Jodi Low went from sole parent of two young kids, half a business debt, and no financial support after divorce to building U and Improved — an 18-year leadership training company focused on heart-based leadership.

In this conversation she shares how she turned rock bottom into purpose, why most corporate leaders manage instead of lead, and the 18-inch journey from head to heart that changes everything. She also opens up about the “enoughness” conversation, why in-person connection still beats AI for real transformation, and the powerful moment Les Brown saw something in her she didn’t see in herself.

Chapters:

00:00 – Intro & Welcome to Jodi Low

02:00 – Jodi’s Abbreviated Story: Single Mom Entrepreneur

06:50 – The Divorce That Changed Everything & Starting U and Improved

08:00 – Juggling Single Motherhood While Building the Business

11:00 – Heart-Based Leadership: The 18-Inch Journey

13:49 – Les Brown’s Impact & “Seeing the Quan” in People

16:30 – AI, Human Connection & Why In-Person Training Still Wins

27:00 – The “Enoughness” Conversation with Mike Lindstrom

32:00 – Travel, Personal Growth & Life After Kids Leave Home

35:00 – Book “From Me to You” & Teen Leadership Foundation

38:00 – Final Thoughts & Where to Find Jodi

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Jodi Low:

So I have been a sole parent since my kids were one and three, and

Jodi Low:

that means- Wow … no time from their father, no financially, like nothing.

Jodi Low:

I got half the business debt.

Jodi Low:

I'm a single parent of two kids.

Jodi Low:

I'm like, "What? What am I gonna do? what does this look like?"

Mike Lindstrom:

Welcome back to another episode of What's Your Story?

Mike Lindstrom:

Mike Lindstrom, my man, Scott Leese, another episode.

Mike Lindstrom:

I'm excited about this one.

Mike Lindstrom:

This is a friend I've known- Yeah … for 15-plus years, who I

Mike Lindstrom:

haven't physically seen, and that's the, that's the- Oh, my gosh … the

Mike Lindstrom:

downfall of social media, as you know.

Mike Lindstrom:

You see them on LinkedIn and Facebook, and you text.

Mike Lindstrom:

But to actually give somebody a hug and actually engage in real conversation,

Mike Lindstrom:

which is what we're gonna do here today, so I'm excited to have that.

Mike Lindstrom:

How long's it been?

Mike Lindstrom:

Huh?

Mike Lindstrom:

So, oh, it was back in 2017.

Scott Leese:

Oh, so almost 10 years.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah, almost 10 years at least.

Mike Lindstrom:

Wow.

Mike Lindstrom:

So w- she said decades, so she's correct.

Mike Lindstrom:

So without further ado, I would call s- keynote speaker other than friend,

Mike Lindstrom:

keynote speaker, influencer, trainer, personality in so many different ways.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Jodi Lowe.

Mike Lindstrom:

Thanks for coming on the show.

Jodi Low:

Thank you.

Jodi Low:

So happy to be here.

Jodi Low:

It's, it has been- So good to

Mike Lindstrom:

see

Jodi Low:

you again

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: it has been a decade.

Jodi Low:

It's

Jodi Low:

been like a million years,

Mike Lindstrom:

but- I know, but we act like it's been like since yesterday.

Mike Lindstrom:

I

Jodi Low:

know, 'cause it's big hugs- Yep … and we're all back to

Mike Lindstrom:

our old- back to normal.

Mike Lindstrom:

So we always start off with the question, what's your story?

Mike Lindstrom:

You give us your abbreviated version, however you do, and then we

Mike Lindstrom:

start going down the rabbit holes.

Jodi Low:

My abbreviated version, my story.

Jodi Low:

I am insanely passionate about people, and I have built my life around that.

Jodi Low:

I grew up here in Arizona since I was five, so more or less- Wow

Jodi Low:

a native, pseudo-native.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Went to Arizona State, loved that.

Jodi Low:

And, quickly realized that I am not a good employee.

Jodi Low:

I just did not like working for someone.

Jodi Low:

Just very entrepreneurial, always sort of have been.

Jodi Low:

And I thought, "I gotta start something. I gotta build something." And so I was doing

Jodi Low:

that with my husband of the time- Mm-hmm

Jodi Low:

at that time, and then, that kinda went in a really sideways direction

Jodi Low:

overnight, and, with that, it's really what propelled me into

Jodi Low:

starting my company, You and Improved.

Jodi Low:

So that was almost 18 years ago.

Jodi Low:

Jess, so what year was,

Mike Lindstrom:

what year was that?

Jodi Low:

That was 2008.

Mike Lindstrom:

Well, you had another, a name of a brand- Yeah … back

Mike Lindstrom:

then, too, that we- Yeah … we all knew- Yeah … because the quarters

Mike Lindstrom:

was being built in Scottsdale.

Jodi Low:

yes.

Mike Lindstrom:

Her logo was on a very prominent spot in town,

Mike Lindstrom:

so you would see it, and then it morphed into what you have currently

Jodi Low:

now.

Jodi Low:

Yeah, You and Improved, yep.

Jodi Low:

You

Mike Lindstrom:

and Im- and you're solo.

Jodi Low:

I am.

Jodi Low:

I've been solo for, goodness, yeah, almost 18 years now.

Mike Lindstrom:

So what, of those titles, influencer, keynote speaker,

Mike Lindstrom:

trainer, other than mom and the obvious- Yes … what one do you kinda lean

Mike Lindstrom:

all in on when it comes to your brand?

Jodi Low:

I would say trainer, corporate trainer, leadership trainer.

Jodi Low:

That's probably… A speaker.

Jodi Low:

I don't know.

Jodi Low:

They're all a great to me.

Jodi Low:

Yeah, I know.

Jodi Low:

it's so hard because it's almost like these pieces of myself that

Jodi Low:

all meld together, so it's almost saying, what's more important,

Jodi Low:

your right arm, your left leg?

Jodi Low:

It's like I need them all.

Jodi Low:

yeah, I'm sort of a hybrid of all of them all.

Mike Lindstrom:

so take us back.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

What was the jump-off point where you said, "I need to go into the training

Mike Lindstrom:

world. This is what it's gonna be"?

Mike Lindstrom:

You had your aha moment- Yeah … is what I call it.

Mike Lindstrom:

What was that for

Jodi Low:

you?

Jodi Low:

the early aha was in college.

Jodi Low:

I always found myself gravitating toward any public speaking classes,

Jodi Low:

toward communication was my major.

Jodi Low:

I thought I wanted to teach.

Jodi Low:

I actually, was gonna go into the college of teaching, got accepted into all of

Jodi Low:

that, and then I was like, "Ooh, that's a lot of kids," a lot of the time.

Jodi Low:

I knew I wanted to be a mom one day, but, that just didn't feel right.

Jodi Low:

And so oddly enough, here I am all these years later, I'm teaching communication

Jodi Low:

and speaking and all of those things, so it was a hybrid that I didn't see

Jodi Low:

then that ended up coming to fruition.

Jodi Low:

But I just always knew that it was something to do with helping

Jodi Low:

elevate people, helping people live bigger, dream bigger.

Jodi Low:

I'd go to… I was just that crazy person that was always going to listen

Jodi Low:

to speakers and go into classes.

Jodi Low:

Anything that would challenge me and push me, I was like, "Yes,

Jodi Low:

sign me up. I wanna do that."

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And that was really the launching point, just wanting to create

Mike Lindstrom:

something that- any big influences there?

Mike Lindstrom:

Professor at college, motivational speaker, a book?

Jodi Low:

Huge, yeah.

Jodi Low:

Anything that- Huge professor at ASU was, a big influence, Dr. Fred Corey,

Jodi Low:

who, has since retired, although he did come to my book launch,

Jodi Low:

which was so- Oh, that's so cool

Jodi Low:

cool, and my, uh, senior year, high school English teacher, which was so

Jodi Low:

much fun, 'cause both of them were really, really- That's neat … key

Jodi Low:

influential people in my- Yeah … like writing and speaking and all of that.

Jodi Low:

So, that was really special.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

You, you said you realized early that- You, I can't

Scott Leese:

remember how you phrased it, but you weren't gonna be a good employee- Yeah

Scott Leese:

you didn't wanna work for somebody else.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

What, how did that manifest itself?

Scott Leese:

what did you experience or do, or what happened where you were like,

Scott Leese:

"Yeah, this is not gonna work"?

Jodi Low:

great question, because there's a very specific moment.

Jodi Low:

So I was working in local, radio sales, and I loved it.

Jodi Low:

I was meeting people.

Jodi Low:

I was very young, just out of college, so it was, like, my first-

Scott Leese:

First sales job- Mm-hmm … first out of college, yeah

Scott Leese:

… Jodi Low: first real sales job.

Scott Leese:

But I was like, "Oh, I, this is perfect," 'cause I love people.

Scott Leese:

And I, what I loved about it, I loved working with small local

Scott Leese:

businesses, hearing their story- Yeah

Scott Leese:

and helping them grow.

Scott Leese:

I thought that was just so cool.

Scott Leese:

And then national accounts and seeing the difference with that.

Scott Leese:

I was like, "Oh, okay, helping these brands grow." I really loved it.

Scott Leese:

The thing that I didn't love was, if I'm seeing clients out in the East

Scott Leese:

Valley, why do I need to drive back to the station at 5:00 to just say,

Scott Leese:

"Okay, bye, I'm going-" Clock out.

Scott Leese:

Like, I didn't get it.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

there was no logic to that.

Scott Leese:

And I was a big producer.

Scott Leese:

I enjoyed it.

Scott Leese:

I, you know, was doing everything I needed to do.

Scott Leese:

I'm like, "This just is ridiculous." The, and just the rules and the

Scott Leese:

meetings and all of the things that just seemed silly to me.

Scott Leese:

And I'm like- Yeah … "Well, aren't we, grown adults?

Scott Leese:

Can't we just go do what we need to do?

Scott Leese:

I'm losing time driving back and forth." So just didn't make sense to me.

Scott Leese:

I was like, "I need to do my own thing."

Mike Lindstrom:

So did you- Yeah … literally have this thing in the wake,

Mike Lindstrom:

or did you just quit cold turkey and say-

Jodi Low:

I didn't, no.

Jodi Low:

I didn't, I… It was really just a metamorphosis of things

Jodi Low:

that happened, a sort of a sequence of events that unfolded.

Jodi Low:

I started to work in magazine sales.

Jodi Low:

That was a lot more independent.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I was working from home and back then you didn't work from home, but

Jodi Low:

that role allowed me to do that.

Jodi Low:

And so then I started to see the more autonomy I had, the more I was

Jodi Low:

like, "I love this," 'cause I'm very driven, I'm very self-motivated.

Jodi Low:

So I didn't need as much of that structure.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I love the people part, but I was getting that with seeing clients

Jodi Low:

and so that was fulfilling there.

Jodi Low:

I just liked setting my own schedule, doing my own thing.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

That, that felt good.

Mike Lindstrom:

So if you watch the cast, we get a lot of

Mike Lindstrom:

professional ladies come on here.

Mike Lindstrom:

Okay, yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And we love asking the question about, 'cause you're a mama bear, right?

Jodi Low:

I am.

Jodi Low:

I am.

Mike Lindstrom:

how do you juggle that when you're on the come up?

Mike Lindstrom:

'Cause they were younger.

Mike Lindstrom:

Now at the age whether or not, of course, that's great, ASU.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

They're kind of out of the house, but how did you juggle

Mike Lindstrom:

that as a entrepreneur and a mama bear?

Jodi Low:

I have no idea.

Jodi Low:

I have no freaking idea.

Jodi Low:

That's the best, most

Scott Leese:

honest answer-

Mike Lindstrom:

It is … yet.

Jodi Low:

It really is, yeah … I literally, 'cause I get asked that

Jodi Low:

question like, "How did you do it?" I'm like, "I freaking don't know."

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I just did it, 'cause there was no other choice but to… 'Cause, so the

Jodi Low:

whole long backstory is it was just me.

Jodi Low:

So I have been a sole parent since my kids were one and three, and that

Jodi Low:

means- Wow … no, no time from their father, no financially, like nothing.

Jodi Low:

Wow.

Jodi Low:

So when that imploded, it was, like, me and my girls, they were one and

Jodi Low:

three, and I was like, "We have no businesses," 'cause I had a couple

Jodi Low:

of businesses with him at the time.

Jodi Low:

So those, I got half the business debt.

Jodi Low:

I'm a single parent of two kids.

Jodi Low:

I'm like, "What?

Jodi Low:

What am I gonna do?

Jodi Low:

what does this look like?" And I just spent some time really over those next

Jodi Low:

probably four to six weeks going, "I want to build something- That's meaningful,

Jodi Low:

that's impactful, that can- Yeah

Jodi Low:

really shape people's lives and businesses, and what is that gonna be?

Jodi Low:

And so that's when I really dove into creating You and Improved.

Jodi Low:

The funny part is I never… people always are like, "Well, you didn't, get a job?"

Jodi Low:

I, it never dawned on me to get a job.

Jodi Low:

Wow.

Jodi Low:

Like, it never dawned- that's when we talk about wired- Yeah

Jodi Low:

to be an entrepreneur.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

It never dawned on me.

Jodi Low:

I'm like, well, I gotta build something 'cause I wanna be 100% present on anything

Jodi Low:

that I commit to with my girls, and I know I need to Keep a roof over our head and,

Jodi Low:

a house yeah And how am I gonna do this?

Jodi Low:

So that's what I did.

Jodi Low:

And God bless my dad, he was, helping out a ton to just, run them to

Jodi Low:

school if I couldn't or pick them up.

Jodi Low:

But I would just work my tail off while they were in school or preschool.

Jodi Low:

I

Scott Leese:

think- Was that a seven days a week thing

Scott Leese:

when you were getting started?

Scott Leese:

Oh, yeah.

Scott Leese:

When you were working on your business-

Jodi Low:

Oh,

Scott Leese:

yeah … every single day?

Jodi Low:

it was-

Scott Leese:

People don't talk about that enough and you're

Scott Leese:

like- No … shamed nowadays for working on Saturday and Sunday- Oh

Scott Leese:

or whatever,

Jodi Low:

but … it was around the clock.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

It was around, it was nap times, it was, meetings in, phone meetings while my kids

Jodi Low:

were napping in the backseat of the car.

Jodi Low:

it was- Yeah … whatever it took.

Jodi Low:

It was crazy.

Jodi Low:

It was crazy.

Jodi Low:

But that's why when you say, "How did you do it?" I'm like, "I

Jodi Low:

really don't know, I just did it," 'cause there wasn't another option.

Jodi Low:

It was just if there was time, that's what we were doing.

Jodi Low:

I was gonna figure it out because I, they're my world and I have-

Scott Leese:

Yeah … to provide.

Scott Leese:

How do you, how do you coach others through a similar- Yeah, that's a

Scott Leese:

good question … experience now?

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

Because it, when your default answer is, "I don't know, I just freaking did it"-

Jodi Low:

Yeah

Scott Leese:

I would imagine that clients and people that you're coaching

Scott Leese:

and they're like, "Can you give me a little more than that?" Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Like, and so ex- can you help me through that a little bit more, Jody?

Scott Leese:

You're like, "Well, okay, h- that was the honest truth,

Scott Leese:

but now I have to find something- Yeah, that was the honest truth

Jodi Low:

more to-" There's a lot more structure.

Jodi Low:

there's a lot- Yeah … of things that, one can do depending

Jodi Low:

on the circumstance, right?

Jodi Low:

So a lot of my clients now, I do a lot of corporate training,

Jodi Low:

so working within companies for years, sometimes even decades.

Jodi Low:

Working with them to solidify how do we create collaboration?

Jodi Low:

How do we create true team alignment?

Jodi Low:

How do we do that?

Jodi Low:

So that looks a lot different than, what I was doing even in the early

Jodi Low:

days, which were a lot more individual coaching and, and- Yep … and

Jodi Low:

working with more solopreneurs.

Jodi Low:

Now I work with a lot of, from Fortune 100 to small businesses, you know?

Jodi Low:

So it looks a lot different, but the messaging is still the same.

Jodi Low:

If you are looking to be everything to everyone and not taking care

Jodi Low:

of yourself in the process, it's a recipe for disaster.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And that I figured out quickly.

Jodi Low:

I'm like, "You can't pour from an empty cup, right?" yeah.

Jodi Low:

Like, I can't give what I don't have.

Jodi Low:

I've got to take care of myself.

Jodi Low:

So I would still do whatever I could to make sure that I was taking care

Jodi Low:

of myself mentally, physically.

Jodi Low:

there was no question on exercising and just taking some breaks here and

Jodi Low:

there, a massage, whatever it was.

Jodi Low:

Like I had to do- Yeah … whatever it took to keep me healthy and strong.

Jodi Low:

Some form of

Scott Leese:

self-care.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

yeah.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Which, I think sometimes people look at that as, oh, that's, a

Jodi Low:

silly expense or, not necessary or, whatever, some superfluous

Jodi Low:

thing that you don't need to do.

Jodi Low:

To me it's-

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah

Mike Lindstrom:

… Jodi Low: if you're not doing that, you can't- Yeah … be

Mike Lindstrom:

everything that you need to be.

Mike Lindstrom:

Well, there's als- it juxtaposes, especially as a single

Mike Lindstrom:

mom, closed mouths don't get fed.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

You gotta go out there and ask and do the deal and grind and hustle.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

But you also have that point of, yeah, if the cup's empty, it's

Mike Lindstrom:

you gotta start with yourself.

Jodi Low:

Absolutely.

Mike Lindstrom:

So there's this constant toggle between the two.

Mike Lindstrom:

I, we were fascinated 'cause we had Kaylee O'Kelly on from- ABC15.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And she's a similar story, two kids.

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

She… But the only difference was for her it's, like, her crazy morning

Mike Lindstrom:

makeup schedule, getting on air live.

Jodi Low:

Oh, so early.

Mike Lindstrom:

I can't even imagine doing that stuff.

Mike Lindstrom:

yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like, I could work from my home in pajamas on Sunday or do a

Mike Lindstrom:

call with the kids in the back.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

But to say I gotta be on that camera live at 5:00 AM- And then

Mike Lindstrom:

my butt's gotta be in bed by 10.

Mike Lindstrom:

I just couldn't do

Jodi Low:

That's a whole-

Mike Lindstrom:

That's a whole different thing

Mike Lindstrom:

… Jodi Low: different level of-

Mike Lindstrom:

But just, but it, just even listening to her on our podcast talk

Mike Lindstrom:

about what she's very similar answer.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like, I don't know how I do it, but, you know, we, you figure it out.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And that's where the mama bear thing comes in, 'cause you're gonna trust

Mike Lindstrom:

your instincts 'cause you're always gonna put your kids ahead of yourself.

Jodi Low:

100%.

Jodi Low:

I knew early on just the way things unfolded, I was like, my biggest title

Jodi Low:

is to be role model to these girls.

Jodi Low:

I've gotta figure out how… I didn't know what we were gonna do.

Jodi Low:

I didn't know how we were gonna do it.

Jodi Low:

it's eight weeks after my divorce.

Jodi Low:

I'm filing paperwork for this little LLC called U & Improved.

Jodi Low:

I had no idea really what I was doing.

Jodi Low:

I was just- Wow … one foot in front of the other.

Jodi Low:

And I wanted them to see that too, though, that we can get through hard stuff.

Jodi Low:

And like at some point in their lives they're gonna be faced with challenges.

Jodi Low:

They're also gonna wonder, how did we get here, and how did we… You know,

Jodi Low:

and I've gotta build this for them.

Jodi Low:

So- Yeah … that was a big piece of it.

Jodi Low:

When

Mike Lindstrom:

you first started, was your niche primarily female entrepreneurs,

Mike Lindstrom:

and then it branched- In the

Jodi Low:

very early days.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

But, for U & Improved, it was really leadership.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

I really wanted to focus impacting teams, impacting leaders.

Jodi Low:

I, I feel, and what I've seen especially now over the last 18 years

Jodi Low:

especially, there's a big gap in managing people and leading people.

Jodi Low:

And there's a whole lot of managers and not as many phenomenal leaders.

Jodi Low:

And my whole piece of that was how do we create a heart-based leadership movement?

Jodi Low:

I wanted to help people see that when you get out of here and lead

Jodi Low:

from here, it all comes together.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

You know?

Jodi Low:

But that's a big journey.

Mike Lindstrom:

Big

Jodi Low:

time.

Jodi Low:

And it's 18 inches, but it is the longest journey- Yes … of your life.

Jodi Low:

And when you realize, though, my gosh, when I care about my team members or

Jodi Low:

gal that answers the phone as much as I care about my biggest producer, or

Jodi Low:

my biggest customer- Wow, if I come from here, it, it all falls into place.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And that's the difference, and you will build a phenomenal

Jodi Low:

team when you make that shift.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's a big shift, though.

Mike Lindstrom:

It is.

Mike Lindstrom:

that's the… We talked about this earlier on the cast about

Mike Lindstrom:

this whole mouth heart thing.

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

How do you get people to do that?

Mike Lindstrom:

'Cause that is a long 18 inches.

Jodi Low:

It is.

Jodi Low:

How do

Mike Lindstrom:

you… what's your tenets

Jodi Low:

to get there?

Jodi Low:

it's a process.

Jodi Low:

It's a process.

Jodi Low:

You know, we have a lot of different classes that dive into that.

Jodi Low:

They're immersive, they're intense by design.

Jodi Low:

Because it isn't a sprinkle pixie dust and everybody's a-

Jodi Low:

No … a heart-based leader.

Jodi Low:

No.

Jodi Low:

It's a, it's an evolution and it's an introspection, and it's a putting

Jodi Low:

things into action and seeing what sticks and what works, and what

Jodi Low:

feels authentic to that person.

Jodi Low:

Because I can do something that feels completely authentic to me and how I

Jodi Low:

would lead, and you might be like, "That's scratchy and totally uncomfortable."

Jodi Low:

Scratchy and uncomfortable is okay if it's challenging you to grow, but if it's

Jodi Low:

inauthentic- Yeah … that's not okay.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

So you gotta find that.

Mike Lindstrom:

who are some of the big influences, in terms of trai- Like I,

Mike Lindstrom:

everyone knows I'm a Tony Robbins guy.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

That was my first job out of law school.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I worked for Tony for three years, speaking, coaching,

Mike Lindstrom:

built his coaching company-

Jodi Low:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: in 2000, and then broke off and that's how I got into coaching.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

After I helped him build his company, I started my own.

Jodi Low:

Love that.

Mike Lindstrom:

What was some of the influences there?

Mike Lindstrom:

'Cause you, it's one thing to go get an LLC and say, "Hey, let's go do this.

Mike Lindstrom:

We're gonna teach this to this."

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

but now you need mentors or people that are gonna coach or train.

Mike Lindstrom:

It could be a ven- Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I did… A lot of people gave me grief about it.

Mike Lindstrom:

I still stand by it.

Mike Lindstrom:

Landmark Forum.

Mike Lindstrom:

I did Landmark- Yeah … years and years ago.

Mike Lindstrom:

I was 27, 28.

Mike Lindstrom:

I still say it's one of the best programs if you're willing to put

Mike Lindstrom:

up with three days of listening to somebody- Listen to your story and- Yeah

Mike Lindstrom:

come at you and no journal and you leave at midnight.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

My wife and I did it, when we were, got engaged.

Mike Lindstrom:

I still love that course.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's morphed a little bit.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's clearly not what Est was- Mm-hmm … way back when he built

Mike Lindstrom:

that program in the '70s and '80s.

Mike Lindstrom:

Those were some of my influences.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

So like, what would you say you hang your hat on when it comes- Yeah

Jodi Low:

to some of your- It was a lot of different speakers, a lot of different

Jodi Low:

books, a lot of different programs.

Jodi Low:

One of the key influences though, I had the opportunity to hear Les Brown speak.

Mike Lindstrom:

Oh,

Jodi Low:

fantastic.

Jodi Low:

And I heard… It was a very unusual circumstance.

Jodi Low:

I actually included the story in my book because it was that pivotal of a moment.

Jodi Low:

He was speaking here locally and, it was like a PBS thing-

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm … a fundraising thing.

Jodi Low:

I'd heard his voice on the TV.

Jodi Low:

I was like, "What is going on?" And it said he was coming here locally.

Jodi Low:

And, he fills the Georgia Dome, you know?

Jodi Low:

Like- Yeah … so I was like, "Oh my gosh, he's coming here. I've gotta go."

Jodi Low:

And this is right, right when my divorce happened, like right then.

Jodi Low:

And, but I'm just figuring things out, and he ended up coming to, KTV

Jodi Low:

studios, and there was about 40 of us.

Mike Lindstrom:

Wow.

Jodi Low:

And I was like, "Oh my gosh, he's right there.

Jodi Low:

This is crazy." And at the break he came up to me and he put his

Jodi Low:

hand on my shoulder and he's like, "So what's your story?"

Mike Lindstrom:

Love it.

Jodi Low:

And I'm like, like- Love it … what's going on?

Jodi Low:

He's like, "What do you do? What's your…" and we had this dialogue

Jodi Low:

and he's like, give me your card.

Jodi Low:

let's talk." I'm like, "Oh my gosh." It was a big aha because it was the

Jodi Low:

first time that someone who didn't…

Jodi Low:

He, his words to me were, "You have something that I can't teach,

Jodi Low:

and I wanna speak with you." I'm like, "What does that mean?" Oh.

Jodi Low:

And I'm like, "Okay, w- is this like a sales thing?" I'm

Jodi Low:

like, "No, this is Les Brown.

Jodi Low:

He certainly doesn't need me." Right.

Jodi Low:

Like, what is this?

Jodi Low:

Yes.

Jodi Low:

And so as that unfolded, it was like, wow, someone saw something

Jodi Low:

in me that I didn't see in myself, and that was the first where the

Jodi Low:

penny dropped, like I, I got this.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I can do this, you know?

Jodi Low:

So-

Mike Lindstrom:

And I've always found that people like l-

Mike Lindstrom:

and my, I know Les is a gift-

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: in so many ways.

Jodi Low:

people that they just have an ability to kind of see you-

Jodi Low:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: and go, "Okay, I don't know what's here, but something's wrong."

Jodi Low:

You know, they say in, what was the movie?

Jodi Low:

Jerry Maguire.

Jodi Low:

He called it the quan.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

Yeah, the quan.

Scott Leese:

Right?

Mike Lindstrom:

The quan.

Jodi Low:

The quan.

Jodi Low:

That's one- The, I have

Mike Lindstrom:

not

Jodi Low:

heard in a long time … the thing

Mike Lindstrom:

you can't describe.

Jodi Low:

I love it.

Jodi Low:

The

Mike Lindstrom:

quan.

Mike Lindstrom:

Quan.

Jodi Low:

we

Mike Lindstrom:

hear it throughout the whole movie, the quan.

Jodi Low:

Yeah, so Les saw my quan.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And then he was like, "There. There she is." "This

Jodi Low:

is the person. We need her."

Mike Lindstrom:

What was the quan for you when you started having your aha moments?

Jodi Low:

For me, I believe my gift is I see in people what

Jodi Low:

they don't see in themselves.

Jodi Low:

So when he did that for me, and then I started to see, wow, Like

Jodi Low:

I can just feel when someone's off.

Jodi Low:

I can f- like there's just that like- Mm-hmm … okay, what's the real story?

Jodi Low:

so digging deep and then really getting into the mindset piece.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Because, going back to, you know, how did you do it or how did you get

Jodi Low:

through it, so much of it was this.

Jodi Low:

Had I not learned what I knew and what I learned along the way, I wouldn't

Jodi Low:

have gotten through my divorce.

Jodi Low:

I wouldn't have built a company, to what it is today.

Jodi Low:

I wouldn't have been able to do all of that had I not had all of

Jodi Low:

that training and knowledge prior.

Jodi Low:

And that was, again, the classes, the books, the speakers,

Jodi Low:

anything I could get my hands on,

Scott Leese:

how did you- Yeah, oh

Scott Leese:

find ways to scale yourself?

Mike Lindstrom:

Oh, it's- It's

Jodi Low:

always- 'Cause you are

Scott Leese:

the product-

Jodi Low:

I'm always growing- … you could say … every single year.

Jodi Low:

Right?

Jodi Low:

What classes can I take?

Jodi Low:

What course?

Jodi Low:

And some were great.

Jodi Low:

you were talking about different ones that you've been through.

Jodi Low:

people always say, "Well, why should I go to you and approve or not?" I don't know.

Jodi Low:

Why should you?

Jodi Low:

You should go to everything.

Jodi Low:

Anything that speaks to you.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

You might love it, you might hate it.

Jodi Low:

I've gone to things that I thought were horrible.

Jodi Low:

I've gone to things that I thought were amazing, but I learned either way.

Jodi Low:

ways of learning, ways of communicating, ways of training that I didn't

Jodi Low:

love, and then I picked up on things that I was like, "That was pivotal.

Jodi Low:

That was instrumental.

Jodi Low:

That was life-changing." it was the culmination of all of it.

Jodi Low:

But had I not experienced all of it, I wouldn't know the,

Jodi Low:

necessarily- Right … the difference or the things that worked for

Mike Lindstrom:

me.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

do you feel like- Integrating AI into your work and your

Scott Leese:

life is one of those kind of moments?

Jodi Low:

for me, no.

Jodi Low:

No.

Jodi Low:

It- well, I say that.

Jodi Low:

if it's, a thought starter or a, "Hey, what's another way to phrase

Jodi Low:

something?" I think it could be beneficial for those kinds of things.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

For me, in my work, my, my whole thing is this.

Jodi Low:

Like, I love the people-to-people.

Jodi Low:

Like, during COVID, you know, yes, I, I did whatever I could online,

Jodi Low:

but that's just not my happy place

Scott Leese:

you know?

Scott Leese:

You- yeah.

Scott Leese:

You must,

Scott Leese:

you must be dealing with, companies and executives now, though,

Scott Leese:

that are having communication leadership issues and whatnot.

Scott Leese:

Oh, yeah.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

And they're trying to incorporate AI-

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm

Jodi Low:

… Scott Leese: into that.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

I'm ju- I was just curious if, AI is making that worse-

Jodi Low:

Yeah … their communication leadership, or making it better.

Jodi Low:

To me, AI is gonna be a huge gift for me and my company

Jodi Low:

because it's similar to COVID.

Jodi Low:

The pendulum swung so far.

Jodi Low:

Everyone's gonna work from home.

Jodi Low:

Everything's gonna be remote.

Jodi Low:

Everything's on Zoom.

Jodi Low:

We can train, we can do everything this way.

Jodi Low:

And then we realized, oh gosh, we need each other.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

We need people.

Jodi Low:

We need community.

Jodi Low:

We need connection.

Jodi Low:

We need collaboration.

Jodi Low:

We gotta get people back in the office more.

Jodi Low:

We've got… You know, people missed it.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Now, there's a lot of hybrid, great, but people missed the connectivity piece.

Jodi Low:

The same element is part of AI.

Jodi Low:

AI is an amazing tool.

Jodi Low:

It's gonna do revolutionary things.

Jodi Low:

It already is, and there's going to be that awakening of, we still have to

Jodi Low:

communicate and have human experiences.

Jodi Low:

We still have to use our minds and think critically and

Jodi Low:

strategically, and it's a great tool.

Jodi Low:

It's a, it's amazing,

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

I

Jodi Low:

agree … that, that's the part I see.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

The… We're- we always talk about this in our world, too, 'cause if, you

Mike Lindstrom:

know, if Mike's not doing the coaching, no one else is doing the coaching.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

So I don't leverage just some junior coach like some models do.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's just not my thing.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

But that's why I take on a limited number of clients and charge more money.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

So that's what we all do.

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

But then you start thinking about how AI is… Do I have to create online courses?

Mike Lindstrom:

Should I create more communities?

Mike Lindstrom:

it just definitely throws a wrench in our-

Jodi Low:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: our way of thinking of, we like to touch.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

We like to be mano a mano.

Jodi Low:

Yep.

Jodi Low:

We wanna do the live seminar.

Jodi Low:

We don't wanna be on Zoom.

Jodi Low:

Yep.

Jodi Low:

So it's not easy.

Jodi Low:

It's not easy at all, and my mind always goes to, "Oh, I could do this,

Jodi Low:

and I could do…" I have more ideas and more things I wanna do than in- I could

Jodi Low:

ever accomplish in lifetimes plural.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

I, so I always have to rein it in, "Okay, what do people

Jodi Low:

really need and want? What would be most impactful? What would be most

Jodi Low:

meaningful?" and I like you, I love to, be that, in person and- Yeah … you

Scott Leese:

know.

Scott Leese:

It feels like it's raised the bar and expectation for all of us in terms of

Scott Leese:

what we're supposed to have produced.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

So you're saying, "Oh, should I have this course? Should I

Scott Leese:

do this? Should I do that?" Mm-hmm.

Scott Leese:

And it leaves me sometimes with a feeling of like, "Well, fuck,

Scott Leese:

I guess I'm not doing enough."

Jodi Low:

Right.

Scott Leese:

Because I could and should be doing all these other things- Yeah

Scott Leese:

… all these other ideas that I have.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

Mm-hmm.

Scott Leese:

Shouldn't AI be allowing me to execute on everything?

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Well, it's interesting.

Mike Lindstrom:

We get people coming at us, "Well, we wanna do this, we wanna do this." Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

So I had forwarded something over to him.

Mike Lindstrom:

The guy alleges to be like, "I can turn your podcast into this

Mike Lindstrom:

virtual course," or whatever, and the simple response, "Not interested

Mike Lindstrom:

in doing any of that stuff." Right?

Mike Lindstrom:

B- and I didn't, and I didn't either.

Mike Lindstrom:

I was just showing him what comes at us to keep our minds thinking

Mike Lindstrom:

about- Yeah … what's possible.

Mike Lindstrom:

What, yes.

Mike Lindstrom:

Because right now we may not be wanting to go down that path- Yep … of

Mike Lindstrom:

trying to create a virtual thing relative to the podcast, but in three

Mike Lindstrom:

months we might be thinking, "Man, we really missed the boat on that." Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

"We should be capitalizing

Jodi Low:

on that." And that's the thing.

Jodi Low:

I think keeping your eyes and ears open and not closing any doors, and being very

Jodi Low:

true and authentic to who you are and your best way of- Delivery or connection.

Jodi Low:

And it, for many, there's online programs that are perfect and a lot

Jodi Low:

of people love to learn that way.

Jodi Low:

There's others that's just not their thing or they prefer this.

Jodi Low:

So, you know, that's great- Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Do you do you have virtual courses?

Jodi Low:

No?

Jodi Low:

No, not really.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Jodi Low:

everything I do is pretty much live.

Jodi Low:

I can… I do it virtually, but it's still live.

Jodi Low:

So

Mike Lindstrom:

one to many.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah, nothing recorded.

Mike Lindstrom:

You'd be in the studio piping out to 50 people, 100 people.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And that's to the public audience or that's to a private

Mike Lindstrom:

group, like a private company?

Jodi Low:

Private group.

Jodi Low:

Private group.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Jodi Low:

Yep.

Jodi Low:

That's- that's the smallest part of what I do.

Jodi Low:

Got it.

Jodi Low:

That's maybe 5%.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Jodi Low:

And it's more for clients that I'm already working with in New York

Jodi Low:

or Minnesota or Mexico , you know.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I need to reach them and I can't be the, in front of them, but it's always

Jodi Low:

in conjunction with something I'm doing live because I just feel that's my sweet

Mike Lindstrom:

spot.

Mike Lindstrom:

So do you ever just have the leader, like the CEO calls you up cold or

Mike Lindstrom:

warm, they see you on the podcast- Yeah … go, "Hey, we want this Jodi

Mike Lindstrom:

to be my coach." but I don't want you coaching my company or my team." Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

"You know, I just want you to work with me one on one." Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

D- is that an option?

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Or do they say no?

Jodi Low:

no, I do.

Jodi Low:

I work with individual executives.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Jodi Low:

I work with leadership teams and then obviously organizations.

Jodi Low:

it just depends on what they need.

Jodi Low:

Right.

Jodi Low:

But absolutely.

Jodi Low:

So yes, I do that and, oftentimes that's a great way to really

Jodi Low:

connect with them, understand their business and their culture and,

Mike Lindstrom:

you know.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I actually prefer it.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

You want that.

Mike Lindstrom:

when I've like I had one last week, it was a guy said, "I want you to work with

Mike Lindstrom:

my sales team," he's talking about all this great stuff, the budget and what they

Mike Lindstrom:

wanna do with the team and of course I ask him at the end, I go, "What about you?"

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

He's like, "Oh, well, you know, I'm trying to

Mike Lindstrom:

make my salespeople better.

Mike Lindstrom:

I want them to get better close ratios." I'm like, "Well, who's gonna lead them?"

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Speed of leader dictates speed of pack, so what about you?

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

I said, "My proposal is I just coach you for six months." Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

"And we'll, that'll happen by-product."

Jodi Low:

I literally, Mike, had this conversation end of last week, and,

Jodi Low:

I was talking to the CEO of a company and he's like, "Well, I've got a

Jodi Low:

couple of executives that I'd love to put through this," and I sa- you

Jodi Low:

know, and I said I'd like to come to your class, the one after that.

Jodi Low:

can I do that?

Jodi Low:

'Cause I can't make this one." I said, "If you're committed and they know

Jodi Low:

that you're coming to the next one, yes." But if you're not coming or if

Jodi Low:

you're saying that, not showing up, no.

Jodi Low:

Because- Yes … pays of the leader, pays of the vet. yes.

Jodi Low:

So if you're not, if you're expecting someone to do something

Jodi Low:

that you haven't done or aren't committed to doing, not my client.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's a good filter though.

Jodi Low:

yeah.

Jodi Low:

Oh, it's 100%.

Jodi Low:

It's a,

Mike Lindstrom:

it's a philosophy.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's a great filter.

Scott Leese:

I don't think many people have that philosophy from the get-go.

Mike Lindstrom:

In

Jodi Low:

the early days- no … I think, you know, when you're just

Jodi Low:

starting out- In the beginning

Scott Leese:

you're like- Sure

Scott Leese:

I need every dollar or whatever, right?

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

The answer is

Mike Lindstrom:

yes.

Jodi Low:

I will coach, yes,

Scott Leese:

yes.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

That comes with experience and wisdom and a little bit of financial security

Scott Leese:

probably where you can say, "No, that's not gonna be the right kind of client for

Scott Leese:

me. I don't wanna deal with that-" Yeah.

Scott Leese:

"… for whatever reason."

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Oh, 100%.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

if somebody had that right from the beginning, I wanna meet them.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

'Cause I didn't have that.

Mike Lindstrom:

No, I did not have that.

Jodi Low:

In the early days, I think, yeah, you're figuring it all out.

Jodi Low:

I remember one of my earliest, big moments like that, I, fired a client

Jodi Low:

that was, just getting ready to launch, everything was getting ready to go.

Jodi Low:

I was gonna be training 300 of their engineers and, their whole topic

Jodi Low:

was trust, and we've gotta create more trust in our environment.

Jodi Low:

And then it came to just getting all the details and logistics and specifics

Jodi Low:

around the training, and we'd gone through everything and what it would be.

Jodi Low:

And then it was like, "Well, what are you gonna say when you first start?

Jodi Low:

And then what are you gonna say?

Jodi Low:

And then what are you gonna do?

Jodi Low:

And then, well, how about the, what are you gonna s-

Mike Lindstrom:

You're like, "Come on,

Jodi Low:

man.

Jodi Low:

Come on." My brother, if there's a trust problem, it's showing up right here.

Jodi Low:

I am not your girl.

Jodi Low:

yeah.

Jodi Low:

If you can't trust me to fulfill my role and responsibility in delivering

Jodi Low:

this, we're not… and everyone to this day is like, "You fired who?"

Mike Lindstrom:

But you have to stay congruent with your brand.

Mike Lindstrom:

I mean-

Jodi Low:

A hundred percent … you're

Mike Lindstrom:

not being yourself- Yeah

Mike Lindstrom:

… Jodi Low: if

Scott Leese:

you're

Mike Lindstrom:

authentic.

Scott Leese:

it feels good to fire clients-

Jodi Low:

Y- you know what?

Jodi Low:

… as they say no to certain types of business.

Jodi Low:

it was a big one too, and I was like- Yeah

Jodi Low:

"You know what? That is not who I want to engage in. I'm gonna be miserable." Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And life's too short for that.

Mike Lindstrom:

that, yeah, that's true too.

Jodi Low:

There's other better clients that are more aligned.

Mike Lindstrom:

bad groups and bad contracts are not good.

Scott Leese:

What are the main problems that the clients that you're

Scott Leese:

talking to or prospects that you're talking to are dealing with right now?

Scott Leese:

is it different now than five years ago?

Jodi Low:

10 years ago?

Jodi Low:

You know, I don't know that it's different.

Jodi Low:

I think retaining great, employees is tough.

Jodi Low:

I think finding great employees is tough.

Jodi Low:

I think we've got that generational thing where, you know, people- … are bitching

Jodi Low:

and moaning about the younger generation.

Jodi Low:

It's like, this happens every generation.

Jodi Low:

Well, it- This is nothing new.

Scott Leese:

Oh, yeah.

Scott Leese:

People also don't go work at one place for 40 years

Jodi Low:

anymore.

Jodi Low:

It's just different.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And so if we're not able to adapt, so I think adaptability is big.

Jodi Low:

communication is always at the crux of it, you getting people to just be

Jodi Low:

able to give and receive feedback and be honest and collaborate and figure

Jodi Low:

out how do I fulfill my role and responsibility while simultaneously

Jodi Low:

helping you r- fulfill yours?

Jodi Low:

How do we do this collaboratively, and how do we create alignment in our

Jodi Low:

organization that really moves the needle as opposed to siloed thinking or, my job

Jodi Low:

is more important than the- Mm-hmm … the overall organization's goals, you know?

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

W e'll see those

Mike Lindstrom:

kinds of things.

Mike Lindstrom:

do you have an NLP background or no?

Mike Lindstrom:

Neurolinguistics?

Mike Lindstrom:

No?

Mike Lindstrom:

No.

Mike Lindstrom:

No.

Mike Lindstrom:

what kind of- I didn't

Jodi Low:

know about it,

Mike Lindstrom:

yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah, so what kind of tools do you use?

Mike Lindstrom:

we use DISC a lot- Mm-hmm … or Drake, some of the, I use Maxwell stuff.

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

Five Dysfunctions of a Team I've used before.

Mike Lindstrom:

Do you have any tools that you really like that are maybe not yours?

Mike Lindstrom:

yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Any of those that you

Jodi Low:

throw alongside?

Jodi Low:

Yeah, not, I don't really incorporate a ton of outside tools.

Jodi Low:

Real Colors is one that I use.

Jodi Low:

yeah, of course.

Jodi Low:

That one I like, only because I'm not a huge assessment person.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

The only reason I really love that is because there's a lot of other

Jodi Low:

training that I can build in with it- Yep … and around it, so

Jodi Low:

I think it's a great framework.

Jodi Low:

It's easy, and it's very fun.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

but other than that, it's really all of our own proprietary stuff-

Jodi Low:

from our Two and a half day classes.

Jodi Low:

Most of what I do I custom create for the client- Yeah … so.

Mike Lindstrom:

Smart.

Jodi Low:

One of my training partners and I-

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah, that, that's, Five Dysfunctions came my way from

Mike Lindstrom:

the company that I knew the CFO.

Mike Lindstrom:

He goes, "Mike, you're not gonna be- This guy's bought in

Mike Lindstrom:

on Five Dysfunctions." Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I'm like, "Okay. I'll, yeah, I'll use it."

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

but it'll wrap nicely around the stuff I teach.

Mike Lindstrom:

So I'm not opposed.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's why I was curious as a fellow-

Jodi Low:

Yeah, no, there's- … content creator … that's the thing.

Jodi Low:

It's like, again, what speaks to you?

Jodi Low:

You know, if there's certain tools that a trainer or a coach

Jodi Low:

or a speaker, great, you know.

Jodi Low:

If that- Yeah … if that's what works for you and that, that modality or that-

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

you know, there's a million thing- N- no one has recreated the wheel.

Jodi Low:

Can we continually enhance it or change it or make it different and unique or s-

Jodi Low:

or connect with a person in a new way?

Jodi Low:

Sure.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

What I don't love is when it becomes w- "That's not my job"

Jodi Low:

or- I agree … "I can't do that," or well, you know- It's not my

Jodi Low:

style … he's a this or she's a that.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

That's where I'm like, "Eh."

Mike Lindstrom:

I am who I am.

Mike Lindstrom:

But I'm like, that's against adaptability.

Mike Lindstrom:

If you say, "I am who I am," then you're not getting into adaptability.

Mike Lindstrom:

And a lot of

Jodi Low:

these companies will say that, like, "You are who you are and,

Jodi Low:

you know, if you take this assessment, in 15 years you're gonna be exactly

Jodi Low:

the same. You are who… You can't change. This is you." And I'm like-

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah

Mike Lindstrom:

… Jodi Low: everything I believe is about you can always change.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

You can always improve.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's about a choice and decision.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

So that's where I'm always at odds with that philosophy so.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I

Mike Lindstrom:

agree.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

What about, real quick, outside of work.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

what other projects are you doing outside of your passion?

Jodi Low:

my biggest passion is travel.

Jodi Low:

So any time I can get away with my kids or significant other, you

Jodi Low:

know, when we can just do that kinda stuff, that's my happy place.

Jodi Low:

So- Yeah … love to travel.

Jodi Low:

yeah, but in terms of projects, just doing more of what I do and creating

Jodi Low:

new ways of approaching different people- Yeah … in different ways.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Any

Mike Lindstrom:

new books coming out or any new

Jodi Low:

content?

Jodi Low:

no.

Jodi Low:

I launched my book a couple years ago, and that's been- What's the name?

Jodi Low:

Just- … From Me to You.

Jodi Low:

From Me to You.

Jodi Low:

Always with the you.

Jodi Low:

yeah.

Jodi Low:

Which, people are like, "Why the you? Why the you?" So that's, just a big-

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah

Mike Lindstrom:

… Jodi Low: anchor for me because- I,

Mike Lindstrom:

I know it

Jodi Low:

when I started my company, it was always like, "It's about you.

Jodi Low:

If it's about me, we're done." Love it.

Jodi Low:

It's gotta always be about you, so I use that as my little anchor.

Jodi Low:

But, yeah, so From Me to You is, my book that I launched a couple years

Jodi Low:

ago, and really leadership lessons that I've learned throughout my life,

Jodi Low:

personal stories attached to- Yeah

Jodi Low:

the leadership lesson within them and helping the reader-

Jodi Low:

Yeah … connect with that.

Jodi Low:

It's good.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

Is your… Ha- have you found that your motivation for growing your

Scott Leese:

business has increased since your kids went off to school, or has it shifted?

Scott Leese:

I'm asking this because I'm about to go through that.

Scott Leese:

He's about to go through that.

Mike Lindstrom:

yes.

Mike Lindstrom:

You're

Scott Leese:

like, "I'm right there." And I'm next.

Scott Leese:

You

Mike Lindstrom:

should get to be a coach right now.

Scott Leese:

One that's about to fly out of the coop- Mm-hmm … and then I'm a

Scott Leese:

couple years away from the other one.

Scott Leese:

And one of the things I've been thinking about is when I

Scott Leese:

have nobody in my house- Yeah

Scott Leese:

and it's just me-

Jodi Low:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

… Scott Leese: am I gonna work more?

Jodi Low:

Am I gonna be more motivated to do more stuff, or am I gonna be like,

Jodi Low:

"Nah, that's it. I'm done." Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I did it already."

Jodi Low:

You know, it's different.

Jodi Low:

I don't think it's an increased motivation.

Jodi Low:

I'm, I've kind of always been highly motivated, so I

Jodi Low:

don't think it has changed.

Jodi Low:

I think it's just different.

Jodi Low:

My motivations are building in more downtime, which sounds kind of crazy,

Jodi Low:

being really efficient with my time.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

making sure that I'm working with … I'd rather work with fewer

Jodi Low:

clients that I absolutely adore- Right … than spreading myself too thin.

Jodi Low:

So I think it's just shifted in that way.

Jodi Low:

making myself available for the things that also matter outside of work.

Jodi Low:

my work is my absolute passion.

Jodi Low:

I really truly love it.

Jodi Low:

It gets me up early.

Jodi Low:

It keeps me up late, and I also wanna make sure that I'm doing the other

Jodi Low:

things in my life that I love to do.

Jodi Low:

But,

Scott Leese:

so it's not so much about just I did 10 million last year.

Scott Leese:

I need to do 15, and then I need to do 20." No, I- That stuff starts- I mean-

Scott Leese:

That part of the growth has changed

Jodi Low:

a little bit for you?

Jodi Low:

Not as much.

Jodi Low:

Not as m- it's, yes, it's always about growing 'cause I find that

Jodi Low:

exciting and whether that's growing personally or grow- growing financially,

Jodi Low:

all of that's exciting to me.

Jodi Low:

I also, I'm in my early 50s.

Jodi Low:

I, almost mid, early mid-50s, and when I look at the calendar and I look at,

Jodi Low:

it's like there's less sand in the top of the hourglass than the bottom, you know?

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And so I'm really deliberate with my time now.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Whereas before, I don't know, I, I think it, there was so much

Jodi Low:

survival mode in the early days.

Jodi Low:

You know, 20 years ago is different than today.

Jodi Low:

but now I'm very intentional.

Jodi Low:

Very intentional.

Jodi Low:

That

Scott Leese:

resonates

Jodi Low:

with

Scott Leese:

me.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

I think I'm-

Mike Lindstrom:

I don't know.

Mike Lindstrom:

Maybe that's- … I think I'm doing more

Scott Leese:

of that

Mike Lindstrom:

as well.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I'm behind him by a couple … Colt's a freshman, so I got four more years, but-

Jodi Low:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: I do think about that a lot.

Jodi Low:

Of course, you always think about, we've been married 20 years.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I'm proud of that, but we always talk about that.

Jodi Low:

What's our life gonna look like after that?

Jodi Low:

Are we gonna travel?

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

She's a judge, so she's not exactly, you know, a,

Mike Lindstrom:

an entrepreneur type where she can just pick up- Yeah … and leave.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I think she loves what she does.

Mike Lindstrom:

She'll probably be on the bench as long as she loves being on the bench.

Mike Lindstrom:

Possibly.

Mike Lindstrom:

Could be till she's 75.

Jodi Low:

Wants to,

Mike Lindstrom:

yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

so here's a question for you.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Th- this is, put you on the coaching seat.

Mike Lindstrom:

Okay.

Mike Lindstrom:

So tomorrow- I have a, it's a six-hour facilitation.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's an off-site here in town.

Mike Lindstrom:

A bunch of entrepreneurs are coming in from out of town.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like a, kinda like a YEO, YPO type of group.

Mike Lindstrom:

My buddy's the chapter, in charge this month.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Mike Lindstrom:

And he sends me this themes that, they really wanna hit.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

In this word, I've been hearing this word come up more.

Mike Lindstrom:

Okay.

Mike Lindstrom:

I'm curious if you've heard this word as well.

Mike Lindstrom:

Enoughness.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's right there in the script.

Mike Lindstrom:

We wanna know more about how this is, which ties into really when is enough?

Mike Lindstrom:

Is it balance?

Mike Lindstrom:

When, what's your number?

Mike Lindstrom:

When should I retire?

Mike Lindstrom:

Should I wanna be able to go out and sell?

Mike Lindstrom:

But if you had to be the coach tomorrow-

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: and you had one or two themes that you'd wanna

Jodi Low:

do to talk about enoughness-

Jodi Low:

Yeah

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: for seven or eight people, what would you tell them?

Jodi Low:

I'd wanna know how they define enoughness individually.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

My enoughness might be different than yours.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I'm sure it is.

Jodi Low:

I'd wanna understand how they define it- As a group.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And then individually understand, well, what does

Jodi Low:

that look like for you?

Jodi Low:

Because, I've got people close to me that are gonna plow and drive because

Jodi Low:

they are so invigorated by the- hunt and the thrill and the build.

Jodi Low:

Not just this, but just what they get to build.

Jodi Low:

They get the, they, lights them up.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

So that enoughness is different than the person who's like, "You know what?

Jodi Low:

I've worked hard, I've built this, and now I just, I want to enjoy

Jodi Low:

it," or, "I wanna watch others run it while I go do Y." Right.

Jodi Low:

Or, "I wanna build something new." Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And change, shift gears, or follow a passion I've never done.

Jodi Low:

yes.

Jodi Low:

So to me, I'd wanna understand what enoughness was for each of

Jodi Low:

them, 'cause I think it's too big.

Jodi Low:

yeah.

Jodi Low:

It's too big of a concept to, to, you know-

Mike Lindstrom:

Have you heard this term a lot?

Mike Lindstrom:

I haven't heard this-

Jodi Low:

I haven't heard it a lot, no … not till

Mike Lindstrom:

recently.

Jodi Low:

I've

Mike Lindstrom:

never heard the phrase.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's come up twice in the last, or three times.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's interesting.

Mike Lindstrom:

This is the third time in the last 90 days.

Mike Lindstrom:

I don't know who's out, somebody on in- Instagram is probably promoting it and-

Jodi Low:

It's probably like a little Barbie takeoff, you know, with Ken

Jodi Low:

and Kenough and that whole thing.

Jodi Low:

I never thought of that.

Jodi Low:

It's probably come from that.

Jodi Low:

everything good comes from Barbies

Mike Lindstrom:

somehow, right?

Mike Lindstrom:

I'm gonna bring, I'm gonna bring that up tomorrow.

Mike Lindstrom:

Some good movie.

Jodi Low:

I'm gonna bring that up.

Jodi Low:

Like, is this a Ken and Barbie

Mike Lindstrom:

reference?

Mike Lindstrom:

Where is this- I'm gonna show, I'm gonna show a clip at the

Mike Lindstrom:

beginning of my training.

Mike Lindstrom:

I'll just-

Jodi Low:

Right?

Jodi Low:

" Mike Lindstrom: Does this guy have brethren with him?"

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

No, but I, of course, naturally, you know, this is a coach,

Mike Lindstrom:

you ask yourself the first question.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like, "Well, what about me?" Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Well, what's enough for me?

Mike Lindstrom:

What is enough for me?

Mike Lindstrom:

is it the money?

Mike Lindstrom:

Is it college funds?

Mike Lindstrom:

Oh, I just… I've had a guy tell me last week, he's like, "Mike, I just

Mike Lindstrom:

wanna get my kids through college-

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm

Jodi Low:

… Mike Lindstrom: and then they're on their own.

Jodi Low:

It's not when they're 18 and they're on their own.

Jodi Low:

It's when they're all through college." When they're done

Jodi Low:

with school. "I paid for that.

Jodi Low:

I didn't want them to have debt.

Jodi Low:

And then whatever happens." Yeah. "That's enough." And I'm like, Okay.

Jodi Low:

We'll see in five years." Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

'Cause I know this is entrepreneur-minded person- Right … who, like you,

Jodi Low:

he wants to, he wants to go out there and impact the world.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

You don't just change.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

I can't imagine just hanging it up, and like, "The money's

Jodi Low:

there, so I'm done." Like- But

Mike Lindstrom:

you travel, though.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's not a

Jodi Low:

bad

Mike Lindstrom:

thing.

Jodi Low:

I don't… Yeah, traveling's great, but I still

Jodi Low:

would wanna do what I do.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Like, I'd still wanna be, it, I'd still wanna be speaking.

Jodi Low:

You can do what you

Scott Leese:

do from anywhere though, can you not?

Jodi Low:

True.

Jodi Low:

yes.

Jodi Low:

I, certainly in person.

Jodi Low:

So

Scott Leese:

you could go live in Italy for three months and then

Scott Leese:

go live here for three months.

Jodi Low:

Absolutely.

Jodi Low:

Absolutely, yeah.

Jodi Low:

Right?

Jodi Low:

Where's

Mike Lindstrom:

the favorite place you've been, travel wise?

Jodi Low:

I went to the North Pole.

Jodi Low:

I went to the Arctic Circle.

Jodi Low:

Oh, wow.

Jodi Low:

Whoa.

Jodi Low:

And that was- Damn … that was- Bucket list right there … amazing.

Jodi Low:

amazing.

Jodi Low:

Not the answer

Scott Leese:

that I was expecting.

Mike Lindstrom:

It

Mike Lindstrom:

was my- No, no, no.

Mike Lindstrom:

When did,

Mike Lindstrom:

when did you do that?

Jodi Low:

It was my 50th birthday gift from my brother.

Mike Lindstrom:

Wow.

Jodi Low:

And, it was one of the most epic experiences of my life.

Jodi Low:

I- So

Mike Lindstrom:

what'd you get out of it?

Mike Lindstrom:

What was the things that you took away?

Jodi Low:

How vast this planet is, how little we are, how insignificant

Jodi Low:

all the BS is Yeah … all of that.

Jodi Low:

And learning more about polar bears and polar ice caps and what's happening

Jodi Low:

to our planet and how if we keep doing what we're doing, it's- Yeah

Jodi Low:

th- that was just a gut punch.

Jodi Low:

So a lot of that, and seeing it firsthand, yeah, it was-

Scott Leese:

What is the process like to get there?

Jodi Low:

I flew to Par- my brother lives in Paris, so I flew to Paris,

Jodi Low:

then we went up to, the very, very northern islands of Norway.

Jodi Low:

Wow.

Jodi Low:

And then you take a ship from there.

Jodi Low:

How long is that ride?

Jodi Low:

Which is crazy.

Scott Leese:

It's, like, off the map.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

It is off the map.

Jodi Low:

it was several hours.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

it was a ways.

Jodi Low:

I can't even remember now, but- Boat?

Jodi Low:

Yeah, boat.

Jodi Low:

And it was a- We're talking about,

Mike Lindstrom:

like, a, we're talking about, like-

Jodi Low:

It's a French cruise line, and that-

Mike Lindstrom:

Oh, okay

Mike Lindstrom:

took me there.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Mike Lindstrom:

So it's a ship.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

Like a, okay.

Jodi Low:

Mm-hmm.

Jodi Low:

not a massive- How many days?

Jodi Low:

No, don't think,

Mike Lindstrom:

like-

Jodi Low:

I didn't realize that … Royal Caribbean, nothing

Jodi Low:

like that I feel motion sick

Scott Leese:

already just thinking about it.

Mike Lindstrom:

you don't like that?

Mike Lindstrom:

He doesn't like being on boats anyway.

Mike Lindstrom:

No.

Mike Lindstrom:

He's not a cruise guy.

Jodi Low:

Yeah, I'm not a cruise girl, and neither is my

Jodi Low:

brother, so don't think, like,

Mike Lindstrom:

this

Jodi Low:

is like a royal point, my

Mike Lindstrom:

point- No, I got you.

Mike Lindstrom:

You're talking, it's a point, you wanted a point B. Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

You had to get there that way.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

no, it's very beautiful.

Jodi Low:

It's a, like a luxury-

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah

Mike Lindstrom:

… Jodi Low: yachty type experience.

Mike Lindstrom:

Not yacht, but- I know what you mean … very ni- yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And it was epic.

Mike Lindstrom:

Wow.

Mike Lindstrom:

It was just amazing.

Mike Lindstrom:

So it

Mike Lindstrom:

was the best- I wanna get

Jodi Low:

50 … 50th birthday gift.

Mike Lindstrom:

I mean- That's a good 50th gift.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yes,

Jodi Low:

I've got a wonderful brother

Jodi Low:

. Mike Lindstrom: So you said mid… I always do things in zeros and five.

Jodi Low:

I'm 53.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Jodi Low:

I'm 53.

Jodi Low:

So

Mike Lindstrom:

I got

Jodi Low:

50…

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah, 55- Yeah

Mike Lindstrom:

will be my next one- Yep … when at the benchmark.

Jodi Low:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

So what do you give yourself at 55- Oh … if

Mike Lindstrom:

it's gonna be a travel gift?

Jodi Low:

You know, I don't know.

Jodi Low:

I haven't go- I haven't gotten that far.

Jodi Low:

I'm, I'm too, in the moment.

Jodi Low:

I'm still looking, I'm staring down 54 first.

Jodi Low:

We don't

Mike Lindstrom:

wanna- So I haven't gotten that far

Mike Lindstrom:

we don't wanna count ahead, right?

Mike Lindstrom:

We wanna slowly

Jodi Low:

roll.

Jodi Low:

sometimes I'm like, "Wait, how old am I?" 'Cause sometimes I'm like,

Jodi Low:

"I'm 54." I'm like, "No, I'm not.

Jodi Low:

I'm 53.

Jodi Low:

How old am I?" So- … I get myself confused.

Mike Lindstrom:

So I gotta ask you about the, 'cause you mentioned

Mike Lindstrom:

off-camera, so the girls are at ASU.

Jodi Low:

They are, yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

How often do you see them?

Mike Lindstrom:

How often do you talk to them?

Mike Lindstrom:

How has that changed from being a mother to a friend?

Mike Lindstrom:

And I know a lot of people have beliefs about this.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And they, you always gotta remain this or that, and I don't stand on this.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

I know how my dad treated me, and I'm gonna model a lot of that.

Mike Lindstrom:

Mm-hmm.

Mike Lindstrom:

But what's your take on that- Yeah … now that they're in college?

Jodi Low:

So they're in college, but th- they are and aren't.

Jodi Low:

So my oldest daughter was studying abroad this last semester, and so

Jodi Low:

her first year she was in the dorm.

Jodi Low:

Next year she was in an apartment, then she studied abroad, and then she moved

Jodi Low:

back home for the rest of this year- Yep

Jodi Low:

her junior year.

Jodi Low:

It's been fabulous having her home.

Jodi Low:

Wow.

Jodi Low:

As a young adult, I mean, 21.

Jodi Low:

She's, remarkable, you know?

Jodi Low:

and so that's been super fun.

Jodi Low:

My youngest daughter's a freshman finishing up the dorm thing, and, yeah,

Jodi Low:

she's been spending more time at home recently because she's getting ready to

Jodi Low:

move out of the dorm, and it… there's a lot of dorm problems at this dorm at ASU.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Jodi Low:

So she's sort of over the hot, steamy dorm situation.

Jodi Low:

but she'll be in an apartment next year.

Jodi Low:

The three of us, we're sort of like the Three Musketeers, though.

Jodi Low:

we've just… it's always been just us.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

So we're really, really close.

Jodi Low:

Yep.

Jodi Low:

which is awesome.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

So it's been a,

Mike Lindstrom:

it's been fun.

Mike Lindstrom:

I've s- I've what's your take on that- Yep … with social media and

Mike Lindstrom:

your family, and what you share?

Jodi Low:

Completely shifted.

Jodi Low:

Com- in the beginning I was like, "Oh, this is…" When it first, I posted

Jodi Low:

everything 'cause I thought it was so much fun seeing everyone's life, and then I'm

Jodi Low:

like, "This is… why am I doing this?

Jodi Low:

Why are we posting?" You know, like, I don't understand.

Jodi Low:

So I mean, somebody graduated- Mm-hmm … or it's a, some big event.

Jodi Low:

Other than that, it's only just business- So it's

Scott Leese:

not, so it's not a-

Jodi Low:

work stuff

Jodi Low:

… Scott Leese: it is business stuff.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

So you use it a lot for

Jodi Low:

business.

Jodi Low:

I do.

Jodi Low:

I do- Yeah … because a lot of our stuff is really visual, and it's- Yeah … so

Jodi Low:

much fun to, to kinda see and share imagery from some of our big events.

Jodi Low:

but other than that, I don't do a whole lot on there anymore.

Jodi Low:

No?

Jodi Low:

No.

Jodi Low:

But people

Mike Lindstrom:

wanna see that other part of you, don't they, Diane?

Mike Lindstrom:

I do,

Jodi Low:

I d- I do a little bit, but I just, it's not like, "Hey, I went here

Jodi Low:

this weekend or there that week." Oh.

Mike Lindstrom:

what about, like, strategic posting?

Mike Lindstrom:

Like, if you say, that's one thing to go on LinkedIn and say, "Hey, I'm grateful

Mike Lindstrom:

to be in front of X, Y, Z company," 'cause you have- Yes … good social proof.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Totally get that.

Mike Lindstrom:

But if you said, "Hey, this is gonna be a informational piece, and I'm gonna have

Mike Lindstrom:

me talking to the camera for two minutes, talking about goal-setting," to Instagram.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Is that something you're like,

Mike Lindstrom:

" Jodi Low: No"?

Mike Lindstrom:

I do really short little snippets, and it's typically something that

Mike Lindstrom:

just came up in my mind as I'm driving or I just got done with a training.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's something that just stuck with me, and I'm like, that's a good little

Mike Lindstrom:

lesson or point or something that people could find value in." Yeah, I'll just

Mike Lindstrom:

literally talk into my phone and do it.

Mike Lindstrom:

There's not a whole lot of,

Mike Lindstrom:

Afterthought

Jodi Low:

Yeah, it's just- Yeah … sort of an in the moment type thing.

Jodi Low:

Things I do.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yes.

Mike Lindstrom:

No, that's, w- we get frustrated- Those are things … 'cause we'll put

Mike Lindstrom:

a ton of afterthought into something.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like for example, when we first did our first true

Mike Lindstrom:

LinkedIn post announcing it.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

He's got like 100,000, 20 plus on LinkedIn.

Mike Lindstrom:

He's got a huge following.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And I, you know, I've got guys that were helping me post,

Mike Lindstrom:

kind of giving us all a, to reshare it.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And we're kind of looking at the numbers going, "That

Mike Lindstrom:

is paltry." Like, what, what is that?

Mike Lindstrom:

But we al- we know now, we know the algorithm, and they

Mike Lindstrom:

don't want you promoting.

Mike Lindstrom:

Right.

Mike Lindstrom:

They want you bringing value.

Mike Lindstrom:

we all get on… We do that out, in advance.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

But there's certain posts that are just completely random.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like you had one recently, I love the one you talked about, feminism by the way.

Mike Lindstrom:

that was a little edgy.

Scott Leese:

I thought that one might take off.

Scott Leese:

Yeah.

Scott Leese:

It

Mike Lindstrom:

was authentic, though.

Scott Leese:

Because it was like-

Mike Lindstrom:

It was authentic … a little- It's edgy and auth- On the edge

Mike Lindstrom:

you have to go and see.

Mike Lindstrom:

I'd love you to hear a take on it.

Jodi Low:

Okay.

Jodi Low:

Yeah, I wanna hear.

Jodi Low:

I wanna hear.

Mike Lindstrom:

But it didn't.

Mike Lindstrom:

If you hear a guy talk about that-

Jodi Low:

That

Scott Leese:

probably- But it didn't.

Scott Leese:

And then you have another one, and you're talking about something that's

Scott Leese:

like boring, like, I don't know, how to make a cold call, and it's

Mike Lindstrom:

poof.

Jodi Low:

Yeah, and you're like, "Really?

Jodi Low:

That's

Mike Lindstrom:

the

Jodi Low:

thing that

Scott Leese:

takes off?" It's impossible, is impossible to try to figure out-

Scott Leese:

It is … what's gonna work or not.

Scott Leese:

So frustrating.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

It- There is no rhyme or reason.

Mike Lindstrom:

But I've always liked asking that question of

Mike Lindstrom:

entrepreneurs, social media.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like how it plays into your life or not.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

And, what, your daugh- are your daughters on it pretty-

Jodi Low:

They are.

Jodi Low:

also, they, but not like super, here and there.

Jodi Low:

They're very mindful of what they post, and it tends to be more

Jodi Low:

aesthetic than anything else.

Jodi Low:

Sure.

Jodi Low:

Like, you know, it's like the cool vibey pictures and- yeah … those

Jodi Low:

kinds of things, but less of like- They,

Mike Lindstrom:

well, they had a- … " "Oh, look at me" … they had

Mike Lindstrom:

a good, but they had a good l- teacher.

Jodi Low:

Oh, well.

Mike Lindstrom:

I love that.

Mike Lindstrom:

they're, speed of leader, speed of pack, right?

Mike Lindstrom:

So tell us, we always close out with a couple of little asks,

Mike Lindstrom:

like which favorite book all time?

Jodi Low:

A, a book I really like, and this is not a leadership book, but just

Jodi Low:

a book I really like is Chasing Daylight.

Jodi Low:

Love that book.

Mike Lindstrom:

Haven't heard that one come up in a while.

Jodi Low:

That-

Mike Lindstrom:

No one's said that one on the podcast yet.

Jodi Low:

No.

Jodi Low:

That one's a favorite.

Jodi Low:

I, and I think, again, I think it's probably this phase

Jodi Low:

of life that I'm in- Mm-hmm

Jodi Low:

where it's like, aha, time is precious.

Jodi Low:

So, so that's one that, that I love.

Jodi Low:

yeah, and there's a million leadership books I could, I could-

Mike Lindstrom:

Give me one

Mike Lindstrom:

… Jodi Low: go on.

Mike Lindstrom:

Give me one.

Jodi Low:

Of course, you've put me on the spot and I can't think of a dang book.

Mike Lindstrom:

Like mine's Viktor Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning.

Mike Lindstrom:

Man's Search For Meaning.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's my number

Jodi Low:

one.

Jodi Low:

That is my number one.

Jodi Low:

Man's Search For Meaning is right up there.

Jodi Low:

I have a list and I literally am just blanking on everything I love.

Jodi Low:

Tony Robbins is of course,

Mike Lindstrom:

Awaken the Giant Within.

Jodi Low:

Tony Robbins.

Jodi Low:

there's lots of Les Brown, there's lots of

Mike Lindstrom:

Tony Robbins.

Mike Lindstrom:

Les Brown, you gotta go with

Jodi Low:

Les.

Jodi Low:

yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

He's still alive and kicking, man.

Jodi Low:

He is.

Mike Lindstrom:

Principles you live by.

Mike Lindstrom:

Anything, like you get to talk to the audience, say, "This is the one of

Mike Lindstrom:

my big values, something I live by."

Mike Lindstrom:

It doesn't have to be a quote.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

It

Mike Lindstrom:

could be something from your teachings.

Jodi Low:

There are a couple quotes.

Jodi Low:

"Leap and the net will appear" is a big one for me- Good … because I do feel…

Jodi Low:

that coupled with, "Risking nothing is risking everything," because I do feel

Jodi Low:

like those both really embody, not just my journey, but I think so many people

Jodi Low:

I meet, leaders I meet, individuals I meet, play safe because it's comfortable.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Jodi Low:

And so-

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

where did I, where did, where'd you read that one from?

Mike Lindstrom:

I think it was Morning Notes- Decades … with Julia.

Jodi Low:

Decades ago

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah, she wrote

Jodi Low:

a- I literally had that quote in my- It's a great quote … first

Jodi Low:

office and I would always look at it.

Jodi Low:

I'm like, "Yeah."

Mike Lindstrom:

But I always tell people, first you have to jump.

Jodi Low:

Yes.

Scott Leese:

I can think of about a half dozen people I wanna

Scott Leese:

send that quote to right now.

Jodi Low:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

It's a great quote.

Mike Lindstrom:

But everyone's always standing on the edge.

Jodi Low:

Just go.

Jodi Low:

Just do it.

Jodi Low:

Just push

Mike Lindstrom:

them.

Scott Leese:

Just go.

Scott Leese:

Risking nothing is risking

Mike Lindstrom:

everything.

Mike Lindstrom:

That's what the coach does, is push them.

Mike Lindstrom:

Oh, my gosh.

Mike Lindstrom:

the medal will appear.

Jodi Low:

Yep.

Mike Lindstrom:

It'll appear.

Scott Leese:

Get out there.

Mike Lindstrom:

Got anything else you're promoting?

Mike Lindstrom:

Talked about website.

Mike Lindstrom:

Where do we find you?

Jodi Low:

Instagram, social?

Jodi Low:

UandImproved, with a U. Yep.

Jodi Low:

Uandimproved.com.

Jodi Low:

That's a company website.

Jodi Low:

we do our w- two and a half day immersive leadership classes-

Jodi Low:

Love it … throughout the year.

Jodi Low:

which are open to the public as opposed to our private, you know, corporate training.

Jodi Low:

And in August, we have our adult class, but once a year

Jodi Low:

we do a class for teenagers.

Jodi Low:

Nice.

Jodi Low:

So 14 to 18 years old.

Jodi Low:

I actually started a foundation 12 years ago that provides

Jodi Low:

scholarships for deserving teens that couldn't afford to go otherwise.

Jodi Low:

So it is a game changer.

Jodi Low:

Cool.

Jodi Low:

So those are big.

Jodi Low:

It's coming up the weekend of August 7th through 9th.

Jodi Low:

So-

Mike Lindstrom:

We'll make sure we promote that- Yes … for sure.

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah.

Mike Lindstrom:

Well, Jodi, thanks for taking the

Jodi Low:

time.

Jodi Low:

Thank you.

Jodi Low:

Yeah, thank

Mike Lindstrom:

you

Scott Leese:

so

Jodi Low:

much.

Jodi Low:

It's so great seeing you both.

Jodi Low:

Great seeing you and meeting you.

Mike Lindstrom:

I know.

Mike Lindstrom:

When do we convene after 10 years?

Mike Lindstrom:

Yeah, I know, right?

Mike Lindstrom:

Let's not make this 10 more

Jodi Low:

years.

Jodi Low:

no.

Jodi Low:

Not 10 more, for sure.

Jodi Low:

And

Mike Lindstrom:

we have to, we'll have to bring you back on.

Jodi Low:

I'll come back.

Jodi Low:

I would be happy to come back.

Jodi Low:

Good.

Jodi Low:

That'd be so much fun.

Jodi Low:

Great.

Mike Lindstrom:

Scott Lease, Mike Lindstrom, Jodi Lowe,

Mike Lindstrom:

thanks for anoth- episode.

Mike Lindstrom:

Tune in next time.