help with that too. I don't really know what I would kind of do without that. And and so, yeah, Crystal, what what so what what is it been like so far for you, kind of, like, starting to to transition into this?
Eric Beels:And what was what, what's what was, like, your, like, thought process on kind of accepting that role first? Let's just kinda start there.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. Great question. Well, just for the audience to know, we are about a week away from stepping into the new roles. And as of right now, we're a couple episodes into recording the podcast. So I think it's really neat before we even stepped into our roles, how we've been motivated and incentivized.
Crystal Privett:Like, the the momentum is building within our chapter. We're doing things to support one another. Mhmm. And we're trying to find innovative ways to take ourselves to the level, which is what this podcast is going to be about.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:It's a great question why anyone would step into leadership. And this is my my 3rd year in PNI.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:And out of those 3 years, I've been education coordinator twice, and I've been on growth committees, and I've been we've created a women's group, all of these different ways to network within the network.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:But for me, when I had done education coordinator the 1st year, I had just kind of moved. I was going through a divorce, and I was, restarting myself. I was reestablishing myself. And I had been a stay at home mom for almost 17 years.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:So you could imagine how the technology had changed. Yeah. In my time, I really wasn't utilizing technology for any of my work. My stuff was more PTA based.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Notepads
Crystal Privett:and No.
Eric Beels:Writing stuff
Crystal Privett:down. Yeah. Mhmm. Very little. So as I interjected myself in a b and I, I saw, wow, there's a lot of room for me to grow and learn.
Eric Beels:If it's been 3 years, so you so you joined in, 2024 right now. So 2021 is when you joined then. That's
Crystal Privett:Yeah. It was right around, 2021. Right at the end. Yeah. Right there.
Eric Beels:Right? Mhmm. Yeah. So, like and and that was kind of right after, shortly after, they had went pretty much fully pretty much fully digital
Crystal Privett:at that
Eric Beels:point. Because they like, I know when when COVID happened, that's when we we were kinda still
Crystal Privett:Everything shifted.
Eric Beels:On paper. I had joined just before COVID myself. So, like, the end of 2019. And so I kind of did a little bit of the paper slips, but, like, I was so green
Crystal Privett:and new
Eric Beels:at the time that
Crystal Privett:I can brand new to me. I had never done a PowerPoint presentation before, and I started to learn how to do PowerPoint presentations. And then later on, I ended up with a giant corporate account that I needed to be able to do PowerPoint presentations for. And had I not been able to grow, on a personal level, not just for myself, but also to serve my chapter Mhmm. The growth that I was able to achieve actually helped me land the Microsoft deal and, one of my biggest corporate clients that I would have never had had I not had the skills that I had acquired through b and I.
Crystal Privett:Mhmm. So I didn't go in thinking, oh, I'm gonna do this to learn PowerPoint presentations. But at the same time, that was a result of the role that I took. The role actually grew me, and I think that's something beautiful for the audience to remember. Sometimes when you feel guided to take a step in a direction that maybe you weren't anticipating or maybe you're feeling called to it, but you don't know why
Eric Beels:Mhmm. Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:There might be a, like, a lesson or a stepping stone to your journey. It might not be the the end all for your business. It but it might be the beginning step to where you might need a fundamental. I know for myself, I can speak to the fact that I needed to learn some of the tools and resources that I hired through BNI.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Well, yeah, I know. So, like, when I when I first joined, I remember well, when I first visited and then they what what like, they, Philip Jordan brought me.
Crystal Privett:Yes. So Superstar. Yeah.
Eric Beels:Great start there. Right? But, when I and and when I had first when I first came, I I, like, I don't even know if did I I must I probably gave a commercial at that time. I probably said something, but I don't even remember what that was. But I do remember, like, they asked me, like, a commercial.
Eric Beels:I was like, okay. I guess so. Like, I was, like, kind of, you know, like
Crystal Privett:Yeah. You get nervous.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Be talking in front of people, being on camera, whatever. That was, like, a kind of a pretty nerve wracking thing for, thing for me. Even this only is, like, 30 seconds. I mean, other people I know that can breeze through it, Not me.
Eric Beels:I was that was that was so that was, like, a pretty big, like, stepping. So I have gone to other ones in the past. It was still, like, really, really nerve nerve nerve wracking. And, I remember that when they was like, okay. You're gonna present on the next time.
Eric Beels:I I Amber, my my wife will remember this too, where I was I think she came with me on the first one because I would I was probably an in person, I think. And, I remember she came with me to kinda help with it, and I was, like, pale. I was Yeah. So nervous, which just sounds kind of absurd now because now I'm just sound like, okay.
Crystal Privett:Here you are on a podcast, and you're, like, confident in your life. Yeah.
Eric Beels:Right. And so, now I know that's not we're not. That's, like, leadership, but you are kinda taking that control, that ownership of just joining.
Crystal Privett:Exposure therapy, finding things that make you nervous or that you might feel slightly uncomfortable, but, plus, let our audience know, our chapter isn't a a smaller chapter.
Eric Beels:We have,
Crystal Privett:like, 50 people probably at that time. Right?
Eric Beels:Joined. Yeah. It was I think it was, like, 49 at the time. And then when COVID came, we it kinda we zipped down to, I think, like I think our lowest was, like, 38, I think, at one point. And We've
Crystal Privett:been up to 55. I think what we're I think we've I know we've been over 50 because when we I joined, we were
Eric Beels:Were we over 50? I can't yeah. I can't really remember where we were at. We've we've fluctuated a little bit and such, but I know, that yeah. When it was about approximately 50 people, though, you know, in in a room, it's a good sized group.
Eric Beels:Yeah. And, and so, like like, all these things are just, like, stepping stones. And so and then, even the the first role I took was, visitor host, which is actually a fantastic it was perf it was actually kinda perfect for me because it's that's that's a great such a good starting role because it's, you know, it's basically just, talking to the visitors and just explaining to them what BNI is essentially. And then, I mean, we have, like, a guideline that you kind of make sure that kinda hits certain certain points to make sure they kind of understand
Crystal Privett:what it is. Introductory role.
Eric Beels:Right. It's a more introductory role. It's a little bit it's more straightforward. But I think one of the, like, learnt, like, learning curve for it is, like, hey. Making you know, sticking to, like, like, a, like, a structure system.
Eric Beels:Right? Because it's like, okay. You have to hit on these points with with with visitors. And so that that was kind that was my first role. And and and I think, like, if I I think if I had been thrown into because my next role after that would was, MC, membership committee, for clarification.
Eric Beels:I had this issue. I had this recently where people were like, and, like MC mistaken it for mentor coordinator.
Crystal Privett:Oh, true. 2 MCs.
Eric Beels:So, yeah, I'm clarifying. When I say MC, I'm talking right? I'm talking about membership committee, which is more in-depth than than visitor host.
Crystal Privett:And So you kept stacking your skills. You're like, okay. I feel good in this one. I got that down really well. Now I'm gonna explore another area of growth within b and I, which I think is sometimes people get caught up in the destination so much that they real don't realize that some of these are stepping stones we need to take.
Crystal Privett:And
Eric Beels:Well, I think, you know and this and I'm sure this has crossed everybody's mind. It's like, look, where where everyone kind of, I think, thinks I have a business to run. I gotta do this. I don't have time to do this. I don't have time.
Eric Beels:I mean, Visiro is okay. Fine. I can do that. It takes a little bit. Right?
Eric Beels:Or just just a a a but it's like, I don't have time for membership committee. I don't have time for these things. And sometimes, I think surface level, it kind of feels that way. I know I've that that's crossed my mind. Like, am I wasting my time kind of doing this?
Eric Beels:And I think if you think of it from a very, very surface level where it's like the only, like, the only thing that matters is just, like, making this sale or whatever, then I think that's a very kind of shortsighted way of of looking at it on on on these leadership roles. And it wasn't, I think, until, it wasn't really until, like, I really started to kinda delve into these the the these rules that I kinda really started to understand, like, why these are, these are important.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. And how they're why they're structured the way they are, and it starts to make sense when you
Eric Beels:Well, so right. What you said, the the the structure is a really important part because I think one, if you're not a structured person, one, it's gonna teach you structure. Right? And so that's V9 is very well, very well structured. That's what initially drew me, actually.
Eric Beels:I've been in a part of other other, networking groups before. I was a I was a member of of another one in Vista somewhere for, before b and I, but it was kind of like your, you know, lunch, daily day breakfast, get together kind of thing. And so
Crystal Privett:friends than actually sharing business and tracking and
Eric Beels:Right. It was very friendly, all the time, very nice people, but it wasn't really business I mean, it was business business focused, but it was it was really more of a hangout.
Crystal Privett:No tangible goals or
Eric Beels:Right. And I think when you don't have that structure, it kinda is easy to turn into that. Right? Because a lot of the the I'm sure a lot of people can relate where you go to, like, a group and, you know, it's everyone's in the group and in it for 20 years, and they're all just having a
Crystal Privett:It feels like a click, and you're like, how do I get in? And then even when you're in the group, you're like, am I in the group or am I an outsider?
Eric Beels:Right. And so and and that's what I think happens when you don't have that structure. So I think so one, being in leadership roles really teach you structure, at whatever level that might be. It teaches you teaches you you structure. If you're, like, a kind of a one man show, maybe you're just kinda getting started.
Eric Beels:You don't have maybe any employees yet or something. This you know, learning how BNI is structured and kind of being a part of that will kinda teach you the importance of those structures because there's I think they're super, super, super important.
Crystal Privett:And the core values too because it gives you kind of a foundation of where you're trying to operate from.
Eric Beels:That too. That's a good point. Yeah. Because, like, everything's right. Everything's sourced from, like, one
Crystal Privett:back in. Yeah.
Eric Beels:One area. I need I myself, I know I need to kind of work on that more myself, actually. That's another growth growth point for myself is really, like, isolating, like, what are I have some of my core values, but it's like, do I have do I have all of them listed, or how much have I really thought about that?
Crystal Privett:And clearly can get the givers gain aspect from leadership, and I'm interested to see, like, by the end of our, you know, term, what we have gained from this and check back in and say, this is what we were able to, take away from the experience because who knows what we're going to learn and experience. I know we're a week away from stepping in, and we've already been putting several months of time and energy into this Right. Creating this podcast, kind of structuring some stuff to create excitement and buzz within our chapter because we have a special chapter, and that's really exciting, to be part of something so special and to to watch it grow is going to be so fun.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm definitely I'm looking forward to that. And, so let so I know, Crystal, you were educational coordinator 2, I guess, 2 years then.
Eric Beels:Mhmm. So how has like, when you started at being, as education coordinator, one, I've always thought that was a very fitting role. I thought that was a absolutely perfect role for you. And, like, when you kinda first took that, where were you at? I mean, kinda try to, like, I guess, think back a bit.
Crystal Privett:Oh, no. I exactly know where I was at. So, I would highly encourage if you get the call to do a role that you do consider taking that call, even if it feels like you might be pushing or like you don't have time or energy. I, at the time, we were we had just gone through the pandemic, so we're kind of coming out of the tail end of that. I was actually moving when I took over the role.
Crystal Privett:And when I mean moving, I was literally learned how to drive a trailer and I packed all of the stuff from my house and brought it over here with 2 of my girlfriends. So I I was moving. I was a single mom. I was going through a separation. I started to do a beauty pageant.
Crystal Privett:I was starting my own business. I was still educating myself, and I was raising my kids and my dogs full time.
Eric Beels:You had a lot. So you had a ton going on, more than just normal things.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. Much more than a normal, time of my life, but I also felt that that was a big springboard for the growth. Because had I not taken, that situation that kind of forced me to grow and forced me to learn new things, then I don't think I would have elevated myself as quickly either. Because the next thing you know, I'm on the tops of, I actually was in, downtown San Diego on the top of a skyscraper taking my branding photos
Eric Beels:on the
Crystal Privett:top of, one of the buildings down there because I had a vision that came to me just like I had a vision of what I could do with the education role and what I have a vision I'm gonna be able to do with this chapter, as the president. Because I feel like if we can just build value and resources within this amazing group, that we can take these beautiful, like, plants and just water them and watch them blossom in whole new ways, because who doesn't, respond well to being encouraged and and having a group of resources behind them?
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:As a as an entrepreneur, we've talked about this in the past. You're wearing all of these hats, and it's, like, almost suffer suffocating. It can become a little bit too much. That's why, a lot of entrepreneurs get burnt out.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. Because that the pressure, you just need to be able to breathe or relax. And and BNI, when you are start to offload some of your resources, you've got your accountant that you can use. You can feel safe because you've got an attorney, on hand, things that you wouldn't have maybe gone out shopping for.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:Now they're at your fingertips, and and you can realize the the benefit. Like, I saved 1,000 of dollars by putting on solar before they changed some of the laws.
Eric Beels:Right.
Crystal Privett:So now I I would've had no idea about that
Eric Beels:if it weren't
Crystal Privett:for my group. So I learned from the people in my chapter. Not being president doesn't mean I know everything. It means that I'm smart enough to open up to the connection within the group.
Eric Beels:Mhmm. Yeah. But that's interest you know, it's it's interesting that you, like, with all that kinda going on, I think a lot of people would be like, I I they're like, you know, they would you tell the VP, but, like, hey. I have a lot going on. I can't I can't do this right now.
Eric Beels:But instead you did the opposite, you're like, absolutely. I'll take it. And and I don't know how much you were sharing all that at the time too. Maybe probably not as much as you are now and such. Right?
Eric Beels:Because that was and so where do you think that you would be if you, like, didn't take that? Because that's I think that's an interesting question. Like like, where would that have where would that have taken you if you didn't take the education coordinator role at the time with all that stuff kind of going on?
Crystal Privett:Yeah. That's a really great question. I guess it's really impossible to really know because I took the path I did.
Eric Beels:Right.
Crystal Privett:I what I can tell you is I'm grateful, and I know that I wouldn't have been as strong or as powerful or as productive or successful. I know I wouldn't have gotten the Microsoft, account if I hadn't learned PowerPoint, and I've been able to present for them 4 times on a global level. I
Eric Beels:Specifically PowerPoint. Sounds like not like keynote or
Crystal Privett:something. No. No. Specifically PowerPoint. They'd be like, oh,
Eric Beels:you're a keynote? Oh, no. No. We don't work with people that
Crystal Privett:use keynote. Exactly. But, I mean, mental health is something that you want to get into the hands of many people. So if you can help individuals, if you can help nonprofits, if you can go use the resources that you get from the tools that you get from BNI, if you can take those tools, I wouldn't have had as many tools in my tool belt. I wouldn't have been as proficient as a per of an entrepreneur.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:So I might have gotten as far, but my painting wouldn't have looked as good. You know, when you have a sharp different paintbrushes, you can make a different kind of
Eric Beels:Or it might have been or maybe it was or maybe it might you might be delaying it, essentially. Right? So maybe, like, you're you're you're you're kind of, you know, destined to kind of do the you know, get the the Microsoft deal or or whatever it might be. But because you're not taking that initial stepping stone someone made a, I remember seeing a, like a, like, a graph, like a picture, where it says, like and it was like, your goals are up here, and it's like, you're down here. And I think it was like a 2 sided picture.
Eric Beels:And it was like, one, it's like, the goals are up here. You're here, and it's like basically a cliff. And the person can't get to their goals because that's what your goals are at. Yeah. But then another one shows, like, a stepping stones.
Eric Beels:And then and then each of the stepping stones had different, like, milestones. Yeah. And it was like, this was you know, in this case, it might be, like, educational coordinator. That's like one stepping stone. Mhmm.
Eric Beels:The next stepping stone is, like, you know, president or whatever. Right? And so it's all these kind of stepping stones because you can't just, like, jump up to that to that next, whatever your, like, grand mission goal
Crystal Privett:is with how you
Eric Beels:doing all those things. Right?
Crystal Privett:Yeah.
Eric Beels:And so that's where that's where it kinda sometimes maybe feels like, oh, I don't have time to kinda do this. It's like I think really the because you don't necessarily have time not to do that. And so it's just a matter of, like, I think kind of convincing yourself that this is what you should be doing.
Crystal Privett:But it's also kind of like a relationship. Like, if you're in a relationship about with someone that you really care about, you make time for them.
Eric Beels:That's true. Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:If you're in a relationship where you're like, I'm I'm kind of into this, like, but I'm a little I think I'd rather spend time by myself today, or I have friends I wanna hang out with. I'm sorry. Well, let's reschedule. It's kind of like that relationship within your business. It's like, how Yeah.
Crystal Privett:How willing are you to sacrifice a weekend? How willing are you to go the extra mile to connect someone within your group because you know it will benefit them? Mhmm. How much are you willing to put yourself on the line? It in my in my regard, it was almost like working 2 or 3 or 4 jobs at once Yeah.
Crystal Privett:Because the exponential growth, it catapulted me.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Yeah. And it kinda you know, it kinda feels that way sometimes. I know some of the I've been on MC for, like, a year and a half now, and, like, it sometimes kinda feels like a like a second part time part time job. Mhmm.
Eric Beels:And and, you know, you you kind of brought up a point on those things where it's kind of like you're like, you you start investing more into into it when you kinda take that that it's like an ownership role, essentially. Right?
Crystal Privett:The accountability.
Eric Beels:The account yeah. Accountability. Exactly. And taking that ownership role over the the over these these, BNI things, which is, already got all these structures. I think I know I've started, like, considering things and implementing things.
Eric Beels:I think even on a subconscious of or I don't necessarily realize until I kinda think about it, into my own business after kinda learning these things in b and I. Yeah. And I think this is one of these things that isn't really talked about very much in with that's that's that's a key thing with b and I. No one's because that's not necessarily the the draw. The draw initially for a lot of people is, like, you know, let's get some referrals.
Crystal Privett:Positive side effect.
Eric Beels:It's like a positive, yeah, it's like a positive side effect that kinda that that that happens when you start taking these leadership positions. If you just kinda stay a member, you're you're you're kinda I think you're gonna kinda hit like a like a that like a ceiling a little bit. Absolutely. Or it's like
Crystal Privett:Like a plateau.
Eric Beels:A plateau and a plateau a little bit. Yeah. And and maybe even, I think in one aspect, I think we all kinda have to go through these stepping stones in some form.
Crystal Privett:Totally.
Eric Beels:It doesn't necessarily have to be through BNI, although BNI is a good avenue to do that. It's just if you don't do it with BNI, you don't have to do it if there's something else. And so
Crystal Privett:Essentially, that they have an option. They can they have they have the option of growing Mhmm. And keeping going, or sometimes people get stuck. So that's when the level of uncomfortableness in their life basically keeps them where they're at. And it's like, no.
Crystal Privett:I'm a little un too uncomfortable to take that role. I think I'm just gonna stay where I'm at. But I love for people to consider this. You might stay uncomfortable in that position and not grow, but you also will be uncomfortable in the growth op opportunity. So both roles, you're gonna be slightly uncomfortable being stuck and growing.
Crystal Privett:But one of them has a different outcome than the other.
Eric Beels:What do you mean by that? So so so stuck in your you means you mean uncomfortable because it's like maybe you want to grow, but then
Crystal Privett:don't want you But you just want to grow, but you just can't get there. Mhmm. So sometimes people feel a little held back. They they have a goal, but they can't figure out what step to take. Or or every time they try to take a step, they it just doesn't feel right.
Crystal Privett:So they feel like, you know, they make a mistake or, things didn't work out the way that they anticipated. So they're like, you know, I'm just gonna sit on the sidelines for a little bit, see how everything kind of, you know, unfolds, where I feel like there's a level of uncomfortableness to not moving forward.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:Because you you want to move forward, but there's like it's like you're there's a dichotomy happening. It's like you want to move forward, but you also can't for some reason.
Eric Beels:Mhmm. So it's
Crystal Privett:like an inner tug of war. But in the other situation, you're uncomfortable, but there's growth happening.
Eric Beels:Sure. There's there's movement happening. Right.
Crystal Privett:There's there's a level of uncomfortableness with either option. Option.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:But which result do you want? Uncomfortable and and not maybe as much traction?
Eric Beels:I just kinda thought of, like, a, like, a, an an an an analogy just kinda came came to mind, and that's like, like, stagnant water can get really gross.
Crystal Privett:Yep.
Eric Beels:And if you're in the stagnant water, like, it's kinda gross being in just stagnant, like like like algae, muddy kinda water. Like, it's not moving, but it's also gross to kinda be in it. Also, if but then if you're in, like, rapid waters, that might be uncomfortable as well. Different kind of uncomfortable, but it's like, at least now you're moving. Right?
Eric Beels:And so I just like, either way, you're in in some kind of waters. It's like you're either not moving and it's gross and it's uncomfortable, or you are moving and it's also, uncomfortable. But at least now you're moving. You're growing through it, though.
Crystal Privett:But now I'm gonna play devil's advocate to myself and to give another option is sometimes even though I was able to push through all of that pain and that situation I was going through, something in my, internal guidance system was telling me I needed to push myself at that time.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:But there also might be times where you do take a step back.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:And maybe, like, we have a woman in our chapter, Julie Litchfield, who's been in a role for 7 years.
Eric Beels:Sure.
Crystal Privett:So for her, she she paid her dues. Like, we we high fived. We got we got to give her a break this time, and I feel good about that. And and that's a different season in her life too. So even though I feel compelled to push myself, I'm going to support people who might be feeling this and watching this and go, I agree with her, but maybe this isn't my time.
Crystal Privett:So it's really important
Eric Beels:to
Crystal Privett:check-in with ourselves because in reality, we know the answers that are best for us. So following that internal system for us this year, something told us, let's give it a shot. And I didn't know when I said yes that it was gonna be you, but you were on my list of, like, people I was hoping that it would be. So Well,
Eric Beels:yeah. So what's what's interesting about that, because I last year, I was asked to be president. I don't know if I was the 1st pick or not. I'm not really sure. I I, but I know, I was asked to be president first.
Eric Beels:And then for me, I'm, like, running a meeting. Like, it's I still get nerves when I when I, give even the 32nd presentations. I still get nerves. I've just learned to kinda how to, like, overcome that a lot better than I used to. And Nerves
Crystal Privett:are a good thing.
Eric Beels:It's a good thing. Because one thing you know, so one thing with nerves just side topic for a second. One thing with nerves is I I've noticed that if you're not at least a little bit nervous, generally speaking if you're not a little bit nervous, it means you probably don't care.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. You don't have enough skin in the game. Right.
Eric Beels:If you are nervous, you can look at it as sign. Like, you might see that that's like, oh, I'm too nervous. Like, I don't like being so nervous and stuff. It's like, no. It's a good thing to be nervous because it shows that you care.
Eric Beels:Like, because if you think about it, like, what are you nervous about? It's it's like, okay. The worst thing out of appreciation is that you in a 30 second commercial is that you completely stumble over your words and everyone, like, you know, gives you a pat on the back. Like, hey. You know, good job.
Eric Beels:You you worked so you worked your way through and stuff.
Crystal Privett:Sympathy credit. Yeah.
Eric Beels:You're gonna get sympathy credit. If they if you don't if everyone kind of beats on you, you should probably, you know, get it, like, get out of that chapter then because everyone should be supporting you. Right? And, and so that but if you if if and so but if you if you're not caring, you're just gonna, you know, you you you're probably not gonna give a very good commercial, honestly. You're not and and you're stuck
Crystal Privett:in your business.
Eric Beels:Should be in it. Your heart's not gonna be yeah. And so so, but, I know so I was first a year ago, I was I was asked to be president. And for me, that I was like, oh, that's I have to, like, kind of run the meeting. I'm still really nervous at that time, like, giving my presentations.
Eric Beels:And so, a lot of people told me, like, it's, like, the easiest thing in the world. I'm like, well, maybe if you do a lot of, like, talking and presenting it is. And I would expect that. I'm like, I don't I don't really do a lot of that. So so I had I had, turn I turned that down, and then I was asked vice president.
Crystal Privett:Mhmm.
Eric Beels:And I was like, oh, this is a little bit more in my alley. But but I'm like, I was still I I think I had a lot of things kinda happening. And so Piling. Piling. Didn't quite feel right for me.
Eric Beels:And so I was like, let's I need to kinda turn this, turn this down as well. And I I actually did feel kind of I did feel kind of bad because it's like everyone wanted me. Like, we went out to this, like, lunch and see thing and stuff too. And I'm just like, man, you guys are really like
Crystal Privett:Later on this.
Eric Beels:Right now. Like, I'm like and so but I I still turned it down because I don't know. It just didn't seem right for me. And I know this feels kind of, like, backwards because we just talked about, like, you know, pushing forward to things. And I think there's an aspect where maybe I did delay something.
Eric Beels:I might have delayed something at that at at at that time.
Crystal Privett:Or maybe or maybe it was the mental push that you needed to know that maybe at some point you could do that job, and it was in the back of your mind going, then you had a year to observe that role from a different perspective.
Eric Beels:That could be. You know, there there is there's truth in, like, the first time you're you're asked I know, like, in in advertising, it's like someone for someone's know, someone sees an ad the first time, they're they're almost never going to act on it. They have to see it, like, 8
Crystal Privett:7 or 8 times.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Something like that. And, and so I would imagine it's it's there's a similar thing with with, you know, when you ask someone to be president or vice president. And so that that in in a lot of cases. And so I think I think that might have been kind of that first bit to kinda cue me subconsciously to kinda, like, really start paying attention to that.
Eric Beels:Right? Because at that point, I had been on MC for about a year now.
Crystal Privett:Might not have been on your radar and kinda shifted your perspective then.
Eric Beels:I don't think it was at all. Yeah. So in a sense, it kinda caught me off guard a little bit, but it definitely cued me. It it it got me, like, on alert with that. So, like, like, really kinda pain You
Crystal Privett:weren't on the path yet, but you could see the freeway exit. Right. You're like
Eric Beels:And then, yeah, when and then when it came around here, I remember, I remember, I think I think it was either Michael Michael or Ray. So one of them I forgot who asked me first. And and then I was like, let me oh, no. It was Michael. I remember because I because because, yeah, it was Michael.
Eric Beels:And he asked me, like, hey. You're my, like, you're my you're my pick to do VP. I was like, let me let me pray about it. Let me think about it. Let me pray about it.
Eric Beels:And, like and after after praying about it, God was telling me, like, hey. You know, you need to take this. And I was like, I I I I like my every fiber I mean, it was like, I don't wanna take this. And but I was like, but I'm gonna kind of act on faith and kinda do this out of faith. And so I was like, okay.
Eric Beels:I'm gonna let's I wanna let's do it. And so I told him, like, okay. I'm gonna do it. And then I think even before that, I had thought about it'd be cool if we did a podcast for BNI for for BNI. Like, just kinda before that.
Crystal Privett:Well, we worked together. You created my online course, so we knew how well
Eric Beels:it was before. I even knew that you were gonna be president. I didn't know any of any of this.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. For our audience to know that we've already worked together in the past.
Eric Beels:Yeah. We've worked together. We've I helped you build the online course. And, so we've we we're already well acquainted with each other. And when I, I noticed that, like, as soon as I kind of, like, said yes to that, I started seeing other kind of things in in in motion.
Eric Beels:The the podcast idea started to kind of, like, really formulate now, and and that's when I kinda started, like, see, like, the whole picture of it. And then and then I think you had called me about something. I don't remember I don't remember why you had you had called me. So I had already accepted at this point, then you told me you were gonna be president, and then I was like, hey. I was like, okay.
Eric Beels:Perfect. So Yeah. So the you know, it it it it
Crystal Privett:When you had done that podcasting, event, maybe it had to do with that where you hosted some of us from the
Eric Beels:chapter. Maybe. I don't remember if that was before that or after. I can't remember. But, I remember when I learned that you were being president, I was like, okay.
Eric Beels:Everything's kind of, like, fitting together because I already knew. It was like, you'd be I'd love to have you as as a a co host. I tell people, like, be careful who you pick on your coast. Make sure you're gonna work because you're gonna work with them for a while. So but that was a no brainer to working with you on on on on this.
Eric Beels:And so when I I remember you call, you were like, I'm gonna be president. And I can tell that you were like, I'm doing this, but I'm, like, kind of, like, on a I'm 5050 still on the decision and stuff. And I was like, well, guess who's gonna be a vice president? And I know you were just sort of like, yes. You were so excited.
Crystal Privett:I think you had, like, an hour long conversation planning things, like, on the spot at that moment. I
Eric Beels:Right. And then that's when I I think to first told you about the this this this podcast idea here that we're doing
Crystal Privett:now. Yeah. It was born.
Eric Beels:Right. It was it kind of, like, really came to you, like like like, started to come into fruition after that that that conversation. And I knew that that would get used to it because I was already, like, stuck. I was, like, on fire with it. And and
Crystal Privett:It's so cool what it's gonna do for our chapter and to have a resource for our audience.
Eric Beels:Right. Now the reason I kinda bring all that up is to kinda, like, tie all this together. It's like, I don't know if this podcast would even be happening if I didn't take on that vice pres because I you know, that that vice president role. Like, I might maybe you would have maybe taken president role, but then I wouldn't have been vice president. And I don't know if I would have, like, adapted and gone and and taken that ownership over doing this.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Right? Which is
Crystal Privett:And if I hadn't taken presidency and you went as vice president, there might have been someone else that wouldn't have been as good of a fit.
Eric Beels:Right. Or maybe I'd just be single hosting it or something. I don't I don't know at that point. But I definitely I think it's a lot easier to do it with a as a cohost than doing single. Because I I have a lot of product I have a lot of experience with with producing podcasts.
Eric Beels:I don't have a whole lot of experience with hosting them yet. And so for yeah. Yeah. And so, so this is certainly like like a stepping stone and a and a a learning curve for myself. I mean, it's definitely helpful that I understand all the back end stuff, everything that kind of goes goes around it.
Eric Beels:But I I I wanted to kind of just tie tie this in on, like, certain things. Like, you don't necessarily you you necessarily wouldn't wouldn't necessarily tie together, like, accepting vice president, okay, equals creating this podcast. You know what I mean? Like, those things feel so just just, like, distantly and completely unrelated, yet they're they're very, very intertwined.
Crystal Privett:Yeah.
Eric Beels:And I'm not saying that, like, if you take president or vice president role that you're gonna suddenly start a podcast, but there could be other things.
Crystal Privett:Your path might look differently, but they might be synchronizations or business routes or processes or people or situations that might be on your plate because of that role.
Eric Beels:Right.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. Yeah. Mhmm.
Eric Beels:So, so, yeah, is anything else that you wanted to to add?
Crystal Privett:I think one thing that's kinda popping up to my mind is how interesting it is because, you know, I feel like we're gonna be breaking some stigmas here. And in our chapter, there hadn't been another female president in 10 years.
Eric Beels:Yeah. I think it was it was Julie.
Crystal Privett:Julie Litts. Yeah. I wasn't even
Eric Beels:part of the group at
Crystal Privett:the time. Yeah. So, I think it's neat to different voices, create a little different impact. And, Wes Marshburn, he bless his heart. He was our president for 2 years in a row.
Crystal Privett:So I would give him a little bit of a break and try another role that he hasn't explored, and that's neat too. It's like not necessarily stepping down.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:You're just stepping in a different direction. And, I mean, we will all respect him and appreciate him even more because of the role that he took.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:And had he not taken that, there wouldn't have been that little extra layer of appreciation.
Eric Beels:Yeah. And and I'd like to kinda take take kind of a few minutes too to talk about, like like we we talked about the leadership roles, but, and but I I like to kinda talk about, like, what was what what what our kind of purpose is for this podcast? Like, why we kind of start like, why we're on fire for this? And so for me, there's a few a few things. So one so one, it's a stepping stone for myself, like, get more hosting experience.
Eric Beels:But, and then, another thing, though, is, I I really want to help our chapter grow. And so that's one of the reasons, like, when we when we kinda set out for this, I really wanted to make sure it was a single CU podcast. So you can, like, listen to one episode, and then that counted as a full CU. And I thought that that that would it would make it a a a really easy way for people to listen. It's also gonna help other chapter members, so it's gonna help them grow too.
Eric Beels:Yep. People who are, like, never been on a podcast before, we have our chapter members on, and it's gonna help them, like, break through that barrier. I know some people I talk to, they're like, oh, I'm so nervous to be on a on a podcast. And I'm just like, it's this conversation. It's really easy.
Eric Beels:But so it's a good stepping stone
Crystal Privett:for them. Like that with your first commercial. So we have a level of compassion that we know, okay.
Eric Beels:Right. Exactly.
Crystal Privett:But but giving them that opportunity to take those micro steps or the for them, what might feel like a a giant leap Mhmm. Then, you know, when they're exposed to it and they get done with it, look the sense of accomplishment. Like, I did it. I can't wait to hear that episode. I can't wait to see how people responded.
Crystal Privett:And now I can have my chapter all learn more about me, and we can all send that to people that are wanting to know more. Like, if if I want to share about your podcast, I can now say, hey, check out this podcast. Eric is not only part of it, but he helps create that.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:And now you get exposure, and they can see your work. And it's just a beautiful cycle of giving and receiving. And
Eric Beels:Yeah.
Crystal Privett:It's it's amazing.
Eric Beels:I know. And and it also like, it's gonna it's like there's a lot of kind of, like, killing multiple birds with with, with one stone on this. Right? Because then it's like you also have a a one to one out of it too. Yeah.
Eric Beels:Because now so maybe, the if I have, we have somebody on that maybe I haven't really had a one to one yet with or it's been a while since I've had a one to one with them, that will then count as a 1 to 1. So then that you you kind of get that out of it too. So it's gonna raise our number ones up as a whole for the chapter.
Crystal Privett:Our 1 to ones are CEUs, exposure, visibility.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Visibility, credibility equals
Crystal Privett:profitability. Right? Yep.
Eric Beels:And, and and then other members now that maybe haven't had a one to one with the member, they listen to the episode, and they go, oh, okay. I really wanna have I need to have a one one with this person from what they talked about. Maybe so sometimes I I've I've I mean, there's there's some people where doing 32nd commercials can be really hard where it's like you're you're it makes sense to you, but then you're not really fully, like, getting through to Your
Crystal Privett:perspective is different than theirs, so they might not feel or or understand or wrap their head around where you're coming from.
Eric Beels:Right. And so this is kind of a way, from a, like, a, I guess, a, like, a CU standpoint to really kind of understand the guests and, like, what
Crystal Privett:Dive deeper.
Eric Beels:Dive deeper. And then it's not a, it's, like, very complimentary to the 8 minute presentations, which go into more in-depth than, like, 32nd commercials. And doing these now this isn't necessarily a presentation that you're, like, you know, just talking about business. We wanna know what kind of value you have as a guest to to from a business standpoint. Right?
Eric Beels:And but it it it it it helps people, like, relate. You can kind of understand how the person talks and
Crystal Privett:Well, perception is everything. You said, like, kill 2 birds with 1 stone. And and my brain, like, my lights were going off because my I have my youngest son's quite the animal activist. And so he took he took that
Eric Beels:Don't say that. No.
Crystal Privett:Actually, he yeah. He revamped it to be feed 2 birds with 1 crumb.
Eric Beels:Nice. I like that.
Crystal Privett:So that just kind of popped into my mind, and it went to kind of parallel the the perception. To one person, it might be good to kill 1 bird with 2 or 2 birds with 1 stone. If you're a hunter, those are hunter, but to someone else, that might not be as beneficial. Right. But I think the point is that, we could see the growth, and we got basic excitement.
Crystal Privett:And there was, like, a tangible reason to do the podcast.
Eric Beels:Right.
Crystal Privett:But, also, it was kind of a giver's gain. Like Mhmm. We're doing this to give back to our chapter. We're doing this because we're passionate about it, and we want to see them grow. So I'd say that is the intention is to see people grow and and to build value and to to give more resources to the audience, to the people in the chapter.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:And the more you communicate, the more people can be compassionate to one another. If we know why someone's in business or we know what motivates them, it's a lot easier to connect with them on a on a soul level. So that makes you, you know, bond, and you you genuinely care about that person. I think that's one of the, like, secret recipes of our our chapter is people care about one another.
Eric Beels:Yes.
Crystal Privett:And it's not just a surface level, networking group. We are, we've got some substance to us.
Eric Beels:Right. Right. Yeah. I mean, a lot of I mean, a lot of people are, like, my friends. I see them at my church a lot.
Eric Beels:Mhmm. Like and and and I think that's that's it's more than just, like, a, you know, a referral network, essentially. Right? I mean, that's what it's advertised. That's the people come for the referral network, but you're gonna stay for the people.
Eric Beels:Right?
Crystal Privett:I mean, that could be the bare minimum.
Eric Beels:Right.
Crystal Privett:Right. But it's like, how do how much do you wanna make out of it? And we could go into this term, you know, doing the bare minimum, just running the meeting, showing up, doing our 90 minutes, and maybe the next 90 minutes within the week with 1 to ones. But instead, we've gone into it before we even started the presidency, putting time, energy, care, creating. Essentially, we are all creators.
Crystal Privett:If we can find ways to energize ourselves and be excited about what we're doing, I mean, I mean, life can get a little mundane and being an entrepreneur can be heavy. Having an outlet like this, I I like to think of ourselves, like, they call it used to call it a renaissance person. But in my I'm my name is Krystal, so I like to say as, like, as a Krystal, the more facets we have, the more we sparkle.
Eric Beels:Nice. Okay.
Crystal Privett:So we don't we're not supposed to just have this one side of us.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:It's it's important that, yes, you know how to do the lighting, you know how to set the sound up, but maybe that was part of the skill that was all required for you to actually create your own stage for your own voice.
Eric Beels:Right. Right. I think it could it could work the other way around too. I know, like, there's lots of people who are on stage, but then they really don't understand a lot of the back end stuff. But it's helpful for them to understand the back end stuff, just because they they then maybe be they become a a better host because they know how to, like, set something up for a better edit, that sort of thing.
Eric Beels:Right? Make it easier on your editors. I'm just thinking from my own perspective, and what I've I've experienced. I'm sure there's there's similarities to that in in in other fields.
Crystal Privett:I think there's a point though that I wanna bring up before I forget it that I think people don't realize too, and it's, like, such a beneficial motivation. BNI, we you do kind of weed a few people out because it is a little bit more the chapter it it costs to be in BNI. Mhmm. But I would like to challenge people even if you're not making the first amount of money that year. There are people that I've used within the chapter that have saved me my dues.
Crystal Privett:Mhmm. Time and time again, over and over because we do care about one another. We a lot of people give one another incentives or discounts or are compassionate when they can be.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:And I know that as a single mom, there's at least 2 or 3 times where I've used people within BNI Mhmm. That I could have been taken advantage of. Like, well, the restoration project that I needed when one of my walls got, well, saturated with water
Eric Beels:Mhmm. And
Crystal Privett:I needed someone to come out and take care of me. That's an industry where people can take advantage of you. And instead, I had Michael Lee from All Dry come in. They showed me everything. They broke it down very simple, so I understood it.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:I got to make my own educated decision, and I ended up having them help me. And I felt so much better, and I wouldn't have even known that I needed to cut that wall out
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:If I hadn't listened to Michael Lee's 32nd commercial that explained to me how water and mold interacting because
Eric Beels:the wall, I'm I'm guessing, looked perfectly fine.
Crystal Privett:It did. It was a small amount. It was a small drip. My my faucet accidentally got turned on during the night. Some some clothes When
Eric Beels:it wasn't supposed to turn on at all.
Crystal Privett:The some clothes had, like, hit it. So it had, like, a small little drip, and it ended up going onto the floor and through 2 different walls. So I had to cut a good amount of stuff out, but my house is only 3 or 4 years old. If I didn't do it now and would've let it fester, people could've I could've got sick. I have kids and dogs.
Crystal Privett:Like, I wouldn't have known what I knew to to that it needed to be taken care of
Eric Beels:Yeah.
Crystal Privett:Nor would I have had a resource. So I could have I could have been in the hole just from that one incident.
Eric Beels:Mhmm. Yeah. Well, you know, I thought, too, like, recently, I have some some family members that are in, in Texas, actually. Now I don't know. And and and they were I know that consistent, I kept hearing there was, like, contracting issues that they were they were having.
Eric Beels:Then I was, like, I bet there's a BNI a couple a BNI chapter or 2 around here. So it what what, like, what it does being in BNI, like, myself, like, I don't even know you. If I wasn't even if I if I wasn't in BNI, I would have done the exact same thing where I'm like, hey. Look. Here's here's 2 b and I chapters.
Eric Beels:I sent them the links to the chapters. Here's a list. Here's a list of of of the of people. If you need somebody, go, like, find one of these people first.
Crystal Privett:So smart.
Eric Beels:And because and I and I told them, like, because one of the things is people kept, I guess, they kept, like, dropping the ball or they would, like, like, disappear or something like that. So I'm like, look. If you get one of these people, if something does happen, you can you can as a customer, you can, like, you could contact the chapter president and be like, hey. Your guy here, he just flaked on me. They just disappeared.
Eric Beels:They're gonna take that very seriously.
Crystal Privett:Yeah.
Eric Beels:Like, if someone came came if a a if a customer came to me, I was like, okay. Yeah. We're definitely gonna have a conversation with them, see what the heck's going on and all that. Right? And so it I guess I never
Crystal Privett:thought of it from a customer perspective that they could interject.
Eric Beels:But I totally I totally,
Crystal Privett:like, you could. There's no reason you Yeah.
Eric Beels:Right. There's no reason. And I haven't I haven't really either until I kinda went through that. I was I was like, yeah. I guess I was like, do the customer should just you know, if they know about it Mhmm.
Eric Beels:And, you know, look up these the the these people. And the reason I kinda mentioned that is, like, you know, you and it's only, like, the reason why. Like, it's because we have a very strict, like, set of of of of standards, and it's more just
Crystal Privett:to the ethics when we sign up. Like, it's part of that that original process of becoming a BNI member.
Eric Beels:Exactly. So, like like, you know, what you kinda mentioned on on, like, the those those the trust aspects. Like, I think the common one is like an auto mechanic kind of thing. Right? You know, sometimes the auto mechanic is, oh, you got all these things.
Eric Beels:It's like, do I? I don't know. I'm just trusting you. And, you know, if if there's a mechanic that's not very trustworthy, one, he's he's not he's probably not gonna make it into a BNI chapter. But 2, if he isn't one, he's not gonna stay in for very long.
Eric Beels:So you just have a a better chance. I don't know what kind
Crystal Privett:of timing checks and balances.
Eric Beels:Yeah. And I know I'm talking on, like, a customer standpoint, but the, the reason I kind of mentioned that, though, is is, just because of all the, all the, like, structure and and, the leadership and ownership roles that we take in BNI. So, yeah, I think that's that's what I really wanted to talk about today.
Crystal Privett:I have a question for you. Yeah. What would you like to see the chapter create, and how what's your what's your ideal scenario? How what do you wanna manifest for this chapter this next year?
Eric Beels:Well, I I think so for a while, we've been focusing on on, achieving 60 plus members. So I think as a chapter, I think that would be, like, our next milestone is reaching that 6 that that 60 members. And I think I think this is, a part of that. I know we'll have other episodes with, like like, talking about getting more visitors and stuff too. And what that kind of looks like that's something I myself need to work on more is is bringing more more more visitors
Crystal Privett:And traffic lights.
Eric Beels:And the traffic lights. And, I think this is just like one this is just one cog of of kind of helping achieve that. But I I think it's a very doable number. I don't and
Crystal Privett:because at one point, our chapter was the number one chapter in all of San Diego.
Eric Beels:Mhmm.
Crystal Privett:And shout out to Carmel Valley. You've given us a run for our money, but here we come. Yeah.
Eric Beels:We're about to give you a run for your money now. Yes. I love it.
Crystal Privett:It's a healthy competition, and it's all in good fun. I mean, great leadership over there. We can learn from one another. We partnered with them, and we've, kind of had some, events that we've connected, like, co hosted events together with them. So collaboration is key, but there's competition's fun too.
Crystal Privett:Why not?
Eric Beels:Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. And and, you know, it's all, like, reciprocal. It's all kind of ties into and and, one way or another.
Eric Beels:So
Crystal Privett:begets love. I mean, it might be healthy competition, but I would turn around and pick that person up off the ground if they needed it. And, and one thing also is, like, you get the opportunity to share this podcast with the world. So people have never considered a podcast and they're needing an education moment and they get to tune into this, and next thing they're like, well, you know what? Based on what Eric said, I I might be able to to create a podcast.
Crystal Privett:And I have a message or I have a chapter that I might be leading. This could help our chapter. Mhmm. I would encourage them to reach out to you. Yep.
Crystal Privett:And and I know for myself, being a mental health advocate and and specializing in trauma, it's very important for me to find different platforms because people of all walks of life need to know that we're breaking that mental health stigma and Mhmm.
Eric Beels:They
Crystal Privett:can be part of this, transformation on a personal and professional level
Eric Beels:Mhmm. To
Crystal Privett:help their businesses, to help their, relationships, and just to feel better because, I mean, life, right, and I don't I don't know one entrepreneur that probably hasn't had a a stressful day. I you have you have to know how to manage stress, to be in that role.
Eric Beels:Yeah. I know. It it everything everything everyone kind of goes goes through that in in in some way. Right? And so sometimes I think it maybe feels like, oh, man.
Eric Beels:That person's got everything so put together, and it's like, well, you don't know everything that they're that they're that they're going through. Mhmm. Oftentimes, they they hide it or they just kinda push push push through it. I think like yourself with the taking education, education coordinator role a couple years ago and such too. Right?
Eric Beels:So, and so I guess, like, the the the takeaway that I wanna encourage people on this is if, you know, if you're considering taking a role or you've been considering in the past, but, you know, it just didn't seem right or it, I wanna encourage you to, you know, take some kind of role. Like, it might not may I'm not saying you should go out and just immediately jump into president or vice president or whatever, but, something like a visitor host, whatever it is, because there's other aspects that, start to really, really manifest in your own growth, in your business growth, because you start learning things that really I can't tell you what you're going to necessarily learn because, but all but I I can promise that you will grow though, and you and it will affect your business, and it'll, just all be healthy growth though.
Crystal Privett:And what kind of legacy do we wanna create? I mean, we're already building something super exciting, and, BNI is like an instrument to that. So had we had neither of us joined BNI, I don't even I mean, clearly, we would not be working together in this capacity at this stage in our life.
Eric Beels:So Right. All this, this is nothing anything I could have ever predicted. But, like, you know, even after being in BNI for a year or 2, I would have never kind of predicted this kind of happening. And, again, I don't think if I kinda just, like, stayed a member and I just just like, no. I don't wanna do visitor host.
Eric Beels:I don't wanna do MC or any of that. This definitely would. I know this would not if I did not take MC, this would definitely not be happening. I know that for sure. And at the time I took MC, though, I never would have been going like, oh, I'm going to start a podcast, you know, and that's right.
Eric Beels:So and and so that's why I think it's so important to, like, really take those those those on on those roles. And it's it's all kind of back to that givers game mindset. Right? You're you're giving time. You're giving you're you're you're you're giving, not ownership, but, like, you're you're you're taking control, I guess, of of whatever that role is.
Eric Beels:So
Crystal Privett:And and also, part of that, giving yourself permission to to take a new step in a new aspect of your journey.
Eric Beels:Yeah.
Crystal Privett:Yeah.
Eric Beels:Right. It's yeah. I I think I think if you're not a little bit nervous to take on that role just a tiny bit, it's probably not the right role for you. Like, you should take a role that's maybe gonna make you a little bit nervous.
Crystal Privett:Yeah. Following the intuition on which which is a good fit for you at the timing.
Eric Beels:At the timing. Yeah. If if and so so I think you should take on on, like, a role that's gonna make you a little bit nervous because that's gonna show that I think if you're not, you're probably not gonna grow. You're probably not growing if you're not a little bit nervous. So but, yeah.
Eric Beels:Anything else you'd like to add?
Crystal Privett:I'm wildly anticipating, success and growth for the chapter this year. So I'm actually really looking forward to tuning in, when we're done and seeing what we were able to manifest because I don't know what it'll be, but I know it's gonna be glorious.
Eric Beels:Yeah. Cool. Alright. Well, thanks so much, guys. And, we'll see you, in the next episode.
Crystal Privett:Tune in. Thank you for joining us for the Business Boost Hour. My name is Crystal Privette, and this is Eric Fiels. Thank you for joining us, and don't forget to document your single CEU. See you next time.
Eric Beels:See you in the next episode.