The sisters used their marketing strategies to architect marketing systems for clients accounting for over 90 million dollars in sales. Kay and Shila now seek to share their journey and expertise with other entrepreneurs through their appointment as Marketing Faculty for the John Maxwell Team, podcasts hosts of The Mentorship Quest and as small business and personal growth speakers. Kay & Shila live in their hometown of Reno Nevada with their husbands, children and dogs.

Kay and Shi come as a pair and so this is truly a two-for-one deal!

Kay & Shi's parents purchased a failing business 17 years ago and bet everything on what other people told them was a huge risk. Despite this they wanted to follow the American dream and become business owners so that they could escape a life of living on food stamps.

Because every penny had been invested in the business they couldn't afford to hire staff so Kay and Shi started working there at 10 and 17 years old. It took 5 years to get to know the lay of the land and then the family opened a new site in 2008, yes during the financial crisis!

From that time they started working on marketing strategies so that they could build "raving fans" before they were featured on the Food Network. They built the empire to 5 locations but then realized that this was not a great indication of success as it brought a different level of pressure.

Kay & Shi will shortly be opening their 12th location.

After Mom joined the John Maxwell Team in 2013 it changed their lives. At this time they were able to bring in the values of people and culture to the business and their journey continues as the learn and apply more.

Don't compare your "Front end" with successful people's "Front end", instead compare your "back end", in other words what you do every day.

Maximizing Your Potential is about learning the behaviors that you need to implement every day in order to develop. Understand what your potential is right now and then shifting he volume up on little dials every day.

We do have unlimited potential and that can be exciting, yet also overwhelming at the same time. Ask yourself: What are you passionate about, what do you love to do?

When you do what you love to do it doesn't feel like you are working so that is what we should be aiming for in order to maximize our potential.

Your potential at this time will be different to other people's so understand what you can do to grow instead of comparing yourself with others. You should be working towards a grand vision and you do this by taking small steps every day. Your aim is not to be the "Best", it is to be better every day.

Shift your focus onto "How can I win each day?" This will give you instant gratification that society has been conditioned to expect and want. What are the 5 things that you can do each day that will stack up towards your big goal.

Behaviors lead to actions, actions become habits, and habits produce results. Create good behaviors and this will eventually lead to good results!

Chris: What 3 pieces of advice would you give a teenager or a parent?

Kay & Shi:

Find a mentor and seek mentorship. Pick someone who has been where you want to go or is further along the path so that they can help you develop grit.
Everything is figure-out-able. There is always something that you can do. Think about the options and then take the action that you know is right.
Develop your grit. Be able to persevere and weather the storms that will inevitably come along.

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